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Show THE FORUM September 17, 2003 7 Ml Griffin Volleyball Team Wins For Jason Long Staff Writer non-conferen- The Westminster College womens they pre- pare for Frontier Conference enter conference play on a positive note as they earned ce optimistic as vol- leyball team will Mont. Coming into the weekend the Griffins had dropped their first eight matches although improvement was evident along the Griffins have struggled through a tough schedule, but players and coaches have remained their first victory of the year over Victoria jV This past weekend, the Griffins were able to ' College while dropping three close matches to Lewis-Clar- k State College, Montana Tech and the University of Stacie Papanikolas sets Great Falls. The Ladv serve up her qWffjgJWTJW long, tough match the Griffins hard work s finally paid off S as they beat Victoria in five games for their first win of the young season. The Griffins then faced the University of Great Falls and lost the first two games but were able to take the match to five games before losing. The Lady Griffins will start Frontier Conference play this weekend with games against Carroll College in Helena, Mont., and Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Mont. The Griffins enter conference play with an overall record Kegan In a long, tough match the Griffin's hard work finally paid off... play. v Season Record way. get a preview of what Frontier Conference play will be like as they faced three conference opponents in a nonconference tournament held in Dillon, After losing to LC State in three very close games, the Griffins lost to Montana Tech in four games where they were unable to close out either team late in each game. After the first day of the tournament the Lady Griffins dropped to on the season. On the second day, Westminster faced Victoria College from Canada. In a 0-- 10 of 1-- Hall-Spect- or serves the ball against the Alumni Team. ca Golf Team Sets Records Jason Long ww Staff Writer 5 The Westminster Lady Griffin golf team set numerous school records in route to their best finish ever in a conference tournament last weekend in Butte, Mont. The Lady Griffins finished second among six teams and were 26 strokes ahead of third place finisher Lewis-Clar- k State College. Led by freshman Echo Thatcher, the Lady Griffins total of shot a three-da- y 1056 bettering the old mark of 1081 set in 2000. Westminster also set a new record for a low 1 8-h- round of 349. Coming into this tournament the previous low was 357 also set in 2000. Thatchers individual total of 245 is the lowest round fired by a Lady Griffin since last year when senior Rachel Miranda carded 246 on two occasions. Thatchers first round 79 marks only the second time in school history a Lady Griffin has broken 80 in tournament competition. (Last year in Butte, Mont., Miranda carded a 77) With four freshmen playing in their first collegiate tournament for the Lady Griffins, Coach Daron Park says he is pleased with the results. I wasnt sure how the freshmen would react to the pressure. I definitely think -- s&i UB G5M3M mm k-- , l' ' SHBff Echo Thatcher practices a mighty swing. our best scores are still to' come as all of our golfers become more familiar with SSMBiM MaffiSErO OiJ OB (SSDBgTOQB anon ora HE gqmf mm the college level of play. The mens team also enjoyed success this past weekend, carding their lowest total in the history of Westminster golf and finishing fifth place in the tournatotal of ment. The 888 eclipses the previous low 54-ho- le of 892. The Griffins first round total of 294 tied the record score. for lowest Junior Ben Painter fired a second round 67 which ties for the lowest individual round. Painters score of 212 sets a new record for individual total in Westminster 18-ho- le t golf history. The next tournament for both the men and women is scheduled for the Sept. in Helena, Mont. OJ 22-2- 3 Sf anEa mm $ |
