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The Red and Black. Tuesday. April 3. 1979
STEWART, BELUE POWER DOGS TO VICTORIES
Georgia baseball team takes two of three from Kentucky
Joe Monroe steals second against Kentucky
Lady gymnasts finish 13th
in national collegiate finals
By ANDY COOK
Assistant sports editor
Georgia s women's gymnastic team saved
one of its best team efforts of the year for the
final national championship at Penn State this
weekend, as the Bulldogs overcame a key
injury to Cathy Shotwell and finished an
impressive 13th in the meet
Georgia's 131 6 team score was well behind
Cal State-Fuller ton's winning 143.8 mark, but
was only .35 of a point out of tenth place
Host Penn State finished second with 143.7
while Clarian was third with 141.6. The
remainder of the 16-member field finished well
behind the top three teams, with scores in the
low 130’s
Tod all-around gvmnast Cathv Shotwell
ignored a sprained ankle and performed on all
but the jarring vaulting event, but it was the
standout performances of Shotwell’s team
mates that lifted the Bulldogs out of their
original last-place seeding
Senior Tern Parsons capped her career at
Georgia with the team's top all-around score of
the meet Following Parson's example. Becky
Oppenheimer finished as the Bulldogs second
all around gymnast with outstanding perfom
ances on the uneven bars and floor exercise
Bonnie Bowen led the team in vaulting again,
and Dianne Cantrell paced Georgia on the
uneven bars.
Third-year coach Andy Long was surprised
at her team's showing in the meet "I thought
we'd have a heck of a time just getting out of
16th," I^)ng said, "but the kids really came
through for us I’m very pleased with their
performance "
“We beat some teams we had beaten earlier
in the year and our score was a little higher
than our meet average this year.' Long stated
"We only had two breaks in the whole meet
and we were right in the thick of things for
most of the competition.”
Long claimed that a relatively early
noontime performance on Friday hindered the
team from a better showing Being seeded 16th.
the Bulldogs were forced to compete first, and
“scores tend to get higher as the day goes on."
according to Long
"We were weak on the uneven bars and floor
exercises, but over all. we had a very
satisfying performance.'' stated Coach l^ong
"They wenl up there and came back with a lot
more than we expected
With Shotwell out of full competition, the
Bulldogs had not been expected to finish higher
than their last-place seeding, but strong
routines by other members of the team helped
Georgia gain its highest finish ever in the
national finals The team finished 14th last
year, also after being seeded last
"We were not outclassed at the meet at all.”
said Long, "and we're looking forward to next
year " Long has excellent reasons to be excited
ibout next year, as the team only loses Terri
Parsons to graduation, and will gain three new
freshmen that are reportedly as strong as
Cathy Shotwell
"We’re in good shape for next year, but the
only problem is that when we improve, so does
everyone else.'' Long reflected "Just when you
start to catch up. everyone else takes two
leaps.”
Portions of the National finals were taped
and will be televised on NBC's Sportsworld on
April 7 and April 14
By NORM REILLY
Sports editor
Today's game: Georgia <14-
7) vs. Hope College. 3 p.m. at
Foley Field.
The Georgia Bulldogs base
ball team evened its SEC
record at 5-5 this past weekend
winning two of three games
from the Kentucky Wildcats
All three of the games were
one-sided with the Dogs taking
the first and last contests and
the Wildcats the middle one
Senior Joe Stewart, who had
been in somewhat of a hitting
slump for Georgia, came out of
it in a big way Stewart had
five hits in nine at bats during
the series, including three
home runs (one a grand slain >.
In addition, he knocked in
eight runs while scoring six
himself.
In the first game Saturday,
in which the Bulldogs won 9-1.
Doug Henley combined with
Scott Maughon to pitch Geor
gia to victory. Henley had to
leave the game in the third
inning when he pulled a muscle
in his back while throwing a
fastball
The Bulldogs' big innings in
this encounter came in the fifth
and sixth frames Buck Relue.
who is presently leading the
conference in home runs,
connected for his sixth of the
season in the fifth and then,
after Jeff Pyburn walked.
Wade McKinney hit a two-run
shot to left to give the Dogs a
5-0 lead.
After two quick outs in the
sixth inning. Dave Lanning and
Pyburn singled followed by a
McKinney walk Stewart then
came to the plate and
promptly drilled a Tim-
Brandenburg pitch far over the
center field fence
The second meeting Satur
day between the teams saw
Kentucky’s Joe Georger pitch
a brilliant one-hit shutout as
his team coasted to an 8-0 win.
Georgia's only hit came after
one out in the final inning when
Belue hit a sharp grounder
between third base and short
stop just out of reach of a
sprawling Steve Roberts
The rubber game of the
series on Sunday was no
contest at all as the Bulldogs
jumped on five Wildcat pitch
ers for 20 hits and 20 runs
while easing toa lopsided 20-9
victory.
Belue hit his seventh home
run of the year in the first
inning after Rodney Bellamy
was hit by a pitch to give
Georgia a quick 2-0 advantage
and get them rolling The
Bulldogs got another run in the
second and five more in the
third with the big blow being a
two-run homer by Stewart.
The Dogs turned the game
into an embarrassment for
Kentucky in the eighth inning
when they added six more runs
to make the ^.*ore 20-3 Clutch
doubles by Gi v Mende and Bob
White were fatal to the Cats in
this frame.
Payton Mosher, the Georgia
pitcher, after eight strong
innings, ran into trouble in the
ninth, giving up six runs Mark
Hredzak hit a grand slammer
for Kentucky in the inning, but
it was much too little and
much too late
“We let Payton stay in two
innings too long.’’ Bulldogs'
coach Roy Umstattd said after
the game. "I think he got a
little tired."
"We've got three pitchers
with sore arms and we're
trying to save some of them.”
he said when asked why he let
Mosher go the distance
The two victories in the
series up Georgia's record on
the season to 14-7 and puts
them in a virtual tie with
Kentucky for second place in
the SEC's Eastern Division as
the Wildcats' conference rec
ord stands at 6-6.
The fight for second place
and a postseason playoff spot
The fight for second place
and a postseason playoff spot
is ahead in the future as
I’mstaddt says "it will be a
shootout.”
The conference schedule the
rest of the way would favor the
Wildcats as they have 12 SEC
games remaining and all of
them at home Georgia, on the
other hand, has six conference
games left at Foley Field and
six on the road. "We've just
got to play tough ballgames
the rest of the way.” the
Bulldog coach said.
Women fifth in SIC
Today's match: Georgia vs. Furman. 3 p.m. Women's
tennis courts
Georgia's women's tennis team finished fifth this past
weekend in the Southern Intercollegiate Tennis
Tournament at Clemso.i University totaling 46 points.
"As a team, we didn’t play that well, but we had some
outstanding individual performances,” Bulldogs' coach
Greg McGarity said. "Our top three players played
great.”
One of those three players. Mary Lynne Smisson.
Georgia’s top-seeded netter, reached the finals of Division
I by defeating Diane Gilreath of the College of Charleston.
6- 3. 6-3 She fell in the championship match Sunday,
though, to Clemson’s Susan Hill (the tournament’s
top-seeded player), 7-5, 7-5.
"Mary Lynne played a very intelligent match in the
finals and had nothing to be ashamed of." McGarity
commented. "It was something to watch the two girls
fight to hard for every point. With a couple of breaks, it
could very easily have been Smisson on the '''inning
side.”
"If Smisson continues to improve as she has the first
seven months of the 1978-79 season, an All-Region or
All-American status should be in her sight,” he added
In the consolation finals of Division I. Smisson teamed
with Sherri Byrd to defeat Wake Forest’s Cindy Corey
and Leigh Shephard. 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.
Teamwise, Tennessee captured the first-place crown
with 91 points, while Clemson was second with 78. College
of Charleston finished third with 76 and Alabama foruth
with 57 Following Georgia were Kentucky with 36. Wake
Forest with 26. and Furman with 16. Rounding out the
scoring in the ten-team tourney were Mary Baldwin with
15 and Virginia Tech with nine.
Nancy Gates, another Bulldog player, won her
consolation finals match over Alabama's Valerie Taylor.
7- 6. 6-2 in the Division III bracket. Gates reached the
consolations by defeating the College of Charleston s
Maggie Hastings. 6-3. 7-6.
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Women golfers win again;
men runner-up to Auburn
The Georgia women's golf
team made it two in a row but
for Coach Dick Copas' men
golftrt it was a case of
almost but now quite in
weekend golf action
Coach Liz Murphey’s Lady
Bulldogs captured their second
consecutive team champion
ship when they won the Lady
Paladin Invitational after win
ning the Duke Classic only one
week earlier.
"We’ve never won a tourna
ment with as strong a field as
this one,” said an elated
Murphey.
Sophomore Terri Moody led
the Lady Bulldogs with a
three-day score of 229 which
was good for fourth place in
the individual competition
Moody racked up scores of 77.
77. and 75 while teammate
Mitzi Edge shot 77, 78. V for a
total of 232.
"The girls played very
consistently,” commented
Murphey in attempting to
explain her team's formula for
success
Rounding out the Bulldogs'
victorious quintet were Lori
Clark with a total score of 237,
and Carol Donald who posted a
244 total
For the second consecutive
week, the Lady Bulldogs
outshot runner-up Ohio STate
to win the team competition.
The Buckeyes team total of 950
placed them eight shots behind
Georgia's pacesetting score of
942.
The Lady Bulldogs, however,
must travel to Columbus. Ohio
this weekend to defend their
team title in the Ohio STate
Invitational
While Murphey’s troops were
picking up the winner's trophy,
the Bulldog men were forced to
play the bridesmaid's role to
the Auburn Tigers who over
came the Bulldogs on the final
day to post a two-shot victory
in the Junior-Senior tourna
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"We played a little better."
said Copas. "but we're not as
good as we've been in the
past ”
As usual, the Buldogs were
led by junior Griff Moody who
fired rounds of 73. 69. and 67 in
posting a fine 209 total.
Moody’s total, which was
seven under par. placed him
second in the individual
competition.
Moody’s teammates didn’t
fare as well however as Gus ,
Holbrook and Madden Hatcher
rocordtd jit totals, sod Stuirl
Rumpf came in with a
three-day total of 218
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