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• • The Rea end Black • Tuesday. January 23. 1990
Gymnasts trash Tigers in home opener
By CHRIS LANCETTE
Sports Staff Writer
Freshman Jennifer Carbone Saturday night
won the all-around competition and fed the
Georgia (5-0) gymnastics team to a 189.85-
182.1 whipping of the Auburn Tiger*.
Carbone scored a 38.30 to eclipse senior All-
American Corrinne Wright’s score by .15. She
became the first Georgia freshman to win an
all-around since Wright did it at Alabama on
March 15, 1987.
“It's an honor to win the all-around but that's
not really the goal," Carbone said. “I just try to
get the highest score possible and if I do and
Corrinne still wins, that's all the better for the
team. The team is what matters. And for me
personally, the best part of winning the all-
around was breaking that 38 for the first time."
Carbone's previous career high was a 37.95.
Despite her individual success, the Lady Dogs
fell short of the 190.0 goal for the meet.
“I was a little disappointed, not so much in
terms of score but in performance," Yoculan
said afterward. "I felt that the judging was a
little generous, that the judges gave us every
benefit of the doubt. We performed a little
sloppy.
“I guess I had my hopes a bit higher because
last week's practice was so intense. I really feel
like the routines the girls did in practice were
better than the ones at the meet, she said.
After two days of reflection, Yoculan
amended her comments Monday, saying that
overall, she was satisfied with the meet.
"All in all, I was very pleased," Yoculan said.
“I felt like our beam should’ve been a 47.5 in
stead of the 46.7 we got Saturday. We’ve got to
hit beam consistently if we’re going to win the
national championship."
“But there was a lot to be proud of also. Jen
nifer hit all four events. Sophia (Royce) and
Chris (Rodis) hit 100 percent of their events.
Heather (Stepp) fought through a break on bars
and Corrinne (whose body took a number of
jolts during warmup) did very well."
The Gym Dogs trashed the Tigers without
freshman all-arounder Sandy Rowlett*, who
strained shoulder muscles and ligaments in
practice last week. However, Royce recovered
fully enough from a fall from the uneven bars in
practice last week to compete Saturday.
Georgia won all four events, the floor exer
cise being the Lady Dogs’ best performance of
the night. Senior All-American Andrea Thomas
capped off an excellent week of floor practice by
tieing her career-high and winning the event
with a 9.75. Carbone and All-American Chris
Rodis tied for second with 9.6s.
Carbone won the vaulting exercise with a
9.70, Wright and Rodis finished second and
third respectively, while Thomas and Royce
tied for second behind Carbone on the beam.
Georgia has now defeated Auburn all 20
times the two have faced since 1980.Next up for
Georgia is a Jan. 26 date at Arizona and a Jan.
29 meet at BYU.
In other gymnastics action this weekend: The
Oregon State Beavers upset preseason
NCAA title-favorite UCLA 186.55-186.50 in
Corvallis, Ore. The Lady Bruins suffered a
major blow previous to this week’s competition
when all-arounder Shawn McGinnis received
a season-ending injury. The Utah Utes turned
in the highest score of the week, defeating
Utah State 191.95-185. The Alabama
Crimson Tide made its first trip and scored a
188.4, beating Minnesota and Wisconsin at
Minneapolis. Freshman Dede Foster won the
all-around despite a fall on the uneven bars.
Warns Jaakann/Tha Rad and Black
Jennifer Carbone: Posted a 9.7 vault score en route to becoming the
first Georgia freshman to win an all-around competition since 1987
Dawg football welcomes walk-ons
By SCOn KIRK
Contributing Sports Writer
Although football season is eight
months away, coach Joe
Tereshinski and the University of
Georgia football program began
winter workouts for walk-on
players this week.
A waik-on player must have
played two years of high school
football and passed a physical ex
amination. If you meet the criteria
and are tough enough, contact
coach Tereshinski between 3 to
3:30 pm Monday-Friday at the
Butts-Mehre building.
“We are looking for players with
the right attitude and there are
more opportunities for a young
man lor a four-year scholarship if
they merit it," Tereshinski said.
A new NCAA proposition this
year is also encouraging colleges to
actively pursue more walk-ons,
according to Tereshinski.
‘The NCAA allows 95 schol
arships to a program, and limits
new scholarships to 25 a year,”
Tereshinski said. “If a program is
under the 95 scholarship limit, the
new scholarships may exceed 25
with the surplus going to walk-on
players who nave been in the pro
gram for at least two years.”
Traditionally, Georgia holds at
least two scholarships for de
serving walk-ons, but even if a
scholarship is not awarded to a
player in his first year, he still
A NCAA proposition
this year encourages
colleges to pursue
more walk-ons.
works out and practices with the
varsity squad. In addition, the ju
nior varsity games are played
mostly by walk-ons, offering walk-
ons game experience.
On the current Georgia squad,
four former walk-ons earned schol
arships: linebacker Matt McCor
mick; tailback Kevin Brown; wide
receiver Kevin Maxwell and offen
sive lineman William Wynn.
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Dogs fare well at Airlines Classic
By RANDY WALKER
Sports Writer
One might not expect the
Georgia men’s tennis team to
fare too well when the nation’s
top singles player, A1 Parker,
and the nation’s second-ranked
doubles team of Parker and
Murphy Jensen don’t win a
match.
This was not the case in the
American Airlines Classic in
Chicago this weekend as
Manuel Diaz’s Dogs defeated
Notre Dame 6-3, and 21st-
ranked Northwestern 5-4, in its
first dual matches of the season.
“We have a team of battlers,”
Georgia coach Manuel Diaz
said. “Our depth down the line
is going to win a lot of matches.”
Georgia clinched its match in
singles against the Irish on
Friday, with Parker’s loss to
David DiLucia the lone Dog
blemish. Mike Morrison was
victorious at No. 2 singles, while
Jack Frierson, Patricio Arnold,
Jim Childs and Murphy Jensen
also posted singles victories.
Childs’ three and one-half hour
3-6, 7-5, 7-6 victory over Chuck
Coleman in the No. 5 singles
slot clinched the Dogs’ match.
Against Northwestern on
Saturday, Diaz shuffled his
lineup from the No. 2 position
through No. 6.
‘This year we’re going to have
a little more flexibility in the
lineup,” Diaz said. “We have
guys that are very close after
Parker at No. 1. They accepted
the difference in the line-up
from the first match and played
for the team with unity and
spirit.”
Parker remained at No. 1 and
was defeated by Todd Martin 6-
4, 6-7, 6-3. Arnold, playing No. 2
fell to Steve Herdoiza, while
Childs was a loser to Chris Gre-
gersen at No. 3. Morrison,
Frierson, and Hector Nevares
tied the score at 3-3 with singles
victories at Nos. 4, 5 and 6 sin
gles respectively. Parker and
Jensen fell to Martin and Her
doiza at the No. 1 doubles slot,
while Childs and Nevares de
feated Gregersen and Doug
Eisen 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.
Morrison and Frierson clinched
the match for the Dogs with a 6-
4, 6-1 win over Gary Cohen and
Georgia’s Jim Childs
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Childs believes that matches
at No. 2 and No. 3 singles will be
the key to defeating stronger
teams this season.
“Our players from No. 2
through No. 7 are very evenly
matched,” Childs said. “We’re
really going to have a lot of
strength at No. 4, 5 and 6 sin
gles. We need to have guys to
step up and play peak matches
at No. 2 and No. 3 to beat really
tough teams.”
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