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Show SignpostWednesday, June 1, 1988 9 Beer looks like a pro when serving losses to foes Lynn Martineau Asst. Sports Editor ?7T V" 1 . -. I Her friends ask, why don't you just turn pro? While Christina Beer admits that he thought crosses her mind from time to time, she realizes turning pro is not such an easy thing to do. "I'm too old," said the 24-ycar-old Beer. She said the ones who are dominating the pro circuit nowadays arc 16 and 17-ycar-olds. But in action on the tennis court, Beer looks anything but too old. Beer ran up a 22-5 No. 1 singles record and a 17-4 No. 1 doubles record on her way to winning two 1988 Mountain West Athletic Conference titles. Beer is the first Weber Slate woman tennis player to win both conference championships at the No. 1 position. Beer was named to the 1987 All-Conference Team and was named to this year's All-Conference Team as well. Beer missed a trip representing the Central District at the NCAA Tennis Championships by just five positions. "She is the most athletic person I have on cither of my teams," said Head Tennis Coach Keith Cox. "She has been a big help to me in our program because she is willing to help and she is a leader," said Cox. Beer, a junior from Stockholm, Sweden, is a microbiology major at WSC. Beer came to WSC after Cox received a letter from her. The Swedish National Tennis Association has Weber State's address and is familiar with the WSC tennis program. The association encourages the Swedish players to contact the the various colleges of whom they are familiar. "We took a look at Christina, and she turned out to be a very good one," said Cox. Beer has continuously worked hard to improve her tennis skills since coming to WSC. "The main change we've worked on with Christina is stabilizing her forehand, making it more consistent . . . we've attempted to do the same thing with her serve to make it consistent. She had a tendency to double fault," said Cox. "She has come a long way in those two areas, and that is one of the reasons she had such a great year this year," he added. Beer has WILDCAT TENNIS star Christina Beer gets sel to return a serve against an opponent earlier this year. The junior from Stockholm, Sweden had another outstanding year for the Mountain West Athletic Conference Champion Lady Wildcat team. (Signpost photo: Matt Butler) ' 1 v.-. 1 . - 1 V v f V. - v . ; ; -i v v r . . -. 1 t i X.nfmms.lt-4 already signed a contract to play tennis for WSC next season. "We look for her to play right at the top again. She is very comfortable playing at the No. 1 position. Because she is such a good athlete, she puts a lot of pressure on her opponents," said Cox. Beer comes from an athletically competitive family. Beer's father was an Austrian state gymnastics champion, and her mother was a German state swimming champion. Beer's brothers and sister are also competitively active. Christina's older brother was partly responsible for kindling her interest in tennis. "I started playing tennis when I was nine," said Beer. She attended group classes at local tennis clubs where she first developed her aptitude for tennis. Beer won the Swedish Doubles Championship at age (see BEER on page 10) Baseball team benched to help other programs Blaine Bringhurst Sports Editor Editor's note: This is the second part of a three -part series that deals with the now extinct Weber State College baseball team. This part deals with the reasons the program was dropped. In an era of high costs and low funding, programs that are not necessary and not self-sustaining arc often dropped. When the Big Sky Conference decided to drop baseball from its list of conference sports, Wcbcr State no longer was required to field a baseball team. When the opportunity to drop this expensive program became available, the 1974 administration quickly took advantage and cut the baseball program from the school's curriculum. "When the conference dropped baseball, "said WSC Athletic Director Gary Crompton, "we decided that there was no money in our budget to fund non-conference sports, and so we dropped baseball from our athletic program." Since baseball teams need a large amount of money, the administration decided that it would be beneficial to the school and the athletic department to rid itself of the financial burden involved with the baseball team. . It was decided that the athletic department would be belter off if the money that had been spent on baseball was used to belter fund other sports. "We decided that it is better to fully fund a few sports than to partially fund many sports," said Crompton. (see BENCHED on page 10) OUT INTO THE COLD, CRUEL WORLD... We'll make it easier by expertly reproducing your RESUME with a colorful variety of papers and envelopes! plus... 4 0 SELF-SERVICE COPIES 2 KINDS OF BINDING CONVENIENT AND FAST MUCH, MUCH MORE - : . 1 enter MAIN LOBBY STEWART LIBRARY |