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Tbe Red and Black. Thursday. November I. 1979
Lady netters close
fall season at home
Georgia’s women’s tennis
team will make its first home
appearance of the year this
weekend when it closes out its
brief fall schedule.
The Lady Bulldogs will be
taking on College of Charleston
Friday at 2 p.m. and the
University of Florida Saturday
at 9 a.m. Charleston and Florida
face each other Friday at 9 a.m.
"The opening season loss to
Clemson was a tough one." said
Georgia Coach Greg McGarity.
"They were the better team that
day. South Carolina was much
tougher, as the score indicated,
but we managed to play good
tennis in both matches."
Georgia is winless after two
matches, losing a heartbreaker
to Gemson. 5-4. to open the
season, and then playing with
out the services of No. 1 seed
Mary Lynne Smisson in a 9-0
loss to South Carolina.
The Bulldog nettlrs will be
seeking their first win of the
season this weekend, and a shot
at a 2-2 fall record, but
according to McGarity. it won’t
be easy.
"Over the past two years, we
have never defeated Charles
ton." he said. "It's always been
close, but we have never had
quite enough depth to overtake
them. I'm hoping this year it
will be .t different ttory."
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"Florida is consistently a-
mong the top ten teams in the
nation and this year shouldn't
be any different." McGarity
stated "They didn't lose any
one off last year’s squad and it
will be the toughest match of the
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followed by Jaime Kaplan.
Janet McClelland. Dana
Grubbs. Leigh Shepherd, and
Nancy Cohen.
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Lady Bulldogs prepare for hoop debut
By FRANK MALLOY
Sporti editor
In recent years, the topic of women's basketball at Georgia
was almnsi always discussed in a negative light as observers
recalled the 20 point losses, games played in near empty gyms,
and threatened player boycotts due to differences of opinion with
the head coach.
But, as Bob Dylan sings, the times they are a changin', and
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under the guidance of firsl-year head coach Andy Lane
Lady Bulldog basketball program appears headed in the right
direction for (he first time in a long while
Landers comes to Georgia following a highly successful tenure
at Roane State Junior College in Tennessee, and the youthful
mentor did no! come down to Georgia empty handed.
Accompanying Landers to Athens are three girls who played for
him Iasi season at Roane State including Bernadette Locke,
Teresa Duncan, and Denise Dunlap.
The Lady Bulldogs have been working out for nearly a month
in preparation for the season opener on Saturday, Nov. 10,
against Piedmont College in the Coliseum, and Landers has been
pleased by the progress his troops have made
"We feel pretty good about the way things are going,"
commented Landers. “We're all young, our system's new,
everyone's new The players are just now getting to know each
other "
Only two players return from last year's squad which compiled
a miserable 6-22 record, and made the headlines only because of
a threatened player walkout in the midst of the season due to
diflerences between team members and then-head coach Carolyn
Lehr
But. Landers said the turmoil surrounding the women's
program last year never entered his mind when he decided to
accept the head coaching position, and he anticipates no such
trouble in the future
I've never had any player problems," remarked Landers. “If
I do, I scud it home or eliminate it from the program. We've got,
and I'm convinced we re going to have, what it takes to win here
at Georgia."
Landers did admit, however, that many high school coaches in
Georgia are somewhat leery about the status of women's
baskelball al Georgia based on past happenings in Athens
The reception among the coaches has been good." said
Landers, "but. they view the program as a hot iron. Everyone
who's touched it has gotten burnt We're going to have to show
them that they won't get burnt if they touch the iron.”
Besides having to overcome the problems created by the
previous coaching regime, Landers has also had to go about
leaching some of his players what is required to win in college
baskelball.
"Most of these girls have no idea what it takes to win on the
college level,” said Landers “They're putting forth s bette'.
effort than they ever have before in basketball, but that's still pot
enough."
One of Landers' main priorities besides turning the women's
program into an established winner on the national level, is ti
start corralling some of the top high school talent residing in the
state, talent which has been going out of state to Tennessee.
Southern California, and a host of other colleges
Landers considers the high school talent in Georgia lo be thv j
fifth best in the country, but few of the state's blue-chippers have
chosen to enroll at Georgia. National-power Tennessee started
three girls from Georgia last year, and will probably have four in
the starting line-up this season according to Landers
"We want the top two or three players in Ihe state," said
Landers "We need great players if we re going to have a great
program. I really believe that it should be one of Ihe top ten
programs in the country.”
While Landers realizes it will take time to turn the Lady
Bulldogs into a consistent winner, he also knows the impt
of getting off on the right foot.
"We've got to win. We've got to experience some success,''
remarked the Lady Bulldog mentor "If we win, they're the
team) going to keep on working. We're going to play our best
basketball after Christmas, but we’ve got to win early end wakp
some people up.
"In order to gain some respectability we have to win and we
have to beat some people we're not expected to beat
Among the players Landers will be relying upon to put GeorgiS
on the winning track are Locke, a shooting guard whom Landers
calls one of the premier players in the South, and Dunlap ami
Duncan, two excellent shooting forwards
Also on hand are guards DiAnn Stone, and Deborah Arndt, boif.
returnees from last year’s squad, transfers Cathy Bennett, and
Joy Barnwell and freshmen Cynthia Collins, 6-1 8er Is
6-3 Michelle Hartley, Wendy Johnson, and Deedy Taylor
Landers characterizes the style of baskelball he leaches as an
aggressive style in which the Lady Bulldogs will try lo dictate
the game offensively and defensively.
"We play hard, we play clean, and we play to win said
Landers "Offensively we run the break hard, and we run it
constantly. On defensive we use a variety of presses
While Landers wishes his team had another week to piepai«
for its season opener he is nonetheless looking forward to his first
season in Athens, a season in which the bad tnemorii of Ihe past
will hopefully give way to the bright moments of the present
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Georgia cross country team set for SEC meet
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The Georgia cross country
team will take an inexperi
enced squad to Tuscaloosa,
Ala., this weekend for the SEC
Championships, in what should
prove to be the most com
petitive meet in recent years.
The Bulldog tracksters. five
of whom have never competed
in SEC Championship action,
will face tough Auburn.
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“We’ve only got two runners
that have run in the SEC
meet,’’ track coach Lewis
Gainey said. “It’s hard to say
how they’ll react.’’
Joe Kauffman and Jerry
Carnes will lead the Bulldog
troops into battle this weekend.
Both runners have finished at
the top of the Georgia lineup
twice this year, as Carnes
finished in the top Bulldog spot
m the F8U and Furman
Invitationals and Kauffman led
the Dogs in the Clemson
tri-meet and Georgia Inter-
collegiates.
Another runner who should
finish in a top spot for Georgia
is junior Rick Gildard, who
according to Gainey, “has
been getting into shape and is
known for running best at
Championships.”
Bruce Caldwell, Jimmy
Futch, Billy Brock, and Scott
Griffith will complete the
Bulldog squad in the meet.
"Caldwell and Futch have
been running consistently all
year long," Gainey said,
adding that "Griffith has been
coming along real strong and
Brock has done well all year.”
"We’ll have to run our best
to place big in the meet," said
Gainey, who also admitted that
"we could run our best and not
place in the top half.”
No matter how well they run,
the Dogs will have their hands
full
Auburn, the favorite in the
meet, fields a team that is one
of the best in the country. The
Tigers have this year defeated
Penn State and Wisconsin, two
of the top ten cross country
teams in the country, and won
the Notre Dame Invitational.
Auburn is also undefeated so
far this year.
Close behind Auburn will be
Florida and Alabama, two
teams that have proven
themselves this year, as they
soundly thrashed the Bulldogs
in the FSU Invitational.
Gainey, however, regards the
two foes as lesser threats than
they appear to be. "We W\tc
not at our best at that time,"
he said in reference to the FSU
meet. "The two teams could go
either way ”
Gainey also cited Tennesst^
as tough competition for the
Dogs. "I feel like Tennessee is
a tough team." Gainey said.
"Tennessee always runs welj
in the SEC’s ."
Gainey was optimistic about
his team’s chances, however
“Practice has been goim-*
well," Gainey said “The tearf
has been enthusiastic since we
won the Georgia Inter
collegiates ”
Gainey said that the team is *
“hopefully” at its peak of
performance and that the
tracksters "will do a fine job of
representing us at Alabama •
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