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THE MERCER CLUSTER
APRIL 7. 1975
Teddy Bears
Complete Season
By Goozaio C. Garcia
The Mercer Teddy Bears concluded
their season by competing in the 7th an
nual National Women's Invitational
Tournament in Amarillo .Texas.
The NWJT boasted a strong eight team
field for the tournament. The teams which
competed besides our Teddy Bears were:
Wayiaad Baptist, the defending aAu
champion and winner of the previous (t
NWIT tournaments. Mississippi College
last year's runner-up m the A LAW national
tournament. John F Kennedy, last year’s
AAU runner-up. Belmont College. North
Carolina. Indiana, and UCLA.
The Teddy Bears first game was against
John F Kennedy. The game was very,
dose having to go into overtime for a
winner to be decided. The Teddy Bears
emerged as victors by a 60-59 score. The
Teddy Bears were led in scoring by Myrel
Huskey who connected for 22 points, she
was aided in scoring by Sybil Blalock who
scored 16 points. The rebounding' fa£ the
Teddy Bears was taken care of by Linda
Callahan and Hilda Heard who both
grabbed 11 rebounds. Debbie Kabler led
John F. Kennedy with 28 points and 20
rebounds
The Teddy Bears advanced to the
semifinals where they met UCLA. The
Teddy Bears took control of the game in
NADS Defeat
Sigma Nu
Twenty team* recently competed in the
men’s intramural volleyball tournament
.to independent team, the Nads, went
undefeated throughout the tournament.
heating Sigma Nu for the championship
Sigma Nu made it to the finals by
defeating the Law 1 team in the
bracket The Nads and Rillas I _
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Baseball Bears
Hit It Big
By Fred Milburn
the first half and le * * intermission 28-24.
In the ***~ naif UCLA came out
"* _ —**. Led by Ann Meyers. who scored 8
out of the first 10 UCLA points, UCLA went
ahead for good with 15 minutes to go in the
game. UCLA built'up a 19 point ieNsbut
the Teddy Bears never gave up and cut the
lead to 60-52 at the close of the game. The
Teddy Bears were led by Sybil Blalock
who scored 18 points. Myrel Huskey added
12 points while Linda Callahan grabbed 12
rebounds. UCLA was led by Ann Meyers,
the sister of All-American Dave Kryers,
who scored 26 points and grabbed 18
rebounds.
The Teddy Bears final game of their long
season was against Belmont College for
third place in the NWIT. Mercer com
pletely dominated the game in the first
half, but Belmont battled back in the
second half and took the lead for good with
6 minutes remaining in the- contest. The
final score was 83-74 in favor of Belmont.
Myrel Huskey led the Teddy Bears in
scoring in her last g;ame with 31 points.
Sybil Blalock also playing her last game
assisted in the scoring by adding 18 points.
Linda Laiiahau also played her last game
and she led Mercer in rebounding by
grabbing 15 errant shots.
The Teddy Bears finished in fourth place
in the NWIT. For the 7th straight year the
championship went home with Wayland
Baptist Mercer's Sybil Blalock was
named to the NWIT All-American team.
The Teddy Bears completed their season
with 23 wins and only 6 defeats. The Teddy
Bears along with their fourth place finish
in the NWIT. finished third place in both
the GAIAW State Tournament and the
Region III Tournament
Tbgjeddy Bears were led in scoring this
year by Myrel Huskey, who averaged 20.4 *
points per game, and Sybuk Blalock, who
20.1 points per game. Dawn
' also averaged in double figures by
scoring 10.1 points per game The leading
rebounders for the year were Linda
Callahan, who averaged 13.4 rebounds a
game, and Hilda Heard, who averaged 8.0
rebounds a game.
’Hie Teddy Bears three seniors, Sybil
Blalock. Myrel Huskey, and Linda
Callahan, hold every individual Teddy
Bear record for a game/a season, and a
career. The Teddy Bean aod Mercer will
miss their presence- both on aad off the
The Mercer Bears baseball team have
really hit it big this season. Under the
supervision of Coach Smith, the team has a
16-9 record so far this year. Mercer.has
jiefeated teams such as Western Michigan
(who is ranked in the top ten in the mid
west ) and Miami University ranked
second in the nation.
The team has a lot of depth t’.iis year,
especially in the pitching ranks John Hart
heads the list with a 3-2 record-followed by
Robert Yopps. Jim Rollins. Larry Mc
Cabe. Denzil Davis and Mike Phillips. The
hitting this year has been led by catcher
Tiger Elgin with a .315 averagem short
stop Joe Pettini .250, outfield Cecil Pat
terson .237, and 3rd basemen Rob Mitchell
The Bears have the depth and experience
going for them. How can they lose?
If the Bears cah slip past Georgia
Southern they may have a chance for an
invitation to the NCAA 2nd district com
petition tournament.
Women’s Tennis
Going Strong
By Fred Milburn
It looks like the practice the girls tennis
team has put in since early fail has paid
off. The team is considered one of the
power houses of the state.
This year’s team is led by Becky Reese,
a sophomore from St Peters berg She was
ranked Number 6 in the 18 year old and
younger group in Florida aod is expected
to go undefeated this year. Becky is a solid
player who is smart, experienced and has
a deadly ground stroke ^
The Number 1 spot is held by Michele
Flowers, a sophomore from Alpharetta.
Ga. She was No. 1 last year for Mercer and
shown the potential to go far Ail-she needs
is a little experience
Debbie Lewis, a freshman from Warner
Robin* is a pleasant surprise to the team
this year Debbie is a scarmbler on the
courts and fights like a tiger Miss Lewis is
followed by Cheryl Zaeynist, a sophomore
from St. Petersburg who is a very con
sistent player and has the ability to go
undefeated.
Cathy Young and Liz
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hitting abilities to give the Warn a well
rounded look. The team has plenty of depth
with Diane Beauchamp. Sheila , Kelly,
Sharon Trot. Milie Monday, and Gloria
Macia.
Coach Margie Cooper, a law student at
Mercer who has had the team for 2 years
said, “We have one of the strongest teams
in Georgia. The team is young, the oldest
being a sophomore and we have a chance
(or the state ctoamipinship. Any of the top 6
can beat each other on any given day”
. The girls have had 3 matches so far this
season. The team beat Augusta College at
Augusta 9-0. They lost to Valdosta State 7-1
but this meet was over Spring hflidays
when some of the starters went home. The
girls gainefl revenge by beating Valdosta
90 the next week.
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Women’s Tennis Schedule
DATE
April 8
April 9
April 16
April* 17
April 22
April 23
April 29
May 8
OPPONENT
Dekalb
Tift
Dekalb
Emory
Tift
Wesleyan
Columbus
Emory
LOCATION
Macon
Forsyth. Ga.
Atlanta. Ga.
Macon
Macoo
Macon (Wesleyan)
Macon
Atlanta. Ga.
TIME
2:50 p.m.
3:JO p.m.
3:00 p.m
2:30 p.m.
3:00 p.m
3:00 p.m
2:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
PIRG Candidates
In the oncoming elections, six Mercer
students will compete for the five elected
positions of Public Interest Research
Group (PIRG) The candidates are Martin
Bell. George Connell, Jeff B Dean. Brian
Fakety, Gerg. Hammond, aod Frank
Rosser
Connell said in an interview with the
(.'tester thayhe has been interested in. and
involved with PIRG since its organization.
The candidate said that it was his goal to
shape PIRG into “an effective working
unit for student interests
Jeff Dean said he was interested in
getting people “involved in the govern
ment and community *’
Martin Bell, a member of Kappa Alpha
fraternity; Brian Fakety ; Greg Hammond
a member of the Mercer debate team: and
Frank Rosser, a former member of the
Cluster staff; all were unavailable for
comment at the scheduled time
The Mercer Ctester
Mercer University
Macon. Georgia
Non-Profit Organization