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PAGE 12 THE 'GOLD BUG OCTOBER 11, 1968 New Defense Gives Booters Cohesion Sho'rnen Catch Terrors After WMC Win at A.D. by Mike Hen The Green Terror soccer squad This is , essentially, the team ran arout of Lady Luck Wednesday that set the Eagles of American afternoon and rrcpped a neartbre- University down during the week. aker , a-atc ancppcr-tuntsuc wasn- end, Ington College team, alter winning At American U. Shapiro Saturday's opener i -o at Amer+can ror nets. University, in overtime. Saturday's overtime victory at The W",Io." M,,"""'"' The ucume-overume thriIler American University provided was witnessed by a handful of thrills lor an anxious Terror squad, students and most of the varsity before a goal by Gary MacWllli~ms chee rleadtng squad, who competed cllrr:axed the acnontntne overume against the soccer bench in a tit. per-too, ante cheering match that didn't The Green and Gold kept up the fait to dampen the enthusiasm of pressure in the first half, and the spectators. managed 18 shots on goal for the This , the second overtime ef. enUre game. fort, began fast as Joe Nichols In the second stanza the Eagles booted one into the Terror nets solved the Western Maryland it Randolph-Macon College In at 12:12 of the first period. Both "sweeper" defense and equaUed Ashland Virginia, te_ams kept up the pressure but the Terror shots, Late in the 4th not until four minutes of the third period, goalie Bill Schwindt, who period elapsed did either team find ' the range, when freshman Ron Athey evened the .score with a bullet to the left corner of the Sho'men goal. Alan McCoy gave the Terrors the lead with 7:40 remaining, and it looked like the Terrors were Gary McWilliams battles an unidentified Washington player for the ball. about to establish a win streak. However-, as the time was running out with the action whirling fast. er , an eager Terror defender got a hand on the ball, In goal mouth, resulting ina penalty kick for Washington. Joe Nichols got the kick past Blll Schwindt to equalize the score with 1:45 re- gulaUontime remaining, Moments later the Terrors were involved in their second con- secutive overtime game. ThIs time they fared not so well as they did at A, V, Neither team scored during the first five min- utes, but the Terrors again gave the Sho'men a free kick, and Barry Drew lilted the ball over the WMC fullbacks for the cjtn- cner , The 55 seconds remaining was too litlle time for the 'rer- rors to regain their composure. The loss evened their record at I·!. New Line-Up In an effort to provide more Cohesion to the over-at! effort of the squad, coach Earll has re- vamped the Hne cup, The primary change was the placement of co- captain Bob Tawe s at fullback. He has moved back from the line in order to provide more footpo- wer to the defense, and to di- rect the defensive effort. The "sweeper" defense, tnst- ailed this year, is most simply oescrtbed as a tbree-runtecx system, with the third fullback roving behtnd his counterparts. His duty consists of tackling passes kicked over the front at the defense, w"" FaraPress. The remainder of the line-up consists of Darn Wagner at left Here's a slack to live-it-up in . wing, Al McCoy, left tnsrde , Ron perfectly tailored to provide perfect Athey, right inside, ami Larry comfort with style. They're pro- Anderson on the right wing. A. grammed for easy care, too, with a they saw plenty of action in with Al Kempske ...,. Wednesday's encounter despite permanently pressed finish that a muscte pull. always looks neat and trim without The halfbacks are Gary Mae-, ~ ironing. Williams and co-capeatn Ken NI_ ball, the offensive ·signal.caller. Ron Smith mans the fullback KORATROI'l slot on the right, at center fullback, and Pete Thompson holding down the left side. Tawes operates at the tm- portant sweeper back position. BUI Schwindt guards _the eoat.