Quaker Sports
Lady Netters Look Strong
Debbie Fry
Currently ranked 4th in the
NAIA pre-season poll, Guilford's
Women's tennis launches into its
new season as teammates com
pete for seeds.
Vying for first position is junior
Julie Tupper from Huntington,
NY who is presently ranked 9th in
the NAIA pre-season poll. Tupper
made it to the fifth round of the
National tournament last year.
Also vying for first seed are
junior Melanie Bischoff from Mt.
Kisco, NY and Jennifer Friend, a
sophomore from Chevy Chase,
MD. Both are also sth round na
tional players. Also in the runn
ing is freshman Jennifer Hunter
from Jacksonville, Fl, who rank
ed 23rd in girl's Ulßs in the state.
Another strong returning
junior in line, because of her
agility on court, referred to as
"our secret weapon" by Coach
Gayle Currie, is Lisa Miller from
Greensboro. For Miller, Currie
says, "No goal seems to high."
Other returning players from last
year are sophomore Tracey
Clark from Ottawa, Ontario and
Erin Reidy, from Charlotte, NC.
Additional freshman players
include Colette McShea from
Rockville Centre, NY, Susan
Morris from Venice, FL, and Cin
dy Nichols from Huntington, NY.
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The team is gearing up as spr
ing break and their opening
match of the season, a scrim
mage against Florida Jr. College
in Jacksonville, grow nearer. The
March 2nd match will be followed
by a rough and demanding
schedule as the Lady Quakers
meet University of North Florida
on the 3rd, Flagler at Augustine
the 4th, Stetson at Deland-the sth,
University of Central Florida at
Orlando-the 6th, and wind up the
week with a match against
Rollins in Winter Park on the 7th.
"We have a young team, no
seniors," said Currie, "but I
think we'll be at least as strong as
we were last year and with no
seniors we're in pretty good
shape for the next two years."
Within the conference, High
Point is not expected to be as
strong as in previous years and
the most competition is foreseen
to come from Atlantic Christian.
Within the district, UNC-
Asheville can never be counted
out but the biggest competition
for district title and a chance to
return to the National Tourna
ment in Kansas City will still pro
bably come from Atlantic Chris
tian.
An optimistic Currie remark
ed, "it would be a great advan
tage to take such a young team to
the nationals this year."
The Lady Quakers contiue action in the Carolinas Conference playoffs
Friday & Saturday at High Point College.
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Lacrosse
Challenge Ahead
By Dave Owens
"Excitement" and
"improvement" are two of the
words that come immediately to
mind as Coach Patrick Manzella
talks about the 1985 women's
lacrosse program.
Two returning Lady Quakers
are expected to provide the bulk
of the scoring, as they did last
year junior Gretchen Rada
(Kenneth Square, PA) and
sophomore Kent Findlay (New
Canaan, CT).
Defensively, the squad will be
anchored by senior Ruth Tanham
(Middleburg, VA) and junior
Susan Marks (Greenwich, CT).
Add veterans Nancy Heller
(Greensboro, NC) and Vicky
Aubinoe (Bethesda, MD) and,
says Coach Manzella, one can
sense a strong returning nucleus.
Freshmen to watch are
Elizabeth Thomas (Moorestown,
NJ) and Laura Dancy
(Montclair, NJ).
"Although the schedule is quite
ambitious, we feel the program is
on the move, and we expect an
improvement over last year's 3-4
record," according to Manzella.
The Lady Quakers will open the
season March 13 with a scrim
mage with UNC-Chapel Hill and
Duke at Duke. The scrimmage
I will be followed later in the
season with officials matches
with both schools. Other op
iponents will include Randolph
p Macon, Lynchburg, Roanoke,
Davidson, Bridgewter, Hollins
and Sweet Briar.
Men's Tennis
Tough Schedule Ahead
By Dave Owens
MEN'S TENNIS. Head coach
Ray Alley, a 1966 graduate of
High Point College and Guilford's
coach for nine years. He was
NAIA National Coach of the Year
in 1975, NAIA District 26 Coach of
the Year seven times in a nine
year span and Carolinas Con
ference Coach of the Year five
times. His lifetime coaching
record is 229-132.
With a successful 7-1 fall season
behind them and a No. 13 NAIA
ranking in hand, Coach Ray Alley
and the Guilford College men's
tennis team are looking forward
to a tough but winning excursion
on the court this spring.
Tough? Consider that the
Quakers will engage 16 NCAA
Division I schools as well as three
others ranked in the top four na
tionally in their respective divi
sions.
The spring season opens
February 19 with matches within
five days with Wake Forest,
UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State.
One might assume that the re
mainder of the schedule would be
all down hill until observing that
it is sprinkled with such names as
Temple, Flagler, Rollins,
Rochester, West Virginia,
Amherst, MIT and Harvard. And
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who can forget that from nearer
home is the always-tough Atlan
tic Christian, ranked No. 4 in the
NAIA this year.
Winner of the fall Quaker
Classic with victories over
Washington & Lee, East Carolina
and William & Mary, Guilford
has two nationally ranked
players in junior Adam Neilly of
Pittsburgh, PA, at No. 17 and
senior Markku Salokannel of
Ouhu, Finland, at No. 31. Junior
Nick Demetriades of Haddon
field, NJ, came on particularly
strong during the fall season.
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"Although we face a challeng
ing schedule, we hope to be a
strong contender for both
Carolinas Conference and NAIA
District 26 championships,"
Coach Alley says. "We feel that
we are capable of being ranked
nationally in the top ten, and our
goal is to qualify for the NAIA
tournament in late spring."
The Quakers will host the Con
ference tournament April 5-6 and
the District tournament April
19-22.