April 11,2003
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Patterson: Great Golfer, Guy, Student
Mary Layton Atkinson
Staff Writer
"This award is just a grain of
sand on an entire beach of accom
plishment," said men's golf coach
Jack Jensen after Guilford's Dave
Patterson was named ODAC golfer
of the week March 31.
Patterson, a junior sports
management major from Fort
Pierce, Florida, is ranked first on
the team this season.
He is a 2003 recipient of the
Nereus C. English '26 Athletic Lead
ership Award, which honors top stu
dents athletes at Guilford, and he
placed second at the 2002 NCAA
Division 111 men's golf championship,
where the Quakers won their sec
ond national golf title. He is cur
rently ranked 111 th out of all col
lege and university golfers nation
wide.
To teammate Spencer
Witherspoon, however, Patterson is
just one of the guys.
"He can shoot 63 and still be
This Week's Guilford Sports in Brief:
Adam Lemer
Staff Writer
Softball
After four consecutive losses in double
headers against #l2 Roanoke and Peace,
the Softball team rebounded with a four
game winning streak, beating Mary Baldwin,
9-0 and 10-1 in a doubleheader, and ODAC
rival Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 10-
3 and 8-4 respectively.
In the doubleheader at R-MWC, first
year pitcher Jennifer Evans stepped up for
the Quakers, allowing only one earned run
in the first game and providing four innings
of shutout relief in game two.
Next Game: Sat. April 12, 2:00 p.m. vs.
just Dave," Witherspoon said. "Be
ing humble helps him to be a bet
ter player."
Nevertheless, being humble
does not keep Patterson from dis
playing a fierce competitive spirit.
"Dave is a very competitive
young man, and he does not like
to lose," Jensen said. "He has a
tremendous work ethic when it
comes to golf. He works on his
weaknesses rather than his
strengths, and that is what sets
him apart from some other ath
letes. He keeps on working to help
himself improve his weaknesses
even though he probably has days
when he has very little success."
As a child, Patterson couldn't
have imagined that he would be
come so dedicated to golf.
"I have been playing for about
nine years. Before that, I played
baseball for a long time,"
Patterson said.
"My dad would play golf on the
weekends, and I wanted to take it
up to be with him rather than stuck
Emory & Henry (doubleheader) at Western
Guilford High School
Baseball
The Quakers are 2-1 this week with a
road win last Wednesday at Roanoke and a
split doubleheader on Saturday against
Hampden-Sydney, winning 8-6 in the first
game and losing 11 -9 in the second.
Against Roanoke, first-year pitcher Andrew
Jackson pitched seven solid innings while allow
ing two runs Senior Brad Franklin had three
RBI, two of them coming on a triple in the fourth
to break a 2-2 tie, to lead Guilford to victory
Next Game: Sat. April 12, at Emory &
Henry (doubleheader)
Women's Lacrosse
The women's lacrosse team went
in the house. I immediately just
liked it more [than baseball], and
within a week I was hitting the ball
pretty good.
"I enjoy it because you have
to constantly strive to improve; you
can always be better. Golf is really
challenging."
So challenging, in fact, that the
team sometimes gets frustrated.
"We joke about how we prob
ably lead the nation in 'dubs bro
ken,'" Patterson said. "When we
get frustrated is when it starts hap
pening. It is so frustrating when we
go out to play in the winter and
the course is all wet. It's sad, but I
have probably broken more clubs
than the rest of the team has."
Broken clubs or not,
Patterson remains the epitome of
focus and determination.
"I was playing with Dave one
day, and when he swung the face
went farther than the ball,"
Witherspoon said. "But he finished
the hole. Actually, he finished it
well."
winless this week, falling to ODAC rivals
Lynchburg (16-4) and Roanoke (15-4).
Sophomore midfielder Sarah Routhier
had a hat trick against Roanoke for the
Quakers and sophomore goalie Lindsey
Kennedy had 15 saves.
The team will complete the regular sea
son on a two-game road trip before the ODAC
tournament.
Next Game: Mon. April 14, 4:00 p.m. at
Pfeiffer
Men's Lacrosse
Junior attackman Josh Miller paced the
Quakers with three goals and sophomore
goalie, Aaron Skiles, had 15 saves in goal,
but it wasn't enough as Guilford fell to #lB
Lynchburg in an ODAC matchup, 22-6.
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Dave Patterson - leading the nation in "clubs broken?"
The team is in the midst of an eight
game losing streak as it closes out the sea
son on a four-game road trip.
Next Game: Sat. April 12,12:00 p.m. at
Washington & Jefferson
Women's Tennis
The team played three matches in three
days this week, as they fell to Christopher New
port, Eastern Mennonite and Bridgewater.
Sophomore Kelly Burger was 2-1 for the
week in #1 singles, improving her record to a
team-best 10-3. She combined with first-year
teammate Carly Matteson for a 2-1 record during
the week in #1 doubles.
Next Match: Fri. April 11, 3:30 p.m. vs.
Randolph-Macon (at Western Guilford High
School).