University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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unner-Up In SEC When asked about the sea- son, coach Jim lams said, Overall I felt positive. Ev- ery team had its ups and downs. Some days I would have said negative and some days positive. But looking back at the season 1 feel positive. Georgia opened the season successfully winning its annual six team Home Tip-off Classic. Here they had a big early season win against Florida State, a five game match that lasted over two hours. The undefeated team then headed out to California and ended up tied for fifth out of sixteen teams, which was a great showing for the Bull- dogs. Georgia then went on to win the Au- burn Invitational beating Auburn in the finals and the Illinois State Tournament. While in the midwest, Georgia played Pur- due and lost in four games. Georgia then faced SEC power LSU. This season then relaxed a little while Georgia blew by oppo- nents such as Clemson, Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, and Ole Miss. Georgia claimed victory over Clemson with a 3-1 win. Senior Kristin Hackley and freshman Franci Rard were the leading players in the Clemson match. The Spikers breezed by Al- abama with a 51 minute straight win. Freshman Lenore Davis and senior Christie Lord were the offensive leaders. Lenore Da- vis was also the defensive leader at Ala- bama ' s loss. Freshman Ashley Cook led against the Tiger offense. The Lady BuU- DEFENSIVE WALL — Middle blocker, Christie Lord gets to the outside position to form a successful block, while Kristin Hackley covers from behind. A GAME OF INCHES — Franci Rard extends in a deter mined effort to keep the ball off the ground. js made a very victorious road trip to North Carolina. Freshman Sue Novak re- corded 16 kills against Duke during the straight 3 game match. Christie Lord nad a very high kill percentage against North Carolina State. Georgia defeated Tech. in a three game match. Sue Novak and senior, We had a completely new team and new style with five new players and a second year Georgia coach. — Stephanie Dunkle captain, Kristin Hackley teamed up as lead- er in offense. In the SEC tournament Geor- gia lost to LSU in the finals. The Spikers finished third in the Wom- en ' s Invitational Volleyball Championship with a 29-14 record. Also during the season Coach Jim lams received his 100th career win (100-44). Coach lams said, Christie Lord led the team as most offensive player. Christie broke the record for the most kills in a career. She had 485 kills for the season and 1649 total career kills. She also had the most kills in one match with 38 against Ole Miss in 1988. Her thoughts on the season were, It went better than expected. We put up a good fight against LSU in the SEC champi- onship. Throughout the season everyone was more competitive. The Lady Bulldogs also got most kills in a season with 2393 kills, which passed 1986 ' s team record of 2275. They also set the team service aces record at 403. The season | ace leader was freshman Franci Rard who finished with 100. Coach lams reported that ' Tranci Rard j and freshman Lenore Davis did a real good job defensively. When asked about the freshmen he stated, They are very good youth. As newcomers in college volleyball, all five played well, and as a group had a real impact on the season. Although the team was relatively young with a large freshmen class, all of the team- mates felt that they had made some good contributions to the team as a whole. Steph- anie Dunkle, a senior player said, We had a completely new team and new style with five new players and a second-year Georgia coach. There winning record says every- thing for them. — Johnsi Blalock 152 WOMEN ' S VOLLEYBALL

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SETTING UP FOR THE KILL — Mo, m Moore provides senior Christie Lord with an opportunity to spike the ball for a side INTIMIDATION AT ITS BEST - The Lady Bulldois face up against their opponents in preparation for another victory. im-tc ' r.. B @l II ) COREBOARD Butler w . ,1 : Eastern Washinglon W 1 Lyj • Fi„,.M. ;,.,» w 1 mfk Alabama-Birmmgham W Cal State-Fulle»on W M California I M Cal Poly SLO W Eastern Kentucky W Texas Tech L Auburn W HI Georgetown W » ll LSU L Clemson W Alabama W Auburn W 1 Mississippi State W 1 Mississippi W Florida L Florida State L North Carolina W North Carolina State W Tennessee L Georgia Tech W Tennessee- W Mississippi ' W Boise State W w,p.ck« . Arkansas State L Akron W Northern lovva W Cal State-Northridge L •SEC Tournament Women ' s Invitational Volleyball Championship A BREAK IN THE ACTION — inspirational advice comes from Head Coach Jim lams as the Lady Dogs plan their attack against Ole Miss. WOMEN ' S VOLLEYBALL 151

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