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~THE GOLD BUG February 14 1974 omen whlpunbeoten Maryland by Leigh Rogoff The prestigious ACC suffered a defeat on the themselves. basketball court at the hands of Western Maryland Lin Van Name played an outstanding game College on Tuesday, January 29. WMC stormed to a throughout versus Maryland. She repeatedly netted thrilling come-from-behind overtime victory over baskets keeping her side in contention. Before nemesis University of Maryland, College Park, by fouling out, Cathy Dudderer did an excellent job in the score of 49-46.Trailing by a dozen at the half, a breaking the Maryland press and in blocking out ferocious defense and timely shooting brought the underneath. Leslie Applegate saved a crucial three home team to within striking distance at the start of point play until the final gasping moments, sealing the fourth quarter. An emotion packed final quarter the outcome of the contest and nearly giving the ended with both squads notched at 41 and the spectators heart failure in the process. Overall, a boisterous crowd drained. A talented and tall fine team effort supplemented by atrocious of- Maryland squad did not lose its poise despite a ficiating vanquished Maryland. poorly officiated game that favored the home team. WMC romped over Dickinson and convincingly triumphed over Harford C.C. in their most recent Since the last report the girl cagers have reeled encounters. In a physical contest, Western off six straight victories over Lebanon Valley, Maryland was no match for the game but out- Elizabethtown, Loyola, Maryland, Dickinson and classed visiting Harford club. Again, WMC's Harford. The season's record stands at 7 and 3. strengths of defense and rebounding proved to be the difference. A seasoned squad of mostly seniors has displayed. Parlaying a toughened. defense and aggressive a brand of consistent hard-nosed. team basketball rebounding, WMC spurted in the. second quarter indicative of a: sound experienced team. WMC against Harford to a 24-15 halftime lead. The features a swarming aggressive 2-1-2zone defense margin widened. as the visitor's scoring drought which causes many a turnover or forced shot on the was more than compensated for by frequent part of the opposition. Coupling this with a potent buckets at the other end of the floor. Van Name's 18 large front line that rebounds well off both boards points led an offensive barrage with contributions and possessing offensively a strong inside game, of 15 from Dudderer and 8 by Applegate. The final the hustling girls team proves to be a formidable score was 58-26. Next home game is 6:30 pm on foe. Maryland soon enough discovered. this for February 19 against Salisbury State. Terrors Stay in there By Larry Reed Coming off a solid win over Gallaudet, the to 77Tuesday night to keep alive the Terrors' hopes WMC women"take to the courts. Western Maryland Cagers defeated. Swarthmore 87 of gaining an MAC playoff berth. Junior John Trumbo led the scoring with 30 points, 20 coming on field goals and 10 from free throws. The second leading scorer was Sophomore Hairy Birds are number 2 John Feldman who had 25 points, 22 from the field. Senior Fred Naarisma scored 13points and had 11 rebounds. by David Fine important man, coach George Crouse. The score remained close throughout, with The Western Maryland Rifle Team continues its In a match, each shooter must fire three targets _ Western Maryland leading at half-time 42 to 36. The season which began in mid-October. Thus far, the one. ~ach in the prone, kneeling, and standing Terrors' determined defense and possessive of- team holds a 4-2 record with wins against positions. Each target has a maximum value of 100 fense enabled the Cagers to win a needed victory. Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Mt. St. Marys, and points. So far, Dan Roh leads the team with an John Feldman and Fred Naarisma played ex- Frederick Community College. Our losses were to average of 260out of a possible 300. Next in line is ceptionally well both offensively and defensively. Gettysburg on two seperate occasions. "Rabbi" Fine with 250 , "Chick" Chenoweth with Since the '72-73 match season, the WMC "Hairy 248.7, and LLoyd Brown with 247.4. The team Birds" have lost only 1 shooter, "Moby" Hartung, average is 1251out of 1500. The "Hairy Birds" are The Terrors downed Gallaudet last Saturday by a who graduated last year. This years marksmen number two in their division and are trailing just score of 87to 43. John Trumbo lead the scoring with include team captain Dan Roh, Mark Chenoweth, behind Gettysburg who are ranked number one. - 17 points. For the first time this year, Western Annette Witt, "Gentleman" Jim Geleta, Lloyd The WMC rifle team has four matches left in the Maryland had five freshmen in the game at one Brown, Bob "Regs" Ramsdell, David Fine, and season, and they anticipate ending with a 8-2 time - Wayne Coblentz, Gef Fleming, Ron An- Keith Dill. And behind the team stands the most record. derson, John O'Connor, and Bob Wallace. Terrors pluck Blue Jays by crsvtcn McCarl The WMC wrestling team thrashed the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays on home mats by a score of 24-16 on Feb. 6. The tempo of the match was set as Western Maryland started off with four straight victories. Jed Marchio started. things off by defeating last year's Maryland High School Champion 3-2. Steve Koster followed with a con- vincing 22-5 win. Bob Griffen then defeated his opponent 7-4 before co-captain Tom Yates pinned. his in 1:12. Two more victories by co-captain Bill Powell and freshman Bud Burke, both by a 7-3 margin, and a 1-1 draw by co-captain Joe Booker insured the victory even before going into the remaining matches. . With two non-conference matches remaining, the terror grapplers prepare for the Mason-Dixon tournaments. Entering with a 5-2conference record and eight returning place winners from last year, the Terrors are sure to make a strong showing.