DATE: Sunday, October 5, 1997               TAG: 9710040449

SECTION: SPORTS                  PAGE: C13  EDITION: FINAL 

SOURCE: JAMES C. BLACK and LEE TOLLIVER

                                            LENGTH:   83 lines

COLLEGE REPORT: ALUMNI UPDATE

Keeping up with South Hampton Roads graduates at college

FOOTBALL

The injury bug has bitten a pair of local quarterbacks at Hampden-Sydney.

Junior starter Walt Bondurant (Nansemond-Suffolk) and freshman reserve Dorman Miner (First Colonial) have both been sidelined because of injuries.

In the season-opener against Sewanee, Bondurant's right middle finger got caught between his and an opposing player's helmets. Bondurant was taken out of the game and will miss the rest of the season as a result.

``It's been hard just sitting out there and watching and not being able to play,'' said Bondurant, who expects to be ready for baseball season.

For now though, Bondurant works with the other quarterbacks.

Miner went in off the bench against Gettysburg and started last weekend against Guilford. He was 11 of 23 for 110 yards and one interception. However, Miner suffered a concussion late in the third quarter. He was questionable for Saturday's game against Bridgewater. For the season, Minor is 16 of 35 with one interception for 175 yards.

One local Tiger who has avoided injuries is co-captain Jason Reper (Norfolk Academy).

The senior wide receiver leads Hampden-Sydney (0-3) with six catches for 132 yards and one touchdown.

A former high school teammate of Reper's, Washington & Lee's Matt Holbrook, is also having success in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.

Holbrook kicked his 22nd straight PAT against Guilford during a 34-20 loss in the second game of the season to break the school-record. The string goes back to the third game of last season.

Holbrook kicked two more PATs last week against Centre College (Ky.) to extend the string to 24. For the season, Holbrook is 6 for 6 on PATs, 2 of 3 on field goal attempts for the Generals (0-3).

FIELD HOCKEY

Katie McDonald's (Cox) redshirt status with the North Carolina field hockey team took on new meaning when her Tar Heels hosted top-ranked ODU two weeks ago.

McDonald was asked to wear one of the red mesh jerseys and work the sidelines as a ball girl - right in front of the ODU bench, in front of several former high school teammates and opponents.

Oh, the shame of it all.

``It's really tough,'' said McDonald, last year's Tidewater Player of the Year. ``Especially today. I really wanted to play so bad - so many teammates and people I played against and fans.

``But I knew about this in the preseason and I'm getting used to it.''

McDonald said her first year has still been a valuable experience in her field hockey career. She still works out and practices with the two-time NCAA Division I national champs every day.

``The girls on the team are great and I'm learning so much,'' she said. ``You don't realize how much you don't know until you get to a program like this.

``So it's definitely working out for me.''

At Longwood, sophomore Melanie Panza (Ocean Lakes) was named the school's athlete of the week.

Panza scored a goal during Longwood's 3-1 victory over Catawba Sept. 26. She then had an assist during the Lancers' 2-1 defeat to East Stroudsburg Sept. 28 as Longwood dropped to 6-4.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Freshman Cathy Arnette (Western Branch) is making her contributions for Villanova (10-5).

A second-team All-Tidewater performer last year, she began the season as a reserve but made her first start in the University of Virginia Tournament against Iowa State Sept. 19.

In the two matches against Iowa State and Northeastern, the freshman setter had 53 assists.

``Cathy did a great job,'' Villanova coach M.J. Engstrom said. ``She made some great decisions and had some great sets.''

For the season, Arnette has 125 assists, 30 digs and a .600 hitting percentage for the Wildcats (10-5). ILLUSTRATION: Photos

Dorman Miner

Datie McDonald

Cathy Arnette

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