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Dmen SPORTS Wanted: Inside Sports writers, TilffjJr -Lady Terrors make confer- photographers, but are ence semi-finals and editors defeated by Muhlenberg Callx8600 -Page 15 Volume XVII, Number 3 Western Maryland College Thursday, March 5, 1998 Terror wrestler places in Division IIIfinal Senior Smiddy finishes career with a school record 0/93 wins Western Maryland had eight menr. while Smiddy was selected wrestlers finish in the top six in as the first alternate. their respective weight classes in Should Smiddy not compete in the NCAA Division m East Re- nationals, he would complete his gional tournament at Ursinus Col- stellar career with a school-record lege. 93 wins in 134 total matches. Senior 134-pounder Steve Freshman l50-pounder Andre Smiddy was the only Green Terror Brener finished third for Western in the finals, but he fe117-5 to top- Maryland, and was tabbed the sec- seed Bryan Klass of Delaware Val- ond alternate for an at-large bid. ley. Sophomores Charlie Conaway Smiddy then lost to Messiah's at 158 and Scott Taylor at 190 both Mike Gaugler, the winner of the wound up fifth for the Green Ter- consolation bracket, 2-0 in the con- ror, as did Rodney Stine at 118, Jon test for true second place. The win Pitonzo at 126, Josh Ellin at 142 lifted Gaugler to an at-large bid to and Cody Brenneman at 167. the Division III national touma- Senior 134-pou.nder Steve Smiddy served as first alternate in the NCAA Division III East Regional tournament. Courtesy of Sports Information WMC mens basketball Swimmers 5th Annual finishes season 11-12 place in CC Centennial Conference championship Swimming Championships BY JOHN BURFIELD season with three losses in a row. Zoulias felt that his team played SlajJWriler basketball, WMC's men's basketball team very competitive that their record and was disappointed Western Maryland College Men Women finished off the season with an 11- sophomore Barkley Dameron tied Final Team Scoring: Final Team Scoring: 12 record and went 6-7 in the Cen- didn't reflect how hard they had played. for eighth place in individual scor- I. Gettysburg, 824; I. Gettysburg, 754; tennial Conference, despite last He noted that eight of the team's ing to highlight the Green Terror's 2. Swarthmore, 633; week's 73-68 loss to Washington losses were by eight or fewer performance in the fifth annual 2. Swarthmore, 545; College. points. Centennial Conference swimming 3. F& M, 449; 3. Dickinson, 483; WMC's loss turned out to be the Couch Zoulias also feels very championship, which concluded at 4. Washington, 421; 4. F&M,426; final game of the season, after it confident with his returning play- Franklin & Marshall College on 5. Western Maryland, 261; 5. Washington, 413; was decided that a non-conference ers for next season. Zoulias cited Sunday, February 22. 6. Dickinson, 221; 6. Western Maryland, 232; game against Frostburg State, the fact that they had three sopho- Dameron compiled 46 points in three individual events, includ- 7. Ursinus, 173. 7. Bryn Mawr, 159; The coach felt the team has improved over ing a second-place finish in 8. Ursinus, 157. Sunday's lOO-yard freestyle. last season, and noted that the Centennial After posting a time of 56.03 Conference has improved as a whole. ered her mark in the final to 54.75. Indoor track places in the trials, Dameron seconds low- Green Terror senior Chris which had been postponed earlier mores starting regularly while only this season, would not be played. Drawbaugh ended his career with fourth at championship In his final game, senior for- having one senior in the starling line-up. his best conference finish, coming ward Will Marshall led WMC scor- The coach felt the '97-'98 team in sixth in the J,650-yard freestyle Sophomore Kerry Wilson won Swarthmore won its second ers with 23 points, while sopho- has improved over last season, and at 17:34.94. two events and had three other top- straight women's title with 123 more Brian Billman put in [3 noted that the Centennial Confer- Freshman Chris Clemmens four finishes, leading Western points, followed by Haverford (93), points and pulled down 18 re- ence has improved as a whole. claimed seventh in the 200 back- Maryland to fourth place in the fifth Dickinson (61) and Western Mary- bounds. With the departure of WMC's stroke and junior Jason West sev- annual Centennial Conference land. Although this game saw the all-time leading scorer, Will Mar- enth in the 200 butterfly in other women's indoor track and field The Western Maryland men Terror behind 57-45 midway shall, Zoulias noted that it will take Sunday races. championship at Dickinson Col- wound up sixth with 34 points. through the second half, they man- an overall team effort to fiJI his Western Maryland's men fin- lege. Junior Gavin DeFreitas had fourth- aged to take the lead 66-65 with With the loss of Marshall, ished fifth out of seven teams, and Wilson successfully defended place finishes in the 200 (24.09 sec- 4:20 to play after a three-point play absence. said that players such as Zoulias the Green Terror women took sixth her title in the long jump, leaping onds) and 400 (53.12) dashes for by forward Will Marshall. freshman guard Sean Pond, who in an eight-team field. 16 feet, 9-1/4 inches to victory. She the Green Terror, while Jarrod After WMC turned the ball over have seen limited playing time in Gettysburg continued its con- also won the 55-meter hurdles in Gillam and Mike Cushwa took and missed three shots, Washing- the past, would now have a chance ference domination by winning 8.54 seconds, placed second in the third and fifth in the 8oo-meter run, ton guard Steve DeVore drained a to contribute more. both titles for the fifth straight year. 400 dash at 63.12 seconds, and respectively. three-point shot with 2:30 left, put- Couch Zoulias remains confi- came in fourth in the 55 dash (7.72 ting Washington ahead for good. dent that with the leadership of co- Courtesy of Sports information seconds) and triple jump (35 feet, Continued on page 13 Coach Nick Zoulias looks back captains Brian Billman and Brian 10·112 inches). positively on the season, although Tombs, WMC can have a success- the Green Terror finished out the ful '98-'99 season.