Abbey Visits
Seton Hall
Page 7 - CROSSROADS - December, 1977
The Abbey basketball team will be playing Seton Hall at the South
Orange campus on Feb. 16.
A reception is being planned for after the game. A room has been
reserved in the Seton Hall College Center, but people are needed to
contact alumni. If you are able to help, please contact the Alumni
Office, Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, N. C. 28012. If you hope to
attend the game and-or reunion, please check the appropriate box or
boxes below and mail it today so we will know approximately how
many to plan for.
BELMONT ABBEY - SETON HALL
BASKETBALL GAME
February 16,1978
South Orange, N. J.
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I hope to attend the game.
I hope to attend the reunion.
I will help Contact alumni.
THIS ALUMNI TEAM defeated the varsity 4-0
after the varsity’s Homecoming win over Eion
College. Left to right: Jack Murphy (’69), Rich
Hoefling (’71), George Kennedy (’77 B.A.C.
varsity soccer coach), Tom Amaiin (’74), .Mike
Shenigo (’74), Dennis Inguagiato (’74), Frank
Lawson (’79), Jack Murphy (’76), Paul Zambito
(’74) and Alex Kozak (’74).
Belmont Abbey College has
received $3000 in direct grants
through Eastman Kodak
Company’s 1977 Educational
Aid Program.
Responding to the con
tributions made by college and
Lounge
Additions
Students at Belmont Abbey
College were recently
pleasantly surprised by new
furnishings in the O’Connell
Hall Lounge.
Their gratitude was best
expressed in a letter to the
student body from the Student
Association president, Jeff
Sailstad. The letter stated;
“By now, it is no news that
O’Connell Lounge has at last
been furnished. This wonderful
thing has come about due to the
hard work of a lot of fine people.
What I am asking of the student
body is to please respect and
protect our ‘home away from
home.’’’
Several kind and generous
friends of the College are the
recipients of such gratitude
from the students, as well as the
faculty and staff. Mr. Harry
Adams of Myrtle Desk Co. in
High Point, N.C. donated two
white vinyl wing-back chairs to
the lounge. The North Carolina
National Bank of Charlotte
contributed the remaining
furniture, including tables,
chairs, couches, end tables, and
lamps.
The College is further
grateful to such good friends as
Mrs. Sue Ades, member of the
Board of Advisors, and Mr.
Grey Brendle, assistant vice
president of NCNB in Charlotte,
for their assistance in acquiring
the furniture for the College,
and to Mrs. Ades’ husband,
Nathan, for storing the fur
niture in his plant. Stately Lady
Nitewear, Inc. of Charlotte,
prior to its delivery. Both Mrs.
Ades and Mr. Brendle even
came out to O’Connell to help
with arranging the furniture
when it was delivered.
Kodak Contributes
$3,000 to College
Women’s Sports
Seen Progressing
university graduates to the
company’s business success,
Kodak direct grants - $750 to
privately supported schools and
$250 to publicly supported in
stitutions ~ are awarded for
each undergraduate or
graduate year completed by
those who graduate and join
Kodak within five years of their
graduation. The grants,
awarded during the graduate’s
fifth year of employment, are
made on behalf of those em
ployees who are utilizing their
academic training in the per
formance of their job duties.
Kodak’s direct grant to
Belmont Abbey College is on
behalf of Kenneth K. Kruger Jr.
Kruger, a 1972 graduate of
B.A.C., received the B.A.
degree in sociology. He has
been with the Eastman Kodak
Co. since his graduation from
the Abbey. He is currently a
technician working in computer
systems in the Photo Chemicals
Division of Kodak Park in
Rochester, N.Y. Kodak Park is
the major manufacturing
facility for the company.
This year, Kodak direct
grants totaling $890,250 have
been awarded to 219 four-year
privately and publicly sup
ported colleges and universities
and to 47 privately and publicly
supported schools offering an
AAS degree.
The outlook is getting better
for intercollegiate sports for
women on the campus of
Belmont Abbey College. These
observations were made at the
close of the second volleyball
season.
“The girls played well and did
a good job in representing the
school,” commented Coach
Pam Allison. “We had some
good leadership from our
captains, Terri Hamm and Celi
Koncul. The team also had a
little more depth.”
Besides volleyball, the
women are also able to par
ticipate in intercollegiate
tennis, coached by Dr. Mike
Reidy.
“Fan interest in women’s
sports has grown,” Ms. Allison
continued. “We (Reidy and
Allison) feel this has also
contributed to the growth.
“We are not able to recruit as
of now. We have to look for the
walk-on athlete; this indicates
the great interest in the sports
that we offer. The girls are
really a delight to work with.
They are very dedicated,”
concluded Ms. Allison.
Meek. Triumphant
Soccer Group
Visits Abbey
Youth soccer is a growing
thing in the United States today.
To keep up with the times,
Belmont Abbey College Coach
George Kennedy has brought
several groups to the College
this past season for soccer
events.
The Salvation Army Boys
Club of Gastonia, in its first
year of soccer, held its final day
games at the Crusader field on
Homecoming Saturday, Oct. 29.
In all, there were over 1(X)
participants in games that ran
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The fourth, fifth, and sixth
grades of the Ida Rankin
Elementary School in Mt. Holly
also visited the College for an
afternoon of soccer. Coach
Kennedy and several of the
Crusaders helped in demon
strations of various soccer
skills. Everyone seemed to
enjoy the afternoon’s activities,
especially the Crusaders.
Coach Kennedy has alsf
made se/eral appearan es
the community, givi.i,
demonstrations of soccer
technique and explaining the
points of the game. He has
spoken at schools and clubs and
has received great response.
“All in all, we have reached
over 2,(KX) people since I arrived
here. The response has been
great. People here are in
terested in the game, and we
will do everything possible to
expose them to it,” commented
Kennedy.
Prior to the Belmont Abbey
College basketball game
against Johnson C. Smith on
Nov. 26, local Abbey alumni
decided to try their luck with
the game just one more time.
A scrappy Mecklenburg
County alumni team went into a
four corners’ offense with two
minutes left and managed to
hold off the Gaston alumni 64-63.
Tony Byers led all scorers
with 25 points for the Gaston
County team.
Mike Shenigo paced the
winners with 22 points, and John
Monaco chipped in 15. Steady
play by Tom Amann, A1
Prud’Homme, Paul Darcy, Jay
Briody and Steve Delaney
enabl^ the Mecklenburg team
to pull out the victory in a very
exciting game.
(laston s Kevin Soden, Ronnie
Robinson, Jeff Huckaby, Kurt
Schulte, Charlie Martin, Levin
McGowan and Bob Schmitt
were calling for a rematch, but
all agreed a lime for
recuperation is needed.
The mixed doubles tennis
tournament, originally
scheduled for that afternoon,
was called due to bad weather.
It will be played in the spring.
Tidewater Alumni
See Crusaders Play
November 30, 1977 is- a night
many Tidewater, Va. area
alumni will remember. It was
that Wednesday evening that
the Abbey defeated the highly
regarded Old Dominion
basketball team in front of a
shocked crowd of 10,000 at the
Norfolk Scope.
The evening started
pleasantly with a pre-game
reception at the Holiday Inn
across from Scope. Many
alumni, family and friends got
together to meet other alumni
or renew old acquaintances. At
half time a happy group met in
a hospitality room and
discussed the Abbey’s play.
Most were worried about the
second half. However, it was
the second half when the Abbey
group of about 100 had
something to cheer about, and
cheer they did. Bill Drinkwater
(‘67) led the Abbey group in
chanting A-B-B-E-Y! Bob
Curran (‘57) couldn’t believe
what he was witnessing. Jim
Bowen .(‘73) jumped up after
every Abbey basket as the
Crusaders began to dominate
their powerful opponent.
The reception following the
game quickly turned into a gala
victory celebration. Coach
Hussey led his players into the
reception for a warm welcome
by Ihe alumni. After in
troducing his players. Coach
Hussey led his tired club to a
very well deserved meal. The
alumni continued to celebrate
well into Ihe evening. However,
Bill Drinkwater couldn’t let the
party end without one more
“Give me an A ...”
The Abbey and all the alumni
extend a greeting of thanks to
Bill Drinkwater, Jim Daffron,
Donnie Hatchett, Tony Sievers,
Bob Curran and all Ihe others
responsible for organizing such
a fine evening. A cheer also for
the alumni who attended Ihe
reception and supported Ihe
team.