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Tuesday, May 17, 1983
The Ked and Black
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Top seeds to battle for championship
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McKeen (left) and (irabb en route to pivotal win for Stanford at No. 2 doubles
DaCosta ’s strategy works
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For Bulldog Babe freshman Debbie DaCosta. her unor
thodox training strategy for the heptathalon paid off.
Instead of training for the past month. Dat'osta rested If
she had a choice in the matter, however, things may have
gone otherwise Due to a leg injury. DaCosta was not able to
compete in any track meets, nor even train for that matter
Despite the handicap. DaCosta is the women's track
team's only Southeastern Conference champion, as a result
of her conference record setting performance in the hep
tathalon last week in Lexington. Ky DaCosta edged out
former record holder and defending SEC champion Myrtle
('hester of Tennessee, 5,579 points to 5,493
Victories like DaCosta'a over a Tennessee adversary were
rare, however, at the SEC women's track-and-field cham
pionship
Tennessee, a heavy favorite to win the NCAAs, pulverized
the field, tallying 223 points to second-place Alabama's 94
Georgia finished a mildly disappointing fifth behind Florida
with 80 points and Kentucky with 60
"We didn't score in seven events which hurt us badly." said
Georgia coach Steve Siller, who saw his team edged by host
team Kentucky Kentucky consistently scored in each
event. That’s how they beat us out of fourth place "
The remainder of the performances for the Bulldogs Balies
weren't without merit though Long jumper Kathy Kankins
finished second in her specialty with a leap of 19-feet 8 75-
inches Sabina Horne finished third in the 3,000 meter run in
school record time, 17:04 5
Linda Detlefsen had difficulties negotiating gusting winds
in the 1.500-meter, finishing third, crossing the tape at 4 25 3
Detlefsen was dueling one of the countries top middle-
distance runners, Joetta Clark of Tennessee Detlefsen s
strategy was to pull away from the field with about 800
meters to go, because of Clark’s tremendous finishing kick
But strong head winds took their toll just as Detlefsen made
her move
Detlefsen did set a school record the day before in the
qualifying race in the 800-meter with a time of 2:29 2 She
timshed third in that event the next day in 2:10 03
Horne finished third in the 3.000 meter in 9 59 6 while the
4x400 meter relay team of Kathy Hankins, Hence Thompson.
Tanaya King and Veronica Walker finished third in a time of
Mi 4.i
Walker finished fourth in the 100-meter dash, in a time of
11 83 and Gloria McClenan hurled the shot put 45 feet 25-
inches. good for seventh place
"It was a very complete meet," coach Sitler said "We re
improved as a team, but the level of competition has im
proved considerably We had some good, but not great
performances out of our middle distance runners, which is
where we needed todowell Everybody gave 100 percent."
Behind Georgia in the team scores was Louisiana State
with 40 points. Auburn with a single point and Vanderbilt with
no points
no
Detlefsen set a new school record
Clemson tix sign-up
Students wishing to attend the Georgia Clemson football
game Sept 17 at Clemson. S C., will be able to sign up for a
student lottery from 8:30 a m. to 4:30 p.m Wednesday, May
25 at the Coliseum Names of the lottery winners will he
posted at 8:30 a m Thursday, May 26. at the outside Col
iseum ticket window
Those selected in the lottery may place their orders for
tickets to the game Friday. May 27 from 8:30 a m. to 4:30
p m A Spring ID card and fee payment card are required for
both the sign up and the ticket order Each lottery winner is
limited to one ticket, which sells for !12 (cash only) each The
tickets will be mailed to the student's summer address
Students will have the opportunity to purchase tickets for
the Sept 3 Georgia home opener with UCLA the week before
the Saturday night contest, and on the day of the game A
Fall. 1983 ID card and fee payemnt card will tie required in
addition to the $2 fee Students will be able to purchase a
coupon book for the five remaining home games the week
before the Sept 24 contest with South Carolina The coupon
books will be available to students for $10
By IVAN ARON1N
R«*d and Hintk Staff Writer
The pre-tournament
seedings for the 99th NCAA
Tennis Team Cham
pionships were right on
target, as the top-seeded
Southern Methodist
Mustangs and the No. 2
ranked Stanford Cardinal
advanced to Tuesday's finals
at Henry Feild Stadium
Monday.
The Stanford squad bat
tled the No. 3 ranked Trojans
from Southern California for
five hours and 20 minutes
before taking the match 5-4.
Stanford's No. 2 doubles duo
of Mark McKeen and Jim
Grabb clinched the win for
the Cardinal, edging USC’s
Matt Anger and Antony
Emerson 6-7 (1-7), 7-6 (7-2),
7-6 (7-5).
The doubles victory
followed a USC comeback
which saw the Trojans
overcome a 4-2 Stanford lead
after the singles com
petition.
In the singles play, No. 1
Scott Davis defeated Anger
6-1, 6-3. No. 3 Dan Goldie
beat Tim Pawsct 6-3, 6-4 and
No. 4 Eric Rosenfield
outlasted Emerson in three
sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. McKeen
also beat Jorge Lozano 6-1,7-
6 (7-2) at No. 5 to put Stan
ford up 4-2.
The two USC singles wins
came when Todd Witsken
beat John Letts 6-2,6-2 at No
2 and Kick Bengsten ended
Jim Grabb's 24 match win
streak 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 at No 6
singles.
The Trojans, however,
stormed through the doubles
matches, as Lozano and
Pawset defeated Davis and
Letts, the No. 1 doubles team
on the ITCA ranking
Bengsten and Witsken then
defeated Kosenfield and
Goldie of Stanford 7-6 (7-5),
6 4 before McKeen-Grabh
and Anger-Emerson dueled
in the deciding slugfest.
To set up their first
meeting, the Mustangs
charged through a helpless
No, 4 Pepperdine squad
Monday 5-4 SMU clinched
the match in singles play and
defaulted at all three doubles
positions.
SMU's No. 1 Rodney
Harmon led the charge with
a 6-4, 6-3 drubbing of Glenn
Miehibata Harmon, No. 3 in
the ITCA rankings, won his
first match of the tour
nament against Miehibata
"Miehibata played tough
in the beginning of the
match," Harmon said.
"However, as the match
went on, he began to make
mistakes. It does help our
team to see me winning, but
our team is so good that I
don't have to win every time
for us to win the match.
Pepperdine beat us here in
the semi-finals last year, and
our guys were really fired up
for the match today."
Harmon's victory sets up a
confrontation between
Harmon and Davis of
Stanford in the No 1 singles
championship today. Har
mon said, "Scott and I had a
really good match at the
(U S i Open I didn’t see his
match today, but I heard
that he drilled Anger He is
really playing well and he
will be tough However,
whoever is serving better
will win the match."
No. 2 singles player Eric
Korita won his match over
winless John Van Nostrand
6- 2, 7-6 (7-5) and Jerome
Vanier beat Rich Gallien 4-6,
7- 5, 7-5 at No. 3 singles to
clinch the victory for the
Mustangs.
John Ross at No. 4 singles
beat Kelly Jones 6-4, 3-6, 6 4,
and Mark Styslinger won his
third match of the tour
nament 6-4, 6-2 over Pep-
perdine's Rill Baxter The
only SMU loss came at No. 5
singles. Jerome Jones beat
Erik van't Hof 3-6, 7-6 (7-4),
6 4.
The Mustangs' road to the
finals was a little rockier
than Stanford’s After
beating Utah 5-1 Saturday,
SMU barely escaped an
upset to No. 8 Clemson.
But with the match
deadlocked at four, Korita
and Vanier captured the No.
t singles match over the
Tigers' Richard Akel and
Gregg Cooper 6-4, 6-2 to
advance to the semifinals
with Pepperdine Monday.
The Mustangs are making
their first appearance in the
NCAA team championship
finals.
SMU coach Dennis
Ralston said that his team
"is very happy to be in the
finals. I expect a tough
match against Stanford. We
didn't play them this year, so
I really haven't had time to
think about them, Davis is a
fine player, but Rodney is
playing better every day and
he is capable of playing
great tennis."
USC and Pepperdine meet
for the consolation match
today at 10 a m., and SMU
and Stanford square off for
the team championship at 2
pm. at Henry Feild
Stadium.
Urrji < utchallTh*- Red and Black
SMU’s Harmon defeated Pepperdine’s Miehibata at No. I singles
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STUDENT AFFAIRS
ATTENTION UGA JUNE GRADUATES
OR CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
For Fall Quarter 1983, there will be two
temporary positions available on the admis
sion staff to recurit academically superior
undergraduate students.
Extensive travet is required in personal
car. Travel expenses are paid as well as mon
thly salary. Applications are available in
Room 114, Academic Building. Application
deadline is July 1.1983.
This information has been submitted by the
Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs