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SP,QRTS Thursday, April 13, 2DOq- 'p'~ger 113 MIKE YESTRAMSKI Donaldson won the first game and homer from senior rightfielder Western Maryland split a recent Sports Editor is now 10-0 on the year. Freshman Jacie Mathias. The Terror won doubleheader with Urstnus by iden- Leah Clelland won the nightcap. game two by an 8-7 score. tical 4-1 victories by each team. The Terror softball team (14-3, Donaldson won both games ear- Freshman Selena Smart ripped 7-1) swept a doubleheader against lier in the week against F&M, one a two run homer in game one of a The Terror and Ursinus have each Washington College by identical 4- starting appearance and one relief. doubleheader against Lebanon Val- I scores. The Terror won the opener by a ley to ignite a five-run sixth inning last six years. Freshman pitcher Amanda score of 8-0, powered by a two-run which lead to a 11-5 Terror victory. Smart hit her first collegiate Men's lacrosse suffers first loss of season to Gettysburg Terror never got within five goals that we had," WMC head coach smarter shots," Brown said of the showing what he can do," Brown SraffWriter for the remainder of the game. Keith Reitenbach said. second half. said of his teammate. Gettysburg's All-America Reitenbach knew his team "Our superior depth and supe- A slow start finally cost the goalie Andrew Barter was a big fac- needed a spark, and it was most "Brett is just doing a tremen- Green Terror men's lacrosse tor in the Bullet's success, as he likely going to have to COme from rior conditioning allowed us to put dousjob. We feel that our attack togetber a run," Reitenbach added. team. held the high powered Green Ter- his usually high scoring attack men. Despite the convincing victory is being very productive as a unit, After making a habit of com- ror attack to under 10 goals for the "At halftime [ talked to Brett and that's because defenses are ing back to win games after slug- first time this season. [Sweeney J and the other attackmen over previously unbeaten Swarth- going to have a real hard time more, the Terror fell out of the na- gish starts, the Terror fell at Get- They also kept the nation's lead- and said, 'you guys goua stcp it up tional ran kings. matching up on all three of our tysburg to the second ranked ing scorer Tom Brown '02 off the here, we've only scored four goals For his performance against guys," Reitenbach added. Bullets (8-1, 2-0) Saturday, 18- scoreboard, allowing him only one this half'," he said. Swarthmore, Sweeney was named Prior to the Swarthmore 9. assist. They responded in force, scor- the Centennial Conference Player game, Sweeney was fourth in the The Joss ended their dreams One week earlier, the Terror ing 15 goals in the second half, in- nation in assists per game (3.86), of an undefeated season, as the were able to come back from a slow cluding a 12-3 run to end the game of the week. who leads the confer- and he was sixth in points per Sweeney, Terror fell t07-1, I-I start to beat an up and coming pulling away from the Garnet Tide game (6.67). Western Maryland spotted Swarthmore team (6-1, 0-1). 19-10. ence in assists with 28, is also Teammate Tom Brown was Gettysburg a 7-0 lead before WMC managed just four goals Sweeney led the charge. with a among the conference's top goal leading the nation in both points Brett Sweeney's '01 second in the first half, and went into the career high six goals, and Brown scorers with 24 following the Get- per game (8.67), and goals per quarter goal put the Terror on the locker room tied. added five. tysburg game. game (6.00). board. "We allowed them to control the "We started playing more like "He's just been stepping it up Western Maryland's next The two teams battled fairly tempo in the first half by not con- we could, a faster game. We started lately, and he's taking more shots, game is at home Wednesday evenly from this point on, but the verting the transition opportunities possessing the ball longer, t~king like he should. is rising, It seems that his against fourth ranked Washing- and he's just confidence ton and Lee. Pitcher Fuchs honored as baseball team climbs back from their disappointing regular season start continutedfrom page /6 and the team celebrated a big win showcase for Muhlenberg as they The offense started its attack in tp end their losing streak going into used a seven run fourth inning and the second inning when Ryan ror error with the bases loaded to who was driven in on a triple by (eague play. sixteen hits in route to a convinc- Legge smackTd o,l],e!,pf his ty.'o score three runs in the seventh and to sophomore outfielder Kevin added two more Culbertson. in the eighth i,!& 14-6 ~il"!J ...~.k-. doubles on the nighl,to 9rjlfc in.the secure a 8-3 win. The home team Senior catcher Jon Vandernat la.!~~~~~~f~~~:~~~;e~a~~s~~~h: The Green Terror did gel home first run and juniorl Kacy Jenkin's doubleheader against Muhlenberg. runs from Ryan Legge, Kacy sacrifice fly in the fifth and RBI had chances to open a bigger lead continued the rally with a RBI base In tlle":{i.(St game, both offenses Jenkins, and Guy Sheetz to pace the single in the seventh was all the with their twelve hits but were ne- hit and Senior outfielder Sean were conta1nei.fin...a-!i_ght.pitching offense. team needed on this night. gated with three double plays by Giblingotanotherhit.Afterapitch_ duel between Muhlenberg srarter During the week, senior pitcher Sophomore second basemen the opposition. ing change, senior Barrett Gugliotta Josh Carter and WMC senior Brent Brent Fuchs was honored for his Left Fielder Legge had another drove in both runners with another Fuchs. performance with the Centennial Jack Griffith also went 3-4 with a big game with two more doubles hit and Kacy Jenkins doubled him The triple to help pace the offense. Muhlenberg struck early in the Conference pitcher of {he week team improved its record to 9-8 and an RBI. The team looked for in. first inning to go up 1-0, but would award for his efforts on the mound overall with the victory. redemption in their away rematch To complete the onslaught, third only muster four hits against Fuchs against Lebanon Valley and On April 5, the team played a with Gettysburg on April 7. Using basemen singled in Jenkins to com- Fuch's eleven senior ace pitcher and never score again. With their Muhlenberg. He is 2-2 with a spar- important home game against con- strikeouts and a late inning rally, plete the six-run charge and beat the pitching keeping them close, the kling era of 1.86. ference leader, Gettysburg. the team pulled out a 10-4 win. league leader. On the mound, it Green Terror rallied in the last in- In their following game, the The Green Terror used two er- Geuysburgjumped on the board was Fuch's fifth consecutive com- ning with a one run triple by senior team played host to its first ever rors by the opposition and RBI first with two unearned runs in the plete game and third straight win. designated hitter Barrett Gugliotta meeting against Villa Julie. singles from seniors Ryan Legge first inning, but the Green Terror Only two game behind Gettys- and a throwing error by the oppo- Unfazed by his first collegiate stan, and Tim Smith-to grab a early 3-0 responded and the game was tied burg, the team looked to continue sition to pull off a 2-1 come from their solid play in another home freshman pitcher Brent Kahuda lead, but Gettysburg would come 4-4 going into the last inning. behind win in their last at bat. threw a masterpiece by allowing back. game against Swarthmore. In stark contrast to the fi.rst only three hits and striking out In the ninth, senior Ryan From the stan, the Opponent tied at 3-3, the With the game game, game two was a offensive eleven in nine innings. opposition pounced on a Green Ter- Legge led off with a double and didn't have a chance as {he Green was replaced by junior Albert Pero Terror jumped on them for a 10-0 third inning lead and a eventual 18- 2 win. On the mound, Jack Elbaz re- ceived the win and was helped by home runs from Ryan Legge and Jon Vandernat and doubles by Gugliotta, Mike Wolfe, and Albert tournament with Maggie Kolman their second tournament of the sea- "ream. StajJWriter shooting a 99, Julia Richardson a son on Monday, April 2nd at the Pero. The second game was rained On Saturday, April I, West- 153, and Stacey Roach a 157. inaugural Gettysburg Spring Invi- For Western Maryland, out and is going to be rescheduled. Maggie Kolman finished fourth ern Maryland's women's golf UMBC walked away from the tational. at 112, Shannon Seibert shot a Despite a early season slump, team participated in their first tournament with an individual At the Gettysburg Country 122, Julia Richardson a 141 and the team seems to be returning their" spring invitational among. four crown when Janelle D' Allesandro Club, Western Maryland's club usual winning ways in league play. Roach a 144. teams including UMBC, Mount led UMBC to a team title with an team finished third among four Stacey As a result of the program There have been injuries, but play- SI.. Mary's, Gettysburg. and II-over-par 83. schools .. ers like Ryan Legge (.415 average) up, the Green Dickinson. UMBC shore combined total of The host Bullets won the title getting started forward to im- and Kacy Jenkins (.371) have Terror look Unfortunately, despite. the 348, topping second-place Mount with a combined 473, however, stepped up to provide the offensive team's outstanding efforts the SI. Mary's (420) by a huge 72- Dickinson finished second at 506, provement in the remaining load while the pitching of Brent and more partici- competitions Green Terror fell short with an stroke margin. and the Green Terror came in at a pation from students. Fuchs has continued.to be solid and incomplete team ofthree golfers, Finishing third was Gettysburg close third with 519. spectacular. including Maggie Kolman, Julia with a 467, Dickinson fourth with Muhlenburg also contested for With another tournament The Green Terror look like they Richardson. and Stacey Roach. a 493 and Muhlenberg fifth at 506. the title, but due to short numbers still left, Western -Maryland have the ingredients and leade.rship their successful The Green Terror finished the The Green Terror .competed in in players fielded an incomplete looks to contend strong and fin- to continue continues. playas the· season ish in good placement.