The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 49, Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 26, 1985 Page: 7 of 8
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Women excel in national tourney
ByKENSMALLINQ
SportaEdttor
Hard work always pays off In the end.
At least for the ACU women's tennis
team It does. The Wildcats travelled to
J Lakeland Fla. this past week to com-
pete In the Florida Southern Invita-
tional Tournament. Eight teams from
around the country competed at the
round-robin tournament.
The tourney was arranged so that
each team played one another and a
team champion was announced. At the
same time a six-flight Individual tour-
nament was conducted. Points also
were kept for the doubles teams.
"We had a great week of tennis"
said head coach Allen Tappe. "We set
tome goals for ourselves and we sc-
complished what we wanted to do."
The goals Tappe is talking about
were set during Spring Break when the
tennis team spent time at a tennis
ranch in New Braunfcli. Last year the
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Judy Clardy senior from Tyler returns a shot during earlier action in the Florida Southern Invitational The Wildcats upset three teams
this year. The Wildcats travelled to Florida this past week to compote who had held national rankings. (Photo by Craig Allen)
Wildcats dominate relays
By THOMAS GRAHAM
Sports Staff
The strength and depth of ACU's
track program was obvious Saturday
when both the men's and women's
teams defended their 1984 Wildcat
Relay titles with easy victories.
The men's team outscorcd all op-
ponents 2-to-l and the women out-
distanced Angelo State by 82 points as
both squads retained the champion-
ship awards.
"I was a little surprised that we
didn't get a little more competition
from Tech and Wayland (Baptist)"
said ACU coach Don Hood.
The Wildcats scored 202 points to
Texas Tech's 83. Ranger Junior Col-
lege was third with 53 points followed
by Wayland with 51. Hood had
predicted the strongest showings
would be from the Red Raiders and
Wayland's Pioneers.
"I think they were suffering from
the Spring Break Blues" said Hood of
Wayland Baptist which was out of
school last week for the break.
"Wc were hoping to be pushed in
the mile relay a little bit more" Hood
said ACU won the mile relay at the
Louisiana Tech Relays last week In
3:09.
ACU soccer shows best
Bv OARV PATTERSON
Jfc AsItant Sports EtfKor
The ACU soccer club although losing
two games and tying one played an
impressive game in the Hardin-
Simmons University Indoor Invita-
tional Friday and Saturday. The
Wildcats lost to HSU 5-1 the Vikes a
team from Lamar 3-1 and tied with
Baylor 0-0.
"It was the best we've ever played"
said club president Jeff Chowning.
One of those problems was with
team didn't do anything over Spring
Break but Tappe said this year he
wanted to develop a different attitude
with the team. They spent three days
together at the tennis ranch before
competing against Southwest Texas
State.
"We had several goals that we
wanted to accomplish" said Tappe.
"The first was to beat Southwest
Texas and then to prepare for the
Florida trip. We wanted to beat three
teams from the South region. We felt
this was important if we wanted a bid
to nationals."
The first goal the Wildcats ac-
complished easily. They stunned the
Bobcats 8-1. Last year Southwest
Texas won the conference champion-
ship and defeated ACU 6-3. After
defeating SWTSU the Wildcats went
to the Florida tournament.
The eight teams competing in the
tournament were host-school Florida
Southern University ranked 10th in
This week the Wildcats ran a
3:08.57 and easily won over Wayland
Baptist which finished second with a
3:10. Tech finished In third place. The
Pioneers have run 3:07 this season
and Hood had said before the meet
that he "wouldn't be surprised if a
3:03" won the race.
Wayland ran a 3:03 last season and
returned the entire squad this season
but was missing the two runners that
regularly run the middle legs because
of injuries.
The women's team was also hoping
for a bit more competition in the mile
relay as ACU won the women's mile
relay in 3:49.96. The University of
Texas at San Antonio came In second
with a 3:55.28 and Lone Star Con-
ference foe Angelo State placed third
in 3:55.69.
"We haven't been pushed all year
long" said women's track coach Wes
Kittley of the mile relay which set a
new meet record for the event despite
the easy win.
"The times aren't that good" Kit-
tley continued. "We can run a 3:40
we just have to be pushed."
Texas Tech's Leonard Harrison
!roduced strong kick on the anchor
eg of the 4x100 to increase the Red
Raiders lead at the tape in winning the
thi tr rtcular eoalle who did not show
up for the second game against the
Vikes. Chowning said ACU had to put
in a player who had never played
goalie before.
Against HSU the only goal for
ACU in the game was scored by Tim
McGce a junior psychology maj-
or. Against the Vikes Chowning ws
the only scorer for the Wildcats.
However the most Impressive game
for ACU was the tie with Baylor Satur-
day afternoon
"That was the best I've ever seen
the nation last year. Stetson Universi
ty a Florida school ranked sixth in the
nation last year Notre Dame ranked
third in the nation Auburn Universi-
ty a NCAA Division I opponent
Southern Illinois at Edwardsvllle
ranked second in the nation Cal-Poly
University Stephen F. Austin Univer-
sity and ACU.
"We're trying to get a bid for the
girls" said Tappe. "We knew there
were several teams from the South
region that we had to beat. It was pret-
ty formidable competition;"
The first team the Wildcats en-
countered was Southern Illinois
University. The Wildcats lost 6-3 but
Tappe said the women's team ac-
complished a lot for the first match.
Judy Clardy senior from Tyler
defeated Elizabeth Calendar last
year's national champion in No. 1
singles 6-3 6-2. The Wildcats also
won No.l and No. 3 doubles. The
Wildcats lost three other matches in
sprint relay In a meet record time of
39.80. ACU's Darren Williams runn-
ing the final leg crossed the finish line
in 39.92.
"Our first exchange was pretty
bad" said Coach Hood of the handoff
between Greg Meghoo and Greg
Johnson. Meghoo is recovering from a
pulled groin muscle. "That's two
weeks In a row that Meghoo has gotten
out slowly."
"We lost about three yards (on the
exchange)" Hood said. "That was the
margin of defeat."
Meghoo did manage to win the
100-meter dash defeating Jamaican
teammate Albert Lawrence in 10.43.
The two were members of Jamaica's
Olympic silver medal winning sprint-
relay team. Lawrence finished second
in 10.52 and Darren Williams
sophomore from Midland was fourth
in 10.71.
Paul Carrozza senior from Paradise
Calif won the 1500-meter run in a
meet 'record 3:49.7 and teammate
Freddie Williams sophomore from
Cape Town South Africa held off
former NCAA champion James Mays
to win the GOO In 1:49.44.
The women's sprint-relay team
established a new meet record winning
in 46.63 as Camille Coates freshman
performance at tourney
ACU play b an Indoor game" said
McGee. "Baylor was in a position
where it had to win to advance but
since we tied them we knocked them
out of the whole invitational."
The Wildcat soccer club has a
reputation for coming together and
playing its best during the third game
of an invitiatlonal and this one was no
exception.
"After losing the first two games we
began to jell together" said McGee.
"Wc had all of our players plaw.well
during that game all of them." v
three Kts.
"It was a tremendous win for Judy"
said Tappe. "It was a real close match
and a great start for us."
Southern Illinois was the winner of
the Florida tournament and ACU
placed third but the Wildcats had
several Individual winners. Clardy
won the Flight 1 championship' and
then teamed up with little sister
J'Lynn Knlffen freshman from
Abilene and won the Flight 1 doubles
championship. Lori Miller freshman
from Honolulu Hawaii and Carol
Tabor sophomore from Carlsbad
N.M. won the No. 3 doubles flight.
At the No. 2 doubles position Alice
Vickers senior from Dallas and An-
drea Hunt senior from Hurst tied in
No. 2 doubles but the other team had
an individual win over them.
"We played 15 doubles matches dur-
ing the week" said Tappe "and we
won 13 of them. That was a really
significant accomplishment for the
from Jamaica had a hand in her third
record of the day. She also ran on the
mile relay and set a new record in the.
200-meter dash winning in 23.86. She
also won the 100 In 1 1.73 followed by
teammate Carta Jackson sophomore
from Big Spring in 12.35.
Sheila Carrozza junior from
Paradise Calif. won the 3000 In a
new school and meet record of 9:35.8
while Barbara Fleming won both the
800 and 15.00.
Inside the oval synthetic track ACU
performers sparkled in field events
competition as well.
Bobby Williams competing unat-
tached led ACU vaulters. to a 1-2-34
sweep by winning on least number of
misses at 17-0.
Ahmed Shata freshman from Egypt
set g new meet and school record of
62-lVa to win the shot put by more
than 5 feet. David Simmons senior
from Midland was fourth with a put
of53-6W.
Yolanda Henry sophomore from
Houston broke her own school record
winning the high jump with a 5-10V
effort.
"I wasn't impressed with the height
as much the way she cleared it" said
Kittley. "She was well over six-foot.
She could have cleared 6-2"
Chowning said the team has improv
ed every year it has been to the invita-
tional. He said the past few years the
Wildcats were blown away by all of the
teams they competed against.
"This year we had the capability to
beat any of the teams we played" said
McGee. "The only team that should
have beaten us was HSU."
"We've had some good times and
some bad times with this dub" said
Chowning "But after our perfor-
mance this weekend I can say we are
really coming around."
girls."
The Wildcats took on Cal-Poly on
Wednesday and defeated them 5-4.
The Wildcats won two singles mat-
ches but clinched the victory by
sweeping the doubles matches 3-0.
The tournament was rained out on
Thursday but action continued on
Friday. The Wildcats faced sixth-
ranked Stetson University and
defeated it 6-3. ACU was tied 3-3 go-
ing into the doubles matches but its
strength in doubles was too much for
Stetson to overcome.
After a lunch break the Wildcats
faced tournament host Florida
Southern who was ranked 10th in the
nation last year. The Wildcats defeated
them on their home court 54. They
continued their onslaught on Saturday
by defeating NCAA Division I oppo-
nent Auburn University 5-4. The
Wildcats were down 2-4 after the
singles matches but once again used
their strength in doubles to win the
Men's tennis team
splits two in Okla.
yKENSMALUHQ
Sport Editor
The ACU men's tennis team knocked
off Division I opponent University of
Illinois at Chicago last Tuesday and
then split two matches against
Oklahoma schools this past weekend.
The Wildcats played againsr
Oklahoma City University a Division
I school and had three good matches
in their 6-3 loss. Shane Thompson
sophomore from McAllen defeated
his opponent at the No 6 singles posi-
tion. Thompson was credited by Assis-
tant Coach Hutton Jones as being a
consistent winner at his singles posi-
tion. He is sporting the best singles
record for the Wildcats with a 6-3
record.
"It's tougher to win in singles" said
Jones. "You have more confidence in
doubles because you have a partner
you can get help from."
However Jones said the Wildcats
need to sun playing better at the
singles position if they hope to con-
tend for the conference title.
"We're kind of in a neutral zone"
said Jones. "We're not playing quite at
our potential yet. We need to come
around in singles if we want to win
conference and we need to keep play-
ing the kind of doubles we have been
playing. We've got good doubles
players."
Jones said the Wildcats are a young
and inexperienced team compared to
some of the competition they have
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David Simmons senior from Midland competes In the hammer
throw. He finished second after throwing the 16-pound ball 179-10.
He also won the discus with a throw of 189-11 while former ACU
record holder Martin Guerrero w&s fourth at 156-7.
match.
"They had to be in some condition
to play the kind of tennis they played"
said Tappe. "As a result of their per-
formance we went a long way to gain-
ing a national bid."This was by far the
best performance by these gills this
year. They represented ACU as ladies
on and off the court.
"We achieved every goal we set for
ourselves" said Tappe. "We know
that Judy (Clardy) can beat anybody in
the nation. We also know that we can
play doubles with any team in the
country and wiru"
The women's tennis team will play
Hardin-Simmons University Tuesday
at HSU. The match is scheduled to
begin at 3 p.m. They will travel to
Huntsville on Friday to play Sam
Houston State and then battle Stephen
F. Austin on Saturday.
"Our girls have been really sup-
ported by this school" said Tappe.
"This was a school victory."
playing. The Wildcats have only one
junior on the team. The rest of the
team is made up of freshman and
sophomores.
"It's like we were a junior college
team" said Jones. "Most of the
schools we have been playing have
athletes with two and three years of ex-
perience under their belt."
The Wildcats second match of the
weekend was against Oklahoma Bap-
tist University. The team is a member
of the NAIA and advanced to the
NAIA national tournament last year.
ACU was able to squeak out a 5-4
victory.
Jones said the two teams were tied
3-3 after the singles matches. Ramiro
Azcui sophomore from La Paz
Bolivia was injured in his singles
match and had to be replaced by Mark
French freshman from Nashville
Tenn. in the doubles competition
Adam Dixon sophomore from
Abilene and Mickey Navarro
sophomore from Athens defeated
their opponents at the No. 1 doubles
position but ACU lost at the No. 2
position. With the score tied at 4-4
French and Judd Sanderson freshman
from New Braunsfels scorched their
opposition 6-1 64.
"Anytime it's 44 and people are
watching for the outcome" said Jones
"it's nice to win a close one."
The Wildcats are scheduled to play
Hardin Simmons on Tuesday at HSU.
The match is scheduled to begin at 3
p.m.
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