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leassssEBasn Page 24 November 4, 1999 c d H • r » g e Buccaneers shipwrecked at Elon's Homecoming Reid Albright The Pendulum The Fightin’ Christians (7-2) pulled off another impressive win in the 38-13 demolition of the Charleston Southern Buccaneers (2- 6). TTie victory took place in front of a packed Homecoming crowd of 6,831 last Saturday at Burlington Memorial Stadium. The team opened the game with four consecutive “three downs and out” series followed by an Elon interception and aCharleston South ern blocked punt. Antwon Stevenson played well defensively, racking up one blocked punt, one interception and two tackles. “I think our offense throbbed off our defense today. It seemed that when the defense made a good play the offense would respond with the same intensity the defense showed,” Stevenson commented. Derrick Moore put together another courageous effort, getting the offense rolling with a 24-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter with 14:01 left on the clock. This all coming after Stevenson blocked the Buccaneers’ punt near the end of the first quarter. On the next Elon possession Moore ran 26 yards down to the one yard line and two plays later ran it in from two yards out for his second touchdown of the game. Charleston Southern re sponded with a 47 yard field goal by Clint Kelly after Buccaneer return man Aaron Latino returned the kick- off the 61 yards to Elon 33-yard line. The Elon defense remained to hold their ground pushing Charleston Southern back four yards. Moore responded again by putting together an eight play, 74- yard drive and capping it off by finding DeWayne Thomas for a six teen yard touchdown reception. “We realized this is not where we wanted to be. Our team came in more focused today,” Moore said after the victory. “We only focused on beating Charleston Southern and nothing else,” he said. Chris Bryan had his first big game of the season. Bryan took a Moore handoff 55 yards for a rush ing touchdown. This came on the next Elon possession after the Bucaneers’ T.J. Mawhinney scored on a 61-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown. Bryan’s 55-yard touchdown was just a fraction of the 354 total yards that Elon tallied up. Elon kicker Jim Willis booted a clutch 43 yard field goal with 13:26 remaining in the fourth quar ter putting the game at a three pos session deficit. The Elon defense held its ground in the fourth quarter and showed the Buccaneers that they were not going to let them get back in the game. Eric Jones capped off the fi nal scoring drive with a one yard touchdown run with 1:35 remain ing in the game. “Some of our players came in down because we were set on mak ing the playoffs,” Stevenson told The Pendulum. “Coach Seagraves told us all that is still not over and not to accept what wasn’t final. Our team came in today and showed that we belong and as long as we win the rest of our games then we’re still definitely in the playoff hunt,” Stevenson said. Up next for the Fightin’ Chris tians is a road trip to Lynchburg, Va. to face Liberty University Nov. 6. n Marianne Smith/ The Pendulum Elon continues a scoring drive with another great run. The Fightin’ Christians piled up 354 yards on the ground against the Buccaneers of Charleston Southern during the homecoming game Oct. 30. MevensonDiocKeamei3uccanccis x.-. Volleyball drops tough third in four matches Travis Suber The Pendulum The Fightin’ Christian vol leyball team lost a tough match to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons Tuesday, Nov. 2. The Deacons, led by sopho more Trina Maso de Moya, swept Elon in consecutive games, 3-0. De Mayo posted 13 kills and Margaret Davidson added 10 kills as the Deacon’s prepared to take on a tough remaining schedule, play ing UNC as well as Clemson. Carolinaand Clemson are tied for the Atlantic Coast Conference lead. Wake Forest head coach, Mary Buczek is hoping to continue the Deacons’ winning stretch into upcoming conference play. “We’re in third place right now in the conference, with Caro lina and Clemson battling for num ber one,” Buczek said following the win at Elon’s Alumni Gymnasium. “I think we have a good shot at winning the conference and then we will see from there.” The Fightin’ Christians were lead by Eli Mould, a junior from Bowie, Md. Mould collected 14 kills and 13 digs as Elon lost their third in four games. Mould felt that the whole team came with more concentration and better focus for the tough opponent. “I think we stepped up as a team and played a lot better, espe cially in the third game,” Mould said afterwards. Fightin’ Christian head coach. Sue Leonard, was very proud of her team. “We did really well. They [Wake Forest] are a fully funded program with a lot of talented la dies.” Lori Fortune and Emerald Zemedkun also played well in de feat for Elon, setting 19 and 16 assists repectively. Elon now looks ahead to the second round of conference action this season as they face Liberty on Friday, Nov. 5, then Radford the following day. “We are hoping to beat the opponents that we lost to the first time around,” Leonard said. Mould agreed with her coach stating, “Now we know what to expect, so we should be able to win some games.” With the victory, the Dea- TheFightin’Christians’final cons improve to a 22-6 record while home game will be against High Elon drops to 14-14 on the season. Point on Nov. 9. This Week in Elon Athletics... Volleyball 11/5 ©Liberty 7:30 p.m. Men's Soccer 11/4 Big South Conference Toum. Football 11/6 @ Liberty 2 p.m. Women's Soccer 11/4 Big South Conference Toum.
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