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Georgia Inside linebacker Torrey Evans twisted his knee In foot
ball practice yesterday. Although details on the Injury would not
be known for 24 hours, Georgia coach Ray Goff Is "confident”
that he'll play Saturday against Ole Miss between the hedges.
Armstrong vital to ‘kicking’ Ole Miss
By LYA WODRASKA
Sports Writer
Georgia punter Scot Armstrong
has seen more action this season
than anyone cares to think about.
The Jackson, Miss, native has a
total of 28 punts for the year — 10
of which were made during last
weekend’s 34-3 loss to Clemson.
Armstrong had one of his best
games against the Tigers. He aver
aged 40.1 yards per kick and 4.52
seconds of hang-time. A punter's
hang-time is vital — it allows the
defense to get down the field. As a
result, Clemson only averaged
eight net return yards for the en
tire game.
Field position could be a deter
mining factor for the Dogs as they
face Ole Miss this Saturday at
12:40 p.m. (televised by WTBS).
Armstrong’s ability to put the Ole
Miss offense deep in their own ter
ritory could be a key to a Georgia
victory.
“Scot’s done a very good job this
year,” kicking coach Bill Hartman
said. “Punting has been important
in the last three games and he has
done extremely well.”
The Tigers did manage to block
one of Armstrong’s punts but he
handled the situation well.
“It unnerved me a little bit but
John Kasay came over and told me
to relax and try to hit the next
one,” Armstrong said. “The next
punt wasn’t very good, but it got
me over my nerves for the rest of
the game.”
Armstrong played for Forest Hill
High School in Mississippi where
he was named All-State in 1988
and to USA Today’) second team
All-USA.
‘The main reason I came to
Georgia was because the football
tradition is so much stronger here
than anywhere else,” he said. "The
people, the atmosphere, and the
team made a real good situation for
Volvo tourney soon
Georgia freBhman Ivan Baron
received the University of
Georgia’s wildcard entry into the
Volvo Tennis Collegiate
Championships, one of college
tennis’ four Grand Slam
championships.
Georgia, as host for the event
to be held Nov. 1-4, is awarded a
wildcard choice into the tourna
ment, while Volvo Tennis re
ceives the other selection. Volvo
chose Stanford freshman Chris
Cocotos, the nation’s No. 1-
ranked junior in 1989.
Baron won his first-ever colle
giate title with a victory over
Frank Schaffner of Alabama-Bir-
mingham at the Southern Colle
giate Championships last
Monday. As well as holding the
No. 1 world junior ranking,
Baron is the No. 24-ranked colle
giate player in the Volvo Tennis
pre-season rankings.
The field for the Volvo
Championships is comprised of
32 of the nation’s top collegiate
players. Georgia's A1 Parker, the
defending Volvo champion, will
also be in the select field.
Baron and Parker also re
ceived the wildcard from Georgia
into the 16-team doubles draw.
Parker and Baron are ranked No.
8 in the Volvo Tennis pre-seaBon
doubles rankings.
Volvo action begins at Henry
Field Stadium on Saturday Oct.
27 with the pre-qualifying tour
nament. The main qualifying
tournament begins Oct. 30.
— Randy Walker
Armstrong credits his successful
career to his father's support.
“My father taught me how to
kick and spent time with me ev
eryday,” he said. "He really de
voted a lot of his life to helping me
get ready for college.”
Armstrong, a redshirt freshman,
is already ranked third in the SEC
and 24th in the nation in average
f ainting yards. He was redshirted
ast year behind Joey Heater, one
of Georgia’s best punters. Arm
strong is already close to Hester’s
average last year. Hester averaged
39.4 yards with his longest being
55 yards. Armstrong averages 39.2
yards a punt with his longest being
69 yards, only 18 yards short of the
longest punt ever made by a
Georgia punter. Chip Andrews
holds the all-time record punting
average of 45.4 yards per punt.
Even though he’s already rated
as one of the nation’s best punters,
Armstrong still isn’t satisfied with
himself.
“I’ve got a long wav to go but as
long as I can go out there with the
support of my teammates, I’ll keep
improving,” he said.
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Scot Armstrong: Redshirt
freshman ranks third In SEC.
Spikers struggle to
maintain streak
By LYA WODRASKA
Sports Writer
CLEMSON, S.C. — After a
solid 3-1 victory over Clemson
Tuesday night, the Georgia vol
leyball team travels to Alabama
Friday and to Auburn Sunday
with hopes of keeping their 2-0
winning streak alive.
Alabama is 10-10 but the
match could be dangerous if the
Dogs don’t take the Crimson Tide
seriously.
“Alabama is a young team and
every match for them is a chance
to make their year,” Georgia
coach Jim lams said.
lams said he is still looking for
Georgia to play with less hesi
tation.
“In the past when we were
toeing, we were looking for a
magic formula when all we really
needed to do was play,” he said.
“We won’t be able to sit back and
wait for them to make mistakes.
We’re the kind of team that al
ways has to be aggressive and
forcing the action.”
The Clemson match illustrated
what happens when the Dogs
don’t play aggressively. After
winning the first game 15-11,
Georgia lost the second game 6-
15.
“I sensed near the end of the
first game that the players
thought they could sit back and
let Clemson make the mistakes
for us,” lams said.
The Dogs bounced back and
hammered Clemson’s defense in
games three and four.
Senior Kristin Hackley con
tributed 18 kills to the team total
of 61. The Clemson defense, even
with a supportive home crowd,
couldn’t stop Franci Rard’s jump
serve as she made seven of the 17
total aces.
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