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friday nov. 141986 page 8
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Wildcats Javelinas to do battle
'.By ERIC MORRIS
nsports staff
iACU's long-awaited confrontation
-.with Texas A&I has lost some of its
appeal after back-to-back Javelina
flosses but the Wildcats know a win
i Saturday v in Kingsville will l be no
i easy task as they attempt to stay
. 4top the Lone Star Conference
along with West Texas State.
-.The game will begin at 7:30 p.m.
at. Javelina Stadium and will be
-.broadcast by KACU-FM.
t ACU ranked seventh in the na-
tion this week in NCAA Division
;It is 7-1 overall and 4-0 in con-;-&rence
play after recording its fifth
straight victory a 20-12 'win over
.the Lions of East TexasState-in a
. 'second-half comeback last weekend
golfers'
;14th place
closes fall
Jb5 JONATHAN WITT
Assistant Sports Editor
ACU's golf team finished the fall
season with a 14th-place finish at
pthTHal Sutton Golf Classic Mon-
day and Tuesday.
J The 54-hole tournament played
j at the Shreveport Country Club
; was cut to 36 holes because rain in-
j terrupted play.
The University of Arkansas won
I the tournament witt571 total
; points and the University of
Mississippi placed second.
Razorback Kenny Walker was the
medalist. He was tied with four
J other players' at the end of the com-
petition and worn with a birdie on
1 the first tie-breaking round.
. The Wildcat team tallied 614
points. Steve Johnson sophomore
s from Houston led theway
I shooting a 149. Chris Goodspeed
junior from Dallas was one stroke
back with a 150. Steve Handy
freshman from Hurst shot a 157
I Scott Cory senior from Houston a
158 and Todd Bonneau freshman
; from Dallas a 160.
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' Jarrett said he was not disappointed
J with his golfers overall perfor-
J mance. "I wasn't dissatisfied in the
i way they played" he said. ".They
were just dissatisfied with
i themselves."
'. He said their 14th-place"firush
J could be attributed partly to the fact
that they were playing against big-
ger schools. "They re big Division I
schools" said Jarrett. "But our
boys have done real well this year.
They've done excellent. I'm proud
of the whole group."
He said his golfers were way
ahead of where he had expected
they would be now and added
"We're still just a young team."
Jarrett said that the trip to Loui-
siana was worth it despite the rainy
weather and his team's sub-par per-
formance. "We got to play some
' trams we wouldn't have gotten to
I play" he said.
The coach said he would continue
to pursue tournaments with Divi-
sion I competition. Every tourna-
ment this spring up to the Lone
Star Conference tournament will
include Division I schools. He said
the handful of tournaments the
tram has competed in this fall will
help him evaluate and attempt to
correct his golfers' weaknesses over
the winter.
Cats face
By KERRY COLE
Sports Editor
ACU's volleyball team will be the
underdog at the Lone Star Con-
ference postseason volleyball tour-
nament but Coach Kathy Moore
said her team still must see itself as
a legitimate contender.
"I think we feel like aMittle bit of
an underdog" she said. "I'm trying
to work on that. I don't want us to
be feeling underdog. We could turn
the tables on some people." .
ACU will try to befomethe first
LSC team this season-to turn the
tables on East Texas State when the
teams meet Friday night? ETSU
went 12-0 in conference1 to earn the
: right to play host to the single-
elimination tournament.
.1 Second-place Angelo State will
play third-place Eastern New Mex-
ico in the other tournament mat-
chup. The championship match is
scheduled for Sanmky.njjbxr;
' ETSU won all but jwof its LSC
' matches in three gam"ihkseason.
j ACU ; played one oflgBWBSgiatches
at Shotwell Stadium.
Texas A&I 7-2 overall and 2-2 in
conference play fell for the second
straight time in the final two
minutes of a game in a 34-28 loss to
Eastern New Mexico last weekend
in Portales. A&I was defeated two
weeks ago byWest Texas State 54-
49In Kingsville. The Javelinas
were ranked second to defending
national champ North Dakota State
in the .NCAA Division II national
poll before their back-to-back losses.
ACU head coach John Payne said
he thinks A&I could have been in
firstplace right now in the LSC.
"They'had alliance to win both
of those games" he said. "West
Texas'hiR$hem with the big plays
and East ernNew Mexico would
finesse them to3eath with what I
IflWIBLkAk If sir HIIHFf JiiiliKSSlyH -
StiffSrm
Reiver Arthur'Williams senior from Midland rolls through the East Texas State defense during trie'
Wildcats 20-12 win Saturday at Shotwell Stadium. The next two weeks will decide the conference
cnamplnandastifftestawaitswhenACUtravelstoKingsvilletofaceTexasA&l.
WTSU fights to stay
West Texas State will battle to LSC Ofrcnsie Player of the Week
stay on top in the Lone Star Con- Senior linebacker Johnny
ference when it plays Eastern New Brantley led the Greyhound defense
Mexico in Canyon Saturday. with 20 tackles.
ACU shares the lead with the Sophomore running back Rufus
Buffaloes going into its showdown Smith who gets 110.6 yards per
with Texas A&I in Kingsville. game returned to action after miss-
Angelo State can claim the run- ing his team's win over East Texas
ner-up spot with a win over East State but carried only three times.
Texas State in Commerce Saturday. ENMU is 8-2 overall 3-2 in con-
Eastern New Mexico has a chance ference.
at finishing as runner-up in its sec- West Texas coach Bill Kelly
ond year in the conference. The coached ENMU before joining the
Greyhounds upset Texas A&I last Buffaloes.
weekend 34-28. A&I had been The Buffaloes depend on the
ranked No. 2 in the nation in passing arm of senior quarterback
NCAA Division II before drooping Tod Mavfield who has a 257-424-
a 54-49 decision to West Texas
State and losing to ENMU
The Greyhounds scored their
game-winning" touchdown with 1:01
to play capping a 66-yard drive
Sophomore quarterback Tommy
Uonzalez scored on a 2-yard run
after his 46-yard run set up the
touchdown. Gonzalez was named
this season in taking the Lady Lions
five games in Moody Nov. 1.
Angelo State took ETSU four
games in Commerce to close the
regular season Wednesday night.
The Lady Lions went 20-2
through the regular season and re-
ceived a national ranking of 1 3th.
Susan Nielsen sophomore from
Missouri City said attitude will
play a vital role Friday. "I think it's
going to come right down to that
game Friday night and who's
'Tstronger mentally because they
.'know hey can do it physically" she
said.
Nielsen said the Cats should be
helped by the fact that they took
ETSU five games just two weeks
ago. "We came so close to beating
them just recently so it's still
there" she said. "We still have it in
our minds that we can do it."
Angelo State which has won the
-9ASiast four J emerls
at 10-2-this season 26-7 overall
after being .unseated by East Texas
Stt?Ohe'oal)r team to defeat the
'Rambellesin'conference play this
call peanut plays."
Payne said he knows that A&I is
pretty much out of the LSC race
but thf Cats are going to need to
take this game very seriously.
"This is an important game for
us" he said. "We're going to have
to play this game like it's the cham-
pionship game. A&I knows that if
we lose and West Texas State loses
then they could still have a chance
in the conference race. I think that's
what keeps their motivation alive.
West Texas State will face Eastern
New Mexico Saturday.
Payne said he realizes that the
Wildcats didn't give a superior per-
formance last week before their
home crowd but now he thinks the
Cats will havea much better game.
"I'm confident that we're going
J MarkKeganVOptlmtsI
16 passing performance for 3013
vards and 24 touchdowns.
Joining him in the record books is
senior wide receiver Stan Carraway
who has caught 82 passes for 1079
yards and eight touchdowns.
W15U 5-4 overall ana 4-u in
conference play is coming off an
open date after its Nov. 1 upset of
itens in
season. Eastern New Mexico comes
in at 6-6 and 21-9.
ACU is 4-8 8-16 overall and
reached the tournament by the tie-
breaking international point system
after finishing with a record iden-
tical to those of Texas A&I and
West Texas State.
Texas A&I had the upper hand
going into Saturday's match with
ACU in Moody Coliseum because
the Wildcats had to win in three
games to reach the tournament.
ACU gave a gutsy performance at
home rebounding from a 14-11
second-game deficit to sweep the
Javelinas.
Moore said the Cats achieved one
goal by reaching the tournament
and now have a chance to make up
for early-season problems.
"We have something we'd like to
prove;" she said. "That's one of the
reasons I was hoping to go to the
tournament so we'd get a chance to
show that we are able to play much
better jhan we've played. We'd had
some hard luck and nothing has re-
ally gone our way. I think it's our
tobc playing better this "week he
said. "I think we took East Texas
lightly because we Vici'c" looking
toward playing A&l this w$ck'
Payne said the Cats were down in
last year's game when they 'were
defeated 10-3 at Shotwell StadiUm.
"We couldnt.conne tjfjensive-
ly" he said. "Our passing game
was a little bit off and th'cy ha'd'thc
best secondary in the conference."
Payne said he thinks Saturday's
game should be different. ' J
"It will be a 'dogfight "down in
Kingsville" he said. "Lik J$ajd I
think ;wc are ready this year v"
Offensively ACU' acfagcs 32.9
points and 386.5 yards per game
107.5 with the rush and 27.9 .utiliz-
ing the pass. w t
Junior quarterback RexLamberti
on top
Texas A&I. The Buffaloes were 1-4
entering conference play.
Angelo State's 50-10 victory oyer
Howard Payne kept the Rams in
contention for the runner-up spot.
ASU is 5-4 overall 2-2 in the LSC.
The ETSU Lions have lost eight
straight after winning their season
opener.
ASU quarterback Ned Cox
became the all-time LSC career
total offense leader in the HPU vic-
tory breaking ex-ACU quarterback
Loyal ProfTitt's mark. Cox now has
7427 yards along with 552 career
completions another LSC career
mark. He has thrown for 1748
yards and 16 TDs this season.
ETSU led ACU 12-6 entering the
final quarter of Saturday's game
but lost despite the fine passing per-
formance of backup quarterback
Royce Slechta. Slechta set ETSU
records for attempts (58) and com-
pletions (24) while throwing for 360
yards.
tourney
chance to prove something. That's J
something that no one expects us to
do."
Nielsen said ACU is not under as
much pressure as the other teams."
"There is really less pressure on
us because all we've got to do is
beat East Texas" she said. "AndifJ
we beat East Texas that would put
us in a position to beat anyone."
Moore said the Cats may be able
to gain some respect in the tourna-
ment. "I'm just looking at this tourna-
ment as a way to go up there and
play good finish out the season and
be proud of what 'we've done" she
said. "And maybe we can prove
that we're not as-weak as sometimes
we have played." ""..
Nielsen said if the Cats can main-
tain the attitude that allowed them
to sweep Texas A&I ana get into
the tournament the weekend can be
"I just think we all decided we
were going to pull together and do
it" she said. "And I think we can
do it again this weekend."
s the national collegiate leader in Sophomore fullback HeathShcr-
PD passes with 28 this season. He man leads the conference in'scoring "
jas 163 completions for 2232 averaging1 12.7 points' pcr'garrie;'
ards. ' 'Pybtfrn sald'heMs'most. concerned
ACU's top receiver senior Arthur about the threat of Sherman. ( "
!ubenDcr. tied the LSC record for "He's the one I'm most worried
arcer catches with 160 ri last
with an 387.9 with the rush and call a happy blend In their
1'41.4-using the pass. backfietld.v jfe
Freshman running back Johnny ""Defensively ACU leads the LSP
Rdilcy leads the LSC in rushing in scoring defense allowing 18.1
averaging 180.3 yards per game." points tindJ 346:8 yards; per. game
Defensive coordinator Jim"-'-387.9 opposingthc rush' and 217.5
I'jburn said he is well aware of containing the pass
what type of running back Bailey is. Junior linebacker Steve Afes'.and
"He's a breakaway-style runner" junior defensive end Mark"McIn-
said Pyburn. "He's got good change tyre boththavc'bn LSC Defensive
of pace and he has good speed."'"7 nPlavefYof trie Week.' " '-'."'
Track opens
with Odessa
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7 "'
By KENNETH R.PYBUS
Sports staff
F.vpn rhoutrh the
regular- track
season is well fn the distance the
ACU men's track team will travel to
Odessa Friday for a fall practice
.meet against Qdessa Colleger nationsd crosst country meef neP
-New Mexico 'Junior College also 'week ancTwill take th'ismeet'oTn!
will compeTe. "But men's track. coach "Williams will"be'missedr!Hood
Don Hood'may pull his team out of said but the coach still expects suc-
the meet if the weather remains cess in the relay.
cold. "We just may not be as fast
If they do go the track men will ..without" him''' saidHopd. "In-
compete in middle- and short- 'eluding Williams we may just well
distance races as well as field events have the best 1600-relay team in
in Odessa but the meet will not the country.'" "
have any races over 1500 meters in He said he expects pole vaulter
length. The top middle- and long- Steve Thaxton senior fromSisson-
distance runners will skip this meet ville W.Va.7 and track team cap-
in order rto-cbe fully rested for 'the" tarn7fb"do'weirKecause''h'e''has ex-
NCAA Division II national cross celled in practice vaulting 18 feet.
country meet in Los Angeles Nov. "It's been a long fall" said Th-B
22 said Hood. ton. "It's time to get some competl
He said the purpose of competing tion going."
in the Odessa meet is to givethe KevPulI?nWipi;.Xrom1Com-
runnersa chance to evaluate-mcrce" has jumped 7-2'in practice
themservesagafnst other runner's Vis" andT?dodvexpecfs"Rfm t'd'shlne in
well as to satisfy eligibility require- the weekend's competition
ments. Both Hood and Thaxton are cok
According to NCAA Division II fident in this year's team. P
rules if a runner competes in a fall "This is the hardest-working
semester meet maintains a 2.0 QPA team ; the most talented team
and passes 12 hours of classes for we've ever' hadi!"said"-Thaxton.
that semester he may participate in "Put those together and'you've got
the spring regardless of his GPA for something great what we have
that semester. now." . .
Some .of .the top ACU athletes Last year at Odessa however the
participating in the weekend meet team was less confident-aridlbst the
1UUUUE VJIkg illVgllUV tfw..w.. .
from St. Catherine Jamaica who
will compete in the 100-meter dash;
and Harold Madox sophomore
from Cleveland Ohio who will run
the 200. "
Hood earlier thought that Madox
would be ineligible to compete for
ACU all year but he now knows
that Madox will be able to compete
in all meets except championship
meets such as Division II nationals.
Ian Morris freshman from
Sipiria Trinidad and Ben Clay
freshman from Dayton Ohio will
compete in the 400 said Hood.
Walk-on team members will com-
pete in middle-distance runs 'in-
eluding the 800 and the 1500.
Rodney Cooper sophomore from
TrmrVana and last vear's tuniorcol-
; lege national' champion in Jhe
1 10-meter hurdles will compete uv
the400.and 110-meter hurdles-
Homestretch """
acu setter Tammy Thompson will close out her college cajeer at
tn0' Lone star Conference'"pdstse"asorftburnament In Commerce
Jh Wltdcats wm meet -j 2-0 East Texas State Friday night
J-- '
aboutj" he said. "He hurt Mi last
Hood-'said Morris' Madox and
Clay will run" inT the I'600:meter
relay bufhc: said he:wasHQt sure
who would take Freddie Williams'
place at Odessa.i Williams! senior
from Cape Town South Africa
will be running in the Division J
11H.UI. .
"Last year was a down year"
Hood said. "They killed us."
Thaxton lost his event pole
vaulting only 17 feet. "I just really
wasn't ready" he said. m
Hood attritjuteslast' year's ups'QP
ing in the track program to the
mid-year arrival of Morris.
"If we hadn't gotten him we !
would have been in trouble" he
said. "As "it turned outit wasn't as
much Of a downear a I hadjmag-
ined. We did win the national
championship."
ACU has now "won the NCAA
Division II national championship
five consecutive times
A sixth may be in store for the
team. This year h4slstartcd.0ff on
the UDSWine with six-to eieht' team
member's-of Olympic. ca'lib"er"Hocfc
- said "W&'ve. gotr'wrniichTdepnW
Uhis - tar... hCia.ianT
Chip OAmHtfMUi to dw OfXMM
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