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If? I '4)UR1ER-J0URNAL SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2001 C9 And You Thought She College Football VouSdnl Notice. NAIA PLAYOFFS For Men and Women tlliciive on All Areas of the Body Medk-ailv Supenbed Sausfaction Guaranlccd Toving Juaseri If i Georgetown marches back into Una ASMaAmiiau 1 "iCuHTodayLf4- Qorgton, Ky. "Chubby Ray's Original" LOUISVILLE 0W WW 2S9 r- iZr-i r- Carroll (10-2), of Helena, shut down Georgetown's deep passing game by putting eight men back in coverage, so the Tigers took advantage of short passes and the run ning game. "That's what they were giving us," said quarterback Eddie Eviston, who completed 29 of 42 passes for 235 yards and two TDs. "They weren't giving up the big play." The Tigers gained 165 of their 40fr yards of offense on the ground.

"We tried to suck it up and punch it down their throat," Payne said. "He came to play today," Eviston said of Payne, who also had a game-high 10 receptions for 58 yards. "He never stops moving his feet." "We knew that Ryan Payne would have to have a great game for us to win," coach Bill Cronin said. Payne said his teammates let him know in the locker room beforehand that he could have a big game. "They implied I was going to touch the ball a few times," he said.

"I owe it all to my offensive line, really. The 'O' line really opened up for me." 1 The short passing game was just as effective for the Tigers. Both of Eviston's TD passes came on short throws. The first, a 12-yarder to Chad Spencer, opened the scoring early in the game. The second, on the first of the.

fourth quarter, turned into a 36-yarder Eviston's longest completion of the game when Jason Tenkman took a short pass, dodged two defenders and ran untouched down the sideline. 1 "They were dropping eight and bringing three (linemen)," Eviston said. "When they dropped eight, it was easy to get the short passes working." "Any time you get that (coverage), you have to be patient, because you don't have many lanes to throw in," Cronin said. Tenkman's TD catch made it 31-3, but Carroll started to make it mildly interesting when Heath Wall returned the subsequent kickoff 84 yards for a TD to cut it to 31-10. Justin Wigen's 5-yard scoring run with 4:16 left and J.

D. Emmert's 6-yard TD pass to Casey Fitzsimmons with 33 seconds left got the Saints to the final margin. Emmert, one of the top passers in the NAIA, wound up 22 of 42 for 310 yards and two TDs. But he threw two interceptions and was sacked seven times, and most of his yardage came after the outcome was decided. "We didn't protect (Emmert), and St.

connection helps carry Tigers past Carroll 31-22 By BRIAN DAUGHERTV Special to The Courier-Journal GEORGETOWN, Ky. St. Xavier High School products Ryan Payne and Mike Mulhall played big roles in Georgetown College's 31-22 victory over Carroll College yesterday in the semifinals of the NAIA football playoffs. Payne, a sophomore wingback, rushed for 97 yards and one touchdown on 24 carries. Mulhall, a junior defensive lineman, had seven tackles, five of them behind the line.

''They have sort of the same philosophy at Georgetown that we had in high school," said Mulhall, whose three sacks totaled 26 yards. "We're real disciplined. We all work real hard on this team. We have a small bond within the team." The victory was the 27th straight for the Tigers (13-0), who will defend their national title Dec. 15 in Savannah, against Sioux Falls (S.D.), which routed Benedictine 40-6 in Atchison, Kan.

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Carroll Wigen 5 pass from Emmert (kick failed), 4:16. Carroll Fitzsimmons 6 pass from Emmert (kick failed), 0:33. A-612. eg gc First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-mt -Return Yards 20 25035 313 129 27 45-165 235 29-42-2 78 2-1 8-101 35:33 Punts-Avg. 1-0 24:27 Fumbtes-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-CarroU, Wall 9-33, Morris 7-24.

Garretfa 1-0. Emmert 8-rmnus 22): Georgetown, Payne 24-97, White 6-34, Eviston 9-1 9. Mills 3-9. Tenkman 34. PASSING Carroll, Emmert 22-42-2-310, Lalrielle 1- 1-0-3: Georgetown, Eviston 29-42-2-235.

RECEIVING Carroll, Fitzsimmons 7-61, Carrell 5- 102, Zawacki 3-77, Wigen 3-14, Wall 2-19, Gatrefla 1-31, Morris 1-6, Dearoom 1-3: Georgetown, Payne lose, Tenkman 5-79, Midkiff 5-40, White 5-26, Spencer 2- 21, Young 1-12. Hoppe 1-(minus 1). that's a credit to (the Tigers) and their front people and their scheme," Carroll coach Mike Van Diest said. "He's a good kid," Cronin said. "We forced him to throw early in the first half, and in the second half he gained his composure." Carroll finished with 348 yards of offense, 228 in the second half.

At Greenville, S.C. WESTERN KENTUCKY 14 3 3 0-20 FURMAN 0 7 7 1024 Western Kentucky Johnson 3 run (Martinez kick), 1 0:20. Western Kentucky Gallishaw 8 pass from Johnson (Martinez kick), 8:46. Furman West 21 pass from Napier (Marshall kick), 14:43. Western Kentucky FG Martinez 51, 0:01.

Western Kentucky FG Martinez 33, 6:31 Furman Emerson 4 run (Marshall kick), 0:52. Furman FG Marshall 21, 9:45. Furman Means 19 run (Marshall kick), 3:07. WK First downs 12 Rushes-yards 52-186 57-238 Passing 57 89 Comp-Att-Int 7-8-1 6-13-2 Return Yards 99 38 Punts-Avg. 5-404 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 2-2 Penalties-Yards 6-60 2-15 Time of Possession 28:28 31:32 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Western Kentucky, Pimpleton 17-74, Gallishaw 13-56, Brooks 7-29, Hamilton 6-17, Johnson 4-11, Michael 2-0.

Frazier 3-(minus 1). Furman, Ivory 33-170. Means 4-36, Emerson 8-21, West 1-20. Rem-bert 1-6. Napier 10-(minus 15).

PASSING Western Kentucky, Pimpleton 4-4-0-33, Michael 1-2-1-7, Johnson 2-2-0-17. Furman, Napier 6-13-2-89 RECEIVING Western Kentucky, Veals 4-33, Hayes 2-16. Gallishaw 1-8. Furman, Rinehart 3-17, Sansbury 2-51, West 1-21. for my team," Means said.

"You always dream about making a game-winning touchdown when you're a little kid. And every time you watch football, you always think about, 'I want to be the one to (score) the game-winning After Means' touchdown, a Paul Billingsly interception of a Jason Michael pass preserved the victory. Michael replaced Pimpleton, who moved to wide receiver on the Hilltoppers' final drive. Johnson had previously left the game with a dislocated shoulder. "The two critical turnovers on our end of the field were just devastating," Harbaugh said.

"In a game like this with two equally matched football teams, it's going to come down to who takes better care of the ball." Exciting Career Opportunities! Print Graphics and Layout Design Digital Photo Enhancing Interactive Multimedia 3D Animation Web Design Video Production 1 RnOMRG ii 800844-6528 WWW.l0UiSVHIetCCh.C0m "'j lt. Rather than faltering without its star, Furman found the Means to the end zone. Center Chris Stewart said the Hilltoppers "guessed wrong" on defense, and Furman's line cleared a gigantic path through the middle for No. 32. "I was happy that I came through Carhartt Accessories Tfierma! Receive a Underwear Cotton Duel Re-Treat u7 6 Jf Can of 1 5flfk tf MA GlovesJm Belts 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS Freshman Al Means scored on a 19-yard run with 3:07 left to give Furman a 24-20 Division l-AA playoff win over Western Kentucky.

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nun io a-Ai 1 1 Vi" SPORTSMAN 700 TWIN I By ADAM DAVIS Special to The C-J GREENVILLE, S.C. When asked about losing first-round playoff games at home-the past two seasons, Furman University's football players and coaches have insisted that winning in the postseason is not easy. And now that they have done it, they know for sure that they were right. After Western Kentucky built a 14-0 first-quarter lead in the NCAA Division I-AA playoff game, Furman's defense dominated the second half and forced two key turnovers, rallying to a 24-20 victory in front of 6,143 enthusiastic fans at Paladin Stadium. "I'm proud of our guys," Furman coach Bobby Johnson said.

"They didn't get over there and say, 'Gosh, we're going to lose again in the first They didn't accept that." Third-seeded Furman (10-2) advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time since 1996. The Paladins will play host to Lehigh on Saturday. Lehigh defeated Hofstra 27-24 in overtime yesterday. Freshman fullback Al Means scored the winning touchdown on a 19-yard run with 3:07 remaining, one play after tailback Louis Ivory went down with a knee sprain. Ivory left after rushing for 170 yards on 33 carries.

Jason Johnson's 3-yard run gave Western Kentucky (8-4) a 7-0 lead at the 10:20 mark of the first quarter. Joseph Jefferson's 54-yard punt return set up an 8-yard touchdown pass from Johnson to DeWayne Gal-lishaw to make it 14-0 at the 8:46 mark. Peter Martinez's career-best 51-yard field goal gave the Hilltoppers a 17-7 lead at halftime. But the Hilltoppers gained only 76 second-half yards, and their only points came after Mel Mitchell intercepted Billy Napier and returned the ball to the Furman 22-yard line. Martinez followed with a 33-yard field goal that put Western ahead 20-7 with 6:31 to play in the third.

"This is the way we won eight games this year," Western coach Jack Harbaugh said. "We jump out in front early and control the ball, then turn it over to the defense. We executed our game plan perfectly except for taking care of the ball." Furman's offense finally got rolling late in the third quarter. Napier hit Trent Sansbury for a 47-yard gain, and Eric Emerson capitalized with a 4-yard touchdown run, cutting the deficit to 20-14 with 52 seconds left in the quarter. After that touchdown, Furman's HONEST DEPENDABLE AFFORDADLE Free road test and 5' external diagnosis offor? Show Stecplcton ST.

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