College of Idaho - Trail Yearbook (Caldwell, ID)

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Successful Second Half for 12 from the free throw line and was instru- mental in the comeback, she had 19 total points, lerna had 23 points, kirn jones had 13 points, and julie padelford had 11. college of idaho traveled to Spokane on febru- ary 22 and lost to gonzaga by 30 points, lynn said that they were avenging their earlier loss to c. of i. and that they played very well, kim jones was out two minutes into the game with a sprained ankle. for the first time in six years, c. of i. beat whitworth 68-66 on the 23rd. lerna had 37 points in that game; julie padelford had 9. kim jones was still out with her ankle injury, but karla baver and terri mosher both did a good job coming off the bench. lerna thames has been quite an asset to the college of idaho athletic department this year. lerna is a freshman from imperial, California, where she was the athlete of the year in 1977 and 1979. several times this year lerna was named all- northwest division III honorable mention under the player of the week heading, then for the week of february 12th, lerna won the award player of the week. c. of i. lost both games that week: 79-71 against nnc and 69-63 against csi, but lerna led the team with 45 points, 24 re- bounds, and seven assists, she scored 22 points against nnc and 23 against csi. lerna also was 4th in scoring in the division that week, she had an average of 19.7 points per game, up to and including the week of february 12th. it wasn ' t enough that lerna as a freshman got player of the week once, the following week she again captured the honors, in the three games that week c of i beat montana tech and eastern Oregon state college and lost to western montana. lerna had 62 points, 31 rebounds, and 12 assists, she pumped in 23 points against mon- tana tech and eosc both, and made 16 points in the western montana game, lynn crossett, head coach, conjectured that one reason lerna was noticed by the division was a phenomenal 37 point effort against whitworth. lerna was picked for the region 9 division III all-regional team. 47

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Volleyball Team Overcomes Inexperience October 4th concluded the pre-season activity for the coyote team inland valley league play began with a game against northwest nazarene college in nampa. don braunecker, the volleyball coach, expressed his appreciation for the tremen- dous support the college community has shown and he hopes that students will continue to support c. of i. athletics; not only for team morale, but for the morale of the school as well. about the recent losses the team has suffered braunecker remarked that youth and experience are the biggest reasons in the game against boise state September 28th, the c. of i. girls lost by a narrow margin, it was an exciting 2 Vi hour match that lasted all five games, braunecker said that he wasn ' t disappointed in the playing at all. bsu hosted a tournament in which the coyotes beat tvcc, but lost to boise state, at one point in the bsu game, c. of i. ' was ahead 11-4, but boise came back to win. braunecker re- marked probably the biggest thing in the boise game was poor coaching. braunecker went on to say that there is a lack of leadership on the floor, and that ' s something they have to work on. braun- ecker has been happy with the bench support and substi- tutes, my substitutes have been playing up to my expecta- tions and i ' m verv pleased with that. he said that attitude on the team is good and the girls work very hard, he described them as the best team i ' ve every been associated with. he is also pleased with the well-rounded players he has. many of the girls are active in several other aspects of college life and many of them have high g.p.a.s. one important asset on the team is a high level of communication between the team members; also between the team and braunecker. coyotes traveled to pullman, Washington, to participate in the Washington state tourney, c. of i. won three matches and lost two. at pullman they played better than they had all season, lasting all five games in the two matches that they lost. on november 10, the c. of i. team participated in the eastern Oregon state college tourney in lagrande. the coyotes lost the first two matches but won the third against o.i.t. coach don braunecker said he was extremely happy with the girls he coached this year, he said that improvement was consistent and he described the season as gratifying. he looks forward to the 1980 volleyball year as very competi- tive with an older and more experience team. 49