California Baptist University - Angelos Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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new location of the field, but had a wrench thrown in their plans when construction on the new tennis courts was begun. The ce- ment trucks rolled all over our outfield and made some deep impressions. We ' ve had to reschedule our home games elsewhere, in- formed Ron Veach, Softball coach. Despite the inconvenience, the girls used the dia- mond for rigorous practices and workouts. As on any team, players make the action happen. For both teams, this was a year of new faces. With only one returning player, third baseman Ric Slagle, coacn Mark Benedetto had his work cut out for him. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported on 2-11- 89 that Benedetto wrote over 400 letters to JC baseball coaches. We were real up-front. We were looking for people who want to grad- uate, reported Mark Benedetto. In the end, nineteen new players had been recruited. The Softball team was also recruiting quite a bit this season. We came in late last sum- mer, so we were working with another coach ' s players, explained Ron and Vickie Veach. ' Recruiting was hard, but we went to the dorms and got some girls to play non- scholarship. We just need to tie up some loose ends to complete our team package and 158 SPORTS

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Karla Salami is ready for the pick-off throw as the runner hurries back to first base. Pitcher Joe Auteri takes some practice throws with catcher Aaron Albert. 1989 Lancer Baseball Top row: Assistant coach John Martin, Jimmy Grisby, Tim Lopez, Tony Jaramillo, Joe Auteri, and Price Crossno. Second row; Assistant coach Gary Lamberth, Tony SoHs, Greg Chizek, Darrin Burton, Ric Slagle, Da id Lyons, Butch Knight, and coach Mark Benedetto. Front row: Batboy David Lamberth, Vince McAllister, Chris Allen, J.J. Culpepper, Richard Douge, Nathan Gayle, Eric Dietrich, Alex Friedrichs, and Gien Gillespie. BASEBALL SOFTBALL 157

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1989 Lady Lancer Sofball Top row; Coach Ron Veach, Mindy Tummler, Cynthia Darrah, Tammy Rumbo, Kelly Donohue, Karla Salami, and coach Vickie Veach. Front row: Kim Fields, Rene Phillips, Laura Thompson, and Heather Reed. to get the previous playuri dnJ. lIil ' ikh oaca to geL Some of the returning Softball players also commented on the new players. ' The new girls are really hustling and working hard. They ' re really a good addition to the team, told Kim Fields. Newcomer Laura Thompson stated, We ' ve got a lot of grow- ing to do; we don ' t have all our players out yet. But we are getting along well, there aren ' t any cliques. ' The season outlook for both teams was hopeful. The season will go as our pitching goes, stated Softball coach Ron Veach. Greg Chizek, a new baseball player, commenteci, I feel that we have a strong team in every aspect. This team will go as far as the pitching staff will take us. Butch Knight expressed his feelings this way; 1 predict our team will do very well. Our battmg order can compare with any Division 1 team. BASEBALL SOFTBALL 159