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said coach Shirley Duncan of her team's tournament title. We'd like to be 7-0 now, but we've accomplished a lot." Duncan, who got her 99th career win Saturday night, will be going for win number 100 Wednesday at Towson State. The coach pointed to Longwood's work on defense and an effective fastbreak as key factors in the tournament showing. "We jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the championship game," she said. "Our fastbreak worked very well and helped us get ahead. Our player-to-player defense kept the other teams off-balance." Senior guard Angie Hill, who moved into the starting lineup Friday night, scored 19 points in the championship game. Burton and Barnette scored 17 points, Angie Middle-
ton scored 11, and Jill Everett was the fifth Lady Lancer in double figures with 10 points. Longwood outrebounded Coker by a 59-30 margin and hit 15 of 23 free throws for its best showing of the year at the line. SURVIVE MIRACLE SHOT Longwood survived a near miracle shot by Central Wesleyan's Mona Blasingame to win Friday night's opener in overtime. Blasingame had a prayer answered when her shot from just past midcourt bounced in to tie the game at 63-63 and bring an overtime. LADY LANCER BASKETBALL 2-2-2 Thanks to a bucket by Hill, four points from Burton and two free throws from Everett and Barnette, Longwood won the overtime period 10-7 and the ball game. Annette Easter-
ling scored 17 points to take honors for Longwood. Barnette scored 16, Burton had 14 with 11 rebounds and Everett scored 11 points. Easterling added seven assists and canned three of nine from 3-point range. BEST START IN 11 YEARS Longwood's early season 5-2 start is the team's best beginning since the 1976 squad began the year 6-2. "We're getting great balance in our scoring and contributions from a lot of players," says coach Duncan. "We need to maintain that balance to continue our success." Four players are scoring in double figures for Longwood. The leaders are Barnette at 13.9, Easterling 12.1, Everett 11.4 and Burton 10.7. Burton is also averaging 8.7 rebounds.
Stukes And Strauss Out-Grapple At York
pounds and Hartley who beat Rick Hooten 6-4 in the heavyweight division. Lancers Todd Robson, 118, and Tommy Gilbert, 142, lost close decisions. "We had a competitive match, and with a couple of breaks we could have made it a lot closer," said Nelson. "Pembroke is one of the toughest teams on our schedule."
Junior John Stukes and senior Jesus Strauss won individual titles and Longwood finished third out of seven teams in the York College Wrestling Tournament in York, Pennsylvania Saturday. Longwood, 1-6 in dual matches, concluded its first semester action at York. A match scheduled at Campbell Tuesday night has been postponed until January 21. Stukes took 12-2 and 4-3 decisions to win the title at 134 pounds and Strauss won by scores of 13-3 and 8-0 to finish on top in the heavyweight division. Stukes is now 16-2-1 for the year while Strauss is 10-6. Other place winners for Longwood were Eion Kelley 31 for third place at 126, Dave Taylor, 2-2 for fourth at 177,
and Doug Hartley 2-1 for third at 190. Delaware Valley won the event with 107 3/4 points. Lycoming had 82 3/4 for second, Longwood was next with 40. Other scores included: Salisbury State 31 1/2, Glassboro 17 1/2, Gettysburg 161/2 and York 13. Coach Steve Nelson was particularly impressed with Strauss, who won his first collegiate tournament title. "Jesus wrestled the best he has all year," said Nelson. "He placed in six of 8 tournaments last year, but this was his first individual title. As a team we started off a little shaky, but we came back strong in the consolation rounds." Nationally ranked Pembroke had too much for Longwood's
Football Team Finishes Season The Longwood Lancer football team has accepted another bowl bid. This is the sixth year the Lancer Football Team has been in existence, and the sixth bowl bid the Lancers have received. The Lancers on Jan. 1 will be playing in Hershey, Pennsylvania in the Chocolate Bowl. The Lancers were overlooked by the Rose and Orange bowl selection committees because of the ties to Florida and Virginia Tech in the final two games of the season. Lancer head coach Micheal Phillips had these comments on the team getting overlooked by the other bowls, "We've had another undefeated season. But the last two ties really put our national championship hopes to rest' The Lancers did have wide
receiver Russell Alves named first team All-American by the Associated Press this week. Alves had 60 catches in 10 games for the Lancer football team, with 6 being for touchdowns. Coach Phillips also reported that star tailback W.C. Woods will be back in the lineup. Woods suffered a concussion after his wife struck him over the head with a fry pan. Woods was out of the line-up for 5 games. The team will be playing the loser of the South Carolina and Miami game. All ticket and bussing information for the trip to Hershey can be obtained at the student union or from any member of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. Let's all go out and jeer th Longwood Football team t victory. By Rich Jonea
young team Wednesday night as the Braves took a 36-6 victory in a match held at Deep Creek High School in Chesapeake, Virginia. Winners for Longwood were Stukes who won a 7-3 decision over Marvin Jones at 134
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Three Lancers Named All-American
Lady Hoopsters Doing Great Senior center Barbie Burton and freshman Carmille Barnette led Longwood to its second tournament championship of the season in the Wofford College Invitational Friday and Saturday. The 5-2 Lady Lancers, who visit Division I Towson State Wednesday, had four or more players in double figures in a 73-70 overtime win over Central Wesleyan Friday and a 9270 victory over Coker College in the championship Saturday night. Longwood had won the Mount Olive Lady Trojan Classic on the opening weekend of the season. Burton totaled 31 points and 26 rebounds to earn Most Valuable Player honors in the event and was joined on the AllTournament team by Barnette, who collected 33 points and 12 rebounds. "We felt real good about it,"
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By Rich Jones The Longwood Lancer Soccer Team was bestowed with a great honor this past week; three of the team's players were named All-American. Senior Jeff Robinson and sophomore John Barone were named second team. Freshman Ray Jones who scored a school record 29 goals, was named first team. Jones at one time was listed in Sports Illustrated magazine as the nation's leading goal scorer. Robinson is a senior from Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania. He has been on the team for four years. Barone came to Longwooti from Neptune, N.J. and Ray Jones hails from Smith's Parrish, Bermuda. Coach Rich Posipanko had these comments about the three players. "Roz, John, and Ray had a great year. They showed leadership that helped us come together as a team. There aren't three other players who are more deserving of being named All-American." The Lancer soccer team was the only team Division I, II, or III - to have three players named AllAmerican this year. That statistic alone should make the Longwood Administration and student body feel very proud.
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