The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1966 Page: 5 of 6
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PICKENS LOSES TO HARRIS
Owls Win
By CHUCK YOUNG
Thrwher Sports Writer
Last Sunday, March 27, for
the third time in the eight-year
history of the Rice tennis tour-
nament, the Owls won the team
trophy.
Although they had to conquer
two different style courts and
adverse weather conditions,
Rice defeated defending and
five-time champion Trinity Uni-
versity, 18-16.
Victory was based largely on
the play of John Pickens and
Butch Seewagen, although Chip
Travis contributed three val-
uable points before bowing to
third-seeded Ben Anzola of
Wichita State in the quarter-
finals.
Trinity's Harris
Pickens, number one singles
seed, met second-seeded Bill
Harris, Trinity's 19-year-old
suave freshman, in the final
round Saturday. During the
first set and through most of
the second, it looked as though
he would defeat Harris, semi-
final victor over the fourth-
seeded Seewagen.
The Rice junior ranked 16th
nationally, took the first set
easily in 6-1 and had Harris
down at 5-3, match point, in the
second. Then Harris' excellent
ground strokes forced countless
net errors from Pickens. Harris
broke Pickens' serve twice to
win the set 7-5.
Waiting Game
The third set was almost a re-
play of the second, Pickens first
breaking Harris' service, then
yielding his own service twice to
the blond Floridian. Harris won
7-5 to take the singles champ-
ionship. Harris played a waiting
game throughout the match, re-
lying on his ground strokes and
rarely going to the net.
In the doubles, Pickens and
Seewagen fought through two
darkness-delayed matches to
earn the right to meet Harris
and Frank Conner in the finals
at River Oaks on Sunday. The
Owls avenged their singles
Tennis Tourney
losses to Harris, 4-6, 8-6, 6-3, to
win the team trophy.
The otherwise excellent tour-
nament was marred by the cold
damp weather which caused
many of the matches to be
played at River Oaks. This pro-
duced the unfortunate situation
of having the same competi-
tors play on two different sur-
faces on the same day. The
River Oaks' courts are clay, as
opposed to the Lay-Kold Rice
courts.
Baker Takes Volleyball Tourney;
Financial Aid
Application forms for schol-
arship aid or financial assist-
ance for next year are now
available in the Financial Aid
Office in Lovett' Hall.
These forms must be ob-
tained by all students who
wish to be considered for fi-
nancial assistance from Uni-
versity scholarships and all
students currently holding a
scholarship which is subject
to renewal for 1966-67. This
includes such scholarships as
the William Marsh Rice, Uni-
versity, Tea'gle, Proctor and
Gamble, and Texaco.
Since some of the informa-
tion on these forms must be
obtained from parents, they
are available before Easter
vacation. It is essential that
the forms be completed and
returned to the Financial Aid
Office on April 12 or before.
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By CHUCK YOUNG
Thresher Sports Writer
Baker won the College Vol-
leyball Championship last
Thursday, March 24, for the
second year in a row, with a
15-13, 15-3 trounce of Hanszen.
Hanszen had defeated Will
Rice 15-7, 15-3 to move into the
finals, after Baker had wallop-
ped Wiess 15-11, 15-4, earlier
in the week. The match was
viewed by a cheering section of
over forty persons, almost all of
them from Baker.
The first game was extreme-
ly close, hard-fought all the
way, with a fair number of mis-
takes on each side. The two
teams were never separated by
more than three points in score.
Baker Rout
The second game, however,
was a rout; Baker's strategy of
hitting serves to the opposite
side of the court from Hans-
zen's super-skipper paid off
enormously. Sharply hooking
serves into Hanszen's right cen-
ter court made it virtually im-
possible for them to set up
spiker Gene Walker on the left,
and Baker took eight points
right at the start, largely off
Paul Marusov's spikes. The re-
sult was never in doubt.
Baker played their usual effi-
cient, all-a round volleyball
game, characterized by pinpoint
set-ups, powerful spikes, great
spike-blocking, well-placed ser-
ves, and fine defensive play.
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Durham, John. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1966, newspaper, March 31, 1966; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244970/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.