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Sports Editor Page 5 Greg Adkins - 657-2195 SPORTS & LEISURE Lady Jackets homestand over Pam agon SPORTS' STILL By Greg Adkins Nathan David Struck Retort Sports Editor retort looking for Lewis Anderson The Lady Yellowjacket volleyball team began the week with its biggest teXastet: Michaela: olte win of the year, but then lost its final Saley bertson three home matches of the 1991 sea- Michelle Veigus son. Mary Savage On Monday, Eastern cruised past Alaska: Anchorage 12-15, 15-6, 15-8, more . orm. Gayle and 15-2 to capture its first conference AdkifiS. at win in over two years. The win was CDC HONORSIIARRISON even more remarkable considering ve been AGAIN • e tuition, butnone that the Lady Seawolves are among the S~eauor oUts litter Heather Were pretty"' • ••••• it res most respected teams in the NCAA II. oftiiiiVerOk.: : on 9fA1401*, Alaska: Anchorage, who was the r was se ?ai coaches' preseason favorite to win the week Contmea s CDC, was ranked sixth in the region erence when they faced the Lady The Santa4004:::: Yellowjackets. native led the`144rN After the win, EMC Head 3-1.0909g*.ftilif Kathy Murray said, "This was a won- last * -:::ttiOiting up 5.2 derful win; we are on cloud nine. It was game, 72 d gs, and just a great win—we shocked Anchor- Hani 71 agatliSt: age and proved to them that we have a and Seattle good program. I am very pleased at Pacifip where our program is and which direc- Son was also ho tion our program is heading." gthe first week:00e season , But the rest of the week wasn't as is the 001y CDCjp.layer to be kind to the Yellowjackets, which honored twice se ason dropped three straight games to An- Also nO1000411.400eek:„ chorage, Northern Montana, and Grand Retort/Poore Alaska Aneli0040.*.§00kP*t Canyon University. Lady YellowJacket Connie Meyer blocks a Northern Montana College Seattle PacifiC: SCa On Tuesday afternoon, the Univer- shot last week while Fawn Nelson watches. sity of Alaska: Anchorage revenged its loss to the Lady Yellowjackets by before the match by remarking, "GCU Nelson led Eastern with 14 digs. sweeping three straight games, 15- is playing out of their mind; they have This week's action dropped the 11, 16-14, and 15-13. been all season. They are an excellent Lady Yellowjackets to a 7-14 (1-6 Thursday night Eastern got volleyball team. They are quick, strong, CDC) record. crushed by NAIA-powerhouse and can jump; and do everything right" But Murray was pleased with the Northern Montana College 15-3, 15- In what was dubbed "Senior homestand despite only a 3-5 record, 11, and 15-10, despite 14 kills by Fawn Night"—honoring lone senior Shani "We had a good homestand. We got Nelson and 24 assists by Nicole John- Steadman; the Lady Jackets were good support from the students and . ACITY:n Ffg.424:: son. led by the plays of Connie Meyer, nice support from the community." 013IC In the Lady Jackets final home game Fawn Nelson, Rishay Vollertsen, The Lady Yellowjackets only Aerobics will of the season last Friday night, Eastern Nicole Johnson and Melaney Wil- match this week is a Friday confronta- :students beginning R tdiosik . was swept by Continental Divide Con- liams who kept the games close. tion against Western Montana in Dillon. pm . There will boagiltio4 ference leader, Grand Canyon Univer- Offensively for the Lady Jackets, Eastern has swept the Lady Bulldogs sity, 15-9, 15-7, 15-10. The Lady Meyer had 13 kills, while teammate in six straight games this year. Antelopes from Grand Canyon Uni- Vollertsen spiked 12 kills. Setters The Lady Jackets will then wrap up versity are nationally ranked number Nicole Johnson and Melaney Wil- their season with a tournament at Se- 17 in the NCAA 11 poll. liams ran the offense with 40 com- attle Pacific University, November 8- Murray describe Grand Canyon bined assists. Defensively, Fawn 9. Retort/Poore Ernest Fredricks of "4th Roor Rocking Crew" outraces Corey Cleveland of "Communicate This" last Thursday night. "Communicate This" won the game 8-0. For complete results, see page 6. Retort Athlete-of-the-week By Ruddy Heintz Johnson's best Retort Sports Writer weapons may be "Tri-Us" still number one The newest Retort Athlete-of-the-Week is freshman her surprising ver- By Mary Elaine Nicole Johnson. Nicole is one of the five new players for satility and unas- Pastern's re-vamped volleyball team, which is 7-14 pres- suming size. Coach Retort Sports Writer ently. Nicole, who is from The Dalles, Oregon, has quickly Murray com- "Tri-Us" remained in the number one spot in this week's Retort-ASEMC proved her competence as a setter, taking over starting duties mented, "She's Intramural Flag Football Power Poll. 'Fri-Us" walloped "War Pigs" 36-6 last for most of the Lady Yellowjacket matches. doing well because week. Nicole didn't atract a lot of attention in the Continental people don't expect There were no newcomers in the top five teams this week. The "8-Ballers" Divide Conference, but all of a sudden she is appearing in the it from her. moved from number four to number two, after an impressive 26-6 victory last top ten CDC stars. After 62 games, Johnson was fifth in both When she :M. general public is week. assist average and dig average. plays the right side at S2.00 a "BravesoverLA" dropped from number two to number five, after losing She had 311 assists fora 5.0 average and 256 total digs for a lot of people think or more infiS c to fifth-ranked "Drunk Bunnies" 6-0. a 4.1 average. At a mere 5'-4", Nicole plays like she's seven they can over velohnson in Tram Record Previous rating feet tall. her. She surprises 1. Tri-Us 1-0 1 Johnson sets a 6-2 offense, with both her and Mellaney them, which is Nicole Johnson .ORMAL SOC CER 2. 8-Ballers 1-0 4 Williams in the lineup. She plays a tough role, having to set good to see. One of 3. NOYB 1-0 3 in the back row as well as block and hit against taller players the hitters will come up, thinking about pounding it down so000 4. Drunk Bunnies 1-0 5 when she rotates to the front row. Head Coach Kathy Murray the line, and she'll stuff them." Also nominated this week are ding play 5. BravesoverLA 0-1 2 said, "She has to work twice as hard to get the same amount were: Devney Morrison, Fawn Nelson, Rishay Vollertsen, Others receiving votes in order: Black Plague, Communicate This. accomplished, and she's doing that most of the time." and Connie Meyer. 1.7.114P41.YS from For current standings and last week's results, see page 6. 13j46rit Field • For rrmor..e nforn International Sports medicine expert visiting EMC this month I'RA1VRINTRAMURAL By Paul Frehley by the Sports America Program, an Studies, is expecting to visit Tunisia Pearson, Eastern's athletic trainer, and a member of various national sports ALL ROSTERS DU Retort Sports Writer arm of the Information next April. Dr. Ksantini will be a guest the Sports Medicine Clinic. organizations. Rosters are due for the: Dr. Mounira Ksantini, Assistant Agency. Sports America promotes an of the department until November 16. Dr. Ksantini received her doctorate As a performer, she was the Tuni- on-three league, to- Professor of Physiology at the Insti- international exchange to give coaches During her stay, Dr. Ksantini will in physical education with a specializa- sian 100-meter dash and 400-meter :111011'0W, Wednesda ,OctOer24.. tute of Sports and Physical Education from other countries a professional and live in the Eastern residence halls, at- tion in biomedical science from the relay champion in 1963-64, national is sche404. to beet_>.00tn of Tunis, will be visiting Eastern personal appreciation of the United tend classes, observe the EMC volley- Catholic University of Leuven in Bel- high jump champion in 1962-63 and Montana College and the various sports States through athletics. ball and basketball programs and high gium. She also has a physical educa- played on the national women's bas- terare dtittkthe ASEMC activities in the Billings area for a In return, Dr. Karen Ruder, Assis- school basketball programs, and further tion teacher's diploma from the ketball team from 1962-64. recreational Office, Student month, beginning October 18. tant Professor in Eastern's Department her knowledge in the area of sports Sports Academy of Cologne, Ger- For more information, call Dr. Union Building, Room 222. Her visit is sponsored and paid for of Human Performance and Sport medicine by working with Randy many. S he is also basketball coach and Karen Ruder, 657-2282. INTRAMURAL VOLLEY- BALL ROSTERS DUE Rosters are due for the Co-ed volleyball league tomorrow Plato explains Baseball season, "What a head-rush" Wednesday, October 24 in the Rec. The Braves and Minnesota waukee. In 1957, the Braves beat Casey of aces this season. The Braves had two impressive is that starters Dave Justice, Office, (SUB 222). League play Twins are playing in the 1991 World Stengel's in the 10-game winners, compared to four , , and Mike begins October 30. Series. Both teams finished last in seventh game of the series. The next Heath missed a hefty part of the season IOGEST BLUNDER OF THE 15-game winners this season. Tom their divisions in 1990 and are the year, the two teams met again for the Glavine had 4 .28 ERA in 1990, and 20- with injuries. first teams ever to go from worst to championship, and the Braves grabbed year-old was 3-11, with a Then there was the drug thing. Otis In an effort to rernaufctirre first. a 3-games-to-1 lead, before watching 5.64 ERA. This year they're both Cy Nixon, the team's sparkplug, was lead- Recreational Activities Director When things like this happen and the Yanks win the last three to take Young candidates. Glavine went 20- ing the league in stolen bases and bat- lye Johnson, behind the coaxing I grapple desperately trying to make the series. That was the Braves last 11 with a 2.55 ERA, and Avery won ting around .300 but apparently didn't ofRimrock HO. Director and L.A. sense of it, I look toward Plato, the appearance. 18 games, including four staighr vic- think a shot at a world championship Dodger fan Stacy Klippenstien, Greek philosopher who had a mag- can recall (with the possible exception The Twins won it all in 1987 but tories in the stretch. was a good enough reason to "just say changed the name of the flag foot- nificent grasp on the bounds of real- of that two-headed jackalope that was have gotten worse since then. Last It will be no surprise when Bobby no." Nixon failed a drug test in the ball team "BravesoverLA" to ity. born near Lewistown a couple of years year, both teams were horrendous. Cox of Atlanta and Tom Kelly of middle of the pennant chase and was "PiratesoverBraves (Chop-Chop)," As I searched for a reason that ago). The Twins finished farther out of first Minnesota are given -of-the suspended for 60 days. last Wednesda baseball somehow unchained itself True, each NL has a 1 in 12 chance place than any other team in baseball Year-awards. They both made bad The Braves did what winners do, On this week's schedule, from the laws of rational capacity, I of making the series and each AL team (29 games), and Atlanta lost more teams great in a hurry. though. They forgot about the gimp "BravesoverLA" are referred to as read w hat Plato said about such inex- 1 in 14, so the odds are OK. But tradi- games than any other team in the ma- Cox took the Braves from a9-game and completed the biggest turnaround the above mentioned name, despite plicable things, "wondralicus tion and common sense inidicate that jors (97). deficit in July into one of the hottest in history. Now they're the Atlanta Braves winning 'Pairs- monsrocial cerebeliuc profucicial," this is a one-in-a-million type of sea- Both teams had hitters, but pitching pennant races ever, saw the lead change playing the biggest turnarounders in day and Friday over the Pitt.** which translates directly to modern son. was the problem. The Twins had only half a dozen times, and won the NL history for a chance Pirates to capture the National English as "What a head-rush." The last time the Braves won the one last year who won 10 games west the day before the season's end. to make history. League title. This is the strangest occurrence I World Series, they were based in Mil- or more, but somehow have a staff full Cool. > What makes the accomplishment more