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SPORTS
Lady Rams: Getting Ready for the Season
RY JANICE WILUAMS
Sports I'cJilor
With the end of basketball season,
comes spring, soft ball and intramural
sports. Speaking of softball. The Lady
Rams Softball team is getting ready for
action.
With last season’s (12-12) behind
them, the team is looking forward to a
productive and prosperous winning
season.
Bridget Speaks, Denise Taylor and
Diya Wilson, the team’s co-captains, are
all in their second year of playing here at
Winston-Salem State University. In total,
these ladies have been playing softball for
10-12 years.
Through their leadership and the
combined efforts of the team, they hope
to do well in the North/South Roundup,
March 18-20. In this Roundup, the
schools in the North play against the
Southern schools. These games.
however, “do not count as conference
games, just as regular season games,”
explained Softball Coach Michael
Winbush. The Lady Rams finished 3-3 in
the Roundup.
Winbush has tried to improve
WSSU’s softball program over the last
few years. “This year I was able to give
some of the ladies some scholarship
money, which helps with things like
books,” he said.
At the beginning of most sporting
seasons, the players and coaches try to
access the strengths and weaknesses of
their teams. This also holds true for the
Lady Ram Softball team.
“The team has a strong defense; but
we are not too sure about the offense
because we haven’t really practiced
outside,” said Speaks.
As the 15 member team practices,
they are still looking for players to fill
two critical positions on the team. These
positions are catcher and pitcher.
Winbush explains that although Denise
Taylor is performing well as catcher, the
team still needs another one.
“In years to come, this will be a more
improved softball program, if I can recruit
more quality people, such as a pitcher and
a catcher,” said Winbush.
The 1994 Lady Rams Softball Team is a
good mixture of new and veteran players.
The NCAA’s eligibility rules which
include: having earned at least 24 hours
from spring to spring semester; a 2.0
grade point average for returning players;
and a score of 700 or greater on the SAT
for freshmen; helped to create a strong in
and outfield for WSSU’s team.
Denettra Parker, LaTisha Jones,
Angela Sturdivant and Leann Gibson,
strong new players to the team, all bring
steadiness and knowledge of the sport and
hard work to the team. Last year’s MVP
Bridget Speaks and Pam Johnson are
players to watch for this season.
Coach Mike Winbush
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