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After a 9-3 finish the year be- the defensive stars for their inter- fore, advancement to the NCAA ceptions, while John Merklinger 1 -AA Quarterfinals, and a ranking and Kevin Phelan led the offensive of seventh overall in the final 1 - AA squad for the day. The win placed 1981 poll, what did Coach "Tub- Delaware 13th in the 1-AA poll by" Raymond expect from his and served as a warm-up for the 1982 Fightin' Blue Hens who lost next contest — against hated Le- only five starters from the 1981 high. squad? An "average to minimal The Lehigh "jinx" was put to season" were his expectations. On rest the next week as Delaware the other hand, the pre-season 1- pulled out a stunning 20-19 victory AA poll ranked Delaware third be- in the last second of the game. hind Eastern Kentucky and Boise K.C. Knobloch's 24-yard field goal State. No matter who one listened on the last play made up for the to, the 1982 Delaware football sea- two attempts he had missed earli- son looked promising. Almost ev- er. What was even more remark- eryone agreed the toughest games able was that the Hen's last drive would be against Western Ken- started with only 1:32 left in the tucky, Temple, and Lehigh. game, on their own two-yard line, At the end of the home opener and down by a score of 19-17. against Western Kentucky, how- They marched the ball all the way ever, only Temple and Lehigh re- to the Lehigh seven with nine sec- mained as tough games. Delaware onds left in the game. The field easily beat WKU while Captain goal attempt was hindered by a Paul Brown's defense recorded bad snap, and Lehigh thought they their first shutout since 1979. had won. However, one second re- Quarterback Rick Scully passed mained on the clock and it had for 201 yards and two TD's to help been a first down play, so Dela- the Blue Hens extend their open- ware got a second chance. This ing day record under Coach Ray- time, the play was executed per- mond to 15-2 while recording their fectly. seventh straight hope opener win. Deserving game recognition Against Temple one week later, were receiver Paul Hammond who the Hens again found themselves caught eight passes for 126 yards, involved in a shutout. Unfortu- and Kevin Phelan who had a 45- nately, this time it was Delaware yard kickoff return and a 48-yard who was held scoreless for the first run from scrimmage. Defensively, time in seven years. The Owls de- cornerback George Schmitt and fense held the Hens to only five linebacker Shawn Riley each first downs and 139 total yards picked off their third interceptions while the Delaware offense pene- for the season. According to Coach trated the Temple 48 only once. Raymond, this game was the turn- Instead of a third straight win ing point of the season. against Temple, Delaware suf- The 11th ranked Blue Hens fered a humiliating defeat. Asked pushed their season record to 4-1 later, Coach Raymond felt the in- by squeaking out a 14-13 win over juries and the loss at Temple were host Massachusetts, one week lat- the low point of the season. The er. The difference in the score re- only bright spot of the game was sulted from Delaware cornerback that the tough Delaware defense Owen Brand's interruption of a allowed only one touchdown. The Mass. two-point conversion at- Owls kicked five field goals for the tempt with only 2:32 left in the remainder of the points. game. Massachusetts star runner Delaware raised it's record to 2- Garry Pearson was held to only 58 1 by topping Princeton at Dela- yards — 75 yards below his game ware Stadium. However, it took average. On the other hand, Blue three crucial interceptions and a Hen receiver Tim Sager emerged pair of late Rick Scully touchdown as a strong offensive threat with 84 passes to rally from a 17-14 deficit yards receiving including a 42- for the 35-17 win. Lou Reda, Bill yard pass that set up the game — Maley, and Ali Witherspoon were cont'd on page 155

154 Football F/rsf /tow; Bill Maley, Mark Steimer, Rick Scully, Peter Mill, Kevin Ferguson, Joe Valentino, Captain Paul Brown, Head Coach Tubby Raymond, Chris Wagner, Rick Titus, B.J. Osevala, George Schmitt, Owen Brand, Allen Figg, Ron Rossi. Second Row: Tom Pescherine, John Dardes, John Cason, Lou Reda, Cliff Clement, K.C. Knobloch, Dave MacGarva, Kevin Phelan, Mark Melillo, Stan Wiggins, Jim Pawloski, Ken Pawloski, Tony Munafo. Third Row: Danny Reeder, John Merklinger, Jim Newfrock, Joe Quigg, Blair Pierce, Garry Kasaczun, BobSzabo, Matt Conboy, John Gannon, Pat McKee, Mike Lane. Fourth Row: Mike Baeurle, Bob Boulden, Doug Martin, Jeff Haudenschield, Dave Wallace, Ron James, Chris Heier, Jim Badgley, Shawn Riley, Randy Smith, Tom Gibbons, Paul Hammond. Fifth Row: Steve Schelling, Tim Slagle, Dom Perfetti, Joe Esposito, Bob Wetzelberger, Jed Powell, Tim Sager, Orlando Whaley, Jeff Hynoski, John Laub, Joe O'Neill, Mike Harris, Ed Finney, Sixth Row: Gary Johanson, Eric Leaks, Ken Barnhard, Brian Farrell, John Fritz, Jay Curcio, Todd Gerber, Rick Scheetz, Guy Darienzo, Paul Chikotas, Greg Robertosn, Ali Witherspoon, Russ Snyder. Seventh Row: Joe McHale, Ken Murphy, Brad Taylor, Vaughn Dickinson, Randy Fink, Mike Anderson, Steve Pontiakos, John Spahr, B.J. Webster, Bob Uffelman, Charles Clark, Ray Wolak, Don Mazur, Chris Brown. Eighth Row: Manager Karen Reichert, Head Trainer, Dr. C. Roy Rylander, Assistant Trainer Joan Molaison, Assistant Trainer Keith Handling, Head Freshman Coach Tom Coder, Offensive Coordinator Ted Kempski, Defensive Tackle Coach Paul Billy, Defensive Coordinator Ed Maley, Defensive End Coach Paul Toth, Offensive Line Coach Gregg Perry, Offensive End Coach Bob Sabol, Defensive Backfield Coach Steve Verbit, Assistant Freshman Coach Bill Muehleisen, Manager Tim Palley.

winning touchdown. By most ac- counts, Delaware was now past the toughest part of its schedule. The team was ranked fourth in the NCAA 1-AA poll behind Eastern Kentucky, Miami (Ohio), and Colgate. Week five saw the Hens crush C.W. Post in front of a Parent's Day crowd of 18,868 at Delaware Stadium. Most of the regulars played only the first half since the score was 34-0 at halftime. Dela- ware's defense lost its shutout with only 42 seconds left in the game. The Hens first three scores were a Ricky Scully to John Cason six- yard pass, a Scully 14-yard con- nection to Phelan, and a Schmitt 45-yard interception return. The win boosted Delaware's ranking to third in the NCAA 1-AA poll as the team prepared for its Home- coming game against Towson State. The Tigers from Towson be- came the Hens fifth straight vic- tim as the Hens defense picked off five interceptions — all leading to cont'd on page 156

Football 155 touchdowns. This was before a was averaging 36.2 points per Homecoming crowd of 20,232 game and 425 yards of total of- which included White House Press fense per game. Secretary James Brandy. George In their regular season finale at Schmitt's two interceptions tied Delaware Stadium, the 9-1 Hens him for the all-time Delaware ca- were shocked back to reality as reer high of 15. Punter/fullback they had to hold off a hard-charg- Rick Titus had two fine coffin-cor- ing Connecticut team for a close ner punts in addition to his 88 win. The winning score was a Scul- yards rushing (including a 32-yard ly to Phelan TD pass in the fourth TD run from scrimmage). With quarter. With the win, the Hens help from a decisive defeat of Col- clinched their 13th Lambert Cup gate by Rutgers, Delaware moved and became only the fourth team into first place in the Lambert Cup in Delaware history to post ten reg- balloting. ular season wins. The team could Almost boring in their consis- now afford to look to the playoffs tency, the Blue Hens destroyed yet for the seventh time in ten years. another opponent the next week Their first opponent would be Col- for their seventh victory of the sea- gate, at Delaware Stadium. son. William & Mary could hardly The prospects of a national compete at all as Delaware ground championship seemed more possi- out 646 yards in total offense while ble a week later when Delaware the defense had a school-record stopped Colgate twice in the clos- seven interceptions. Fullback Dan ing minutes of play to hold on to Reeder and quarterback Scully their seven-point lead for the win. both rushed for over 100 yards (for Once again, Ail-American corner- the first 100-yard efforts of the back Schmitt came through with season). In defense, the trio of Lou two key interceptions (a record 12 Reda, George Schmitt, and Bill for the season) and a crucial pass Maley each pulled down two inter- deflection on the Delaware two- ceptions. Delaware had now yard line as the final gun sounded. blitzed its last three opponents by Other highlights included Phelan's the score of 161-35 and remained 56-yard punt return and halfback ranked third in the NCAA 1-AA Cliff Clement's game-winning poll. touchdown and two-point conver- After a week off, the Hens sion. The game was the last one at picked up where they left off and Delaware Stadium for the 23 sen- mauled West Chester 55-13. Over iors on the squad ... and was 20,000 fans were treated to a dis- called by many as one of the most play of power football — Delaware exciting games ever played there. style. The win put Delaware in a On December 11, the Hens tie for second place in the NCAA faced semi-final opponent Loui- 1-AA poll. Looking ahead, if Dela- sana Tech. Despite being in the ware were to beat Bucknell the cont'd on page 157 next week, they would clinch a spot in the playoffs, and probably earn one of the first round playoff byes. A week later, there really never was a doubt about it. Only three minutes into the game, quarter- back Scully raced for 74 yards and a TD which was all the Hens really needed on their way to a romp over host Bucknell. The win gave Dela- ware a bye in the first round of the NCAA 1-AA playoffs and thus gave them a chance to play Con- necticut on Thanksgiving Day. Schmitt intercepted his ninth pass to tie the Hen's single season re- cord, while Scully tied the Hens career record of 38 TD passes. Delaware would face either Boston U. or Colgate in the quarterfinals. At this point, the Delaware team

156 Football "I think we had an outstanding season. Howev- er, I don \ think people realize how much compe- tition we faced and what an accomplishment it was to get into the national championship game."

sunny south, the Delaware squad faced heavy rains and 30 degree SCOREBOARD temperatures throughout the DEL OPP game. However, the Blue Hens were bound and determined not to 31 WESTERN KENTUCKY 0 0 TEMPLE 22 let the conditions affect them. In a 35 PRINCETON 17 game regionally televised by ABC, 20 LEHIGH 19 the Fightin' Blue Hens proved that 14 MASSACHUSETTS 13 they were indeed for real as they 48 C.W. POST 7 shut out Louisiana Tech to ad- 51 TOWSON STATE 7 62 WILLIAM & MARY 21 vance to the 1-AA finals in Wich- 55 WEST CHESTER 13 ita Falls, Texas. Halfback Clem- 46 BUCKNELL 6 ent pulled in a 41-yard pass for his 13 CONNECTICUT 7 longest of the year, while free safe- 20 COLGATE 13 ty Ken Pawloski added a 24-yard 17 LOUISIANA TECH 0 14 EASTERN KENTUCKY 17 interception return to his credit for his personal best. OVERALL 12-2 The culmination of the 1982 football season for the Blue Hens promised to be perhaps their toughest game. Eastern Kentucky had beaten Delaware the last two times they had met — in 1977 and in the 1981 1-AA quarterfinals. The fact that this was the Pioneer Bowl on national television, seemed to make both teams ner- vous. Delaware got started first and seemed ready to post the game's first score when a dropped pass in the end zone denied them the touchdown. Even more demor- alizing was what came next. The Hens attempted a field goal which was blocked by EKU — and was returned all the way for a touch- down. Eastern Kentucky ran off ten more unanswered points and led 17-0 after three quarters. Dela- ware valiently tried to come back and did manage to score two touchdowns in the fourth quarter; however, time ran out as Delaware attempted a last desperate pass which fell to the turf. Delaware's offense outgained EKU's, 366 yards to 314 yards, but, in the end, only the score determined the win- ner. All in all, however, the Blue Hens posted a fine 12-2 record and have many happy memories to be proud of.

— Gregory Beaudoin

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• FIELD HOCKEY The University of Delaware the Hens caught fire and never field hockey team entered the 1982 looked back. The Hens won seven season loaded with question of their next eight games, outscor- marks. Bad feelings still lingered ing opponents 25-8, before the first from the end of the 1981 season Annual ECC championship tour- when the Hens failed to receive the nament. In the ECC tournament, at-large bid to the AIAW national the ever-improving Hens used championship, due to a technical their patented "team effort" style mishap. Furthermore, the Hens to whip LaSalle 5-0, and defeat entered the season having lost sev- Lafayette 3-0 for the champion- en seniors from last year's team, ship. Missy Meharg, the Hens six of whom had been starters. Ad- leading scorer in 1982, Sharon ditionally, the Hens faced one of Wilkie, Lisa Blanc, and Kathy the toughest schedules in the na- Hubin were all named to the All- tion; over half of their '82 oppo- Tournament team. nents were ranked in the NCAA's The Hens next avenged their Division I top twenty. earlier tie to Princeton by defeat- However, Coach Mary Ann ing the Tigers in the opening round Campbell remained optimistic. of the NCAA national champion- She did have five returning letter ship. Delaware then upset host winners, including tri-captains Temple 3-2, to advance to the Lisa Blanc, Kathy Hubin and semi-finals where they dropped a Sharon Wilkie, to form a solid nu- 2-0 game to Connecticut. Dela- cleus for the team. ware bounced back and concluded Delaware looked impressive in their outstanding season by whip- its opening two games, edging La- ping Penn State 4-0 in the consola- fayette 3-2, and trouncing LaSalle tion game, to give the Hens a third 7-1. The Hens then dropped their place finish in the nation. Sharon next two games to national powers Wilkie and Hen goalie Stacie In- Iowa and Connecticut, before re- delicarto, who improved through- bounding to defeat Penn 2-0, and out the season to finish with a 1.23 West Chester 3-1. The West Ches- goals against average and six shu- ter game marked Campbell's touts, were named to the all-tour- 100th victory as Delaware field nament team. hockey coach. As a tribute to the 1982 team Following the West Chester vic- effort, the Hens set school records tory, Delaware allowed Princeton for most goals in a season (63), and to score with only seven seconds most points in a season (90). They left to play, enabling the Tigers to also tied previous school marks of tie the Hens, 1 -1. Later that week, six consecutive victories, and six- Delaware dropped a tough 1-0 de- teen wins in a single season. cision to Penn State. These two games turned out to — Dave Olson be the low point of the season, as

158 Field Hockey ""100% team effort and positive attitudes cre- ated success."

SCOREBOARD DEL OPP

3 LAFAYETTE 2 7 LASALLE 1 1 IOWA 3 3 CONNECTICUT 4 2 PENNSYLVANIA 0 3 WEST CHESTER 1 1 PRINCETON 1 0 PENN STATE 1 3 MARYLAND 0 First Row: Joy Fehlinger, Jayne Cunningham, Tri-captain Lisa Blanc, Missy Meharg, 3 VIRGINIA 1 Denise Swift. Second Row: Gail Hoffer, Lynn Farrand, Jill Fuchs, Kathy Hudson, Linda RUTGERS 1 Schmidt, Tri-captain Kathy Hubin. Third Row: Assistant Coach Janet Smith, Assistant 2 6 TOWSON 0 Coach Anne Brooking, Tri-captain Sharon Wilkie, Anne Wilkinson, Stacie Indelicarto, 3 URSINUS Head Coach Mary Ann Campbell. 2 0 TEMPLE 2 6 AMERICAN 1 2- BUCKNELL 1 5 LASALLE 0 3 LAFAYETTE 0 3 PRINCETON 2 3 TEMPLE 2 0 CONNECTICUT 2 4 PENN STATE 0

OVERALL 16-5-1

Field Hockey 159 SOCCER "The team made the biggest winning goals in the last ten min- turnaround ever seen in one year." utes of the game. John Petito was So were the words of Delaware's then named ECC Player of the winningest soccer coach Loren week for his three goals and three Kline. Turnaround is almost an assists in two games. understatement though. The Dela- Bouncing back from the loss, ware soccer team came off of a 4- Delaware went on to win the next 11 1981 season during which they four games, including a 3-0 shut- had a nine-game losing streak, to a out over defending ECC champi- 10-5-1 1982 season during which on Drexel. After dropping the next they had a record-tying five-game two games, the Hens were in a winning streak. The booters also three-way tie for the remaining at- made it into post-season competi- large bid for the ECC playoffs. tion for the first time since 1976. The ECC Games Committee used After dropping their season their tie-breaking system to decide opener, the Hens began a five- which team was in; Delaware won, game rampage. They began with a and faced a tough American team. 3-2 win over the defending NCAA Although they suffered a disap- Division III National Champion, pointing 2-1 loss in the post-season Glassboro. Delaware was the first playoff game, the single goal, boot- team to defeat host Glassboro on ed in by Tri-captain Mike Walters, their turf in three years. After two set a new team record of 38 goals shutouts, the soccer team proceed- in a season, breaking the old 1970 > ed to their third, an exciting 2-0 mark of 37. Walters was the k team's second leading scorer with hill overtime victory against Lehigh. h;i: At this point, goaltender Dave six goals and four assists. Whitcraft was allowing an average Petito led the team and the ECC 0.84 goals per game, a .935 save in scoring with 14 goals and seven percentage, which earned him assists. He was also named Co- ECC Player of the week. MVP in the ECC, and to the first With Tri-captain John Petito team All PA NJ DE Region. Dave leading the team in scoring, the Whitcraft received similar recog- Hens won a thriller over Rider, 6- nition, leading ECC goaltenders 2, the highest single game goal to- statistically with a 1.25 goals tal for Delaware since 1976. This against average, and a .890 save night game also marked the five- percentage. For this, he was game winning streak to match the named to the first team ECC, and 1976 record. second team All PA NJ DE Re- However, the streak was gion. snapped in an exciting, yet disap- Thanks to the hard work, dedi- pointing game against host Phila- cation, and cohesiveness of the delphia Textile, ranked fourth na- Delaware squad, Coach Kline's tionally. Although Delaware led 2- "guarded optimism" was elabo- 0 at the half in front of a crowd of rately born out. 2,500, the national powerhouse caught up, and then scored the two — Susan Hertel

160 Soccer "The best soccer season at Delaware since 1976r

SCOREBOARD DEL OPP 1 ELIZABETHTOWN 2 3 GLASSBORO 2 5 FRANKLIN & MAR- SHALL 0 2 HAVERFORD 0 2 LEHIGH 0 6 RIDER 2 2 PHILA. TEXTILE 4 3 WEST CHESTER 1 Front Row: Ron Krebs, Jeff Pritchard, Tri-captain Mike Walters, Tri-captain Mike 3 DREXEL 0 Stanford, Tri-captain John Pelito, Bill Muldoon. Second Row: Todd Lorback, Tom Pease, 2 LOYOLA 1 Scott Neave, David Read, Dale Ewing, Rob Burt, Robbie Griffiths, Scott Von Kleeck, 5 ST. JOSEPH'S 0 Paul Hoffman. Third Row: Head Coach Loren Kline, Ann Boulden, Nancy Adelson, Rick 1 UMBC 1 Potts, Mark Finn, Guy Haselmann, David Whitcraft, Chris Carroll, Ken Whitehead, 0 BUCKNELL 4 Assistant Coach Marc Samonisky, Beverly Clark. 0 LAFAYETTE 1 2 PRINCETON 1 1 AMERICAN 2

OVERALL 10-5-1

Soccer 161 VOLLEYBALL Optimism abounded at the start spiking average. of the volleyball season. Ten-year The Blue Hens went to place coach Barb Viera was returning third in the University of Rhode with a 240-120-2 record. Seven Island Invitational, finally manag- letter winners, including co-cap- ing to defeat Hofstra for the first tains Donna Methvin and Kim time this season. Stephanie Tull's Grinnel were also returning from skillful play gained her a position last year's squad. And so, Coach on the All-tournament Team. Viera set the season's goal at win- Delaware hosted the first annu- ning the ECC Championship. al ECC Volleyball Champion- The women started strong as ships, and the Blue Hens grabbed they defeated both Bucknell and second place — again defeated by Franklin and Marshall. Later that Hofstra for the title. The women week the team traveled to the won all four preliminary matches Temple Invitational Tournament and beat Lehigh to advance to the where they split four matches. finals. Fine performances by Don- One of the season's brightest na Methvin and Debra Blair highlights was Delaware's first gained them spots on the All-Con- place at the Towson Invitational. ference team for 1982. The Hen's swept six opponents Donna Methvin also established without dropping a single game two new records during the season and then went on to defeat Virgin- as well as tying one of her own. She ia Commonwealth in the finals. had 300 perfect passes and a spik- Following that very impressive ing average of .431. In the ECC play, Delaware only managed to tournament game against Rider, win two out of six matches at the Methvin had ten kills in eleven at- Princeton Invitational. Losses in- tempts with no errors, tying her cluded a defeat by Hofstra, who own .909 single game spiking aver- had eliminated the Hens at the age. Temple Invitational. The women Even with such impressive indi- lost in the consolation finals to vidual performances, Coach Viera Maryland and only placed second was proud of the team's ability to in the consolation bracket. act as a "together unit." This At their own invitational, the year's team was one of the best Delaware women bounced back to ever percentage wise. However, place second to Georgetown. The because of the switch to Division I, team won five out of six matches, for the first time ever Delaware did which was their highest finish in not participate in a regional cham- their own invitational since win- pionship. Coach Viera felt "it was ning the title in 1977. Donna frustrating not to have had that op- Methvin continued to lead the portunity." team in serving aces, passing points, perfect passes, kills and — Lisa Currie

162 Volleyball "Teamness was excellent — their success was based on this more than anything else."

SCOREBOARD DEL OPP 2 BUCKNELL 0 2 F & M 0 2 BROWN 0 0 PENNSYLVANIA 2 2 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 HOFSTRA 2 3 UMBC 1 2 BUCKNELL 0 2 W. MARYLAND 0 2 VIRGINIA 0 2 CATHOLIC 0 2 GEORGE MASON 0 First Row: Co-captain Donna Methvin, Co-captain Kim Grinnell. Second Row: Debbie 2 VA. COMMWLTH 0 Blair, Rose Ann Scanlon, Valann Benner, Alison Bibbins. Third Row: Assistant Coach 0 TEMPLE 2 Paul Damico, Statistician Kara Maley, Lori Gabbert, Renie LeNoir, Stephanie Tull, Jane 1 HOFSTRA 2 Gailey, Ilene Fischamn, Trainer Jeanne Strzalkowski, Head Coach Barb Viera. 2 MARYLAND 0 0 RUTGERS 2 2 MCMASTER 0 1 MARYLAND 2 0 MARYLAND 3 3 EAST STROUDSBURG 1 2 PROVIDENCE 1 2 WILLIAM & MARY 0 2 MASSACHUSETTS 0 2 RHODE ISLAND 1 2 GEO. WASHINGTON 0 0 GEORGETOWN 2 3 WEST CHESTER 0 0 NORTH CAROLINA 2 2 RHODE ISLAND 1 0 GEORGETOWN 2 1 MARYLAND 2 3 LEHIGH 0 2 PROVIDENCE 1 1 HOFSTRA 2 2 SO. CONNECTICUT 0 1 PENNSYLVANIA 2 2 HOFSTRA 0 3 NAVY 1 2 LASALLE 0 2 LOYOLA 0 2 TOWSON 0 2 GEORGE MASON 0 2 DREXEL 0 2 TOWSON 0 2 RIDER 0 2 LAFAYETTE 1 2 LEHIGH 0 0 HOFSTRA 3 OVERALL 35-14

Volleyball 163 TENNIS Eleven hands clutched each oth- decade, 7-2. LaSalle then served as er in the middle of the circle; they a perfect ending for the Hens, as were already a bit sweaty with an- the Delaware women shut them ticipation. Then, sounding as if it out, 9-0. were a rehearsed word for the fina- In ECC Tournament play, the le of a grand show, "TOGETH- Hens finished with a commend- ER!" rang out. The circle of tennis able second place showing, and players disbanded. Three hours earned several individual victories. later and after soundly defeating Laura Toole claimed the #4 singles LaSalle, 9-0, the Delaware wo- title, and teamed with Doukakis to men't tennis team and Coach B.J. snatch the #2 doubles title as well. Ferguson celebrated the end of Doukakis, who entered the tourna- their record-breaking 13-1 season. ment as the top seed in #3 singles, This tally surpassed the old record fell to a Towson challenger in the of most wins in a season (10) re- finals. Meg Palladino and Mindy corded in 1981. The 13 wins also Hall pleasantly surprised everyone occurred consecutively, breaking in the #3 doubles position by upset- the old mark set in 1978 of eight ting the #2-seeded LaSalle pair wins in a row. and advancing to the finals. "Our first match was the only Carol Renfrew was then recog- loss of the season. The team just nized by receiving the ECC Aca- seemed to get stronger with each demic Athlete Award for 1982 match," said Ferguson. tennis. Earning a 5-0 ECC record After traveling to drop the sea- and a 13-1 overall record, the son opener to William Paterson, Delaware women's tennis team the women stayed on the road for was recognized for it's most suc- the next four of five matches. Thus cessful season ever. began their rampage. Unhindered And that was the finale ... a by unfamiliar turf, the Hens swept grand one at that. all five matches, winning 36 of the 45 individual meetings. Then, fi- — Susan Hertel nally back in home territory, the team defeated long-time rival Trenton State. Another thrilling victory followed immediately with a close win over ECC champion Lehigh. Hindman's and Palla- dino's win in #3 doubles clinched this 5-4 victory for the Hens. Two more long awaited tri- umphs were soon to come, as the netters struggled in "a total team effort" to humble Rutgers 5-4, for the first time since 1977. This match, however, put an end to the undefeated 11-match streak for #3 singles player Margie Doukakis. She did, though, end the season with the best individual singles re- cord of 13-1. Mylene Houghton followed close behind with a 12-2 #2 singles record. West Chester was the other un- suspecting victim, falling to the Hens for the first time in nearly a

164 Tennis "A team that worked hard together and won together!"

SCOREBOARD DEL OPP

3 WILLIAM PATERSON 6 6 UMBC 3 8 MILLERSVILLE 1 7 FRANKLIN & MAR- SHALL 2 8 SALISBURY 1 7 AMERICAN 2 6 TRENTON STATE 3 5 LEHIGH 4 7 TEMPLE 2 6 BUCKNELL 3 9 TOWSON 0 5 RUTGERS 4 7 WEST CHESTER 2 First Row: Mylene Houghton, Emily Stavis, Nancy Hindman, Captain Meg Palladino, 9 LASALLE 0 Mindy Hall. Second Row: Laura Toole, Susan Hertel, Darlene Deo, Margie Doukakis, Carol Renfrew, Coach B.J. Ferguson. OVERALL 13-1

Tennis 165 1 MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY The Delaware Men's Cross with an excellent individual per- Country team had a very success- formance. ful season under first-year coach Team confidence was regained Jim Fischer. Co-captains Scott as the Delaware runners went on to Williams and Chris Castagno led win two out of three of their next the team to a commendable 9-4 ECC dual meets, with victories dual-meet record despite injuries over LaSalle and Lafayette. The to some key people which, accord- Hens did lose to Bucknell, though, ing to Coach Fischer, hurt overall despite fine performances by Scott team performance. Williams and Bob Reuther. The Hens got off to an impres- Back home again, the Hens beat sive start by defeating ECC rivals American and followed with a vic- Lehigh and Rider. The men then tory over Drexel with Scott Wil- traveled to the Indiana University liams pacing the team as he had of Pennsylvania for the school's done all season. The Men's Cross twelfth Annual Cross Country In- Country season concluded with a vitational Meet, in which Dela- third place finish at the ECC ware placed fourth. Championships behind first place Hopes were high as the men's Bucknell (last year's champions as team returned home to host a qua- well) and second place Rider. Wil- drangular meet against West liams placed fourth overall with Chester, East Stroudsburg, and the second fastest time ever by a Millersville. Although they man- Delaware runner on the Fair- aged to beat West Chester, the mount Park 5.03 mile course. The Blue Hens were defeated by each Hens could definitely claim a suc- of the other teams — definitely cessful season. considered the low point of the men's season. Scott Williams, — Lisa Currie however, did manage to place third

166 Women'sCros s Country "Hard work and dedication produced a very successful season."

SCOREBOARD

DEL OPP 25 LEHIGH 30 23 RIDER 35 31 EAST STROUDSBURG 25 First Row: Reed Townsend, Ed Rowe, Steve Lantz, Jeff Harvey, Curt Pruder, John 30 MILLERSVILLE 26 Murphy, Bill Marra, Marc Susswein. Second Row: Tom Dadds, Joe Nieroski, DaveMills, 18 WEST CHESTER 44 Jeff Kase, Bill Rhodunda, Dave Koerner, Ernie Lugo, Mark Beaumont, Andre Hoeschel! 46 BUCKNELL 16 Paul Sords. Third Row: Coach Jim Fischer, Tom Cherney, Captain Scott Williams, Bob 22 LAFAYETTE 37 Reuther, Mike Fagnano, Captain Chris Castagno, Mike Hoppes, Don Scheibe, Brian 25 LASALLE 32 Crown. Not pictured: Alan Flenner, Jerry Gallagher. 15 AMERICAN 50 20 DREXEL 43 20 COLUMBIA 42 28 MANHATTAN 27 26 C.W. POST 30

OVERALL 9-4

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167 Women'sCros s Country WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY Like their male counterparts, At the NCAA District II na- the Women's Cross Country Team tional qualifying meet at Lehigh, was under the leadership of a the women were again disappoint- brand new coach — Susan ed to claim no higher than thir- McGrath, who said she was ex- teenth place of fifteen teams. Jody pecting a "challenging" season. Campbell, though, finished Also like the male runners, the twelfth individually, qualifying women demonstrated impressive her as part of the All-District performance from the very start of Team. the season as they swept a qua- In the first-ever ECC Cham- drangular meet against LaSalle, pionships for Women's Cross St. Joseph's, Mount Saint Mary's, Country, Delaware finished an im- and William and Mary. pressive second behind Bucknell The women then went on to — definitely the climax of the sea- place a solid fourth at the Trenton son. Fine individual performances State Invitational Meet. At the were rewarded as Jody Campbell following Temple Invitational, the claimed first place, Kim Mitchell women's performance gained third, Amy Crocker eleventh, them fifth place. Soon after, the Delia Myers fourteenth, and An- Blue Hens only managed to claim gie Pupo nineteenth. eighth place out of eleven teams at Coach McGrath was very the Bucknell Invitational, while pleased and proud of the whole Jody Campbell's excellent running season. gained her third place in the indi- viduals. — Lisa Currie

168 Women's Cross Country "I was extremely impressed with the dedication and caliber of the team."

SCOREBOARD

DEL OPP

25 MT. ST. MARY'S 30 23 WILLIAM & MARY 32 16 ST. JOSEPH'S 41 21 LASALLE 35 16 GLASSBORO 42

OVERALL 5-0

First Row: Co-captain Delia Myers, Co-captain Jody Campbell, Amy Crocker, Deannie Amend. Second Row: Monica Kinzey, Maureen Clarke, Kim Mitchell, Jeanne Reinhart, Coach Sue McGrath, Betsy O'Callaghan, Angie Pupo, Kim Borin. Mot Pictured: Paula Taglieri.

169 Women's Cross Country MEN'S BASKETBALL Their heights ranged from 5'8" nored as he acquired status as the to 6' 10". Sound like a discombobu- ECC West leader in assists with an lated group? One might think so. average of 7.4 per game. However, they were best friends — With a whopping record of 7-4, both on and off the court. This uni- the cagers dream abruptly ended ty no doubt helped the men's bas- with a heartbreaking one-point ketball team post their most suc- loss to Hofstra in the final second cessful season in five years under when guard Tracy Peal's basket at Head Coach Ron Rainey. En route the buzzer was ruled late. This dis- to an 11-14 tally, Co-Captains appointment was one of many, as it John Staudenmayer and Tim Carr became part of a four-game losing lead the squad with their hustle streak — the Hens fell victim to a and leadership. They also brought brief plague of bad passes, missed records into the new season. Cen- shots and lost rebounds. ter Carr was the leading rebounder Finally, the squad rebounded in 1981-82 with 166 (6.4 per themselves, and passed, slammed, game), as guard Staudenmayer and grabbed to lay claim to a .500 had the most assists for the season percentage for their next six (185-7.1 per game). games. The percentage could have However, perhaps feeling the been higher had it not been for an- loss of Delaware's all-time leading other one-point loss in the final scorer, Ken Luck (now playing for second which the cagers were un- the Washington Bullets), the willingly getting used to. After the cagers suffered a disappointing 3-3 spurt, that infamous Blue Hen season opener loss to Drexel. But last-second-loss was seen once pay no mind. Paced by guard Tim more as they bowed again to La- Tompkins' 15-points in an exciting fayette. The last Hen win over the one-point win over Washington Engineers was in December, 1968. College, the Hens caught fire and However, only a few games lat- proceeded to win their next seven er, and immediately before closing of ten matchups. out their season with a loss to La- During this streak, Delaware Salle in the quarterfinals of the traveled to Lakeland, Florida, ECC Tournament, Delaware de- where they placed third in the feated Rider in perhaps the most United First Federal Classic Tour- exciting game of the season. In nament. Carr and Tompkins were front of a home crowd of over a the star Hen performers as they thousand, with the score tied at 65 earned 28 and 30 point combina- a piece, play went into overtime. tions respectively in the two games After a Hen foul, Rider guided in played. two free throws to jump ahead 67- Returning north, a four-game 65. After a frantic Staudenmayer- win rampage then ensued. The Tompkins-basket connection, the streak was the longest for the Blue score was tied. Carr then inter- Hens since 1978. The Glassboro cepted an arching Rider pass, and game (a quarter of the win streak) with two seconds left on the clock, ended up being the season's high- 65 feet away from the basket, and est scoring game for the Hens with one hand, fired a perfect ball . . . 82 points. By the end of the four now THAT was some buzzer shot. straight victories, Carr was named The resulting 69-67 victory rifled East Coast Conference (ECC) Delaware into a third place finish Player of the Week for his show- in the ECC West. ings in the Delaware wins over Thus ended the men's basket- Glassboro and Baltimore. His ball squad's best season in half a overall 65.7 shooting percentage decade — a season during which also made him the top field goal each member played to his poten- percentage shooter in the ECC. tial. Staudenmayer was not to be ig- — Susan Hertel

170 Women's Basketball "A team that played to its potential for the whole season "

SCOREBOARD DEL OPP 44 DREXEL 51 61 WASHINGTON 60 54 LASALLE 55 70 LOYOLA 62 49 PRINCETON 69 71 TOWSON STATE 62 64 YALE 66 48 COLGATE 36 54 NAVY 52 First Row: Manager Tim Pallay, Rich Rainey, John Rogers, Jon Chamberlain, Co-Cap- 82 GLASSBORO 68 tain John Staudenmayer, Tracy Peal, Cliff Ross, Ralph Novak, Eric Wagner. Second Row: 69 BALTIMORE 54 Assistant Coach Ted Zawacki, Dave Penkrot, John Weber, Co-Captain Tim Carr, Tim 56 AMERICAN 68 Tompkins, Len O'Donnell, Brian Angielski, John Dove, Head Coach Ron Rainey. Missing 49 HOFSTRA 50 from photo: Oscar Jones, Kevin Martin 56 BUCKNELL 71 56 TOWSON STATE 65 63 LEHIGH 59 69 LAFAYETTE 70 48 EASTERN KENTUCKY 67 53 BUCKNELL 50 39 RIDER 46 67 LEHIGH 53 48 LAFAYETTE 49 58 WILLIAM & MARY 70 69 RIDER 67 62 LASALLE 102

OVERALL 11-14

171 Women'sBasketbal l WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Joyce Emory began her fifth about their experience, poise, and year as Delaware basketball coach balance. The Blue Hens' victory with an optimistic outlook for the over Immaculata, however, may 1982-83 season. Although the pre- have proved to be another turning vious year had been "disappoint- point of the season — this one un- ing record-wise (9-14)," Emory lucky. felt her returning players had Senior guard Phyllis Cubit was gained valuable experience that injured in the game and was subse- would help the team as a whole. quently out for the rest of the sea- The team's goal, then, was set at son. The next game, against improving on last year's record American University, proved to be and finishing high in the confer- the low point of 1982-83 — a ence standings. This was also the tough loss in overtime to end the first year for the women in East Blue Hens' winning streak. Coast Conference (ECC) play, Losses against Temple and and that provided the team with an Morgan State, in which junior Co- additional incentive. Captain Kathie Malloy sustained The Lady Blue Hens started the a knee injury that forced her to season well with a strong third miss all remaining games, fol- place finish in the Dartmouth lowed. A win over Kutztown was Tournament by beating Vermont the only other victory of the sea- after a loss to Dartmouth. Unfor- son. The Blue Hens finished out tunately, a series of three losses their regular roster with four followed the tournament, includ- losses, including defeats by ECC ing a tough overtime defeat at teams Rider and Lafayette. home by LaSalle. The women In quarter-final play of the first demonstrated incredible ability to ECC women's basketball cham- bounce back, though, as they com- pionship, the Hens fell again to the menced an incredible ten-game overwhelming power of American winning streak that was definitely University with a 73-63 defeat. the highlight of the season. The re- Cynthia Phipps was named to the turn of center Donna Werner, who second team for All Conference had missed the first month of sea- play, though, and freshman Meg son play, certainly helped spark McDowell received Rookie of the the Blue Hens' turn-around with Week honors for her fine ECC per- her high percentage shooting and formance. Their playoff inspira- effective rebounding. tions were dashed, but the women The streak, including wins over still had a much improved 12-12 Lehigh, Drexel, Bucknell, and season record. ECC leader Hofstra (in overtime), won the women compliments — Lisa Currie

172 Women's Basketball "We hare a young team that shows promise for the future."

SCOREBOARD DEL OPP

46 DARTMOUTH 57 62 VERMONT 56 52 NAVY 62 78 LASALLE 83 41 ST. PETER'S 80 68 COLGATE 62 73 GLASSBORO 59 First Row: Assistant Coach Gale Valley, Phyllis Cubit, Kathy Mannion, Nancy Lagar- 68 LOYOLA 60 enne, Cynthia Phipps, Jill Hamm, Co-captain Linny Price, Assistant Coach Robyn Mar- 82 LEHIGH 63 key. Second Row: Trainer Ginny Watkins, Sydney Roberts, Co-captain Kathie Malloy, 72 TOWSON 69 Meg McDowell, Ann Herchenroder, Jean Diver, Pam Nitsche, Head Coach Joyce Emory. 67 HOFSTRA 61 55 DREXEL 45 74 BUCKNELL 62 89 WEST CHESTER 49 63 IMMACULATA 53 68 AMERICAN 73 62 TEMPLE 90 71 MORGAN STATE 89 71 KUTZTOWN 58 62 RIDER 67 58 MT. ST. MARY'S 89 47 ST. JOSEPH'S 77 51 LAFAYETTE 67 63 AMERICAN 73

OVERALL 12-12

173 Women's Basketball WRESTLING Usually, a record of 5-12 is not ion. Although hampered by a neck something to get excited about. injury during the season, Bastian- However, the Blue Hen wrestling elli hammered his way to a 16-10 team had plenty to get excited decision over Lafayette's Joe Man- about during the 1982-83 season. dura to take home the title at 134 Coach Paul Billy's plans for the pounds. Bastianelli finished his team before the season started first season with a 14-9-1 record. were "hopeful but realistic, be- Another finalist, senior Pete cause of youth and inexperience." Kravitz, finished a fine career at He was right on target. Delaware by placing second in the A low point for the team was ECC's 190 pound division, losing losing to two teams, Widener and to nationally ranked Tim Morrison American, both whom had never of Rider College. Kravitz holds the beaten them before. record for the fifth fastest pin in The Hens saved their best for Delaware history, a :33 fall over last however, finishing the season Staubitz of Hofstra. with a strong showing at the East Freshman Dave DeWalt (167 Coast Conference (ECC) Cham- pounds), placed second in the pionships. The team placed fourth ECC's and sported an outstanding overall, their best since 1974. They 18-4 record in his first campaign. also boasted four finalists, unpre- Brian Yetter, wrestling at 150 cendented in Delaware history. pounds, had a fine season and Two of the finalists went on to win placed fourth in the ECC's. individual championships. By winning the ECC's, Phillippi One finalist was Captain Don and Bastianelli qualified for the Philippi at 177 pounds, who closed NCAA Championships in Oklaho- out his spectacular career by cap- ma City, Oklahoma. Unfortunate- turing his first ECC crown, edging ly, both received injuries while Drexel's Blair Weaver, 4-2. Philip- wrestling in the first round (Philip- pi finished his last season with an pi, a dislocated shoulder and Bas- impressive 24-3 record, and set a tianelli, a broken hand), and there- host of school records along the fore were disqualified. way. They include most wins in a Losing only three men to gradu- career (82), most team points in a ation, the Hens will be a little career (223), and most wins in a older, a little more experienced, season (27 in 1981-82). and a lot tougher next year. Freshman Paul Bastianelli started off his career in high fash- — Jim Tiger

174 Wrestling "After a dismal season, our four finalists in the ECC Tournament was a pleasant surprise."

SCOREBOARD DEL OPP

6 VA. MILITARY INST. 30 37 PENNSYLVANIA 9 13 FRANKLIN & MAR- SHALL 28 9 YALE 39 14 BOSTON UNIVERSITY 31 First Row: A1 Gorczynski, Eric Murray, Nick Grieco, Paul Bastianelli, Mark Beaumont, 19 WIDENER Brian Yetter, Scott Bieber, Vince Smith, Bill Nichols, Manager Tracy Fernandez. Second 23 31 Row: Head Coach: Paul Billy, Jeff Giles, Chris Kendall, Mike Zeto, Dick Barbour, GLASSBORO 16 39 Captain Don Philippi, Karl Schnabel, Frank Zaremba, Dave DeWalt, Frank Gorman, Ray SWARTHMORE 9 Pietak, Paul Joyce, Dan Nolte. 36 ELIZABETHTOWN 12 11 DREXEL 38 3 RIDER 40 17 GEORGE WASHINGTON 31 7 LAFAYETTE 38 10 RUTGERS 29 15 WEST CHESTER 23 46 LASALLE 6 17 AMERICAN 23

OVERALL 5-12

Wrestling 175 INDOOR TRACK

Does winning the East Coast grand finale to a grand season. Conference (ECC) Champion- ships sound like a dream for a first The men's season was not quite year coach? You bet. But, thanks as grand due primarily to inexperi- to the women's indoor track team, ence, yet there were several note- that dream came true for rookie worthy individual efforts through- coach Sue McGrath. The Hen out the season. runners raced, threw, and jumped En route to a 5-2 tally under for an overall record of 7-1 and the Coach Fischer, five school records ECC title. were broken. Dan Miller led the The season was highlighted by pack with his consistent top fin- the ten school records which fell ishes in the shot put. Miller fin- during the course of the meets. Co- ished with a 53'5 H" distance. captain Pam Hohler led this re- Tri-captain Anthony Johnson cord-breaking rampage by lower- added his name to the record books ing the 440-yard time by over with a 60-yard high hurdle time of three seconds throughout the sea- 7.62. James Madric sailed a record son to end up with a 59.4 mark. 48'l-1/2" in the year-old mark by She replaced the old 600-yard V2", as Jeff Simpson set a new high mark with a 1:28.15 showing, and, jump mark of 6'10-1/4". The dis- as if that was not enough, Hohler tance medley relay of Bill Mavia, was part of the record-breaking Mike DeMonte, Don Scheibe, and 880-yard relay team. Accompa- Mike Hoppes set a new mark of nied by Laura Fauser, Sue Tyler, 10:15.16, qualifying them for the and Trish Taylor, the women set a IC4A's. Miller, Simpson, and new time of 1:47.44. Johnson also qualified. Due to var- Laura Fauser also leapt to a new ious illnesses and injuries, Miller XTZ-Vi" mark in the long jump, was the only IC4A competitor and shattering the old record by over a he "did not have a good day." foot. Also in the field events, Nan- As for more optimistic high- cy Sottos set a new high jump re- lights of the season, the Hens cord of 5'3". Still off the track, swept a quadrangular meet during Carol Peoples destroyed the old the season, paced by first place fin- shot put mark, throwing the ball ishes of Bob Reuther (3 mile), 38'5". Kim Mitchell was not to Mike Hoppes (1 mile), Todd Far- be left out of the record books, as row (440), Mike Fagnano (2 she lowered the two-mile time to mile), and Steve Hansen (35- 11:13.1. The two-mile relay team pound weight throw). of Carolyn Ferrera, Liz Adams, Madric (triple jump) placed Loretta Reilly, and Jody Campbell first in the 10th annual Delaware also set a new time of 9:46.3, shat- Open, as Miller (shot put) was the tering the old record by nearly 25 sole top place finisher in the ECC seconds. Championship Meet (in which the In two first-time events, Linda men placed sixth). Considering the Paolozzi established the 1000- stiff competition in the Delaware yard run record with a 2:52.2 Invitational which was dominated clocking, as Lisa Scott covered by national powerhouse Penn 32'7" in the triple jump. State, Madric's third place, Grant During the ECC Championship Wagner's fourth place (pole Meet, five of the season's ten vault), and Scott Williams' fifth school records were set; Peoples place (3 mile) finishes need all be (shot put), Hohler (440), Camp- acknowledged. bell (mile, 880, two-mile relay), With all these records, a little and Linda Paolozzi, Carolyn Fer- more experience, and a little more rera, and Liz Adams (joining confidence, the Delaware men Campbell in two-mile relay) all track & fielders should come out placed first in their respective roaring next year. events; Campbell was named "Most Outstanding Competitor" — Susan Hertel by the coaches. It was definitely a

176 Indoor Track "They exceeded my expectations and won the ECC's."

hflAW SCOREBOARD WOMEN DEL OPP Mint 59.5 MT. ST. MARY'S 41.5 70 ST. JOSEPH'S 23 43 BUCKNELL 53 67 WILLIAM & MARY 38 77 TRENTON STATE 28 85 LASALLE 18 96 CATHOLIC 14 71 TOWSON STATE 43

OVERALL 7-1

"Confidence will help us to compete at our highest level."

SCOREBOARD MEN DEL OPP

45 PENNSYLVANIA 105 54 LASALLE 74.5 54 DREXEL 31.5 54 DELAWARE VALLEY 23 68 MT. ST. MARY'S 58.5 68 WEST CHESTER 43 68 CATHOLIC 11.5

OVERALL 5-2

Indoor Track 177 MEN'S SWIMMING Their first meet was their most loss to Drexel (who later placed exciting. When the Delaware men second in the ECC's). During the swimmers defeated George Wash- same meet, Randy Stone set a new ington University (GWU) in the 500-yard freestyle time of 4:50.9, last event of the meet by 1.5 sec- while Ganci entered a new time of onds, they were, in fact, setting the 1:43.5 in the 200-yard freestyle re- stage for the team's most success- cord book. ful season in over thirty years. After enthusiastically beating Under the exceptional direction Lehigh for only the fourth time in of Coaches Edgar Johnson and Pe- 31 years, the Blue Hens were back ter Brown, the men's swim team to their record-breaking ways. raced to a 6-2 tally and a fourth Against Lafayette, Ganci claimed place finish in the East Coast Con- his second school record by lower- ference (ECC). Before the season ing teammate Stone's 500-yard began, Coach Johnson hoped to freestyle mark with a 4:50.3 clock- capitalize on the tremendous im- ing. As if that was not enough, provement he saw during the Ganci laid claim to still a third 1981-82 season. school record when he turned in a Capitalize, he did, as the swim- 46.87 second time for the 100-yard mers lowered the times of five freestyle event in the ECC Cham- school records. Freshman Jim pionships. Ganci went into the Mullin started this rampage of re- championships undefeated in the cords when he broke the 1000-yard event, and finished sixth in the fi- freestyle mark with a time of nal race. 10:07.89. This occurred during the Chuck Morrison also decided GWU meet (Mullin's first colle- the championship meet was a good giate meet) right before the 400- time to break records, as he erased yard freestyle relay team of Rob the old 200-yard backstroke re- Stone, Joe Brennan, Pat Morris, cord and replaced it with his and Co-Captain Chuck Ganci 1:59.48 showing. The time got him clinched the 59-54 win for the a fifth place finish. Other valiant Hens. performances of the meet were Bill Glassboro was the next stage set Ryan's second place finish in the for a few new records. This time, finals of the 200-yard breatstroke, they were from diver Dave Hart- and the second place finish of the shorne. Hartshorne acquired a re- 400-yard relay team of Rob Stone, cord 166 points in the one-meter Randy Stone, Joe Brennan, and optional round. Ganci. Mullin then lowered his own mark by almost four seconds only a — Susan Hertel few meets later in the Hens' 44-69

178 Men's Swimming "Were still warming up."

SCOREBOARD DEL OPP

59 GEORGE WASHINGTON 54 73 WEST CHESTER 39 63 FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 47 55 AMERICAN 56 80 GLASSBORO 27 69 LEHIGH 44 First Row: Randy Stone, Steve Beattie, Dave Mentzer, Bruce Arnold, Marty Ferraro, 42 DREXEL 68 Mike Fosina, Brad Arnold, Jim Hoglen. Second Row: Assistant Coach Peter Brown, Co- 73 LAFAYETTE 38 Captain Dave Ford, Eric Declercq, Pat Morris, Tom Bettcher, Bill Ryan, Mark Monroe, Jim Mullin, Chuck Morrison, Head Coach Edgar Johnson. Third Row: Jeff Carey, Dave Strojny, Tom Vail, Joe Brennan, Mark Klinger, Co-Captain Chuck Ganci, Dave Chesler, OVERALL 6-2 Rob Stone. Missing from photo: Dave Hartshorne, Mark Lauriello, Bill Kuttruff, Howard Volinsky.

Men's Swimming 179 WOMEN'S SWIMMING

When talking about great col- tally I've ever coached." he said. lege coaches, most people think of In addition, depth is a very im- immortal ones like football's portant factor in winning meets, "Bear" Bryant or basketball's and the Hens had that. John Wooden — coaches that Jenny Sanders and Sue Lavery build dynasties. Well, here at were the big guns that lead the Delaware, though it is hard to call team. Sanders, a high school All- it a dynasty as of yet, the women's American recovering from an in- swim team Coach Edgar Johnson jury as a freshman, responded has begun a winning tradition couragously to her setback by win- through hard work and a winning ning the 50, 100, 200, and 500- attitude. yard freestyle races and anchoring In his four years as head coach victorious 200 and 400-yard free of the women's swim team, John- relay teams in the championships. son has compiled a 48-2 record, an She also won the meet's M.V.P. unbelievable .960 winning per- award. Lavery won all but one of centage. her races this season before a dislo- This year the lady Blue Hens cated shoulder kept her from com- swam their way to a 10-1 record, peting in the championships. but even more impressive was the The Hen's best event was prob- fact that they broke the school re- ably the 200-yard freestyle relay of cord for most consecutive wins by Co-captain Bev Angulo, Janet Ro- any Blue Hen team ever. den, Mary Carr, and Sanders. The old record of 34 consecutive They broke both school and pool wins (held by the men's track team records with a time of 1:39.24. in the 1960's) was eclipsed with Among the swimmers that add- their season-opening 93-56 win ed to Delaware's tremendous over Temple. From there, the team depth were Linda Hiltabiddle, increased the streak to 41, before Mary Jo Kennel, Dawn Mayers, finally losing to a great Drexel and Karen Jaeger. Hiltabiddle and team, the eventual winner of the Kennel were breastroke special- East Coast Conference. ists. Mayers was versatile, han- Despite the Hen's loss to Drexel dling three events a meet, while in the regular season, and again in Jaeger was the long distance ace. the championships, losing narrow- Sandy Krauss lead the diving. ly 593-581, Johnson said they swam their best times. "This — Tom Mackie year's team was the toughest men-

180 Women's Swimming "Team depth and individual courage helped us to achieve many of our goals."

SCOREBOARD DEL OPP

93 TEMPLE 56 90 GEORGE WASHINGTON 51 79 NAVY 70 71 FRANKLIN & First Row: Co-captain Lonnie Pugh, Sandy Loose, Terri Bearer, Helen Binkley, Beth MARSHALL Whitfield, Debbie Burfeind, Sandy Krauss. Second Row: Head Coach Edgar Johnson, 39 115 Rickie Peterson, Mary Carr, Dawn Mayers, Valerie Pyle, Kathy Keoughan, Maureen GLASSBORO 23 99 Murphy, Sue Lavery, Mary Jo Kennel, Tammy Chapman, Linda Smiddy. Third Row: Sue JOHNS HOPKINS 44 Forster, Jenny Sanders, Janet Roden, Rachel Kingsbury, Leslie Davis, Karen Jaeger, 98 TOWSON STATE 47 Linda Hiltabiddle, Jenny Heineman, Joan Bilotta, Assistant Coach Jeff Hechert, 45 DREXEL 68 tant Coach Peter Brown. Missing from photo: Co-captain Bev Angulo. 105 WEST CHESTER 38 67 LAFAYETTE 31 83 SHIPPENSBURG 46

OVERALL 10-1

Women's Swimming 181 ICE HOCKEY In what was supposed to have ry and linemate Mike Crowe on been a rebuilding year, the Univer- numerous occasions. The line of sity of Delaware ice hockey club Brown-Sherry-Crowe was one of surprised almost everyone by win- the most explosive in the league, ning the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate heading a powerplay that operated Hockey Conference title, defeat- at 40 percent efficiency. ing arch-rival Villanova two games Captain Fil Sherry was recog- to none in the best of three cham- nized for his efforts when he was pionship series. named the recipient of the The Wildcats, who had beaten MACHC Most Valuable Player Delaware the previous two seasons award, as voted on by the coaches. in the finals, were unable to con- Sherry was not only a leader on the tain the Blue Hen forwards and ice but off the ice as well, keeping solve the net-minding duo of Larry the extremely young team together Casula and Drew Parvin. The as a unit in their drive to the con- Hens dominated game one, win- ference title. ning 7-2, as Jon Aunet netted a Scott Winters was voted pair of goals and Mike Hadley tal- MACHC Rookie of the Year and lied the game winner. Goaltender Coach Pat Monaghan took Coach Larry Casula turned aside 35 of 37 of the Year honors for the second shots en route to the victory. The consecutive season. Hens made it a sweep behing the Hen players selected to the goaltending of Drew Parvin in MACHC First Team All-Stars in- game two at Villanova. clude centers Tim Brown and Delaware finished with a 9-2 re- Scott Winters, right winger Fil cord against MACHC opponents Sherry, left winger Jon Aunet, and and 20-6 overall. Although the defenseman Dave Carins. Includ- Hens never put together a winning ed on the Second Team All-Stars streak of longer than five games, were defensemen Chris Leahy and they played the consistent brand of Dill Lundstrom. hockey that makes champions, los- The Hens will lose leading scor- ing two games in a row only once, er Tim Brown to graduation, but that during the Crabpot Tourna- will return a number of freshmen ment hosted by the Naval Acade- and sophomores to next year's my. squad. This, along with the return The Hens leading scorer for the of MVP and Captain Fil Sherry, 1982-'83 campaign was Tim should make Delaware an early fa- Brown. Brown, with his excellent vorite for another MACHC cham- skating and playmaking abilities, pionship. set up leading goal scorer Fil Sher- — Bill Gurney

182 Ice Hockey 'MACHC Champions'

OVERALL 20-6

First Row: Tony Pasculli, Tom Wick, Larry Casula, Drew Parvin, Jeff Dombeck, Timmy Brown, Bill Lundstrom. Second Row: Jon Aunet, Jake Miller, Dave Carins, Hank Hanson, Mike Hadley, Mike Santori, Scott Schwartz, Dean Moore, Scott Winters, Captain Fil Sherry, Head Coach Pat Monahan, Troy Baldridge. Third Row: Mike Crow, Chris Leahy, Terry Lemper, Rick Tingle.

Ice Hockey 183 SOFTBALL After a rather slow start and a 7- was also a perfect way to enter the 9 record at about the midpoint of East Coast Conference (ECC) the season, the Delaware women's double elimination Tournament. softball team exploded, winning After losing the first play-off twelve of their final fourteen game to LaSalle 2-1, the sixth- games. This resulted in a 19-11 seeded Hens rebounded to upset tally, setting a new record for most Bucknell 1-0, Rider 4-0, #l-seed wins in a season. Towson 6-1, Lafayette 2-1 and La- Head Coach B.J. Ferguson at- Salle 2-1, before meeting LaSalle tributed the slow start "to bad again in the finals and falling 2-0. weather and a great deal of inexpe- This explosive turn-around by rience as a team unit." However, the Blue Hens earned Brown, Pat- after not too long, there were a few ty Freeman, Gail Hoffer, and The- more sunny days, a little more ex- resa Kugelmann spots on the ECC perience, a lot more wins, and All-Conference Team. Brown was some 31 individual/team records also recognized as the Hens Most broken or tied. Valuable Player. Freeman (pitch- With a 3-6 slate and the enthusi- er) earned a record 1.07 ERA in asm of Co-captains Marge Brown her 9-5 season. She also set records (first baseman) and Lynn Shra- for most shutouts in a season (5), mek (catcher), the Hens swept and most shutouts in a career (6). their first double header against Pitcher Sue Coleman earned a Princeton. After taking a 1-0 win 1.55 ERA in her 10-6 season. Her for the first game, a double steal by new records include most stri- Brown and Betsy Helm in the third keouts in a career (80), wins in a inning helped Delaware to a 10-3 career (25), innings pitched in a second game victory. In their next career (269), and pitching appear- twin bill, the Hens split with Tem- ances in a career (41). ple, the winning game being the Taking into account the Hens' first against the Owls since 1978. astounding strong finish, the sever- After a split with Villanova, the al new records set, the young team Hens lost the first and then won who very quickly learned about the second game against La- team unity, and the fact that the fayette, starting their seven-game Hens will only be losing two sen- rampage. Lehigh, Salisbury, and iors to graduation, the softball West Chester were all victims of forecast for the 1984 campaign is double header wins by the Hens. none other than excellent. This streak was not only a perfect — Susan Hertel way to end regular season play, but

184 Softball "With the majority of letterwinners returning in 1984, we look ahead to another promising season."

SCOREBOARD DEL OPP 1 LASALLE 5 6 LASALLE 0 0 TRENTON 3 3 TRENTON 6 5 TOWSON 12 2 TOWSON 1 First Row: Jill Fuchs, Jaren Zurlo, Carole Carter, Sheri Viscount, Michele Norris, Gail 10 DREXEL 5 Hoffer. Second Row: Trainer Brad Mitchell, Assistant Coach Robyn Markey, Terri 2 RIDER 3 Cavender, Betsy Helm, Patty Freeman, Donna Werner, Susan Coleman, Theresa 1 RIDER 3 Kugelmann, Co-Captain Marge Brown, Head Coach B.J. Ferguson. Not pictured: Co- 1 PRINCETON 0 captain Lynn Shramek, Lori VanSickle. 10 PRINCETON 3 2 TEMPLE 6 6 TEMPLE 1 2 VILLANOVA 1 4 VILLANOVA 9 2 LAFAYETTE 4 2 - LAFAYETTE 0 4 LEHIGH 0 12 LEHIGH 0 4 SALISBURY 3 9 SALISBURY 1 3 WEST CHESTER 0 8 WEST CHESTER 4 1 LASALLE 2 1 BUCKNELL 0 4 RIDER 0 6 TOWSON 1 2 LAFAYETTE 1 2 LASALLE 1 0 LASALLE 2

OVERALL 19-11

Softball 185 BASEBALL

At the onset of the 1983 season ting average. Vantrease, after great things were expected of the posting a personal 10-1 season Delaware baseball team and the slate on the mound with a 2.75 Blue Hens were not about to bring ERA, claimed the records for ca- their fans disappointment. The reer pitching appearances, and ca- contingent returned nearly a full reer innings pitched. The south- cast from the 1982 roster, includ- paw was known as Coach Bob ing Co-captain standouts Bob Hannah's number one hurler for Vantrease on the mound and Jeff his gutsy come-throughs in clutch Trout at second base. The two performances. were to lead a team that in 1982 Vantrease and Trout, along with was peopled with many freshmen catcher Mark Ringie and outfield- starters and still managed a win- er Andy Donatelli earned All- ning season and East Coast Con- ECC honors with Trout the Most ference (ECC) tournament crown. Valuable Player for the confer- Needless to say, the young talent ence. was expected to turn in a repeat In NCAA District II action, performance for 1983, but none Vantrease, Trout and Donatelli had foreseen just how far the Hens gained All-East Team honors would go. while Trout, third baseman Mike Delaware opened up with three Stanek, and left fielder Dave Just wins at home, but hit bad luck as a were selected to the NCAA East thirteen-game swing through New Regional Tournament All-Star Mexico produced a 3-10 southern Team where Just earned the Co- trip slate. Thus the Hens returned MVP award for the tournament. home 6-10, but the northern dia- For his outstanding perfor- monds welcomed them with wins. mances year long, Trout became The team wrapped up regular sea- one of Delaware's first co-winners son action with a 31 -14 log and 12- for the outstanding Senior Male 2 conference mark, good for the Athlete award and was named to ECC regular season and tourna- the First Team All-America at ment crowns. second base. The Hens advanced to post-sea- The Delaware baseball contin- son play in the Eastern Regional gent built upon last year's expecta- Tournament where they knocked tions for their success this year, off the number one, two, and three and with their explosive potential seeds, namely South Carolina, evidenced, the only recourse left is University of North Carolina, and to build higher in 1984. Citadel to place second in the re- — Delia Myers gion with a 6-2 tournament slate behind James Madison, who ad- vanced to the College World Se- ries. At season end, Delaware was fourteenth in Collegiate Baseball's national rankings, ending the sea- son with a 37-16 log. During the season the Blue Hen hitters and hurlers battered the Delaware re- cord books to break nineteen indi- vidual and team records and tie five more, with Co-captains Van- trease and Trout leading the as- sault. Trout, ending the season with a hefty .519 batting average, ranked as the nation's leading hit- ter. He personally claimed nine Delaware records for games, runs scored, hits, batting average, slug- ging percentage, total bases, dou- bles, and extra base hits all for bat-

186 Baseball "Any time you win a conference championship and advance to the NCAA tournament, you know you have an exceptionally fine ball club."

SCOREBOARD DEL OPP 7 VILLANOVA 0 6 HOWARD 2 12 HOWARD 3 8 IOWA STATE 3 Front Row: Ross Weinberg, Chris Curtis, Mike Stanek, Co-captain Bob Vantrease, Co- 4 NEBRASKA 15 captain Jeff Trout, Warren Post, Andy Donatelli, Dave Just. Second Row: Trainer 12 S. ILLINOIS 11 Mike Bernardo, Mike Piascik, John Veltzhoffer, Bill Stoughton, Mike Lloyd, Mike 6 NEW MEXICO 9 Hebert, Craig Burris, Assistant Coach Bruce Carlyle, Trainer Eric Lapham.' Third 3 NEW MEXICO 6 Row: Assistant Coach Marc Samonisky, Adam Kohler, Bob Carpenter, Andy Ci- 7 BRADLEY 9 chocki, Lex Bleckley, Tom Skrable, Mark Johnston, Mike Mcllevaine, Mark Ringie, 10 BRADLEY 4 Doug Schaab, Assistant Coach Jeff Taylor, Head Coach Bob Hannah. 7 S. ILLINOIS 13 1 BRADLEY 4 9 NEW MEXICO 10 8 SW MISSOURI 10 7 SW MISSOURI 11 3 NEW MEXICO 9 4 TOWSON 2 11 TOWSON 8 4 WAGNER 1 18 WAGNER 7 5 LASALLE 6 8 LASALLE 0 9 BUCKNELL 1 7 BUCKNELL 2 9 GEORGE MASON 1 3 GEORGETOWN 4 9 SALISBURY 3 18 DREXEL 6 12 DREXEL 4 17 LEHIGH 16 1 LEHIGH 10 9 GLASSBORO 4 12 RUTGERS 2 10 HOWARD 5 7 RIDER 6 8 RIGER 7 14 LAFAYETTE 5 9 LAFAYETTE 8 21 UMBC 3 14 GEORGE MASON 7 19 GEORGETOWN 3 2 LEHIGH 1 17 RIDER 3 5 RIDER 4 OVERALL 37-16

Baseball 187 There have been nothing but good times for the women's track WOMEN'S TRACK and field team since its conception in 1980 — good times on the track lap to the spirit of Delaware track in races and good times off as and field after the graduation cere- friends. This year, the four-year- mony wearing their caps and old contingent yields its first class gowns. of graduates and for those "found- Some special moments high- ing fathers," the 1983 season has lighted the 1983 season. The out- been an appropriate finale for their door campaign kicked off in freez- winning campaign. ing weather and snow flakes, but In many ways, 1983 was a year the Blue Hen athletes still pro- of "firsts." Under first-year Coach duced several records and personal Sue McGrath, the team produced bests. In the ECC championship its first undefeated season with a meet, Kim Mitchell was recog- 6-0 slate, and moved into post-sea- nized as the meet's co-outstanding son action to garner the first-ever women's athlete after winning the women's East Coast Conference 5000 meter and 10,000 meter (ECC) Championship. With that races. ECC crown, Delaware began a Tri-captain Pam Hohler earned conference tradition — for the the team's Most Valuable Per- ECC women's champion to land former award from her teammates their coaches in the steeple-chase and was voted Delaware's Out- water pit. It was also the first year standing Female Athlete for 1983 for the team to have any accom- by her peers in Delaware sports. plished high jumpers, and for While gaining numerous citations 1983, there were four. The quartet for achievement in her major, put together a second, third, Hohler also received the Eastern fourth, and fifth place showing in College Athletic Conference Mer- the conference meet. it Medal for academic and athletic The 1983 seniors established a excellence. tradition for each track and field Some special memories for the graduating class to come. The graduating seniors who originated foursome that helped to create the the team in 1980: W.W. Chach, team — Kathy Knotts and Tri- the Turtle Club, the bike ride to captains Pam Hohler, Julie Lin- the first team picnic, post-season denberg and Delia Myers, with relay qualifiers, and shades of first-year member Ann Marshall 1981 in pink and blue. all took one final commemorative — Delia Myers

188 Women's Track "Intensity and unity are just two factors that lead up to winning the ECC Championship

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89 NAVY 47 88 TRENTON 48 104 ST. JOSEPH'S 16 83.5 MILLERSVILLE 42.5 First Row: Liz Adams, Joanne Nowak, Nancy Lagarenne, Tri-captain Pam Hohler 86 TOWSON 49 Tri-captain Julie Lindenberg, Tri-captain Delia Myers, Linda Preston, Ann Marshall' 107 GLASSBORO 24 Barb Hobday. Second Row: Cathy Griffen, Lisa Kelley, Mary Davis, Trish Taylor' Laura Fauser, Sue Tyler, Kim Mitchell, Carolyn Ferrara, Linda Paolozzi, Jody Camp- bell, Audrey Menkes. Third Row: Assistant Coach Larry Pratt, Debby Schacklinsky OVERALL 6-0 Laura Clarke, Lisa Scott, Linda Mullaney, Leslie Davis, Tammy Tabor, Head Coach Sue McGrath, Jan Woolson, Linda Green, Ricki Peterson, Kim Borin, Carol Peoples, Nancy Sottos, Assistant Coach John Flickenger.

Women's Track 189 MEN'S TRACK After sharing only the shadows year. of the East Coast Conference Despite the plague of injuries, (ECC) limelight in the past few Delaware spotlights some out- years, the Delaware track and field standing showings. Dan Miller be- team, under first-year Coach Jim came the team's most dependable Fischer, put together a 1983 con- performer, winning nearly every tingent that promises to bring the shot put contest he entered, includ- Blue Hens back to the top of the ing a first place in the ECC Cham- ECC in the upcoming season. pionship Meet. For his efforts he The 1983 crew depended on earned the team's Most Valuable young talent for its success this Performer award. season, and with all that potential Greg Whalen also brought returning for 1984, the forecast is home first place honors from the in favor of wins. This year, Dela- ECC Championship Meet in the ware produced a deceptive 1-2 re- javelin. J.R. Quinn was the ECC cord and sixth place showing in the second place finisher in the discus, conference championships, but in- as was James Madric in the triple juries bit into nearly every event, jump. Madric also captured third holding back many of the Hen's place in the high hurdles. top performers. After 1979, Delaware lost its ti- Junior Co-captains Anthony tle hold in the ECC, but with the Johnson and Grant Wagner felt young talent now brewing for the the effects fo those injuries them- Hens, that title may soon return to selves with Johnson competing Delaware. only sparingly throughout the — Delia Myers

190 Men's Track Team Photo Not Available. "We hope that the experience gained this year will Team Roster: Howard Ashley, Tom Bacharach, Dave Britton, Chris Castagno, Tom Constant, Dennis DelRossi, Mike DeMonte, Chris Ellis, Mike Fagnano, Todd Farrow, thrust us into title contention next year." Alan Flenner, Steven Hansen, Tom Harach, Don Hollingsworth, Mike Hoppes, Wes- ton James, Co-captain Anthony Johnson, Howard Koenick, Ernie Lugo, James Ma- dric, Bill Marra, Kevin McNulty, Mark Merenick, Dan Milller, Dave Mills, Joe Nieroski, Bob Reuther, Bill Rhodunda, Don Scheibe, Paul Sheppard, Jeff Simpson, Paul Sords, Robb Stewart, John Straumanis, Nate Thompkins, Reed Townsend, Co- captain Crant Wagner, Joel Wagner, Kevin Walker, Greg Whalen, Scott Williams, SCOREBOARD Head Coach Jim Fischer.

74.5 RIDER 95.5 74.5 DREXEL 33 74 WESTCHESTER 81

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Men's Track 191 WOMEN'S LACROSSE — NATIONAL CHAMPIONS The Delaware Women's La- son I AIAW national champions. Lions 7-5. The best lacrosse of crosse team was the two-time de- In a skillful game of catch, cradle, their season came as they smashed fending AIAW Division II cham- and pass, the patient and accurate all of Temple's hopes in a 10-7 sea- pion before advancing to Division I shooting of Emas, Blanc, and com- son climax. The defensive unit of of the NCAA. The jump in divi- pany gave the Hens a 10-5 routing. Jackson, Brooking, Schmidt, and sion obviously didn't phase them as Jackson finished the day with 18 "Wooly" Devine all turned in out- they went on to win the national saves, earning ECC Player of the standing performances. The at- championship title for Division I. Week for her play. Delaware con- tack was also on key with Emas, They are the first team in the his- tinued to cruise by Glassboro, La- Blanc, Menarg, Wilkinson and tory of Delaware to win a national fayette, Loyola, and Virginia. Detar all scoring for the Hens. title at this level. Individual Penn State then smashed a 19- — Michael Breslin achievements include All-Ameri- game winning streak as they de- can status for Karen Emas, Kim feated the Hens 16-9. On a more Jackson, and Anne Brooking. positive note, Anne Wilkinson, Emas, the nation's leading scorer Lynn Farrand, and Denise Swift with 95 goals, was honored as the each scored two goals. The loss Most Valuable player in both the gave the team both a mental and East Coast Conference (ECC) and physical taxation that lasted over the National Tournaments. to the next night when Delaware The Hens battled through rough dropped a 9-10 loss to West Ches- weather throughout the season but ter. The Blue Hens ended their stayed tough and earned an 18 — regular season with a 12-2, 4-0 2 record. In this type of weather, it ECC tally. is hard to keep sight of the ball, Delaware entered the ECC players, and sticks; however, they tournament as the top seed to face never lost sight of their goal of Towson first. Unfortunately for making the national tournament. the Tigers, the Hens were hungry Also, there was no problem seeing for a win and tore into Towson, 28- the glow of pride that the team, 3, while setting school records for coach, and fans hold held for their goals in a game and largest victory efforts on and off the field. Head margin. Brooking scored her first Coach Janet Smith summed up career goal against Towson. The their efforts saying, "I have great win advanced the Hens to the first pride in this team. The young la- conference title game vs old rival dies play because they enjoy the Lehigh. Missy Meharg's back- game, and are successful because handed goal broke the tie score to they play their best." end a second sudden death over- The Blue Hens made their debut time giving Delaware the ECC ti- in Division I by rolling over Ur- tle. Five Hens were then named to sinus in a 19-10 victory. The Hens the All-Conference team: Emas, continued winning victories over Blanc, Brooking, Lisa Detar, and Rutgers, James Madison, and Linda Schmidt. Towson State. A rematch with Le- Delaware advanced from the high proved to be a tough game as ECC tournament to accept an at- Delaware emerged victorious in a large bid to the national tourna- 9-6 triumph. The Engineers tight ment. The Hens played the first zone defense gave the attack a sea- game in Newark and quickly dis- son low in scoring for a single posed of William & Mary 11-7. game, yet Delaware also only gave Next to feel the scratch of the up three points each half. After a fightin' Hens was third-seed Terp day of rest, the Hens played back of Maryland. The Delaware laxers to back games making Trenton toppled the Terps 11-8 and ad- State and Bucknell their next vic- vanced to the final four. On a rain tims. drenched field Delaware and Penn On April 19, the battle of the State finally faced off after a two- birds took place in Newark when and-a-half hour rain delay. Dela- the fightin' Blue Hens battled the ware played one of its best games Owls of Temple, defending Divi- of the season as they upset the

192 Women's Lacrosse "Just take one game at a time and have fun."

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19 URSINUS 10 20 RUTGERS 3 17 JAMES MADISON 7 21 TOWSON 6 9 LEHIGH 6 13 TRENTON STATE 4 First Row: Lynn Farrand, Missy Meharg, Co-captain Anne Brooking, Co-captain Rita 17 BUCKNELL 6 "Wooly" Devine, Linda Detar, Maureen Wilkinson. Second Row;: Assistant Coach Bev 10 TEMPLE 5 Leute, Trainer Jim Williamson, Karen Emas, Kim Jackson, Denise Swift, Linda 25 GLASSBORO 1 Schmidt, Lisa Detar, Lisa Blanc, Stacie Indelicarto, Manager Vicki Smith, Head 15 LAFAYETTE Coach Janet Smith. Not pictured: Anne Wilkinson. 3 15 LOYOLA 6 19 VIRGINIA 6 9 PENN STATE 16 9 WEST CHESTER 10 28 TOWSON 3 9 LEHIGH 8 11 WILLIAM & MARY 7 11 MARYLAND 8 7 PENN STATE 5 10 TEMPLE 7 OVERALL 20-2

193 Women's Lacrosse WOMEN'S LACROSSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

"To win a national champion- Bev Leute have worked together to ship anytime, anywhere is nice . . . produce an incredibly successful but now at Division I, it's simply team. Coach Smith's four-year sensational," says Janet Smith, coaching career at Delaware has head coach of Delaware's Wom- so far yielded a 54-11 record, in- en's Lacrosse team. cluding 49 victories in her last 54 If you look back on the season outings. With no scholarships for and its accomplishments, everyone lacrosse, she does no active recruit- can see a successful team sport. ing, but coaches "whoever is They have rewritten the record there." The greatest tribute to her books, had impressive victories, ability as a coach and the work of disappointing defeats, and an the team is their new NCAA Divi- amazing march to the NCAA sion I Championship title. Women's Lacrosse National In addition to this were their re- Championship title. When asked cords. In most cases, a few records the ingredients for such a success- usually fall during the course of a ful season, Coach Smith will say, sports season. In this case, Dela- "good conditioning, relaxation, ware's laxers had to buy a new and enjoying the game that you book due to the 22 team and indi- play is the answer." vidual records that they smashed On this team you will not find for the school and the NCAA. one standout as many might say, Karen Emas has a chapter in but you will find a team that this book almost all to herself. She stands out together and shines as holds most of the records for goals, one; from the experience of the at- assists, and points in a game, sea- tack in Karen Emas, Lisa Blanc, son, and career. Anne Brooking Missy Meharg to a great defense holds the defensive fielding re- in Kim Jackson, Anne Brooking, cords for interceptions and blocks. and Linda Schmidt to anyone else Kim Jackson's play in the goal has on the team or the supporters on earned her many saves plus respect the sideline; from the senior lead- as the Hens first line of attack. As ership of Anne Brooking, "Wooly" a team, they are the only sport in Devine, Lisa Blanc, and Linda De- the history of the NCAA to ever tar for they have given unyielding win a national championship the devotion. They have all become first year of competition after champions. moving up in a division classifica- Ways to describe this team tion. might include the usual: great, This is a team that has always outstanding, magnificent . . . yet, impressed their opponents with there are a few more that are also their skill and dedication to the accurate such as talented, record sport as well as their sportsman- breakers, and impressive players ship. With their skill comes the that know how to win, a team that knowledge of how to win; and, if plays as with a "total team con- asked what is needed for success in cept," and, most of all, "Champi- sports, they would say, "team ons." players." Talented players are always With this attitude, they will al- hard to find, but Coach Smith has ways be able to look back on their a complete flock of them. Most of tremendous achievements over the the talent is bred within the Dela- span of their collegiate athletic ca- ware Valley area with the excep- reers. They will look back with tion of Co-captain "Wooly" De- pride and love for their sports, be- vine who is from Potomic, MD. cause athletics has given them en- With the talent and experience joyment, competition, and good that they brought to Delaware, friends. Coach Smith and Assistant Coach — Michael Breslin

194 Women's Lacrosse "All of the players gave all they had to win . .. they should be very proud."

Women's Lacrosse 195 The potential seemed to be there, and so did the heart, but MEN'S LACROSSE somewhere between Lexington, Virginia and Ithaca, New York, a four-game winning streak over the Cinderella dreams became just Lafayette, Harvard, Baltimore that — distant dreams for the and Lehigh. In Delaware's next Delaware men's lacrosse team. At contest they faced a struggling the season's start the Blue Hens Adelphi team on a day when Adel- had hopes of at least a 12-4 record. phi did anything but struggle as After all, they were the defending the Blue Hens were turned away, East Coast Conference (ECC) bringing their slate to 6-5. champs for the past eight consecu- The Hens then faced a tough tive years. They had six returning Towson team for the ECC Cham- starters: Co-captains Tom Nuttle pionship. The Tigers took an early and Bob Smith, Alan Zugehar, 4-1 lead, but Delaware returned Tim Owings, Pat O'Connor, and the goals, edging Towson 5-4 mid- Pat Charles. They also had an ex- way through the second period. cellent group of freshmen includ- The Tigers fought back for an 8-6 ing high scoring Randy Powers, lead at the half, a lead which they face off specialist Steve Shaw, and never lost as they won the game a group of defensemen which in- 13-10 and the championship; a cluded Dan Harley, Joe Junior, championship title that Delaware and Bill Kemp. had held for the past eight years. The season started on a good Coach Bob Schillinglaw under- note with a victory over William & standably expressed this loss as the Mary. Then, in the Delaware mud, low point of the season. The Hens the "Mud Hens" fell to Rutgers 9- had been unwillingly stripped of 6 in a game where they out shot, their ECC title. out ground-balled, out face-offed, However, the gloomy morale of and generally outplayed the Scar- the team picked up quickly as the let Knights. This was a sign of the Hens played one of their best weakness that proved to be Dela- games of the season against na- ware's fatal flaw throughout the tional champion Johns Hopkins. season; they could not finish the Although Delaware lost, their 15- plays. 10 score gave the national power- In Delaware's next contest, they house a sure run for their money. travelled to Franklin Field where Finishing up the season winning they floundered through a lacklus- two of their final three games, the ter first half against Penn. Down Hens managed to compile an 8-8 10-3, the Hens put together a sec- tally — perhaps not what they had ond half surge, but time was the hoped for, but a definite improve- one opponent they could not over- ment on last year's 6-10 slate. come and lost the game 15-11. A few drills for precision on the However, Delaware rebounded field, proven potential, and a little with a close 10-9 victory over more "heart," are the sure keys to UMBC. After losing to Division returning the ECC crown to the III champion Hobart, 11-7 in a "Mud Hens" next year. well-played game in Ithaca, New — Bob Smith York, the Blue Hens played the Generals of Washington & Lee in a must-win game. After a 6-6 first half tie, Delaware went into a coma in the third quarter as the Generals scored six straight to take a 12-6 lead going into the fi- nal quarter. One play then oc- curred which epitomizes the whole Blue Hen season, when a ground- ball went the length of the field under all three Delaware defense- men's sticks. A General attack- man promptly scooped it up and scored. On a somewhat brighter note, Delaware then proceeded to run up

196 Women's Lacrosse Team Photo Not Available. "The players looked forward to the challenge of

Team Roster: Pete Carbone, Pat Charles, Charles Chatterton, Rutger Colt, Bob Con- playing many of the top ten teams in Division I." rad, David Darrell, Steve Darwin, Tom Flynn, Chris Guttilla, Dan Harley, Peter Jenkins, Joseph Junior, Mike Just, Bill Kemp, David Lagna, Dick Miller, John Moeser, Co-captain Tom Nuttle, Pat O'Connor, Tim Owings, Randy Powers, Bill Regan, Jim Rourke, Mark Seifert, Steve Shaw, Bill Slaughter, Co-captain Bob Smith, Dan Sterns, Dean Stocksdale, Myles Tintle, Peter Van Bemmel, David Watts, Jim Williams, Alan Zugehar, Head Coach Bob Schillinglaw. SCOREBOARD

12 WILLIAM & MARY 9 6 RUTGERS 9 11 PENNSYLVANIA 15 10 UMBC 9 7 HOBART 11 11 WASHINGTON & LEE 12 18 LAFAYETTE 6 9 HARVARD 7 9 BALTIMORE 4 26 LEHIGH 4 12 ADELPHI 17 10 TOWSON 13 10 JOHNS HOPKINS 15 12 BUCKNELL 4 10 PRINCETON 12 14 DREXEL 11

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197 Women'sLacross e MEN'S TENNIS

While other Delaware students psyched. The men listed above plus were soaking up the spring break wins from Eckhard (#1 singles) sunshine in Florida, the week spoon fed the defeats to the shut- proved to put a sort of damper on out victims. Delaware's men's tennis team. The With powerhouses West Chester Hens readily opened their season and Temple gone from the ECC in the Sunshine State only to leave this year, Delaware knew that La- it with a disappointing 2-4 record fayette, Lehigh, and Bucknell and a good tan. would be their main contenders. However, the losses in Florida The Hens proved they were ready didn't effect the men when they for the competition and brought returned north for ECC regular home second place honors, finish- season play. Under the guidance of ing only behind Lafayette. Head Coach Roy Rylander and Individual top honors went to the leadership of Captain Randy Sneeringer as he captured the fifth Cerce, the team rebounded to a fi- singles title by edging a Lafayette nal 7-7-1 tally. "Although the opponent 7-5, 6-4. Herak and Ker- team match record doesn't look dasha laid claim to the second dou- like much, four of those losses were bles title when they squeaked out a to top notch competition in Flor- 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 victory over a tough ida," said Coach Rylander. Lehigh team. Cerce reached the This competition hit right away finals in the fourth singles spot be- as Delaware dropped its season fore falling to a Lafayette oppo- opener 4-5 to Florida Institute of nent. Sneeringer teamed with Fur- Technology. Things didn't get long in third doubles to also earn easier as the Blue Hens then faced runner-up honors. 40 mph winds and the tenth Sneeringer finished an amazing ranked team in the country, Cen- rookie year of collegiate tennis tral Florida, and dropped a 5-1 de- with an overall 16-2 record and the cision. Freshman Sam Sneeringer team's Most Valuable Player at sixth singles was the only win- award. The whole Blue Hen team ner; doubles play was cancelled be- finished a tough yet enthusiastic cause of the wind. In losses to St. season with a commendable show- Leo's and Daytona, Sneeringer ing in the ECC's and hopes of was again the sole singles winner. building on their experience for an In Florida victories over Polk even more successful season next and Wright State, the depth of the Year- — Susan Hertel team shone a little brighter. It shone brighter still when Delaware returned to more familiar territory and played one of its best matches of the season, defeating ECC con- tender American, 8-1. Ron Kerda- sha (#3 singles), Cerce (#4 sin- gles), Gordon Furlong (#6 singles), and Chuck Herak and Kerdasha (#2 doubles) all came out on top after three-set matches. Herak (#2 singles), Jon Eckhard and Cerce (#1 doubles), and Sneeringer and Furlong (#3 dou- bles) also contributed to the team victory. Sneeringer remained un- defeated in, his fifth singles spot. Another highlight of the season was the Hens' shut-out of George- town. Not much later, Delaware gave Drexel the same treatment, getting themselves psyched for the ECC Tournament. After a disap- pointing sixth place finish last year, the netters needed to get

198 Men's Tennis "It was a good year, a strong team with excellent depth."

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4 FLORIDA TECH. 5 1 CENTRAL FLORIDA 5 8 POLK 1 7 WRIGHT STATE 2 2 ST. LEO 7 2 DAYTONA 7 8 AMERICAN 1 7 ST. JOSEPH'S 1 First Row: Jon Eckhard, Jamie Ferriero, Ron Kerdasha, Coach Dr. C. Roy Rylander, 2 WEST CHESTER 6 Second Row: Sam Sneeringer, Captain Randy Cerce, Chuck Herak, Mike Epstein, 4 BUCKNELL 4 Gordon Furlong. 9 GEORGETOWN 0 3 LAFAYETTE 6 3 G. WASHINGTON 6 9 DREXEL 0 5Vi F&M V/2 OVERALL 7-7-1

Men's Tennis 199 GOLF

Have you ever tried to drive a that wasn't the only time Towson golf ball 300 yards in a downpour? edged them for a victory. The Ti- Putt a golf ball on a soon-to-be-a- gers did the same in the ECC marsh green? Chip a golf ball out Tournament, defeating the Blue of a sand trap that's two feet under Hens by a mere five strokes. They water? It is not easy. Yet Dela- were the only ones Delaware ware's golf team tried it all. .. and bowed to though, as the Hens was very successful. Despite the brought home second place honors foul weather that plagued the golf from Cranbury Country Club. season, the Hens amassed an 11-3 They finished the two-day, 36-hole record. Head Coach Scotty Dun- tournament with a 793 stroke to- can feels that, of the ten matches tal. Individual recognition went to which were cancelled due to the Dave Ellsworth and Rick Kahl- weather, "being modest, we would baugh (Delaware's #1 player this have won eight of the ten." year) for finishing fourth and Thus, Duncan ended his twenti- eighth respectively in a field of ten eth year, complete with bragging teams and 70 players. rights for never having had a losing In one of Delaware's last match- season, as head coach of Delware's es, the Hens defeated Villanova golf team. with 382 strokes to produce the After spending spring break lowest score of the season. Ells- practicing on Florida's top-notch worth was the medalist winner golf courses, the Hens returned with 73 strokes, as Kahlbaugh and north to show off what they had Matone were close behind with 74 mastered. Show off they did as a piece. Delaware exploded to sweep seven With these accomplishments, in matches in a row. addition to the leadership of Cap- Then, perhaps their most excit- tain Kevin Lutz and the other vet- ing and most disappointing match- erans, Delaware golf has earned es occured simultanelously. In the respect as an Eastern golf pow- competition against Towson and erhouse. Says Coach Duncan, American, Delaware had a 419 "The pleasure in our program is stroke total; this score undermined the way the veterans handle the American's 425 strokes, giving rookies; they prove that winning Delaware the victory over last breeds winning. They did a great year's ECC champs. However, the job passing on pride, poise, and disappointment came when Tow- dignity — this is what Delaware is son snuck in a 418 total to win the all about." match by a stroke. — Susan Hertel Much to Delaware's dismay,

200 Golf "The entire East is already talking about the strength of Delaware golf in 1984."

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407 SWARTHMORE 455 398 LAFAYETTE 429 398 DREXEL 422 402 JOHNS HOPKINS 455 402 GEORGETOWN 424 391 LEHIGH 407 391 F & M 413 First Row: Robert Mattone, Mark Davis, David Ellsworth, Robert Kulawiec. Second Row: 419 AMERICAN 423 lead Coach Duncan, Richard Kahlbaugh, Paul Ritter, James Schwarz, Captain Keving 419 TOWSON 418 Lutz, Brad Hubleim, Assistant Coach James Kent. 382 VILLANOVA 407 385 GLASSBORO 416 385 MONTCLAIR 379 405 NAVY 371 405 YORK 415

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Golf 201 Who says you have to play for a — Sharp Shooters — Paul Loftus Varsity team in order to strut your — Softball: INTRAMURALS stuff at the University of Dela- Competitive — The Fever ware?! "Nobody" is the obvious Metro — Hezikia's Boys answer as over 1000 students par- Recreation — Totes ticipated in some fourteen wild "No Umpire" League — and crazy intramural sports. The Sleazers fourteen events were divided into — Squash — Doug Bennett 39 categories which resulted in all — Tennis — Matthew Corley kinds of fun!! Hats off to all those — Touch Football: enthusiastic players and especially Competitive — Delts to the winners: Metro — Brew Crew Recreation — Flirtin' With — Women Champions — Disaster — Basketball: — Volleyball — Bumbles Competitive — Kamakazees Bombers Recreation — 86er's — Field Hockey — Smyth — Coed Champions — — Indoor Soccer — Nets — Badminton — J. O'Donnell & — Racquetball — Susan Hertel J.E. Dick — Softball: — Broomball — Flying Dustpans Competitive — Russell Rustlers — Indoor Soccer — Caught in Recreation — The Foul Balls the Crease — Volleyball — Females — Innertube Water Polo — Phi — Men Champions — Kappa Tau — Basketball: Softball: Competitive — Hot Pepper Recreation — Don't Know Metro — Has Beens "No Umpire" League — For Recreation — Fun Bunch Women Only - Golf — ATO — Touch Football — — Indoor Soccer: Mental Midgets Competitive — Strikers — Ultimate Frisbee — Grateful Metro — No Fish Discs Recreation — ATO B — Volleyball: — Racquetball: — Competitive — The Smut Competitive — John Petito Recreation — The Warriers Metro — Mike Morrison Recreation — Robert Stern — Susan Hertel

202 Intramurals Intramurals 203