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The Editor of the Week Award goes to: Christina Freyman for getting rid of her Tupperware! SPORTS Technique • Friday, February 23, 2001 • 33 Akins, Jones combine for 30 in Jackets’ 69-54 win over Wolfpack By Derek Haynes Jackets was too much for NC State Assistant Sports Editor to handle. Nine Jackets saw at least 10 minutes of action, and of those Tech won, and for once, it was nine players every one scored ex- expected. cept starting small forward Marvin Georgia Tech improved their Lewis. chances for a birth into the NCAA Lewis, who was 0-4 from the Tournament with a 69- field, has been struggling of late. 54 victory over North Carolina State He’s scored a combined 4 points in at Alexander Memorial Coliseum. his last three games. The victory over seventh place “I think it’s just a matter of get- NC State (12-12, 4-8 ACC) came ting him in the gym. He’s too good after a 2-1 stretch against Top 25 of a shooter to go scoreless,” said teams that has helped propel Tech Hewitt. into a possible tournament birth. Tech got a surprise lift from re- Tony Akins led the Jackets with serve point guard T.J. Vines late in 17 points, and Alvin Jones had one the first half. With 21 seconds re- of the best around all-around games maining, Vines scored on a hard of the season with 13 points, 14 drive to the basket, then stole the rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 blocks. ball near mid-court to give Tech a Freshman forward Halston Lane two point lead at the half. Those had 13 for the Jackets on 4-6 shoot- were Vine’s only points of the game. ing from the field, and starting shoot- NC State’s Anthony Grundy, ing guard Shaun Fein added 10 points who has added a scoring touch to and five rebounds. his all-league defensive credentials, “Looking at the stat sheets and led the Wolfpack with 13 points on seeing four guys in double figures – By Kristi Odom / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS 5-12 shooting. that’s my idea of good basketball,” N.C. State senior forward Damon Thornton faces up against Tech’s Halston Lane. Lane was four for six from Center Ron Kelley added 12 said Hewitt. the field including one three-pointer, his four from the line gave the Tech stand-out 13 points on the night. points and forward Kenny Inge had Tech started slow against the 10 points and 8 rebounds but shot Wolfpack – Akins scored the Jack- win over Virginia, tied the game at Tech’s potent offensive combi- NC State Head Coach Herb Sendek just 2-10 from the field. et’s first basket almost 4 minutes 35 on a layup and a freethrow after nation—Akins and Jones—com- of Jones’ 5 blocks. When asked about Tech’s tour- into the game—but outscored NC he was fouled. That was the last bined to put the game out of reach Jones got his 1000th career re- nament chances, NC State’s Sendek State 38-25 in the second stanza time NC State would appear even with 12:39 remaining. Jones blocked bound in the game and finished was optimistic about seeing a Tech thanks to an 11-20 shooting per- on the scoreboard with the Jackets. a layup, and then Akins picked up with 1,006. He is the second Jacket team that was tied for third in the formance from the field. “Today’s win was huge —if we the ball on the break and nailed a in history to have 1000 points and ACC make it to the Big Dance. Tech (15-9, 7-6 ACC) led 31- didn’t get this game I don’t know three to put Tech up 42-35. 1000 rebounds, joining Malcom “Given their record outside the 29 at the half, but fell behind quick- how much of a chance we would “Even the shots that he [Jones] Mackey who had 1,205 rebounds. conference and in the rugged ACC ly in the second. However, Lane, have had [of getting into the NCAA doesn’t get a piece of he has a ten- After the Jones and Akins I would certainly think so,” said who hit several clutch baskets in the tournament],” said Lane. dency to change and affect,” said three, Tech rolled. The depth of the Sendek. TECHNIQUE

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Whomever took Emily’s really nice coat-I hope it doesn’t fit and you can’t pawn it off. And the CDs you took-I hope your CD player skips. 34 • Friday, February 23, 2001 • Technique SPORTS Lacrosse defeats 13th-ranked Emory By Jody Shaw the Spartans rallied off 3 straight two goals a piece in the final period Managing Editor goals and ultimately beat the Jack- to send the game to overtime. ets by a final score of 11-9. Freshman Charlie Fleisig, jun- This past weekend Georgia Tech “It was good effort by our guys, ior Austin Karp and sophmore Chris played host to the 4th annual South- but we showed our immaturity as Held led the Jacket defense, hold- ern Shootout. Like previous years, team a little, losing a lead late in the ing Emory to only 5 goals. Will the tournament suffered from a first game like that. We need to regroup Oakley and Hansen each scored in day of horrible weather before the and get ready for a tough Emory the fourth to force the overtime. In skies cleared early Saturday morn- team tomorrow morning. We saw sudden death, Oakley stepped up ing. When it did, Emory, Clemson, some great things out of this team again and scored over the left shoul- Michigan State and Tech enjoyed a and we will continue to work hard der of the Emory goalie to seal a beautiful weekend of lacrosse. to eliminate the mistakes,” Head victory for the Yellow Jackets. In the opening game, rivals Clem- Coach Lovic said. Though Tech finished the week- son and Georgia Tech faced off. On Sunday morning, Georgia end 1-2, their win over Emory, who The Jackets started off hot, but fad- Tech faced cross town rival Emory, was ranked thirteenth in the US- ed in the second half as the Tigers who had beaten the Yellow Jackets LIA poll, salvedged the weekend. rallied and rolled off 5 straight goals. 4 straight years. The game was a “It was a great game for this young Tech attempted to mount a come- defensive battle, with the Tech of- team. It showed they can bounce back, but Clemson pulled away in fense working hard to keep it close. back from two tough losses and come the third quarter to win 14-7. After the first half, Tech was right out ready to play. We face two more Saturday morning, Georgia Tech with Emory as they knotted it up at conference games next weekend and faced Michigan State in a game that 2-2 behind a goal each from fresh- this win will really propel us remained close throughout. After men Bob Jaeger (2 goals) and Ryan forward,”Lovic said. By Marques McMillan / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS trailing at the half, Tech came back Hansen (2 goals). The teams traded GT Lacrosse is this week’s Club Sport Spotlight. Watch the Jackets take strong and took the lead 7-5 before goals in the third quater, and swapped Ken Lovic contributed to this story on N.C. State and Alabama at home this Saturday starting at 2 p.m. Written for students by students. Written

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Remember-you can pick your friends. You can pick your nose. You can’t pick your friend’s nose. The same goes for monkeys and spanking. SPORTS Technique • Friday, February 23, 2001 • 35 Hewitt’s first year performance exceeds every expectation Jacket coach Paul Hewitt has transformed the Jackets’ both on and off the court with his faced-paced, high-scoring style of play. By Harold Gutmann year’s team. In the press conference don’t know much about Siena and The Chronicle announcing Hewitt’s hiring, both the Northeast, but I think in a cou- Tech president Wayne Clough and ple of years that you will realize that (U-WIRE) — athletic director Dave Braine did we made an excellent choice.” There were two ways to look at Geor- not mention any hopes for success. A couple of years? If Siena was gia Tech entering the season. On But Hewitt had different ideas. any indication, the positive results one hand, the Yellow Jackets re- “The winning percentage that will be immediate. The Saints were turned their senior center Alvin Jones, we had at Siena shows we know 22-59 in the three years before who led the conference in blocked something about the game,” Hewitt Hewitt, 66-27 in three years with shots and finished fifth in rebound- said, referring to his only previous him. ing a year ago, two quality fresh- coaching experience. “I’m not down- “The thing that has made us suc- men in Marvin Lewis and Halston playing the expectations, I expect cessful is our efforts in the area of Lane, veteran point guard Tony to win next year. Dave and Dr. player development,” Hewitt said. Akins and an up-and-coming new “I heard Pete Newell speak, and he coach gave Tech the ingredients for thinks the game today is over-coached a break-out year. and under-taught. I think if you Then there’s the other hand. The “The thing that has watch us play, you will see a team team was unsuccessful last year (13- made us successful is that is not over-coached but is very 17, 5-11 in the ACC) and that was well taught. with second-team All-ACC selec- our efforts in the area “When you play a high-scoring, tion Jason Collier, who graduated of player fast-paced style, situations come up and became the first-round pick of that your players need to know how the Milwaukee Bucks. Of all the development” to react to. You can’t stop and call players that would be returning, only Paul Hewitt every play and diagram every cut.” three averaged more than five points Head Basketball Coach What separates this coach from per game the previous season, and his colleagues is his philosophy on only Jones averaged more than four how to improve a team. rebounds. “If given the choice, I would take As if to verify that the next few Clough have asked me to downplay individual practice time over a team years would be labeled as “rebuild- them a little bit, but we’re trying to practice every time,” Hewitt said. ing,” Bobby Cremins picked last win next year.” “We’re going to spend a lot of season as his swan song. The third- Hewitt didn’t take long to fol- time helping a player improve. As winningest coach in conference his- low through on his statement. Vic- long as a player is improving, his tory, Cremins had been coaching tories in December over UCLA and confidence will go up, and then the Georgia Tech since before his re- Kentucky hinted that this team was team’s confidence will go up and cruits were born. Cremins was re- better than expected. Back-to-back the team will play better.” placed by Paul Hewitt, who had wins over Virginia and Wake For- Hewitt says that all he asks of his By Kristi Odom / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS only three years of experience coach- est early in conference play con- team is to play hard all the time. Coach Hewitt offers some mid-game advice to Tech seniors Jon Babul ing at a school known by few. firmed it. Early results were encouraging, but and Alvin Jones during the Jackets’ last home contest with Virginia. Almost everyone outside Atlan- Since then, every ACC team not Hewitt knew his team bought into most teams, Georgia Tech came out been referring to a possible NCAA ta subscribed to the latter, more wearing blue (meaning UNC and the new system during its first game even harder in the second half, cut- berth, which the school has not re- pessimistic description. The ACC Duke) has lost to Georgia Tech. against Maryland. ting the lead to six before falling. ceived since 1996. Even the athletic media picked Georgia Tech to fin- And to think that even the athletic The Yellow Jackets played well “I called Dave [Braine] after the director that hired it him did not ish eighth, between Clemson and director did not believe Hewitt could in the first half, but ran into Mary- game, and told him, ‘Finally we’re think it was possible. last-place Florida State. Even Geor- produce a winner this year. land’s best first-half performance of starting to get it,’” Hewitt said. gia Tech administrators were hesi- “We’re bringing in a good guy the season and were down 19 at Although Hewitt was referring Tech takes on Clemson in their final tant to predict great things for this here,” Braine said. “A lot of people halftime. While this would break to something else, he could have home game this Sunday at 4:00 p.m.

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If you have something intelligent to say in class, please refrain from.... tallking.. like...... William Shatner. Sager transfers to Tech, leaves No. 9 Cardinals in California Stanford transfer Brian Sager decides to hurl for the Jackets after finishing with a 12-1 record in his two years for the Cardinals. By Derek Haynes by Collegiate Baseball Magazine. limited knowledge of these people,” Assistant Sports Editor He finished 6-0 with a 4.17 ERA said Sager, “that’s where having met while striking out 72 batters in 86.1 Trapasso earlier came into play.” Sometimes it takes a while to get innings pitched. In college baseball, players can what you want. Junior starting pitch- That’s where the fairy tale end- transfer once without using a year er Brian Sager and the Georgia Tech ed. of eligibility. Sager was one of the baseball coaching staff both know While in Omaha during the first to take advantage of the new that. College World Series, Sager had a rule. Turn back the clock to summer conversation with Dutton. There Sager visited several baseball pow- 1998. Sager had just finished his had been rumors that Dutton would erhouses, including Southern Cal, senior year at Branford High School not be returning the next season LSU, and Texas. His talks with Tra- in Connecticut. On the mound, he and Sager wanted to know if there passo made the decision much easi- was 11-0 with a 0.83 ERA, on the was any truth to the talk. Dutton er. basketball court he was a three-year never gave an answer, and neither “Coach Trapasso is one of the starter, and in the classroom he car- did Stanford during the summer. best pitching coaches in the coun- ried a 3.9 GPA. He was picked in When Sager showed up to school try, if not the best,” said Sager. the 13th round of the amateur draft in September Dutton was gone. Trapasso, also recognized as one by the Arizona Diamondbacks and A year later Sager and his hard of the best recruiters in the country, offered a $1 million signing bonus. fastball and slider would be too. has had Tech pitchers earn all-con- Life was great. He was one of the Although he finished 6-1, Sager’s ference honors on nine occasions in most heralded hurlers in the coun- ERA during his sophomore cam- his 6 years on the staff. Each year, at try and had the brains to get into paign shot up to 5.18 and he was least one Jacket pitcher has had a Stanford. However, Sager didn’t riddled with inconsistent perfor- 10-win season, including 2000’s 13 want to go to Stanford. He wanted mances. It didn’t help that Sager game-winner Cory Vance. to get on the baseball field. Stan- had an impingement in his shoul- Sager also got a pleasant surprise ford and Tech have his mom to der, but he’s not worried that it will when he game to Tech. He knew thank for keeping him in college. have an effect on his Tech career. they were nationally ranked, but he “My dad really wanted me to Over 80 percent of pitchers have didn’t know how much talent was play baseball, he had been coaching the injury at some time in their ca- returning. me his whole life,” said Sager, “my reer. “I knew they were a top 20 team, mom wanted me to learn how to “It was a situation where I thought I didn’t understand that they had take care of myself and to mature as to be a professional baseball player I pretty much everybody back and an individual.” need to progress and get better, and were just reloading,” said Sager. So the 6-5, 225 pound right- at Stanford during my sophomore Sager, who has pitched in the hander went to the proven pitching year I didn’t think I was doing that,” College World Series in Omaha each machine that is Stanford. He would said Sager. season is eager for a return visit. In go to a school with a great academic It wasn’t that new Stanford pitch- his freshman year, he had a no deci- Courtesy of GT Sports Information Sagar consisdered jumping straight to the major leagues after a stellar reputation and he would work un- ing coach Tom Kunis didn’t have sion against Florida State, and in Sagar consisdered jumping straight to the major leagues after a stellar high school career; it was his mom that encouraged him to go to school. der pitching coach Tom Dutton. experience—he’d coached seven his sophomore year he only lasted high school career; it was his mom that encouraged him to go to school. Dutton is the man who coached years of college baseball when Stan- for 3 innings against Louisiana Lafay- the College World Series that would against 4th ranked Nebraska. current major leaguers Mike Muss- ford signed him. But Sager wanted ette. be phenomenal,” said Sager. He likes the team chemistry bet- ina, Jack McDowell, Rick Helling, a more hands-on coach. It was then It’s obvious whom Stanford’s ex- Has the transition to Tech been ter and he says Trapasso has helped and a host of other big-name pitch- that he remembered Tech Pitching career-winning-percentage-leader rocky for the Pre-Season All-Amer- him tremendously after only one ers. Coach Mike Trapasso. wants to face if Tech gets to the ican? start. His freshman year was solid. Sager “It was a really high pressure sit- World Series. He made the Dean’s List first Like the strong run support that was the number 3 starter, and named uation for me, because I’m making “Anyway I could play them would semester. usually accompanies a Sager start, to the freshman All-American team such a huge move and had only be great, but if I could play them in He got a win in his first start everything is simply working out.

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Lady Jacket Basket- ball falls to Tigers Tech faces Tigers in final home game Clemson topped the Jack- Clemson at Georgia Tech ets 68-49 in last Monday’s Clemson Tigers (11-15, 2-11 ACC) game. Tech kept it even for Georgia Tech (15-10, 7-7 ACC) the first twelve minutes but Sunday, Feb. 25, 4:00 p.m. allowed the Tigers to make it 37-26 at the half. Jaime Krup- Frontcourt Tigers look to exploit the Jack- pa led the Jackets with 12 The Jackets match up very ets backcourt until Tech proves points and 10 rebounds. The well against Clemson in the front- they can stop them. Solomon loss brings the Jackets to 12- court with All-ACC candidate will probably not score 41 again, 13 and 3-11 in the ACC. Alvin Jones going up against ail- but the Tigers should put up a ing center Allen Allenspach and fight as they boast one of the Softball takes two converted center Ray Hender- ACC’s better backcourts. from Georgia State son, neither of which being par- ADVANTAGE: CLEMSON ticularly well known for their offensive prowess. On the wings, Bench The Jackets grabbed both the Jackets match quickness and Both teams go pretty deep games in Wednesday’s dou- experience in scrappy Jon Babul and change out a lot of guys. ble-header with the Panthers. and ACC Rookie of the Year Tech likes to relieve center Alvin Tech pitchers Erin Voeltz and candidate Marvin Lewis against Jones with junior Michael Isen- Tiffany Goodman took home a youthful, yet altogether un- hour and freshman Robert the win’s and each improved spectacular committee of Clem- Brooks. Look for T.J. Vines to their individual records to 3- son forwards. The Tigers rotate play if Akins has trouble con- 2. The two wins ended the anywhere from five to six play- trolling Solomon. As always team’s three game losing streak ers in at forward and center, which watch for Halston Lane to ex- and makes them 6-4 head- may make it difficult for Tech plode off the bench for Tech ing into Saturday’s 1 p.m. to draw the Tigers into foul trou- ADVANTAGE: TECH home opener with Troy State. ble, however, look for the Jack- ets to continually exploit their Intangibles Golf places eighth overall quickness and size down This is Tech’s last home game in Hawaii tourney low against an overmatched so its anybody’s guess what se- Clemson club. niors like Alvin Jones, Jon Bab- ADVANTAGE: TECH ul and Shaun Fein will bring to Tech’s performance was the Coliseum. Clemson lost by led by Bryce Molder and Troy Backcourt 34 to NC State, then beat North Matteson who finished tied Even though Tony Akins has Carolina, then lost by 32 to Wake for 13th in last weekend’s Tay- found himself this season and Forest. lor Made Intercollegiate. The developed into one of the best ADVANTAGE: TECH team’s final round score of guards in the ACC, his counter- 282 represented the second part, , is quite pos- Coaching lowest in the tournament and sibly one of the finest guards in Clemson coach Larry Shyatt helped the Jackets grab the the nation. Solomon dropped hasn’t shown us everything that number eight spot overall. 41 points on the Jackets the last his team is capable of this year, a The Tech golfers now head time out and single-handedly sharp contrast to Hewitt who to Puerto Rico for this week- kept the Tigers in the game. And seems to have breathed new life end’s Puerto Rico Classic. Solomon may no longer be a into what many thought was a one man team as Tony Stock- second-rate Yellow Jacket team. Track and Field at man has rapidly developed into ADVANTAGE: TECH ACC Indoor the Tigers second threat and a By Dale Russell / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS leading contender for ACC Prediction Tech’s Halston Lane takes a look inside against N.C. State center Ron Kelley. The Rookie of the Year. With Shaun Tech takes Clemson in a mid The Jacket women fin- Jackets hope to chalk up another home win Sunday in their game with Clemson. Fein in a slump as of late, the to high scoring affair 85-70. ished third and the men cap- tured eighth at the ACC Championships in Blacks- burg, Va. this past Saturday. No. 4 Duke dominates Jackets in away contest The women matched the By Terence Jones (10-for-36) from the field in the first highest Tech finish in school Where’s Smith? half and committed an astounding history. Their performance 20 turnovers in falling behind 54-30 was anchored by ACC Cham- Wednesday night at Cameron In- at halftime. For the game, Tech shot pion Alisha McClinton, who door Stadium was a night to forget 28 percent (19-for-68) overall and finished the 60 meter with a for the Jackets (15-10, 7-7), who suf- committed a season high 29 turn- time of 7.53 seconds. fered their worst loss in 29 years, overs. falling to Duke (No. 3 ESPN/USA “Tonight was just a case of getting Women’s Tennis Today, No. 4 AP) 98-54. The 44- beat pretty solid by an excellent bas- captures Middle point margin of defeat was the worst ketball team,” said Tech coach Paul for Tech since suffering a 118-73 loss Hewitt. “We just turned the ball over Tennessee State to North Carolina on February 12, too much in the latter part of the first 1972. half. They are too good of a team to Tech topped Middle Ten- Jason Williams scored 25 points have 20 turnovers in the first half. nessee State 5-2 in last Sun- and dished out six assists, helping the They capitalized extremely well and day’s home match. The Blue Devils (24-3, 11-2) to their 24th ended up with 35 points off of our Jackets took all three dou- straight victory over an unranked op- first half turnovers.” bles matches and the num- ponent. Senior added Battier was responsible for ignit- ber 2, 3, 4 and 6 spots in the 16 points, seven rebounds, and four ing two big first-half runs for the singles matches. Mysti Mor- assists on a night when the Blue Dev- Blue Devils. The first coming off of a ris took the number two spot ils officially retired his No. 31 jersey. that led to a dunk and a three- for the Jackets with her three “I thought we played a game be- point play, then followed by a long set victory over MTSU’s Tan- fitting of the kid who had his jersey range 3-pointer that capped a 14-0 ja Buchheim and Tech’s Bob- retired,” Duke coach Mike Krzyze- run. That put the Blue Devils up 29- bi Guthrie took Inge Weirich wski said. “I thought it was one of 15 with 10:01 left in the first half. in straight sets to grab the our best games. At this point, we The second came near the end of the number three spot. can’t play much better than that.” first half as Battier blocked a shot Duke shot 48 percent (33-for-69) leading to a 3-pointer from the field for the game, while and a 7-0 run heading into halftime. knocking down 11 3-pointers and and Casey Sanders playing tenacious defense against the of Duke combined to shutdown Tech By Kristi Odom / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Jackets. Tech, losers of 10 straight to Tech center Alvin Jones was held to just 5 points in the Jackets’ Wednes- the Blue Devils, shot just 28 percent See Duke, page 33 day night 98-54 loss to No. 4 Duke. Jones normally averages 14.5 ppg.