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SPORTS Friday, April 21, 1995 Page 15 SOFTBALL READIES FOR URSINUS SHOWDOWN By JOHN MANARI) speed. She has stolen a conference high S,>Or/..EdilOr five bases. The Green Terror wil! hope that The Western Maryland Col- the rest of their offense keeps up the lege softball team faces it biggest production. They have been averaging hurdle so far this year when it meets over 10runs a game the Centennial Conference co-lead- Besides Backof, the Terror have ers, the Ursinus Bears. gotten good hitting from catcher Jen The game will be a final hurdle Prowinski and centerfielder Kari Th- for the Green Terror who are in ompson. Both are batting over .500. striking distance of CC Champion- While WMC may not have a lot ship and a potential Divison III n of speed they make up for it by hitting softball tournament berth. game. the ball hard and deep. Terror players The Terror are 11-1 in the con- The Bears will bring into are ranked in the top five in all extra- ference. The Bears improved to Il- game a 1-2 punch of their own. The Terror will tum to their will watch the conferences second base hit categories. l last weekend when they swept Kim Weindorfer and Kim Centennial Conference Player of best hitter go to bat when Ursinus' To beat Ursinus and win theCon- Washington College. Sammartino are a combined 7-1 in the Week for April 9, Julie Backof centerfielder Nicole Kiwakcomes up. ference the Terror will have to get ex- The teams bring to Saturday's Centennial matchups. They have a The freshman second baseman is Kiwak is tied with Backofforthe con- cellent pitching from whoever starts showdown the Conference's five combined ERA of \.50. A year ranked first or in the top five in ference lead in batting average. She Saturday. A replay of the Dickinson best pitchers. ago the Terror knocked off the seven conference offensive cat- has also hit two home runs in confer- disaster would be horrendous. On of- Senior Jenny Stewart leads the Bears 4-1 and 5-3. egories. ence play. She won Conference Player fense the Terror just need to hit like they Terror's pitching corps. She has a The difference in the games Backofhas been knocking the of the Week honors on March 27. can and they should have no problem 6-\ record and a conference ERA will be decided at who can figure ball all over the place this year and Kiwak brings to the game one beating Ursinus. of just over 2.50. A pair of fresh- out who's pitchers first. is batting over .550. She also has thingthatWMCdoesnothave, geed BASEBALL STREAKS TO 12-5 START; COSSABONE HURLS NO-HITTER; RESH BREAKS 4 RECORDS already broken four school Abttdso's strong play is that it and so every game becomes records this season, and is hav- has given Seibert more room to important. Last Friday against ing an incredible year. . maneuver his bench and lineup. Johns Hopkins on the road, the Resh shattered the old After beginning the year at Terror lost 7-4 <"lS the Blue Jays school record of 105 hits in a third base, Eric Landseadel avenged last weeks defeat career held by Gary Carter, and (.315 avg) is now the starting WMC had a doubleheader has continued to add hils at a designated hitter, while Brian Monday a g ai nst Muhlenberg record pace. Resh also broke Van Deusen (.275) has shifted and Tuesday they faced the mark for most stolen bases to third and Scott Rey (.274) is Ursinus. Both games were con- in a career, and now has 42, in- now at first base. ference match ups but results cluding I! this year. Over a re- Overall, the lineup is hit- were unavailable at press time. cent six game stretch,Resh had ting a blistering .322, and has Friday they travel to Ursinus 12 consecutive hits, and outscored their opponents by 35 with a 3:30 start. This weekend reached base safely 19 straight runs. they play Washington colllege in times (12 hits, seven walks), to The Terror only have con- a doubleheader at home set school records for most ference games left this season consecutive hits and most times and has three saves. reaching base safely consecu- Coccia Leads Lax to When the baseball season In his first collegiate pitch- tively. started, many question marks ing appearance, Cns s abone Against the Blue Jays at Terror Field last week, Resh had his second faced head coach Dave threw a no-hitter, which was four hit game of the year and added a 6-4 record Seibert. But now, with a 12-5 only the second time in school homerun and three RBI's, to continue record, and a 5-2 mark in the history that a Green Terror J< ROM ..,TAFF KEI'ORTS On the whole April has been Centennial Conference, pitcher has thrown one. It came his MVP-like season. For the year, a roller-coaster ride for the Green Resh is the leading hitter in the confer- Seibert has seen many of the against Vassar College over encewith a.557 average. He also leads Dean Coccia continued to . Terror men. So far they are 3-2 for question marks answered with spring break when the team blow down opposing goaltenders April. played six games in Florida. the team 25 RBI and 21 runs scored. s he rocked Haverford's Scott The men also entered the strong play and performances. Here are three reasons The Terror won the seven in- Resh was named Co-Centennial Con- Shimpff for four goals and also month with a 3-2 record. They that have helped to lead to the ning game 11-0, as Cossabone ference player of the week for his per- added two assists in a 19-13 win dropped a 13-12 decison at Mary formance in Ronda (11 for 16, II winning season. struck out nine, walked five, for the Green Terror last Saturday. Washington on April Fool's Day and only allowed one ball to be RBO.Hehas II muiti-hitgamcs,a.754 Coccia's has racked up 57 then three days they traveled to 1. THE PITCHING STAFF hit to the outfield. Cossabone sluggingrercentageanda.8l900-base points so far this year in leading Baltimore to face Goucher Col- average. He has gone hitless in only For the year, the pitching would later carry his hitless . the Terror to a 6-4 mark. The win lege. staff has a 3.90 ERA, which is streak to nine and a third in- one game this year, and currently has a ver Haverford improved the team The Gophers never knew what 16 game hitting streak. down close to two and a half nmgs. o 2-1 in Centenial Conference hit them as the Terror exploded for D' Angelo started against play. a 21-8 win. Three days later they funs from last season. :}.THE LEADOFF SPOT "We've had consistent per- Johns Hopkins at home last Matt Hoppe and Bo Schrott opened their Centenial Conference formances from OUf starting week, and though he gave up Since inserting Christiaan have also been turning in excellent Schedule. pitchers. They are throwing 10 runs, five of them were in Abildso into the leadoff spot, theTer- seasons. Schrott has scored 31 They racked up a convinc- strikes, and forcing opponents the 9th and from the 3rd inning ror have gone 10-2. The freshman is goals and Hoppe has 27. Both are ing 18-11 win over Swarthmore to put the ball into play," said to the 7th he shut the Blue Jays hitting .390, and has scored 20 runs to ver the 50 point mark for the sea- on the road as they improved to head coach Dave Seibert. down, to help give the Terror a go along with a .531 on base percent- 5-3 behind Schrott's four goal Leading the way is fresh- 13-10 win over a team that has age. Freshman Jeff Cordisco con- game. "He's theperfect leadoffhiner; He man pitcher George Cossabone crushed them in the recent has speed, he is a contact hitter, and tinued his fine rookie season by The Terror then hosted na- who has a 3.49 ERA, Brett past. has everything you look for in a lead- scoring three times against tionally ranked Gettysburg on Kehler, who is 3-2 with a 3.37 off hitter," said Seibert. Haverford last weekend. That gave April 12. The Terror were out- ERA, and Tim D' Angelo who 2. JERRY RES" Another advantage to him 18 goals on the year. classed and dismantled 30-12 The senior shortstop has bv a ferocious Bullet attack. is 4-1 with a 3.97 ERA. Kehler