Tusculum College - Tusculana Yearbook (Greenville, TN)

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While l couldn't completely research the fact, l think it was safe to say that Tusculum College had never, in its 179 years of existence, fielded a sports team with an absolutely spotless record. Well, put the 1973 Women's Softball team in the books - with an asterik, perhaps, but put them in the books for posterity. The Tusculum Women, friends, were 3 - 0 for the first season they played. And they did it all. Pam Can- gilosi could hit, Joyce Berger could pitch, jamie Brooks could field, Pam Meyer could giggle. And so on. They even had a handful of bench jockeys that could un- nerve any opposing pitcher whether the foe knew what she was doing or not. We would have had some exciting pictures of the Pioneerettes in action, but our incompetent photog- rapher found, after the last game, that he had no film in the camera. Sounds like the story of this book - eh? But let us return to the subject at hand. You may be asking yourself, Why does it say, ' . . . put them in the record books - with an asterik . . . '? Well, the girls had a chance to win four games in 1973, but they were too good and honest to win the last one. TC was facing King College up at Pioneer Field, and in the first inning our guys, er, girls . . . yeah, our girls had already run up a 6-0 lead over King. After the second inning it was 11-0. By the fourth, it was 19-0, or something similiarly outlandish. Now all this time, sports fans, the sky was thickening with thunderheads, monsoon season thunderheads. Of course, Brooklyn Dodger strategy would have been to take those first six runs and get out of town before it rains. Make out, play the game fast. Unfortunately, none of the girls were from Brooklyn, so they weren't acquainted with the Branch Rickey method. As run H19 crossed the plate, lightening crossed the sky. They never got to the top of the fifth, the inning that would have made the game official and the season absolutely perfect. The TC luck had struck again. lf, at this point, you think the opinions expressed here are a bit too harsh, allow me to agree. ln our hearts, the Pioneerettes were 4-0. King had no hope of scoring 19 runs in two innings. Allow me to congratu- late you, my sweets. And remember: don't get your dobbers down. Kneeling L Gregory C Morgenweck, D. Foley,C. Hickey, P Meyer L Bimbo S Skeels Standing: B. Heyer, P. Price, R Wise S Stevens l Berger P Cangilosi, M. Skeels, P. Carlson Missing CoachO Dell l Brooks. 99