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Teffllr .".. Dfilen 60_ Volume XXIV Number 2 Western Harris goes down, Luster and company step up and get win for Green Terror football MIKE .JENKISOI'I SlflfJWriler Going into a big game like the off with a touchdown to established "/ saw the ball go way up in the one against conference rival star Powell. air and Ididn't want to overrun it," Ursinus, the Green Terror were Hero number two was Junior D- said Miller. "I wasn't sure how it probably hoping to rely on their Back Mike Ganeas. The game was was going to bounce. and I didn't big-play superstars. Players like scoreless in the first quaner when want to lose it so Ijust stayed be- Boo Harris, Terron Powell, Jason his first big play arrived. On a third hind it and fell on it when it came Wingeart, and Jason Wiles are usu- and long, Ganeas intercepted a pass down." ally the ones who make the big and took it 30 yards to the end zone. Later in the game Miller plays for Western Maryland. "I saw his eyes and started to stepped up and made another big Yet if someone said before the run to the receiver before he even special teams play. game that it was going to be the big threw the ball. As soon as Icaught The Ursinus long snapper threw play capabilities of Mike Ganeas, it Iknew Iwas going to score, when a bad snap. and Miller tackled the Matt Miller, and John Luster that someone catches one on the run punter, setting up the Luster TO the Terror were going to rely on, like (hat they usually do," Said pass. Sophomore Tony Braglio most would think that Ursinus Ganeas. contributed a block as well, the Men's soccer prepares would blow them out. Ganeas delivered again in the third blocked punt for Western Actually, those were the play- second quarter .. With Ursinus in Maryland in the game. ers who made key plays, and West- their own territory punting on 4th The previous week The Green for conference play ern Maryland did the blowing out, down, Oanees broke through the Terror manhandled Gettysburg 55- 35-9. line and blocked a punt, setting the 7. Green Terror hero number one offense up deep in Ursinus territory The defense was nearly perfect, was Junior Quarterback John Lus- for the second score of the game. giving up one score on one long RICK GRAMS ter. With superstar Harris injured "It was weird, I broke through run. The offense was almost as SldJJWriler early in the first quarter, the the line and their was the punter flawless. Many of the starters were quarterbacking duties fell on Lus- right in my face. It was my first exiting the game in the third quar- The Green Terror men '5 soccer He also said that the seniors feel ter. He got the job done leading ever blocked punt." ter for the Terror. team finished off their pre- confer- extra pressure this year. the 35 point attack. His biggest Matt Miller, a special teams This weekend the top two teams ence schedule with a perfect 5-0 The older players have "a lotof individual play came in the second standout all season for The Terror, in the conference on every experts mark, after beating Caldwell Col- responsibility," according to half when Ursinus scored nine un- scored a TO of his own on a list, Mulhlenburg and Western lege and Villa Julie. Russell, as they want to make the answered points to start the half. blocked punt by senior Christian Maryland square off in Allentown. Against Caldwell, freshman playoffs in their last season and Luster lead a long drive and capped Hamilton. Pennsylvania. Thomas Kane netted two goals, help the younger players maintain while Vinny Pedalino added a goal the success of the program in years and an assist. to come. Four days later, WMC went to However, without the services 5-0 after defeating Villa Julie 3-2 of junior sweeper Dave Fila, the at home. Terror men's soccer team lost their Freshman Tim McCallum first two Centennial Conference scored two goals, and Pcdalino. a games this past week, falling to senior added another. Goalkeeper Johns Hopkins' and Haverford. Ryan Defibaugh stopped six shots According to Plevyak, Filo has for the Terror. turf toe. and should be 100% by the The perfect start after five time they play Gettysburg on Sep- games is the best for the Terror tember 26. since 1995. Despite nine Defibaugh saves Coach John Plevyak said that he against Hopkins, the Blue Jays is "real pleased" about the perfor- were able to defeat the Terror 3-0. mance of his freshmen thus far, Defibaugh saved eight Haverford adding, "they have stepped up shots iri the 2-0 loss. since the first day of practice." "Last year we lost to Haverford Plevyak said that many of the and Hopkins and still had a good young players are now starting or season and made the post season," getting quality minutes off of the said Plevyak bench. He added, "We need to put to- Senior midfielder Brad Russell. gether another five game win echoed Plevyak, saying the fresh- streak." WMC rebounded on Sat- men have' had a "pretty big role" urday with a 3-0 win. against so far. Swarthmore. The play of the freshmen is one Coming up for the Terror next of only many reasons for the soc- week, after the Gettysburg game at cer team's success thus far. home, is an away game at Franklin Russell said. "This is the best & Marshall on the 29 of Septem- team I've been on in my four years ber. here" so far this season.