February 23, 2000
Meredith Herald
Campus Sports
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Tennis team begins spring season well
Betsv Rhame
Staff Wflier
“One of the most competi
tive spring seasons we’ve ever
had," is what Dr. Melinda
Campbell said of Meredith's
tennis team, which she coach
es.
Although the tennis team has
both a fall and a spring season,
it is the spring season that has
the most matches and offers the
chance to attend regional or
national competitions.
The intensity of having two
tennis seasons per academic
year has helped maintain the
tennis program.
"We have players with year-
round mentality for their tennis
game," said Campt>eil.
The team has had one match
so far this season against Divi- Division
sion 1 High Point University I I I
(Meredith is in Division III). schools.
Angela Odom cites this “Our
match as a helpful one. “We goal is to
could tell that we were rusty," maintain
she said. our posi-
“[II] helped [us] get prepared tion in
for the season,” Odom added. t h e
This season’s team includes region
a senior, two Juniors and eight and give
underclassmen. ourselves
Kelly Jones, the team’s cap- a chance
tain and only senior, believes to go to
that although they are a young the first
team, they arc a very capable round of
one. nation-
“We're strong ail the way als," said
down ... solid,” Jones said. C a m p -
The Meredith tennis team is bell,
ranked fifth in the Intercolle
giate Tenni.s Association fall
rankings among southeast
Kelly Jones, a senior, leads this season's ten
nis team as captain.
Photo coi-'ktesy Repartmiint of Health/ Physical Education
Basketball adds two wins to season
Jenny Costa
staff Writer
The Meredith basketball
team played its 19th game of
the season Friday night against
cross-town rival Peace Col
lege.
Before the game, the three
seniors on the team were rec
ognized for their outstanding
commitment and performance
over the past four years: Beth
Goodale, co-captain; Julie
Schramm, co-captain; and
Margaret Ann Honeycutt, man
ager.
Goodale has played 86
games in her college career and
scored 1,012 points. She has
been a key shooter for the
Angels over her four years on
the team.
Schramm has had a 67 per
cent shooting average during
her four-year career and has
been a vital offensive player.
Honeycutt is the first manag
er to have been with the team
for four consecutive years. She
has kept important statistics
and has cheered the team on to
victories.
The game was neck and
neck through the first half and
the score at half-time was 36-
35, Peace. Both teams were
playing tough defense.
Schramm said after the game
that she knew both teams were
“tough and ready,’’ but “the
It
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The seniors on the basketball team are recognized for
their contributions to Meredith’s team.
Photo by Abbv SPErjcEB
Angels don’t
like losing at
home."
Meredith
came out after
half-time
ready to play
“Meredith bas
ketball.’’ as
Goodale put it.
The Angels
scored 53
points with
only three
turnovers in
the second
half, “and that
was key,” said
Coach Carl
H a t c h e 11.
‘There was a
great effort in
the second
half."
Goodale
said that her fours years on the
team have been “the best expe
rience of [her] life.” And this
game, she said, embodied the
team unity that has made the
experience so rewarding. She
added that she and Schramm
have played basketball togeth
er for eight years.
At haif-time, Meredith
Recreation As.sociation spon
sored a competition for the
“Weatherspoon Wacky," the
fan with the most spirit. Erin
Grant, a senior, and Krystal
Campus
Briefs
Acorn now acccpUng
arU prose, poetry
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bno-w.aeceixit^
sub(ni£»wis edi-
don. Ifee the caroiws llt-
emy and ct«sdve m^zioe,
acMpcs : gketdies,
poetry, |wo« and oUiet ft»n»s of
SubroissvoB boxes are now in
Cate C^er, lojner Hall,
li^tBsoD tiaii EOKi. tiie
BcKe&caEi be found next to Her-
stands.
Att sutowjissions will be
accepied on selected. days »t
Gaddy-Hamrick. Uk* for |»st-
«d l»r fuf^c d^ts. .
Senior Julie Schramm defends Meret
the game on Friday.
Photo by Mindv BELTHF.ii
Tyndall, a junior decked in
wings and face paint, competed
for the Target gift certificates.
Grant came in first place with
Tyndall winning the second-
place prize.
The Angels played Averett at
home on Monday, Feb. 21.
Having lost the previous two
games to Averelt. Meredith
avenged those two losses with
a crushing score of 85-42,
Angels.
This weekend, the Angels
will play a tournament at home
to end the season.
Clifton to speak at
Mer^ith CoU^e
Meredith Colfege presents
Ludtte Clifton, famed poa and
atttlww of cSildnsnV booVs. She
\nll read from owd WMiks
fljat fiwus ort huinav endurwice.
her perso;^ struggles ^d pain
and cetebrafioiis of life.
CiiiloEi will on MoKlay,
27. at 7r30 p.m. in Joses
AudUoriutn no cani-
Playwright to
speak at Meredith
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Wendy Wa.ssCTSt»n. st Pullt^
S^-wlnaing playwrigM. wiH
5peafc,ai Meredhft C^ge on
Sunday Mar. 26 M 3 pjn. in
Aodirorium, As part of
edebfation of. die
Year of Ttjeatte, Wasse««ein wl};
^eak :abuat w«Hn^ in the arts.
AdnnssKOT is free to the
l^lic,
Besides winning a PuJitzer
:Pri2e for bet play The NeitU
Chronicles,. Wasserstein also
eanwdae 59S9TajyAwardand
Susan Smith Blackburn Pri;^
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