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Volleyball In the midst of today's intercollegiate sports scene it is unusual but refreshing to find a small good team that is success- ful. The women of Western Maryland College proved this to be true. The 1978 Volleyball team showed that with a little more brains and a little less brawn, success can be reached. With an average height of 5'5" Western Maryland time after time beat teams who were physi- cally superior to our girls. Supposedly in a rebuilding year, our women consistently out-hustled and out- thought their opponents. On their way to their third concecutive Middle Atlantic Becky Martin smashes a point against "It went like this in practice?" Championship, and a unprece- Washington College. dented third place in the Eastern Region for small colleges, many weekends found the volleyball team away from the campus spending their time on the vol- leyball court. The girls were rewarded by taking home the Princeton In- vitational Tournament trophy. They accomplished this by beating Immacu- lata College, Fairleigh-Dickenson, Ithica College, State University of New York and East Stroudsberg. Losing only to York College, the women posted a regu- lar season record of 15-1 and a final season record of 30-5. The enthusiatic cheering and singing of the second and third teams often enabled the Terrors to pull out victory after victory. In the Princeton Tournament, Western Mary- land was behind in the second game of the match 6-14. With expert play from the subs and enthusiastic cheering from the bench, the women were able to pull out a victory 16-14. The 1978 Western Maryland Volleyball Team truly had a remarkable season. Along with proving their athletic proficiency, the team proved that if you want something badly enough and are willing to sacrifice time working toward a goal, practically anything can be "We're off to the races." accomplished. 66