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Megaphone
SPORTS
November 12,1998
5
Without Word, volleyball team still advances
John Lyell
Sports Editor
The Southwestern Volleyball team trav-
eled to the conference championships in Terre
Haute, Indiana. During the SCAC champion-
ship, an intended Lady Bucs’ annihilation of
the competition was deterred. -Rose Hulman
The first game was against Oglethropc
in the quaterfmals of the SCAC Champion-
ship. This match-up proved to be a stepping
stone to a forseen SCAC Championship. The
Lady Bucs won 15-4,15-3,15-3, but terror was
evident during the third game.
During the third game, as the spasmatic
Oglethorpe setter was setting, junior Kelly
Word was setting to block the shot from an
Oglethorpe attacker. The setter fell down un-
der the net, and Word landed on the setter, and
rolled her ankle, causing the end of her vol-
leyball career. Sophomore Kirsten Bush led
the way with 15 kills and junior Heather Ha-
vens had 41 assists.
In the semifinals, the Lady Bucs faced
Trinity for the chance to play in the SCAC
finals. The Lady Bucs lo$t the first game 10-
15, due to a horrid attacking percentage. The
second game, while the team had a better at-
tack, they were rejected by Trinity’s defense,
and ended up losing 8 15. The third game was
more of the same, losing 8-15. Junior Sarah
Hoffman had 10 kills and 14 dig$, while Ha-
vens had 28 assists.
With a loss in the semifinals, the Lady
Bucs were given the chance to play for third-
place in a game against Millsaps. In the first
two games. Southwestern had a rough time
attacking on Millsaps. With attacking percent-
ages of .043 and .083, the Lady Bucs lost 13-
15 and 6-15.
In the third game, the Lady Bucs came
back. With their best attacking game since the
loss of Word, the team won 15-9. In the fourth
game, a solid defensive game helped to win
15-11 In the fifth game, while the offense
struggled, the defense tried to hold Millsaps,
but eventually lost 11-15.
In the game Hoffman had 18 kills. Bush
had 13, and first-year Vanessa Solesbce and
sophomore Ali Janicck both had 9 kills. Ha-
vens had 60 assists. Hoffman had 40 digs, and
four players had over 10 digs.
With a fourth-place finish in SCAC, the
outlook of a trip to nationals looked bleak, but
still received a #3 seed in the South Region of
the NCAA championship in St. Louis (Mo ).
Their first round game will be against confer-
ence rival DcPauw University, who South-
western had defeated once before three games
to one.
DcPauw is second in the conference in
hitting percentage ( 227), kills per game
(13.03), assists per game ( I 1.63). and third in
digs per garnet 18.60) All these rankings mean
that DePauw University plays well as a team,
and does not make m. mistakes. Southwest-
ern is only (X)l behii d DcPauw in hitting per-
centage, and third in assists per game (11.03),
and aces per game (2.5).
The Lady Buss will miss All-American
candidate Kelly Word, and her impressive play.
Statistically, she has more than 259} of their
kills, and has one of the best hitting percent-
ages m the conference. Besides being the only
senior on the team. Word has been a star on
the team for all four years, and is the leader
on the team
It will be interesting to see how the Lady
Bucs will pick up the slack With Busk*
Janicck. Hoffman. Havens and company, the
Lady Bucs will put up a fight, and hopefully
advance
In other sports: Men’s Soccer and Cross-Country
John Lyell
Sports Editor
Cross Country team competes in
Conference Championship
On Saturday, November 7th. the
men’s and women’s cross country teams
competed in the SCAC Championship.
The men’s team looked good, and fin-
ished sixth out of the nine teams. Junior Joe
Osterkamp finished 16th, with a time of
27:24, and senior Ryan Sanderson finished
19th. Sanderson, in one of his last ever
races, had a time of 27:32. First-year Chris
Power improved on his time, finishing 28th
with a time of 28:06.
Following behind Osterkamp,
Sanderson, and Power, first-year Tim
McGuire finished 39th with a time of 28:46.
Sophomore David Cardona, first-year Eric
Vaughan, and sophomore Roy Lytle
rounded out the team, placing 47th, 52nd,
and 55th respectively. Cardona had a time
of 29:25, with Vaughan 27 seconds behind,
and Lytle finished with a time of 32:25.
In the women’s division, the team
picked up junior Madeline Pizzo from the
basketball team. Without first-year Nicole
Smith for the SCAC championship, the
team once again was four women strong.
Therefore, the team could not score, but was
going to attempt to make a strong showing.
First-year Katie Cadigan had a lime
of 20:28, good enough for 18th if the team
would have been able to count their finishes.
First-years Lisa Riedel and Laine Evans fin* •
ished with times of 21:18 and 21:47. Their
times were good enough for 35th and 37th.
Pizzo finished seven seconds behind Evans,
good enough for a 43rd place finish.
Pizzo made a strong showing in her
first race, and was better than half of the
other runners. Both teams made Coach
Dixon look good for all the hard work and
determination the team has put into the sea-
son. The regional tournament is Friday for
the teams.
Men’s Soccer’s Last Game
With the women’s soccer season al-
ready over, she men's season came to an end
on Friday against the College ol New Jer-
sey. The Bucs knew they were up for a chal-
lenge in their opposition, and made this
game a defensive matchup.
The first half was pretty slow, espe-
cially after a player from the College of
New Jersey scored. The goal happened four
minutes into the game. That would be all
the College of New Jersey would need, as
the Bucs could not score a goal.
Senior Michael Knisely had four
saves, and first-year Jimmy Stanton had
three, while also allowing the lone goal in
the game. Junior Brian Shedd, first-year
David Russo, and junior Billy Hodge all had
two shots on goal.
The College of New Jersey won the
game 1-0, bringing the final men’s soccer
record down to 6-11-2, and 4-3-2 in the
SCAC.
Incidently, the Bucs finished sixth in
the conference, despite the overall losing
record. The team was dead last in scoring
with an average of 0.84 goals a game, but
the team was sixth in goals allowed, aver-
aging 1.24 goals against per game.
Senior Michael Knisely was third in
the conference in goals against average,
with 0.73 goals per game. The Bucs defense
was also tied for third in shutouts with six
during the season.
As for the women’s team, they fin-
ished with a'reoord of 7-6-5, ajid 3-4-1
record in the conference. The wohten fin-
ished seventh in scoring, with a 1.44 goals
per game. They also finished third in goals
allowed with 23, and finished fifth in shut-
outs with five. rS* . i
Individually, junior Libby .^idferum
finished second in goals against average
with 0.79 goals a game. Neither, the men’s
nor women’s team finished wfth individu-
als, other than their goalies, iii any catego-
ries, such as goals, assists, or points.
As for the seniors of both teams, they
will be leaving some gaps. Mid-fielders
Christina Alonzo and Lisa Braithwaitc leave
totalling many of the teams points. Also,
defenseman Meg Hricko finishes up her ca-
reer, and leaves a lot of the spirit that con-
sumed the team.
On the men’s side, defenseman Allen
Fincher leaves, as well as fellow
defenseman Adam Smithers. Add in goalie
Michael Knisely, and that means most of
the defense is leaving.
Both teams have big shoes to fill, but
both soccer teams have lots to be proud of.
Ben Wallace rushes to take the ball from an opposing player.
Photo by Taylor Jones
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