Sports IE»1 14 Messenger, April 3, 1980 Diamondmen 6-3 on trip

by Steve Fiebiger Sophomore hurler Mark Carlson the win for St. Olaf. went the distance to earn the win. St. Olaf concluded its southern The St. Olaf baseball team A five inning no-hit performance sojourn at Austin College in Sher­ returned from its annual spring trip, by Tim Doran helped the diamond- man, Texas taking two games from posting an impressive 6-3 record, men breeze to an easy 10-0 rout in the home school. be t ever against southern competi­ the second game of the double dip. Sophomore Mark Lysne pitched tion. The Oles played games in The game was ended because of the a complete game to guide the Oles Kansas and Texas while staying in ten run rule and the Oles began to to a 3-1 victory in the first outing church homes along the way. roll. while Tim Braatz went the distance A consistently strong batting The batsmen battled Bishop Col­ for an 8-4 win in the night cap game arsenal paced the Ole attack on the lege of Dallas for ten innings before of the twin bill. South. coming out on top 11-10. Sparked After a successful spring trip the The diamondmen opened with a by the four hit performance of Greg Oles are optimistic about the 1980 doubleheader against Kansas Feigum, including a home run, the season. Although a young team, Newman of Wichita winning the Oles outlasted the crew from the Oles displayed the ability to hit first game 11-8 and dropping the se­ Bishop. Senior Bob Hartman the ball hard against southern pit­ cond abbreviated contest 8-5. entered the game with his team ching and will be a force to reckon Ole first baseman Pete Olson behind to finish the contest and get with in the MIAC. took up where he left off last season going seven for eight at the plate Members of the St. Olaf women's track team, including Coach against Kansas Newman pitching. Trackmen host MIAC day Chris Daymont and child, were on hand to Inspire the men's team at Freshman Frank Kuzma blasted a the MIAC Indoor meet. grand slam and Larry Knicker­ by Tim Weler together in the hurdles and sprints bocker also homered in the first and completed what has to be his clash as Greg St. John picked up his The spirit of the Ides of March finest day at the races. Freshman first win of the year. Bob Hartman pervaded the atmosphere at the Chuck Lodge went to the finals in relieved St. John in the later innings men's MIAC track and field day the hurdles and the 60 yard dash, Women's track team to get the save. held Saturday, March 15. Skoglund but was denied a hero's welcome. Steve Vilendrer stroked a round Center became a sort of coliseum Finally, the mile relay team of wins St. Olaf open tripper in the second tilt but it for all day athletic competition. Dave Seymour, Tom Kirchhoff, St. Olafs women's track team 1:29.6 in the 600-yd. run. wasn't enough as the Oles were Sophomore Dave Peterson lapped Jim Gamble, and "the Dinger" scored 124 points to win its own The Oles' mile relay team of downed 8-5 by Newman. The the entire field in the 5000 meters Dornfeld outclassed both the track batsmen rallied to tie the game 8-8 open meet Friday, March 14. Team Diane Havlir, Kinkel, Mary Jordan, blazing to a time of 14:39. That and the field with a convincing vic­ in the sixth inning, but the contest scores were St. Olaf 124, University and Knickrehm set a new fieldhouse qualifies him for Division III out­ was called because of darkness and tory. of Northern Iowa 82, St. Cloud record of 4:07.3. the score reverted to that of the door nationals set for May 27. A special thanks to the State 76, Mankato State 43, and In addition to her record-setting fifth inning. Senior Mike Palmquist posted trackwomen, official Dick Day- Bethel 36. victory in the 440, Knickrehm also The baseballers then traveled to his first win of the day with a time mont, timer Tim Bauer, and the Ole athletes took seven first breezed to victory in the 300-yd. Dallas, Texas where they met a of 3:50 in the 1500 meters. Later he clerk of the course Dale Petersen places and set three new school dash in a time of ;38.5. polished team from Texas anchored the two-mile relay team of for their fine efforts not only this records and two Skoglund In one of the meet's outstanding fieldhouse records. Jan Ensrud performances, the Oles swept the Wesleyan. Texas Wesleyan, 12-0 seniors Jon Stokka, Dave Thomp­ day, but also the entire indoor clipped 6.9 seconds from the mile mile run with Leslie Seymour against Division I schools, ham­ son and Captain Bert Ranum to a season. As Jim Waage would say, run mark, winning in 4:50.9 for a finishing second to Ensrud with a mered the Oles 17-4 and 13-3 fieldhouse record of 7:49. it's time to "catch that fever." behind a solid hitting barrage. new school and fieldhouse record. time of 4:55.3 and Beth Stronge The fans got to see Ranum give it Coach Bill Thornton and the team St. Olaf was not intimidated and Kris Knickrehm set a new school coming in third with a time of his all in the 600 yards, only to be bounced back to sweep a will do just that as they open spring record of :59.0 in the 440 and Linda 4:58.5. doubleheader from the University edged out at the tape. Dave Thomp­ training this week. Kinkel set a new school record of of Dallas. Pete Olson led the Oles son did what he does best: he set the in the first game belting a two run pace in the 1000 meters. homer to direct a 7-4 triumph. Senior Reid Sipe put it all Time Out ______by Eric Jorgenson Wednesday, April typical American male when it "Writing a sports column is Much has been made of the alleg­ comes to emotional surplus this 9th easy," a famous sports columnist ed "transcendent significance" of probably suggests that, even if it once said. "You just sit down at a Team USA's achievement. Some was just a hockey game, it was at Come in and Meet typewriter until little beads of blood folks believe that when the United least more than an ordinary one. break out on your forehead." States' hockey team defeated teams the One reason it wasn't ordinary is It's usually not quite that bad. from other nations, and when they that the best team didn't win. For The task does, however, become a beat the Soviet Union in particular, "Monster" that one night Team USA was on a bit more arduous when it's spring it was really a triumph for God, par with the Russians, but if they break and all your friends are in Mom, Apple Pie and the Great a new arm wrestling played ten more times there is a Florida trying to decide whether American Way. good chance that the Russians machine they should spend Easter there and Others think this is a bunch of would win them all. you're in northeast Minneapolis crapola. They insist that it was, That's nothing to feel bad about, that pits trying to decide what to write a col­ after all, only a few hockey games, though. Team USA won the game umn about. and to attribute such great impor­ man against man that counted the most. They won It isn't fair. It makes me mad. It tance to them is a sign of either because they wanted to win more or may be enough to make me sweat patriotic excess or blatant stupidity. than the Russians did on that night, blood. I've been quite skeptical of any and in the process they showed us woman against And it doesn't make me feel attempt to aggrandize athletics ever that sometimes desire, determina­ much better when I remember that since I once heard a coach begin his woman tion and sheer tenacity count for Steve Fiebiger, who is undoubtedly speech at a post-season banquet by more than raw skill. sunning himself as I work on this, stating, "Basketball builds And maybe that's true in other got to write about the Olympic character." Even at the tender age things besides hockey. Maybe it's Specials All Niglr hockey team just because it happen­ of 16 I suspected that basketball true in chemistry classes and a ed to be his turn to do the column had little to do with character, and Long whole lot of other things in life, that week. Like nearly every other now I'm quite sure of it. too. Maybe that's the "transcen­ newspaper columnist in America, I'm also quite sure that hockey UPSTAIRS AT dent significance" of Team USA's he got his two cents in on that big games have little to do with proving achievement. story. national supremacy. THE RUEB I like to think so. I didn't. This is ridiculous, But I'm not so sure that we can't (Take that, Fiebiger. Next week especially since I invariably have a learn something from Team USA. I f when you're trying to write one of hard time thinking of something to mean, geez, when I saw them pile these I'll be playing frisbec in the write about. So here is my belated over the boards to celebrate after April sunshine.) United States Olympic Hockey beating the Russians I almost got a Team Column: lump in my throat. Since I'm a