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SPORTS Women's basketball wins preseason tournament, ball players Adam Dayton, Alevrogtannis. Drew Reinecker. turns to conference play Haroun Hebron, Getting these players back will be for the team, and the effects won't only be GREG LEDERER seen at meets. Sports Editor Patterson said gelling these wrestlers It has been a strong start to this season games. back means "better competition in the prac- for the Western Maryland College women's Alsoreceiving all tournament honors was tice room," adding that more workout part- basketball team as they have a 3-1 record, fellow starting guard Piccolomini. ners will be positive for the team. despite not playing a game on their home Off to a perfect start, WMC began their WMC swept their opening meet at floor so far. conference schedule on the road against home. winning the inaugural Green Terror After winning a preseason tournament, Swarthmore College. Duals. the team is looking to dominate in confer- Swarthmore played tough defense in the They beat Albright College ence play. first half and took a 37-27 lead at the half. Waynesburg 27-18, and Apprentice The Green Terror kicked their season off The Green Terror wouldn't go away and 26-1 J, Patterson was impressive in in the 15th annual Lady Spartan Classic at fought back in the second half of the contest opener as well. as he was named Outstand- York College. and both teams went back and forth as time ing wrestler of the meet. In the first round, the team took on leba- ran down in the contest. He finished 3-0 on the day, as did Riggs, non Valley College. From the start, WMC Unfortunately for the Green Terror, the Johns. and McNally. Mike Macey and controlled the contest and took a command- opposition held on for a slim 60-58 win that Mikey Blake also went undefeated at the ing 38-24 halftime lead in route to a 68-54 dealt WMC their first loss of the year. meet. victory. WMC was looking to avenge their con- The team picked up strong contributions ference opening loss against conference foe, from their fronrcourt as junior forward Kris Dickinson College on November 28th. Brust lead the way with 26 points, and se- The Green Terror played inspired ball nior Brooke Brenneman and junior and cruised to a 64-40 win that equaled their Stephanie McPherson netted 20 and 16, re- conference mark at I-I. spectively. Junior shooting guard Jen The team shot a sizzling 51.9% from the Piccclomini's 16 points paced the back court floor while holding the opposition to a low on the night. 27% clip on the night. With the strong win over Lebanon Val- The team was paced by Camp's 17 points ley, the team advanced to the championship. and received a key inside performance from game the next day against the home team, Brenneman who picked up 6 boards. The York College. win improved the team's record to 3-1 on The game was tight from the start and the year. the teams went to half with the game tied at Off to a hot start. the Green Terror are 31-31. [coking towards a very successful and en- In the second half, WMC nsed strong tertaining season in 2001-02. backcourt play to take home the champion- The team has received strong contribu- ship by a score of 75-69. tions from many players, both old and young. In only her second game, freshman point The team is also hoping to continue their guard Kelly Camp lead the Green Terror with strong play through the conference season. 20 points in the clutch and was named the Tournament MVP for her play over the two Celica- The Inside story On the outside, it's easy to see that Celica is race-track inspired. But the real excitement is on the inside ...under the hood. Take the Celica GT-S ...Toyota worked with Yamaha to build a 180 HP engine redlined at 7800 RPM equipped it with Variable Valve Timing with intelligence a computer www.gettoyota.(;om that constantly monitors and retunes your engine for maxi- mum performance ...a cam with two sets of lobes to provide Driving a-new Toyota is easier than ever - two ranges of valve lift and duration for more usable horse- power. There's direct ignition for greater reliability .. because now your Toyota dealer has a special college graduate iridium-tipped spark plugs for reduced maintenance ... a financing program available thru Toyota Financial Services stainless steel exhaust manifold ... a water-cooled oil cooler. that offers a lot of great advantages. And mated with Toyota's 4-speed electronically-controlled So if you're within 4 months of graduation ... or if you graduated automatic "Sportshift", you get transmission shift switches within the past two years ...See your Toyota dealer for details. on the steering wheel.i.just like Formula 1 race cars, Sweet.