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8 • The Red and Black • Friday, May 11, 1990
SPORTS
FANFARE
The No. 12 men's golf team tees off today at the SEC
championships In Jackson, Miss. The Golf Dogs are swinging for
their 22nd SEC title overall and their first since 1988. The last
Dog to win the individual title was Peter Persons in 1985.
LadyTracksters are
tuning-up for SECs
By TREVOR PADGETT
Sports Editor
Running in the shadows of a
teammate is nothing new for
Nancy Freeman. She has been
doing it her entire college career.
That may explain why the
transfer from Florida has a posi
tive outlook on being “No. 2."
‘The more talented the people
you run against the better," said
Freeman, a native of Grayson.
“You tend to push yourself more
when your teammate is a little
better 4
Freeman, who was the No. 2
distance runner at Florida, sat
out the mandatory year after her
transfer in 1988 and began com
peting the same time a distance
runner from Division II Sonoma
(Calif.) Suite University trans
ferred to Georgia — All-American
Jolly Earle.
Since that time. Freeman has
settled into the No. 2 spot behind
Enrle on the cross-country team,
the indoor track team and the
outdoor team.
But last Saturday at the Min
nesota Invitationnl Freeman ran
herself out of Earle’s shadow
with a first-place performance in
the 10,000 meters.
This Saturday Freeman will
run in the 3,000-meters at the
Spec Towns Invitational in
Athens. For Freeman and the
rest of the team, the meet will
serve as a tune-up for the SEC
Championships to be held May
17-20 in Athens.
“We’re moving our kids all
around for the meet," said track
coach John Mitchell. “This is pri
marily fine tuning for the SECs."
Said Freeman, “I’m looking at
this weekend as a tune-up for the
conference meet. The 3,000 is def
initely not my event. The 10,000
is."
Mitchell said the 10,000-meter
run is one of the most mentally
demanding events in track.
Nancy Freeman: Happy as
No.2
“Running the 10,000 meters is
a mental thing," the first-year
Georgia conch said. ‘The runner
is running twenty-four laps com-
tinually for 30 minuU»s.
“I would never put someone
who is not at least a junior in col
lege in the event. It takes a lot U>
of concentration to go that dis
tance."
Meet threatened by measles
Over 20 teams — including
Georgia Tech, Clemson, N.C.
State — received inviUitions to
the Spec Towns InviUitional, but
that number is now in jeopardy
due to the medical emergency im
posed by the State Department of
Health.
“We’re simply not going to
know how many teams will come
until they get here,” said
Mitchell. “The order is definitely
going to take the meet down, but
I’ve talked with most of the
schools and they’re almost posi
tive they are coming."
Barring an outbreak of epi
demic proportions, there will be a
meet this weekend, Mitchell
added.
Lady Netters best OSU, No. 1 Stanford next
By RANDY WALKER
Sports Writer
Playing a tenm ranked No. 1 in
the country, undefeated in ita last
62 matches and the winner of the
last four NCAA championships,
you’d have nothing to lose, right?
That’s not what Georgia
women’s tennis coach Jeff Wallace
thinks of today’s NCAA quar
terfinal match with top-seeded
Stanford (29-0).
“W’e’ve got a lot to lose," Wallace
said. “If we lose, we’re out of the
tournament.”
With a 5-1 victory over Okla
homa St. (19-6) yesterday in the
opening round of the NCAA Tour
nament in Gainesville Fla.,
Georgia’s fifth-seeded women’s
team (23-3) faces a Stanford team
which has eliminated the Bulldogs
from the last three NCAA tourna
ments.
Earlier in the year, Georgia was
shut-out by Stanford 6-0 on Feb-
run^ 3 in the semi finals of the
USTA/ITCA National Indoor Tour
nament in Madison, Wise.
“I think everytime you play you
got something to lose,” said
Shannon McCarthy, Georgia’s No.
1 player. “When we lost to (Stan
ford) earlier, we thought, ‘Gosh if
things just went our way we could
have bent them.’ I think we’re
gonna give them a run for their
money, for sure.”
McCarthy clinched Georgia’s
opening-round victory with a 7-6
(7-5), 7-6 (8-6) victory over Monika
Wnniek at No. 1 singles.
“We both have similar games
and that always makes for a g<x>d
match," McCarthy said. “We both
like to attack. We both have big
forehands and like to come in. We
tried to beat each other to net.”
McCarthy’s match today can’t
get much tougher ns the Alphu-
retta native faces the defending
NCAA singles champion, Sandra
Birch. Earlier nt the ITCA Team
Indoors in Wisconsin, McCarthy
lost 6-3, 6-4 to Birch, who dropped
to No. 2 behind teammate Mere
dith McGrath in the last Volvo
Tennis Rankings .
“I think I’ve got a good game to
beat her,” McCarthy said.“When 1
played her in Wisconsin, I was
thinking she was the national
champion, but when I got off the
We’ve got a lot to
lose...lf we lose, we’re
out of the tournament.'
— Jeff Wallace
tennis coach
court I was thinking she wasn’t ns
great as I thought. I’m looking for
ward to another chance at her.”
Wallace believes it will take u
tenm effort to knock of the top-
seed.
‘There’s no key match. Every
body’s got to play well," Wallnce
said. “Everyone’s got to con
tribute."
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No. 4 Netters ready for the NCAAs
Georgia’s men’s tennis tenm wil! fnce either Alabama or North
western in the opening round of the NCAA tennis tournament, which
begins May 18 at the Hyatt Grand Champions Resort in Palm Springs,
Calif.
The No. 4 Bulldogs are seeded in the 3-4 position as there are nospe
cific seedings past Nos. 1 and 2.
Tennessee, the top-ranked team in the nation with a 31-0 record, re
ceived the top seed, while Stanford is seeded second. Georgia is in Stan
ford’s half of the draw.
The Bulldogs beat both the Tide and Wildcats earlier in the season.
In January, at the American Airlines Classic in Chicago, Georgia edged
Northwestern 5-4. The Bulldogs bested Alnbnma twice during the reg
ular season — 6-3 in Tuscaloosa and 5-3 in the quarterfinals of the US
TA/ITCA Notional Indoors.
— Randy Walker
Ian McF«rl»n»/The Red and Black
Shannan McCarthy: To play
NCAA champ
NET NOTES: Flip Flop Georgia
conch J«*ff Wallace decided to
move his regulnr No. 5 player,
Shawn McCarthy, up to No. 4
while moving Jill Waldman down
to No. 5. Wallace claimed the move
wns due to recent problems
Wnldman has had with her foot.
QE0RG1A 8 OKLAHOMA 8T. 1
No 1 - SNinnao McCarthy (Ga ) d Monika Wam#k
(OSU) 76 (7 5). 76 (86); No 3 - Stacey Sc he ft bn (Qa )
d lech* Bor. th (OSU) 64. 61. No 3 - Caryn Mom
(Ga ) d Sei»y God men (OSU) 63. 63; No 4 - Carolina
Oeb*le (OSU) d Shewn McCarthy (Ga ) 6 7.64. 62; No
5 — J'H Weidmen (Ga ) d Chnmna Srnanm (OSU) S7.6
0. 64. No 6 — Tonya Bofdonat (Ga ) d Joanne
Meafwr (OSU) 36. 7 6 (74). 62
DIAMOND
From page 1
‘This is exactly what it’s all
about,” Fleming suid. “If you can’t
get up for this, then there is no wav
you should be out on a baseball
field.”
Georgia coach Steve Webber
hasn’t designated a starter for
Sunday’s single game although
freshman Stan Payne has been
Webber’s third man of late.
Even though both teams have
found ways to win, the two are dif
ferent in character. Georgia as a
team lends the SEC with 78 horn-
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46. However, the Tigers’ .332 team
batting average compared to the
Dogs’ .315 has enabled them to
score one more run than the Dogs
this year (467-466).
‘These teams are different but
as far as overall success goes, they
match up well,” Georgia coach
Steve Webber said. “That being the
case, whoever makes the most mis
takes will probably be hurt the
most."
Seven of LSU’s everyday players
are batting over .300 for the
season. The squad is led bv left
fielder Wes Grisham’s and DH
Rich Cordani’s combined 113 RBI.
Grisham also leads the team with
nine homers.
Georgia counters with six ev
eryday players batting over .300,
led by Brian Jester (.415), J.R. Sho-
walter (.355), and Ray Suplee
(.337). Jester lends the SEC with
15 round trippers. Georgia has
scored 10 runs or more 21 times
this season.
Webber feels his team is hand
ling the stress of the one-series
sudden death well.
“I haven’t noticed any signs of
added pressure on our team,”
Webber said. “We’ve just got to do
what we’ve done all year.”
Even with the departure of All-
American pitcher Ben McDonald,
who was drafted last spring by the
Baltimore Orioles, LSU has found
strength in its pitching. Chad
Ogea, Paul Byrd, and John OT)o-
noghue have combined to win 32
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Dave Fleming: The senior will start in Saturday’s game
games. The staff has n total of 446
strikeouts, 147 more than the
Dogs.
Diamond Dag Doings: Wednesday
night’s rninout against Clemson in
South Carolina will not be made
up... Coach Webber has won 325
career games nt Georgia, only nine
away from the school record held
by Jim Whatley.
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