GOLF Young Jacket Golfers Mulligan Their Way to Victory The Georgia Tech men's golf team holes to win forcing the Jackets to settle onship, and did not survive the 36-hol again proved that they are among the for a second place finish. cut to qualify for the final round of elite in college golf in the nation. The team qualified for their fifth con- secutive NCAA Golf Championship with FRONT ROW: Bill McDonald, Assistant Coacl Coach Puggy Blackmon began the Tripp Isenhour, Tom Shaw, Chris Tuten, Charli spring season with one of his youngest a stellar showing at the regional com- Rymer. SECOND ROW: Puggy Blackmon, Hea teams ever. The Jackets had no seniors petition. The Jackets finished a surpris- Coach, Tai Teshima, Chan Reeves, Gre and only two juniors, but were still ing second in a field of nineteen teams. McDonald, Mike Clark, Kim Evans, Assistar Coach, Trey Holroyd, Mark Lofye, David Rowle) ranked eleventh pre-season, mainly be- Unfortunately, Tech was unable to con- Pat Abney, Les Petherick, Assistant Coach. cause of returning all-Americans Charlie tinue the momentum in the champi- Rymer and Tripp Isenhour. The Jackets opened the spring season with a fifth place finish against a strong field at the Ping-Arizona Intercollegiate. Isenhour led the Jackets with a seventh place finish. The rest of the Jackets' spring season was good, but not as good as they hoped. The Jackets placed eighth in the Imperial Lakes Classic, fifth in the Furman Intercollegiate, eighth in the Chris Schenkel Invitational, tenth in the Taylor Made/Doral Park National Col- legiate, and fifth in the Wofford Inter- national. The Jackets led throughout the ACC championship tournament, but were unable to hold on for the title, as Wake Forest overtook Tech on the last four Sports / 213 HOCKEY CLUB Georgia Falls Twice to Talented Tech Ice Jackets The highlight of the ice hockey club's the team had a lot of laughs off the ice, "Small" PRO. Standout players included season was a two game sweep of Geor- Virginia Tech had the last laugh out scor- Scott, Anderson, Leduc, Ciovacco, gia at the close of the regular season. ing the Ramblin' Wreck 20-5 in two Googgans, Slater, and Liebold. Playing in front of large, and enthusiastic games. From U-Bombs to bench`-clearing crowds at Stone Mountain, Tech While the season's record was 6-9, brawls, the Georgia Tech Hockey team dumped the Bulldogs by the scores of 3- the Tech team played some good hock- had a most satisfying season. 2, and 5-2. Tech improved their lifetime ey at times, and had fun in the process. FRONT ROW: Jim Clay, Rob McConnel, Mark record against UGA to 5-0-1. Memories ipclude: Operation "5- Goggans, Scott Anderson, Rick Norwood, Erik Wil- The season started in October at the Bomb," "Roll down your window," liams, Steven Kessler. BACK ROW: Chris Ciovacco, Craig Leduc, Jim McConville, Mark Leibold, University of Kentucky. Kentucky's Rear-end collisions, Coach Elliot and his Fredrick Nilsson, Joseph Slater, Van Oleson, Kent home rink is known to be the most un- thugs, Johnny F-Stick, Goggs, CIOVAC, McAvoy, Manager. NOT PICTURED: Steve Currie, friendly in the Southern Collegiate Lieb's, The Bench Clearing Brawl, and Chuck Shendl, Jim Meehan, Sean Wallace, Brian Phomplon. Hockey Association, and the Tech team was swept in front of two penny yielding crowds. A week later, it would get no easier as 1989 SCHA Finalist Virginia Tech visited Atlanta. Tech played their best game of the season defeating the Hookies 4-3 in the series opener. Tech goal-tender, Scott Anderson, preserved the upset victory with several key saves. Virginia Tech took the second game to earn a split. At the University of South Florida, Tech played poorly and came back with a series split. Back in Atlanta, Tech played three straight games against cross town rival Georgia State. Tech won two of three and closed out the winter quar- ter schedule at 4-5. Winter quarter brought the University of South Florida to Atlanta. A much im- proved USF team swept two from Tech dropping the season count to 4-7. Tech hit the road in February with a weekend series at Virginia Tech. While Sports / 215 LACROSSE Strong Squad Attempts To Top Last Season's Record The spring of 1989 proved that Tech's lacrosse team was a contender for the league title. Losing only two players, the current squad is a favorite for the title this season as well. Last season's record will be a good meter for this year's games. Having eight wins, finishing as runner-up in the Au- burn Tournament and placing third in the league proved that the team could handle any opponent. To be successful however, the team must improve on its eight, wins, nine loss season. Of their nine defeats, six were by only one goal and two were in overtime. Returning seniors from last year's team include leading scorer Pat O'Connell (fifty-nine goals and fourteen assists), finesse attackman Eric Thomp- son (fifteen goals and twenty assists), and top midfielder Steve Condon (twenty goals and eighteen assists). Leading the defense this season will be one-on-one expert Andy Gale and long- stick middie Ron Massingill. Front row left to right: Neff Jenkins, Jonathan Stan- ford, Andy Leidy, Pete Lisi, Brian Connolly (Capt.), Pat O'Connell (Capt.), Dave D'Amato, Joe Mount, Doug Underwood, Scott Burbage, Matt Russell. Back row left to right: Dan Cook, Todd Dzialo, Matt Brunn, Jeff Howard, Sonny Peiper, Chris Coleman, Duke Kennedy, Hatch Harmon, Tony Lee, Bill Forcey, Tim Gottfried, Rob Gretta, Fred Hillway. Not Pictured: Steve Condon, Eric Thomp- son, Jamie Osborne, Shannon McCarthy, Andy Gale, Ronnie, Paul Kramkowski, Marvin Labis, Chuck Patel. 216 Sports / 217 ROWING Crew Competes in Head of the Charles Regatta "Rowing? Isn't that the weird sport unique combination that has made row- FRONT ROW: Beth Vincenzo, Gary Weissel, where people sit in funny boats and go ing so popular and one of the fastest Georg Broadwell. MIDDLE ROW: Laura Schmid, backwards?" This is the response that growing sports in the nation. The Geor- Bruce Weber, Nichole Lalibert, Vickie Zadnick, Emery Leonard, Anthony Hartley, Ili, Handley most people give when asked about gia Tech Crew Team was formed to Cameron, John Gallo. BACK ROW: Mike Shannon, rowing, and then they usually follow up bring this rich and varied sport to the Tim O'Hanlon, Jerry Zadnick, Dennis Burke, Jeff with something about having seen Ox- Tech community and has dedicated it- Kemp, Eddie Duncan, George Fry, Matthew Cobb, ford Blues. Unfortunately, Oxford Blues self to being one of the leaders in the Houston Irby, Jim Cooper, Coach. is the only exposure that most people Southeast. have to the sport of rowing. Even though it is the oldest collegiate sport in the country, up until recently it has been a sport dominated by teams from the Northeast and has been seen as a rich man's sport. Nevertheless, people involved with rowing are working hard to change this image. Successful teams are being formed in towns and cities across the nation. There aren't too many rivers or lakes that haven't felt the bite of a row- er's blade, or heard the coxswain's calls across the waters. As the sport becomes more accessible and more popular, women, minorities, and even the handicapped are discov- ering the pleasures of rowing. In increas- ing numbers, these people are begin- ning to row, whether they want to relax on the weekends, or to compete in the Olympics. Approximately fifteen years ago the Atlanta Rowing Club introduced Atlanta to this colorful sport; they were also instrumental in bringing the sport to the Tech Community. Since forming in 1984, the Georgia Tech Rowing Team has broken away from ARC and now boasts its own rowing facility on the Chattahoochee River, a new head coach, and a record that is fast making Tech one of the dominant teams in the Southeast. For the past three years Tech has placed a boat in the finals at our National race and has performed very well at the prestigious Head of the Charles regatta in Boston which draws teams from around the world. The an- nual Head of the Chattahoochee regatta held here in Atlanta hadbecome one of the largest races in the country, and Georgia Tech is usually one of the top five finishers. Tech is working to spread the sport by developing a high school rowing pro- gram that is open to any high school student in the Atlanta area. This team is already one of the best high school teams in the Southeast. We very proud of this team and hope that it will benefit Tech later as we try to get these young rowers to stay in Atlanta and to go to Georgia Tech. Rowing is a sport, rich in tradition, which balances power and strength with an elegance and grace that is enjoyable to watch or participate in. It is this 218 / Sports - V;- .t inimilimmommummt..411111110111•11011111111111•10. ......eneta 111111111110111 -••••■•••• SAILING Club Competes in Races, Regattas Unknown to many, the Georgia Tech Sailing Club sponsors a nationally ranked racing team that competes on an intercollegiate level with other major Southeastern schools. Competitive racing, however, is not all the club does. Using their five dif- ferent types of sailing vessels, the club took many trips to Lake Lanier for rec- reational sailboating. Newcomers and experienced sailors alike joined in in- traclub regattas, camp-outs, and sailing lessons.