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Georgia tennis coach Manuel Diaz was named ITCA/VOLVO
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The Red and Black • Thursday, May 14. 1992 « 3
SPORTS
Dogs among five
By JEFF ROBERTSON
Staff Writer
Georgia begins its quest for its first ever NCAA Women’s
Tennis Championship today against Tennessee on the campus
of Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.
The Lady Dogs are heavy favorites against the 11th-seeded
Lady Vols, a team they beat three times already this year.
Georgia routed Tennessee 5-1 in their last meeting, the semi
finals of the SEC tournament.
The tournament spotlight will not be shining on the Lady
Dogs however, as tournament favorites Stanford and Florida
have been receiving most of the media attention so far.
The NCAA’s have been a showcase for the host school in re
cent years as the Lady Cardinal have won eight of the ten pre
vious championships, including the last six.
No team is more familiar with Stanford’s dominance than
fifth-seeded Georgia. TTie Lady Bulldogs have never beaten
Stanford and the Lady Cardinal has ended Georgia’s seasons
in each of the last five NCAA tournaments.
But despite their history of awesome performances in the
NCAA’s, second-seeded Stanford is not the favorite in this
top contenders for title
year's tournament. TTat honor goes to undefeated top-seed
Florida (26-0). TTus is the third time in the past five years that
the Lady Gators have been seeded No. 1, yet they are still seek
ing their first title. 'Durd-seeded Texas, No. 4 Duke and
Georgia are the only other teams who are considered con
tenders for the team title.
The Lady Doss are quite familiar with the other favorites,
having lost to all four this season. However, their near upset
of Florida in the SEC tournament finals gives Georgia renewed
hope in the NCAAs.
TTie Lady Dogs began the season at No. 2 and were consid
ered Florida’s toughest challenger. But as a recent release
from the USTA said, Georgia became the hard-luck team of the
1992 season as No. 2 singles player Laura Kimel was sidelined
with a heart problem and No. 3 Angela Lettiere went down
with a knee ir\jury.
Despite losing to each of the top four seeds, they managed
to salvage the season, finishing with a 21-5 record that in
cluded victories over six other schools in the 20-team field in
cluding No. 6 California, No. 8 Arizona State and No. 9
Arizona.
If the Lady Dogs continue their dominance over lower-
ranked teams and get by
Tennessee, their road to
the championship gets
rockier in the very next
round. A quarterfinal
matchup with Duke is ex
pected for Friday. 'Die win
ner of that match would
most likely face Florida in
Saturday's semifinals.
The championship fi
nals will take place at 1
p.m. Sunday. Individual
singles and doubles compe
tition begin Monday.
Georgia will be represent
ed in singles by Shan nan
McCarthy, and her twin
sister Shawn. Shawn
McCarthy and Stacy
Sheppard will compete in
the doubles tournament.
Angela Lettiere (r) and
Laura Kimel cheer team.
Grant and Hall: Duke’s dueling duo
By JOHN TURCO
Staff Writer
With the NCAA Men’s Tennis
Championships fast approaching,
top ranked teams all over the nation
are packing their sneakers n’ strings
and are heading to Athens.
TTie Duke Blue Devils (19-6), pos
sibly the Cinderella team of the
tournament, will arrive in Athens
sporting a strong one-two punch fea
turing senior Geoff Grant (ranked
No. 33 in nation) and junior David
Hall (ranked No. 57 in nation).
The two singles sensations have
given the team important needed
depth all season according to Duke
tennis coach Jay Lapidus.
They're a key to the success of
this team,” Lapidus said. ‘They're
also a couple of* great guys to work
with."
The Blue Devils are scheduled to
shoot it out with the No. 13 Miami
Hurricanes at high noon on Friday
for their first match at Henry Feild
Stadium.
The team will be seeking some
leadership in team captain Grant as
he is the only member of the squad
with any tournament experience at
all.
Hall said he expects that Grant
will take the reins and provide some
leadership for this young Duke
team.
These two guys have been
switching back and forth between
the no. 1 and 2 singles positions all
year long according to Grant.
“We switched back and forth
sometimes to try and match our
selves up better with opposing
teams," said Grant. “Sometimes
Dave would take players that I'd
have had trouble with and I would
do the same thing for him.
As much as Hall and Grant seek
support from each other, they get
plenty of it from head coach Jay
Lapidus.
“It was great to get him (Lapidus)
in as a coach," Hall said. “He’s got
great knowledge of the game and
he’s a guy that we can respect."
Lapidus, a former world-class
tennis player, gives high praise to
his young pupils of the game.
“Dave is one of the quickest play
ers on our team and can win a
match with his speed when he’s on,"
Lapidus said. “Geoff has got a great
return of serve."
Lapidus, only in his second year
at the helm, is a great guy to play
under and has given the team the
necessary confidence to be a winner
according to Grant.
“Jay knows what we’re going
through as players because he was
once a player himself," Grant said.
“He gets the most out of us and had
made us realize that we could win."
Duke’s David Hall (I) and Geoff Grant swap No. 1 and 2
singles positions for greater advantage and experience.
Agina Simpkins to compete for ’92 Olympic team
By LYA WOORASKA
Sports Editor
Georgia gymnast Agina Simpkins will try to become the
only collegiate gymnast to make the 1992 Olympic team as she
competes in the Championships of the USA beginning today in
Columbus, Ohio.
The sophomore will compete against 39 other U. S. gym
nasts. She will qualify for the 1992 Olympic Trials if she fin
ishes among the top 16. If she advances to the Trials, Simpkins
will be named to the National team and then must finish in
the top six in that meet to make the 1992 Olympic team.
Simpkins finished seventh in the 1990 USA Championship
and was the first alternate for the U.S. team at the 1991
Goodwill Games.
Because she was a member of the 1990 U.S. National team,
Simpkins was allowed to skip the qualifying meet for the
Championships since the qualifying meet was held on the
same day as the NCAA National Championships.
“I’m excited,” Simpkins said. “At first I was tired and didn’t
want to start all over again, but it’s okay now.”
“Our goal is for her to make the National team," Georgia
gymnastics head coach Suzanne Yoculan said.
Simpkins is at a disadvantage because she only had two
weeks to learn the required routines after competing in the
NCAA national championships April 25.
“There was just no time," Yoculan said. “The dance for her
floor routine is much more complicated than what she does in
college.” But despite the lack of practice time, Simpkins said
she is ready for tne competition.
“I’m doing better than I thought," the Bolingbrook, 111., na
tive said. I was doing the routines for the past three years pre
vious to college, 90 it hasn’t been bad.”
The freshman is the only collegiate gymnast trying to make
the team. Georgia’s Hope Spivey a 1988 Olympian, didn’t want
to try to make the Olympic team again.
Bulldog Heather Stepp wasn’t eligible to petition out of the
qualifying meet because she was never a member of the
National team.
In her rookie year, Simpkins finished the season in the top
20 on every event. At the NCAAs, Simpkins finished 11th in
the all-around and fourth on the balance beam.
Golf dogs
fall to LSU
By MATTHEW A. BROWN
Staff Writer
The No. 2 Georgia women’s
golf team were unable to over
come the seven-shot lead the
LSU Lady Tigers had going
into Wednesday’s final round of
the 1992 SEC women’s
Championships in Baton
Rouge, La.
The Lady Tigers matched
the Lady Bulldogs shot for shot
all day to win their first ever
SEC team title. Both teams
carded seven-over-par 295’s,
LSU finishing at 892 (-*-28) and
Georgia ended up with a 899
(■♦•35), good enough for second
place.
South Carolina came in
third place with a 912 (+48).
Mississippi State’s Carri
Wood, one of the top 10 ranked
women’s collegiate players in
the country, took medalist hon
ors with a three-round total of
one-over-par 217. The 1991
SEC medalist Kristi Coats of
LSU came in second with a
two-over-par 218.
Georgia’s top scorer, fresh
man Vicki Goetze, turned in
the highest score for the Lady
Bulldogs.
After shaking off a disas
trous first round score of 80,
Goetze fired even par 72
Wednesday to go with her 71
Tuesday. She tied for sixth
overall with a 223 (+7).
Senior Tina Paternostro
carded her second straight
round of 73 to finish tied for
13th with a 229. She had start
ed the tournament with an 83.
Also shooting a 229 and ty
ing for 13th was Luciana
Bemvenuti, who played with
the team for the first time since
mid-March. Her 75 Wednesday
was her best round of the
SECs.
Sara Miley, who had been
Georgia’s top scorer in the
SECs, struggled with an 80 to
drop from sixth to 15th place
with a 230. Kelly Kluska had
her best round of the tourna
ment with a 75 to tie for 16th
at 231. Kluska had been in
22nd place.
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