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8 • The Red and Black » Wednesday, September 26, 1990
SPORTS
Tennis Dogs touted
by preseason ranks
By RANDY WALKER
Sports Editor
The Georgia men’s and
women’s tennis teams both re
ceived top-five preseason rank
ings Tuesday in the Volvo
Tennis Collegiate Rankings.
Manuel Diaz’s Dogs were
tagged as the No. 5-ranked
team team while JefT Wallace’s
Lady Dogs received the No. 4
ranking.
Last year, Wallace's Dogs fin
ished the year as SEC co-cham
pion with Florida while losing to
Stanford in the quarterfinals of
the NCAA Tournament in Gai
nesville, Fla.
Gone from the 1990 Lady
Dogs are All-American Stacey
Schefflin and All-SEC Jill
Wald man. Wallace, however, re
cruited well and lured Angela
Lattiere and Laura Kimel to
play for him.
Lettiere received the honor of
being ranked No. 15 in the pre-
season singles rankings — a
ranking not reserved too often
for incoming freshman.
Kimel was slotted as the No.
26 singles player, while re
turning All-Americans Shannan
McCarthy and Caryn Moss re
ceived the No. 6 and No. 13 sin
gles rankings repectively.
The Georgia men, with
freshman recruits Bobby Mari-
encheck and Ivan Baron, are
looking for a strong 1990 season
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Baron, the world’s top-ranked
junior player, received the No.
24 preseason ranking, while
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Baron and Parker received
the No. 8 preseason doubles
ranking.
Stanford swept all six No. 1
rankings, as the men’s and
women’s teams were both
placed in the top slot.
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ITHEY SAID IT
"Great. This Is the first time In three weeks I haven't had a
problem.”
— Ray Goff Tuesday following his press conference In which
he wasn't subjected to harsh questioning.
Coached by former Bulldog
Goff: ECU Pirates dangerous
By GENE WILLIAMS
Sports Writer
Although a teeth-rattling clash
with the Clemson Tigers is on the
horizon, Georgia coach Ray Goff
said Tuesday his team can ill-af-
ford to look past a talented East
Carolina (2-2), the Bulldogs’ oppo
nent Saturday in Sanford Stadium.
“We can’t simply line up and
beat people with our talent because
we aren’t that good and (East Caro
lina Head Coach) Bill Lewis will
definitely have his team fired-up
and ready to play," Goff said.
Lewis, in his second year at
ECU, coached under Vince Dooley
at Georgia for nine seasons — eight
as defensive coordinator. Goff said
Lewis is quite familiar with the
Georgia system, adding that the
knowledge could cause problems
for the Bulldogs.
“He sat in the same staff meet
ings that I did, so I’m sure that he
knows as much about Georgia and
how we do things as I do,” Goff
said.
However, East Carolina pre
sents more problems for the Bull
dogs than just having an ex-coach
on the opposite sideline. The Pi
rates feature an option-style offen
sive attack which Georgia hasn’t
seen this season. Georgia hasn’t
faced a true option team since their
Lewis, in his second
year at ECU, coached
under Vince Dooley at
Georgia for nine
seasons
1987 Liberty Bowl victory over Ar
kansas.
‘While I’ve been at Georgia, I
can’t remember ever facing an op
tion team,” sophomore linebacker
Torrey Evans said. “However, if ev
eryone follows the proper tech
nique and does their job, we
shouldn’t have any problems.”
To effectively operate the option,
a team must have a quick, intelli
gent quarterback along with a set
of talented running backs. The Pi
rates have just that in signal-caller
Jeff Blake, fullback David Daniels
and tailback Cedric Van Buren.
“Blake is an excellent quar
terback. He has been hurt (an
ankle injury) but he will practice
this week and will be ready for us,”
Goff said. “Also, their fullbacks and
tailbacks are solid, hard-nosed
runners.”
The Pirates average 149.5 yards
per game on the ground, compared
to Georgia’s 132 yards. Daniels has
gained 226 yards on 48 carries and
two touchdowns and Van Buren
has gained 163 yards on 43 at
tempts.
But it’s Blake who captains the
Pirate offense. He has rushed for
118 yards on 33 attempts and three
touchdowns on the ground. He has
also completed 49 of 79 attempts
for 628 yards and four touchdowns,
with only one interception.
Defensively, the Pirates have an
All-America candidate in inside
linebacker Robert Jones. Jones, a
6-3, 236 pound junior, was named
by The Sporting News ns the na
tion’s most underrated linebacker
and ranked among the top 10 for
the Butkis Award, which is given
annually to the country’s best line
backer. On the season, Jones has
47 tackles — 26 in his last two
games.
Turning to his team, despite the
excellent play of Garrison Hearst
and Preston Jones, Goff said that
Larry Ware will continue to start
at tailback and Greg Talley will
start at quarterback.
“Greg will start, but we will play
Preston in the first half,” Goff said.
‘We tried to get him in against Ala
bama, but we didn’t. Larry will
start, but I’m not afraid to start or
put in Garrison.”
AP TOP TWENTY-FIVE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS
ItlMlU
Team
Record
1
Noire Dame (43)
2-0
2
Florida St (11)
3-0
3
Auburn (3)
2-0
4
IIY11 (3)
4-0
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Tennessee
3-0-1
6
Michigan
1-1
7
Virginia
4-0
H
Nebraska
3-0
9
Oklahoma
3-0
10
Mmmi(F'ln)
1-1
II
Texas A It M
3-0
12
Washington
3-0
13
Houston
20
14
Illinois
2-1
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Ohio St
2-0
16
Arixnna
3-0
17
Florida
3*0
IH
Southern Cal.
2-1
It*
Clemson
3-1
20
Colorado
2-1-1
21
Ari/onn St
2-0
22
Michigan St
Oil
23
Arkansas
1-1
24
F'rcsnn SL
4-0
25
Sooth Carolina
3-0
Others Receiving Vote*:
Texas 00, Ccorgui Tech 51,
Indiana 33, Mississippi 29,
Wyoming 44,
Georgia 11,
IMlsburgh 19, Syracuse 14, Louisville 12,
Iowa II, Maryland 10, Oregon 10,
Stanford 7, LSU 4, I’cnn Si. 4, Toledo 2
Stephen Mofockl/The Red end Blech
AP top 25: Notre Dame
keeps top position while
Auburn and Tennessee
remain in top 10.
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