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Page Six, THE HILLTOP, Oct. 27, 1978 Women’s Tennis Lions Rise to Homecoming Victory The Lion football team lost a heart- breaker to Guilford 10 to 7 in the final seconds of the game. Guilford opened the game up with a touchdown, a 21 yard pass from quarterback Osborne to Lee, and led 7-0. But Mars Hill never gave up as Dean Tomberlin, who re placed Mike Wotten who will be out for the rest of the season with an injury, hit Mark Garrett with less than one min ute left in the half for a touchdown and John Gulledge made the extra point to tie the game. Coach Gibson said that Dean did a creditable job and is an ex- cellant passer. The entire game was to Mars Hill’s advantage, but they could not capitalize. For example, two scor ing opportunities were missed when a pass was intercepted on the 15 yard line, and there was a fumble on the nine. Then with five seconds left to play, Guilford's kicker, Bobby Eller, booted a 37 yard field goal and the game ended with Guilford winning 10-7. For the last four times, the Guilford games have been decided by field goals. This put Mars Hill at 3-4 overall for the season and we have not lost more than four games since 1973. The defensive team did an excellant job against Guilford and leads the conference in defense. Outstanding plays were made by Steve Campbell and Richard Bag- well. One disappointment was that Dave Miller, the team leader in inter ceptions with 5, missed the game due to a concussion. But Eddie Renear played in place of Miller and did a good job. Mars Hill battled back last week by defeating Carson-Newman 26 to 0 for a Homecoming victory before a packed crowd. The first score came by the foot of John Gulledge with a 41 yard field goal. Next came Dean Tomberlin on an eight yard run for the first Mars Hill touchdown. The third quarter produced a James Miller 5 yard touchdown run for the second TD in the game. Gulledge hit the extra point and Mars Hill led 17-0. A fourth quarter drive of 63 yards ended as Tomberlin, 3 of 9 for the day, completed a 12 yard pass to Mark Gar rett for Mars Hills final touchdown of the game. The final points of the game were scored by the defense as David “Turtle” Harrison drove back Carson- Newmans Greg Tate into the end zone for a safety with six minutes to play. Roger Cruell led the Lions rushing at tack with 112 yards. Carson-Newman was held to only 137 total yards offense and 17 of those yards were rushing. Carson-Newmans starting quarter back, Danny Saunders, left the game in the second quarter with an ankle in jury and replacement Brian Payne was plagued by the defense all day. They only completed 10 of 27 passes com bined. Coach Gibson was very pleased with the performance the entire team gave and was a little shocked that Carson- Newman was shut out. He looks con fidently towards the game Saturday in Hickory against Lenoir-Rhyne. Men’s Tennis The Lady Lion’s tennis squad opened its fall season September 22 at UNC-G where the team posted a 4-3 score be fore the rain set in and stopped play. Poor weather also resulted in the cancel ation of the Mars Hill-High Point match the following day. Number one Rosemary Almond lost her singles event at UNC-G in three sets. The first two sets were tiebreakers, which Mullin and Almond split. Singles winners at UNC-G were: (No. 2J Paula Smart by 6-3, 6-1; (No. 4) Vickie Mc- Glothlin by 6-1, 6-1; (No. 5J Kim Burris with 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Cindy Hall and Mc- Glothlin also won their doubles compe tition 6-1, 6-4. Coach Hart was especially pleased with the play of Smart and Burris, both freshmen having won their first college matches. Karen Darr, a senior physical educa tion major, played her last match for the Lady Lions at UNC-G. Karen, who is now student teaching and will be gradu ating in December, will be missed tre mendously. Coach Hart described Karen as “the finest young lady any coach and team could ever want.” She noted that Karen was a very pleasant coachable player. The Lions had their second match on September 28 hosting East Tennessee State University. ET overpowered Mj'* Hill, winning 8-1. The lone victor j®' Mars Hill was the number one douW®* combination of Almond and Smart. Coach Hart is very optimistic her 1978-’79 squad. She feels the tea" should do as well as last years netted® who posted a 9-5 record. She has strew confidence in senior Rosemary i whom Hart describes as a “disciple* player.” Speaking of her team’s progress far. Coach Hart enthusiastically stal^® “Things are just perfect. The year s started great. There is good the team and things have been smoothly.” The Mars Hill women’s tennis ts" wrapped up its fall season on O*®*’ squeezing by Western Carolina UnivC® ty on the Lady Cats’ home courts. The Lady Lions, who tallied a 5-4 tory, were led by No. 1 singles p The Ar R ncaVYi r)¥*ir Al ] ^^§6 $'J '"‘'fBapti Pron '^‘^“Posal. to s ?*’at s A. C','=aunt boud'sbur fa;JPublic 'as Well f ■Pent T plans. l,?anc Rosemary Almond. Almond defes . Karen Martinet in two sets by of 6-4 and 6-0. Other singles were No. 2 Paula Smart and No. 4 Ci” j Hall. The No. 1 doubles combinatiaa, Almond and Smart recorded a “j 6-1 win, while Vicki McGlathlin Cindy Hall added a 6-4, 6-4 win fo" Mars Hill squad. % 1 b’"' lhat'‘'^‘'’ar: Of ‘ae s etivilPast '41 Volleyball Wrap-Up setter. Scott and Hoffman,^ The Men’s tennis team opened the 1978 season with a loss to Western Caro lina 8-1 on September 29. This was the only match played in the fall half of the split season. It was a very disappointing loss, but with returning players such as John Trammel, Brant McEntire, Steve Morgan, Rickey Tucker and Dan Allen, the rest of the season should be impres sive. This season should be one of the best in recent years at Mars Hill. Coach Robbins stated that this years team has improved from last season and that there has been a good turnout of players: the most in the last few years. Ahead of the 1978-79 tennis team, though, is a tough spring schedule with good teams like Gardner-Webb, UNC-Asheville, and Warren Wilson. “There is good competition on the team and they will improve it they want to improve.” stated Robbins. This season should be a good one for the Mens tennis team, and with Spring coming in a few months, they will be able to prove themselves. The Mars Hill women’s volleyball team defeated Peace College in a match that vvent the full five games on the Lady Lion’s home court September 29. With the victory the Lady Lions improved their season record to 5-2. Earlier in the season Mars Hill record ed wins over Atlantic Christian, UNC- Asheville, Gardner-Webb, and Catawba. The team’s two losses were to powerful Elon and Western Carolina. These were costly losses since both opponents are Division II teams, and results from these matches will be used in determining which teams will quali fy for the state tournament. Although the two losses were dis- apointing, the Lady Lions have high expectations for the 1978 season. Coming off with a 6-14 record in 1977, the girls are looking forward to a win ning season. The squad has more depth and experience this season with nine returnees and several talented newcom ers. Coach Webster feels that as her team developes, they will learn to move and work together and will be able to “give everyone a run for their money." She notes, “The skills are there if the players can stay mentally prepared.” Running a 6-2 offense, Webster will be depending on Valerie Valenti and Phyllis Scott as middle attachers. Mick- ie Hoffman will be the team’s number Scott and Hoffm^^lrf serve as co-captains for the Lady ^ Freshmen Tammy Hardee is als’, pected to add strength to the sqa® j Mars Hill will be playing all II teams at least once during son. The top eight of these teaif" qualify for the state tournament. , ..jf Webster feels all teams in II have improved from last seasofl' j Point, the defending state will again prove to be a povver^j» with four returning starters. Ela^J Western Carolina should also be iti" v S se competition for the Lady Lions, P the ■2tnii Mars Hill College hosted an volleyball tournament on Oct. 6-7'‘d attracted teams from North South Carolina, Tennessee, and The Lady Lions advanced to elimination play on Saturday ^|jf being eliminated by Pembroke. j team played exciting and ball, but the talented Pembrok® -j-' won in three games, 3-15,15-12, Lenoir Rhyne won the chatty ship match while Pembroke took place and Mars Hill placed third, (f The team traveled to Guilford tober 12 where they split matches.i defeated N.C. Central Universal three games, 15-5, 2-15, and 15-7. The Lady Lion’s record now 10-7. The team played UNC-A courts on October 25.
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