Track and Field '79

" They couldn't have him being named Coach of done any better," was the Year. The Outstanding Coach Jopson's summa- Competitor award went to tion of the 1979 Spring Duane Harrison. He Track team's performance. achieved this honor by The Eagles finished the placing first in the long season with a 7-0 record jump, triple jump, high and then went on to cap- jump, and high hurdles; he ture their third consecutive also anchored the 440 ODAC championship. relay team of Alvin In the regular season Younger, Rod Johnson, Bridgewater downed and Randy Slack which re- Washington and Lee, ceived a second. Other Christopher: Dixie Division Eagle competitors who Champions, Eastern Men- placed in events which nonite, Newport News Ap- contributed to the cham- prentice, Uberty Baptist: pionship were Jerry National Christian Col lege Crouse and Dwight Den- Champions, and Gaul- linger: 1500m, Alvin ludet. The Eagles were Younger: 100m and high also honored at the ODAC hurdles, Sam Baker: shot meet by two members who and discus, Peter Kent and won awards. Coach Jop- Burton Kirkwood : pole son's continued hardwork vaulting, Curtis Arey: high and dedication resulted in jump, and Lester Perry: Lewis Myers takes a look below him as he competes in the pole vaulting triple jump. event.

Duane Harrison and Jeff Smith keep the lead during the high- hurdle competition.

64 /Track Eagles win third consecutive ODAC title

Jeff Smith is "in flight" during the long jump.

Roster Curtis Arey Peter Kent James Avery Scott Kiracofe. Sam Baker Burt Kirkwood Duane Harrison prepares to land during the triple jump. Dick Beech Mike Knopa Carl Beisel Joe Kunlo Mark Broadgas Daryl Metts Dave Burtner Burton Metzler Mickey Clinedist Robbie Miller Jerry Crouse Reggie Moore Tony Davenport Richard Morgan Dwight Denlinger Louis Myers Johnny Dwyer Lester Perry Rob Gilford Jeff Smith Duane Harrison Warren Turpin Stuart VonHerbulis Bill Wisher Rod Johnson Alvin Younger

Duane Harrison is up and over in the high jump competition.

Track / 65

Jeff Wholey nabs a runner at first base in time to take a nap!

Roster Butch Andrey Tommy Luck Jim Bibb Don Malan Dave Bowers Steve Martin Buddy Bromley Mike McMillan Terry Brown Mark Puckett Mike Church John Riley Larry French David Shields Silas Harvey Robert Weeks Jerry Hutchinson David Wellman Mike Jones David Whedbee Curt Kehdall Jeff Wholey Jim Kramer Kevin Wholey Coach Tom Kinder

Terry Brown heads for base despite tthe opposition he faces.

Jerry Hutchinson and Kevin Wholey demonstrate the proper way to turn a double play.

66 / Baseball Butch Andrey proves his reflexes are quicker than the pitcher's as he makes it back to first base before the ball arrives.

Eagles Rank Fourth In ODAC Conference

The Bridgewater Base- named to the All Confer- ball team ended its 1979 ence Team. They were season with a record of Silas Harvey, first base, 12-31-1. By ranking fourth and Kevin Wholey, second in the ODAC conference base. Harvey also lead the the team moved into the Eagles with the most home tournament. In the first runs and Wholey had the game the Eagles faced and most Runs Batted ln. downed the favorite Lynch- Pitching records were burg. Coach Kinder at- broken by David Shields, tributed the victory to with 46 strike-outs and Robert Week's two home Donnie Malan, who ap- runs and John Riley and peared in 12 games. Six David Shields' excellent members had batting av- pitching. The Eagles then erages over .300; they moved into the finals were Mike Jones. .352 ; against Randolph Macon. Kevin Wholey, .349; Mike The game was tied until Church, .345; Jerry Hutch- the 8th inning when Ran- inson, .323; Butch Andrey, dolph Macon pulled ahead .306, and Robert Weeks, to win. .304. Jerry Hutchinson also Many Eagles broke had the most stolen bases records or received honors and hits, 21 and 30 respec- Terry Brown catches the Alleghaney defense off guard and stretches a last season. Two Bridge- tively. single Into a double. water students were

Baseball / 67 1979 Men's Varsity Roster

Alan Miller Jeff Cale Bob Noga Will Dickerman Jeff Jones Jeff Houdyshell Ricky Falls Dave Darden Joe Freeland Jay Layton Alton Ramey Lawerence Kidd

Men's Tennis Alan Miller puts his forehand to good use.

Joe Freeland returns the serve.

Jeff Jones volleys with his opponent before the game starts.

68/Tennis J.V.

Coach Whitelaw gives a few quick instructions while Mike Roark and Chris Brumfield take a needed breather. For the third year when the season opened. Bridgewater has fielded a They played good but one J.V. Basketball team. could tell there just wasn't Though the year wasn't that split-second timing. great in the won-loss col- The J.V. program is a umn the fans saw some major asset to Bridgewa- good solid basketball. The ter's basketball team so season had some bad they played proud and our breaks from the beginning school should be proud of of the season that eventu- them. ally showed its impact to- ward the end of the sea- son. The squad was with- out a coach for the first three weeks of practice so they were a month behind

The Eagles shoot for two.

J.V. Basketball / 69 Basketball The mens' basketball again. The most exciting team fought a long hard victory of the season was a season with little glory as 67-63 overtime victory they finished with a con- against Christopher New- ference record of no wins port at Bridgewa- and 10 losses, and an ter. In the ODAC tourna- overall record of 4 wins ment the Eagles came very and 22 losses. The sea- close to upsetting third son opened at home with seeded Hampden Sydney the Bridgewater-Dayton in the first round. The Jaycee Tip Off, and the Eagles led at halftime Eagles did tip off well by 33-30, only to lose their smashing Penn State Capi- lead and fall seven points tal Campus 94-61. How- shy of victory 64-57, thus ever, the men in crimson ending their 1979-80 cam- and gold lost 10 straight paign. before tasting victory Jim Hodges skys over his opponents for a fay up.

70 I Basketball Jeff Smith makes his move to the basket.

Lester Perry proves his jumper is "reality".

1979 Basketball Team Curtis Arey Bill Creveling Dan Fitzgerald Andrew Keller Jim Hodges Lester Perry Billy Pope Jeff Smith

Billy Pope at the foul line for a sure '2'.

Basketball / 71 Lesley Swart, Dean Barshls, Sheri Reeves, Stacey Moren. Jennifer Parsons, Sharon Lambert, Kathie Fisler, Scott Harmon, Becky Barnett.

Fall Cheerleaders This was an exciting male-female ratio will in- season for the Fall cheer- crease for next fall's leaders. There were many squad. The fall cheerlead- positive changes and addi- ers had a good season. tions. Along with the ac- They cheered our team on quisition of a new sponsor, several victories. Each of Dean Ferris, new uniforms these students is a leader were also acquired. This but they had to work to- years's squad consisted of gether as one. Each had 7 girls, 4 upperclassmen, 3 their own ways of support- freshmen, and 2 guys. The ing our school and that is new addition of the guys what makes Bridgewater added significantly to the College the community it depth and show of the is. squad. It is hoped that the

72 / Fall Cheerleaders Winter Kris Whitehurst watches the Lesley leads the half-time cheer. The spirit continues until the last game intently. minute. Cheerleaders

Front: Kris Whitehurst. Row 1: Jennifer Parsons, Dale Armstrong, Gayle Hatcher, Lesly Swart. Back: Toni Couch, Janice Morris.

Winter Cheerleaders I 73 The team takes time out on the sidelines to discuss future plays.

While the line holds, Duane Harrison prepares to get rid of the ball.

Doctor Huffman helps ease Mike Warren's pain while Rod Johnson watches the game.

74/ Football Football finishes with a 4-5 season

R. Abernathy G. Drewry F. Leech K. Rohle A. Andrey J. Dwyer S. L~wis . K. Schafer G. Benjamin K. Farmer D. McBride S. Smith J. Bil'lhir'ner ~· Fitzgerald K. McClure K. Snyder J. Bonadies J, Fr.eeland S. Milo D. Spiers M. Boston J . Frock R. Morgan G. Spinelli A. Boyce R. Gilford S. Mounts J. Spinelli C. Brebock R. Glaseock E. Mullins M. Stevens E. Bryan D. Harrison D. MY,ers K. Taylor D. Callahan G. Hoffman L. Myers R. Thurston T. Chadduck R. Hubbard " M. Newton T. Trcka J. Cole · ~ R. Johnson M. PoweO R. Upshaw T. Davenport J.dones A. Price M. Warren H. Davidson M. KennedY, F. Quatrone K. Wholey M. Deal J. Kunlo J. Richardson

Coach Spencer briefs quarter- back Duane Harrison on the next play.

The 1979 football season named All-Conference for the Eagles was one of quarterback and punter as ups and downs as Coach he led the nation in punt- Spencer's squad finished ing for Division Ill with an overall record of with a 41.9 average. He four wins and five losses. also led the ODAC in total While playing at home the offense. Other high flying Eagles record was an even Eagles included John 2-2, high lighted by a 16-7 Dwyer, Tony Davenport, homecoming victory over Gerald Hoffman, Mike Catholic University. Sev- Warren, and Mitch Powell. eral Eagles were named to As a team the Eagles the Old Dominion Athletic finished third in total of- Conference All-Confer- fense and second in de- ence Team as a result of fense against the rush their fine individual perfor- within the ODAC confer- mances. ence. Duane Harrison was

Duane Harrison passes the ball to Johnny Dwyer.

Football / 75 Cross Country

Women's Varsity Cross Country ROSTER Dwight Denlinger and Daryl Metts take a rest from a strenuous practice. Veatta Deal Ruth ie Griffin 1 Susan Wright Joanne Heffleger Cindy Caplen jane Whitlock -

The girls hit the track.

Men's Varsity Cross Country ROSTER Dwight Denlinger Eric Kyger Pat Paul David Burtner Daryl Metts Phil Ammermann Tom Gross Curt Richie Reggie Moore Coach, Dr. Harry Jopson Warren Turpin

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and the race is tight . . .

76 / Cross Country Women's Basketball

In the huddle ..•

Scramble for the ball.

The 1979-80 Women's nessee. Even though they basketball team can be de- suffered defeats in the first scribed in a single word, and consolation rounds, CHAMPIONS!! Being the an at-large bid was first year that women's granted to the team for a basketball in has trip to the Nationals. In the been separated into three first round of the Nationals divisions, the Lady Eagles the Eagles fought hard, yet emerged as State Champi- fell nine points shy of con- Captains ... play ball. ons at the Division Ill level. tinuing the most success- Coached by Laura Mapp, ful women' s basketball the 1979-80 squad finished season in the history of with a 10-1 conference Bridgewater College. record and an overall Coach Mapp said the record of 18-4 at the end of " working attitude" of the the regular season. After players was a key element the women went on to win to the team's success. She the VAIAW state tourna- also noted that she was ment, they represented able to substitute fre- Virginia at the Association quently without seeing a of Intercollegiate Athletics noticiable change in the for Women Region ll Tour- team's performance." nament in Maryville, Ten-

Women's Basketball / 77 The Bridgewater 1979 women's hockey team, coached by Laura Mapp, finished the regular sea- son with a 12-7-1 record. The team then advanced to capture the Region II title and on to participate in the National tournament, wrapping up the season with a record of 12-9-1. In regular season play, Bridgewater faced Divi- sion Ill schools Lynch- burg, Roanoke, Mary Washington, Eastern Mennonite College and Hollins. They also went up against Division Ill schools James Madison, , , and Townson state. In the first round of re- gionals the hockey team downed Transylvania and Converse Colleges. Ad- vancing to the finals the team faced Hollins, who had defeated Bridgewater in a previous season match. The Eaglettes came away defeating Hollins 2-0, capturing their first Re- gional title and looking forward to a trip to Nation- als at Princeton, New Jer- sey. At nationals, the team lost to California State, Chico, and Lynchburg. Some of the outstanding players defensively were Debbie Carlogh, Terry Eichellnberger, Nancy Mel- linger, and Ann Heiney. Alice Hopkins, Liz Byers, co-captains Carolyn Phil- lips and Lani Wright led the Eaglettes offensively. Miss Maoo intently follows the game's play.

78 / Women's Hockey Women's Hockey

Lady Eagles take control of the situation. Coach Mapp discusses strategy for the second half.

1979 Roster Peggy Kidd* Beth Turrentine* Missy Ramey Keri Hoy* Weezie Karas• Martha Beahm Ann Hefney Toni Couch Judy Morris Lani Wright* Fay Wood Debbie Carlough* Lisa Snyder Terry Eichelberger* Carolyn Kent Liz Byers* Nancy Mellinger* Carolyn Phillips* Chris Spickler Janice Morris* Priscalla Meeh* Pam Tingler Lias Baltjes Diane Ruggles (Trainer) Darlene Brown Amy Six (Timer) Alice Hopkins~ *Vars'ity

Women's Hockey I 79

Martha .Boward Anne Brown Miohele 'Burgunder Cla~di~ Cartel Cind,Y Clark Tammy Ch~ytor Debbie DeHoog,e Lynn HOJ!Bn Karan Johe$ Leslie L.iQth'iiMR Lisa McDaa,i&SJr.

Jean Willie blocks an attempted spike.

This year' s volleyball team showed great poten- tial for Bridgewater. From the spikes of veteran Jean Willie besides of those of freshman Kim Stevens, the Lady Eagles looked awe- some. The volleyball team took on some very tough teams this year and came out of every game with no- thing to be ashamed of.

Everyone Is backing up Jean as she goes tor a spike.

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82 / lntramurals 1979-80 Men's Varsity Basketball Scoreboard Women's Basketball Scoreboard B.C. OPP. B.C. OPP. 94 Penn St. Capital Campus 61 103 Hollins 36 83 Davis & Elkins 94 45 Juniata 54 88 Western Maryland 95 81 N.C. Wesleyan 64 87 Shenandoah 88 89 Mary Baldwin 49 68 Longwood 90 80 Liberty Baptist 54 75 VA Wesleyan 78 83 Roanoke* 61 76 EMC* 90 67 Emory & Henry* 49 56 Roanoke 65 63 Randolph-Macon* 57 70 Christopher Newport 100 81 Clinch Valley• 57 77 VA Wesleyan 78 57 Longwood 55 68 Hampden Sydney• 96 92 EMC* 54 96 Shenandoah 76 90 Ferrum* 63 75 Bluefield 74 81 Averett• 55 82 Lynchburg* 115 75 Mary Washington 33 74 Emory & Henry• 80 49 VA Wesleyan• 73 55 Roanoke 75 81 Lynchburg• 60 67 Christopher Newport (OT}63 72 35 68 EMC* 78 79 Christopher Newport* 65 74 Washington & Lee• 87 59 Radford 73 52 Hampden Sydney• 75 64 Randolph-Macon 49 51 Longwood 69 61 86 67 Emory & Henry• 79 86 Gallaudet 63 62 Lynchburg• 77 VAIAW Tournament State 85 Ferrum 57 68 Messiah 80 Christopher Newport 71 Washington & Lee* 78 74 63 74 Lynchburg ODAC Tournament 63 57 Hampden Sydney 64 AIAW Region II Tournament 67 Lee College *Conference games 79 0-10 Conference Record 75 N.C. Methodist 67 74 Midway (OT)75 4-22 Overall Record NATIONALS 70 University of Pittsburgh 79 Scoreboard at Johnstown BC OPP. *VAIAW STATE CHAMPS 5 Mary Washington 4 1Q-1 Conference Record 2 Lynchburg College 5 18-4 Regular Season Overall 5 Randolph Macon Women's College 4 4-3 Post Season Record 5 University of Richmond 4 22-7 Final Record 9 Randolph Macon College 0 6 Sweet Briar 3 2 Hollins 7

Scoreboards / 83 Men's and Women's

1979 Football 1979 Scoreboard Scoreboard BC OPP BC OPP 34 St. Paul's 8 1 William and Mary 28 15 Maryville 28 10 Old Dominion 3 7 Hampden-Sydney 28 9 lynchburg 8 16 Catholic 0 5 Mary Washington 6 6 Guilford 16 longwood 9 5 0 Emory and Henry 21 Virginia 1 12 19 Washington and lee 3 VWlA Tournament 8 Randolph Macon 38 lynchburg 12 5 16 Newport News Apprentice 7 4 Mary Washington 2 0 Hollins 9 12 James Madison 8 3 Hollins 9 1979 Volleyball 11 Sweetbriar 5 Scoreboard 10 Frostburg State "8 BC OPP 8 Roanoke 6 l James Madison w National Collegiate Tour w Eastern Mennonite l 4 U. of Delaware 8 l longwood w 7 Denison 15 w Eastern Mennonite l w Ronaoke Forfeit l William and Marry w l Messiah w l Christopher Newport w w Roanoke l Ferrum Why are Bridgewater athletic w w teams known by the nickname of l Mary Washington w Eagles? Professor emeritus C.E. w Hollins l May proposed the name in 1922, w Shepherd l after a series of winning baseball w Shenandoah l games. l liberty Baptist "Because of our success on w the diamond, and because our l lynchburg w opponents all had nicknames, w Randolph-Macon l we felt we should have one also w Hampton Institute l ... I proposed the nickname of w Hollins l Eagles because of the bird's Emory and Henry l strength and because of the w bird's association with the leg· 2nd In State ions of ancient Rome, the armies of Prussian and the history of the United States . . . Dr. May said. 1979 Cross Country He noted that the only time he regrets his suggestion is when Scoreboard he hears the women's teams re- BC OPP ferred to as Eaglettes. His objec- w Hampden-Sydney l tion is two-fold. One, in his day w Radford l the women athletic teams were w Christopher Newport called Bloomer Girls and two, he l says the feminine of eagle is eag- w Va. Commonwealth (no show} l less. l Washington and lee w w Roanoke l w lynchburg w l James Madison w l Eastern Mennonite w O.D.A.C. - 4th

84 / Scoreboards 1979-1980 Scoreboards

1797 Field Hockey J.V. Hockey Team Scoreboard Scoreboard BC OPP BC OPP 2 Lynchburg 1 Lynchburg 0 0 0 Virginia 7 Virginia 0 5 4 Roanoke 0 0 Roanoke 2 James Madison 2 Mary Washington 0 0 2 1 4 Eastern Mennonite 0 Eastern Mennonite 0 0 Longwood 2 0 Longwood 4 1 James Madison 0 James Madison 1 3 2 Old Dominion 4 0 Old Dominion 6 2 Va. Commonwealth 1 1 A-Club 2 2 Virginia Tech 1 0 Virginia Tech 2 2 Towson State 2 0 Towson State 4 William and Mary 1 William and Mary 5 0 6 1 Hollins 2 Hollins 3 0 Frostburg State 3 Frostburg State 0 0 0 STATES 3 Mary Washington 2 1 Lynchburg 0 1979 Men's Tennis Scoreboard 0 Hollins 1 B.C. OPP. REGIONALS 7 Averett 2 6 Transylvania 2 4 Christopher Newport 5 4 Converse 0 0 VMI 9 2 Hollins 0 8 VA Wesleyan 1 NATIONALS 5 Emory & Henry 3 0 California State 1 5 Mary Washington 4 1 Lynchburg 2 6 Ran dolph-Macon 3 6 EMC 3 4 Radford 5 J.V. Basketball 1 Shepherd 8 1979-1980 1 Lynchburg 8 7 Roanoke 2 B.C. J.V. Results Opp. 57 Western Maryland 66 49 Longwood 88 1979 Men's Varsity 61 VA Wesleyan 70 Scoreboard 42 Roanoke 76 B.C. OPP. 54 C. N.C. 79 L Washington & Lee 55 VA Wesleyan 81 w Shepard L 61 Hampden Sydney 66 w L Lynchburg 51 Mass. Mil. Acad. 96 w L Hampden Sydney 48 Roanoke 96 w L Lynchburg 78 C.N.C. 85 w L Roanoke 60 Mass. Mil. Acad. 93 w Radford L 52 Hampden Sydney 72 w Randolph Macon L 74 Longwood 103 w Shepard L Won 0 Lost 13 w T Randolph Macon T L Washington & Lee w w Radford L Season Record: 5-7-1 State Tournament: Fourth Place (out of ten)

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