University of Evansville - LinC Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

Page 28 text:

r SPORTS BRIEFS L4DY AQUA ACES: 13 NEW SCHOOL MARKS Never go swimming alone. That ' s one of the basic water safety rules, but last year ' s Lady Aces had to violate it because of the sparse numbers in the team ranks. This year, the story was different, as coach Bev Winstead not only increased the size of her squad, but also picked up talent to join standout Mona Seaman in heating up the Carson Cen- ter pool. One name that stands out is that of Terry dinger, a freshman who seemed to be on a solitary quest to rewrite the Lady Aces swimming records. She changed marks in the 50-yard breaststroke and the 50-yard but terfly, and she also swam legs on four record breaking relay teams. Julie Henkel, Patty Anderson, and Seaman each had a hand in setting four records, and Kathy Kaufman helped out in three relay records. WRESTLERS SEND SEVEN TO REGIONALS BEFORE BEING DROPPED Although they didn ' t know it at the time, the 1980-81 UE wrestling squad was making history. They were destined to be the last team to officially represent UE on the mats of intercollegiate wrestling. After sending five grapplers to the regional competition in Division I, coach Larry Marfise and his small but talented squad were informed by athletic director Jim Byers and student affairs vice president Thornton Patberg that wrest- ling was being dropped because of tightening economic situations. The Aces did produce results this year. Ending the dual meet season with a 7-5 mark, five men received the equiva- lent to a post-season bid when they travelled to the Mid- west Regional in Terre Haute. The five, who all made it to the second round of competition were: Mike Ernstes in the 118 pd. class, Mike Barchet at 142, Scott Murray at 134, Dennis Parrish at 190, and Greg Duggar at 126. The Aces tied for third in the Heartland Conference with Scott Mur- ray taking the only first in that match. Senior Mike Ernstes closed his career with the Aces by being voted Mr. Hustle by his teammates. Over his four year stint at UE, Ernstes compiled an outstanding 102-18 record. ACES LINKSMEN GET NEW COACH BUT TURN IN SAME RESULTS With a new face at the helm, the 1980-81 Aces golf team produced results similar to last year ' s, as they repeated their placing in both the Heartland and Midwestern Con- ference meets. In the fall, the linksmen greeted first-year coach Larry Lawrence and made him fee l right at home as they acceded the top spot in the HCC for the second straight year. Junior Jeff Howerton took individual medalist honors in the match. In the spring, the Aces played a limited schedule but met with success. The golf Aces hosted the MCC championship at Oak Meadow Country Club and copied last year ' s third place behind Oklahoma City and champion Oral Roberts, who ended the year second in the NCAA Division I nation- al championship. The Aces graduated only two players, Tom Dowd and Brian Jones. Howerton was the only junior on the team, joined by sophomores Bob Green and John Vernasco and freshmen Steve Bartelstein, Jeff Roach, Craig Reiner and Jeff Trueblood. 24 SPORTS BRIEFS

Page 27 text:

Soccer Standouts Dan Jenkerson, midfielder from St. Louis, Missouri Q. What brought you to the University of Evansville? Dan: I attended Meremac Junior College in St. Louis when Billy Hempen and Pat Carney (former Aces soccer players) talked to me about coming to UE. Q. How do you feel about the 1980 season? Dan: I feel that we could have been one of the very best teams in the nation. We tried both Alabama A M and Cleveland State, two very excellent teams. We had prob- lems winning on the road, we didn ' t have the home fans to support us and we didn ' t get psyched up for the games. Q. What could have been done to improve the team? Dan: Well, if we had less injuries, more people working up to potential and the best players playing more, then the tea m could have been better. Q. How do you feel about the future of the team? Dan: Next year 19 players are coming back. I think the team will have great chances of doing well and they will prob- ably get a NCAA playing bid if they work up to their potential. The year after next the team will need a lot of good recruits because eight players will be leaving. Q. What do you think about school spirit? Dan: We have very good community support and the stu- dents who come to the games give us good support. More students should come to the games, though. It only takes a minute to walk across the street and watch an hour and a half or two hour game. Q. Tell me about the Senior Bowl. Dan: It was great! It was in Fort Lauderdale in December. I met a lot of really nice people. There were a lo t of scouts there from every NASL team. I don ' t think I would have been drafted without having a chance to play in the senior bowl. Q. How do you feel about the draft and your pro try outs with the Seattle Sounders? Dan: I was very excited to get drafted in the first round for the Seattle Slounders. I was so excited I was shaking! A lot of people never even get the chance to be drafted and try-out. Even though getting cut was a big disappointment, I was very glad and lucky to get the chance at all. Frank Ehrensbeck, forward from Old Forge, Nevj York Q. Why did you decide to come to Evansville? Frank: Gaudin, the former coach of the Aces, is from my home town and I knew him. He called and asked me to come and play soccer for his team. I was also recruited by the basketball team, so both of those connections brought me here. Q. How do you feel about the season? Frank: It had it ' s good points. We played some excellent teams and did very well against them. We also had some problems not working up to our capabilities all of the time. We were somewhat inconsistent, we lost to some teams we should have beat and we beat some we could have lost. Q. What could have been done to improve the season? Frank: Well, we had a few injuries such as Gerard Homer ' s and Davis Bellamies which really hurt us. Some people who weren ' t playing very much should have been playing more, too. In some games we had some pretty bad breaks. We needed a better team feeling too. We needed a we attitude more than a you or I attitude. Q. How do you feel about the future of the team? Frank: Really good. There are excellent players, the facili- ties are getting better, the team spirit will improve as years go on because the younger members of the team really get along well, and there is a good foundation of an excellent team. We have John Nunes, Davis Bellamy, Just Jensen, Rune Burro, Pat Burns, Scott Westbrook and a lot of other excellent players who will help the team to be a success. I hope things work out well with Coach Smaltz and the team in the future. Q. What are your future plans? Frank: I ' m trying out for the Witchita Wings in June and I ' m going to see how that goes. It that doesn ' t work out, I ' m processed to go to the Marine Corps Flight school in Florida and one day I will hopefully become a commercial pilot. I wish everyone on the team lots of luck and I really think they have a good future ahead of them. Frank was the first player to complete a full four years in the soccer program at UE. PLAYER FEATURE 23

Page 29 text:

Lady Aces Netters Improve Record With New Coach by Craig Bonhert Sporting a new coach and the experienced core of last year ' s 3-9 team, the Lady Aces tennis team upped their record to 6-8 this fall against the same teams they played last year. Recovering from a scheduled opening five-match losing skein, the Lady netters won their last four matches to finish with a respectable record. However, the season ended in frustration for Chris Payne ' s charges at the lAIAW state tournament. No 1 singles player Judi Sorgius was the only UE competitor to pry a win out of the two-day contest. After a three-set decision over crosstown rival Pam Hobson of ISUE, Sorgius dropped a 6-2. 6-1 verdict over Sarah Fee of Butler, who eventually won the tournament. We choked, said Payne of the play at the state tourna- ment. We lost matches we could have won, going into three sets and tie-breakers like we did. With the improvement demonstrated this year, the gals have a bright future to look forward to, losing only one senior, Martha Finfrock. TENNIS 25