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Women go to state, regionals: place well Ry Sandy Carter |of The Print I What started out pale and Insure and ended up bronzed Ind unified? Who climbed out If the cellar of women’s junior ■college tennis and ended April ■nth a 6-5 record that sent lem to the state and regional layoffs? ■ The answer to both juestions is the College ■omen’s tennis team of 1980. Jfter a whirlwind month, loach Gladys Michael’s 12- Itrong squad has reached leason’s end with heads held ligh, as its second doubles and ■ourth singles players won lecond place awards at the ■ate tourney and went on to ■lake a good showing at legionals Friday and Saturday. I Lisa Liechty and Sandy ■Gaskill, second doubles, ■efeated teams from Central ■regon Community College Ind North Idaho Friday to ad- lance to Saturday’s champion- ■hip round, where they played lei! but lost to Treasure Valley Ind garnered second place lonors for CCC. Fourth singles lisa Liechty took a bye on tiday and lost to North Idaho i the final round, but the iverall tournament winner was Iregon’s own Lane Com munity College, with Blue fountain finishing second. Now that all the shouting is ver Michael leans back in her dice and gives some thought : her 12 racquet-wielding iisciples. The following list Tiefly highlights each student- iayer: DIANE KRAXBERGER— ¡umber-one singles player on e team ladder, uaxberger played first singles i Canby High. Michael went touting at the state high thool tournament last year, nd says, “I did make an effort o see her play, and en gaged her to come.” As to naxberger’s season, which as hampered by an injury to right hamstring, Michael ivs. “Diane is very cool on the ourt and appears to have fully ¡covered from her pulled amstring. The last two mat es have been her best mat lies. She’s showed much ore consistency with her net ®e and moved better on the ourt,’ Michael looks forward )having her back next spring. DEBBIE BIR- ISALL — Coming from a cables background, Birdsall ared first doubles with Krax- erger and played a strong second singles. Michael sees her as “intense on the court during competition. The thing that particularly impresses me,” adds Michael, “is her improv ement as a singles player.” BECKY KON DO—Describing her number- three singles player as “a natural athlete,” Michael says Kondo, although new to tennis this season, needs only ex perience. “When she’s on,” Michael says, “she’s very strong. She has become steadier. She puts natural pace on the ball and her serve is very strong.” Kondo also suffered minor injuries during the cour se of the season, and actually began training taped from an accident during basketball season. SANDY GASKILL—Anoth er of Michael’s scouting finds, Gaskill actually scouted Michael last spring, according to the coach. A freshman from Molalla, Gaskill’s mid-season ankle sprain stands out as the worst handicap suffered on a team that was plagued by in juries. “I took her out of singles because of her ankle,” Michael says soberly. “She was out for two weeks,” during which time some shuffling of the line-up was necessary. Impressed by her “volleyball” serves and bubbling enthusiasm, Michael says Gaskill “just bounces! I was pleasantly surprised at her adaptation to singles,” she ad ds. “I would really like to have her back next year.” LISA LIECHTY—At fourth singles and sharing second doubles with Gaskill, Molalla’s Liechty also came into practice wearing a bandage, but nothing holds her back, ac- cording to Michael. “She does whatever is necessary to win a match. She’ll initiate any change of pace and maintains control over her opponent. She had to learn to play singles,” Michael adds. DEBBIE BUGAR SKY—Describing her returning sophomore as “definitely a stronger singles player,” Coach Michael adds, “I do feel that by the end of the season she was better than last year and more consistent.” A scrambler on the court, Bugarsky, who ranked fifth on the team’s singles lad der, lost a week midseason to an Outdoor School counseling job, which Michael says cost her the opportunity to sub stitute in at least one league match during the Gaskill shake up. SANDY CARTER-Second of Michael’s three returning sophomores, Carter played at several positions, substituting to fill injury-related vacancies, and ended up sixth on the singles ladder. Says Michael, “Sandy’s much improved on her strokes from last year, par tly due to extra outside play and having a husband who’ll hit with her. She’s an excellent team player, willing to play anywhere, anytime.” JULIE BAUSSER- MAN—Third and last of Michael’s second-year players, Bausserman took a month long leave of absence from her job to compete this spring. “I was really very impressed and quite pleased to hear she gave up her job to be on the team,” says Michael. “She’s very pleasant to have; a good team member.” Ending the season at seventh place on the singles ladder, Bausserman’s'match play was reduced by one mat- ch, when she allowed Wendy George to play in her position at Multnomah School of Bible. WENDY GEORGE (YOUNG)—introduced to ten nis by her new husband, George has “improved very much even though she wasn’t able to work out a lot,” says Michael. She had a very positive pay-off for her efforts,” adds Michael, saying both her serve and backhand have “really improve^ ” SHARI PENBER- THY—Another frosh who plans to return next year, Pen- berthy, who played some doubles her last year at Putnam has improved at everything, says Michael. “Shari’s always willing' to practice, always gives a good effort,” she adds. “Her forehand’s probably her best stroke, and it has improved.” LAURA HOWARD-Play- ing non-league third doubles, Howard also came off of CCC’s winter term volleyball team, and learned tennis this term, with help from team trainer and - assistant Coach Mary Budnick. “Laura is what I’d call a natural athlete and a student of movement,” says .Michael. “Probably her biggest improvement is in serving: she related it to a volleyball spike. Her motivational strength is through her religion, and she’d be an excellent candidate for ‘Athletes in Action.’ ” JENNY WASH BURN—Sophomore Wash bum, also a newcomer to the game, took a fall tennis class from Michael, and, according to the coach, “has put in a lot of outside practice on the cour ts on her own, working on her service and strokes.” A sophomore, Washburn’s biggest assets, as listed by Michael, are her forehand ground stroke and her depen dability. “Jenny’s iust anxious to play,” says Michael, “She has a good attitude.” Aside from the players them selves, Michael has been sup ported this April by Doug Rogelstad, whose stat-keeping has been the envy of other schools in the league, accor ding to Michael, and Budnick, who is described by the coach as “invaluable in the assistant coach, trainer, manager role.” PLAYER SINGLES W-L DOUBLES W-L — _3-7 — 3-1 3-1 1-0 1-1 3-1 3-7 7-2 2-1 0-1 Bausserman............... .................................. 2-2 Birdsall.............. .................................... 5-5 Bugarsky.................... 2-1 Carter ......................... .-...................2-0 Gaskill........................ 2-0 George............ •••••„•. ........... ....................2-0 Howard................... .................................. 0-1 Kondo ............................................................. 5-5 Kraxberger....................... 3-7 Liechty ..-................ 6-0 Penberthy.. . . . ........................ ...1-0 Washburn.................. 0-1 Season records prior to State tourney: includes both league and non-league matches. 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