Show MAnjmnAAftftlAA WftA- - National championship highlights successful year program u the number of team at national championship itrs On thi ball athletic ai was a very good year for women The bottom line (tic collegiate athletic aumbrr of championship won and the appearance alone 1981 Utah State ‘ The architect (or the Aggie program i athletic director arrived in It wasn't long ago that Marilyn Wei Logan to asiume the director dune under much diflrreni Vis dmunaantr d 15-1- 1 operation has assembled today Athlete plavrd more than one sport and matches and fames were played in the cramped confines of HPt-- and gvmnaaiumi The gymnastics program was unex- competitive and produced meets that were humorous perience (or all that attended In lu years Weiss proved to be a sort of miracle orher Teams were being invited to national tourpeonaments and were winning national crowns making ple wonder if she could feed multitudes with a few loaves bread or possibly walk on water In '80-8- 1 Aggie teams won one national title and two “her teams in national tournaments A fourth place was theirs wasn “We were disappointed because eighth place said McReavy what we warned" failed team was the only team that but and a season strong recruiting year it appears that Coach for the returning veterans in the right direturned the program Vrkms has iif cts came glei rad° The volleyball team was a national tournament entrant 8 made h to the Santa Barbara tournament site via top- - coaching and an enthusiastically youthful team '1 emotionally draining J'r game forced to play natural talier op-- ! Margaret Johns at renter against much -- way took and hurt the Aggie insi game hiring the previous two years a veteran squad had Phted fust and second in the national toumev But Fxkwtioti drained Coach Marilyn McRcavy of all but Jo those teams Tc We did lose a lot to graduation” said McReavy to matches more ""pulsate for our losses we scheduled FWi as much experience as we could” workload fell on four plavers— V'rszel Lauren Karolyn Kirby and Gayle Adamowicz They backeibal Joined in the starting lineup by converted WJ® Teresa Krueger and Kelly Waldron fc'-- rr was a real surprise to us" said McReavy had come to us after a knee injury and we thought only ip ou junior varsity team” other players— Karen Erkman Audrey Pagan Tany Diamond— made major contributions 0" Pagan was (breed into when Adamowicz's knee injury sidelined her her md proved to be the team's crowd plesser with vertical leap n" played respectably in several West but close to making the region’s playoffs Colorado stood in wy' dropTan “The credit goes to the team” said Cons “If a wins a championship but splits up because of Ac what success is that?” The Aggies got into the national tournamasst A bid The bid came after way via an er-l- tr-' ( J Deb Peterson Julie Kueng andLori ITmAai jr most of the scoring The Aggies were hurt by Ae generally lower aeorinc the early rounds of the national tournament and i for a 1327 score and a 14th place finish letter winner Peterson will I Only four-yethe youth dominated ranks Com has signed I chip high school gymnasts and he is expecting a 2 finish in ar l ggie basketball national tournament at least someone to a appeared -- t of the highly With the entire team returning and many starters to their of many losing ranked teams apparently next highly rankshould year open graduation the Aggies of experience they ed in the polls With an added year home a national to bring could be the next Aggie group crown representtve and the fifth sport appear ready h (urn the corner and take its plate among the other contending sports cam sent 15-1- 16-1- Cal-Pol- y job and left an intramural than the nationally competitive program VSei Fern Gardner left for a higher paving behind a program that better resembled (owns vital ion als and then brrezed through their conference schedule to cam an invitation to nationals “We were one of the few teams that eventual winner Southern California was concerned about” said McReavy “It would take them the full five games to beat us” match loss to-e In Santa Barbara a lough three-gasn- e Pacific took the wind out of the t tonally second-ranke3 4 and Aggies’ sails Pacific beat them season fifth The than Ags denying them a finish higher Pomona and eighth ended later at thr hands of ’81-8- 7D XiWk rsir i The work of Lyle Knudson’s track team is often bsz under the accomplishments of the other nationally hnaat C sports at USU Knudson puts his greatest emphasis an t goals of individuals Working with a limited budget and with this theory practice the entire Aggie track team wasn’t able to atC I Ac AIAW national meet Nancy Miller (Connie MaaL r Jennifer Jones Gwen White Karolyn Ganad and Thomas came dose to qualifying hut only penlathlsae Wendy Limbaugh wUl make the trip to the national toA nament next weekend iaM- xi - t ' 4 - — 7 national tnles Not many teams win i nine ananf The coaches rookie Aggse different two that feat with Kelly Phipps at the hdm last yaar and “ Uo dene Searle duplicating the feat this year the was a there change coaching Although champion Aip success remained the tost— nmngpi-- ’ rkVase ching from Mary Loti Hamm stingy air light and enough hitting to win Robin Petrini Yo Arvizu Katen Caywood and w ) Himmdspach iicwiM" Ac defense up the mafcTe mr" mmmJ fc’ isnennee on ting Ramm’t t- -tf Atvieu’ed-r- -: back-to-ba- ' hmuhu star-studd- - fuure c Luld 5 allow Johns to nt —milting year should me new had in three years in Logan up the opening abounds pmduce mote gTLt d F-- Uyr wMNHr r--9 1 zT record 9 of thi year’s improvement ap- tournament national A trip o the 12-1- 'cstll coaching am“ RayCor- ' cai -- adttf " iv - : - |