Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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HIGH EXPECTATIONS of winning the OVC tourna- ment filled the minds of the team as the season opened. Despite losing to Eastern in the finals, the Lady Eagles ended the season with a conference record of 8-2. TALENT was a big asset to the team this year, The girls had a positive attitude that allo wed their talent to take full control

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Too Hot To Handle Posed behind a stream of smoking dry ice and surrounded by volleyballs is the Lady Eagle Volleyball Team. Sitting in a lounge chair off to the side is Coach Jim McClellan. This picture and the smiling team spawned the theme: nToo Hot to Handle . ttThe theme was really Assistant Athletic Di- rector Dave Brunckis idea, said McClellan. Hets been associated with promoting sports for years now? Fans look at the picture and see how posi- tive the girls look. As for playing good, the team can let their record stand for itself. The Lady Eagles finished the season with a record of 28-14. Coach McClellan explained that the team had one of the toughest sched- ules ever by playing such teams as UK, East- rn, Michigan, Georgia, and Ohio State all of mich are ranked in the top 204 tiWe've never had a team with as much overall talent as we did this year, McClellan said. Senior Patty Gindling was the team's leading hitter. Patty was a member of the mid-OVC and the final OVC All-Tournament team, along Wlth Kady Berger' . . READY to assist her teammate, senior Kady Berger is TOO HOT TO HANDLE , the Lady Eagle volley- Kadyt also a senior' was the mOSt effeCtlve the most effective setter and server of the teams ballteam proved to be steamy competition finish- Setter and server- hSheis a 800d aH-around Berger was named the OVC Scholar-Athletesof-the- ing the competition this year with a record of 28- player, McClellan said. Kady was also named Yean PHOTO BY LARRY TACKETT 74, the OVC Scholar-Ath- iete-of-the-Year. Defensively, fresh- man Missy Blanford was credited as an added asset to the team this year. McClel- lan explained that Missy was recruited mainly for her defen- sive abilities. Prior to the start of the season, McClellan had high expectations of winning the OVC Tournament. Although the Lady Eagles lost to Eastern in the finals, they left with a second place trophy and an overall conference re- cord of 8-2. The team also participated in several other tourna- ments. At the Western Ken- 132

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Hot tucky University Tournament, the Lady Ea- gles placed third after losing to Tennessee in the semi-finals. Although not placing in the UK. Kick-Off Tournament, the team finished 1-1. McClellan explained that the girls played poorly at the Ohio State Tournament, which caused them to finish fourth out of four teams. When asked about the teams overall success, Patty Gindling said she and her teammates did better than they thought they would. Junior Tina Ebin contributed much of the team's success to Coach McClellan. hHe really cares about the team members, as players and as people, she said. Looking ahead to next year, McClellan sees a team that will be facing a season without Kady and Patty. However, he said, uTheytre all winners. they wont let the team slip awayK' BY KIM GROSS ? 134 Too hot to handle SPIKING the ball into the opposing team, Lady Eagle team member succeeds in gaining possession of the ball.