Shepherd University - Cohongoroota Yearbook (Shepherdstown, WV)

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' 'S ,Q-35 N-nv' 4 5' -xx A1 !,z ' I f k i. ww 4 ROW 1-Ricki Crawford, Kristen Woche, Barb Blose, Sharon Gowans, Mori Atherton ROW 2-Lisa I-Iering, Sue Fahey, Kathleen Leedy, Kart Sheckells, Charolette Ashton, Carolyn Sampson, Robin Pender

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Like other spring sports, men's ten- nis was forced to battle more than just their opponents this season: there was the weather. Forecasts brought rain and more rain, cancella- tion after cancellation. With limited practice time, the squad met tough teams early in the season, and suffered early losses to several schools including University of Char- leston and West Liberty. Victories came against Bridgewater C7-21, Wheeling College C9-OJ, and Concord C5-43. Coach Roger Parker attributed some of the losses to lack of preparation, and the general experience level of the team. Rain-outs altered the regu- lar schedule enough that one week demanded 6 matches in 6 straight days. The squad was basically led by Kelly Colbert, Tim Butler and Brent Wellman who pulled in some strong matches. As a team they sixth in the WVIAC tourna- ROW 1-Kelly Colbert, Brent Wellman Willie Pmdell David McDaniel ROW 2-Coach Roger Parker C-oerge Allen Woody Carnes Tim Butler jerry Buckworth Kevin Lynch, Darryl Smith

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lt could have been sparked by the iew uniforms, or the new assistant :oach, or by the new enthusiasm of the older returning players. Regard- ess of the origin of the spark, it was enough to ignite the volleyball team nf '82 for one of the best seasons ever. -lead Coach Beverly Holden, who ias been coaching volleyball at Shepherd for the past 7 years, en- isted a guest professor and very skil- ed volleyball coach named John to give the team the benefits of second coach. Elwin, a physical tion professor from Australia, on the finer points of game with the 8 veterans and 4 mers who composed the the extra work paid off. October 10, they opened with a victory at Notre Dame of Mary- and, and they didn't stop there. They went on to win the next 9 natches, with all but 1 being decided n only 2 games. Their winning streak vas slowed by a disheartening loss to Lalem. The team jumped back cap- uring 6 of their last 7 matches. 1 final West Virginia Conference tanding of 5-1 and an overall mark If 16-2 ranked the Lady Rams high in he post-season WVIAC tournament meld at Alderson-Broaddus. There, hey faced Concord, and were de- eated Q15-13, 15-5J, and eliminated Fy another match with Salem C6-15, 6-14, 15-125. he team will be looking to improve meir tournament play next year with T retuming 7 player nucleus. Among ne returnees is Barb Blose, who was elected as an All-Conference for the iecond consecutive year. i PHOTO COURTESY SPORTS INFORMATION