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Braves dominate Tigers 41-0 at Homecoming
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Braves tailback Javari Taylor rushed for 118 yards on 11 carries last Saturday.
Braves beat Chargers, taste first GSC defeat
By Nicholas Kirby
Staff Writer
nkirbyl @my.westga.edu
The West Georgia
Braves soccer team came
into its first game of this
pasf weekend not having
lost in exactly a month,
and they were looking to
continue that streak against
a pair of tough Gulf South
Conference opponents.
While the Braves
were able to defeat the
Alabama-Huntsville
Chargers on Friday,
they fell to the Lincoln
Memorial Railsplitters on
Sunday for their first GSC
loss of the year.
On Friday, West
Georgia traveled to
Huntsville, Ala. to take on
the Chargers. The Braves
wasted no time taking
shots on the goal, as they
squeezed off five in the
first five minutes of the
game to no avail.
They finally were
able to break through in
the 26th minute. Forward
Shizuka Tsuchiya scored
her fifth goal of the year
off an assist from Alex
Udin and Sara Sohlberg.
The Chargers
answered quickly and tied
theogame at one only six
minutes later. That would
be the score as the teams
went into the half.
In the first half,
the Braves out shot the
£hargers 17-6.
The Braves began their
attack early in the second
Sports
half. Seven minutes in,
Maz Sweeney connected
for her fifth goal of the
year to give West Georgia
the 2-1 advantage.
The Braves would tack
on one more for insurance
in the 71st minute off a
penalty shot from Alex
Udin. They coasted from
there and got the win 3-1.
On Sunday, defense
would reign supreme as
the Braves made 4heir
way to Harrogate, Tenn.
to take on the nationally
ranked Railsplitters.
Going into this
matchup. West Georgia
was ranked fifth in the
South Region while the
Railsplitter were ranked
third. LMU was also the
#2O team in the nation.
A normally shot
happy West Georgia team
only took two in the first
30 minutes of the game and
neither was successful.
It would be Lincoln
Memorial who would jump
on the board first with a
goal in the 32nd minute to
give them a 1-0 cushion.
Both teams were held
scoreless for the remainder
of the half.
The Braves did
manage to get more shots
off in the second half (9),
but a strong Railsplitter
defense kept them from
tying the score.
The Braves’ defense
also stood their ground, as
both teams pitched a shutout
in the second period.
Lincoln Memorial
walked away with a very
hard fought 1-0 win to
give West Georgia their
first conference loss in the
program’s short history.
West Georgia is now
9-1-1 on the year and 3-1 -
1 in the GSC.
The Braves will
return to action when
they play St. Leo in
a non-conference
matchup this Friday at
Observatory Field on
campus Following that
game, they will have an
entire week to prepare for
Montevallo. The game
begins at 4 p.m. and
admission is free.
Inside
the
Numbers:
Shot attempts by West
Georgia this season.
They have scored 40
goals. Opponents have
scored only 15 goals on
127 shots.
Shots per game by
UWG this season.
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Average attendance at
home games.
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Photo by Bobby Moore
Shizuka Tsuchiya scored a goal for the Braves against Alabama-Huntsville.
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By Bobby Moore
Sports Editor
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Last Saturday, the
West Georgia Braves
football team got back
to their winning ways
in a dominating fashion,
as they picked up a 41-
0 victory over the West
Alabama Tigers at the 2005
Homecoming Game.
On the first play of the
game, a fumble by West
Alabama’s A.J. Holloway
found its way into the
hands of Braves linebacker
Brandon Jamison, who
took it to the end zone for
a 15 yard touchdown only
12 seconds into the game.
Following a 16 yard
punt by West Alabama,
West Georgia began their
first offensive posession at
the Tigers' 23 yard line. Six
plays later. Adi Brkic nailed
a 20 yard field goal to give
the Braves a 10-0 lead.
On their next offensive
posession, it looked like
UWA was going to make
it a competitive game after
all, as they blocked a punt
by Jeff Carpenter.
However, everything
seemed to be going right
for the Braves, as it was
comerback Breon Ford
who recovered the block
punt. He took it 80 yards
for what was considered a
rushing touchdown, giving
West Georgia a 17-0 lead.
Before the end of the
first half, the Braves would
score again when Javari
Taylor broke a 27 yard
touchdown run. In the first
half alone, Taylor rushed for
70 yards on seven carries.
In the third quarter,
Taylor would break
another long touchdown
run, this one from 43 yards
out, to give the Braves a
31-0 lead.
The Braves would
add another field goal by
Brkic and a touchdown by
tailback Stan Rowe in the
fourth quarter to finish off
the scoring.
The story of the fourth
quarter was the Braves
defense’s attempt to pull
off a shutout. All three
times the Tigers threatened
to score, the defense came
up with an interception.
“Our defense played
like gangbusters. I’m awful
happy that they were able
to get the goose egg. They
deserve it the way they
played,’’ said Braves Head
Coach Mike Ledford.
“Our whole goal was
to get a shut out. The last
two games, we had second
half shut outs, but we
wanted a full game shut
out.” said Jamison.
On defense, Kelvin
Morris led the Braves w ith
six tackles, including three
tackles for loss.
See FOOTBALL, page 9