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10 * The Red and Black » Tuesday, April 17, 1990
SPORTS
Jester’s homers no joke for Alabama
Diamond Dogs turn
FANFARE
The No. 5 Diamond Dogs host the Western Carolina Catamounts
today at Foley Reid. The Dogs (34-7) carry a nine-game winning
streak, their second longest of the year, into the contest. Game
time Is 3:30 p.m.
back Crimson Tide
By ERIC GARBER
Sports Writer
It seemed to linger forever. For
over a month, Brian Jester nursed
a pulled hamstring, sitting in the
dugout day in and day out with a
look of extreme frustration.
It is now safe to say the Georgia
designated hitter is back.
With no outs in the top of the
ninth inning Sunday against Ala
bama, and with Sam Harris, the
SEC save leader on the mound,
Jester popped a three-run homer to
straightaway center to give
Georgia a 10-9 lead. The Diamond
Dogs (34-7) went on to win 11-9
and sweep the three-game series
against the Tide.
Georgia lends the Southeastern
Conference (12-3) and holds a two-
game advantage over LSU and
Mississippi State. The team is now
ranked fifth in the nation by Base-
ha ll America.
“I was already excited up there
and then I saw Harris throw a fast
ball,” Jester said of his home run at
bat. “When you hit that kind of
homer, you don’t feel it leave the
bat. I could just tell it was going to
get out and could see the 10-9 score
in my head.”
Jester was named the SEC
Player of the Week for his effort in
Tuscaloosa. The Endicott, N.Y. na
tive went six for 15 in the series
and chipped in three homers and
six RBI as he bounced back from an
O-for-4 performance against
Georgia Tech last week.
‘He (Jester) struggled his first
few at bats after he returned,”
Brian Jester: Senior is SEC
Player of the Week
Georgia coach Steve Webber said.
“Once he got his composure back,
Tonight
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Jester's success marks the end of
an extremely trying time. Before
he went down with two separate
tears in his hamstring, Jester was
batting .411 and had hit 7 homers
this season.
“Oh yeah, I was hurting, but not
so much physically as much as
mentally,” Jester said. “Here I am,
someone who is used to contrib
uting everyday out there and then
something like this happens.”
Despite missing 12 games with
his injury, Jester is tied with team
mate Bruce Chick and Alabama’s
Joe Vitiello for the SEC lead in
homers with 10.
Jester was so anxious to get back
into action during his sidelining
that he talked the coaches into let
ting him play against the Ken
tucky Wildcats.
“(Kentucky) was an important
series for me because my whole
he said. “I think I falsely let
family came down to see me play,”
* ‘ ‘ ’ »ly let the
coaches know that I was OK. Now-
that I look back on it, 1 don't think I
was ready.”
Alabama was a different story.
No. 3 Netters bested
by No. 6 Tennessee
By RANDY WALKER
Sports Writer
The No. 3 Georgia men’s tennis
team (15-3, 6-1 in the SEC)
dropped their first SEC dual
match of the year, as the Doge fell
to the No. 6 Tennessee Vole 5-2 in
Knoxville Monday.
Sunday, the Dogs bested No.
13 Kentucky 5-3 in Lexington.
The Vol doubles team of Doug
Flach and Tim Jessup clinched
the match with a 6-4, 6-2 victory
over A1 Parker and Murphy
Jensen at No. 1 doubles.
Tennessee (23-0), the only un
defeated team in college tennis,
led Georgia 4-2 after singles as
the Vols’ John Gibson, saved
three match points, defeating
Murphy Jensen at No. 6 singles
7-6, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5).
“(The No. 6 singles match) was
the pivotal match,” Tennessee
coach Mike DePalmer said.“(If
Jensen had won) at 3-3 it would
be a ball game. When you’re
down 4-2 after singles, it's aw
fully hard to come back no matter
how good the doubles teams are.”
Tennessee will more than
likely be the nation’s No. 2
ranked team in the latest Volvo
Tennis collegiate rankings set to
be released today. Georgia may
drop out of the top three as a re
sult of their 6-3 loss to South Car
olina on April 5. Monday’s loss
will not be reflected in the rank
ings.
Georgia’s next home match is
Saturday at 2 p.m. against No. 10
LSU. Defending NCAA singles
champion Donni Leaycraft takes
on A1 Parker at No. 1 singles.
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