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■ FANFARE
The Georgia men's and women's swimming and diving programs
will kick off the 1992-93 season Friday when they host defending
SEC Champion Florida at Stegeman Pool. The meet time has been
moved up to 1 p.m. The Gators swept Georgia last season.
The Red and Black W—kud « Friday, October 23, 1992 » S
SPORTS
Two Lady Spikers’ players
give team best of both worlds
By JOSH KENDALL
Staff Writer
At the beginning of the season, head coach Jim
lams said that Georgia’s incoming freshmen would
make the Lady Spikers better in one way or another,
lams felt that even if the first-year players did not re
ceive an abundance of playing time, they would push
the current starters to the next level.
With the rotational play of junior Donna Carr and
freshmen Hacfli Anstine, lams has seen the best of
both worlds.
“They really give me a lot of flexibility on the floor,*
Carr said.
Platooning at the middle blocker position, Carr and
Anstine have combined for 152 kills, 21 service aces,
69 blocks and 120 digB. Anstine is responsible for the
majority of the statistics, while Carr, a 1991 Academic
All-SEC player, provides the all-important experience
and leadership factors.
Although Anstine stays in for one full rotation at
least once a game, lams generally has Carr start the
match on the back row and brings in Anstine for play
at the net.
Anstine, a 5-foot-ll blocker from Massachusetts,
has 152 kills in only 275 total attempts for an out
standing team-high .411 hitting percentage. She also
leads the team with 69 blocks.
“Hadli goes all the way around at least once a game
because she can play all the way around the floor,*
lams said.
A 5-foot-9 South Carolina native, Carr earns her
playing time with her formidable serve and steady de
fense. She has recorded 11 of the pair’s 21 service aces.
“I think Donna has tremendous serve," lams said.
“She also does a good job passing and with her de
fense*
Having a firstryear player take a portion of her
playing time does not bother Carr in the least.
“I think it's a very effective combination of serving
and hitting,* Carr said. “I totally agree with the way
it is done."
Anstine is also very pleased with lams’ rotational
system.
“(Carr) is a great back row player," Anstine said. “I
think it works really well, and Tm very satisfied."
Along with the obvious benefits of the substitu
tions, the presence of Carr gjves a great deal of emo
tional support to the freshman, Anstine.
“I think that it’s a real plus and helps Hadli,’ lams
said.
“I think it (the presence of an upperclassman) is
helpful," Carr said. “In the back of her mind she knows
she can take a deep breath if she needs to."
Lady Spiker Donna Carr Is a team leader
Anstine sees the situation a little differently.
“It puts a little pressure an me to do better,"
Anstine said.
The Lady Spikers will appreciate Carr’s serve and
Anstine’s presence at the net in Friday’s match
against SEC rival Mississippi.
The Lady Rebels of Ole Miss are 8-14 overall and
1-5 in the SEC. They are led in kills by senior Kate
Ditolla who averages 4.04 per game. Ole Miss setter,
Karen Meyer, is in the top-five in the SEC with 35 ser
vice aces.
The Lady Spikers will face Ole Miss in Oxford at 7
p.m., and then face the llth-ranked Lady Tigers of
Louisiana State Sunday in Baton Rouge.
HEARST
From page 3
“Within two or three weeks,
Hearst will be put under the mi
croscope that Falk is under now."
• Publicity: Like it or not,
Heisman races are often deter
mined by the amount of publicity
the players get.
“This shouldn’t affect the vot
ers, but if we compare the Sports
Information Department at San
Diego State to the one at UGA
there is no comparison,” Marsom
said.
“I called San Diego State at
2:30 in the afternoon and there
was no answer. I think they sent
me some pre-season stats a couple
of weeks ago," he said.
On the other hand, Georgia is
sending a weekly color flyer which
compares Hearst’s statistics to
those of Herschel Walker during
his Heisman trophy winning ju
nior season.
Georgia has also arranged tele
conferences between Hearst and
the national media.
• Regional biases: Normally,
voters tend to vote for the candi
date from their local region.
If two or more candidates share
a region, their Heisman votes may
be split.
Hearst has little competition in
the South to worry about. Only
Miami’s Gino Torretta and
Virginia’s Terry Kirby have been
mentioned as candidates, and
Torretta has struggled through
several sub-par games, while
Kirby was injured and sidelined
during the Clem son game.
In the West, Faulk has had to
battle Stanford’s Glynn Milburn
and California’s Russell White for
attention. But in the recent
weeks, but Milburn and White
have fallen from front-runner sta
tus.
As the race heads towards the
Dec. 12 announcement date, both
Hearst and Faulk will have a
chance to shine, but they will also
have a chance to slip from front
runner to also-ran status like
Milburn, White and Matthews.
“As far as the Heisman goes, all
I can do is play my best every
week, and whatever happens,
happens," Faulk said.
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Loss would put Dawgs 2nd
By J J. COOPER
Staff Writer
Don’t expect the Georgia football
team to slow down now that it is
back on top of the SEC East. But
even head coach Ray Goff admit*
that it is a good feeling.
“The food tastes a Tot better; the
wife looks a lot better, and the kids
are happier," Goff said jokingly.
But Goff knows that this next
three weeks are crucial for Georgia’s
chances in the SEC race. One Toes,
and the Bulldogs are back in second
place looking up at Tennessee. But a
sweep of Kentucky, Florida and
Auburn will guarantee the Bulldogs
a berth in the first-ever SEC
Championship gome.
The road to Birmingham contin
ues this weekend at Kentucky,
where the Bulldogs have had trou
ble in the recent past. In 1990,
Kentucky’s Doug Pelfrey’s last sec
ond field goal gave the Wildcats a
come-from-behind win. In 1988,
Kentucky virtually knocked Georgia
out of the SEC Championship race
with a 16-10 win in Lexington as for
mer Georgia signee Alfred Rawls
ran over the Georgia defense.
Although Air Georgia has been
grounded the last couple of weeks,
that should be different Saturday.
The Georgia offense will face a
Kentucky defense that is last in
passing defense. The Wildcats have
allowed 10 passing touchdowns and
198.17 yards per game.
So Georgia should be able to
restart a passing attack that was
outgained by ground-based
Vanderbilt last week.
But Georgia, and running back
Garrison IIenr3t, may have a little
more trouble running the ball than
they had last week because of
Kentucky’s size.
“Up front they are probably the
biggest team we will face this year,"
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Georgia head coach Ray Goff said.
“This week is going to be a very big
challenge. Kentucky’s a very diffi
cult place to play."
On offense, Kentucky will utilize
several different offenses. Kentucky
operates out of an “attack huddle,"
where the team calls the plays at the
line of scrimmage, without a huddle.
But Kentucky does run the op
tion, but Georgia should be profi
cient in guarding against it, having
faced two option teams in the past
two weeks.
“It certainly helps a lot," Georgia
linebacker coach Frank Orgel. “Our
players have a good understanding
of who they have on the option."
But Kentucky sticks to a I-bone
option attack that keys on the run
ning and passing ability of quarter
back Pookie Jones. Of all the option
quarterbacks Georgia has faced so
far, Jones is the best passer.
“Jones is very similar to Marcus
Wilson," Goff said. “But Pookie is a
much better thrower."
Also, Kentucky relies on power
running by two mammoth running
backs. Tailback Damon Hood, at 226
pounds, and fullback Terry
Samuels, 245 pounds.
On defense, linebacker Marty
Moore leads the Wildcats with 72
tackles, but Dean Wells has been
the Wildcats big play man on de
fense, as he already has eight sacks
in six games.
But, Kentucky’s special teams
could make a difference. Kurt
Johnson (5-7,147) is a dangerous re
turn man - he returned a lack-off for
a touchdown against Georgia in
1989. Georgia’s kick coverage has
been inconsistent all season.
Also, Doug Pelfrey is one of the
best SEC kickers. He has already hit
two field goals over 50 yards.
Polonyi and Patel win Tech tennis tourney
By JOHN GIBSON
Staff Writer
Georgia tennis coach Manuel
Diaz said he recruited Albin Polonyi
because Poloyni was too competitive
to let him get away.
The Kansas City, Missouri, na
tive said he chose to attend Georgia
because he wanted to play on a team
that challenged for the NCAA title
every year.
Last weekend Polonyi teamed
with sophomore Nirav Patel to win
the n division doubles championship
at the Georgia Tech Fall Classic.
“I was really anxious to get a
chance to play for Georgia," Polonyi
said. “The win didn’t really sink in
until the ride home, and then I
couldn’t believe what had hap
pened."
Poloyni and Patel actually lost
first-round singles matches in the
tournament, but the duo bounced
back to reel off four straight wins en
route to the doubles title.
“I was always impressed with
Albin’s competitiveness when I saw
him play in the National Junior
Championships," Diaz said. “He’s an
outstanding athlete, and he’s proven
that he can play at this level."
Poloyni, who was recruited for
his doubles strength, adds depth to
an already solid Georgia lineup.
The third-ranked Bulldogs lost only
one player from last year’s 17-5
team and also added Clem son trans
fer Craig Baskin and freshman
Jamie Laschinger.
Wade McGuire, Bobby
Mariencheck and Mike Sell will re
turn to fill the top three spots in sin
gles dual match play, while the
three newcomers will likely battle
Patel and senior Hector Nevares for
the bottom three spots.
“Albin adds a lot of spark to our
lineup," Diaz said. “We need to show
that we can win in the bottom half
of the lineup because most of our
losses last year came when we had
losses in the bottom singles."
The 6-3, 170-pound freshman re
alizes that he will have to fight to
earn a starting spot, but may spend
some of his time cheering instead of
playing.
I’m willing to do anything to
help our team," he said. *The guys
on the team are all really cool and
they have made the transition an
easy one for me."
The transition to a home more
than 13 hours away from Kansas
City has also been relatively easy.
Poloyni used to drive an hour to and
from practice with former Kansas
tennis star David Wolf.
After winning three consecutive
singles titles at Pembroke Hill High
School in Kansas City, Poloyni de
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er to his coach. Poloyni had to leave
his friends in Kansas City, but lived
with a family in Lawrence and
wound up winning the Kansas high
school singles title for Lawrence
High last year.
Poloyni earned Prince High
School All-America honors in 1989,
*90, *91 and *92, and won the 1991
Western Open singles title.
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