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SPORTS / ENTERTAINMENT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1990
‘Other’ tennis frosh
content with status
By RANDY WALKER
Sport* Editor
D«*pita being on* of th* na
tion'* top 10 Junior playtr*,
Bobby Maritnchock i* known *•
th* 'other” Georgia fr**hman
t*nni* player.
While roommate and fellow
fteihman Ivan Baron, the world'*
No. 1 ranked junior player,
thine* in th* ipotlight, Manen-
check quietly loom* behind th*
tcene*.
"I love having th* hyp* on
Ivan." Mariencheck said "I’m
juit kind of a foot nou. I can play
my hardeet and not have to worry
about who I have to plea**. Ir*
juet more relaxing.”
Without a lot of notice or atten
tion, th* Memphit, Tenn. native
will begin play in pre-quallfying
for th* Volvo Tennie Collegiate
Championship* Saturday. Mari
encheck will take on Andy Smith
of Andereon Junior College at
8:30 a.m. at Henry Field Sta
dium.
Mariencheck head* into thi*
weekend’* Volvo action with hi*
head held a little higher then be
fore after he won hi* flr«t ever
collegiate ting)** title at th* B di
vision of th* Clemaon Claatic on
Oct. 14.
"I feel more confident going
into Volvo than I ever have in my
tennia career," said Mariencheck,
who who won the gold medal in
tenni* at thi* ■ummer’* U.S.
Olympic Festival “It’* incredible
how my improvement ha* »hown.
That wa* th* re aeon I won at
Clemaon."
Georgia coach Manuel Diaz
foal* that Mariencheck'* victory
wa* an important etopping *tone
to reach a* a freshman.
"Bobby’* win at Cl*m*on wa*
very significant," Diaz *aid."He’»
made a statement for himaelf.
Bobby will make a great mark for
Georgia and Tm »ur* he’ll de
velop into an outstanding player
before he'* done*
Bobby Mariencheck
But before Mariencheck can be
derailed a* a potential All-Amer
ican, Diaz feel* that he muat im
prove hi* itrength and stamina.
Leading Roy Weinberg of
South Florida in the second
round of the Southern Collegiate
Championships last month, Mar
iencheck lead by a 6-3, 3-0
margin, but eventually lost the
match in three set*.
“Bobby was playing exception
ally well. He just got tired, 4 Diaz
aaid. ‘As he becomes better con
ditioned, his game will improve
dramatically he will be able to
maintain his level of play."
"It was a combination of
(Weinberg) changing hi* game
plan and a case of my getting
tired," said Mariencheck. ‘In
practice after the Ion, I really
worked on my gam* and did some
•print*. I think it really mad* a
difference at Clemaon.”
Diaz acknowledge* the fact
that Mariencheck isn’t as well
known as Baron, but said he's
•till a tremendous talent.
“He'* not as renowned nation
ally as Ivan,” Diaz said. “But
people forget that he’s one of the
nation’* top Junior*."
And that suit* Mariencheck
just fine.
Dog starter is fine Japanese import
By LYA WODRASKA
Sports Writer
Kevin Maxwell might have learned how to
play football in Japan, but he definitely has
learned the ins-and-outs of Georgia football.
Maxwell, who will start at wide receiver
when Georgia meets Kentucky Saturday,
learned to play football when he was six-years
old while living in San Antonio, Texas. He
moved to Zama, Japan when he was 10 because
his father, who works for the U.S. Defense De
partment, was sent there on assignment.
Maxwell, who now lives in Rome, Ga., went
to an American high school on the military base
where he was the football team captain for two
years. He also was captain of his basketball and
baseball teams and was named the Far East
High School Athlete-of-the-Year his senior
year.
"We were playing just for fun so everything
was really relaxed, unlike here in the U.S.
where football is taken so seriously," he said.
The academic life also differed from Amer
ican schools.
“It was almost a type of arts school," he said.
‘The emphasis was on knowing the material
and not on grades. There was more of an em
phasis on culture and less on math."
Maxwell moved back to the United StateB
after high school and came close to attending
the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs,
Colo.
“I visited there a few days before I had to re
port, and I just changed my mind,” Maxwell
said “It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in
my life to say I didn't want to go there because I
felt like a failure."
After considering other schools, Maxwell de
cided to come to Georgia.
Kevin Maxwell
“I called Georgia Tech and Tennessee, but
Georgia was the only Bchool that acted like they
cared,” he said.
Attending a large college turned out to be the
biggest adjustment Maxwell had to make after
returning to the United States.
"It was hard for me because the school I went
to in Japan only had about 300 people and I
came straight from Japan to this school of 28.-
000 as a freshman,” he said. “It was such a cul
ture shock having classes with 300 people when
there were that many in my high school."
The 5-10 junior, who walked on in 1987 and
was redshirted, also had to adjust to the speed
of football in the U.S. from that of Japan’s.
"Everything here is in fast forward,” he said.
"You have to think in an instant. I’ve gotten
used to it, but at first it blew my mind how fast
people who were 6-5 and weighed 300 pounds
could move."
Maxwell proved he could also move pretty
fast when he caught a record-tying pass from
Greg Tolley during last year’s Vanderbilt game.
The pass, which helped seal a victory for the
Bulldogs, tied the famous bomb from Buck
Belue to Lindsay Scott in the 1980 Florida
game for the longest passing touchdown in
Georgia history.
“All I remember is telling myself not to get
caught and then being in the endzone and not
believing what I just did,” Maxwell said. "I
didn’t know about the record. I was just happy
that my first college touchdown was one like
that. When they told me about the record I just
went crazy.”
Wide receiver coach Bob Harrison said that
Maxwell is always a deep threat and has the
ability to break a game wide open.
“He hns the ability to make big plays,” Har
rison said. “He’s performing well because he’s
at practice every day working to get better."
This season, Maxwell has seven receptions
for 98 yards. His 14-yard per catch average is
second on the team to Sean Hummings (16.5
ydsVcatch).
Kasay hopeful despite slumping stats
By MATTHEW BROWN
Sports Writer
John Kasay came into the 1990
season as everyone’s All-America
candidate.
For the first three games, the se
nior place-kicker lived up to the
re-season billing by not missing a
ick. The most memorable and sig
nificant kick was his game-win
ning 40-yard field goal against
Alabama.
However, since then, he is 7-12
in field goals and hns missed an
extra point.
“I’m only human. If things aren’t
clicking right, we try to work it out
in practice," Kasay said. "I think it
will be all right. Everyone hns a
bad game.”
Georgia kicking coach Bill
Hartman doesn’t feel there’s a
problem with his placekicker.
"All kickers miss," Hartmnn
said. "I think he’s doing pretty
good.”
When looking at the overall pic
ture of Kasny’s record this season,
Hartman may be correct. Going
into Saturday’s game with Ken
tucky, Kasay has made 14 of 19
field goal attempts for 78 percent.
He has at least one trey in 17 of
Georgia's last 19 games For his ca
reer, ne is 41 for 60 for 68 percent.
Knsny currently trails former
Bulldog placekicker Kevin Butler
by nine field goals for most field
goals in a Reason. With four games
remaining, Kasay needs to avernge
2.2 field goals per gnme the rest of
the way to catch Butler.
However, Knsny's total career
field goals will fall wny short of
Butler’s career record 77.
But, for the rest of the season,
there is still some room for con
cern. Can Bulldog fans count on
John Kasay to produce the big kick
with the game on the line like they
are used to?
"I don’t think it will come to
that,” Kasay said. "I give 100 per
cent every time. I’m sorry if I let
some people down.”
The Clnrke Centrnl High School
f raduate kicked 37 field goals
uring his high school career, in
cluding a 54-yarder.
You Pick 'Em
Saturday's Oamaa
Fnvorite
Pts
Underdog
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KENTUCKY
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Syracuse
14
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PENNSYLVANIA
4
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Clemson
21
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Maryland
4
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Michigan
7 1/2
INDIANA
Mississippi
14
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32
M Methodist
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3
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Auburn
14 1/2
MISSISSIPPI ST
TEXAS A A M
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Miami, Fla
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Wyoming
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Dogs to run for SEC championship
From staff reports
The men’s and women’s cross country teams will
look to improve their conference standing in the SEC
Championships on Monday, at 11 a.m. in Gainesville,
Fla.
The women are led by Keli Butler, a junior from
Cocoa Beach, Fla. who has won two races in her last
three outings.
The men will look to freshman Terry Reid, a native
of Scotland. He has led the Bulldogs in every meet
since senior Eric Tyson went down with a groin injury
in prac tice early in the season.
8WIMMIMG
The men’s and women’s swim teams open up their
1990-91 season today as they face Alabama in Tusca
loosa. The women, who recently were ranked ninth in
the country by the Swim Conches of America, will
begin competition at 11 a.m. with the men to follow at
2 p.m. at the Alabama Aquatic Center.
MEN’S TENNIS
Georgia’s Jack Frierson and David Wolf will make
up their doubles final of the Clemson Classic Friday at
4 p.m. at Henry Feild Stadium. The Dog duo will take
on Clemson’s Greg Seilkop and Matt Williams. Pre-
qualifying action for the Volvo Tennis Collegiate
Championships begins Saturday morning at 8:30
Frierson plays Misa Jevtic of UNLV at 11:30 while
Wolf takes on Axel Schultz of UAB at 2:30. Georgia
freshman Bobby Mariencheck takes on Andy Smith of
Anderson Junior College at 8:30 a.m., while sopho
more Hector Nevnres plays Ed Bowman of Cincinnati
at 10 a.m.
All quarterfinalists from the pre-qualifving tourna
ment will be entered in to the main qualifying tourna
ment which begins on Tuesday, Oct. 30. The semi-
finalists from the main qualifying tournament will be
admitted into the championship flight which starts
Thursday Nov. 1.
BIATHLON
More than 250 athletes from all over the country
will compete in the Georgia State Biathlon
Championship this weekend. University Students in
terested in competing can still register Saturday
morning at 8:00 a.m. at O’Malley’s. The $24 charge in
cludes a T-shirt, a free spaghetti meal and an extra
surprise.
Ths event will begin with a 3.1 mile run from
O’Malley’s through North Campus. Afler the run, ath
letes will hop onto bicycles for a 24 mile tour through
Clarke and Oconee counties. The race will finish up
with another 3.1 mile run along the Oconee River.
The race will begin at 9:30 a.m.
HURT SP1KER TO START
Despite twisting her ankle in practice Wednesday,
freshman Franci Rard will still play this weekend
when the Lady Bulldog volleyball team (18-7) plays
Florida Friday and Florida State Sunday.
GYM DOG SIGNED
Traci Tilton, from Marietta, Ga. has been awarded
a scholarship after being redshirted Inst year, conch
Suzanne Youclan said Tuesday.
Junior Julie Ponstein also returned to practice this
week after recuperating from ankle surgery.
RUGBY ACTION
The Georgia rugby team will host a squad from Co
lumbus/Ft. Benning, Ga., this Saturdny at 1 p.m. at
the Intramural Fields. The Columbus/Ft. Benning
team will not have as many players ns usual for the
match due to the crisis in the Middle East.
SOCCER HITS ROAD The women’s soccer team
(3-0) will travel to Tallahassee, Fla. this weekend to
play a pair of games ngninst two university club teams
in the area.
BASKETBALL
In the 1990-91 edition of Street and Smith’s College
and Prep Basketball, the Georgia men’s bnsketbnll is
picked to finish third in the Southeastern Conference
behind Alabama and LSU.
The Georgia women are listed ns the No. 4 ranked
team nationally behind Stanford, Auburn, and Vir
ginia. Junior guard Lady Hnrdmon is listed ns pre-
season All-American, while senior forwards Tnmmye
Jenkins and Stacey Ford received honorable mention
status.
Junior guard Litterial Green is listed as an pre-
season All-SEC selection. Others on the team include
Shaquille O’Neal of LSU, Allan Houston of Tennessee,
Robert Horry of Alabama, and Cameron Burns of Mis
sissippi State. Coach Hugh Durham’s freshman re
cruiting class is also ranked as 17th best in the nation.
■ SPORTS BRIEFS
Freshman disrupts
enemies’ flight paths
By GENE WILLIAMS
Sports Writer
Neville Austin, Arlnndo Ben
nett, nnd Antonio Harvery aren’t
the only premier shot blockers on
the Georgia campus.
Pencil the name of freshman
Bernard Williams into your pro
gram.
Williams doesn’t swat basket
balls for Hugh Durham in the
Coliseum, instend, he smacks
kicked footballs off their intended
flight path.
This season, the 6*9” 260
pound freshman has blocked two
PAT attempts — one agninst
East Carolina and the other
ngninst LSU.
Also, Williams blocked a field
goal against Vanderbilt nnd
claims to have partially blocked
Jim Taylor’s potential game-win
ning field goal which preserved
an 18-17 victory over Southern
Mississippi.
In high school, Williams made
a living blocking kicks. In addi
tion to the 65 solo tackles nnd
nine sacks he recorded ns n se
nior at Hamilton high school in
Memphis, Tenn., he also blocked
eight field goals as a senior and
nine as a sophmore.
Coach Ray Goff recognized
Williams’ knack for blocking
kicks and made him the focal
point on the special teams unit.
"With a guy that big, you have
got to find a way to get him in the
game.” Goff said. ,J His play has
definitely helped us on special
teams."
Williams may be the person
who actually is credited with the
block, but he knows that it is a
total team effort.
"What we do is I’ll line up two
or three yards behind the line in
front of the center or nlong on of
the hash marks,” Williams said.
‘Then, we put two of our guys in
front of me nnd they go low and
take out the blockers nnd I just
jump and wave my hnnds."
With Georgia currently fa
vored a point nnd a half over
Kentucky Saturday, the gnme
could come down to a last second
field goal or extra point attempt
by sophmore Kentucky kicker
Doug Pelfrey.
This season, Pelfrey is eight of
13 in field goals nnd 13 of 13 on
PATs. He is six of seven in field
goals inside the 40 and on hit
first collegiate field goal attempt
in the Wildcats first game
against Centrnl Michigan, he
nailed a 50 ynrder.
Williams said that he knowe
that his technique forces kickers
to adjust their style nnd he hopes
that his success continues tnis
Saturdny in Lexington.
“All I do is watch the ball and
try to time the kicker’s kick,” Wil
liams said. 'The kickers that we
have faced know I’m there and
they have to change what thev
normally do to get the ball
around me."
Moss advances in singles, McCarthy twins fall in doubles at Riveria
By RANDY WALKER
Sports Editor
Georgia's Caryn Moea came back from
a 5-2 third-set deficit Thursday to ad
vance into the second round of the Riviera
All-American Tennie Championship* in
Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Mosa defeated Tonya Fuller of San
Diego 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 7-6 (7-4) in a match
that spanned three hour* and 16 min*
utee.
Shannan McCarthy, Georgia’s other
■inglea intrant, al»o advanced mto the
second round with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Ste
phanie London of Southern Cal •
However, McCarthy and her twin
lister Shawn fall in th* first round of dou-
top
Birch and Debbie Graham of Stanford 6
4, 6-4.
Moa*. generally a baseline specialist,
uncharacteristically forced the action
against Fuller and approached net to
fight back and win the match in the final-
Bet tie-break.
“All Fall I’ve been working on my
down-the-line forehand and my volleys
and it really paid off,” Moss said. “I
started really hitting the ball well and
closed off the points.
After taking a 7-6, 2-0 lead, Mosa said
she started getting winded aa Fuller’*
C ndstroke* coneietently moved th*
broke Pines, Fla., native from side to
ride.
Moss, normally a baseline player, uncharacteristically
approached the net and fought back to win the match in
the final set tie breaker.
“I started getting tired in the second
set," Moss said. “I didn’t play that bad,
she just ran me.”
In Friday's second round, Moss will
likely encounter another lengthy con
frontation as she faces Pepperdine’s
Janna Kovacevich.
“She plays a lot like I do,” Moss aaid.
“She’s acounterpuncher. We should prob
ably have a long match.”
If Moss con dofeat the top player from
Pepperdine, she will fnce in the quarterfi
nals Stanford’s Graham, the tourna
ment’s top-seed and defending NCAA
singles champion.
McCarthy, the No. 4 seed play*
Heather Willens of Stanford in Friday’s
second round, Willens, a Pacific Palisades
native who grew up on the courts at the
Riviera Country Club, played In th* No. 6
singles slot for the Cardinal last season.
Last year at the Riviera, McCarthy
reached the semi finals where she fell to
Meredith McGrath of Stanford, now a
professional. Moss was a quarterfinalist,
where she lost to McCarthy. While Mosa
may encounter Groharn in the quarterfi
nal*, McCarthy could face Carla Coses of
Texas in the quarters, and eventually
Birch in th* semi-final*.
Birch, the 1989 NCAA champion de
feated Pam Piorkoweki of Boston College
6 3, 6-2.
Roswell, Ga. native Trieia Laux of
Southern Cal defeated Teri Whitlinger of
Stanford 6-3, 6-2, while Stella Sampras
lost to Emili* Viqueira of California 7-6
(7-4), 8-7, 6-1.