The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1993 Page: 5 of 6
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Tarleton's basketball teams get a look at the competition
Sports Information
While Tarleton State
University has placed both its
men's and women's basketball
teams in the national playoffs for
the second straight year, the
mission for the two teams is
somewhat different.
Ultimately, both teams would
like to claim national titles. The
women's team will enter the
tournament with respect as last
year's national runners-up, but the
men's team will have to prove that
last year's first round loss was a
fluke.
Both NAIA Division II
national tournaments begin this
Friday and conclude with the
championship game on Tuesday,
March 16. The Texans will play
King College (Tennessee) at 7:45
p.m. (GST). The men's
tournament is hosted by
Northwest Nazarene College in
Nampa, Idaho. The women's
tournament takes place at Western
Oregon State College in
Monmouth, Otegon.
The Men
The Texans lost in the first
round to in Northwestern College
(Iowa), 71-59. The loss was
particularly painful since it came
on Tarleton's own gym floor, as
Stephenville was the host site for
1992's inaugural Division II
tournament. Northwestern would
lose the championship game to
Grace College (Indiana) in an 85-
79 overtime thriller. Both of
those teams return to the national
tournament, as well.
Strangely enough, last year
Eureka lost the game immediately
following the Tarleton loss, an
85-77 setback to George Fox
(Oregon). Both teams, therefore,
will be anxious for a national
tournament win.
Eureka enters the tournament
seeded tenth with a record of 23-4.
The Red Devils come into the
tournament riding a ten-game
winning streak. In the NAIA
Division II statistics, Eureka leads
the nation in rebounding
percentage (grabbing 61 percent of
the rebounds), are second in team
scoring margin (winning by an
average of 18 points a game), third
in three-point field goal shooting
(45 percent) and sixth in team field
goal shooting (51 percent).
The Red Devils also claim the
17th best rebounding in the nation
in junior center Chris Eaton (9.24
rebounds per game), and the
seventh best three-point shooter in
junior guard Troy Tyler (hitting
52 percent from long range).
Tyler, who averages 20.7 points a
game, was Most Valuable Player
in District 20. He scored 31
points in last year's tournament
game.
Eureka is coached by Dave
Darnell, who has been the Red
Devils' mentor for 19 years and
has recorded four consecutive
twenty win seasons. This marks
the third time in the last six years
that he has coached Eureka to the
national playoffs.
Lonn Reisman, who has
coached Tarleton to four
consecutive twenty-win seasons as
well, knows his team has its
hands full. "They've got excellent
guards," Reisman says. "They
take a lot of three-point shots (an
average of 17 a game) and they can
score in bunches. This is a great
defensive team that can also score
a lot of points."
Tarleton's basketball team,
seeded seventh in the tournament
with a record of 22-10, has also
proven capable of playing defense
and scoring. In three District 8
playoff games, Tarleton held
opponents to an average of 60
points while scoring an average of
74 points.
In addition, Tarleton boasts its
own District Most Valuable
Player in Sean Walker. Walker,
who doesn't qualify for the
national statistics because he
hasn't played in 75 percent of
Tarleton's games, is averaging
22.6 points and 10.2 rebounds per
game. And, while his shooting
percentage is slightly lower (47
percent), Chris Givens has made
more three-pointers than any
player on Eureka's squad.
Tarleton's only player making
the national statistics is senior
guard Edward Milton. He's ranked
seventh in the nation in assists,
dishing out 7.5 per game. Milton
was Tarleton's leading scorer in
last year's first round loss, scoring
24 points.
The winner of the game is
likely to see Grace College (seeded
second) in the second game.
"Right now, that's the last thing
I'm worried about," Reisman says.
"It's important for our program to
get a win in the national
. tournament and we've got a tough
opponent. For us, Friday's game
is a national championship game."
The Women
Tarleton surprised a lot of folks
in Oregon last year by making it
to the final game of the inaugural
women's Division II tournament.
Coach Jan Lowrey would like to
surprise some more people this
year. The TexAnns enter seeded
tenth and are one of just three in
the tournament with fewer than 20
wins (19-12).
Despite the record, the
TexAnns may be peaking at the
right time. Angie Gentry, forced
to play point guard recently, has
been getting better at the spot in
each game. Senior forward Tina
Tibbs has stepped up her game
both defensively and offensively,
and post Eleanor Golding put
together her two best games of the
year in the District 8 playoffs.
Sophomore post Kaelie Butler
and senior forward Karla Dick
continue to be the top scorers and
rebounders on the team. Kaelie
averages 14.9 points and 10
rebounds and Dick averages 12.6
points and six rebounds a game.
Both gained valuable experience as
starters in last year's national
tournament and could fuel another
championship drive.
The TexAnn's first opponent,
King College, is something of an
unknown. The Tornados are 23-4
and seeded seventh in the
tournament. They lead the nation
in field goal percentage (.507), are
11th in rebounding percentage
(.548), and are seventh in three
point percentage (.429). That last
figure is misleading. King has
taken just 49 three-point shots,
which is 12 shots fewer than
Tarleton's Karla Dick has made.
Two six-foot centers manage to
do most the scoring and
rebounding for King. Alice Calder
and Cynthia Horton both average
13.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per
game. That should make for an
interesting duo with Tarleton's
two six-footers in Butler and
Golding. King has another six-
footer on the bench and starts two
5' 4" guards in Melanie Rasnik
and Stephanie Mason that
combine for 25 points and eight
assists per game.
A first-round victory would pit
the TexAnns against Mount
Mercy of Iowa, a team the
TexAnns lost to in the AIAW
National Tournament in 1980.
Mount Mercy enters the
tournament as the number two
seed.
Tarleton is one of five schools
with both men's and women's
teams in the national tournaments.
(See TexAnns page 6)
Track team makes a show at nationals
Flayer of the week
Tarleton State University left-
handed starter Richard Trevino,
has been selected District 8
. Pitcher of the Week. Trevino, a
5-9, 165-pound senior from
Arlington (Sam Houston), Went 8
1/3 innings to get a 2-1 Trevino
scattered five singles, walked just
three and struck out eight. The
solo run was unearned. It was
Trevino's first appearance of the
year.
By Roderick Richardson
Sports Editor .
The men's and women's track
team represented Tarleton State
University in the NAIA Indoor
Nationals in Kansas City last
week. But their efforts were
drowned by their moderate results
from the meet.
"They represented Tarleton
well We just fell- short that's
all," said Coach Carl Pleasant. "I
think that under the circumstances
in getting to Kansas City, they
gave it everything they had."
The Tarleton track team was
worn by problems in the gas tank
on their way to Kansas City. The
problem was finding a place to
stop in order to get water into the
. tank.
I Though Tarleton had enough
obstacles to discourage them, they
still came out to the meet and put-
1 on an impressive performance
nonetheless.
Patrina Roy broke the school
record in the 60-meter dash run-
ning a 7:29. Roy finished seventh
in the meet.
j Lenny Jackson finishedl0th in
the pole vault. Jackson cleared
; 15-feet in the indoor nationals.
The women's mile relay team
! of Carmen Colon, Sheri Barberee,
i Audra Bierman and Jenny Newton
i took seventh place in the meet.
The men's 1600-meter team
consisting of Spivey Thomas,
Jerrod Lemmons, Keith Taylor and
Chad Jones finished with ninth
place.
"I feel fortunate in getting their
with a young team," said Pleasant.
"Not only you have to qualify to
make the nationals but you have
the finish with the top percentage
to go to the meet, so we're look-
ing forward to making the
. [nationalloutdoor's meet.".
Tarleton's next meet will be
this weekend at Howard Payne
University. In that meet, they
will be competing against top
schools such as Texas Tech,
Angelo State, Southwest
Christian, Ranger Junior College
and Abliene Christian University.
TSU comes through with the upset of the year
By James Rich
Staff Writer
The flu epidemic is taking its
toll on the Texan baseball team,
leaving eleven players and both
coaches out sick.
_The Texans led the home field
diamond with success last week in
spite of the blow . The Texans
led a tremendous attack as they
upset nationally ranked TCU at
home on Thursday.
The Texans were successful in
holding TCU to only one run in
their effort to gain the win. The
Texans out-swung TCU as they
scored two runs to come out
victors.
The Texans returned to the
diamondlat home Sunday, March
7, for a double header against St.
Francis College of Illinois. The
Texans also swung to success in
both of the games. The first game
was close; however, the Texans
put themselves in the winning box
with three runs in the sixth inning.
This led the Texans to a 5-4 win
over St. Francis.
The Texans then returned to
the diamond later in the afternoon
to boost their record with another
win against St, Francis. In the
second game the Texans scored
throughout the game but held St.
Francis scoreless after the second
inning, to give the Texans a 6-3
win.
The Texans were still feeling
the effects of the flu Monday as
they took a severe blow by Iowa
State. The Texans stayed in the
game until the end, scoring three
runs in the last inning.
Nonetheless, Iowa State came put
with the 14-4 win.
With the Texans suffering
from Uie flu epidemic, they have
hopes of returning to the diamond
this week with more success. The
Texan schedule has been
rearranged to help them get rid of.
the flu bug. Games have been
postponed until the team and
coaches return to their winning
abilities.
Tarleton's tennis team wins a big duel
By Roderick Richardson
Sports Editor
The Tarleton State men's and
women's tennis teams stepped in
Yellowjacket country Monday
and walked out victorious.
Both TSU teams defeated arch
rivals Howard Payne University,
but in different fashions. The
women's team won by a decisive
margin of 8-1. The men,
however, prevailed with a closer,
but still impressive, 6-3 win.
In the women's match-up,
Tarleton practically dominated
Howard Payne in both singles and
doubles competition. The
Yellowjacket's only win came
from singles play when Tarleton's
Michelle Bartek faced Missy
Markham. Markham won both
sets 6-3,6-1.
Bartek got revenge during the
doubles competition as she and
her partner Andrea Pope beat the
team of Markam and Suzanne:
Stewart 6-3, (7-6), 6-3. Tarleton's
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day in singles 6-4,6-4.
The team of Kristi Lusk and
Leslee Duncan are Tarleton's
number one women's doubles
team. Their record together is 4-1
this season. They waltz passed
Howard Payne's team of Amy
Engislke and Kim Lindsay in
straight sets 6-2, 6-1. Lusk and
Duncan are expected to be one of
the top three seeded teams in the
District VIII tournament.
"The girls are coming along
well," said Jeff Matlock, graduate
student coach of Tarleton. "They
should peak by the time the
district tournament is here. They
are improving every time they
play."
In the men's division, the top
three Texan players in singles,
Brannon Potts, Clint Myrick and
Andre Thomas, were defeated by
the Yellowjackets, but that wasn't
enough to stop the rest of the
Tarleton team from cleaning
house. The Texans won the rest
of the matches.
Potts, Myrick and Thomas all
redeemed themselves in doubles
competition. The team of Myrick
and Potts defeated HPU's Rodney
Chant and Kevin Hill (2-6), 6-2,
6-3.
Thomas and his partner Pat
Tomberlain had a huge win over
top Howard Payne competitors
Morgan Walker and Tim Brnshon
2-6, 6-4, 7-6, (7-3). The win
opens the opportunity for a
number two seeding in the
District VIII tournament.
Howard Payne and Hardin-
Simmons are the top teams
Tarleton will have to look out for.
The win in Brownsville was a big
step towards a possibile chance a
the national tournament.
According to Matlock, since
Tarleton is not in a conference,
none of the duel matches mean
anything except for seeding and
preparing for the District VIII
tournament.
Tarleton's next duel match-up
will be here against McMurry
University this afternoon.
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