Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1988 Page: 4 of 4
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Pago Four
RAMBLER
Thursday, September 22, 1988
DRU WYATT spikts against Southwestern Universl/y while Lynn Kovach (7) and Colloon Ford (loft)
Volleyball team goes three-for-three against its opponents
by Soon M. Wood
What more could you want
from a week? Volleyball fans got
their fill last week and were
still calling for more. The Lady
Rams played three matches and
won three matches aa they took
on Texas Women'* University,
Concordia Luthern and South-
western.
The match against Texas Wom-
en's (Sept. 13) gave Coach Becky
Hughes a chance to give her
freshmen some playing time. The
Lady Rams gave up a lot in game
one but fought off the Pioneers
to win 15-13.
In games two and three, It was
all TWC. The Spikers had strong
play at the net as they walked
over the Pioneers, 15-3 and 15-6.
The Lady Stags of Concordia
were up Thursday. In the first
game, the Spiker s service receiv-
ing broke down. Concordia was
unable to take advantage of
these errors and lost 15-11.
In games two and three, the
Spikers found their groove and
piayed a power game. The Lady
Stags were on the ropes and jell
to the spikers, 15-5, 15-5.
“The service receiving broke
down in game one," said assist-
ant coach Laura McDonald. "They
began playing as individuals.
Once they got ahead they tried
new things. They needed to try
new things. They weren't in any
danger."
look on. The Lady Rams won tht match throo ;«mos to two.
Hughes said, "We've been
working really hard on our passes
and service receive. It looked
good in games two and three. We
had our setters in to play the
six-two. They will be able to hold
their own."
That weekend, the Lady Rams
traveled to Georgetown to take
on the Lady Bucs.
GINGER KLOPFENSTEIN sorvos to th# Lady Bucs of Southwestern
University. Photo by Seen M. Wood
Fall enrollment up;
freshmen down
(Continued from Page 1)
other than the spring of 1988. He
said he has not gotten detailed
information yet because of a
change in the computer system.
Allen Henderson, from the
psychology department, has been
leading research in TWC’s reten-
tion. Surveys were sent to drop-
out students to find out why they
did not return. He said the sur-
vey showed that students liked
the small classes and the ability
to interact with faculty member.
It also showed that those who
dropped out did so primarily be-
cause of financial reasons or be-
cause TWC did not offer a degree
in the field they wanted, such
as engineering.
He said the smallest group
were those who said TWC did
not fulfill their expectations.
"What I heard most from them
was that they were looking for
a different social environment,"
he said. “They wanted to go to
events like a football game.”
Indeed, TWC social environ-
ment may suffer due to a small
dorm population. The dorms,
with a capacity of 356, only has
250 students, 16 percent of the
student population, this semes-
ter. Furthermore, that is down
by approximately 50 students
since 1986. Commuters are typi-
cally not socially active on cam-
pus, but a larger resident popula-
tion helps increase their activity,
according to Bawcom. He said to
increase the number of residents
TWC needs to increase recruit-
ing from out of state.
“It will be hard,” McDonald
said "They beat us at the St.
Edwari's tournament. We didn’t
give them a game. They don't
have what we have." The Lady
Rams found out just what they
had.
In game one, both teams play-
ed strong. Neither team domin-
ated. In the end the Lady Rams
Photo by Sosn M. wood
could not hold on. They lost
16-14.
In game two, the Lady Rams
found themselves on the ropes.
They were down 12-8. The time
had come to show what they had.
They served up seven unanswer-
ed points to win 15-12.
Some of the fire had been
taken out of the Lady Bucs.
New tennis coach
comes to TWC to
head both teams
Jimmy Roberts has been hired
as the coach for men’s and wom-
en’s tennis at Texas Wesleyan
College, announced Athletic Di-
rector Becky Hughes.
Most recently tennis profes-
sional at Lake Country Golf &
Country Club in Fort Worth, Ro-
berts has also served as a pro-
fessional at Shady Oaks, Ridglea
and River Crest country clubs.
He has also been a professional
at Bal Harbour Tennis & Yacht
Club in Houston and Sheraton
Tennis Club, St. Petersburg,
Florida.
“Roberts will make an excep-
tional addition to the Texas
Wesleyan coaching staff," said
Hughes. "He has taught more
than 20 nationally ranked play-
ers, including more than 15 play-
ers who have ranked number one
in Texas."
Roberts has coached the North
Texas Zone Junior Wightman
Cup Squad and directed the U.S.
Tennis Association’s Junior Ten-
nis League, Fort Worth Chapter.
Nominated for the Texas Tennis
Association's Lloyd Session
Award, Roberts has coached
three college All-Americans and
nine Texas high school state
champions.
Roberts holds a Bachelor of
Business Administration from
the University of Texas at Ar-
lington. He was number one
player for Texas Christian Uni-
versity, has been nationally
ranked and ranked number one
in Texas Men's 35. He has been
named Outstanding Man of the
Year by the Fort Worth YMCA.
His additional civic activities In-
clude: director, Fort Worth Ten-
nis Assocation; tournament di-
rector, Fort Worth Open; direc-
tor, Fort Worth Metropolitan
They were there throughout
game three but could never pull
themselves over the top. The
Lady Rams won 15-12.
In game four, Southwestern
was playing for their lives. It
showed. They were intense and
on the ball. They had the Spikers
down 8-0. The Lady Rams made
a surge and came back to one
point down, 12-11. That was all
they could muster. The Lady Bucs
evened the match at two games,
15-11.
“I told them they weren't tough
enough,” Hughes said. ‘They have
to be aggressive.”
The Lady Rams were aggres-
sive In game five. They played
power volleyball and blew the
Lady Bucs out of the gym. When
the dust had aettled, the Spikers
had won the match and game
five, 15-0.
“We put them on the defen-
sive," Hughes said. “We played
our type of game. We were ag-
gressive on the serves and at the
net. In the other four games we
played just enough."
"We couldn’t serve," said Ste-
phanie McLaughlin. (The Spikers
had 14 service errors.) “We
weren't doing well on passing.
We weren’t mentally prepared.”
Setter Colleen Ford said, “I
told Donna (Higginbotham) be-
fore game five), ‘We know how
we can play. Let’s do it.’"
They did.
YMCA; president, Fort Worth
Westside YMCA; chairman,
Sports Committee, Texas Junior
Chamber of Commerce, umpire,
World Championship of Tennis,
Colonial Country Club, Fort
Worth; and founder of Boy Scout
Troop #256 and the Southside
Little League of Fort Worth.
Texas Wesleyan College fields
athletic teams in the following
sports: men’s and women’s bas-
ketball .men’s golf, men’s and
women’s tennis, women's volley-
ball, men’s baseball, women's
softball and men's soccer. The
tennis team will play in the
Heart of Texas Conference and
District IV of the National As-
sociation of Intercollegiate Ath-
letics (NAIA).
Omega Zeta
chapter
wins honor
TWC's Omega Zeta Chapter of
Phi Alpha Theta, the interna-
tional honor society in history,
has won the Honorable Mention
Award, third highest honor In
the society’s 1988 Best Chapter
competition.
Phi Alpha Theta, founded In
1921, now has some 3,000 chap-
ten at institutions of higher
learning in the United States,
Canada, the Philippines, and else-
where.
Mary Kayaer, senior from Fort
Worth, is current president of
Omega Zeta Chapter. Vice pres-
ident is Louis K. Sherwood, Jr,
senior from Waxahachle. Secre-
tary Treasurer is Shlela Holder,
TWC '87 and secretary to the
Dean of the West Library.
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