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Sallinger, Voeltz stars of softball season Preview from page 15 with Georgia for five seasons before By Joseph Jeong becoming the head coach. Staff Writer Coach Danny Hall leads the [email protected] Jackets.Hall is in his eleventh season Tech’s softball team concluded with Tech, and has a 484-209 record. the season on a high note, by mak- Under Hall, 1999 was the only year ing their third NCAA appearance where Tech failed to make it to the and finishing third in the Athens NCAA tournament, and they have regional. This achievement was made it to the Super Regional three recognized nationwide, and Tech out of the six years that it has been made it into the top 25 in both in place. softball polls, finishing at No. 22 Advantage: GT in the USA Today/NFCA poll and No. 23 in the ESPN/US Softball Outlook poll. Look for a hard fought series Led by head coach Ehren Earley- between two No.1 seeds in the wine, Tech’s softball team racked up tournament. The road to Omaha is 47 wins, the second most in Tech coming right through Atlanta, and history en route to a record-setting neither team wants their season to season. Tech picked up their first end. Most likely, every game will win over a top 10 opponent when be within three runs, and the teams they upset then No. 9. Louisiana- will score between five and six runs Lafayette 4-1 on February 8, one of a game. four wins over ranked opponents this season. Prediction Team and individual records Tech will win two out of three were also rewritten with abandon. games this weekend, and all of the Behind the outstanding pitching of games will be nail-biters. junior Jessica Sallinger and senior Erin Voeltz, Tech’s pitching season By Christopher Gooley and Jamie Howell/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS records were completely rewritten. Jessica Sallinger and Erin Voeltz rewrote pitching records this season. The softball team made it to their from page 16 This year’s team set new records in third NCAA appearance and finished with 47 wins, the second most wins in school history. Golf almost all major pitching statistics. maintain a cumulative grade-point New season lows in team ERA 1025. Nationally, she was eighth in sive ERA of 1.15, good for 35th in (.696), on-base percentage (.507), average of 3.2 to be eligible. (0.97), opponent batting average strikeouts per game (10.3), ninth the nation and a new personal best, hits (71), extra-base hits (29) and Tech looks to have a strong squad (0.171) and hits allowed per game in wins and 16th in ERA. For her picking up 16 wins along the way. home runs (12). Her .392 batting coming back next season. All five (4.2) were combined with record remarkable achievements, she was She also set personal best in shutouts average was good enough for second players are returning and finished in highs in shutouts (29), strikeouts named to the All-ACC team and (6), strikeouts (172) and opponents’ in the ACC and garnered her All- the top 80 at the NCAA champion- (536), strikeouts per seven innings All-Southeast Region first team for batting average (0.209). Her undeni- Conference honors yet again. ships. (8.65) and complete games (48), to the second straight time. She was able contribution to Tech’s softball Despite her remarkable achieve- “We’ve got everybody back”, said finish a truly historic season. honored nationally for the first time program is clearly evident in the ments, Knudsen never stopped trying Heppler in a press release. “We’ll Sallinger was Tech’s most as she was named to the All-American record books, where she ended her to improve as she added yet another have a good summer’s worth of work, decorated and honored player this third team, becoming the third Tech career as Tech’s all-time leader in dimension to her already impressive and we’ll see what happens.” season and deservingly so. She set player and first Tech pitcher to earn appearances (128), and ranked sec- game when she set a new personal Heppler said the team would have new school records in wins (31), All-American honors. ond all-time in wins(58), strikeouts best in stolen bases, racking up 13 an exciting season next year. “We shutouts (15), ERA (0.82), no-hit- Another pitching standout, (488), complete games (72), shutouts in her last season at Tech. Knudsen were ranked sixth coming in, and ters (3) and strikeouts (351). In the Voeltz made her swansong at Tech (17), and third in ERA (1.81). became the first Tech player ever to finished fifth, so [the players] did conference, she became the second a memorable one. The highlight of Senior shortstop Tara Knudsen be drafted in a professional softball a heck of a job. I don’t know that ACC pitcher ever to rack up more the season for her came against Aus- left an equal if not more impressive draft. She was the first pick in the two months ago we could have done than 1000 strikeouts in a career, and tin Peay when she racked up a new mark on Tech’s program. Knudsen supplemental draft of the National this, but they’ve gotten together as moved up to second in the all-time school record 16 strikeouts in one led the team in all major hitting Pro Fastpitch League by the New a group. Things bode well for the strikeout ladder in the ACC with game. Voeltz compiled an impres- categories - average (0.392), slugging England Riptide. future,” he said.

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You will join. SPORTS Technique • Friday, June 11, 2004 • 15 Jackets to face UGA for Super Regional title By Michael Clarke The rubber match was played in Tech is hitting .323 on the year, and while playing third, and Trapani has an ERA of 4.74 on the season, Senior Staff Writer the middle of May at Turner Field. score nearly nine runs a game on has committed four. Tech has also but as of late they have not been [email protected] Tech clobbered Georgia 12-5 in front nearly 12 hits. Steven Blackwood is turned 58 double plays on the year. giving up nearly as many runs. The Jackets will be facing the of nearly 29,000 spectators. The win hitting a team-leading .367 with 21 On the other hand, Georgia has Georgia’s pitching staff has a 4.20 puppies from Athens this weekend. ended Georgia’s 12-game winning doubles on the year. Clifton Remole committed 74 errors in 62 games ERA on the season, and has three Tech won two out of the three regular streak. has also been a solid contributor on the season with a team fielding pitchers that make most of their season games against them. Georgia’s hitting .353. Eric Patterson provides percentage of .970, and they have starts. The Bulldogs’ two leading lone win came against Tech at Russ Hitting the speed on the base paths for the turned 70 double plays. pitchers are Michael Hyle, and Sean Chandler Stadium just before the Both teams feature explosive of- Jackets with 47 stolen bases on the Advantage: GT Ruthven. Both of these pitchers are Jackets went on their 20-game win- fensives. Georgia hitters have hit a season. Micah Owings has hit 15 seven game winners, but Will Startup ning streak. Tech beat Georgia in combined .299 on the year, and they homeruns in the season to lead Tech. Pitching is the leading man out of the bullpen. their first encounter back in March. average scoring more than seven runs Mike Trapani has done an impres- At the heart of any team that has Startup has a 7-2 record and eight Tech won the game 4-3, and Micah a game on ten hits. Georgia has five sive job filling in for Wes Hodges. made it this far is good pitching, and saves in 28 appearances on the year, Owings pitched 3.2 innings of out of their nine hitting over .300, Trapani is hitting .411 on the year, these two schools are no exception. and a team-leading 2.35 ERA. scoreless baseball. Owings pitched and Justin Holmes leads the way. He and has started 20 games for Tech. Tech throws veterans Andrew Kown Advantage: EVEN so well that coach Hall was going is hitting .327 with 17 stolen bases Advantage: GT and Micah Owings to the mound as to put Owings in the bullpen, but on the year. Georgia’s power comes their top pitchers. Brian Burks and Coaching after a few weeks returned him to from Josh Morris. Morris has the Fielding Lee Hyde also see considerable time Georgia’s head coach David Perno his starting role. team lead in home runs, strikeouts, Tech has committed 64 errors on the mound. The only weakness in is only in his third year as a head The Bulldogs won the meeting in doubles walks and strikeouts. Morris in 63 games on the season with a the Jackets’ pitching staff has been coach, but has led his team to a the middle of April 6-5. The game is hitting .323 on the year with 16 team fielding percentage of .974. the bullpen, but it has been solid in 102-76 record. This is by far his best was one of only six times that Tech homeruns. Holmes and Bobby Felmy The only place where there have been recent weeks. The bullpen only gave year. Perno was an assistant coach lost all season when they scored the have each hit eight on the year to be holes in the defense is at third base. up the lead against Florida State in first run of the game. tied for second on the team. Wes Hodges committed 12 errors the ACC championship game. Tech See Preview, page 15

unable to put more than one across. bracket to force a rematch with the and gave up seven hits and three Tech responded by adding runs from page 16 They had two on and only one out, Jackets on Sunday for the Atlanta walks. The Jackets managed to take in each of the seventh and eighth in- Beesball but Cameron Blair sent a shot to Regional Championship. “Georgia an early lead in the first inning. Boggs nings. After Kown gave up a leadoff faced off against the No.2 seed Red Brandon Boggs. Cooper Fouts tested Tech had a good game. Their guy and Tyler Greene hit solo shots in the single to start off the eighth inning, Raiders from Texas Tech. The Jackets Bogg’s arm, but he was thrown out pitched well.” said Red Raider’s coach third and fourth innings respectively Danny Hall elected to bring back sent their ace Micah Owings to the at the plate to end the inning. Larry Hays. In the championship to give the Jackets a 3-0 lead. Crews, who retired the side. Texas mound, looking to secure a berth in Patterson led off the bottom of the The score remained the same until Tech’s ace, Corey Gerstner sat down the championship game. Owings fifth inning for Tech with a single. the sixth inning as John Milton was the Jackets in the top of the ninth. gave up three runs over the course of After Boggs flew out to left field, “I’m very happy and sent into the game for the Jackets Josh Brady then led off the inning eight innings, two of them earned. Steven Blackwood stepped up to proud of this team... and was able to keep the Red Raid- with a single but was thrown out The Jackets started off the scor- the plate, and sent a home run over ers’ scoreless. In the bottom of the by Andy Hawranick trying to steal ing in the bottom half of the second the brick wall behind right field to [We are] looking sixth inning, Kown was unable to second base. Crews walked the next inning. Owings led off the inning give the Jackets a commanding 5-1 forward to play locate the strike zone, and walked hitter, but forced Cameron Blair to with a hit, and Remole was going to lead. The Red Raiders responded the first two Texas Tech hitters. The ground into a fielder’s choice. bunt him over to second base to put by taking advantage of Blair’s one again next weekend Red Raider’s Dallas Braden advanced Michael Mask came through for him into scoring position. Remole out double to close the gap. In the here at home.” the runners on a sacrifice bunt. The the Red Raiders by hitting a two-out laid a bunt down the first base line, seventh inning, Texas Tech took next hitter for Texas Tech sent a home run to right field to make it but Texas Tech’s first baseman Josh advantage of an error to score and Danny Hall ground ball at Tyler Greene, but 5-3. Crews managed to end the rally Brady could not get anyone out. That keep their hopes alive, but Nickeas instead of going for the out at home, by getting Josh Haney to fly out to put two runners on and nobody out. put an end to the comeback by Baseball head coach he elected to exchange an out for a Boggs to end the game, and send the After Nickeas flied to center, Robbins hitting a two-run home run. The run and managed to get the out at Jackets to the Super Regional. stepped up to the plate, and hit his Jackets added two more in the eighth game, Tech wore the away gray, but first base. Kown managed to settle “I’m very happy and proud of this second home run of the weekend to inning. The bullpen held the opposi- the change in uniforms didn’t change down, and sent the Red Raiders team, and we’re certainly looking give the Jackets an early 3-0 lead. tion scoreless to end the game. the outcome. Andrew Kown pitched packing by getting Madison Edwards forward to a chance to play again The Red raiders threatened in Texas Tech advanced past Mis- seven innings and gave up only one to ground out to second base to end next weekend here at home,” said the top of the third inning, but were sissippi State 14-7 in the elimination run. He recorded seven strikeouts, the inning. Hall.

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bythe Baseball team sweeps NCAA regional By Michael Clarke numbers Senior Staff Writer [email protected] The Jackets hosted one of the 16 4,157 regional baseball tournaments last weekend. Last year, the team lost to Capacity at Tech’s Russ Chandler East Carolina and Stetson in back- Baseball Stadium. Tickets for this to-back games after being selected to weekend’s NCAA Atlanta Super host the regional. This year, however, Regional between Georgia Tech they were determined to not let it and Georgia are completely sold happen again. The Jackets breezed out. Friday’s game will be shown through the regional, playing just nationally on ESPN. Saturday’s the minimum number of games game is scheduled for ESPN2 and to advance to this weekend’s Super Sunday for ESPN. Game times Regional. are 2 p.m. on Friday, 12 noon on Tech opened the weekend against Saturday, and 12 noon Sunday, if Jacksonville State. Coach Danny necessary, with the winner of the Hall sent Brian Burks to the mound, three-game series advancing to the and was not disappointed. Burks had College World Series. a shaky start, giving up runs in each of the first two innings, but settled down after that. The Jackets found themselves down 2-1 going into the bottom half 4 of the second inning, but this would be the last time on the weekend that The number of times the Jackets they came to bat trailing. With Whit have finished among the top-five Robbins on base and only one out in By Christopher Gooley/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS in the last five years at the NCAA the inning, Mike Trapani singled to Clifton Remole greets Head Coach Danny Hall before the championship game against Texas Tech at Russ Men’s Golf Championship. Chan left field for Eric Patterson. Patterson Chandler Stadium on Sunday. Tech won 5-3 to clinch the NCAA Atlanta Regional Crown. Wongluekiet shot a final-round 71, stepped up to the plate and sent a shot and Mike Barbosa added a 72 to help down the right field line to give the Remole extended the lead to 7-2 with three consecutives singles to inning, and Jared Hyatt came on in Tech rally to a fifth-place finish after Jackets their first lead of the weekend. with back-to-back home runs. The lead off the inning. Unfortunately the ninth to close out the game. teeing off at No. 10. Burks stepped back on the mound, Jackets added three more in the for the Gamecocks, Burks was able to Tech got the monkey off their pitched with confidence, and held fourth inning to demoralize the pitch himself out of yet another jam, back after defeating the Gamecocks the Gamecocks scoreless until the Gamecocks. and finish off the Gamecocks. 16-3 and advancing in the winner’s seventh inning, but by that point In the sixth inning, Robbins drove Tech added five runs in the sev- bracket. the game was well out of reach. in Remole to extend the lead to 11-2, enth inning, and managed to bat Saturday afternoon, the Jackets 10 In the bottom of the third inning, but Jacksonville State responded in around sending eleven men to the Number of Tech baseball players Tech’s Mike Nickeas and Clifton the top half of the seventh inning plate. Burks pitched a perfect eighth See Beesball, page 15 drafted in the Major League Base- ball draft this week. Outfielders Brandon Boggs, Clifton Remole and Jeremy Slayden, pitcher Andrew Golf team finishes in top five Kown, catcher Mike Nickeas and sports second baseman Eric Patterson By Clark Nelson 17th. Wongluekiet tied for 24th par 66 on Friday and finished at Staff Writer with a total of 287 and Barbosa tied 13-under par total of 267 to take were selected on the first day while [email protected] shorts four more Yellow Jackets - pitchers for 36th place with a 291. the individual honors. Micah Owings, Brian Burks, Nick The Tech Golf Team finished fifth Freshman Roberto Castro tied Wake Forest player Bill Haas, Schenscher makes Wagner and Aaron Walker - were last week at the NCAA Men’s Golf for 44th place, shooting even par in son of PGA player Jay Haas, tied for selected on day two of the draft. That Championship in Hot Springs, Vir- the third round, and fellow freshman second with Chris Nallen of Arizona, initial team cut broke the previous school record of ginia. The Jackets rallied in the final Larsen ended up in 78th place. with a total of 273. nine players drafted in 2001 and round behind Chan Wongluekiet’s California came from behind to After the tournament, the PING Tech’s rising senior and basketball tied the ACC record set by Florida score of 71 and Mike Barbosa’s 72. beat UCLA by firing a 1-under par All-America teams for 2004 were an- center Luke Schenscher has made State in 1995. This is Tech’s fourth top-five finish in the final round. The Bruins had nounced with Thompson garnering it to the reduced squad of 17 in the in the last five years and fifth in the led Cal by 5 shots entering the final third team awards. Tech has placed Australian basketball team for the last seven. at least one player on the first three Athens Olympic games. He could be In the first round of play no Jackets teams in 13 of the past 14 years. the Jackets’ second basketball player scored under par, but Wongluekiet “It was phenomenal Thompson finished the season in the Athens Olympics after Stephon 6’4.75” and Kevin Larsen each fired 1-under really... [They] ranked No. 18 in the nation accord- Marbury who is playing for the USA in the second round to moved Tech ing to Golfweek/Sagarin Peformance squad. Luke was invited to train at Sophomore Chaunte Howard’s third up to 10th place and only 4 strokes did a nice job of Index. The Coral Springs, FL native the third and final Australian-based best mark in the United States in back of the team leader. hanging in there... finished with a 71.17 stroke average, training camp of the year in Gosford women’s high jump. Howard will Sophomore Nick Thompson good for third in the ACC. from June 11-14 where the team will try to repeat her national title dur- came alive in round 3 with a 2- [They] accounted for Wongluekiet and Castro were be reduced to 12 players. “We’ve got ing the indoor season at the outdoor under par performance. However, themselves well.” named honorable mention All- Schenscher and Bogut who both did championship meet. Howard’s the Yellow Jackets had lost ground American, adding on to their All- very well in their own right in the last jump met the Olympic Qualifying in the team standings after firing a ACC recognition. Castro, a native of two camps” coach Brian Goorijan Standard mark in the high jump team score of 287. Bruce Heppler Alpharetta, Georgia, was also named said. category to win her fourth straight The final round on the 6,679 Golf team head coach rookie of the year in the ACC. ACC crown. yard, par 70 Cascades Course was Three other ACC golfers were Swim team signs played in gusty winds and periods named to the first three All-Ameri- of hard rain. Tech shot a 8-over par day of play, but played 13-over on can teams. 10 new faces on the first nine holes, but finished Friday to finish second. In addition to on-course honors, the second nine in 2-over par for a Rounding out the top five were Thompson and Wongluekiet were Tech’s Swimming and Diving 1 total of 290. Arizona, Texas, and Georgia Tech. named to the Golf Coaches Asso- program signed 10 more recruits in “It was phenomenal really,” said The Yellow Jackets finished just three ciation of America Cleveland Golf the spring signing period, raising the Runs allowed by right-handed pitch- head coach Bruce Heppler in a press shots behind the Wildcats. All-America Scholars list. newcomer tally to 18 for the 2004- er Andrew Kown in seven innings release. “The weather never got any The Florida Gators were the A golfer must be a junior or senior 05 season, head coach Seth Baron against Texas Tech in the NCAA better, and they did a nice job of No.1 ranked team entering the academically, competed for at least announced. The class includes three Atlanta Regional Championship hanging in there. We had three guys championship, but struggled the two full years at the collegiate level, local standouts, along with student- game at Russ Chandler Stadium last who had never played in a national final day of play, shooting 14-over have participated in 70 percent of athletes from seven different states. Sunday. A native of Marietta, GA, championship before, and they ac- par and falling to a sixth place tie his team’s competitive rounds, have Tech is entering its fourth season Kown is expected to challenge for a counted for themselves well.” with Washington. a stroke average under 76.0 and with a combined program and just spot in the starting rotation against Junior Nick Thompson was the Ryan Moore of UNLV, playing its second season of competition in Georgia. high individual finisher at a tie for as an individual, posted a 4-under See Golf, page 14 the Aquatic Center.