Show Student Life Wednesday December 1977 Page 13 7 4$ T Photos by i Roy Miller is" ft -- I & ' I"'' t t ' s' - f I'- W P1J ' 9 I K -) H v I "Av - ' U"' u X ' Coach Mary Jo Peppier '$5 y V Unranked unseeded and undaunted (Cooturoed from Lynn htr fulfilled dons to Houston red to USU She l i and tr rsf r brought wtt her the other event-- a Conference selection uf fears team Katnnka ford who as a child h play and ha impressed with her Peppier San victory Althuui therofthem had ever 1 CSU they felt thev ha l all they could ur “aches at Houston They considered th of Peppier and M ““Portant enough to their scholarships for a truster Under AIAV M athlete cannot ai larship for a via ers to another s Many of the athlet CSU over the offi rs Wehhshed vollevhall Dea Kidd an were advise e coach to resist tl "many of the to ”ornia schools f Better coaching Brown Peppier and M wen’t relied striaK Rations run agams to rei Ws ban trng makes it di “Something more 15 forbidden w recruitment of U e i tin athleti informs a of her inti ri st the i nai fi uiu h mav lxgin rei ruitinent ( unsequenltv I’eppltr uul M i( reavv have had to utilize magazine publn itv and ad vertisements trvouts senior lav s and i lirui s I ui la t’hudv a h 0 freshman from Rhode Island and the i onft ri n e tdm king leader heard of the hut mil ’ pagt " r iw i program through 'Aomin Snrts s Magazir’e the team memlx rs amt to L SI m the suiniiu r to trv out for a trip to l’oland w hn h w as tx mg sponsort d bv tin I mti d Stati s Vollevhall fter onlv three ssm latum wet ks of prai tn e tht ggies gave a hint of things to i nun winning 11 of 14 mati hes ini hiding wins over Rolands numb r two team and Romania s numbi r one team Still I St was ignored m tin last fad prist ason ratings At the Ih v inning of tv t star Ma i wnttr from Vullevhill ii w as w hn ig rt i azme si ai i ti to detei mini hi na tiorial rah igs called Ri pph r ad sin and aske her how eH‘i ted t r ti am t hi I warned him that he lift ti r rate us' Reppler rei alls but ht wouldn t listen Most of i i r It seems no one will listen LSI’ will enter the national c hampinnships at KYI as an unseeded team BH’ officials a joke k knows viTvoiie we re one tin top five if i alls Repplt r it a f ukt all It that teams the nation Reppler said ht preseason ratings art I he si ed haunting I SI now tourna national for the ings ment are based on the prest a son ratings wtuih in turn are hast d on hist vt ar s pt rform antes the ratings are not rev ised as the siason progresses Rei a use thev are not seed ed till ggles will have an en toughi r tournament i Sei di d teams are spri ad among several pools so that thev do not fate eai h other until the toui nament dev flops This allows them a rehitivelv easv path to advam e unseed ed ttams are at a disadvant at t in 1 I St is Illinois Stati 111 I a pool tiiur w I and North 1th I ( tli m With their finatn al dedit a turn thev should te ill condl turn Ihur i onditioning has a ini luded weight-liftinweight loss program and a g vitamin-sup-pl- t high nutrition merited diet i omplete with a i unsultirig phv su lan Regardless of the outcome of the tournament the Aggie s future seems assured In a sport that demands ripening RSI is remarkablv vnungand lnexpeneni ed as a team hi re art five freshman and 1 thri the mi sophomores i toquad Ihtv have plaved gether onlv six months while teams sui h as I S( rated first nationallv have plaved together for six vears six hours a nd BV I has had a dav vollevtiall program under one oai h for 17 v ears ompared to I Si s two v v ear Hie Aggies sent their junior varsitv team against manv of their weak Intermountain 1 t onfereru e fix’s and won eas-v And 27 of I'M1 s wins this vear have lxen Ml and 0 shutouts Rippler plans to bring competitive teams to I next veai wtuih not ngan onlv would miki thi team stronger Ini' i's it alt more and po si pet ti'm ii tt -- ong Bi ai h ( waiting for the ball to be delivered bv a tt animate It familiar-ltrequires timing and among teammates It also allows little time for the defense antn ipate nother factor which holds that promise for the Aggies is thev have remained relatively desharp at a national level spite the weak competition thev have fai ed most of the ' ar luia milv i i ui ding to Ri ppli r ttu weak ti am is the latti r In pool plav eai h tt am w ill m its pool piav the i it ht teams lhf two teams two games t t) st rei ord w ill a w ith tht v am e to thi douhle-- t limma turn quarterfinals rime are 4 teams m the tout namt nt RepWe i an beat them but it will be pler said tougher plav mg so main qua it v teams so (lose togither We Will hav e to be in i ondi t v t I tin tiv nt his requn t t Iv n- -r ' st mi - little timing t Rut tin Afgie'- f i'l "i a prt is m v le es quii i timed hittei sholt sit is alieadv l i 1 the tht an 1k i aUM m - lo kl i l I ' II i'is b ’ i n |