Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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Mawr-Haverford on excellent shooting by Randy Grant ' 77 and Beth Youse ' 78, both of whom eclipsed their best marks from last spring several times. Women ' s tennis captured a 5-2 record, with a large measure of thanks to highly-touted Sandy Gilson ' 79, a former Delaware state champion. Liv- ing up to her advance notices, Gilson swept through seven matches un- defeated at first singles, while Coach Bertie Landes ' first doubles pair of Deb Burns ' 7S and Rachel Pocinki ' 78 posted five victories in seven tries. And despite a winless spring, the soft- ball squad boasted three hitters over .400; Sandi Liotta ' 78, who hit safely in all seven games, Becky Stamm ' 79, and Diana Hollister ' 76. Joan Sedlak ' 76. the squad ' s stalwart pitcher, also managed to bat .346 for herself. Coach Bill Cullen ' s men ' s tennis squad sewed up their seventh straight MAC title with an 8-1 victory over Northern Division champ Upsala on their way to an 11-5 mark against top- notch competition. Cullen ' s charges have now won 43 consecutive MAC matches and — are you ready? — 110 of their last 111. This spring the netmen captured impressive wins over Wil- liam and Mary and Colgate, two Uni- versity Division opponents. The dou- bles team of John Irwin ' 77 and Larry Davidson ' 77 took MAC honors in that event, marking the third time Irwin has traveled that route, and top singles player Alan Petrine ' 77 placed third in the MAC singles play after winning the crown for the past two seasons. To top that, when the Nf ' AA Divi- III playoffs cime, the Swarth- more tennis team took third place, and thai unstopable doubles combi- nation of Irwin and Davidson won hampionship! Glenn Swan 76 hot an out landing id of 72 in the MAC golf cham pion - carrying the Swarthmore fJuff«T to a I2th-place fini h among ntj One college . entered Swan ' lently umw game wa the high point jo ( oach Willi Stel on ' i la I year a- mentor of the link squad u ro ' • fell on hard tii •■. ir K onl ten in eleven atfc coll Killary ' 77 was the squad ' s leading point man, with a total of 25 on the year. Pete McGinness ' 76 took a second place in the pole vault to lead the track team to an eleventh-place finish at the MAC championships. McGinness earned himself a return trip to the Division III National Champion- ships late in May with his season ' s performance. Excellent two-mile per- formances by John Devlin ' 76, who won the MAC indoor championship in that event in the winter, also high- lighted the year for the thinclads. And then, there was baseball .... Widener ' s field ' s too wet. Playing here. — the message read on the Par- rish bulletin board, cryptic only to those who had been unaware of what this game meant for the baseball nine. Quite literally, the championship of the MAC Southern East Division was on the line; and to a bunch of hungry men headed for an excellent season, a winning mark simply was not enough. Pre-game meeting in the locker room. Some tense, some loose, all dar- ing to add more hope than they should. Hey, this Widener dude hasn ' t been beaten since high school, and a chorus of so what ' s and de- leted expletives. Out on the field, players mass by the dugout for the meeting. Spiritual leader Andy Deacon ' 79 solemnly in- tones, There ' s no place like home . . . there ' s no place like home . . . there ' s no place like home, referring to the change in game site. Mike Sweeney ' 79 getting the nod at third base, looks down to find himself click- ing his heels three times. By the time the team breaks, the Swarthmore side of the bleachers is filled; this is some- thing different. On the mound for the Garnet is a man who perhaps catalyzed il all with his confidence and gung-ho manner. Kid DiKelicianfonio ' 7!t, a lypesel tor ' s nightmare has been psyched for this game: I play againsl : lol of th • in summer leagues, and I ' m gonna gel them. Glove nervously ticking ••!! hi ide energy shooting off in all direction . I liFeliciantonio etc down the Wid nei batsmen with ■ in the first, and bi ings - ' i roar from the crowd. Rick ' s mother has another attack of agita. Swarthmore falls behind, with some marvelous defensive play preventing a big inning for the Chester visitors. Bottom of seventh, the Garnet pecks away at the two-run deficit. One run tallies in the seventh, Jay Clark ' 78 an instrumental factor. The lacrosse crowd comes over as the stickmen finish their game; even the Mower Man idles his tractor in left field. Bot- tom of eighth, and Swarthmore scores again. Widener counters with a new hurler who shuts off the Garnet, but not before the tying run crosses. DiFeliciantonio is pitching smart. Eleven innings is one strain on the arm, and Widener picks up a run in the top of the inning. The crowd doesn ' t fold: Go! Go! Go! cascades from the bleachers as the Garnet steps up for a do-or-die inning. Sweeney leads off with a hit; John Jacobson ' 78 follows with another. An out. Di- Feliciantonio slaps a grounder to short; the throw to second gets Jacob- son, but Jacobson gets the second baseman with an excellent take-out slide. The throw to first is wild, and Sweeney comes all the way around to score. 4-4. Called after eleven in- nings to allow Widener to get back for dinner. When it was Swarthmore that was the hungry one. Despite dropping a decision to Widener later in the year, Swarthmore had proved its point. Twelve wins, six losses, one tie; it had been a long time since the Garnet could look back on such a season. It could only hap- pen here, too, that the biggest game in a much-emphasized winning season was a tie. THE BOX SCORES Men ' s Women ' s Basketball 1-20 Basketball 6-4 Wrestling 9 2 i Badminton r,-A Swimming 0-8 Swimming 4-0 Tennis 1 1 6 Tennis .l-Li MAC champions Lacrosse 6-3 Tracl 4-6 Softball 0-7 ,; lf :t M Archery I 8 Baseball 12 ' i i I ,.ir m: ,. I 10 19

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Women ' s Volleyball