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Soccer team puts
shock into Georgia
West Georgia’s soccer club made team history by finishing third
in the prestigious Mobile Invitational tournament last weekend.
The Braves whipped Okaloosa-Walton and Tulane in group play by
identical 2-1 scores before bowing to eventual champion Central
Florida 4-0 in the semi-finals. In the consolation match the club
shocked a supposedly superior Georgia team 1-0.
Coach Chico Moss’ troops went into opening play coming off a 6-1
thrashing at the hands of Covenant but didn’t show it. West Georgia
was even with Okaloosa after regulation play, so the teams
engaged in an NASL-type shootout to decide the match. Braves
keeper Eric Phelps cowed the enemy into submission while Mike
Flinn and Tom Callahan each scored to take the shootout and the
match.
There was no rest for the weary as the Braves faced Tulane’s
Green Wave later Saturday. John Green and Tim Dugan provided
the scoring to put West Georgia into Sunday’s semifinals. Phelps
again stood tall in the nets as Frank Ingui, Chico Moss and the
defense shut off the Greenies.
The bubble burst, however, on Sunday morning as a superior
Central Florida squad clubbed the Braves 4-0. West Georgia, worn
by the previous day’s labors couldn’t match the Floridians and as a
result fell out of contention.
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Lady Braves host state tennis tournament
BY BILL PENNINGTON
Thirteen small college
women’s tennis teams from
throughout Georgia will be on
campus this weekend gunning
for the state tennis cham
pionship.
Matches will be played at the
West Georgia tennis center,
Sunset Hills Country Club, and
the recreation department with
the finals set for Saturday af
ternoon on the West Georgia
campus.
First round action began
yesterday (results were
unavailable at presstime).
Players will be competing
both on an individual basis and
as a team. The two top team
finishers along with the top
individual in each class will
advance to the southern
regional to be held at
Jacksonville State.
The tournament will be
divided into six different
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classes for singles and three
different groups of doubles.
The number one players from
each school will compete only
with number one’s from other
schools; the number two’s will
all be grouped together and so
on down the line to number six.
The doubles will work the
same way with the numbers one
through three competing.
There will be four seeded
players selected in each
bracket.
Diane Benford, West Georgia
women’s tennis coach, said she
would be very surprised if any
of her team is selected as seeds.
Benford realistically said that
she expected that the Lady
Braves wouldn’t fair too well in
the three day event; “I know
what the other teams have, and
I know what we have, and
unless someone plays ex
ceptionally well, I don’t think
we will have anyone make it to
Tracksters win Berry meet
BY DON ROSE
West Georgia’s track squad
posted its first meet victory in
five years as the Braves took
the Berry Invitational last
weekend in Rome.
Coach Don Price’s harriers
finished first in nine of the
events held thanks to some fine
individual performances.
Senior Dave Be vans swept the
three and six mile races in his
quest to qualify for the 1979
NCAA Division II Nationals to
be held May 24-26 in McComb,
Illinois. In the 440 yard dash,
Don Ferguson brought home a
victory for the Braves with
teammate Ron Mitchell second.
In other running events,
Clarence Porch took the 440
intermediate hurdles; Mike
Mead copped the steeplechase.
Both the mile and 440 relay
squads posted victories for
West Georgia.
the finals.”
Benford looks for the battle of
state supremacy to be a three
team affair between Columbus,
Berry and Emory.
The second year coach said
that if rainy weather comes into
play, the matches will start as
soon as it stops.
The Lady Braves ended their
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In the field events, Chris
Denise won the triple jump with
a leap of 46 feet 1V inches.
Steve Roland took the pole
vault, clearing 13 feet. Ronnie
Howe’s 6 feet 4 inch jump won
him first place honors in the
high jump.
Today Price takes seven
members of his crew to the
Domino Classic in Tallahassee,
Florida. At this meet on the
Florida State campus, the mile
relay team of Ferguson, Mit
chell, Porch, and J. Greer will
attempt to qualify for the
nationals in May. Also seeking
qualification are Bevans, Mead,
and Denise. “I feel that these
guys have a chance to make it,
and I’m going to give them
every chance,” said the Braves’
mentor.
regular season on a high note
Monday by avenging an earlier
season loss, whipping Berry 6-3.
That evened their pre
tournament record at 7-7.
In a three-way tournament in
Rome last weekend West
Georgia dropped both their
matches, losing 6-3 to Shorter
and 9-0 to Huntsville.
To earn a berth in the national
meet, each competitor must
meet a certain standard in the
particular event, be it time or
height or distance. In the case
of a runner, for example, if he
wants a berth in the mile run he
must at some time during the
season post an official time
equal to or better than the
standard set by the NCAA.
Among the Braves, Bevans has
the best shot. “Dave is only two
seconds off the qualifying
time,” said Price, “but I think
he’ll make it this weekend.”
Before they can worry about
nationals, however, the Braves
still have to compete in the
Spec Towns Invitational meet
at Georgia on May 5. Price
hopes for some good per
formances by his men going
into the national meet.
Benford looks at the .500
season with some optimism;
“We had a pretty good year, but
I think we should have won a
couple of matches that we
didn’t - we just need more ex
perience,” she added.
Benford will have six of her
top seven players returning
next season.