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i- Wanted: Dfi:I:R IlirecI Sports writers, Tl1ffjJr photographers, and editors Call x8600 Volume XIX, Number 6 Western Maryland College Thursday, May 6, 1999 Golf team approaching end of stellar season Aldridge The golf team awaits a wins golf decision on its quest for a CC title third NCAA bid. Western Maryland College golf ended the season by finishing fourth Western Maryland sopho- among seven elite teams May I at more Seth Aldridge won the in- the pivotal Kravetz Invitational. dividual crown, but the defend- In the wake of this placement, ing champion Green Terror (he team is currently awaiting a de- settled for second place as a cision on its quest for a third straight team April 25 at the sixth an- NCAA bid. nual Centennial Conference Junior captain Ryan Reid wound golf championship at Eagles up fifth among 35 golfers with a Landing Golf Club near-Ocean two-round total of 153, seven City. strokes behind Nathan Smith of Muhlenberg won the team team champion Allegheny. title with a 45-hole total or805, Sophomore Seth Aldridge, who five strokes better than West- won the Centennial Conference title ern Maryland and eight better April 25, tied for eighth at 155. than third-place Gettysburg. The Mules tied Ursinus for the Courtesy of Sports Information title in _I 997 and finished sec- ond to Western Maryland last Giorno named lacrosse player of the week year. The tournament was short- ened from the scheduled 54 holes when lightning halted the Western Maryland attacker Giorno has climbed to No.5 on the and Nicole Zito (No.5). all-tournament team at the Wesley first of three rounds April 23. Meaghan Giorno, a junior from school's all-time list in goals (1 04), It was Haverford's only shutout College Invitational after the Green Aldridge, a native of Dove .... Baldwin, Md., was recently named No.3 in assists (43) and No.5 in loss of the year - its first loss ever TerrQ! beat Misericordia 1-0 in the Del., led throughout the tour- Centennial Conference Player of total points (147). at Western Maryland - and it title game. nament and turned in the low the Week in women's lacrosse, be- On April 20, Giorno struck for ended the Fords' school-record Since setting foot on campus in score in every round. His 184 - coming the only athlete to earn the five goals and three assists in seven-game win streak. 1996, Giorno has started every (35-75-74) topped Rob Bishop honor in two sports in 1998-99. WMC's 17-6 win over Villa Julie. Giomo went on to earn second- game in soccer and all but the first of Ursinus by eight strokes and Last October she won the same She's helped. the Green Terror team all-league honors and help the four in lacrosse. In 1998 she fin- Mike Gross of Franklin & Mar- award in women's soccer. (7-5) win four of its last five games Green Terror (10-8) equal a team ished second in scoring on the la- shall by 12. Giorno, a former three-sport and clinch its eighth straight win- record for wins in a season. crosse team with 45 goals and II Aldridge, a transfer from standout at John Carroll High, ning season. Along the way, she made the assists in 15 games. American University, came equalled a single-game high with Last fall Giorno was the only eight goals in April 24's 19- I8 win defender to win the Player of the Desrosiers, Henderson within one shot of tying the of for margin record league at Swarthmore and became only the Week award in soccer. victory and gave Western fifth woman in Western Maryland From her sweeper position, she history to score 100 in a career. led Western Maryland to a 2-0 up- earn first team honors Maryland Brian its third individual Barry won the crown. She leads the league in scoring set of Haverford by scoring the first this year with 47 goals and 22 as- goal of her career and shutting Western Maryland juniors Lara With Kim Keller. Henderson title in 1994 and Tony Worm last year. sists in 12 games. down two of the league's top five Henderson and Alethea Desrosiers won the conference doubles title as With more than a year to go, scorers, Rebecca Fowler (No.2) were named to the six-member All- a freshman in 1997 and fell in the Courtesy of Sports Information Centennial Conference first team in finals in '98. Last week she with- tennis Women's tennis just women's and doubles. April 29 in both drew from the league champion- Conference following the death of her singles ships The two New Jersey natives uncle, but Desrosiers reached the short of league title each went 10-1 during the regular semifinals Williams. losing to top- track meet before in season _ seeded singles this year and 10-1 as a Henderson turned in the sec- F&M for first place with one doubles pair, leading Western ond-best record in the league this Ily:JIJLlE DEv};LlN results SI(1jJWriler league match remaining. Maryland to a 9-2 record. year at No, 1 singles. and The Terror, who were de- Their losses came against Fran- Desrosiers did the same at No.2. The women's tennis team fin- feated 7-2, received singles vic- klin & Marshall's Leah Rubin and With Kim Keller, Henderson Men's Terror Track made an ished the season with a team tories from No.2 Alethia Katie won the conference doubles title as impressive CC showing on May 2. record of nine wins and two Desrosiers, and from No.5 Jes- Rouff who joined them on the first a freshman in 1997 and fell in the Freshman Dave Evans broke the losses, falling short of their first sica Boynton. team along with league singles finals in '98. Last week she with- league long-jump record and Jamie ever Centennial Conference At the Centennial Confer- champion Jennifer Pao of Swarth- drew from the league Champion- Falcone and Kerry Wilson also won championship to defending back ence championships held re- more and runnerup Molly Williams ships following the death of her gold medals as the Western Mary- to back league champions Frank- cently at Washington College, of Dickinson. uncle, but Desrosiers reached the land men look second and the lin and Marshall Desrosiers, the No.4 seed, fell Henderson, the Green Terror's semifinals before losing to top- women took fourth at the sixth an- With a win against Franklin in the semifinals to lop seeded No. I singles player, earned first- seeded Williams. nual Centennial Conference track and Marshall, who won their 30th Molly Williams of Dickinson. team all-league honors for the sec- Henderson turned in the sec- championships at Franklin & Mar- straight league match and their In doubles action, senior ond straight year in both singles ond-best record in the league this shall College in Lancaster, Penn. third straight conference champi- Amy Sheridan and sophomore and doubles. Desrosiers made the year at No. 1 singles, and Falcone won the women's 100 onship by defeating the Terror, Becca Lyter lost to the eventual second team last season in singles Desrosiers did the same at No.2. Continued on page 17 Western Maryland could have tied runners-up from Haverford. only. Courtesy of Sports Information