October 2, 1998

Davidson College Sports Look-Alikes in Athletics

Davidson College's sports teams have their opponents seeing double.

Seven of the 10 sets of identical twins that Davidson counts among its 1,600 students compete on the college's teams, ranging from women's basketball to men's wrestling. Both siblings of each pair play the same sport.

In fact, two sets of twins play on the college's football team. Timothy J. Landis, the head football coach, said he had to look at the numbers on