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November 4, 1982 Volleyball ranked 5th in Div. III Glen Arnold The Western Maryland College Volleyball team with a__29~3·1 record is ranked fifth in the Nation, Division HI. After placing fourth in the Towson Tournament, the Terrors went on to defeat Elizabethtown, Susquehanna, York, and a First place in the Dickinson Tournament. WMC's next victim, and first Southwest League game, was Franklin and Marshall. In this first League victory, Anne Glaeser and Donna Mummert led· the Terrors with excellent front line play. The next match was against Division I, Towson State. In the first game, behind the strong serving of Melissa Wagner, it appeared that Western Maryland (winning 15·3) was going to make short work of Towson. In the second game, however, Towson State came back to win 9-15. The Terrors rebounded, again on the serving of Wagner who quickly gave WMC an 8-0 lead. After a late surge by Towson, the Terrors went on to win 15-6. In the fourth and final game, the Terrors fell behind briefly before pulling away to win 15-5. Anne Glaeser and Donna Mummert again put on a fine performance, supported by Becky Banckert, Julie Fringer, and Patsy Moyles. The serving of Melissa Wagner, however, proved to be the key to the match. After this tough Towson match, the Terrors played a weak Washington team. After easily winning the first two games 15-3, 15-1, Coach Fritz put in the J.V. squad. They struggled however, and Fritz . had to bring back the Varsity players to win the game 15- The starting six getting psyched for G.-burg. 10. Following this victory, the Terrors went to the North- South Classic and won, defeating UMBC, Gettysburg, Grove City, and tying Navy. Then it was off to Gettysburg. This time Gettysburg was ready and in the first game they jumped out to a 4-11 lead. WMC on the serving of Becky Banckert and Melissa Wagner came back to win 15-11. In the second game the Terrors established the early lead only to have Gettysburg to come back. The Tenors, however, managed to hold them off and go on to win 15-10. The third game see sawed back and forth, I with Gettysburg getting Ihe victory 13-15. The fjnar game was again close with the Terrors winning 15-10. This 1 victory was truly a learn victory with all players contributing equally. . The most recent WMC game was a victory over a weak Dickinson team, 15-6, 15-1, 15-6. WMC has one more home game before it goes to the MAC Tournament on Nov. 5-6, at Dickinson College. . Terrors win match 3 games to 1 She soon returns the favor to the bullets.