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WOMENS BASKETBAll Young Team Exceeds Expectations The 1994-95 Western Maryland Freshman Katie Haley quickly made women's basketball team was thought to her presence known, contributing 13.0 be too inexperienced to compete points and 8.2 rebounds per contest to successfully in the Centennial Conference finish second on the team in both (CC). Out of the 10 players on the team, categories. Sandi DeJager keeps the ball just five were sophomores and four were Conduding her career in fine fashion out of reach of her opponents. freshmen. wasseniorDeniseSpangier. The forward So, much to the surprise of many topped the team in rebounding, pulling observers, the Green Terror not only down 9.9boards per outing, while adding posted a winning record but nearly 10.8points to the attack. Spangler leaves secured a spot in the CC playoffs. WMC as the third-leading rebounder in All that separated WMC from a post- women's basketball history with 640. season berth were a three-point loss to Patrolling the middle was sophomore Dickinson and a two-point heart-breaker center Heidi Snyder. The6-foot-4Snyder to Gettysburg in its final two games. The blocked 3.6shots per game to place in the tight defeats left the Green Terror with a Division III top 10 for the second 14-9overall mark, 9-5 in the cc. consecutive season. The offensive attack was a fairly Having a good all-around season was balanced one, with threeplayersaveraging sophomore Erin Murphey. The speedy in double figures. Leading the way was guard averaged 9.8 points and 4.5 sophomore Sandi Dejager, whose 15.7 rebounds, inaddition to team highs of4.1 points per game earned her a spot on the assists and 2.2 steals. All-CC first team. (Left to Right) 1st Row: Joanne Dennie, Shelley Smith, Erin Murphey, Karen Millar, Marjorie Hargrave; 2nd row: Student Trainer Kim Stursa, Head Coach Becky Martin, Sandi Dejager, Kristen Drapelski, Heidi Snyder, Katie Haley, Denise Spangler, Student Trainer Pat Godfrey, Assistant Coach Dave Smith Sports 111