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The R«»d and Black
Tuesday, March 30, 1982
Netters look for revenge against Clemson
By JOHN CHILDERS
Kr4 and mark dull Whirr
It's revenge time at Henry Feild Stadium
The Georgia men’s tennis team will at
tempt to break a three-year-long losing
streak against Clemson today when the
Tigers visit Athens for a 2 p m match
The Bulldogs have not defeated Clemson
since 1979 and the upperclassmen on
Georgia's team feel that the dry spell has
gone far enough
“This (Clemsoni is the match that
everybody has been looking to,” said junior
Tom Foster "We could have a disappointing
season, but if we won against Clemson it
wouldn't be nearly as bad "
Not to say that the Bulldogs are having a
disappointing year, though Georgia is
currently in the midst of a seven-match
winning streak and the Bulldogs have pasted
a 13-2 record for the year. Still, today’s
match is special
There's a lot of added incentive," senior
John Mangan said. “Clemson's athletic
program has just about caught up to
Georgia's and that's a point of pride to
defend. There’s a little bit of revenge in
volved with us losing the past two years and
their football team beating ours. I went over
there (to the football game last September
when Clemson stopped Georgia's 14-game
winning streak; and I had to put up with all
that stuff. I want to get back for that .”
Gaining revenge will not be easy, however
Clemson is loaded again this year with three
players ranked among the top 14 in the
nation
of experience against top-quality com
petition this year.
"While we’ve played a tough schedule,’’
Magill said, “Clemson has played an even
tougher schedule."
The Tigers are led by three of the nation's
top players, Mark Dickson (No. 11), Jean
Desdunes (No 10) and Ric Rudeen (No. 14).
Magill said Dickson has a "good chance” at
the national singles championship, noting
that he upset the highly-regarded
“Clemson has the best team they've ever
had,” Georgia Coach Dan Magill said "They
have a chance at winning the national
championship and they’ve beaten the top
three teams in the nation They’ve lost to
those same teams too, but they proved that
they can play with them."
Magill noted that Clemson has a great deal
Georgia vs Clemson
2 p.m.
Henry Feild Stadium
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"Dickson and Mangan should have an
outstanding match today,” Magill said.
“Mangan is doing one of the best serve and
volley jobs of anyone in the nation right
now."
Magill's assessment of Mangan is based on
the senior's outstanding performance thus
far this year which has resulted in a 10-1
record, including victories over such
notables as Peter Doohan of Arkansas and
national indoor champion David Pate of
Texas Christian.
Today's No. 2 singles match will feature
the finalists in last fall's Southern In
tercollegiate Championships in Desdunes
and Foster for the Bulldogs. Foster won the
match in the fall and, on the strength of that
win, the junior is currently ranked eighth in
the country.
"We probably have our best one-two punch
in a long time with Mangan and Foster,”
Magill said.
The Bulldogs will be without the services of
senior Peter Lloyd today, who is recovering
from a leg injury which has kept him out of
action for almost two weeks. Lloyd will be
replaced by Ola Malmqvist at No 6 singles
and Gerald Kleis will team with Mangan at
No. 2. Magill said Lloyd may be available for
competition as soon as Friday.
"He's (Lloyd) coming along good," Magill
said. "There's a chance he can play doubles
against Georgia Southern. I want him back
because he's an experienced senior and he
and Mangan were making a good doubles
team. He's also playing the most consistently
good tennis since he came to Georgia."
Malmqvist's addition to the lineup has
raised the number of newcomers to four for
the Bulldogs.
With Malmqvist in the lineup, the Bulldogs
have four first-year players in their top six.
Magill does not feel this is a factor anymore,
however
“One of the reasons we've done as well as
we have,” Magill said, “is that we’re one of
the hardest-working teams in the country.
We can work straight through the winter in
our indoor facilities and that gives us an
edge."
The Bulldogs will need that edge today as
they try to repay Clemson.
“This (the Clemson tennis rivalry) is a lot
like the Tech-Georgia football rivalry used to
be," Foster said. “I want to beat them bad."
Staff photo/l.arrv Cutchall
Bezecney and Georgia eye Clemson rivalry
Georgia women down Alabama
By CHARLES ODUM
Rad and Black Slafl Writer
The Georgia women's ten
nis team defeated Alabama
7-2 Monday afternoon at the
Georgia tennis complex
after winning all four of its
matches during the holidays
to gain momentum as they
head into some of the
toughest matches of the
year.
No. 1 singles player Lisa
Spain continued her winning
ways by defeating
Alabama's top player Kathy
Denton 6-0,6-3 The No. 2 and
No. 3 singles matches pro
vided the only losses of the
afternoon for Georgia, as
Dot Higgins lost to Myke
Loomis 7-5, 7-5 and Maxxine
Kaufman lost to Norette
Steyn 6-4,7-5.
Nancy Cohen beat Lee Ann
Massucri 6-4, 6-3, Jenny
Fisher topped Elizabeth
Shads 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, and Leigh
Shepherd defeated Kelly
Woods 6-3, 6-2 to finish the
singles action.
Spain and Shepherd fell
behind 1-4 in the first doubles
match, but fought back to
overcome Denton and Steyn
7-5, 6-3 Higgins and Cohen
clinched the match for
tichen 6-3, 3-6 and 2-0 when
the Alabama duo retired.
The state of North
Carolina proved to be the
cure for Georgia's woes
after falling to Oklahoma
State and Texas Christian
before the holidays. The
women defeated four North
Carolina schools in six days
during the break. The lady
netters traveled to Raleigh,
N.C., March 22 and defeated
Peace College 9-0. On March
24, Georgia was at Chapel
Hill to take on North
Carolina, another top 20
team. The women upset
North Carolina 6-3 in a
match that was gratifying to
Coach Lee Myers.
Buoyed by the upset of the
Tar
Heels the Georgia
women visited Durham,
N.C., March 25 to take on
Duke. The Lady Bulldogs
kept the streak going by top
ping Duke 6-3.
The Georgia women
traveled to Winston-Salem,
N.C., March 27, and headed
back to Athens after an 8-1
win over Wake Forest.
Gymnasts in nationals
Georgia by defeating
Massucci and Shads 6-1, 6-0
Susan Sadri and Fisher
finished off the Alabama
match by winning over
Loomis and Martha Wit-
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The women have been
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nationals ranked fifth in the
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The only other time that
Georgia qualified a team for
the nationals was in 1978 and
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individuals qualified last
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This year McMinn led a
young team to an 11-8 record
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in the Region III meet at the
Coliseum, March 19-20. The
women tied a school record
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The women gymnasts also
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note by scoring a 250.25 in
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the third time this season the
men had broken the school
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was not quite enough as the
men placed fifth out of nine
teams.
The Southeastern
Championships left Georgia
with a 14-12 record for the
year — a dramatic im
provement over the 6-13
record of 1981. Coach Steve
Bonham was pleased with
the continued rise of the
team scoring throughout the
season, but he is already
looking for a better showing
next year.
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which marked the first time
a Georgia team had finished
in the top 50," Bonham said.
"However, we are looking to
be in the top 20 next year. ’'
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