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6 • The Red and Black • Thursday, February 1 1990
Bulldogs escape Tigers’ jaws
to extend home streak to 9
By DAVID PACE
Staff Wnter
The Georgia Bulldogs battled
their way to victory last night at
home, handing the Auburn Ti
gers their 14th straight SEC road
loss. The Bulldogs extended their
home winning streak to nine
games.
It wasn’t easy. The Tigers lead
44-40 after the first 20 minutes
in a bnck-and-forth seesaw
battle. Auburn matched their
speedy guards against Georgia’s
superior size in a fast and furious
first half in which both teams lit
up the scoreboards.
Georgia shot 65 percent in the
first half, including three of four
three-point field goals. Auburn
topped that first half mark with
71 percent field goal percentage
and four of five made from three-
point land.
‘They played real well," Guard
Jody Patton said. ‘They were
scrappy and it went down to the
wire 4
Patton finished the game with
seven points off the bench.
Auburn came out and built a
nine-point lead in the first three
minutes of the second half.
Guard Ronnie Battle hurt the
Dogs with his outside jumper,
connecting fbr 24 points.
The Dogs hung tough with the
Tigers though, not letting them
out of their sight. Finally, with
just more than seven minutes left
in the game, Dog Guard Litterial
Green hit a three-point shot to
put Georgia up 68-67 and the Ti
gers could never regain the lead.
Green finished with 19 points
to lead the Dogs in scoring. He
also caused five turnovers. It was
the Dogs’ defense down the
stretch of the ballgnme that
made the difference.
“We did not do a good job hand
ling Georgia’s pressure," Auburn
Coach Tommy Joe Eagles said.
“Goergia handled our challenge
tonight, and again, that is why
they are at the top of the league."
Point Gunrd Rod Cole finished
with 18 points and seven assists.
“We were patient," Cole said.
“We hung in there and that’s the
sign of a good team."
With the win, Georgia im
proves its record to 6-3 in the
SEC nnd 13-5 overall. Auburn
drops to 3-6 in the conference and
6-13 overall.
The Dogs found out that there
are no easy games in the SEC,
but they played tough on their
home court against an aggressive
Auburn basketball team. *
“Coming in, I knew Auburn
was going to play tough, "
Georgia Coach Hugh Durham
said. “That’s probably the closest
13-point ballgnme I have ever
been involved in."
Lady Netters prepare for repeats
of last year’s sweeping victories
New track coach aspires to boost
Bulldog performance and morale
By GUTHRIE SCHAFFER
Contributing Sports Writer
After the spring of 1989, the
University of Georgia went looking
for a new track coach. When the
athletic board reconvened to make
their final decision, the name that
appeared at the top of the list was
John Mitchell.
Mitchell, who was the assistant
athletic director at George Mason
University before assuming the
reins at Georgia in July of 1989, es
tablished the goal of making the
Bulldogs competitive in cross
country and outdoor track.
When you have LSU, the de
fending outdoor national cham
pions, and Florida, who finished in
the top three, in the same confer
ence, your work is cut out for you.
The Dogs have hardly been
killers in the past. Since 1984, the
team has never finished higher
than fifth and last year finished
ninth, their worst performance
since 1964.
Mitchell employs a simple phi
losophy on how to revive Bulldog
track hopes and improve his ath
letes’ performances.
“If you want to get faster, run
more repetitions. If you want to get
stronger, lift more weights,”
Mitchell said.
Mitchell needed a supporting
cast to achieve his goal. His first
stop took him to Monroe, Louisiana
where he met Ralf Uebel. Uebel
had been with Northeast Loui
siana for the past four seasons
coaching the throws, jumps, and
to relate with people, she’s going to
be an outstanding young coach for
us,” Mitchell said.
Mitchell only needed a coach for
his sprinters, hurdlers, and relay
teams to complete his staff He
went back to Monroe and found his
man. Macks Dillon brings more to
the program then just his ability to
conch in the events in which he
specializes, he brings a reputation
as a great recruiter.
“As a recruiter, Macks is out
standing. If they’re out there, hell
find them,” Mitchell said.
With its goals and leaders set,
the Dogs now begin the season
with Mitchell at the helm and
hopes for brighter days.
By MICHELLE NOBLE
Sports Writer
The fourth-ranked Georgia
women’s tennis team travels to
Miami to open its dual-match
season this weekend against ninth-
ranked Oklahoma State and 16th-
ranked Miami.
Coach Jeff Wallace’s Lady Net
ters defeated both teams soundly
last year, beating Oklahoma State
5-1 and sweeping Miami 6-0. But
Wallace refuses to take any team
lightly.
“In a year’s time a lot can
happen. We’ve got new players and
they've got new players,” Wallace
said. “I look for two good matches.
Anytime we face teams that are in
the top 20 they should be good
matches."
Oklahoma State boasts three
players in the top 50 of the Volvo
Tennis Collegiate rankings.
Monica Waniek, a native of Poland,
is the top-ranked Lady Cowboy at
No. 36. Caroline Delisle and Sally
Godman rank No. 38 and No. 46,
respectively.
In doubles action, Waniek and
Jackie Booth, the Rolex Central
Region doubles champions, are
ranked No. 4, while Godman and
Delisle are ranked No. 21.
Miami has no players ranked in
singles or doubles, but are led by
senior Jamie Yonekura, an NCAA
doubles finalist in 1988 with Ronni
Reis.
The Lady Dogs counter with four
players in the top 30. Caryn Moss,
runner-up at the DuPont National
Clay Court Championships this
fall, is the top-ranked Georgia
player at No. 4. Shannan Mc
Carthy, 1989 National Rookie of
the Year, is No. 6, and senior
Stacey Schefflin, SEC Indoor
champion, moves up from a pre
season ranking of No. 10 to No. 7.
Volvo Collegiate Doubles fi
nalists McCarthy and Schefflin are
the second-ranked doubles team in
the nation.
Wallace feels his team has the
intensity to take on some new com
petition.
Stacey Schefflin: The SEC Indoors champ is ranked No. 7
in nation and is part of the second-ranked doubles team
“We’ve been practicing with each
other for so long now that it’s time
to get out there and actually play a
different team and take it out on
them,” Wallace said.
Mild January weather has been
kind to the Lady Netters, allowing
them to practice outdoors to pre
pare for sunny Miami. But the
team is tired of just practicing; the
Lady Dogs are ready to play.
“We’re ready to play against
somebody besides our own team
mates. We all know each other so
well we could play with our eyes
closed,” McCarthy said.
As the dual-match season opens,
Georgia has set some high goals for
itself. Last year they won the SEC
championship, reached the semi-fi
nals of the NCAA tournament, and
finished the year as the nation’s
fourth-ranked team. This year they
hope to do even better.
“I really think we’re going to
shoot for No. 1,” Moss said. “We
don’t want to be No. 2; we’re not
satisfied with No.2.”
John Mitchell: Inspires
hope for better Dog days.
multi-events.
“Ralf is simply the best field-
event coach in the country,”
Mitchell said.
He didn’t need to go far to find
someone to coach his middle-dis
tance and cross-country runners.
Claire Townsend was a graduate
assistant here in Athens and she
wanted the job. Mitchell and
Townsend were already friends
and this made the transition of
head coaches much easier.
“Claire is knowledgable in her
coaching area, and with her ability
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