Page six —Guilfordian, March 28, 1984 EH Sports High Competition Caliber Awaits Lacrosse Team by Bill Mason Lacrosse! Quakers have op ponents quaking. If you could end the 1984 men's Quaker lacross season right now, many people would be happy. The team is currently 4-0, posting wins against Holy Cross, Radford University, Wooster, and most recently, Randolph- Macon. The Quakers' scoring is averaging 16.25 goals per game, while allowing a mere 8 goals per game to their opponents. But, the outcome of the 1984 contest between Division I power Washington and Lee and the Guilford stickmen will give the Quakers a much more accurate reading on just how good this 1984 squad really is. Not only do the Quakers have to travel to Salisbury, Maryland to challenge the 6th ranked Division The Quakers faced-off against Randolph-Macon on Saturday and added another victory to their undefeated season. Softball Team Swingin By Tim "Peeker" Meadors The Women's softball team met North Carolina A&T defeated Guilford 3-0. This was mainly due to letdowns in the rallies. Debbie Phillips, Laura Guilford Bowling Night Brunswick Every Thursday Night From 11 p.m. - 2 a.m. Only $3. 25 Draft Beer s3.°° A Pitcher 3 Seagulls, but they also take on St. Mary's College the following day. A successful week will cer tainly provide proof that the 1984 Quakers are not only for real, but also may be one of the best small college teams in the country this year. Sports Commentary Coach Miller observed that "This team has a very special quality. It believes in itself. We're really looking forward to the challenge of the high caliber teams we are playing this week. This week will give us an answer, one way or another." Standouts for the Quaker stickmen in the first 4 games in clude senior tri-captain Scott Nix Birch and Amy Mahan all went 2-3 but runs were not produced. The second game, Guilford came back, in a close game, to win 3-2. They were led by Suzanne Lowe 2-3 with a triple; Amy Parrish on, who has managed to dominate his opposition over 73% of the time in face-offs. Nixon is only 2 goals shy of breaking the Guilford College scoring record for a midfielder, with 64 goals scored thus far in his careers. The leading goal scorer this year is sophomore attackman Tim Diamond, who has to his credit 18 goals in this early season. Other standouts include senior tri-captain Rob Taylor and junior Tom Schoendorf, both of whom have been instrumental in shut ting down the opposition's leading goal scorers. Also deserving recognition are junior attackman Peter Higgins with 11 assists, and sophomore Joe Savarese with 12 assists. Combined, this gives the two at tackmen credit for creating scor ing opportunities on 23 separate occasions. 2-4, Mahan 2-2, and Kim Keyser 3-3. In the first game of the week against Meredith College. The Quakers exploded on Meredith for a 16-0 thrashing in the first game. The next game was against St. Augustine on a bitterly cold and rainy Wednesday. The game was supposed to be away, but the weather and field condition at St. Augustine forced the game to Guilford. Excellent hitting by Cooper 3-3 with a double, Lowe 2-3 with a double, Parrish 3-3 with a triple, Keyser 2-3, Sharon Varis 2-3, and Vanis with a homer, drove the Quakers to a 19-4 win. The Women softball team is 8-i. for the season but they will have a busy schedule for this week, they have games on Tuesday, Wednes day, Friday and Saturday. Their next home game is Saturday, March 30. "Quotables " Photos by Brittany Plaut and Tom Risser Where's the beef? Jenni Mclnnes: In Mike Ronco E Steve Rubinstein: I don't know, I don't eat meat anymore. . Wm Anywhere you want! You just have to find it. % Sandra Bodenheimer: It's under the pickle. Great news for 'B4 grads Campus Digest News Service Results from a Northwest ern University hiring survey are even more optimistic than a previous survey done by Michigan State University, which reported employers' in tentions to hire 5 percent more new graduates in 1984. According to the Evanston, 111., college's poll of 262 com panies, bachelor's degree can didates will have 20 percent more job offers than 1983 graduates. Engineers top the list in star ting salary ($26,844 on the average), and math or statistics graduates showed the largest increase in salary over 1983 (8.5 percent to $22,416). For those with master's degrees, engineers were again the most in demand with salaries of $30,960. A 5.4 per cent increase is expected for M.B.A. holders with technical 13.5. degrees (to $28,428).

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