Athlete of the week: Elizabeth Hornthal,
Swinging and Singing
by Deanna Harris
Elizabeth Homthal, a junior from Eden-
ton, North Carolina, is this week’s “Athlete
of the Week.”
Elizabeth began playing tennis around
the age of twelve when her dad took her to
the courts. Coming firom a tennis-oriented
family helped her get involved in playing
tennis with friends, too. She and her friends
attended tennis camps for fun in the
summer.
Elizabeth played tennis at Hohnes High
School where she won the conference
doubles champicmship for four years and
sectional championship for th^ years.
She also participated in regional and state
competitions.
At Meredith Elizabeth enjoys playing
tennis for fiin. She says it is a “good
release.” She plays both fall and spring
spring and adds that her “grades are letter
The golf team completes fall
season and prepares for spring
by Melanie Eisele
The golf team ended its season several
weekends ago with tournaments at James
Madison University and Duke University.
The JMU tournament did not go veiy well
as Shelly Paul, Jennifer Guyer, and Tracy
Sternberg, all reported scores higher than
they would have liked. However, all three
bounced back at the Duke tournament and
did well despite rain and cold wind.
Even though the season is over, practice
goes on as the girls are already preparing
for the spring season. Sternberg and Guyer
are completely changing their swings, a
change that they expect will reduce their
strokes by 10 to 20 per game. Sternberg is
having success, but for Guyer the going is a
little rougher. She goes on to explain,
“Since I've had the same swing a long
time, Tve had a hard time changing.” Even
so, she is optimistic about the new swing
and expects it to make her play more
consistent.
When I questioned the team about what
they look forward to for next semester,
Paul and Sternberg shouted emphatically
in unison “A TEAM!!” Guyer, on the other
hand, was thinking about the Rollins
Tournament—or maybe she was thinking
about where that tournament is to be held,
in Florida. As for this past season, Stern
berg sums it all up very well: “I’ve learned
a lot; I’ve met a lot of new people; I’m
having a good time, and I love it!”
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(when she is] playing tennis.”
Elizabeth enjoys writing songs and play
ing the guitar when she is not playing ten
nis. At Meredith ^e may be better Imown
as “Otis”, a member of the Bathtub Ring.
After graduation Elizabeth plans to
become a history teacher and a tennis
coach. Her long-range plans include
attending graduate school to become a
guidance counselor.
Blzabelh Homthal takes time from her
busy schedule to pose for a photograph.
(Photo by IGm Cook)
Tennis Season Connes to an End
by Nancy Weatherly
The fall tennis season has come to an
end. All the giris worked hard to compile
an impressive 5-3 record. “I was really
pleased with the season,” said Coach Mas
sey, adding that the team was stronger
than she had expected it to be.
The only losses came to East Carolina,
Atlantic Christian, and Campbell, all teams
with scholarship players. Meredith
triumphed over* Wingate, Queens,
Greensboro College and Methodist twice.
In the final two matches of the season,
Meredith fell to Atlantic Christian 2-7, but
then came back over Methodist 8-1, in
which all the team members had a chance
to play. Against A.C., Anne Whiteside
won her singles match 7-6,6-0 while she
ajnd Kim Brittsan teamed to win in doubles
3-6,6-3,6-0.
Coach Jay Massey expressed that “all
the girls worked hard and came through.”
She was pleased with the progress of each
girl. “All the returning players seemed to
be playing more consistently and with
greater mental toughness.” she said. “Eli
zabeth Homthal has played the most
agressive tennis; she and Barbara Bulla
have developed a strong doubles team, los
ing only two of their matches.” Barbara
Bulla played the first seed the entire sea
son, while Elizabeth HomUial played the
second seed. Also, #3 seed Emily Houser
played more consistently and tougher this
year.
The fourth seed has been held by fresh
man Anne Whiteside, describe by Mas
sey as “the big winner for the season,” as
she did not lose a singles match and there
fore, won more games than anyone else.
“Whiteside has probably been the steadist
player,” Massey commented, “and is a
good baseline player.” As she continues to
play more aggressively particularly at the
net, Whiteside will become an even bigger
factor in future seasons.
“I’m extremely pleased with the pro-
^ss Amy Messick (#5 seed) has made
since last spring,” said Massey. This fall
Messick lost only three of her matches, all
by very close margins, and has b^n very
strong throughout the season.
The other players who have had a
chance to compete in matches are the fol
lowing: Elizabeth Wilson (#6 seed), Kim
Brittsan, Jean Nichols, Angela Little, Beth
Bryant, and Michelle Lenhart. All have
contributed to the success.
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