 | The Cavalier daily Friday, October 27, 1972 |  |
Clemson Next For
Struggling Booters
By STEVE GASKE
CD/Andy Groher
Right Wing Ted Knetzger Passes Off In Recent Soccer Action
Saturday afternoon the
Virginia soccer team will play
what is probably the most
crucial game of its season,
when the team travels to
Clemson to take on the
undefeated Tigers.
When asked about the
significance of this game,
Coach Jim Stephens
emphasized, "We have to win
to have a chance at winning or
tieing the ACC championship."
Virginia now stands at 2-1-2,
with its only olss a last minute,
1-0, defeat at the hands of
Duke Wednesday.
Clemson, currently ranked
third in the South and 20th
nationally, comes into the
game with a 6-0-1 record. With
nationally ranked South
Florida the only team to stay
in the game with the Tigers so
far, Clemson boasts a record of
having downed its opponents
by the phenomenal total of
33-4.
Leading this highpowered
Tiger offense is Henry Abadi, a
transfer from Miami-Dade JC
where he was named a JC
All-American. Abadi has
already scored more than 10
goals this season.
Also on the front line is last
year's leading scorer, Nabell
Kammoun, an All-ACC and
All-South selection. He is
joined by another super
transfer from Miami-Dade,
Italo Yannuzelli and Jon
Babashak.
Babashak is a native of
Virginia who scored three goals
against the Cavs last year.
If Clemson has a weakness
it's at goalie. Steve Schoen, last
year's all-conference goalie
decided not to return this year.
Mr. Stephens commented
that, "We don't have the ball
handlers to play a wide-open
offensive game with Clemson.
We have to play defense and
keep the score down and win
by one, maybe two goals."
In order to compensate for
the lack of scoring punch on
his front line, Mr. Stephens is
contemplating moving fullback
Phil Russel up to forward.
In the Duke game the Cavs
found themselves in the
unfortunate situation of
drawing double coverage for
Jay Meaney, the only
consistent scorer on the team.
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