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The Red and Black » Tuesday, October 9, 1990
Freshman towers for Durham
By BILL SHANKS
Contributing Writer
Most basketball players are ac
customed to casual questions re
garding height. But at an imposing
7 feet 1 inch tall, Charles Claxton
gets more than the usual inquiries.
“The first day of class everyone
asked if I played basketball,” said
Claxton, a freshman on this year’s
squad. M It was like nobody had ever
seen a tall person before."
The 1990-91 Georgia basketball
team will showcase their talents
during Midnight Madness Sunday
at mianight.
Coming out of Carol City High
School in Miami, Fla., Claxton was
one of the most highly recruited
players in the nation. He chose
Georgia over Florida State and
perennial basketball powers Illi
nois, Louisville and defending na
tional champion UNLV.
“Georgia has a good basketball
program," Claxton said. “I also
wanted to play with a team that
had an established coach. Coach
(Hugh) Durham is regarded as one
of the best and I feel I can con
tribute in my first year.”
Durham himself is unsure of the
amount of playing time Claxton
will see this season.
“With people in front of him, it’s
hard to say,” Durham said. “Just
like everyone else, Charles will
have to earn his playing time.”
As an All-American last year,
Claxton averaged 22 points per
game and 14 rebounds. Despite
these impressive numbers, he still
feels there is room for im
provement.
“Defense is the strongest part of
my game,” Claxton said. “I’m satis
fied with my rebounding and shot
blocking abilities, but I need to
work on offense.”
“He needs to work on his outside
shooting,” Durham said. “But he’s
quick. He runs the floor very well
for a big man."
Claxton said he must ignore dis
tractions to succeed at the colle
giate level.
“I have to play for Charles
Claxton,” he said. “I can’t worry
about any comparisons.”
Claxton said he is not worried
about any possible anxieties.
Does Claxton think he will add
some inches while at Georgia?
“I don’t think so,” he said. “If I
grow any taller, they may have to
build a new school with taller
doors.”
Volleyball Dogs scared, fall to Pitt
By LYA WODRASKA
Sports Writer
After losing to 18th-ranked Pittsburgh in the first
round of the Georgia Invitational, the Georgia volley
ball team defeated Florida to place third in this week
end’s event.
Pittsburgh (14-2) went on to win the tournament
with a victory over Duke (12-4) 15-5, 15-4,15-7.
The Bulldogs (13-7) served ten aces against Pitt but
otherwise played hesitantly against the Panthers.
“We came out really scared,” Georgia coach Jim
lams said. “We were very tight and very nervous. If
we didn't have our aces we would have been out of
there half an hour earlier.”
lams said the Dogs needed to build confidence by
playing a team they could make mistakes against and
still come out on top.
“We’re playing really good veteran teams,” he said.
‘We need to play a team where a few mistakes won’t
kill us.”
Florida (6-9) proved to be the team that lams was
looking for. The Dogs, who ended a four-game losing
streak, held nothing back as they relentlessly at
tacked Florida’s defense.
Both Christie Lord and Franci Hard contributed 21
kills, while the defense totaled 65 digs against the
Florida hitters.
"Georgia hit hard all night,” Florida coach Marilyn
McRenvy said. “They maintained their game plan
whereas we played in spurts.”
The Dogs could not have picked a better time to
break out of their slump. They will face five SEC
teams following a match at Clemson (14-7) today.
‘We needed this win to get us going,” lams said.
‘We’re going to have a g<xxl October ns far ns our re
cord is concerned. We certainly need to take each
team one at a time, but we’re going to do well."
Golf course awarded ’93 NCAAs
From staff reports
The NCAA chose the University
Golf Course as the site of the 1993
women’s golf championship.
Georgia originally wanted to host
the 1991 tournament, but was un
sure if renovations would be fin
ished in time for the event.
The athletic department just
completed a $1 million renovation
on the course’s front nine, and the
back nine will get the same treat
ment in sprig 1991.
Women's golf
The women’s golf team placed
third in the Lady Buckeye Fall In
vitational in Columbus, Ohio this
weekend.
Individually, junior Tina Pater-
nostro placed 18th with a three-
round score of 233. Tied for 19th
■ SPORTS BRIEFS
were freshman Luciana Bemvenuti
and sophomore Petra Rigby, each
with a score of 234.
Men's golf
The men’s golf team is one shot be
hind Central Florida after the
second round of the MacGregor
Tournament of Champions in
Knoxville, Tennessee.
Georgia’s Paul Claxton trails
Central Florida’s Joseph Malcolm
by three shots in the individual
competition.
Cross country Dogs
The Bulldog cross country teams
fell short in their bid to sweep their
second straight Georgia Intercolle
giate Championships in Atlanta
last weekend.
The women, paced by Keli
Butler, took home their second
straight championship here while
the men finished two points behind
first-place winner Georgia Tech.
Kessler injured
Former Georgia hoopster Alec
Kessler was diagnosed ns having a
stress fracture in his upper left leg
on Friday, one day before signing a
$1.1 million contract with the
Miami Heat.
The injury should only keep
Georgia’s all-time leading scorer
out for about a month.
Kessler is tauted as a consistent
forward for the expansion team.
Baron opens career as champion
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Ivan Baron: Took advantage of opponent's weak back
hand on his way to his first college championship.
By RANDY WALKER
Sports Editor
Coming into his first ever colle
giate tennis competition, Georgia
freshman Ivan Baron was ex
pecting to get a feel for college
tennis.
After Monday’s singles finals
at the 23rd Southern Collegiate
Tennis Championships, it was
college tennis getting a feel for
Ivan Baron.
Baron stormed through the
field of one of the South’s premier
tournaments and defeated Frank
Schaffner of Alabama-Bir-
mingham 7-5, 6-3 in Monday’s fi
nals.
“I really didn’t expect to win
this tournament,” Baron said. “I
just thought that it would be a
tournament to get my feet wet.”
Baron came to Georgia this
year as the world’s 1 st ranked ju
nior player after summer victo
ries at the Italian Open Junior
Championships, and the U.S. Na
tional Junior Championships at
Kalamazoo, Mich. With the pres
sure to prove that his summer
was not just a lucky streak,
Baron felt he responded well in
this weekend’s action.
“I knew that all eyes were
going to be on me when I got
here,” Baron said. “I think I
showed how I’ve been playing
this whole year.
“I think this is just a base tour
nament,” Baron said. “The tour
naments coming up are going to
be a lot tougher. I’m really proud
though of how I ployed.”
On his way to the finals, Baron
blasted second-seeded Ellis Fer-
riera of Alabama 6-0, 6-0 in the
quarterfinals, while besting tea
mmate Patricio Arnold 6-7 (4-7),
7-6 (7-4), 6-4 in the semi-finals.
Against Schaffner, the un
seeded Baron continually picked
on his opponent’s weaker back
hand side
"I knew his forehand was his
weapon,” Baron said. “I knew I
had to keep a lot of balls to his
backhand.”
With a set in hand, Raron
began to play tentatively and
went down a service break 3-2.
"He hit a lull then,” Georgia
conch Manuel Diaz said. “When I
made him aware that he was let
ting up, and not carrying the ball
with as much pace as he did be
fore, he was able to put those
things into effect.”
After immediately breaking
SchnfTner the next game, Baron
held serve for a 4-3 lend. He then
went up 5-3 ns an overruled call on
break point gave him the service
break.
Serving with new balls, Banin
then calmly served out the
match.
“Ivan's going to be an out
standing player for us,” Diaz
said. “He’s proven that he’s good
enough to play in the top posi
tions of any college team in the
country.”
Georgia’s A1 Parker, the tour
nament’s top-seeded plnver, was
upset in the second round by N.C.
State’s Glen Philp. Porker, who
teamed with Baron in doubles,
wa9 seeking his fourth Southern
Collegiate doubles title with ns
many partners.
The top-seeded team lost in the
semi-finals to eventual chnm
pionB Geoff Grant and Jason Ru
oell of Duke.
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