Athletic Competition Boasting a prestigious sports tradition, the university had a successful year in athlet- ics in 1984. ECC championships were taken in womens indoor track, womens outdoor track, womens Softball, womens lacrosse, and mens lacrosse. In addition to intercollegiate teams, the university also supports an extensive intra- mural program for students and hosts nu- merous high school championships and all- star games. As a special treat in the spring, the Mens Division I Lacrosse Championship was played at the university. The game saw perennial powerhouse Johns Hopkins defeat defending champion Syracuse on the last Saturday in May. The campus at the University of Delaware can be described as alive with athletics.

Driving towards the goal, Karen Emas leads the Hens past West Chester.

Construction of the east stands in 1970 answers the call for more seats at Blue Hen football games. Breaking a Tradition

he 1983 Blue Hen Football Coach Raymond, "as if he had tackles including two for Treturning starters had a been back there forever." losses. tough roll to fill. The 1982 Webster was selected offen- Coach Raymond felt that team came within one win of sive player of the game, com- "the season was a learning ex- the national title, and many pleting 8 of 13 passes for 148 perience for all involved. The observers felt that the 1983 yards and two touchdowns. players had to look some diffi- Hens could do as well. Prob- Todd Gerber, a junior corner- cult problems right in the eye lems remained for the 1983 back, worked hard for the 30- and face them." team as Coach Tubby Ray- 13 victory over William and Coach Raymond is enthusi- mond and his staff had to find Mary, and was named defen- astic about next year's sea- players to replace positions sive player of the game. son. There will be experienced opened by graduation. Re- The game with Penn was returning players, plus an un- placing these players was diffi- dominated entirely by the defeated freshmen team to fill cult and the Hens never lived Hens. They wasted no time in spots left empty by gradu- up to expectations with a 4-7 getting started, and rushed for ation. The 1984 season should record. 315 yards. The defense put Delaware back to its win- The highlights of the Fight- sacked the Quacker quarter- ning tradition. ing Blue Hens' season were backs eight times for a loss of back-to-back victories over 55 yards, and B.J. Webster and — Stephanie Cooper William and Mary and Penn. linebacker Greg Robertson B.J. Webster made his starting were named "Players-of-the- debut at the William and Mary Week." Webster completed Scrambling to elude the rush of Tem- 1 1 of 16 passes for three ple's line, B.J. Webster looks downfield game. Webster, a junior, di- for a receiver. Webster threw for two rected the Hens effort and touchdowns and 144 yards. touchdowns and a 54 yard completion performed according to Robertson was in on eight in the 23-16 loss.

n 1979, Blue Hen fans were Itreated to one of the most exciting and rewarding seasons in Delaware football history. The year was topped off with a 38-21 win over Youngstown State in the Zia Bowl to capture the Division II National Cham- pionship. The Hens finished the season with an overall record of 13-1.

260Women's Basketball After cruising in for six against Temple, Delaware's defense, led by captain Greg Dan Reeder circles out of the endzone. Robertson (56), Shawn Riley (58), and Reeder was the Hens leading rusher for Eric Leaks (74) throw Penn fullback the season and scored two touch- Chuck Nolan for a loss. The Blue Hens downs. went on to win 40-6.

FRONT ROW, Joe O'Neill, Ken Pawloski, Bob Szabo, Jim Newfrock, Tom Pescherine, Joe Quigg, Shawn Riley, Head Coach Tubby Raymond, Captain Greg Robertson, Pat McKee, Doug Martin, Randy Smith, John Laub, John Gannon, Tim Sager, Paul Hammond. SECOND ROW: Joe Campbell, Bob Boulden, Dave Wallace, John Cason, Mike Harris, Jeff Haudenschield, John Dardes, John Merklinger, Dan Reeder, Mike Lane, Orlando Whaley, Eric Leaks, Gary Johanson. THIRD ROW: Steve Schelling, B.J. Webster, Eric Hammack, Ron James, Todd Gerber, Joe McHale, Chris Brown, Tom Gibbons, Rick Sheetz, Guy Darienzo, Cory Pack, Jamie Pitt, Matt Haudenschield, Brian Farrell. FOURTH ROW: John Renaldo, Phillip Atwell, Steve Gildea, Bill Hunt, Dan Brodeur, Jay Curcio, Mike Anderson, John Spahr, Joe Esposito, Dom Perfetti, Steve Pontiakos, John Fritz, Ken Barnhard. FIFTH ROW: Jamie Dyevich, Mike Hoban, Jeff Modessit, Ken Murphy, Tom Chaby, John Gasson, Steve Young, Jeff Hynoski, Mike Netherland, Vaughn Dickinson, Gary Cannon, Mike Gaultney. SIXTH ROW: Bob Uffelman, Mike £aeurle, Walt Mazur, Chris Walsh, Todd Hranicka, Tim Slagle, Ed Dean, Jamie Robinson, Steve Butz, Charles Brice, Joe McGrail. SEVENTH ROW: Marc Rossi, George Herina, Drank Dowd, Paul Chikotas, Jed Powell, Charles Clark, Chris Heier, Tyrone Jones, BACK ROW: Manager Dave Ostrow, Head Trainer Dr. C. Roy Rylander, Asst. Trainer Joan Moaison, Asst. Trainer Keith Handlin, Offensive Coordinator Ted Kempski, Defensive Back Coach Steve Verbit, Offensive Line Coach Gregg Perry, Defensive Tackle Coach Paul Billy, Defensive End Coach Marty Apostolico, Head Freshmen Coach Tom Coder, Asst. Freshmen Coach Bill Muelheisen, Offensive End Coach Bob Sabol, Defensive Coordinator Ed Maley.

Football 261 4 A Break . . .

The frustration and anguish of John Gannon during the Hens loss to Lehigh exemplifies the disappointment of the football season.

The defensive unit of Delaware contains the Owls halfback as safety Jim New- frock brings down the runner.

Putting his leg into it, sophomore Mike Anderson punts against Towson State in the 1 3-4 loss.

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27 WEST CHESTER 35 30 WILLIAM & MARY 13 40 PENNSYLVANIA 6 19 LEHIGH 24 16 MASSACHUSETTS 13 4 TOWSON STATE 13 16 TEMPLE 23 26 JAMES MADISON 23 9 RHODE ISLAND 19 0 HOLY CROSS 24 7 BUCKNELL 20

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The strong defensive effort of Dela- ware forces a fumble by the Temple Owls. The Blue Hens played well but came up short, 23-16.

Pacing the sidelines, Head Coach Tubby Raymond watches his defen- sive squad hold Penn to a mere 58 yards total offense.

Halfback John Merklinger rushed 262 Football for 68 yards and a touchdown against Penn.

Leading The Pack In only its second season, Campbell and Mitchell ran in their Coach, due to their up the Womens Cross Country the East Coast District meet, and down performances. team ran well against excel- where most northeastern uWe had a lot of talented lent competition. The ladies schools competed. Campbell freshmen. It just took time for compiled a 4-2 record placed fifteenth and earned them to get accustomed to against ECC opponents, and All-District honors, while college running," she said. had a strong third place finish Mitchell finished just two Expectations are high for in the ECC Championships. places behind her. xxThey next year's team, since near- Highlighting the season were running with a lot of ly all of this year's team will was the team's outstanding people on athletic scholar- be returning. "Everyone had performance in the season ships," noted Coach a one or two minute improve- ending ECC Championship McGraff. "The most impres- ment this year. And with all race. Blue Hen runners took sive thing was that they were the first year runners, they the top two places in individ- competitive." should continue to improve," ual competition and third There were many first year said Coach McGraff. "It's a place as a team. "It was the runners who were affection- nice feeling to have." culminating event for cross ately refered to as yo-yo's by — Jim Colvard country," said Coach Sue

he Delaware women's cross McGraff. Tcountry team is two years The team was led by tri- old and sports a 15-2 dual meet captains Audry Menkes, Kim record. Much of the success can Mitchell, and Jodi Campbell. be attributed to the efforts of Jody Campbell who was the Delaware's leading runners Kim Mitchell and Jody Campbell placed ECC champion in 1982 and first and second in the ECC cham- placed second in 1983, just five pionships for 1983. The Blue Hens seconds behind teammate Kim went on to place third as a team in Mitchell. Campbell also placed the ECC's. 12th in the NCAA District II Cooling down after a run, Nancy meet in 1982, and in 1983 she Duarte and Colleen O'Connor get a placed 15th. drink after a tri-meet at the opening of the season.

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21 LASALLE 40 25 MT. ST. MARY'S 30 24 ST. JOSEPH'S 33 15 AMERICAN 49 FRONT ROW: Debbie Castelnuovo, Coach Sue McGrath, Colleen Murphy, 36 BUCKNELL 25 Lauren Lynam, Vita Rygelis, Nori Wil- Nancy Duarte, Peggy Hoppes, Kim 30 WILLIAM & MARY 25 son, Carolyn Ferrara, Liz Adams, Col- Borin, Jane Moore, Deannie Amende, leen O'Connor, Linda Southall, tri-cap- tri-captain Jody Campbell, tri-captain OVERALL 4-2 tain Kim Mitchell. BACK ROW: Head Audrey Menkes.

MMM Placing 17th, 18th, and 19th in the home opener, freshmen Nancy Duarte, Nori Wil- son, and Jane Moore roundout the team. Early in the season Duarte was injured but Wilson and Moore continued to place in meets throughout the season.

Out in front, tri-captains Jody Campbell, Audrey Menkes, and Kim Mitchell, set the pace in the lady harriers first meet against Mount St. Mary's, St. Joseph's and LaSalle. The victories were the 12th, 13th, and 14th in a row. Keeping The Pace

UDXC (pronounced yoo- cial meet that pulled every- junior Bob Ruether were the duks) is an acronym for the one together as a unit that top runners of the season. University of Delaware Cross stayed together through the Williams ran exceptionally Country team. It also de- end of the season." Williams well in the Championships, scribes the unity felt among also noted the number of finishing fourth in the IC4A's, all members of the team. This runners on the 1983 team as and third at the ECC's. comraderie can only be de- a strengthening factor. 41 The hopes are high for the scribed as the xxspirit of members made this season's 1984 season, with Scott Wil- UDXC." The team faced for- squad, one of the largest in liams the only person from midable competition during Delaware's history. the top five runners to be lost the season and performed Pat Sahan, a senior and tri- to graduation. xxWe have well, finishing the season with captain, was the inspirational some excellent people re- a 7-4 overall. The season leader of the team. Reed turning," said Coach Fischer, concluded with a 3rd place Townsend, Ernie Lugo and xxWe hope to be as strong (as finish in the ECC champion- Dave Mills ran well at the end this season), but it's going to ship and a fourth place finish of the season. xxWhen we be tough. Every team is get- in the IC4A Championships. needed a strong fourth or ting stronger and we have to xxThe Van Cortland meet fifth man, they really came improve just to keep pace." was the highpoint of the sea- through for us," mentioned son," said senior tri-captain Williams. Coach Jim Fischer — Jim Colvard Scott Williams. xxlt was a cru- noted that Scott Williams and

oached by Charlie Powell, Cthe 1981 men's cross coun- try team compiled a 10-2 record, placing third in the ECC cham- pionships and second in the ICCA championships. The harri- ers were led by John Wehner who is third on the all-time Delaware performers list at Pol- ly Drummond, the home course. Wehner has gone on as a scholar athlete at Princeton University.

Grimacing as he crosses the finish line, Brian Crown turns in a good per- formance against ECC foes Rider and Lehigh.

Leading the pack, Bob Reuther and Scott Williams two of Delaware's tri- captains, placed first and second re- spectively in the home opener.

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29 LEHIGH 27 22 RIDER 33 33 MILLERSVILLE 26 17 E. STROUDSBURG 42 20 WEST CHESTER 39 38 BUCKNELL 21 FRONT ROW: Jim Apostolico, Marc Dadds, Paul Preiss, Rob McCleary. 25 LAFAYETTE 31 Weisburg, Joe Compagni, Jim Col- BACK ROW: Head coach Jim Fischer, 15 DREXEL 50 vard, Pat Connelly, Patrick Castagno, tri-captain Scott Williams, Ernie Lugo, 20 AMERICAN 43 Steve Garrett, Jeff Mayers, Daron Reed Townsend, Joe Nieroski, Dave 28 C.W. POST 27 Harper, Luis Bango, Stuart Selber, Paul Mills, Brian Crown, tri-captain Bob 15 COLUMBIA 45 Olivere. SECOND ROW: Mike Stten- Reuther, Bill Marra, Mike Fagano, tri- captain Patrick Gahan, Mike Hoppes, kamer, Mike Malone, Jerry Gallagher, OVERALL 7-4 Jeff Harvey, Bill Lafferty, Andre Boes- Dave Koerner. chel, Curtis Pruder, Alan Flenner, Tom

Setting the pace, tri-captain Scott Wil- liams turned in a superb season, topped off by his fourth place finish in an eigh- teen team field at the IC4A meet.

Cross Country 267 Teamwork Is The Answer The success of the 1983 Hens. "Renfrew is a very cord. Women's Tennis team was, steady player throughout As a team the Hens scored in Coach B.J. Ferguson's each match," said Coach shut outs over UMBC, Frank- words, "due to an overall Ferguson. Renfrew had a re- lin and Marshall, Salisbury contribution of the team." cord 40 career singles wins at State, Towson State, and Rid- The Lady Netters had a Delaware, she also was voted er. Coach Ferguson, in her strong overall season, finish- Scholar Athlete of the ECC fourth year as head coach at ing with a record of 12-3, (5- for tennis for the second con- Delaware, pushed her record 1, ECC). secutive year. up to 38-17. In Coach Ferguson's opin- Mylene Houghton, Margie The outlook for the next ion, the match against Wil- Doukakis, and Darlene Deo, season is very good in Coach liam Patterson was the high- the number two, three, and Ferguson's opinion. The only light of the season. William five players on the singles loss on the team is Carol Ren- Patterson was the only team ladder were very important frew and the returning play- that had defeated the Hens parts to the 12-3 season of ers have a lot of match ex- in 1982, so the ladies were the Hens. Houghton ended perience. "We get better tal- out for a victory. And they the season with a 12-2 per- ent coming in each year," got it. The match was very sonal record, Deo was 1 1-3. said Coach Ferguson. close until the number two As a doubles team Houghton doubles team of junior My- and Deo sported a 6-1 re- — Stephanie Cooper lene Houghton and sopho- more Darlen Deo and the number three team of Mindy Hall, a junior, and Jeanne At- kins, a sophomore, came through with outstanding vic- tories that capped the match for the Hens. Senior Captain Carol Ren- frew, first singles player, was the top seated lady for the

Captain Carol Renfrew warms up for her match against arch-rival Temple. She compiled an 11-4 dual match re- cord during her senior season at Delaware.

On her way to victory, Beth Wein- stein serves against William and Mary. Undefeated thus far, she per- formed strongly out of the number four position to aid her team to a 9-0 thrashing of the Indians.

ne of the more outstand- Oing netters in Blue Hen history, Joyce Nidzgorski holds the record for the most singles wins in a season and is second in career wins. Her record setting 18-4 season was just the begin- ning of her outstanding career as she ended with 39 singles wins from 1978-81.

FRONTROW: Darlene Deo, Chris La- Houghton, captain Carol Renfrew, vin, Angela Chidoni, Beth Weinstein, Margie Doukakis, April Parsons, Mindy Hall. BACK ROW: Mylene Jeanne Atkins, coach B.J. Ferguson.

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9 UMBC 0 8 MILLERSVILLE 1 9 F&M 0 9 SALISBURY ST. 0 6 AMERICAN 3 3 TRENTON ST. 6 5 PATERSON 4 3 LEHIGH 6 8 TEMPLE 1 7 BUCKNELL 2 6 DREXEL 0 9 TOWSON ST. 0 1 RUTGERS 8 8 WEST CHESTER 1 9 RIDER 0

OVERALL 12-3

Following through against UMBC, soph- omore Margie Doukakis nets a win to help her team to an 8-1 victory. Douka- kis had a very successful season with an 13-2 overall record which was tops for the team.

Serving against William Patterson, Jeanne Atkins combined with Mindy Hall to win the third doubles match and clinch a team victory for Delaware.

Women's Tennis 269 Growing To Meet Challenges

After losing four starters volleyball season was Dela- captains Valann Benner and from the 1982 roster, the ware's own invitational tour- Ilene Fischman made signifi- 1983 Blue Hen volleyball nament. This year the Hens cant contributions through- team started the season wor- finished with consolation out the season. Alecia Henry ried about youth and inexpe- honors in a field of sixteen and Susan Stribey performed rience. Coach Barb Viera competing teams. Coach exceptionally well and were feels that "the volleyball pro- Viera was very pleased with elected to the ECC All-Con- gram is one of development. the way her players per- ference Team. Coach Viera We don't attract players that formed in the tournament. won the 300th victory of her are already good. We look She was especially pleased coaching career at Dela- for all-around good athletes, "with our win over Maryland ware, against Navy on No- and bring them up through in the consolation finals." vember 1. the volleyball program/' De- Alecia Henry was outstand- The outlook for the 1984 spite the inexperience of the ing in the tournament, with season is very optimistic. The team, "they progressed and 38 serving points and three Blue Hens will only lose three improved as the season went kills. Ilene Fischman also starters and the remaining along." The season ended played well with 22 serving players have good court ex- with a 31-18 record, 9-3 in points, one ace and 12 kills. perience. ECC. On an individual note, co- — Stephanie Cooper The highlight of the year came when the Hens cap- tured the crown at the La- Salle Tournament. Delaware went undefeated in all of the tournament's six matches. Alecia Henry led the Blue Hens with 40 service points, 36 passing points, and ten kills. Ilene Fischman, Sue Stri- bey, and Valann Benner were other standouts during the tournament. The biggest event of the y-v arbara Viera has finished D her eleventh season as the Blue Hen's volleyball coach All ECC Conference honors were awarded to senior Sue Striby topping with a lifetime mark of 306-152- off an excellent career at Delaware. 2. All of Viera's teams have ap- peared in EAIAW champion- Setting it up, junior Alecia Henry had ship tournaments, with the 1979 an outstanding season highlighted club taking the eastern crown. by superb performances in the La- Salle and Delaware Tournaments.

FRONT ROW: Co-Captains Valann Allison Agostinello, Lori Gabbert, Ale- Benner and Ilene Fischman. BACK cia Henry, Sue Landefeld, Diane ROW: Manager Melissa Woolley, Sowter, Sue Striby, Rose Ann Scanlon, Head Coach Barbara L. Viera, Kara Assistant Coach Paul Damico, trainer Maley, Clare Grehofsky, Patty Rhyne, Ellen Straut.

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1 MARYLAND 2 2 NAVY 0 2 LIBERTY BAPTIST 0 2 CATONSVILLE C.C. 0 2 UNIV. OF D.C. 0 1 VIRGINIA TECH 2 1 VIRGINIA 2 1 GEORGE MASON 2 2 LEHIGH 0 2 JUNIATA 0 2 WILMINGTON COL. 0 1 VIRGINIA 2 2 BUCKNELL 0 2 F&M 0 2 GEORGE MASON 0 0 PROVIDENCE 2 0 PRINCETON 2 2 BROWN 1 0 NEW YORK TECH 2 0 NEW YORK TECH 2 2 VILLANOVA 0 0 PROVIDENCE 2 2 WEST CHESTER 0 2 MASSACHUSETTS 0 2 MARYLAND 1 3 WEST CHESTER 0 1 CLEMSON 2 1 NORTH CAROLINA 3 2 GEORGE MASON 0 0 GEORGETOWN 2 3 LEHIGH 1 2 DREXEL 0 2 E. STROUDSBURG 1 2 SUNY-CORTLAND 1 2 TOWSON STATE 0 2 SUNY-CORTLAND 0 2 VILLANOVA 1 2 NAVY 0 2 UMBC 1 2 CATHOLIC UNIV. 0 1 VA. COMMONWLTH 2 0 LOYOLA 2 3 TOWSON STATE 1 3 DREXEL 1 2 LAFAYETTE 0 1 RIDER 2 2 BUCKNELL 0 1 TOWSON STATE 2 1 RIDER 2

Going for the kill, Lori Gabert ties Mary- OVERALL 31-18 land at seventeen in the consolation bracket championship of the Delaware Invitational Tournament.

Time for encouragement from Coach Viera during the Hens victory over the University of Massachusettes in the Delaware Tournament.

Volleyball 271 Performing Like Champions

The 1983 Blue Hen soccer "there were no outstanding half with a goal, and after team had a back and forth players and the team was that there was no stopping season, and attained it's first very close on and off the the Blue Hens. Their domina- conference title, ECC west field." Tri-captains, Chris tion of the second half was section champions. Canol, Dale Ewing, and Ken too much for the Lafayette Entering his 21st year as Whitehead, were major fac- players, and Delaware came soccer coach at Delaware, tors in the team's success. out on top at 3-1. Loren Kline had high expec- Whitehead, a center half- The team's closeness im- tations for the 1983 season. back, lead the team in goals pressed Coach Kline. The Seven starters were lost from and assists. Dave Whitcraft, players worked as a unit, as last season's team but an goalie, was selected as the reflected in the season's re- early win at the University of most valuable player in the sults. Maryland Invitational Soccer West Section of the ECC, The expectations for 1984 Tournament against Catho- with an .851 save percent- are very optimistic. Three lic University, 1-0, in the age. seniors will be leaving and the championship game, was a The most memorable rest of the team will be re- confidence builder for the game of the season was the turning with good regular young players. The Hens fin- Hens victory over Lafayette. season and post-season ex- ished the season with a 9-6-1 The Hens were behind 1-0 at perience. record. halftime, but Troy News- Coach Kline felt that wanger opened the second — Stephanie Cooper

he all-time scoring champi- Ton in Delaware soccer his- tory, Mike Biggs had 47 career goals between 1968-1970. He also holds the record for the most goals in a game, four in 1968. Biggs helped guide his team to the NCAA Regional Tournament in both 1968 and 1970.

Forward Rick Potts moves downfield in a 4-1 victory against Franklin & Marshall. Potts headed in Dela- ware's first goal of the game off a corner kick from Mark Haggerty.

FRONT ROW: Head Coach Loren Manager Kathleen Conneely, Dave Kline, Peter Aries, Todd Lorback, Da- Read, Ron Kline, Tom Brackin, Scott vid Whitcraft, Ken Whitehead, Chris Grzenda, Paul Strobel, Mark Hag- Carroll, Dale Ewing, Guy Haselmann, gerty, Hamid Hameli, Mark Finn, Troy Rick Potts, Tom Pease, Assistant Newswanger, Manager Beverly Clark. Coach Marc Samonisky. BACK ROW:

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1 ELIZABETHTOWN 0 1 GLASSBORO 2 4 F&M 1 2 HAVERFORD 0 2 LEHIGH 3 2 RIDER 0 1 PHILA. TEXTILE 3 2 WEST CHESTER 0 1 DREXEL 0 0 LOYOLA 2 2 ST. JOSEPH'S 0 5 UMBC 1 1 BUCKNELL 1 3 LAFAYETTE 1 1 PRINCETON 5 0 DREXEL 1

OVERALL 9-6-1

Dribbling past Lehigh, tri-captain Ken Whitehead takes the ball downfield. Le- high won the game 3-2 in overtime.

Defense was the key as Delaware turned in an outstanding performance against national powerhouse Philadel- phia Textile. Goalie Dave Whitcraft sparkled with 10 saves.

Soccer 273 Stickin' Tough After last year's third place breaker with five minutes re- for the conference. Head finish in the NCAA National maining in the third overtime. Coach Mary Ann Campbell Championships, the 1983 In the championship game was named Conference women's field hockey team against Lehigh, Delaware Coach-of-the-Year for lead- was looking for its sixth post- netted the first goal, once ing her team to a 13-6 season season appearance in the again on a Meharg score. But that included victories over past eight years. With a 13-6 Lehigh came back to tie, and three top-twenty teams, overall record and a 5-0 con- eventually win the honors in Temple, Ursinus, and Lehigh. ference record, the Hens the third overtime, 2-1. Coach Campbell attributes season came to an end in Four Delaware players the success of the Lady Hens Easton, Pa., at the East Coast were named to the AII-ECC to their total team effort, de- Conference Tournament. team: Denise Swift in the termination and selflessness. Captained by Jill Fuchs, backfield, Joy Fehlingerin the However, the members of Stacie Indelicaro, and Linda midfield, and Missy Meharg the team cited a different ele- Schmidt, Delaware began who lead the ECC in scoring ment to success and dis- their season with an impres- with 17 goals and 9 assists. played their feelings on a tro- sive win over conference foe Also named was Anne Wil- phy given to Coach Campbell Lafayette, 3-2. The Hens kinson with 1 1 goals and 4 that stated: "Miss C — The then traveled to Connecticut assists. Meharg also earned Key To Our Success" for the Husky Classic Tour- Player-of-the-Year honors — Paula Haines nament. After defeating La- Salle (7-1), and the Purdue Boilermakers (2-1), they fell to the 1982 National runner- up Connecticut, 1-0 in the championship game. three time All-American in A 1-0 victory over Rutgers A 1978, 1979 and 1981, Carol began an eight game winning Miller, a forward, accumulated 46 streak and was considered goals and eight assists during her the turning point by Coach four seasons at Delaware. She is Mary Ann Campbell. "Earlier second on the all-time point list, in the year we were not play- behind only Sharon Wilkie. ing as a unit and we only be- gan to function as a team against Rutgers, a tribute to the great deal of pride and character the ladies have." Highlighting the season was an impressive victory over fifth ranked Temple, 3- 2. Delaware rounded out its season with two triple over- time games in ECC tourna- ment play against Rider and Lehigh. In the semi-finals, Missy Meharg scored the tie

Battling for the ball against 13th ranked Lehigh, sophomore Anne Wilkinson and the lady stickers re- sponded to the challenge by blank- ing the Engineers 2-0.

Charging from the cage, the Hen backfield defends against a corner by Ursinus. The Hens had the upper hand despite the fact that Ursinus was highly ranked.

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3 LAFAYETTE 0 7 LASALLE 1 2 PURDUE 1 0 CONNECTICUT 1 0 PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 WEST CHESTER 0 2 PRINCETON 1 1 PENN STATE 4 4 VIRGINIA 5 0 MARYLAND 2 1 RUTGERS 0 9 TOWSON ST. 0 2 URSINUS 1 3 TEMPLE 2 2 LEHIGH 0 9 AMERICAN 0 4 BUCKNELL 0 2 RIDER 1 1 LEHIGH 2

OVERALL 13-6

Junior standout Missy Meharg eludes the defense of Princeton to score a win- ning goal midway through the first over- time period putting Delaware on top 2- 1.

Encouragement and support from Coach Mary Ann Campbell helped the Hens to a record setting eight game win- ning streak. During her career at Dela- ware, Coach Campbell has compiled a 129-50-23 record, and has established a reputation of excellence.

FRONT ROW: Joy Fehlinger, Maureen Stacie Indelicarto, Jill Fuchs, Linda Wilkinson, Lynda LeVan, Denise Swift, Schmidt, Gail Hoffer, Terri Cavender, Jen Coyne, Anne Wilkinson. BACK Beth Manley, Missy Meharg, Head ROW: Assistant Coach Janet Smith, Coach Mary Ann Campbell.

Field Hockey 275 Leaving Their Mark 1983-84 was the best of the all-time scoring leaders Of course, there were times for the women's bas- record. On February 6, at some down times during the ketball team. They compiled American University, Donna season, four losses come first an outstanding 22-4 overall Werner became the third to mind. The championship record that included an unb- player in Delaware history to loss hurt the most, especially lemished mark of 8-0 in con- score 1,000 points and to- since Delaware had beaten ference play. There were gether, these talented hoop- Towson State in regular-sea- hard times as well, especially sters amassed a total of son play by a score of 69-59. the 3 point loss to Towson 3,594 career points and This loss also ruined all State in the East Coast Con- 2,142 career rebounds. chance of receiving an ference Championship game This was far from just a NCAA bid, a fact that the and, subsequently, the loss seniors team, in fact, one women found hard to swal- of hope for an NCAA bid. outstanding aspect of the low after posting one of the However, the women on this season was that every player best records in the country. year's team were determined was important. The women However, their accomplish- to leave their mark on the re- were supportive of one an- ments and many wins far cord books, and they did just other, the essence of true outweigh any bad memories that. This was the winningest team work. Everyone put in about this year's season. season ever for the Lady Blue extra time and worked hard, — Jill Hamm Hens. not only for themselves, but The nucleus of this year's for the good of the team. team was it's four superb seniors. Kathie Malloy, Don- na Werner, Cynthia Phipps, Drixing in for two, Delaware senior and Linny Price have been Kathie Malloy led the Lady Hens to a playing together for four 61-57 win over ECC foe Lafayette, to complete an undefeated confer- years and developed a sixth ence season. sense between themselves, instinctively knowing each Pulling down a rebound against La- other's moves on the court. It fayette, Donna Werner finished her outstanding career ranking second is only fitting that their names among Delaware's all-time rebound- are listed consecutively on ing leaders.

elaware women's basket- Dball's first 1,000 point scor- er and all-time leading re- bounder Sharon Howett is shown here in a game against Immaculata College in 1977. In her freshman year, Sharon had 297 rebounds, an individual sin- gle season record. Howett fin- ished her career with 1,089 points and 1,009 rebounds.

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6 PRINCETON 54 64 NAVY 53 65 MONTCLAIR STATE 58 59 NORTHEASTERN 45 64 LASALLE 72 78 IONA 67 FRONT ROW: Gail Parr — Trainer, Emory — Head Coach, Kathie Malloy, 57 ST. PETER'S 55 Carolyn Hartsky, Cynthia Phipps, Ann Meg McDowell, Paula Polyanski, Don- 65 RICHMOND 59 Rutowski, Nancy Lagarenne, Jill na Werner, Sarah Gause, Ann Her- 66 KUTZTOWN 35 Hamm, Linny Price, Jill Joslin, Audrey chenroder, Gale Valley — Assistant 63 LOYOLA (MD) 56 Purcell — Trainer. BACK ROW: Jenni- Coach. 69 LEHIGH 63 fer Lucidonio — manager, Joyce 62 MORGAN STATE 60 71 GEORGE WASHINGTON 68 73 HOFSTRA 68 68 DREXEL 50 79 BUCKNELL 48 61 WEST CHESTER 66 81 IMMACULATA 59 71 AMERICAN 50 69 TEMPLE 83 Coach Joyce Emory gives defensive 79 RIDER 62 strategy during the ECC tournament 69 TOWSON STATE 59 semi-final game against Hofstra. Dela- 61 LAFAYETTE 57 ware went on to win, 74-56. 64 BUCKNELL 37 74 HOFSTRA 56 58 TOWSON STATE 61 Shooting a jump shot against Rider, sen- ior co-captain Linny Price adds to her scoring total which ranks her in the top OVERALL 22-4 six in the programs' history.

277 Women's Basketball Getting On Track The challenge to win re- shooting effort from the floor rhythm in an attempt to com- mained the same. After fin- and at the foul line was the pensate for last year's losses ishing under .500 last year, key to the Hen's winning to graduation. The Hens will Coach Ron Rainey, in his ways. Senior guard Tim lose six seniors this year, and eighth season at Delaware, Tompkins reached the 1,000 again Coach Rainey will have felt confident that the 1983- career points list by scoring to make changes to fill the 84 squad could fair better. when he scored eighteen gaps left by team captain Jon However, the Blue Hens end- points against William and Chamberlain, Tim Tompkins, ed the season below the even Mary. Tompkins finished his guard Tracey Peal, and oth- mark with a record of 11-16, career at Delaware with a top ers who have left their marks 6-10 in ECC play. five ranking on the all time at the field house. With play- The hoopsters toppled scoring list. ers like Oscar Jones, howev- ECC foe Lehigh and kept the In a rebuilding year, Dela- er, Coach Rainey doesn't feel year's remaining games with- ware coach, Ron Rainey filling their shoes will be too in a small point margin. The changed his approach and difficult. Hens tallied up a winning strove for a more up-tempo — Paula Haines streak of four consecutive games. Wins came against Glassboro (83-71), Columbia (68-63), and rival West Ches- ter (83-70). In the last game of the streak, Delaware de- feated American (78-75) in double overtime. Tracy Peal came off the bench to score 15 points, as well as the go ahead basket in the second overtime. The Blue Hens 6-10 ECC re- cord was good enough to earn them a bid in the ECC Championships. In the first round of tournament play, Delaware fell to Drexel in a 72-82 overtime loss. Sophomore transfer Oscar il-American forward Ken "OJ" Jones paced the Blue ALuck, "Delaware's Lucky Hens, leading scoring in dou- Charm," was an offensive key ble figures, and often leading for the Blue Hens in his four in rebounds as well. Strong year career at Delaware. Luck holds records in career points (1,613), and in career (.752) and Up in the air, Brian Angielski goes for season (.831 in 1979-80) free two of his ten points in an overtime loss to Lafayette, 61-58. throw percentage. For three of his four years he also led the From the sideline, Coach Ron Rainey team in points scored. watches as the Blue Hens defeat Le- high 83-67. Ken also had 82 career dunks, 45 in the 1981-82 season. In a game against Rider in 1981, Luck had 8 dunk shots.

278 Women's Basketball SEATED: Kelly Moron, Budd Heckert, Alter, Dave Pewkrot, Ken O'Donnell, Mike Wright, Jon Chamberlain, Oscar Tim Tompkins, Phil Carr, Chris Jones, Kevin Martin, Tracy Peal, John Dunker, John Weber, Brian Angielski, Dove, Ralph Novak, Harlan Eagle — Coach Kevin O'Neill, Coach Ron trainer. STANDING: Ron Jivsa, Steve Rainey.

Trapping a Hofstra ball handler, Jon Cham- berlain (21) and Tim Tompkins (42) play tight defense in a 64-51 win.

Sophomore guard Oscar "OJ" Jones plays a key role in a 57-56 win over ECC rival Tow- son State.

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82 WASHINGTON COLLEGE 79 55 DREXEL 72 63 ARMY 71 85 LOYOLA (MD) 83 44 PRINCETON 68 88 LOYOLA (ILL) 106 83 GLASSBORO 71 68 COLUMBIA 63 83 WEST CHESTER 70 78 AMERICAN 75 54 HOFSTRA 56 54 NAVY 57 72 BUCKNELL 87 65 WILLIAM & MARY 68 57 TOWSON STATE 56 83 LEHIGH 67 64 HOFSTRA 61 62 LAFAYETTE 68 69 DREXEL 65 62 BUCKNELL 84 68 RIDER 87 61 TOWSON STATE 62 80 LEHIGH 75 58 LAFAYETTE 61 42 AMERICAN 62 66 RIDER 69 72 DREXEL (ECC PLAYOFF) 82

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Men's Basketball 279 Gaining Experience Delaware's wrestling team matman with a score of 5-0. and difficulties, Coach Billy ended the 1984 season with With this victory, DeWalt said, xxThis has been a an 8-8-1 record, finishing claimed the title and ad- strange one." fourth in the East Coast Con- vanced to Nationals ranked Captain Larry Pennington ference tournament. After a eighth. Delaware's only other had a successful wrestling disappointing season in place winner was freshman season, rounding out his ca- 1983, the Hens came into the Tony Tolbert at the 190- reer by entering the ECC 1984 season with a new out- pound weight by defeating tournament for the fourth look and extra incentive to his Bucknell opponent by 21- year. Although Pennington excel. The addition of 11. did not place in the tourna- strength and depth in the The highlight of the season ment, his effort and drive lightweight and middleweight was when the grapplers provided the inexperienced classes enabled the Hens to snapped a seven year losing wrestlers with incentive to improve in their ECC dual streak against the West succeed. meets during the regular sea- Chester Rams with a score of Next year's prospects look son. 21-17. Winners included Cap- promising with the return of Sophomore Dave DeWalt, tain Larry Pennington, An- sophomore sensation Dave the team's 117-pound star thony DeFalco, Dan Tag- DeWalt who gained valuable performer, was a consistent lienti, and Dave DeWalt. experience in tournament source of points for the Head Coach Paul Billy fin- competition. In addition, An- team. Opening the season ished his 20th season at Dela- thony DeFalco, Dan Tag- with the Lafayette tourna- ware with an overall record lienti, and Mike Zeto will be ment, DeWalt broke a 30- of 163-109-5. Reflecting returning to anchor the year old record for the fas- back on the season ham- team. test pin in Delaware history pered by a range of injuries — Nina Patricola with a time of 19 seconds. DeWalt also broke the over- all season record with a re- cord of 24-1. In the ECC tournament, DeWalt was the only Dela- ware Blue Hen to place first by defeating a Lafayette

on Philippi, a 177 lb. ECC Dchampion in 1983, made Larry Pennington wrestling at 118 his mark in the Delaware record lbs., goes for a win over a Swarth- more grappler. Pennington won book during his wrestling career three matches during the tourna- from 1979 to 1983. Holding re- ment. cords in most wins in a season at 27 in 1981-82, and most wins in a Wrestling in the 150 lb. weight class, career at 82, Philippi's aggressive junior Jeff Giles goes for a pin against an Elizabethtown matman. style was unmatched. He ended his career at Dela- ware with a winning record of 82-25. Don also holds the all- time record for most team points in a career, at 223.

280 Wrestling SCOREBOARD

FRONT ROW: Larry Pennington, A.J. Barbour, Josh Salmanson, John Kra- DEL OPP DeFalco, Doug Schneider, Dan Tag- vitz, Dave Dewalt, Paul Joyce, Tom lienti, Paul Bastianelli, Jeff Giles, Bill Ni- Tice, Joe Backstadt, Assistant Coach chols, Mike Zeto BACK ROW: Head Jay Billy. 8 GETTYSBURG 29 Coach Paul Billy, Mike Gianforte, Rich 21 PENNSYLVANIA 21 57 WIDENER 0 GEORGE WASHINGTON 15 Dominating a Swarthmore grappler, sen- 31 SWARTHMORE 9 ior Bill Nichols is on his way to an unde- 42 GLASSBORO 9 feated day against Elizabethtown, 37 ELIZABETHTOWN 13 Swarthmore, and Glassboro. 33 6 F&M 37 DREXEL 30 Defeating an opponent in the Delaware 11 RIDER 47 Invitational Tournament, Blue Hen 6 LAFAYETTE 32 grapplers Bill Nichols goes for a win. 10 RUTGERS 32 Delaware placed fifth in the tourna- 18 14 BUCKNELL 38 ment. 18 HOFSTRA 19 21 WEST CHESTER 17 Delaware sophomore Dave DeWalt pre- 37 LASALLE 6 pares to pin a Morgan State wrestler in 10 AMERICAN 29 the Delaware Invitational Tournament. DeWalt went on to win the 177 lb. weight class and then received the Out- OVERALL 8-8-1 standing Wrestler Award. Success Is A Team Effort The University of Delaware ing leader Jon Aunet at cen- that they should share this ice hockey team had another ter, top goal getter Fil Sherry award. successful season during the at right wing, and Mike The hens will only lose 1983-84 campaign, compil- Crowe at left wing. Chris three players to graduation ing a 22-8-1 record en-route Leahy was named top defen- this year. Perennial all-star to the Mid Atlantic Collegiate seman and freshman Bob Jon Aunet and second lead- Hockey Conference Finals. Beck was conference rookie ing goal scorer in Delaware The year had many high- of the year. All three goalies history, Fil Sherry on the for- lights, including a regular sea- received trophies because ward line, and Drew Parvin in son conference log of 8-0, Delaware allowed the fewest goal. On the strength of making the Hens the only goals of any team in the these returning players the team ever to go undefeated M.A.C.H.C. Larry Casula, future looks bright, indeed, in league history. The Univer- Drew Parvin and Lindsay for the University of Dela- sity of Pennsylvania Class of Nonnenmacher competed ware ice hockey club. '23 Invitational Tournament with one another all year long Pat Monahan lured such prestigious teams for the starting job in the as M.I.T., whom the Hens Delaware nets; it was fitting handled easily in the opening round by a score of 12-1. In the semi-finals, no less than twelve separate skaters scored goals in a lop-sided 17-2 win over Drexel. Dela- ware defeated host Penn in the finals to capture the first place trophy. Senior forward Fil Sherry was named tourna- ment M.V.P. for his eight goal, nine assist perfor- mance. At another tournament in Pittsburgh, Pa., Delaware again rallied over its oppo- nents Duquesne (9-4) and host Carnegie Mellon (5-0) to capture that title as well. Goaltender Lindsay Nonnen- macher notched his first ca-

en senior Jon Aunet was reer shutout in the C.M.U. game, earning himself tour- Han integral part of the 1984 team which Coach Pat Mon- nament M.V.P. honors. aghan called the best team in the Although the success of history of Delaware Ice Hockey. the season was a product of With four league All-stars and total team effort, several the Rookie of the Year for the Hens were cited for individual Hens, it's no wonder the team awards. These accolades re- finished with an impressive 22-7- flect the respect that oppos- 1 record, the best in the ing coaches have for the M.A.C.H.C. players — not only for excel- lence of play, but for addi- tional personal effort. Of five places on the M.A.C.H.C. First All Star Team, Delaware captured four. League scor-

Battling on the boards, lineman Eric Vincent goes for the puck against an Upsala defender.

An Upsala lineman goes in for a shot against goalie Lindsay Nonnen- macher and top defensive-man Chris Leahy.

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FRONT ROW: Pete Mills, Scot Coach John Bishop, Phil Hernandez, DEL OPP Schwartz, Mike Santori, Bob Beck. Gregg Webb, Bill Cole, Dean Moore, 2ND ROW: Drew Parvin, Tony Pascolli, Jon Aunet, Drew Ryan, Scott Winters, 2 PENN STATE 6 Mike Hadley, Rick Tingle, Fil Sherry, Eric Vincent, Todd Jones, Gerry 11 GEORGE WASHINGTON 1 Hank Hynson, Dave Cairns, Bill Lond- Azato, Coach Pat Monahan. BACK 9 VILLANOVA 1 strom, Lindsay Nonnemacher, Asst. ROW: Mike Crowe, Chris Leahy, 17 DREXEL 2 Coach Rich Roux. 3RD ROW: Asst. Frank Nickel. 12 M.l.T. 1 7 U. PENNSYLVANIA 2 5 DUQUESNE 6 22 KEAN 0 4 PENN. STATE 5 9 DUQUESNE 5 5 CARNIGIE MELLON 0 11 DREXEL 1 1 U. SCRANTON 0 9 LEHIGH 7 8 U. PENNSYLVANIA 4 8 WEST CHESTER 6 3 UPSALA 4 6 NAVY 5 Head Coach Pat Monahan encour- 8 VILLANOVA 1 ages the offense of the Blue Hen 10 KEAN 2 skaters against Duquesne in a game 1 U. SCRANTON 0 which Delaware lost in overtime 6-5. 7 WEST CHESTER 1 Squaring off with an Upasla skater, a 11 UPSULA 5 Blue Hen skater tries to gain control 10 DREXEL 2 of the puck and set up a play. 7 LEHIGH 1 10 U.MARYLAND 2 Surging in for a score, Mike Santori aids Delaware in a 11-1 win over OVERALL 22-7-1 Drexel. Surging Ahead Of The Rest If any team could boast Hens only two losses came school, meet, and ECC re- that winning is second na- from ECC champions Drexel cords. In addition, she fin- ture, it would have to be the and Navy. The Navy meet ished second in the 200 and Delaware womens swim was the closet of the year, 400 IMs, was a member of team. Once again the Hen with Delaware falling by only Delaware's record setting swimmers powered their way two points, 71-69. The pat- 400 medley relay, and placed to a successful season under tern for most of the meets second in M.V.P. voting. Oth- the guidance of head coach showed Delaware over- er outstanding swims were Edgar Johnson. The women powering their opponents turned in by Beth Ann compiled a 10-2 record this with a combination of out- McCormick, Jenny Sanders, year and broke school re- standing individual swims as Linda Smiddy, Mary Carr, cords in several events. well as exceptional depth. Sue Lavery, and Ann Han- A great deal of the credit The women's team was al- sen, and Janet Roden. for this success belongs to ways able to fill up the pool The Lady Hens will be Coach Johnson who, in his with capable swimmers, and graduating several standout five years as head coach at they took most of the all im- swimmers this year, including Delaware, has compiled a 58- portant second and third Mary Carr, Mary Jo Kennel, 4 record. The team was also scoring places. Karen Jaeger, Janet Roden, aided by team leadership However, in the ECC Sue Lavery, and Ricky Peter- provided by co-captains Championships, the premium son. This group will surely be Mary Jo Kennel and Mary was on exceptional individual difficult to replace, but be- Carr. performances, a bill that the hind Brockson and other After graduating several Hens had no difficulty in fill- freshman standouts, the po- outstanding seniors in 1983, ing. Behind the outstanding tential exists for another year the 1984 Hens were con- swimming of Freshman Don- of swimming excellence. cerned about the strength of na Brockson, the Hens fin- — Brad Arnold their team. These fears were ished a close second to Delaware freestylers Jennifer Sand- quickly abated with impres- Drexel in the conference. ers (4), Beth Ann McCormick (6), and sive victories against rivals Brockston took first place in Laura Hooper (8), prepare for the start of the 200 freestyle in a meet the 100 and 200 breast- Temple and George Wash- against ECC foe Drexel. The Blue ington University. In fact, the stroke events, breaking Hens were upset 61-52.

wimming sensation Mary SCarr has dominated the Delaware water during her four year career. In 1981 Mary was a member of three record-break- ing relay teams: the 200 yard medley relay, 200 free relay, and the 400 free relay. Throughout her 1982 season, Mary broke re- cords in the 50 yard butterfly, the 100 fly, the 100 IM, and was a member of the 900 medley re- lay.

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82 TEMPLE 58 67 GEROGE WASHINGTON 45 69 NAVY 71 114 F&M 56 80 WEST CHESTER 33 93 GLASSBORO 42 81 AMERICAN 35 73 LEHIGH 39 52 DREXEL 61 Peterson, Laura Clarkson, Valerie FRONT ROW: Tammy Chapman, Ja- 79 TOWSON STATE 54 Pyle. BACK ROW: Helen Binkley, Ed- net Roden, Michele Fox, Laura 84 JOHNS HOPKINS 59 gar Johnson — Head Coach, Linda Hooper, Stacey Myers. 2ND ROW: 68 LAFAYETTE 31 Mary Jo Kennel, Ann Hansen, Beth Smiddy, John Schuster — Diving Ann McCormick, Jenifer Sanders, Coach, Barb Hockl, Carol Walters, Donna Brockson, Mary Carr. 3RD Jeff Heckert — Assistant Coach. OVERALL 10-2 ROW: Kelley Lawlor, Leslie Davis, Ricki

Cheering on fellow splashers, team- Freshman breastroker Donna Brockson, mates Bruce Arnold, Mike Fosina, Ann who earlier set a Delaware record in the Hansen, Kelley Lawlor, Valerie Pyle, 100 yard breaststroke, was a bright spot Laura Hooper and Ricki Peterson show in Delaware's 52-61 loss to rival Drexel. their spirit against Drexel at a meet in Against the Dragons, Donna set an- which the Hens came up short. other record in the 200 yard breast- stroke. Co-Captain Mary Jo Kennel paces her- self to the finish in a meet against La- fayette to wrap up the regular season. Delaware downed Lafayette 68-31.

285 Women's Swimming Gaining Respect The 1983-84 season was des- honors. Helping the Hens was tined to be important for the diver Dave Hartshorne who Blue Hen swimmers. The Hens took second place in both div- compiled a 6-4 record against a ing events. These two men very respectable crop of oppo- helped the Hens to outpoint ri- nents. The season proved once vals Rider and American. Jim again that the Hens are one of Mullin and Randy Stone also the powers of the ECC swim- turned in fine performances ming. with school record swims in the Several meets this year were 400 IM and 200 IM respectively. important for the injury laden The Hens will sorely miss the Hens. American University, who accomplishments of senior upset the Delaware swimmers Ganci as well as those of seniors last year by one point, were the Brad Arnold, Bruce Arnold, and first of two Blue Hen opponents Michael Fosina. However, re- that pushed the contest to the turning freshmen Ray Jackson last event. However, unlike last and Scott Many show great po- year, Delaware's 400 freestyle tential, and veteran swimmers relay team of Joe Brennan, Jim Mullin and Randy Stone Scott Many, Randy Stone, and promise to pick up the slack. Chuck Gerner defeated the Steve Beattie, Mark Klingler, American relay to win the meet Dave Chesler, Jeff Carey, and elaware's Paul Bernardino 61 -50, and gain revenge for last Dave Hartshorne will lead the checks his winning time D year's loss. rest of the veterans into next after taking first in place the In a similar contest, the swim- season with hope of furthering 1000 meter freestyle event in a mers from Rider College, came Delaware's growing reputation. 1976 meet. Paul holds records in into Carpenter Sports Building — Brad Arnold the 1000 yard freestyle, and in looking for a major upset. Trail- the grueling 1650 yard freestyle, ing with only two events remain- both set in 1977. That year the ing, breast-strokers Mark Pumping to the finish, Blue Hen senior men's swimming team ended Klinger and Steve Beattie fin- Mike Fosina edges out his Rider com- with a 7-4 record. petitors. Delaware won the meet ished 1, 2 in the 200 and set the against the Broncs, 61-52, on their way stage for a winner-take-all 400 to the ECC Championships. freestyle relay. Once again, Delaware's relay, anchored by Chuck Ganci, proved the team's depth and overpowered Rider to win the event, and meet. The ECC championships pro- vided even more excitement, and further established the Hens as a power to contend with. The Delaware swimmers finished fourth overall, and turned in some tremendous indi- vidual performances. The best of these was entered by Chuck Ganci. Ganci took first in the 100 freestyle, second in the 200 freestyle, and third in the 500 freestyle, bettering his school records and just missing M.V.P.

Blue Hen swimmer Randy Stone com- petes in the 200 yard IM against Drexel. At one point in the season, Stone was ranked in the top ten in ECC's. His time of 2:02.70 in the 200 yard IM was good for 9th place, and his time of 4:55.57 in the 500 yard freestyle earned him 10th place.

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41 GEORGE WASHINGTON 72 113 F&M 75 73 WEST CHESTER 40 79 GLASSBORO 33 69 VILLANOVA 49 61 AMERICAN 50 42 LEHIGH 70 39 DREXEL 74 64 LAFAYETTE 48 61 RIDER 52

Backstroking to the finish, Randy Stone OVERALL 6-4 competes in the 200 IM in a meet against Rider.

Striving towards the finish line, Hen stroker Ray Johnson gives the extra ef- fort for a Delaware victory against West Chester, 73-40.

FRONT ROW: Marty Ferrara, Joe Scott Many, Jim Mullins, Dave Hart- Brennan, Mark Monroe, Bruce Ar- shorn, Edgar Johnson — Head Coach, nold, Randy Stone. 2ND ROW: Steve Dave Chesler. BACK ROW: Mark Beattie, Mike Fosina, Brad Arnold, Klinger, Tom Boetcher, John Schuster, Chuck Ganci. 3RD ROW: Joe Beattie, Jeff Heckert.

287Women' sSwimmin g Shooting For the Green Delaware's golf team, led with 78. In the final matches helped the team to a tenth by strong individual efforts of the year, Gallagher rose place finish with a 973 team throughout the year, finished the occasion with a 72 total. with an 11-4 record, placing against Franklin and Mar- Sophomore Robert Mat- fourth in the East Coast Con- shall and another 72 against tone was honored for his per- ference Championships. The Glassboro State. Delaware formance as the winner of Blue Hens started the season won both matches, 384-385 the John Delucia Award giv- with an easy win over Swarth- and 384-414 respectively, en to the outstanding golfer more by a score of 396-444. finishing off the regular sea- of the season. Mattone's 80 Brad Hublein was the top link- son with four consecutive stroke average led the Blue ster shooting a 76. After a wins. Hen's in their impressive sea- successful mid-season Outstanding individual per- son. stretch, Delaware went into formers of the year included Coach Scotty Duncan was the final four matches with a an 80 stroke average by more than pleased with the satisfying 7-3 record. sophomore Brad Hublein. outcome of the season. Dun- At an important dual Hublein had a two day total can, who has completed match at Rutgers, the Blue of 159 at the ECC tourna- twenty seasons at Delaware, Hens defeated Rider 395-421 ment and a 249 total in the compiled a 273-76 career re- but came up three strokes prestigious EIGA Tourna- cord, the best of any Blue short to Rutgers with a score ment. Kevin Gallagher, Bob Hen golf coach in Delaware's of 395-392. Jim Schwarz led Mattone, Brian Phillips, and history. the team with a 77 stroke day Paul Ritter were also partici- — Paula Haines and Kevin Gallagher finished pants in the tournament and

Discussing the match, Coach Scotty elaware linksman Shaun Duncan adds up the days total after a DPrendergast was an inte- match against Glassboro. gral part of the Blue Hen's ECC Championship title in 1977. That Blue Hen linkster Jim Schwarz displays year the Hen's compiled a re- his form in the home opener against Swarthmore. Schwarz ended the day cord of 23-4. In his four years at with an impressive 77. Delaware, Prendergast was an ECC medalist (1975) and a Golf Coaches Association All-Ameri- can in 1977. He also holds the record for the lowest medal score (70 — 70 = 140) in the 51 year histroy of Eastern Intercol- legiate Golf Association Cham- pionships.

288 Golf Paul Ritter looks on as his teammate Kevin Gallagher makes an explosion shot from the sand.

Contemplating his putt, sophomore Paul Ritter shoots for an 80 against Glassboro State.

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396 SWARTHMORE 444 432 WEST CHESTER 433 432 PENNSYLVANIA 422 381 DREXEL 382 381 LAFAYETTE 389 406 JOHNS HOPKINS 464 421 LEHIGH 416 421 SWARTHMORE 434 432 NAVY 389 322 WIDENER 332 395 RUTGERS 392 395 RIDER 421 399 VILLANOVA 408 384 F&M 385 384 GLASSBORO STATE 414

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Chipping onto the green, sophomore standout Brad Hublein goes for par on hole six.

Following through on a shot, Kevin Gal- lagher ended the regular season in fine form shooting a 72 against both F&M and Glassboro State.

FRONT ROW: Kevin Gallagher, Scott Brian Phillips, Matt Unsworth, Brad Kelley, Bob Mattone Hublein, Coach Scotty Duncan BACK ROW: Jim Schwarz, Paul Ritter,

Golf 289 Championship Style After a season of hills and val- lent defense, senior co-captain leys, the Delaware women's Margie Brown tripled for her softball team won it's first ECC 100th career hit to score Chris championship finishing with a Morrow who doubled. Brown 17-13 record. then scored on a suicide The season, according to squeeze by Lisa Bartoli. Rider head coach B.J. Ferguson, was fought to come back but came one of "the most enjoyable" in up one run short as the Hens her four years at Delaware. held of to triumph, 2-1 and The team started out slowly, gained the ECC championship. losing a doubleheader to Prince- Individual honors were award- ton, both scores were 1-0. The ed to Margie Brown, Chris Mor- Hen's lost the next twinbill to row, Lori Hortan, Terry Caven- Trenton State and after the first dar, and Gail Hoffer in selection six games their record stood at to the ECC All-Conference 1 -5. Bats were silent, despite the Team. The 1984 team set sev- fine pitching performances of eral records, including winning senior Sue Coleman and Junior its 100th victory in Delaware his- Patty Freeman. The duo held tory. Coleman (7-6) had a re- teams to an average of one run cord setting .66 ERA and also a game. holds records for strikeouts in a After a second game victory career (102), wins in a career over Lehigh, the Lady Hens (32), appearances in a career went on a seven game ram- (56), and assists in a game (9). page, taking twinbill sweeps Freeman (8-7), posted a 1.35 from Drexel, Rider, and Buck- ERA and holds records for shu- nell. The defense was intact and touts in a career (10), and stri- udie Kujala was named the came up with brillant plays. keouts in a game (9). nation's top female soft- A The Hens rounded out the "Win together" was the atti- ball athlete as a senior, winning season winning 6 of the last 8, tude instilled to the team by the prestigious Broderick splitting with Lafayette, sweep- Coach Ferguson before each Award in 1977. She firmly estab- ing Towson and C.W. Post, and game, and winning together lished the sport at Delaware set- splitting with nationally ranked was the end result. The lady ting thirteen offensive records George Mason. hens will be losing five seniors to including seven that still stand, The Hens finished the regular graduation, but with nine letter- despite the expanded women's season with a 14-12 record, in- winners returning in 1985, the softball schedule. Kujala also cluding an impressive 5-1 ECC Delaware softball team looks served as interim coach of the record. forward to another successful Hens in 1980. The first playoff game was season. against Lafayette and the ladies — Jill Fuchs exploded for 10 hits and 8 runs, winning 8-2. Rider, the Hens' next opponent, was defeated by a 2-1 margin in a come from behind victory. After winning in the losers bracket, Rider faced the Blue Hens again and hand- ed Delaware its first defeat of the Tournament. The championship game was the longest of the season. After an 11-inning scoreless dead- lock, the superb pitching of Sue Coleman, supported by excel-

Striding into the pitch, co-captain Marge Brown swings away against Vil- lanova. Brown was the team leader in stolen bases.

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0 PRINCETON 1 0 PRINCETON 1 0 LaSALLE 2 3 LaSALLE 0 1 TRENTON STATE 4 7 TRENTON STATE 8 0 LEHIGH 3 6 LEHIGH 3 2 DREXEL 0 6 DREXEL 0 1 RIDER 0 1 RIDER 0 2 BUCKNELL 1 BUCKNELL 4 Fielding the ball, left fielder Terri Ca- 5 vender makes a play as Gail Hoffer 0 TEMPLE 1 looks on. Cavender had a fine year with 0 TEMPLE 1 a .235 batting average. 2 VILLANOVA 3 0 VILLANOVA 4 3 LAFAYETTE 2 Pitching sensation Patty Freeman fires 0 LAFAYETTE 3 in her fastball in a game against George 6 TOWSON STATE 0 Mason which she won 3-2. 5 TOWSON STATE 2 4 C.W. POST 0 Junior shortstop Betsy Helm scoops up 2 C.W. POST 0 the ball in a game against Villanova. 3 GEORGE MASON 4 Helm's defensive play led her to a .921 3 GEORGE MASON 2 fielding average and led the Hens to the 8 LAFAYETTE 2 ECC Championship. 2 RIDER 1 0 RIDER 4 2 RIDER 1

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rhe 1984 ECC Champions the Universi- y of Delaware Softball Team.

Softball 291 Plagued By Inconsistency

Marred by a season of in- Delaware returned home to Rider, 5-2. consistency and an uncom- begin conference play and The roller-coaster season promising Mother Nature, the after a doubleheader sweep of didn't stop four players from 1984 Delaware baseball team Towson State, the team ap- obtaining post season honors. finished with a record of 24-16- peared to be on track. From Junior Lex Bleckley was 1 and a third place record in then on, the Hens split twin- named the league's Most the East Coast Conference. bills with each of the ECC op- Valuable Player, senior catch- Despite 1 1 rain-outs includ- ponents en route to an 8-7 er Mark Ringie finished an im- ing the team's first three conference mark and a 15-9 pressive career at Delaware by games, a historic milestone record after the Albuquerque being named AII-ECC for the was reached April 1 1 when the trip. third straight year. Ringie's Hens captured their 1,000 vic- Inconsistency plagued the teammates named him the tory, a 14-7 decision over team even though the offense Club's MVP as well. Second George Mason University. boasted a robust .342 batting Baseman Mike Stanek as also The Hens opened up their average, good for tops in the wrapped up a fine career de- season with a 14 game Spring nation among Division I spite being hampered by a Trip in Albuquerque, N. Mex. schools. One week the club pulled hamstring for much of The team faired well tallying would score runs at will, the the year by receiving AII-ECC eight victories despite not next week, the pitching staff honors, and junior outfielder practicing outdoors before- would struggle as both depart- Andy Donatelli repeated his hand. Little time was needed ments could not collectively status by being named to the for the potent offense to ex- come together. AII-ECC team for the third year hibit its run scoring capabili- The ECC tournament held in three seasons. ties. Spearheaded by co-cap- the only opening for the Hens Although the Delaware tains Mark Ringie and Mike to reach the NCAA regional baseball team will be losing Stanek, along with rightfielder playoffs but after an impres- some key performers, only Andy Donatelli and shortstop sive 12-0 win over Rider, the good things can be expected Lex Bleckley, the offense kept club bowed out the next day for next year's baseball team. the club in contention. losing to host Lehigh, 7-4, and — Geoff Redgrave

rank McCann takes a Fhealthy cut in 1974 action. McCann, who played second base from 1973-76 was selected as an All-American in 1976 for his talent on offense. He holds several Delaware records in baseball including a .687 slug- ging percentage, 28 career tri- ples, 13 season triples, 72 career stolen bases, and 29 stolen bases in a season. McCann is currently active in professional baseball in the Montreal Expos farm system as a third baseman.

Starting first baseman for the Hens', sophomore Tom Skrable records one of his 261 put-outs in a double header against Lehigh.

Winding up to deliver his pitch, senior Mark Johnson had a satisfying year leading all Blue Hen pitchers with six wins.

292 Baseball Delivering his fastball, Geoff Redgrave had an impressive 3.92 ERA and com- piled a record of 4-2.

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4 WISCONSIN 5 15 MASSACHUSETTS 10 14 WISCONSIN 5 9 MASSACHUSETTS 5 0 NEW MEXICO 6 23 MASSACHUSETTS 8 4 NEW MEXICO 3 9 WISCONSIN 10 9 S. ILLINOIS 3 8 MASSACHUSETTS 11 2 NEW MEXICO 11 12 S. ILLINOIS 5 15 WISCONSIN 3 9 NEW MEXICO 9 7 TOWSON STATE 6 4 TOWSON STATE 1 14 LASALLE 13 20 ST. JOSEPH'S 2 7 BUCKNELL 11 8 BUCKNELL 0 1 WEST CHESTER 2 15 AMERICAN 3 14 GEORGE MASON 7 1 GEORGETOWN 2 4 RIDER 8 5 RIDER 4 12 WEST CHESTER 3 6 VILLANOVA 3 10 LEHIGH 2 3 LEHIGH 5 16 NAVY 6 2 RUTGERS 10 7 DREXEL 1 2 DREXEL 5 9 LAFAYETTE 11 9 LAFAYETTE 3 6 GEORGE MASON 7 20 GEORGETOWN 3 12 RIDER 0 4 LEHIGH 7 2 RIDER 5

OVERALL 24-16-1

Covering the area at second base, Mike Stanek, co-captain, finishes his career at Delaware by making his mark in the record book with 17 HR's in a season C83) and 72 RBI's in a season C83).

Keeping his eye on the ball, shortstop Lex Bleckley provides leadership to the Hen's throughout the season.

Baseball 293 A Winning Attitude A strong desire to win was Delaware opened up their sea- opening round of the NCAA the attitude taken by the 1984 son by playing Washington post-season tournament. Delaware Men's Lacrosse and Lee University. The Blue Hopkins, seeded number one Team. The team finished 12-3 Hens had lost to the Generals in the nation, beat Delaware during the regular season and in each of their past seven 10 to 3. After falling behind 7-1 was ranked eighth in the annu- games but Delaware was pre- in the first half, Delaware held al coach's poll. In addition to pared this time and was victori- the Jays to just three goals in this successful season came ous 14-4. That win planted the the second half. the first invitation that Dela- seed for the season. The big- The 1984 Men's Lacrosse ware has ever received to the gest win for Delaware came Team met all of their pre-sea- NCAA post season lacrosse against 6th ranked Rutgers, as son goals. Every game was tournament. the Hens stunned the Scarlett characterized by solid lacrosse The spring season began in Knights 7-4. Victories over C. and cohesive perserverence. early February with team W. Post, Adelphi, and Prince- In addition the team was able members performing in time ton, boosted the Blue Hens to generate support among trials and weight-lifting tests. into the top ten. The East students and local media- Coach Shillinglaw and his two Coast Conference title was something unheard of in the new assistant coaches, Matt also brought back to Delaware past. A winning attitude de- Hogan and David Wingate, as the Hens crushed a confi- scribes the 1984 campaign as praised the teams the positive dent Towson State team 15-5. the team celebrated a very attitude. Despite several dis- This win pushed Delaware into successful year. appointing pre-season scrim- the top eight, a spot they were mages, the team maintained not to relinquish. The season — Dean Stocksdale this positive attitude, and com- ended with the team finishing mitted themselves whole- with the best record ever, as heartedly to their goal of a win- well as a bid to play Johns Hop- Looking for an open man, midfielder ning season. kins in the NCAA tournament. Steve Shaw evades a Towson State After two early snowouts The Blue Hens played the defensiveman. Delaware went on to against Penn and Rutgers, Johns Hopkins Blue Jays in the defeat Towson, 15-5.

elaware men's lacrosse all- Dtime career scoring leader Richie Mills (#23) pumps in one of his 106 career goals in an April 30, 1977 12-10 win over Bucknell that clinched the Hens their fifth East Coast Conference lacrosse championship and a ranking of 15th in the nation.

294 Men's Lacrosse Tom Flynn, of the outstanding defensive duo of Flynn and Stocksdale attacks the ball in a crushing victory over Towson State.

One of the nation's most respected young coaches in lacrosse, Bob Shilling- law talks strategy with the team in a game against Penn.

Guarding the goal, Senior Dave Darrell had an impressive day in the NCAA quarter-finals game against Johns Hop- kins with 21 saves.

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14 WASH. AND LEE 4 7 C.W. POST 4 3 NORTH CAROLINA 11 16 LAFAYETTE 5 8 U.M.B.C. 9 7 DUKE 5 7 RUTGERS 4 25 LEHIGH 6 12 ADELPHI 4 8 NEW HAMPSHIRE 5 7 PENNSYLVANIA 13 15 TOWSON STATE 5 16 BUCKNELL 7 10 PRINCETON 3 23 DREXEL 5 3 JOHNS HOPKINS 10

OVERALL 12-4

FRONT ROW: Keith Larson, Ransy Bemmel, Bill Regan, Rob Webster, Powers, Denis Sepulveda, John John Lux, Rutger Colt, Matt Hogan. Moeser, David Darrell, Bob Conrad, BACK ROW: Angel Fagioli, Jeff Kirby, Chris Spencer, Steve Delargy, Peter Gino Bateman, Pete Carbone, Bill Jenkins, Rich Katz, Thomas Flynn. Kemp, Dan Harley, Steve Darwin, SECOND ROW: Amy Johnson, Mary Mark Seifert, Scott Fineco, Dave Win- Beth Carey, Charlie Chatterton, Dean gate, Coach Shillinglaw. Stocksdale, Chris Guttilla, Pete Van

Men's Lacrosse 295 Continuing A Tradition

The 1984 Women's lacrosse named coach-of-the-year and overcoming the Lady Lions, team started their season with six Blue Hens were named All- 10-9. an 8-8 tie with Maryland, a ECC. While the dream of a fourth team that eventually became Despite closing the season straight national title eluded the NCAA's top seed in the on a high note, the Hens en- the Hens when they bowed to tournament. Delaware ran tered the NCAA's as an un- Temple 13-3 in the NCAA their unbeaten streak, over a seeded team. An 18-1 shel- semi-final game, they ended two-year period, to nine. The lacking of Penn in the tourna- the year with a 9-5 win over long time nemesis Penn State ment's first round quickly Massachusetts for the third came to Newark with a 6-0 re- proved that Delaware was in- place as Emas closed her bril- cord and the country's #1 deed a force to be reckoned lant career with five goals and ranking. The lions wasted no with. But don't get the idea set an NCAA single season time proving to the Hens that that the Hens traveled an easy scoring record with 98 goals. they were deserving of both road to Boston, the sight of the Karen was the nation's leading honors, pounding Delaware NCAA championships. Their scorer in both the 1983 and 19-7. quarterfinals opponent was 1984 seasons. She finished out However, the Hens didn't none other than Penn State, at her career at Delaware with a have much trouble bouncing University Park. In one of the record 310 goals and 1 10 as- back into the win column, most amazing comebacks in sists for 420 Career points. notching three consecutive Delaware lacrosse history, the Emas has truly left her mark in conference victories over Blue Hens recorded only the the record books, marks that Towson State (21-1), Lehigh second win by a visiting team will long stand. (14-7), and Bucknell (27-2). on Penn State's home field by — Teresa Rennoe The last win boosted the Hen's ECC record to 4-0 and insured them of the number one seed in the conference tournament. Delaware traveled to Tem- ple next, where they absorbed a 14-5 defeat at the hands of the Owls. A 25-5 win over Ur- sinus did little to erase the memories of that loss, and the Blue Hens fell again just five member of the Delaware days later to unranked Loyola, A women's lacrosse team 13-1 1. At that point in the sea- from 1981-83, Anne Brooking son, the leaf was turned over was team MVP all three years. and Delaware embarked on Brooking played a key role in an eight-game win streak that the Hen's 1983 Division I Na- ended in the NCAA semi-fin- tional Championship. During als. the 1983 campaign, Brooking Three wins over top-eight had 112 block shots and 34 in- ranked teams prepared Dela- terceptions as a defensive wing. ware for the ECC tournament. Presently she is an assistant An easy 18-1 win over Buck- coach under Janet Smith. nell in the semifinals propelled the Hens into the champion- ship against NCAA-bound Le- high. For the second consecu- tive year, Delaware walked away with a victory, 10-5, and the conference championship. Emas was named MVP of the ECC, Coach Janet Smith was

Attacking the net, freshman Joanne Ambrogi, who was impressive as a rookie, goes for a goal against West Chester. Delaware won 15-4.

Ranking third on the All-Time scoring list, junior Missy Meharg prepares to catch a ball in a game against ECC foe West Chester. Meharg was high scor- er in that game with six goals. 296 Women's Lacrosse SCOREBOARD

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8 MARYLAND 8 FKON7" ROW: Anne Wilkinson, Mau- Smith, Asst. Coach Anne Brooking, 21 RUTGERS 3 reen Wilkinson, Kim Jackson, Lisa De- Asst. Coach Lisa Blanc, Joanne Am- 14 LAFAYETTE 7 tar, Karen Emas, Linda Schmidt, Den- brogi, Ann Mazur, Robin Vitetta, Jen- 7 PENN STATE 19 ise Swift, Stacie Indelicarto, Lynn Far- ifer Coyne, Linda Rullo, Betty Ann Fish, 21 TOWSON STATE 10 rand, Missy Meharg, Mindy Hall Beth Manley, Jane Mangiarelli (train- 14 LEHIGH 7 (manager). BACK ROW: Coach Janet er), Carl Storlazzi (trainer). 27 BUCKNELL 2 5 TEMPLE 14 25 URSINUS 5 11 LOYOLA 13 16 WM. AND MARY 11 15 VIRGINIA 8 A four-year letter winner and starter in 15 WEST CHESTER 4 the goal for the Blue Hen's, Kim Jackson 18 BUCKNELL 1 uses her defensive skills as teammates 10 LEHIGH 5 Beth Manley (16), Stacie Indelicarto (5), 18 PENNSYLVANIA 1 and Lynn Farrand (23) look on. 10 PENN STATE 9 3 TEMPLE 13 In a crushing win over Ursinus (25-5), 9 U. MASS. 5 senior sensation Karen Emas tally's up one of her seven goals of the day. Emas OVERALL 15-4-1 had three games this year in which she scored seven goals. Improving As A Team For the men's indoor and for the Hens indoors. events this outdoor season. outdoor track and field teams, The Hen's outdoor slate was "We're very happy we im- 1984 served as a year of re- posted at 7-2, as the team proved as a team/' said emergence in the East Coast boasted four conference Coach Jim Fischer, "You im- Conference. champions. James Madric prove as a team only when the The Hens finished the in- won his second triple jump ti- individuals improve. We've got door season at 5-2, and scored tle, Dan Miller won his third ti- some good individuals and in 14 of 18 events in the con- tle in the shot put, Greg Wha- we're making gains on the rest ference meet. Highlighting the len won his second javelin title, of the conference. We hope to indoor season were hurdler and Anthony Johnson won his continue in that direction." Anthony Johnson, sprinter Da- second hurdling title. School vid Loew, weight man Howard records outdoors were set by — Michael Fagnano Koenik, triple jumper/hurdler Dan Miller in the shot put, 52' James Madric, and shot putter 4" and Grant Wagner in the Pacing themselves in the 880m run, Dan Miller. pole vault at 15' Vi". A total Scott Williams, Marc Weisburg and Both Johnson and Loew ran of 12 individuals qualified for Brian Crown dominate the track in a school record performances All-Time Top Ten honors in 16 meet against Millersville.

elaware trackman Ed DMcCreary and Jim Gano have both made their marks in the outdoor and indoor track re- cord books. McCreary owns six records including the 100m, 200m, 60yd. dash and was a member of three record setting relay teams. Jim Gano exceled in the 800m, 1000yd run, and was a member of two record setting relay teams. Both were members of the track team during the 1977 through the 1980 season.

298 Men's Track Captaining both the indoor and outdoor track teams, Senior James Madric strides to a victory in the 100m high hur- dles.

Sophomore high jumper Fred Goodman clears the pole in fine from at an indoor meet against Drexel which Delaware won 60.5-27.5.

Don Hollingsworth hands the baton to Anthony Johnson in the 400m relay against Glassboro State which Delaware came up short, 68-74.

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86 LINCOLN 59 65.5 PENNSYLVANIA 113.5 80 RIDER 98.5 65.5 TOWSON 10 80 COLUMBIA 60.5 60.5 LASALLE 77.5 80 DREXEL 39 60.5 DREXEL 27.5 80 TEXTILE 18 60.5 DELAWARE VALLEY 19.5 68 GLASSBORO 74 90 MT. ST. MARY'S 61 68 MILLERSVILLE 59 90 WEST CHESTER 27 99 DELAWARE VALLEY 54 99 WEST CHESTER 48 OVERALL 5-2

OVERALL 7-2

FRONT ROW: Scott Pennypacker, lager, Scott Williams, Don Ferry, Reed Paul Preiss, Al Stahl, Mike Malone, Pat Townsend, Stuart Selber, Joe Devine, Connelly, Jim Lawlor, Walt Skrinski, Curtis Holton, Don Scheibe. BACK Mike Steenkamer, Curtis Pruder. SEC- ROW: Jim Fischer (Head Coach), OND ROW: David Loew, Eric Bryk, James Madric, Nate Thompkins, Jim Marc Weisburg, Bill Narra, Paul Sords, Lanzalotto, Miles Mettenheimer, Howard Koenick, Carl Schnabel, Joel Steve Hansen, Grant Wagner, Jeff Wagner, Luis Bango, Don Hollings- Simpson, Dan Miller, Fred Goodman, worth, John Straumanis, Dennis Del Andre Hoeschel, Anthony Johnson, Rossi. THIRD ROW: Art Wright, Alan Larry Pratt, John Flickinger. Flenner, John D'Amour, Jerry Gal-

Men's Track 299 Repeating History The 1984 women's track ECC championship title. team proved that history does, The spring season started on indeed, repeat itself. Once a positive note with an unble- again they capped an undefeat- mished 6-0 mark, and there ed season in indoor track with a were also several new school re- record of 8-0 and an indoor ECC cords established along the championship, but good things way. In the Colonial relays, didn't stop there. In outdoor three track records fell, in the competition during the spring, 400m hurdles, senior Laura the Lady Hen's again followed Fauser broke her own record in the footsteps of last years that was set last year. She also team and captured the ECC was a member of the record- championship. setting 4X100m relay and the The Hen's opened the indoor 4X400m relay team. In the final season by defeating arch-rival meet of the season, Delaware's Bucknell, along with St. Jo- record was scarred as the Hen's seph's and Mt. St. Mary on the fell to the Rams of West Ches- home track. ter. The Rams edged out Dela- Enechi Modu, Trish Taylor, ware 74-70. and Nancy Sottos distinguished Delaware did not suffer in the themselves the following week ECC championship from that he 1981 relay team of Pam by qualifying for the first ECAC loss. THohler, Laura Fauser, Trish Women's Indoor Track Cham- Putting the loss behind them, Taylor, and Sue Tyler set two pionships. Modu and Taylor Delaware rose to the challange Delaware women's track re- qualified in the 60yd. dash, of defending their ECC cham- cords in the 400m run and the while Sottos' school-record high pionship title. This time, the 800m run. Hohler holds records jump of 5'4" qualified her for Hen's dominated the field of in the 100 and 440 yard dases that event. runners and easily beat out La- and in the 100, 200, and 400 me- School records where also set fayette 71-49, a team which ter dashes. Fauser also holds re- in indoor track in the two mile they had trouble with in the win- cords in the 400m hurdles and run by Kim Mitchell (1 1:00:2), ter. The Hens once again ended the 400IM. Taylor and Tyler and in the mile relay by Mary up on top and brought the ECC hold records in other combined Davis, Lisa Goehringer, Alison championship title back to events as well. Farrance, and Trish Taylor. Newark. In the ECC Indoor Champion- ships, Delaware managed a — Kim Mitchell and Paula Haines close victory, squeaking by La- fayette by a mere five points. Individual Champions included the mile relay team of Davis, Fauser, Farrance, and Goeh- ringer. Also, the two-mile relay team of Adam, Pedrotti, Wil- son, and Nowak were winners. Nowak was a single winner in the 880 run while Farrance won the triple jump. With such a fine showing in the winter season, the stage was set for the spring season with high hopes of retaining the

Laura Fauser hands off to Nancy Davis in the mile relay against the Ram's. Both runners have made their mark in the Delaware record book.

Delaware's most consistent jumper, Nancy Sottos clears the bar in a meet against Bucknell which Delaware won, 124-39.

300 Women's Track Legging out the last lap, Laura Clarke, Lisa Goehringer and Elisabeth Bupp head to the wire in the quarter mile run.

Carol Peoples, the university's record holder in the discus and shot put leads the way in the weights.

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74 BUCKNELL 48 93 NAVY 52 96 ST. JOSEPH'S 29 82 TOWSON 62 96 LaSALLE 29 105 ST. JOSEPH'S 35 73 WM. AND MARY 59 124 GLASSBORO 20 96 TRENTON 32 93 MILLERSVILLE 43 84 WEST CHESTER 48 124 BUCKNELL 39 96 TOWSON 36 70 WEST CHESTER 74 123 CATHOLIC 8 OVERALL 6-1 OVERALL 8-0

FRONT ROW: Larry Pratt (assistant Nancy Duarte, Laura Clarke, Lisa coach), Linda Jo Paoloszi, Kim Mitch- Scott, Shala Davis, Nancy Zaiser, John ell, Norri Wilson, Laura Fauser, Mary Flickinger (assistant coach) BACK Davis, Trish Taylor, Sharon Gassert, ROW: Sharon Pedrotti, Elsbeth Bupp, Carol Peoples, Sue McGrath (Head Alison Farrance, Yulonda Wheeler, Coach). SECOND ROW: Art Wright Nancy Sottos, Sharon Huss, Lisa (assistant coach), Nancy Mathews, Goehringer. Linda Mullaney, Deannie Amend,

Women's Track 301 Another Winning Season

The 1984 Blue Hen tennis matches. Rylander's present bles as he combined with Ker- team compiled a record of 7-6 record at Delaware is 254-131, dasha to post the Hens best through a rainy spring on the with his teams finishing over doubles record. Herak was east coast. The team finished .500 in 25 out of his 31 years at eliminated in the semi-finals of over .500 for the sixth con- the controls. the conference tournament, secutive season. The Hens This year's team was led by this was the second year in a made their annual trip to Flor- Senior Captain Ron Kerdasha. row Herak has reached the ida during Spring Break and re- Kerdasha compiled a 9-4 re- semi-finals in the tournament, j turned to Delaware with a re- cord at third singles and an 8-5 Herak will return at number cord of 2-2 after playing some record at first doubles with Ju- one next season and is cap- tough opponents. The high- nior Chuch Herak. Kerdasha tain-elect for 1985. light of the spring trip was two reached the semi-finals of the This year's team turned in 9-0 victories over Webber Col- conference tournament be- excellent performances in vic- lege and Hillsdale College. The fore bowing out to the eventu- tories over St. Josephs, Ameri- Hens finished fifth in this year's al winner in an extremely close can, Rider, Drexel, and East Coast Conference Tour- match, 7-6, 7-6. The highlight Georgetown, while losing [ nament held at Towson State. of the season for Kerdasha some very close matches to The results of the tournament was a victory over Lafayette, tough opponents Lehigh, La- were deceiving as 5 out of 9 he finished his career with an fayette, Bucknell, and Towson positions bowed out to the overall record of 61-29, with State. A slight lack of exper- eventual winner of their re- his 1984 efforts earning him ience may have been the rea- spective brackets, all of which MVP honors. son for the close matches end- were close matches. Chuck Herak competed in ing in defeat, something that Coach Roy Rylander tallied the tough number one posi- will not occur in the future. up his 250th career coaching tion for the Hens in 1984 after Next year's squad will be virtu- j victory with a 6-3 win over playing number two last sea- ally the same. Because of this Georgetown in Washington, son. Herak finished with a re- the outlook for 1985 is a posi- DC. The win was especially cord of 8-5, the best record for tive one. satisfying for the team as they a Blue Hen number one player swept all three doubles match- since 1979. Herak was also im- — Ron Kerdasha es after splitting the six singles pressive at number one dou-

n his 31 years of coaching, IRoy "Doc" Rylander has compiled an impressive record of 254-131-2. His 1973 team won 19 of 22 matches including the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship, while his 1975 club was 15-1 setting a record for the best winning percentage by a Hens tennis team.

Grimacing during warm-ups, Mark Quig- ley prepares for his fifth position singles match against Lehigh.

Senior captain Ron Kerdasha warms up before his match against Lafayette at the Field House.

302 Men's Tennis FRONT ROW: Jeff Alecci, Paul Bo- sha, Chuck Herak, Jamie Ferriero, Playing against Lafayette, Jamie Fer- zentka, Jim Kelly, Mark Quigley. Sam Sneeringer, Roy "Doc" Rylander. riero is on his way to a season record of BACK ROW: Mike Epstein, Ron Kerda- 8-5.

Serving from the number one position, Chuck Herak defeats his St. Josephs op- ponent on the way to a Hens team vic- tory.

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3 TOWSON STATE 6 6 GEORGETOWN 3 1 F.l.T. 8 1 TOLEDO 8 9 WEBBER 0 9 HILLSDALE 0 4 LEHIGH 5 6 AMERICAN 2 8 ST. JOE'S 1 2 BUCKNELL 7 1 LAFAYETTE 8 7 DREXEL 2 8 RIDER 1

OVERALL 7-6

Men's Tennis 303 Honoring Sports Excellence

University of Delaware swim- ming co-captain Chuck Ganci has been named Outstanding Senior Male Athlete for the 1983-84 school year. Ganci was selected byjthe coaching staff at the university. The Wilmington Delaware na- tive currently holds six Delaware men's swimming records and won the 100 yard freestyle in the East Coast Conference Championships this winter. He also was second in the ECC in the 200 freestyle. Among the other records that Ganci has established are marks in the 100 yard freestyle (46.89), 500 yard freestyle (4:42.78), 1000 yard freestyle (10:01.99). He also is a member of the school record-holding 400 yard medley, 400 yard freestyle and 800 yard freestyle relay teams. Ganci has com- piled a 60-0 dual meet swim re- cord over the past three sea- sons and is the first three-time winner of the Dougherty award.

Karen Emas, senior attack crosse title, after the Blue Hens wing on Delaware's national had won the AIAW Division II ti- championship team of 1983 tles in 1981 and 1982. She was and the 3rd place team of 1984, named to the 1984 NCAA All- was named the University's Tournament team after her Outstanding Female Athlete by team's third-place finish there. her peers at Dealware. Emas holds the Delaware re- Emas, a three-time All-Ameri- cords for most assists (8) and can, has led the nation in scor- points (16) in a single game. Her ing the past two seasons, with 98 goals this season is a Dela- 95 and 98 goals respectively. ware and NCAA single-season She finished her career with 310 mark, and her 310 career goals goals and 1 1 1 assists to be- and 1 1 1 career assists estab- come the leading all-time scorer lished her as Delaware's and the in NCAA lacrosse — men's or NCAA's most prolific scorer. women's — history. A member of the U.S. La- The senior physical education crosse Squad, Emas is a two- major has maintained a 3.4 time recipient of the Robert A. grade point average over the Layton, Jr. physical education years, and was the East Coast award for leadership and schol- Conference's women's lacrosse arship. She served as co-captain scholar-athlete in 1983. She is of the 1984 lacrosse team, and also a two-time nominee for Co- was also named outstanding la- SIDA Academic Ail-American. crosse athlete in her senior year. Emas led her team to the 1983 NCAA Division I women's la- — Paula Hanes

304 Honoring Donna Werner (43) led the basketball team to a 22-4 record, their winningest ever, and finished her career with 1,088 points and 923 rebounds for third and second place respectively on those ca- reer lists.

Carol Renfrew received the ECAC Med- al of Merit in recognition of being the senior with the highest cumulative grade point index.

Betsy Helm set a new Delaware record for assists in a season with 1 10 along with a .271 batting average. Her steady play led the Hens to a 1984 ECC cham- pionship.

Pete Jenkins led the lacrosse team with 40 assists during the year and was sec- ond in total points on the way to the Hens finest season in history.

Honoring . . . 305 Battling for the Title

For the first time in history, of three goals from Brian Wood, the University of Delaware host- but the Orangemen fought ed the NCAA Division I Men's back in the second half to close Lacrosse Championship game the score to 8-7. Entering the fi- on Saturday May 26. The game nal period there was a feeling in was a rematch of last years the crowd that Syracuse would championship as defending make a dramatic comeback as champion Syracuse faced they did in 1983, but it just Johns Hopkins. wasn't to be. Hopkins con- Activities began long before trolled the ball at the end of the the 2:00 face off as loyal fans game on the way to winning traveled from Baltimore and their fourth national title in the Syracuse to support their team. past eight years. Pregame tailgates provided an — Kevin Shaffer opportunity for students and alumni to mingle. By game time Celebrating the championship, Johns the stadium was full as the larg- Hopkins' players and fans receive the est crowd in Championship his- trophy at midfield following the game.

tory was recorded. Battling for control of the ball, Steve Hopkins jumped out to a Mutscheller of Hopkins tries to break quick 5-0 lead on the strength away from Pat Donahue.

Bringing the ball downfield, midfielder Rich Glancy moves toward the Syracuse goal.

Attacking the goal, senior Tim Nelson drives towards Hopkins goalie Larry Quinn.

306 National Championship Immediately following a goal, Brian Woods congratulates Lee Davidson on his fine shot.

Looking to pass to a teammate, senior John Tucker moves the ball into the Syracuse zone.

Tailgating before the game provides an opportunity to relax after the trip from Baltimore.

307 National Championship