Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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Spikers Do It Again If it's possible to improve on the best. Ripon's volleyball team succeeded this season. Last year, when the Red wo- men won the conference and fin- ished 19-3 overall head coach Elaine Coll said she had coached her best team ever.” Coll feels that the 1982 spikers were even better. On Saturday. October 30. Ripon won the Wisconsin Inde- pendent Colleges-Women's Ath- letic Conference tournament held at Wyman Gym and finished the season 16-3 overall. The Redwomen entered that tournament with a perfect.8-0 mark in WIC-WAC play. The tournament featured the top two teams from the Northern and Southern Divisions. Ripon topped Concordia College 3-1 in the first of the best of five matches — ral- lying to win from a 4-12 deficit in the fourth game to close out the Match. Next. Ripon blasted pre- viously unbeaten Mount Mary in three straight, before meeting arch-rival St. Norbert in the final match The Redwomen bested the Green Knights for the fourth time to date, winning three straight. Coll was really proud” of the team after the tournament; All year we worked together. she added, but we played some of the best volleyball we've played all year.” The spikers opened their sea- son in a triangular in DePere. They defeated St. Norbert 3-2 but lost to Whitewater by the same margin. In a scrimmage against UW-Oshkosh 3 days later, the squad prevailed to beat the Ti- tans 3-2. On Sept. 17. the Green Knights of St. Norbert won one- game to Ripon's three in the best of five. Halfway through the-sea- son the team held an 8-3 record, good enough for first place, which is where they ended up after matches with Lawrence, lakeland. Concordia, and Mar- ion. Pictures, top L and clockwise: Coach Coll and spikers; Anne Bennett and Barb Williams; Amy Barnes. Jenm Thomas, and Kelly Manis; Barb Williams; Shari Piehl and Kara Partner; Amy McGuinc. Kara Zartncr. Staci Kick, and Jane VanValkcnbcrg. 14 FALL

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You may have missed him since he was kept under wraps for most of his visit, but we had a celebrity in our midst this Homecoming. A1 Jarreau. singer and composer, was back for his 20-year class reunion. His contract wouldn’t let him sing for us, but he made an exit fit for a star. A helicopter landed in lower Sadorff to fly him to the World Series in Milwaukee where he led The National Anthem. The Rcdmcn overcame strong winds and numb fin- gers to beat the previously undefeated Lake Forest team. Parade, No Dance, But We Won Confirmed rowdies from Top. L to R: Diane Hron, Desiree Swenson, Cindy Famous alumnus A1 Jarreau enjoys him- Behnke. Kara Zartner, Amy McGuine. Staci Kick. Carvl Bedford and Marsha self at the football game. Steffeck. It was the traditional Theta Chi float again this year. L to R: Paul Gar- detto, Scott Pohlmann. Mary Whitman, Mike McLaughlin. Rob Smith.

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Tennis Team Finishes at 2 The women’s tennis team com- pleted a successful season on Oct. 30 when they emerged from the WIC- WAC tournament with a second- place position. First place finisher was St. Norbert. Leading up to their season end. the Rcdwomen had ac- cumulated a 3-0 WIC-WAC record. On Sept. 15 the neiters defeated reigning champ St. Norbert in a dual match 5-4. In the ACM tournament the Rcdwomen tallied 16 points to finish second ehind Carlcton. who had 27 points. Other match scores included a loss to UW-Stc- vens Point in a dual meet (the score was 9-0.) and a victory over UW- Green Bay on Sept. 29. The final score was 5-4. The Redwomen were pleased with their performance, commented one member: it really came down to the wire, but St. Nor- bcrl's was able to pull ahead.” Men’s Lacrosse - Rough And Ready The basic idea of the fall Lacrosse program is to practice for the upcoming spring season in which teams compete for the honor to reign as champ. The fall Lacrosse team usually schedules 3-5 games including a 2-game tournament in Whitewater. This past season the team was defeated by Whitewater and Northern Illinois University at the UW-W tourney. The other team that was present was Madison. The Redmen also traveled to Madison and suffered a loss in the capitol city. The teams that the team faces in the fall are totally awesome according to one player. Bob Murphy commented on the new blood that came out for the team this past fall: They will hopefully grow to be a strong part of future teams at Ripon.” FALL 15