Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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Silver Lake Thwarts Redwomen Hopes A bigger and better team was what head coach Elaine Coll called the 1982-83 women’s basketball team. But such a team was needed as they faced a tougher schedule than they have in past years. Coll looked to the leadership of seniors Barb Williams, Janice Heinz, Donna Crocker, and Liz O’Brien as well as other returnees such as Mary Neice. Kelly Manis, and Amy Barnes. Coll also counted on support from Patti Keene, Marsha Steffeck. and freshmen Shari Piehl, Jennifer Thomas. Connie Kempen. and Rachel (FVL??????) Mathison. Four games into the season, the Redwomen held a 3-1 record. In the opener against Lakeland, Ripon came out ahead 58-54. A 71-53 victory was on tap for the following evening against Edgewood. Edgewood was to suffer another loss to the Redwomen after the Christmas break, but this time by a much greater Margin. At the buzzer Ripon led 65-25. After defeating Beloit 67-49, the Redwomen set their sights on Silver Lake in a game that would more or less decide whether they would advance to tournament play. A game against Lawrence was all that stood between Ripon and the Silver Lake challenge. The Vikings were put down 61-47 before Silver Lake shot tournament hopes for Ripon in a hard-fought game, 72-62. Shari Piehl completed the season with 305 points, breaking Barb Williams old record of 243 in a single season. Barb Williams completed a fine career at Ripon just 34 points shy of the 4-year record of 762 held by 1980 grad Lisa Heimler. 27

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26 Redmen Look To Brighter Future Under the direction of coaches Bob Gillespie. Chris Ogle, and Greg Capper, the 1982-83 basketball team com- bined overall talent and depth but could not quite muster enough of whatever it takes to end the season with a winning record. Head coach Gillespie came off his best recruiting year ever, with two of his top recruits. Jay Erdman and Tom Reader, as the teams leading scorers, with 361 and 318 points respectively. The re- turn of Owen Glodowski after a year at UW-SP gave Gille- spie some hope. But the 3rd top scorer was not enough. The Redmen faced some very tough competition this year from teams that have not been a challenge in previous years. After suffering a few losses in the beginning of the season to such teams as Marion and Lakeland, the team settled down to defeat Lake Forest on Jan. 26. outscoring their oppo- nents by 20 points. Chris Jen- sen led the Redmen attack with 20 points and 9 rebounds as Ripon beat the Univ. of Chi- cago. On Feb. 9 the Redmen hosted a tough Lawrence squad who kept close to the Redmen throughout the game and escaped with a win at the buzzer. The last victory of the season came at Lake Forest. The Foresters had not lost a game since their loss to Ripon earlier in the season. Glodowski led the way with 27 points. Chuck Soule’s layup at the buzzer was just what “Gilly” ordered. But the Redmen could not compete with a hard-fighting Univ. of Chicago squad and despite Reader’s 16 points, the Maroons defeated the Redmen 71-59. The final game of the season was another nip and tuck situation with the Vikings, and again the Larries came out on top by two at the buzzer.

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A Lull In The Apathy — Great Hall was packed to the rafters for Air Guitar. The Merrimen took their second con- secutive first place in the contest. Below are other groups that made it to the finals. Sue Kramer performs What are you trying to do to my heart? with the Theta Sigma Tau air band. The Lads from Liverpool (Bill Burgess. Gary Judson. Dave Taylor, and Rich Gee) had to fight off hordes of adoring groupies” during “She Loves You” and 1 Want to Hold Your Hand. Black and Blues brothers Steve Harris and K. Patrick Yarborough (who is not pictured) got the audience moving with Shout! 28