Lees McRae College - Ontaroga Yearbook (Banner Elk, NC)

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SKI CO FERE CE . . . FI ISH SIXTH I REGIONALS The Lees-McRae College ski team finished sixth among twelve colleges from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, West Virginia, and North Carolina. The twelve men's teams represented the best teams out of 52 teams in the Mid-Atlantic Regionals. Penn State captured the combined point standings, followed by Appalachian State University in second place: Princeton Universi- ty was third, Bucknell fourth, and the University of Pennsylvania fifth. Following Lees-McRae, in the top twelve, were: West Virginia, Rutgers, N. C. State, Lehigh, University of Virginia, and William Patterson College. In the giant slalom race run at Tusse Mountain State College QPAJ Penn State finished first with a time of 166.48. ASU, Rutgers, , Q William Patterson College, and Princeton were in the top five. Lees- McRae finished eighth with a time of 179.68. Lees-McRae's Donovan Carroll finished 12th, Neal Holden 35th, Stephen Carson 39th, Stewart Sim 50th, and John Graham 51st. Dan Thorpe of Penn State was in first place followed by Chuck Vance of ASU and Mike Searle of Princeton. In the slalom Lees-McRae finished fifth with a time of 258.21. Princeton 1243.361 was first, followed by Bucknell 1244.521 and Appalachian State f249.86j. Dale Spencer of ASU captured first in the slalom. Donovan Carroll of Lees-McRae was ninth, Neal Holden 21st, Stephen Car- son 23rd, Stewart Sim 47th, and John Graham finished fifty-first. ini y. I 5 ii. X Q ff -in Aff' apes P -f' I . . , Cindi Brooks Gretchen Fearing Monica Moretz Veronica Moretz 1986 Womens Ski Team fl-rj: Gretchen Fearing, Monica Moretz fteam captainl, Veronica Moretz, Cindi Brooks, Mark Gidney, Coach. Not pictured: Monica Shomaker. 4' Skiing 105

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BOBCATS FINISH SECO D I Donovan Carroll paced Lees-McRae in the early action of the Southern Collegiate Ski Conference races at Winterplace, West Virginia, as the Banner Elk freshman held onto a first place until the final run when he was edged by Chuck Vance of ASU. Vance turned in a combined time of 50.07. Carroll was in second place with 53.04, followed by Bill Marseilles of N.C. State with 54.10 and Chester Alexander QASUJ with 54.48. Lees-McRae was in second place until John Graham and Neal Holden fell on the second run, dropping the Bobcats to a sixth place finish. ASU finished first, followed by Georgetown, N. C. State, James Madison University, and VPI. Lees-McRae was followed by Clemson, UNC-Chapel Hill, University of Kentucky, University of Tennessee, Washington 8: Lee, and Western Carolina. SOUTHEASTER COLLEGIATE In the final Southeastern Collegiate Ski Conference standings for the men, Appalachian State University captured first place. Lees-McRae and the University of Virginia tied for second, and N. C. State came in third. These four teams traveled to Tusse Mountain State College lPennsylvanlaJ to compete in the regionals. The remaining men's teams, ln order of finish, were: Georgetown University, James Madison, VPI, Clemson, UNC-CH, Washington 8: Lee, University of Tennessee, University of Kentucky, and Uni- versity of the South. Men's All-Conference - First Team: Dale Spencer, ASU: Chuck Vance, ASU: Uel Gardner, U. Va.: Jimmy Harding, ASU: Donovan Carroll, Lees-McRae. fs. Q 1986 Ski Team. Front row ll-rl: Jeff Houston, David Pearce, Stephen Carson, Donovan Carroll. Back row: Stuart Sim, John Graham lteam captainl, Eric Kusch, Mark Gidney, Coach. Not pictured: Neal Holden, Carl Bindlechner. Donovan Carroll Stephen Carson John Graham Stuart Sim A! 5 ggi? 5 E -1' if 'mr 104 Skiing

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Region Tournament . . . LMC LADY BOBCATS FINISH THIRD PLACE The Peace College netters continued their dominance of the women's Region X Tennis Tournament as they swept all six singles and three doubles enroute to their fifth con- secutive title. Anderson placed second, followed by Lees- McRae in third place, and Brevard finished fourth. SUMMARY Women's NJCAA Region X Tournament lLees-McRae re- sults onlyjz Singles: Sharon Kennedy lPeaceJ def. Nikki Baker lLees- McRael 6-0, 6-13 Penny Coker lAndersonJ def. Barbara Crawford fLees-McRael 6-3, 6-0: Joy Pennington fPeaceJ def. Stephanie Humphries QLees-McRae, 6-1, 6-03 Tabatha Farmer lLees-McRae, def. Helen Miller fAndersonJ 6-7, 7- 5, 6-lg Jill Tsukalas fAndersonj def. Angela Jackson QLees- McRael 6-4, 6-13 Susan Reedy fAndersonJ def. Gretchen Fearing fLees-McRae! 7-5, 6-0. Doubles: Linn-Coker lAndersonJ def. Baker-Humphries QLees-McRaeJ 6-1, 6-1: Vaughn-Duckshire QPeacel def. Farmer-Jackson QLees-McRaeJ 6-1, 6-0: Coleman-Lutz fPeacel def. Crawford-Frame QLees-McRaeJ 6-0, 6-0. Finals: Tabatha Farmer fLees-McRael defaulted number four singles because of sprained ankle. f 'W The Lees-McRae Lady Bobcat net team shocked the Clinch Valley women's varsity by splitting singles with the Lady Cava- liers and then sweeping all three doubles to take a hard-earned 6-3 win over the senior college from Wise, Virginia. Nikki Baker and Tabatha Farmer were the only double win- ners of the day as they captured singles and doubles victories. Baker, down 4-2 in the first set, struggled back to 5-all, but lost her serve to go down 6-5, and senior Holly Phipps held serve to take a 7-5 first-set win. Phipps broke serve at 4-3 and Baker struggled back to break serve at 6-5 to force the second set into a tiebreaker which she won, 7-3. The two grueling sets took its toll on both players but Phipps failed to hold serve three times in the third set as Baker dominated play to post a 6-3 third-set victory. Baker, who underwent orthoscopic knee surgery for a bas- ketball injury, teamed with Humphries to win the number one doubles to complete the sweep. Baker, after playing six gruel- ling sets of tennis, began to show fatigue in the last set of the doubles, but Stephanie Humphries played inspired tennis to bolster her doubles partner to wax the final and crush their opponents, 6-0. 106 Tennis -9.7 ,, King swept four of six singles and captured all three doubles as the Lady Tornadoes recorded a 7-2 win over the Lees-McRae Lady Bobcats in tennis on the King College courts at Bristol. Stephanie Humphries and Leslie Frame were the only two Lady Bobcats to claim victories in the third and sixth singles as Nikki Baker, Tabatha Farmer, Angela Jackson and Gretchen Fearing fell in straight sets to their opponents. Nazareth College of Rochester, New York, captured four of the six singles and two of the three doubles to take a 6-3 win over the Lady Bobcat netters. The loss dropped the Lees-McRae Lady Bobcats to 2-2 on the season while Nazareth evened its record at 1-1. Helen Bernardi defeated Nikki Baker in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2, and Stephanie Humphries and Gretchen Fearing fell in straight set matches. Barbara Crawford pushed her opponent to a three-set match before dropping the third set in a tie- breaker, 7-5. Singles winners were Tabatha Farmer at number three singles and Angela Jackson at the number four singles. Both Lady Bobcats walked away with straight set victories. Crawford and Fearing got some measure of revenge as they won their third doubles in three sets, 5-7, 6-0, 7-6.