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An Up and Down Spring<br />

DSPitethe presence<br />

men's lacrosse<br />

touted athletic<br />

of a nationally<br />

team and<br />

squads at<br />

ranked<br />

several highly<br />

Western Maryland<br />

College, the highlight of the 1980<br />

sports season was the Green Terrors men's<br />

spring<br />

tennis team which posted a \0-3 record for their<br />

best net season in 23 years.<br />

WMC shutout five men-S tennis foes and polished<br />

off rival Johns Hopkins University for the<br />

first time in nine years. Junior co-captain Fran Me-<br />

Cullin compiled the team's best singles record,<br />

playing at number five, with an 11-2 slate. Senior<br />

co-captain Jim Slack and junior Tim Hackerman<br />

were 10-2 as the Green Terrors number one doubles<br />

team.<br />

The Western Maryland College men's lacrosse<br />

team, rated 13th in the country at one time in the<br />

~CAA division III poll and included in the rank-<br />

!!1g~ for most the season, had a frustrating year<br />

of<br />

The WMC ten was dethroned from its two-year<br />

perch ~top the Middle Atlantic Conference by<br />

Franklin & Marshall College, slipping to a 5-5 record<br />

after a pair of 9-2 seasons.<br />

Four nationally ranked teams dotted the Green<br />

Terrors schedule and all four defeated WMC. Loy-<br />

la College, fourth in the NCAA division II ballotmg,<br />

dealt Western Maryland head coach Bill<br />

Thomas.the most lopsided loss of his lengthy career<br />

on openmg day, 26-12.<br />

Rank~d d.ivisio.n l.ll opponents Gettysburg College,<br />

Falrl~lgh Dickinson University at Madison.<br />

and Franklin & Marshall improved their place in<br />

the poll at the expense Western Maryland. Sophomore<br />

o.f<br />

attackrnan Ro~ Hiltz was the fourth highest<br />

SCorer 111the MAC With 25 points as a pan of his<br />

team-leading 16 goals and \8 assists in only six<br />

games.<br />

Senior co-captain John Patrick. 10 goals and 13<br />

assists. became the first WMC stickhandler selected<br />

for the North-South College All-Star game since<br />

Ron Athey in 1972. Green Terrors head coach<br />

Thomas was an assistant coach for the all-star event<br />

that induded senior athletes from all three NCAA<br />

divisions.<br />

There were plenty of <strong>hit</strong>ters on Western<br />

Maryland's baseball team but an off-year in the<br />

pitching department doomed t~e Green Terr["$ to a<br />

12-17 showing. Sophomore Mike Gosnell pitched a<br />

no-<strong>hit</strong>ter against Franklin & Marshall and)unior<br />

Frank Trautz had a 3-0 record for WMC I1l an otherwise<br />

dismal year from the mound.<br />

Six starters batted over .300_ led by junior Bruce<br />

Frick at .370, with an attack that connected 24<br />

times for home runs. Kevin Zawacki led the team<br />

in the long ball department with five circuit clouts<br />

while Frick led the team runs batted in with 20.<br />

in<br />

Western Maryland compiled a team batting average<br />

of .308.<br />

Rick Carpenter returned after a one year leave of<br />

absence to coach Western Maryland to a 5-3 record<br />

in men's track and field. Ellen Walton coached the<br />

Green Terrors women to a I-I record.<br />

At the Middle Atlantic Conference meet senior<br />

co-captain Eliot Runyon was WMC's top performer<br />

as he finished fourth in the 400-meter dash, 49.59,<br />

to set a school record. Senior co-captain Fred<br />

Smyth finished fifth with a school record 55.7 in<br />

the 400-meter intermediate hurdles. Western Maryland<br />

was ninth in the 19-team competition.<br />

In women's track, Becky Martin was the MAC<br />

high jump champion with a 5' leap and the Green<br />

Terrors 440-yard relay quartet also took a league title,<br />

Ann Royston, Allison Ward, Sheri Linkoff', and<br />

senior captain Phyllis Landry turned in a 56,04 to<br />

win the relay crown as Western Maryland finished<br />

fifth in team competition.<br />

Arter 1I slow start the WMC women's lacrosse array<br />

rebounded to establish a 6-4 record. The Green<br />

Terrors defeated national playoff bound Maryland-<br />

Baltimore County 2-1 during the regular season<br />

Junior Eileen Flynn finished seventh in MAC scoring<br />

and led WMC offensively with II goals and<br />

seven assists. Senior co-captain Barbara Brazis concluded<br />

a 12 varsity letter athletic career at Western<br />

Maryland by scoring seven goals and handing out<br />

four assists in her final season.<br />

Freshman women's tennis player Janice McClurg<br />

made a big splash in the Green Terrors lineup, carrying<br />

an unbeaten record until the final match of<br />

the year. Western Maryland had a 4-5 record. Senior<br />

co-captain Sue Garman posted a 7-3 record<br />

while senior co-captain Linda Piccirelli shared the<br />

MAC consolation doubles championship with Helga<br />

Hein.<br />

After a disappointing 0-5 start, Western Maryland<br />

rallied for a 6-8 golf ledger. Craig Rae shot a<br />

68 for the team's low round of the season and he<br />

also had a hole-in-one at the MAC tournament.<br />

The Green Terrors softball team wi\! become a<br />

varsity squad next season, but competing as a club<br />

team this year they had a perfect 7-0 record.<br />

Among their victims was Franklin & Marshall, a<br />

team that subsequently appeared the national<br />

in<br />

playoffs. - R_O.B.<br />

101m Patrick, No. II. competes in the North-Somli college ott-star game<br />

U@"'J.iii III1.a:n!<br />

Commencement<br />

~~e 111~thWMC commencement was held on<br />

Ma c024ege quadrangle on a rainy.Saturday.<br />

polft. . Dr. Joseph J. Sisco, Middle East<br />

can l~al.expcrt and chancellor at The Ameri-<br />

"'A n.l~ersity ~poke to ]70 graduates on<br />

mer-can Foreign Policv in the '80's ..<br />

affSI.sco is former undersecretary for~litical<br />

the Arab-Is-<br />

rae~.lr~ and U.S. negotiator on<br />

; elllement.1969_74.<br />

bachPrrOXlm3tcly 260 gr~duates received<br />

ceiveedor of arts degreeswhile another Il0reeral<br />

art~~~~~~: ;~~~:t~~ya;~ ~e~~~o~re~i.b-<br />

Faculty Awards<br />

~.alph B. Levering. associate professor of<br />

;story, received the Distinguished Teaching<br />

C~ard presented by the Baltimore Alun.lllae<br />

~b of SIgma Sigma Tau at the Investiture<br />

~~ar,~Op~~~~n~~t~~~c~t~~ts ~~e ~~~h 4~n~~~~<br />

aWard made to an outstanding member of<br />

western Maryland's faculty as voted by re-<br />

resentatives of the study body. Karen Helbig<br />

W<strong>hit</strong>cside.classof·S9.andpastpresidentof<br />

Sigma Sigma Tau. presented the award to Dr<br />

Levering and announced that a plaque naming<br />

all past recipients was being donated to<br />

the college.<br />

A graduate of the University of North Carolina.<br />

Dr Levering received his M.A. and<br />

Ph.D. from Princeton University and was a<br />

lecturer in history at George Mason University<br />

prior to joining the faculty at Western<br />

Maryland ill 1972.<br />

He is named to the roost recent editions of<br />

"who's Who in the East" and "International<br />

Directory of Scholars" and is a chartcr mcmber<br />

of the Phi Beta Kappa chapter at WMC.<br />

Included among his many publications arc<br />

"Thc Public and American Foreign Policy,<br />

1918-t978.'- William Morrow and Co ..<br />

"Women ill Relief: The Carroll County<br />

Children's Aid Society in the Orear Dcprcssion_'"<br />

Maryland Magazine - Winter, 1977.<br />

and "Carroll County. Maryland: A History."<br />

Dr. Levering holds membership in the American<br />

Historical Association and the Society of<br />

Historians of American Foreign Relalions.<br />

Several other faculty members were n::cogflized<br />

at the May 4 ceremonies. Faculty Author<br />

Awards were presented by Ralph C.<br />

John. college presidenl. to: Joan D. Coley.<br />

associate professor of education. "Pro-<br />

K~relr H~[big Wh~~;!rdeA}:'d~~e~~;~!IrI~~ ~~a~:::~~esR~~d~;rrfl~~ ~;8~~~Sa'~~i~u,~~~~~,~<br />

Drsnngurslied Tea g Fennell, assistant protessor of education,<br />

Levering 7<br />

'·MathActivities." published by Media Materials,<br />

Inc .. 1979; H. Ray Stevens, professor<br />

of English, "An Annotated Secondary Bibliography<br />

Series On English Literature in Transition.<br />

1880-1920_ John Galsworthy. An AIlnotated<br />

Bibliography of Writings About<br />

Him:' published by Northern Illinois University<br />

Press. 1980; and Charles E. Wolf. adjunct<br />

professor of philosophy and<br />

assistant religious studies. "The Seven Words From<br />

The Cross," published by C.S.S. Publishing,<br />

1980<br />

Two new faculty awards were also presented<br />

this year. The Scholarly Journal Publications<br />

Award was presented to McCay<br />

Vernon. professor of psychology, and Joan<br />

D. Coley. associate professor of education.<br />

This award is made to faculty who publish<br />

five or more articles in nationally rccognized<br />

scholarly journals over a three-year period.<br />

A second new award. the Faculty CreativityAward.<br />

presenledto Wasyl Palijczuk.associale<br />

professor and chairman oflhe an department,<br />

recognizes a faculty member who<br />

has reccived unusual recognition from the<br />

cultural community. Mr. Paiijczuk is a recognized<br />

painter und sculptor and his works are<br />

represcnted in over 200 collections_

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