PAGE 4 — THE DECREE — SEPTEMBER 21,1990
Soccer team hoping for great season
By MIKE WALSH
Wesleyan men’s soccer pro
gram is looking forward this year
to a great season.
Last season Wesleyan went 12-
8 before being ousted in the Dixie
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the number of new students com
ing for the school year, there were
many steps taken for the college to
function more effectively.
The Dean of Student Life, Pam
Derrick, said these steps included
longer and more accommodating
Baseball tryouts start
Interest is high for the 1990 fall
baseball season as fall tryouts have
begun for Mike Fox’s Battling
Bishops.
Fox has been busy evaluating
all the newcomers, and feels con
fident about the team’s prospects.
The Battling Bishops baseball
team will play a total of 18 games
this fall against Division LII, HI,
and junior college teams.
Conference Tournament. This
year’s squad is made up of some
excellent returning players and
some promising freshmen.
David Durkac, a senior out of
Neptune, N.J., and senior Jon
Miller, of Tampa, Fla., are ex
hours in the student health clinic,
increased security, and aU organi
zations becoming more involved
in campus life. Academically,
there were changes made by add
ing more sections of lower level
classes.
Academic Dean Marshall
Brooks said officials found them
selves “pleasant surprised when
the need for more class sections
and LSS class instructors arose.”
Even with the addition of
classes, some students found them
selves not receiving their first
choice of classes.
Freshman Jeff Schofield com
mented, “All the classes I wanted
to get out of the way, like math and
religion, are going to have to wait
until next semester.”
But Dean Brooks assured stu-
pected to give the Bishops the
leadership needed on the field.
Other returnees like Mike
Bauer and Craig Benson will sta
bilize the backfield. Troy Smitson
and John Bluffstone will be a
central part of the midfield and are
dents that if a student didn’t get
his first choice, he ended up with
a “reasonable schedule” to help
meet academic requirements.
Unfortunately, there were dis
advantages. Many upperclassmen
who signed up for a single room in
the residence halls were asked to
consolidate because of a lack of
space. There was a long line to
register at the beginning of the
semester, but there still is a longer
line in the cafeteria.
Many freshmen feel they won’t
get to know the people in their
class since they are all spread out
through the four dorms.
Having a huge incoming class
might bring short-term problems,
but in the end the college will see
long term benefits, officials be
lieve.
expected to control and distribute
the ball during Wesleyan’s offen
sive attack.
Goalkeeper Bobby Betts is the
only returning goalkeeper for the
Bishops and will definitely have a
busy season.
Overall, the uperclassmen,
particularly those in the backfield,
will be used to give the Bishops
direction and help the new players
in pressure situations.
In the first couple of games the
The Women’s volleyball team
opened up their season with a 2-3
game loss to Meredith College.
The Lady Bishops played to
their potential in the second and
third game, but Meredith came
back to win the fourth and final
games.
First year coach and Wesleyan
alumna, Lori Blackburn, said that
the team can learn fi:om the games
and work on their problems in
order to win upcoming matches.
Coach Blackburn played on the
Women’s volleyball team when
she attended Wesleyan.
Bishops were having trouble pull
ing together, but the last game
against Elon College showed the
Bishops playing well with only a
few mistakes to win 1-0. The
team’s current record is 3-2 as of
Sept. 11.
Remaining games included
against Mary Washington College
on Sept. 15, Greensboro College
on Sept. 29, Christopher-Newport
College on Oct. 9, Ferrum Col
lege on Oct. 17, and UNC-
Wilmington on Oct. 27.
One of the advantages this team
possesses is the number of return
ees. Where most of the other teams
consist of freshmen, this year’s
team has five women who have
played together for the past sea
son. The volleyball team return
ees are: Loren Segura, senior;
Karin Leshet junior; Judy Boyd,
Eric Brown, and Lori Stevens,
sophomores.
The new players include sopho
mores J.C. Fairall and Kristen
Grove, and freshmen Wendie
Kennedy, Desiree Harmon, and
Tina Vel.
Freshmen class largest in years
Volleyball team opens with loss
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