SPORTS PAGE 20 // WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2009

a t h l e t ic r e s u l t s PHOENIX FRISBEE SOARS April 1-April 6 Wes Miller named

BASEBALL assistant coach at Hijh Point University April 1 Elon 2 Duke 3 Former Elon men's assistant April 3 Elon 2 coach, Wes Miller, ,^•as UNC Greensboro 1 named an assistant coach at High Point April 4 Elon 12 U niversity under head UNC Greensboro 2 coach . Miller completed April 5 his first season as an Elon 15 Elon assistant coach UNC Greensboro 9 during the 2008-09 SOFTBALL season. Last season, April 4 the Phoeni.xwent 11.20 Elon 4 under former head Furman 2 coach . April 4 Previously, Miller ti> I I 'iiWU Elon 7 w'as a player at the Furman 3 University of North LINDSAY FENDT | Slatt Photographer Carolina at Chapel Sophomore Kara Moore, left, throws underhand to a teammate further down the field. Although the team lost on Saturday it has done April 5 Hill. He played there well enough to move on to the regional tournament. Elon 5 Furman 6 for three seasons from Women’s ultimate Frisbee advances to regional tournament 2004-2007. In 2004, MEN’S TENNIS hiss team won the April 1 NCAA championship. Pam Richter Elon 7 Sports Editor Davidson 0 Miller is a native of Charlotte, N.C. During The Elon women’s ultimate Frisbee team April 4 his time at UNC, he was thrilled fans with three straight victories Elon 2 Furman 5 part of two ACC regular Sunday. With the wins, the team advances to the season titles and one regional tournament, held April 25 and 26. WOMEN’S TENNIS tournament title. The women did not perform well on Saturday, April 4 In his senior season, which set up several must-win games for Sunday, Elon 0 Miller was captain of co-captain Katy Branson said. Furnnan 7 the UNC team. After “We went into the tournament seeded fourth," graduation, he played Branson said. “Saturday we had a disappointing day. We lost to a team we (had) already beaten a basketball overseas for couple of times this season.” the London Capitals of Elon won three straight games Sunday to the British Basketball clinch sixth place. In the first game, it defeated League, where he the University of North Carolina B team. Next, it averaged 19.6 points defeated Duke University 13-7. Elon Spoils This Week per game. These two victories set up a must-win Cherry was named matchup for the Phoenix against the East THURSDAY 4/9 High Point's new head Carolina Pirates in the third game on Sunday. In Softball @ Charlotte- coach last month. this matchup, the Phoenix found itself down 7-5 4, 6 p.m. Men’s Tennis @ East Carolina- going into the half. Men’s soccer continues 3 p.m. “We were nervous at halftime,” Branson said. with spring games "We knew that if we lost this game, our entire LINDSAY FENDT | Staff Photographer FRIDAY 4/10 season would be over.” Senior Meli Kobelinski, right, passes to a teammate around a defender. Baseball vs. College of The men's soccer At the beginning of the season, Branson said Charleston- 7 p.m. team has eight games the team set goals for the entire season. One Softball vs. Georgia Southern- left in the spring of those goals was to make regionals. Last year, 4, 6 p.m. schedule. The Phoenix the team missed the regional tournament after before,” Branson said. “It was one of those Women’s Tennis @ Davidson- played a few games making it the previous few years. surreal sports moments that you only see in 2 p.m. Shortly after halftime, the Phoenix found movies." prior to spring break itself down 12-7. Elon fended off five game points The co-captain said it was a special moment SATURDAY 4/11 and will finish out the Baseball vs. College of schedule by playing to tie the game at 12-12. The team played to 13 for the nine seniors on the team. Charleston- 7 p.m. and the game came down to a universe point, Elon played the sectional games on its home Softball vs. Georgia Southern- Loulsburg, Charlotte, which is the last point in ultimate Frisbee. field at Elon. 1 p.m. North Carolina, Elon was in a familiar position with the team “It was an absolute advantage,” Branson Track and Field (UNC Belmont Abbey, Libert), having played five other games in that situation said. “It made a huge difference. In one sense Invitational)- All day Virginia Tech and Lees- this season. it could have gone the wrong way and put too McRae. ■An Elon player had a hand and the team much pressure on us. But we used the energy of SUNDAY 4/12 The next games was in control of the disc, Branson said. They sidelines and friends and fired us up." Baseball vs. College of Charleston- 1:30 p.m. will be held today, called a play on the goal line and Elon scored The team will compete in the regional when Elon takes on the game point. tournament in Charlotte on April 25 and 26. TUESDAY 4/14 both Loulsburg and The 50-plus fans in attendance cheered and The region consists of teams throughout the Baseball @ UNC Wilmington- Charlotte at Rudd fieW. the team rushed the field. southeast, including North Carolina, South 7 p.m. The first will begin ai “I’ve never experienced anything like that Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. 5:30 p.m.

Dance team tryouts to be held at the end of April ONE ON ONE Elon’s dance team, the Flames of the Phoenix, will host College basketball: Coach of the Year, most tryouts for the 2009 ON disappointing team and most surprising team season April 24 and 2^ Tryouts will be open Joey Accordtno and Chris Bunn both current student Sports Commentators and incoming fresh and will determine the dance team that JOEY its way through the NCAA tournament without a Connecticut to the brink in the Elite Eight. will perform at next Chris, a great season of college basketball just definite potential NBA player to reach its first Final season's football gam' finished up, and it's time tor One on One to hand Four since 1985, JOEY out some postseason awards. There’s no debate and men's and women Now, how about the flip side of the coin. Which Blake Griffin is the national player of the year, but CHRIS basketball gamf • some of the other awards are a bit less obvious. team has been the biggest disappointment this Tryouts will begi Who was the most surprising team this year? season? Chris, who Is your national coach of the year? Friday, with a wor JOEY CHRIS for the dancers to CHRIS Oklahoma, which wasn't ranked in the top-10 in the I think you have to say Notre Dame. They brought I think it has to be Bill Self, coach of ttie University preseason but spent a lot of time at No. 1 during learn two routines- a lot of pieces back, had veteran leadership, strong of Kansas. He did a comparable job to what the year, has a good case. But I’ll go with Lousiana On Saturday, the shooters, great rebounders and an All-American. Roy Williams did in 2006, taking the defending State University, which wasn't even a preseason candidates will All those parts got them was a semifinal loss in the champions, stripped of its best players, back to top-30 team, but won the Southeastern Conference National Invitation Tournament. Mike Brey could be national prominence. Self took a team of freshmen, and gave Carolina a great test in the second round the learned rout, ^bout along with Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins, to the of the tournament. on the hot seat because of it. groups of three. Big 12 championship. JOEY CHRIS after tryouts, tW The Untversity of California at Los Angeles was JOEY I'm taking Missouri. Mike Anderson's “Forty Minutes team will decid^ one of the few teams that may have matched Notre Self is certainly a good pick, but in a conference like of Heir absolutely terrorized teams this year leading roster for the comi»8 the Big 12 that really only had three good teams, I the Tigers to the Big 12 tournament title. A team Dame's level of underachievement. They began the don’t think he’s the best choice. I'll take Jay Wright, that was widely overlooked coming into the year season at No. 4, ahead of teams like Michigan State year. who led Villanova to the Final Four. Picked fifth in Missouri exceeded expectations tremendously tjy and Pittsburgh, and barely escaped the first round the rugged Big East preseason, Villanova clawed being a top-15 team most of the year and pushing of the NCAA tournament. They were a colossal disappointment.