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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_