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Sports 'Thursday, October 13, 1983 page 8 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Intense Defense Helps Shut Philip Block onds remaining, buried deep half when Rich Johnson Saturday - "We played in- in their own territory, and a kicked fieldgoals of 23 and 30 tense," exclaimed a jubilant determined defensive line yards. Terror Qb Ray Evens Rick Conner, after the Green closing in on him, Todd hur- added the final points when ., ......... "' .... Terrors had finally defeated a ried a desperate pass across he sneaked across the goal pesky Juniata squad, 20-7, the middle. Co-captain Rick line with 19 seconds remain- before a huge WMC home- Conner leaped into the air ing in the half, and with the coming crowd. and snatched the ball into his Johnson kick that foltowed Another word that could arms. Rick then headed to his gave the Terrors a 13-7 lead ., ...... , ....... also describe the game could left, and followed a couple of to take into the locker room. be "defense". The WMC de- key blocks into the end 'zone, The only Juniata . fensive unit shut down an ending any Juniata comeback occured when Qb Dave i Indian offense that had been hopes. This also sent his fer completed the only Indian known to become explosive elated teamates charging pass in the first half, a 21 with their feared passing at- from the sidelines to congrat- yard strike to split end Todd tack. ulate him. Naylor. "We were in a man to However, Juniata used a Conner exclaimed, "I just man offense, he (Naylor) run dominated offense saw the balltl0mi()Qr' jumped-mace algood .rnove....beat his against the Terrors led by up and caugHt it','11ar'(ijfol- man, and was wide open for quarterbacks Kaden and Pfei- .... ;ii;i;~;...11 fer, and fullback Kimmel. And, ~~~~n~.,9reat block into the th~i~~':I~~mS~~~te,?W~O~e~~U.;;;;~.......~;;;i;ii;i;ii;iiii ... iiiiiii;;;ii;~~ the well known Indian passing "The defense played well," ready for the (Juniata). We game never really appeared said Coach Molesworth, "But, expected them to pass more, Booters Up Record To 5-3-1 until late in the fourth quarter- Conner's catch put the game but we shut down their of- when quarterback Todd on ice." fense anyway. Next week the Andrew Langley But then the Terrors came Kaden tried to ralty his team Molesworth also com- Green Terrors (2-2) travel In the most inspirationa to life and whipped Susque- from a 13·7 deficit. mented, "It was a good north to Dickenson to take on game of the year, the soccer hanna 3-0. Susquehanna kept • But, the WMC defense homecoming game, but 1just their (0-2) squad. Coach team smashed Haverford 4-3 the game close most of the arose to the occasion by wish we got into the end zone Molesworth said, "We're last Saturday, upping their contest, repelling wave after putting .constant pressure on more. It was really frustrating going to work hard for the record to 5-3-1. The victory wave of WMC offensive Kaden, and deflecting or not to score more." Dickinson game. They don't capped an up and down two thrusts. Finallv, a miscue off a breaking up several Juniata The other WMC scoring that appear very good this year, weeks which saw the WMC Jamie DeGraff! shot-the full- passes. Then with 49 sec- did occur came in the first but_they'll be tough." boaters play one game as if back passed the ball into his charged by electricity, then own net-broke their backs Injuries And Sickness Plague Harriers come out the next flatter than and WMC poured it on. De- graff! added another tally off four day old Coke. The two weeks began with an assist from Phil Blatz and James Start! they met with mixed success. destroyed a weak Loyola a depressing loss to Messiah Bruce Kracke, and the hob- Rich Hauls! The women, led by Julie squad with a 1-2-3 finish by CoJlege, Wednesday, Sep- bling John Montanye scored The Cross-country team had Craig, defeated Gettysburg Russo, Thomas, and Harfet. tember 28. Messiah, ranked from a brilliant pass from the three meets during the last for the first time in cross- Both Thomas and Hartst beat in the top 10 division III, team sparkplug, Chris Beyers. two weeks. Unfortunately, country history. Craig's time Loyola's best runner, some- scored early and kept the Defensively the Terrors were plagued by injuries and sick- of 18:52 was the fourth fastest one who had previously eager WMC boaters off bal- airtight, with fine perform- ness, the Terrors did not fair time ever on this course. beaten both of them. This was ance most of the game, After ances from Phil Blatz, Paul as well as they hoped. Much improved Leslie-Ann a sign of optimism as the WMC missed several excel- Langrehr, Craig Robson, Mike On the 28th, the men's Yarrow also broke twenty min- Terrors struggled through the' lent opportunities to score in Paglione, and especially the squad travelled to Susque- utes to finish third. Tracey hardest part of their season. the middle of the first half, always-skillful Carl Holz. The hanna to compete with Sus- Serretelli ran a very strong Although the overall per- Messiah slowly pulled away team also got good games quehanna and Lycoming. The race to finish in fourth, while formance left something to be and, by the end of the game, out of their dynamic duo of trip proved frustrating as the Kari Gustafsen and Sue Stev- desired, there were some out- the score was 3-0. Although freshmen, Joe Nattans and Terrors received a mauling enson rounded out the scor- standing individual perform- the game was perhaps closer Steve Lutche. The victory was from Susquehanna's orange ing with 6th and 7th place ances. Lynn Schuler has than the score might indicate, especially tasty beause Sus- wave. With WMC's first run- respectively. lowered her time by over a the Terror offense seemed quehanna had beaten WMG ner, Brian Russo sick, and On the coin's flipside, the minute this season and Becky tired in the doldrums. Cont on 7 their second man, Joe men failed in their quest to Nave seems much inproved Thomas, suffering from beat G-burg. The always- from last year. Sophomore Tim McLaughlin has also im- JV Soccer Suffers 1-0 Setback asthma, the Terrors proved to strong Pennsylvania team ap- be no competition for the peared better than last year, proved greatly over the past powerful Susquehanna team. when WMC almost upset year and is capable of filling Cynthia Zanquill and Tim Scharfe contributed Junior Rich Hartst was the them. Bright spots included in any time one of the top five So far this season the WMC to a solid goalkeeping per- strongest for WMC. Although freshmen Doug Nolder's swift runners is off key. Chris Junior Varsity soccer team is formance. his time would have been 27:16 clocking (for a 5.1 mile Vaughan is running consis- 1-2. In the first game, WMC On Homecoming, the Terror very competitive in most other course) followed closely by tently stronger, showing that suffered a 1-0 loss to a JV squad faced their toughest "- races, it could get him no Rich Hartst. Jim Start! got by there will be a place for him in hustling Gettysburg squad. challenge yet. Throughout the better than 9th place on this the ailing Russo and Thomas the future. Senior Tony Mike Hogan, Brian "Gargoyle" physical match the Western day. The day was not a total as the third WMC runner while Japzon, after getting off to a Nicholas, Eric Cubberly, and Marylanders played with loss however, as WMC, in sophomore Tim McLaughlin slow start, has chopped two Adrian "Nubber" Gawdiak class, although losing 2-1. On tum, routed Lycoming taking rounded out the five scorers minutes from his first race this played fine games in a losing a penalty shot, Allan Ferber the first four spots. (Thomas dropped out allow- year, looking like he may be a cause got the only WMC score. John On the following Saturday ing McLaughlin to move up a real contribution for the team In their next game the Ter- Ferber, Luke Hodges and the Terror men and women position.) in the MAC's. rors faced a disciplined Chris- David Bell all had oooo offen- travelled to Gettysburg where More recently the Terrors tian squad from Messiah sive games. Brian Nicholas, Spikers Take Dickinson Tournament College. After trading goals, Jeff Stebbins, Scott Ward, Rich Metz all played and the Terrors pulled ahead to stay, with goals from the Fer- strong defensive games Liz Fox had placed 1st the previous York were 15-3, and 15-6. The ber brothers. Coach Greg Goalkeeper John Simensky The Western Maryland two years and won it again Glassboro scores were 15-6 Shockley got fine defensive denied Haverford many op- Women's volleyball team went this past weekend. and 15-4. The following day play from Rich Metz, John portunities to score. to Dickinson College on Octo- The Terrors were matched the terrors met up with Mora- Hattery, Jeff "keg leg" Steb- The cheerful JV squad looks ber 7th and 8th to defend up against York and Glass- vian and Franklin and Mar- bins, and Scott "Kaiser" forward to seeing all their their title in the annual Dickin- .boro on Friday night. The shall. Ward. John "cement head" loyal fans at the Dickenson son Tournament. The team scores 01 the match agai_!lst Cont on 7 Simensky, Steve Downing, game on the 21st.