Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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The team,s top scorer with an average of 15.3 Overtime on the Feb. 18 Marshall game leaves points per game, Kelly Downs from Londonderry, center Druecila Connors, from Flemingsburg, ea- OH, yells out plays during the EKU game on Feb. ger to get points. Lady Eagles lost 72-68. PHOTO 6. PHOTO BY: Kevin L. Goldy BY: Kevin L. Goldy l , Sports 148

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Club Sports Singled Out iiThe University of Kentucky is known for itis basketball, Morehead for itis bowling. There have been more consec- utive wins in bowling than any other sport at this university, but we are a club, said Andy Parker, a senior from Fairborn, Oh., who is majoring in man- agement. iiThis year the men ranked 3rd and the women 5th nationally, and we have two All-Americans, Lisa McCinnis and Sharon Owen? The University does not support the Bowling Club. This means that the team must provide the money for their travel expenses when they go to tournaments, and their own uniforms, plus any other expenses they incur. 4 iiOther universities that bowl support their teams but our university cannot alford to, said Parker. The Bowling Club has both men and women, but they compete separately. They raise all of their own money by holding fund-raisers. iiYou name it and weive probably tried it, steak dinners, soup bean dinners, delivering subs, and working at concerts, among other things. Weive raised a little over $12,000 this year, said Parker. iiltis getting frustratingf, said Larry Wilson, coach of the Bowling Club and manager of the University Lanes, 51 mean they tthe students in the Bowling Club are normally here for just four years, but I stay here. It gets tiresome after awhile to try and keep raising money. Last year it got so bad that I quit selling tickets for fund-raising events for a while, because every time people saw me coming, they said, 1 know what he wants.m The club spends $500-600 per week- end for hotel and tournament entry forms. They pay for their own gas and food when they travel, and they also buy their uniforms. All the money comes from the funds they raise. iiWeire hoping one day to get enough money to be able to set up scholarships but that is a long range goal, said Parker. Besides bowling in tournaments, the clubs' individual members use their abilities to earn money for tuition and other such expenses. 5A lot of us bowl for money when we go home on the weekends that were not at tourna- ments. Thatis one of the ways we pay our way through school, said Parker. This season, the Bowling Clubis highest total score for the menis team was 3512, which is the best in the nation right now. iiThe majority of the bigger name teams are from the west. We are one ofthe best in this area ifyou want to bowl. We are one of the best in the na- tion, said Lisa McGinnis, a sophomore from Paintsville, W.V., who is a paralegal major. I have a univer- sity right in my hometownfi said Sharon Owen, a ju- nior from Bowling Green who is major- ing in management, iibut I decided to come here to bowl? The men,s team has won eight out of thirteen tourna- ments, the womenis team, four out of twelve. My highest score was a 300, which' IS a perfect game. Lisa shot 289 at Nashville. Sharon s and Andyis high game this year was 279, said Steve Todd, a junior from Parkers- burg. W.V., who is majoring in drafting and design. The biggest misconception people have about the Bowling Club,s tourna- ments is that there are different divi- sions. During tournaments, we bowl against a lot of different schools at one time. At one tournament, we bowled against 30 menis teams. said Parker. iiWe compete against other schools that have 40,000 or 50,000 students and we have only about 5,000? said Todd. Depending on the tournament, win- ners get trophies and plaques, some- times scholarship money, but at the na- tional championships, a bowler trophy and a gold ring is given to each of the players. Next year those gold rings are going to be on all of our hands, Parker speculated. There is no competition between the men,s and women,s teams except in fun. 51f the men are struggling, he tCoach Wilsonl will say something like, The women just beat you by 80 pinsf to get us to work harder? Parker said. iiIt works, said Wilson, grinning. - By: Donna Seward The team works together in and out of the alley. They must provide all expenses occurring on trips. It makes the team closer and more supportive of each other as Stephanie Johns finds out. PHOTO BY Kevin L. Goldy 3rd of 9-bit of 1 , 4th of18w2nd0f12 I 22t1050f14 ,wwardbfw lst af 10--Ist of 6 5th of12-8rd of12 , Bowling 147

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Ruffled but not plucked With a 15-13 overall record, the Lady Eagles basketball team had the best record in Head Coach Loretta Marlow's four-year career. We were pleased with our season as a team, said Marlow. We played some tough games, but we still made it to the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. The Lady Eagles began their season with a 59-52 loss to Virginia Tech at the Appalachian State-Sheraton Classic in Boone, North Carolina. A five-game winning streak began when the Lady Ea- gles scored a one-point Victory over Cheyney t77-76i, but they were stopped by a game with Kentucky State University. We were playing strong games up to that pointf' said senior, Anna Campbell, a 5'7 guard from Russell, but we were caught offguard by the Kentucky team. Despite this, Druecilla Connors, a 6'2 junior from Flemingsburg, scored a game high of 33 points in the 101-83 loss. 'iWe had some exceptionally well- rounded players who helped lead the team to quite a few wins, noted Coach Marlow. Many felt that the graduation last year of starters, Tiphanie Bates and Sheila Bradford, would hinder the team's per- formance, but it did not have a dramatic effect on the team. Kelly Stamper, a 5'10 senior from Mallie, returned to the starting line-up, scoring an average of 7.6 points per game, while leading the team in re- bounds, steals, assists and blocked shots. Kelly is a leader both on and oi? the floor, noted Coach Marlow. She fit well into both the guard and forward modes. Connors, who came to the Lady Ea- Cuard Teresa Hobbs, from Clintwood, VA, eyes a loose ball on the baseline during the Bellarmine game. PHOTO BY? Kevin L. Goldy Women's Basketball 149