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THE CLUSTER, MARCH 13, 1990-PAGE 7
Sports
Mercer Falls To Centenary
Falls Out Of Playoffs
By ANTHONY HOOKER
The Mercer Bears must have felt
like the Three Bears in Goldilocks
as they were hot, cold and sudden
ly, all gone. Falling to Centenary
99-91, the Bears succumbed to the
bigger and more experienced
Gents, but there could be no com
plaint of the effort given by the
players.
Playing the 7th highest scoring
team in the nation, the Bears scored
over 90 for the second straight
game, the only time this feat has
been done on the season. “These
guys played their hearts out,"
Coach Brad Siegfried said. “We
look at this as being the beginning,
not the end. Our two seniors. Scott
Bailey and Oscar Moore, have laid
the cornerstone. We must build
from there.” Each left their mark
with Moore pumping in a career-
high 28 points and Bailey scoring
24 points and 10 rebounds.
Down by 18 near the end of the
first half, the Bears closed the gap
to 10 and scored 14 unanswered
points to pull ahead. After 16 lead
changes in the final 17 minutes.
Centenary grabbed the lead 92-91
with 47 seconds left and began to
pull away.
Although the Bears were not
highly successful in the victory col
umn, we would like to commend
them on the effort they gave this
season. We hope that all possible
steps will be taken by faculty and
students alike to make next year's
season more prosperous.
Mercer Softball: Short On
Talent, Long On Belief
By ANTHONY HOOKER
Short in number, short on ex
perience and even short in stature,
the 1990 edition of the Mercer Ted-
dic Bears' softball team look as if
they have a lot to overcome in
order to be successful: however.
Coach Vicki Van Kleek has made
preparations to make her group
primed and ready. Fresh off an im
pressive runner-up finish last year,
she knows that teams will come in
geared to play.
“After our finish last year, 1
have high expectations for our
squad," she expressed. “Although
we're young, our kids have a very
strong maturity level and handle
themselves on the field and in the
classroom. We will have almost a
totally new infield and only player.
Donna Braswell, with at least 2
years of college experience. We’ve
lost our relief pitcher, Terra Leslie,
to injury, leaving us only one ex
perienced pitcher. In addition,
we've had trouble with gening
some of our entering freshmen
eligible. So we do have a tough
road to take.'*
However, steps have been taken
in the right direction. Intense
strength and conditioning exercises
occur each weekday along with fre-
"and fielding drills,
ge games were played
l the fall (with the Teddie’s
; an impressive 5-0) and
three tournament invitations were
each having numerous
teams/ participating. Vicki em
phasized an importance of schedul
ing the tourneys. “I feel that tour
naments such as the George Mason
Tournament in Virginia will be
beneficial to us because we will
face some experienced and talented
teams there. Playing in such an in
tense environment will toughen our
players physically and mentally for
the conference race. But I'm not so
sure they need it right now because
they're all eager to face the top
teams."
“1 believe that quality comes
first, even though we have only 12
players, these twelve players will
have the talent and desire to be suc
cessful this season." Specifically,
she expressed the desire to finish
above .500 and win the conference
tournament. Emphasis was put on
the home-and-away series against
Georgia State and Samford and
defeating both to capture the top
seed of the’Northem Division of
the NSWAC* (Other league
members FAMU, Stetson, and
Georgia Southern comprising the
Southern Division.)
As play gets into full swing this
week. Coach Van Kleeck sends a
young tireless bunch on to the field
with little reservation. As they
begin what could become a strain
ing and stressful season, we send
our desires and aspirations for suc
cess with the hope that they can
make these thoughts become vic
tories. See you at the gate!
NSWAC-New South Women's
Athletic Conference
Teddies
Stuffed By
Lady Eagles
By ANTHONY HOOKER
The Teddies went in search this
weekend for redemption of their
regular-season trials; however,
they were thwarted by Georgia
Southern's Lady Eagles 86-75 in
their first round of NSWAC tour
nament play at Miami. Sophmore
Stephany Raines and Freshman
Andrea Congreaves paced the Ted
dies efforts with 17 points apiece.
The loss left the Teddies with a
disappointing 5-22 record on the
season. Things will hopefully look
up next year for Coach Nixon's
squad as he loses only one player
to eligibility.
The San Diego Chicken Thrills the crowd at the Mercer vs. Centenary
game.
Mercer's Chad Boggan goes for a basket against Centenary.
Congratulations
Intramuarl Champions!
By PATRICIA WARRICK
The Intramural basketball season
ended Tuesday night with the final
rounds between the top two teams
for the men's and women’s
Christie Bass with 11.
High scorer for Defenders was
Beth Toler with 9.
In the Men's finals:
Wrecks n Effect beat Domina
leagues.
Girls finals:
Defenders versus Alpha Gamma
Della
Defenders 34 Alpha Gam 22
High scorer for Alpha Gam was
tion 47-34
High scorers for both teams was
Ben Wilson with 28
Joe Jackson had 18 for
Domination
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