SPORTS Sports 143 144 Football Reaching for Glory he season began with two citing moment in which the whole very disappointing University took pride. Tgames. The loss to Navy With a 38-18 defeat of Boston was only the fifth opening day U. the Hens clinched their sec- setback for coach Tubby Ray- ond Yankee Crown in three mond and the second game of Years and a chance to compete the season proved to be no bet- for the NCAA 1-AA title. But it ter. In an embarrassing 23-17 was Furman University that loss against Rhode Island, the stood in the way of the Blue Hens proved to be a blessing to Hen's path. With their 21-7 win the Rams, ending their eleven over Delaware the Blue Hens game losing streak. But the Blue were ousted from the tourna- Hens just couldn't be beat. The ment. The team refuses to let this Rhode Island humiliation proved loss cloud their skies because the to be the impetus for a string of season's goal of the Yankee wins six games long including a title was met, it was more narrow escape from William and than many others expected Mary during Homecoming. Trail-' and after climbing to num- ing 35-31 with just five seconds ber nine in the rankings remaining spreadend James An- the Blue Hens finally derson made a spectacular catch settled in at number from quarterback Dave Sierer fifteen. giving the team a last second vic- tory over the Tribe. It was an ex- Clockwise from the far left: Don O'Brien kicking the ball. A successful tackle by Sam Haynes. Gil Knight goes for a touchdown. Protecting the ball, Lou Seville leads the pack to the endzone. In the midst of a tremendous effort, John Leuelis is violently interrupted. Football 145 footballfootballfootball clockwise from top: Running for the hole, Randy Holmes tries to avoid some U Conn violence. Rob McMuUen attempts a block of the boll. Dennis McGurk and friends cheer on their teammates. David Sierer searches for an open man. 146 Football Football 147 footballfootballfootball ... as the roaring crowd jumps to its feet . John Leuelis and Mike Renna "distract" a few Conn strongmen. ...and Gil is off! 148 Football Extermination Delaware style. Randy Holmes, looking quite unstoppable. Mike Miller desperately tries to intercept. Football 149 clockwise from above: Cheryl Prescott awaits her chance in the battle. Laura Domnick races for the ball. Michelle Rosenbaum rushes to maintain control of the ball. 150 Field Hockey Hitting the Bigtime orlds were rocked this the ECC recording 20 goals and season as old records 10 assists in her career. Wwere tied and new re- In the ECC championship Lynn cords were set by the Delaware Iannota scored the lone goal to field hockey team. With eleven let- shutout sixth seed Rider and move terwinners among the 22 returning on to the NCAA playoffs. During players expectations were high for the first game of the playoffs this veteran squad and they cer- against Penn State Laura Domin- tainly delivered. ick evened the score at 1-1 before Head coach Mary Ann Hit- two more goals were scored chens, named the East Coast Con- against the Blue Hens and forced ference Coach of the Year, led the them out of the team to 16 wins tying the record playoffs. But set in 1978 and 1982 while setting even so it was a new record twelve team shu- a tremen- touts. The record for most goals in dous season a season, originally set at 17 in for Delaware 1974, was broken by senior Mi- field hockey. chele Rosenbaum with a season high of 20 goals. But it was team captain Nari Bush who was named the 1988 Most Valuable Player in Staying ahead isn't always easy. Running to claim what's hers, Michelle is after the ball. Field Hockey 151 Laura and Lynn smile for the camera. Lynn Iannatta whacks the ball. Laura Domnick successfully keeps the ball out of enemy hands. 152 Field Hockey Coach Hitchens lays out the strategy. Michelle calculates before her attack. Deliberately avoiding her opponent, Cheryl moves on towards the goal. Field Hockey 153 Neck and neck, it's a race for control. A well-planned mid-air collision prevents a Blue Hen goal. Team captain, Cam Livingstone rushes to keep ahead of his opponent. 154 Soccer Strength in Youth here are some bright new definite step up from a disappoint- additions to the UD soccer ing 4-12-1 final tally. Their tre- Tteam this year. Freshman mendous effort however, wasn't Bill Steffen led the Hens this sea- quite enough and one more season son scoring 18 points for the team. was added to their string of two His ten record assists and most consecutive losing seasons of 1982 points for a freshman are unprec- and 1987. edented and make him the first Head coach Loren Kline in his freshman to ever carry the soccer 26th year at UD has team in scoring. Another fresh- compiled a 187-147-33 man, John Sellers also gained rec- record. Certainly coach ognition by setting a record five Kline will turn this goals scored by a freshman in a team into season. winning With only one returning senior group in the the Hens are one team where the next few years as the key word is "youth." Even though present freshmen de- the team lost three of its top scor- velop. ers from last year that didn't stop them from surpassing last year's season. Their final record was a i Blue Hen linemen must use their heads to stay on top. Soccer 155 Goalkeeper, Dave Ormsby keeps the ball in play, and away from his net. Tricky footwork prevents a St. Joes takeover. t 156 Soccer Not just kicking up dirt, Ron Sandell recovers the ball for his team. Frustrated, Jim DeGeorge struggles to keep his control of the ball. Soccer 157 Solid Performance ead coach Barbara Viera During the game against Hof- ended her 16th year at stra junior Ingrid Loewrigkeit had HDelaware with a third a team high nine kills and nine digs place showing at the East Coast while senior Helen Mackrides had Conference Championships. Dur- five kills and nine digs. Loewrig- ing the last three years the team keit has had an outstanding career has been steadily moving up in the on the volleyball team. She is only ECC rankmgs. Moving from the second player for Delaware to fourth place in 1985, to third ever break the 1000 assist mark. in 1986, to second in 1987, On top of this tremendous achieve- the Hens were unable to ment she is also Delaware's all- continue the climb to the ECC title time dig leader with 619 career when the tournament was held for digs in addition to 570 career kills the first time in Carpenter Sports and 416 perfect passes. Building. The team defeated Rider The team is a strong one with in the quarter finals but were over- the skill spread evenly over the come by Hofstra in the semi-finals. squad from the freshmen to the The Hens dropped back to the top juniors and seniors so the team consolation round where they should continue to do well. defeated Lafayette and took third place. Maureen Wells executes a perfect set. Debbie Delaney sends a powerhouse spike across the net. 158 Volleyball Team Spirit. Will the ball make it through, or will Nancy Griskowitz have her spike smacked back into her face? Volleyball 159 Hitting Full Stride hen it comes to naming pionships. the assets of the men's At the IC4A/NCAA Re- Wcross country team the gional Championships held in name of junior Keith Jamison Connecticut this year Jamison should head the list. This season finished 154th among a field he was the Blue Hen's top finisher of 384 runners. Sophomore in all Blue Hen's top finisher in all Mike Wallace and senior co- eight meets. With his season's best captain Brad Sample were time of 26.38 in the five mile race the second and third Delaware fin- he helped the team to finish in ishers coming in 228th and fifth place at the East Coast 229th respectively. Conference at the end of Octo- It was a young team this ber. Jamison's efforts though year consisting of mostly were not enough to keep this sophomores and fresh- team on track. This is the first men with only five of last time since head coach Jim year's letterwinners return- Fischer's arrival at the Uni- ing. In the years ahead versity of Delaware in coach Fischer should put 1982 that the Blue Hens the men's cross country have finished lower than team back on track. fourth place at the ECC cham Mike Wallace holds his lead over his Perm State counterpart. 160 Men's Cross Country During the race, teammates provide both support and competition for one another. they're off . , Men's Cross Country 161 Prime Potential ue McGrath-Powell, now in tile Inv. She was also the only her seventh season at UD, freshman to be among the seven Sled the women's cross coun- women representing Delaware at try team to a good showing in the the ECAC/NCAA District II Cross East Coast Conference this year. Country Championships. During mid-September the team In the final days of October the hosted the first annual Delaware team took fourth place at the 1988 Women's Cross Country Invita- East Coast Conference Champion- tional, taking second place in a ships.