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This graphic was one of the entries in the masthead contest, but did not place. However, by editorial decision, David Sinclair's entry has been selected for use as the Sports section banner. Volume XVI, Number 6 Western Maryland College Thursday, December 11, 1997 Women's basketball team undefeated in 97-98 season Men's team also looks promising; begins season with 3-2 record By C"ROLYN BARNFS Western Maryland over Ursinus ror were scored in the second half. scored 14 of the last 16 points be- ward Will Marshall posted game Sports Editor 74-59 in the Centennial Conference Sny?er hit h1'ltXst four at- fore the intermission, and the first highs of23 points and II rebounds opener for both teams. tempts In the firs.t"~r fi- II in the second half for a 48-30 to lead WMC past SI. Mary's 76- Starting off the season for Haley compiled 18 points and nal four after the !ntennis'S'l(;;I. She advantage. In the decisive stretch, 64 in a non-conference game. Western Maryland, the women's 12 rebounds in the final 20 minutes, finished nine-o(-12 from t~ field, Haley and Jarman each had seven Marshall's effort included an 11- basketball team seems to be tak- as WMC rallied from a 35-28 defi- made all four of her free'[hrcw tries, points. of-12 performance from the foul ing after the 1997 football players cit early in the second half. The and also postea game highs of II In addition to leading all scor- line. Junior guard Brian Tombs as they currently compete with a Green Terror took the lead for good rebounds and fo~sifts. ers, Haley grabbed six rebounds, added 15 points for the Green Ter- 5-0 record. The men, on the other at 42-21 on two free throws by Hale)\ to 'pe~~estemMary- handed out six assists and made ror, which also received 13 points, hand, are playing about .500 bas- sophomore guard Dena Morgan, land with' eshman five steals. Murphey, a senior who six rebounds and four blocked ketball. part of a 14-2 Western Maryland dquble- went seven-of-nine from the field, shots from sophomore forward Karl On Friday, November 21, the run. 'n fi'nrwith 12 also contributed five rebounds and Friedheim. Green Terror ladies traveled to Murphey added 16 points for four steals. WMC upped it's record to 2-1. York, Pennsylvania to start off WMC, which outre bounded This is the first time the Green The advantage in having twice their season competing in the York Ursinus 47-29. The Green Terror, Terror Ladies have been 5-0 since played a factor in the Green Terror College Lady Spartan Tourna- which won despite committing 36 the 1989-90 season. grabbing a 44-26 halftime lead over ment. Western Maryland won the turnovers, is 3-0 for the first time Hosting their leadoff game, the the Seahawks, who were in their tournament bearing William Pater- since the 1993-94 season. conference g e. '; men's team started their season off season opener. son 77-75 in overtime and York The lady Green Terror's contin- Forwart ; y i~d the team with a WMCIConverse tip-off The men increased their record 67-63. ued on their spree of victories as with 18 poipts anf! guard Murphey tournament played on November to 3-1 on Monday, December I. Graduate student Erin junior forward Kathi Snyder made followed ~th 4). ..' 21. Placing second in the tourna- Forward Marshall scored a season- Murphey was named the tourna- eight consecutive shots from the Haley,' 4n. 'jtbior center ment, WMC beat Felician 87-79 high 29 points to lead WMC to an ment Most Valuable Player and field on her way to a season-high Mi ed a 25-2 in the first round while losing an 85-74 non-conference win over Katie Haley earned Ali-Tourna- 22 points to lead WMC over the ded over extremely close competition to Mary Washington. ment honors. College of Notre Dame 92-57 in a 23 after a Virginia Wesleyan 82-80 in the Marshall keyed a 19-8 WMC Hale also posted game highs of non-conference game. Sixty-one Championship Round. 24 points and 16 rebounds to lead of the 92 points scored by the Ter- On November 25, senior for- Continued on page 15 WesternMaryland places 15 onAll-Conference football team Sophomore quarterback Ron Sermarini is Offensive Player of the Year WMC quarterback Ron Ser- as the first-team quarterback. He status in both 1995 and 1996. ceiver Donte Abron of Baltimore, rison of Clarksville, MD, sopho- marini of Toms River, New Jer- was the AII-CC second-team pick This season, he tied for second on and freshman kicker Brent more cornerback Anthony Burgos sey, was selected as the Centen- as a freshman last season. the team in sacks with 4.5, had ten Sandrock of Pittsburgh, PA. of Wyandanch, NY, junior strong nial Conference (eq Offensive The Green Terror signalcaller total tackles for loss, and 37 stops DeFreitas, who received his safety Tom Lapato of Mount Airy, Player of the Year in balloting con- threw for 18 touchdowns this overall. first AII-CC recognition, was MD, and sophomore punter Bob ducted by the conference's eight year, a school record which sur- Lavis also grabbed an inter- WMC's top rusher with 955 Spruill of Silver Spring, MD. head coaches. passed the 17 tossed by Brian Van ception and broke up three more yards and nine touchdowns on Kramer, who missed the final Sermarini headed a list of 15 Deusen in both 1993 and 1994. 225 carries. He also led the re- two regular-season games with a players from the conference cham- He also ran for five six-pointers knee injury, was second behind Se- pion and undefeated Green Terror this season, tying Van Deusen's lecky in sacks with six and tack- named to the All-CC team, an- 1995 school record of 23 touch- les for loss with 13. He finished downs responsible for. Sermarini with 30 Iota I tackles and two completed 135 of204 attempts for fumble recoveries. 1,675 yards, and threw just three Garrison was the runner-up in interceptions. total tackles with 68, of which Joining Sermarini on the first- eight resulted in losses. He also team offense were junior guard forced a fumble and broke up a Ryan Hines of Monrovia, MD, pass. and junior taclde Mat Mathias of Burgos was WMC's leader in Westminster. It was the first all- pass breakups with six. He also conference selection for both line- grabbed three interceptions, reccv- men. ered two fumbles, blocked an ex- Representing Western Mary- ceptions and five breakups. tra point, and made 29 tackles. land on the first-team defense are also set school ·single-season Lapato tied for second in pass senior tackle Justin Lavis of Co- records for the number of punt for extra points in a season with breakups with five, and finished lumbia, MD, sophomore tackle returns with 42 and punt-return 33, making his last 26 in a row fourth in total tackles with 46. He Zach Galemore of Spring Grove, yards with 591. The yardage fig- and missing just five. He added also pounced on two opponents' PA, sophomore inside linebacker ure and the 14.I-yard average per seven field goals in 11 attempts fumbles, and had seven tackles for Tommy Selecky of Claymont, return are new conference highs. fo:' 54 points, second on the team loss. DE, and sophomore Marvin Deal Deal was an All-CC honor- beh.nd DeFreitas. Spruill averaged 40.5 yards per of New Carrolltown, MD. Deal able-mention defensive back in WMC players on the second- punt in 25 kicks. He missed tying made the first team as both a de- 1996. team defense, all of whom gained the school's single-season record fensive back and a kick returner. On the second team offense their first All-Conference honor, for average by just one-tenth of a Lavis made his third consecu- for the Green Terror were junior were freshman nose guard Kevin yard. tive appearance on the All-CC running back Gavin DeFreitas of Kramer of Port Charlotte, FA., Sophomore quarterback Ron Sennarini team after earning second-team Seabrook, MD, senior wide re- junior inside linebacker Joey Gar- Courtesy of Sports Information