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The WMC sosbellteam certainly did its part in making the school's final season in the Middle Attantic Conference (MAC) a successful one, Laura Everhart makes a capturingilsfirstconferel1cetilleil1dramaticfashiol1.WMCl1eededt0 waist-high grab in lett tield wil1 its fil1althree MAC-Southwest Sectiol1 games just to torce a special playoff with Fral1klil1 & Marshall tor the secton titie, The Gree~ Terrors were enended to 10 Il1l1il1gsbyDlckinsol1beforewinl1lnglhehrslof those three, before whallopil1g the Red Devils andblal1kingFranklin&Marshallinaregularly-scheduledgame. Next, WMC had to travel to Fral1klin & Marshall for the Southwest Section special playoff. Another extra-inning thrillerwenl to the Green Terrors, who used a pair of runs il1 Ihe top of Ihe eighth for a 4-2 vlclory and thei r second straight MAC-Southwest crown .Allthat tenSIOI1 was just a warm- up for what WMC experienced at the MAC championship toumamenl. Softball Conference First Muhlel1b~rg, pushed re Green Terrors into the losers bracket il1 the double-elimination mmamen with a ],4 wil1 • The never-say-dle Green Terrors started their way back with a 2·0 victory over Fairleigh Dick ason- Madison, al1d jhen avenged the loss to Muhlel1berg wit~ a 4-0 tri~mph which pushed WMC into the championship bracket against Messiah. Needing to defeat the Falcons twice to win the title, WMC found itself trailing !·o heading into Ihe seventh inning of the first game. Another two-run rally propelled the Green Terrors into a final showdowl1 wil~ Messiah. Thetwoteamsbartl~throughseven.inrllngstoa2·2tle After Shurtll1g down the Falcons In the top of the elghth,CarolYI1 Ke lsey finatly culmil1ated the Green Terrors' remarkable run by drivil1g inJen Prowinski and igl1ilil1g a wild celebration at Garrell Field il1 Willow Street, Pa,. The key ingredient in the titl~ cha~ was junior pitcher Marilyn Naas. T~e right-hander was the wmer 111a!1five of the Green Terrors' playoffvlctonesandel1dedtheyearll-2wlthasparklll1g1,OOeamed·rul1 average. She was selected to the MAC All-Star team for the third time, and was joined by classmate Sarah Kephart at second base, sophomore third baseman Sama Jobnson and freshman catcher Prowinski. 1 st Row: laura Everhart, Sarah Kephart, Marilyn Naas, Holly Roback, Sandra Johnson. 2nd Row: Head Coach George Dix JenProwlnskl',Jen Jensen, Jenny Ste~art, Wendy Bollinger ' kem Bowen, Tineka Ilyes, Student Trainer John Hampton; (~ot pictured) Cindy Anders, Carolyn Kelsey, Paula Moyer, lisa Taneyhlll. ASSistant Coach Carol Molloy. Mike Jekogian Softball 149