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Summer 1998Lunney tabbed baseball MVPRookies strengthen golf programThe 1998 version of Yellow Jacket baseball was no differentfrom many of the other Cedarville spring sports teams in thatthey were extremely lean on experience. No less than 13 of the16 players were either freshmen or sophomores and 11 of themwere newcomers to the program. The result was a 4-27 recordoverall and 2-14 slate in the Mid-Ohio Conference.Senior co-captain Josh Lunney batted a team-high .354 andwas voted the team's MostValuable Player. He was alsoselected to the All-Mid-OhioConference Second Team at thirdbase and was named to the AllNCCAA Midwest Region squad.Lunney paced Cedarville innearly every offensive statisticalcategory. He was tops in hits(29), runs scored ( 18), doubles(6), triples (2), home runs (3),slugging percentage (.585), walksJosh Lunney( 13), and stolen bases (13).The other senior co-captain was infielder Mark Wood, whowas an honorable mention selection within the NCCAAMidwest Region. He was the only player to start all 31 gamesduring the season.Freshman infielder Ryan Creeden hit .319 to rank second onthe squad at the plate. Twin brother Trevor batted .277 andstruck out just three times in 55 plate appearances.Sophomore outfielder Gabe Schlappi joined Lunney on theAll-NCCAA Midwest Region Team. He started all 30 games inwhich he played with a .272 batting average, 13 runs scored,four doubles, and 12 walks.The Cedarville College men's golf team proved to benoticeably more competitive in 1998 with the addition of a trioof freshmen who took over the top three spots on the squad.The Yellow Jackets still have some work to do before joiningthe elite opponents on the schedule, but the newcomerscertainly give head coach Jim Krage! a good foundation uponto which to build.Russ Toms ended 11,p·vi'ith the lowest average on the team at81.1 strokes per 18 holes. Six of his seven rounds were 82 orlower including a season-best 77 that he fired at the I I-teamWalsh Invitational which placed him in a fifth-place tieindividually. He also carded a 78 at the Heidelberg/TiffinClassic and paced the linksters in the Mid-Ohio ConferenceChampionships with rounds of 82, 80, and 82.Toms' freshman classmate Matt Dunn averaged 81.3 withtwo scores in the 70's and it could have been more. He turnedin an 80 in five of his ten rounds. One of those was the 17thAnnual Cedarville Invitational at Beavercreek's Country Clubof the North which was won by Mt Vernon Nazarene. His 247total in the MOC was second-best on the team.Dunn's season-opening 77 at the Urbana Invitational placedhim third individually in the tournament and the score matchedToms for low round of the year. The Jackets ended up fifth outof 13 schools at Urbana which was their highest finish of theseason.Joe Mulvaney, the third newcomer, averaged 85.1 strokes.His low score was a 79 in thesecond round of the Mt.Vernon Nazarene Invitational.Senior Troy Page carded an81rntheCedarvilleInvitational and averaged 85.8for the season. ClassmateSteve Burchett carried al) 86.2average, but his rounds of 8383-82 in the MOC were thirdon the team.Additionally, Burchett wasSteve Burchettnamed an NAIA All-AmericaScholar-Athlete Team which includes juniors and seniors whoLattanzio, Schaefer sisters earn softballhonorsThe Cedarville College women's softball team labored to a 421 record overall and a 1-15 mark in Mid-Ohio Conference playduring the 1998 season. Only ten players dotted the roster andeight of those started all 25 games.Freshman outfielder Maria Lattanzio posted a .413 battingaverage to rank among the Mid-Ohio Conference leaders. Shebecame only the sixth player in school history to hit .400 orbetter in a single season.Lattanzio was first on the team in at bats (75), hits (31 ), runsscored (13), doubles (5), triples (2), home runs (I), and sluggingpercentage (.573). She was an honorable mention pick in theMOC.Bonnie Schaefer, a junior,was the team's number twohitter with a .297 average whichincluded a team-low twostrikeouts in 64 at bats. Therighthander was forced to pitch127 1/3 innings out of a total of157 due to injuries to the rest ofthe pitching staff. She had 19complete games with arespectable 4.0 I earned runaverage.Behind the plate for everyinning as catcher was Bon nie'solder sister, Julie, who batted .246 during her senior season. TheSchaefers were NAIA and NCCAA All-America ScholarAthletes as well as MOC Scholar-Athletes which includesjuniors and seniors with a minimum 3.50 cumulative grade pointaverage.The other senior on the team was first baseman Andrea Butz.She handled 165 fielding chances with a .970 accuracy and waseven pressed into pitching three times. She hurled an 8-2victory against an Urbana team that eventually qualified forpostseason play.Junior outfielder Beth Weaver had a team-high 13 runs battedin while recording a .278 average. Sophomore leadoff hitterBecky Summers scored 12 times and had I 5 walks which werethe most on the club.page3STINGmaintain a minimum 3.50 cumulative grade point average. He isthe first Yellow Jacket golfer to earn the honor. Burchett alsoearned a spot on the All-MOC Scholar-Athlete unitMen's netters return to winning wayThe Cedarville College men's tennis team posted a 12-10 dualmatch record during the 1998 season. Like the women, theYellow Jackets put together their winning season without thebenefit of having a senior on the roster.Coach Alan Edlund's team could have easily finished with amore impressive record. The netters dropped all four one-pointmatches that they were involved in.One of the 5-4 setbacks occurred against Olivet Nazarene inthe National Christian College Athletic Association Invitationalwhich Cedarville hosted. The Jackets won two out of threematches to finish as the tournament runner-up. Cedarville alsofinished second in the Mid-Ohio Conference race and was fourthin the NAIA Great Lakes Sectional.Brian Wilbur, a juniorcompleting his second year in theprogram, held down the team'snumber one singles spot. He hada 10-14 record against theopposition's top player and is 2122 for his career.The rest of the lineup hadwinning records for the season.In order of singles position, CarlWeise was 12-11, Eric McVeywas a team-best 18-6, JamesMetsger was 14-7, Matt TaylorBrian Wilburhad a 13-10 slate, and ReubenDuncan recorded a 11-7 mark.Cedarville was 85-55 as a team in singles with an overalldoubles record of 40-28. Duncan and Metsger had a 11-6 recordin doubles while Mc Vey and Jason Hall were 4-1.Wilbur, Weise and Duncan were named to the NAIA AllAmerica Scholar-Athlete squad. The elite team recognizesjuniors and seniors who maintain a minimum 3.50 cumulativegrade point average.(continued on page 4)1998 Missions Involvement Service (MIS) Athletic TeamsSharing the Gospel of Christ around the globeThe Athletes for Christ women's basketball team will travel toPortugal August 1-16. Pictured from left to right are headwomen's basketball coach Kathy Freese, Stephanie Schanher,Jennifer Jones, Charity Cole, Jodi Quint, Tara Swaney, LindseyMitchell, Pam Claus, and Megan Winburn. Not pictured: JoyWilliams and Amanda Porter.·The Athletes for Christ mens basketball team ministered again inthe Philippines June 9 through July 5. Pictured are (front row Ir) Toby Most, Joel Leach, and Mike Lowstetter. (Second row l-r)Dr. Don Callan, Steve Comer, Shawn Power, and Ryan Bigefo.,.,:(Back row l-r) Dave Fourman, Dan Wyma, Ben Thompson, andMike Maurice.The MIS women's volleyball team served in the Domincan Republic on June 8-17. Members of the squad included headvolleyball coach Teresa Clark, Pam Huls, Casey Ruffin, Lori Bunger, Jen Hangosky, Amber Corbin, Robin Hefner,Suzanne Lehman, Jessica Stevenson, and Kathy Johnson.The MIS men's soccer team traveled to Bangladesh on June 6-29. The group consisted of head women's soccer coachJohn McGillivray, head men's soccer coach Roger Swigart, assistant men's soccer coach Jim Hunter, B.J. Bechtel, ChrisBrock, Chad Deakyne, Duane Hammond, Russ Pound, Will Scotton, Pete Warinsee, and George Weber.

page4--STINGSummer1998TIN PROFIL E----. . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - -Living the marathon with Rebecca JenksWhy?"Distance runners are used to long training runs. Six, eight,Why battle the fatigue? The.and ten-mile runs really aren't that challenging to us.exhaustion? The pain?"In the marathon, Jill and I planned a 7: 15 per mile paceThose questions are asked byand at ten miles I felt great. At 16 miles I felt soreness and Ithose who don't care to run, andthought, 'I have completed this distance before, but I stilleven by those who wouldhave ten miles to go.'consider running as a hobby to"At 18 miles, the soreness became pain. At 22 miles, I wasstay in shape, as to what wouldin severe pain and the mind games were a battle. I literallypossess someone to attempt topraised God that I was alive when I finished.run a marathon. The 26-mile"My body wanted me to stop running, but my mind kept385-yard event is not a race, butsaying 'no.' When I finished, my mind could finally relaxand I just started weeping uncontrollably that I had made it."an endurance test of mind andRebecca Jenksbody.For some runners, that might be the end of the story. GetAccording to those who have attempted, and even your congratulations, let your body recover, and if you'recompleted a marathon, it eventually becomes "mind over daring enough, get ready for the next marathon sometime inbody." One such person is Yellow Jacket graduating senior the future.Rebecca Jenks.However, there are some characteristics that Jenks has thatThe Danville, Vermont native ran in her first marathon at make her extra special -- especially to Yellow Jacket fans whothe NAIA Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 23 and she know her well.completed it finishing ninth. She got into it practically as a"Completing the marathon was a tremendous sense offavor to teammate Jill Breckenfeld, a junior, who placed accomplishment and nobody can take that away from me.eighth on that memorable day.But without God, there is absolutely no way I could have"I had completed a 16-mile run before and actually done it," said Jenks, putting the experience in properqualified for the NAIA marathon then, but I really had no perspective.intention of running it," Jenks recalled. "Jill wanted to run a"Jill and I got up at 4:00 a.m. that day (with race time athalf-marathon in April to meet the NAIA qualifying mark and 6:00) and we got focused on God with prayer and by readingI agreed to run to encourage her. Coach (Elvin) King our Bibles. We had already been memorizing Scriptureconvinced me a couple weeks later to join Jill again at the verses and once the marathon started, one of the ways weNAIA marathon."encouraged one another was by recalling those verses.Conquering a 16-mile run is one thing. Exposing yourself"As I look back on it, the experience taught me someto the ultimate test of running the marathon, as Jenks found eternal lessons. I didn't have to run the marathon, but Iout, is quite another.wanted to honor God with my effort. We are blessed when"If I really knew what would happen to me by running in a we choose to honor Him, and I had peace in the marathon as amarathon, I wouldn't have done it," admitted Jenks. result of the Holy Spirit working in my life."SIIJ/»iug SflJ'6JJJ1il1 Ulillid!p-J/JflJ1'(continued.from page 3)Young Lady Jackets post 10-2 tennis"recordThe Lady Jacket tennis program enjoyed another successfulseason despite having the youngest team in Pam Johnson's 22years as head coach. The 13-player roster consisted of just onejunior, six sophomores, and six freshmen, but the youthmovement produced a 10-2 overall record and a runner-upshowing in the Mid-Ohio Conference.Cedarville was impressive in rolling to eight 9-0 victories, anoteworthy 4-3 win at Ohio Wesleyan, and a 7-2 decision atMount St. Joseph. It took a good team to beat the Jackets. Theylost 5-4 at Transylvania University without the services of one oftheir top players. They were also nipped 5-4 at four-timedefending MOC champion Walsh University.Number one player Casey Ruffin posted a 10-3 record duringher sophomore season. She was named to the All-MOC Team insingles after running her career record to 20-5.Freshman Katie Koeppen, who played in the second position,and sophomore Ginger Butler, who held down the third spot,earned All-MOC honors in both singles and doubles. They had a11-2 mark as the squad's top doubles pairing. In singles, Butlerhad a team-best 12-1 record for the second straight year andKoeppen was 9-3.Freshman Jenny Brayer (12-2 record) and sophomores BethWolfe (10-2) and Julie Gregory (9-5) rounded out the top sixsingles spots. As a team overall, the Lady Jackets had a 66-18record in singles and a dominant 37-5 mark in doubles.In the MOC Tournament, Walsh won the event with 43 pointsand was followed by Cedarville (37), Malone (26.5), Tiffin( 15.5), and Shawnee State (13). The Yellow Jackets had playersin all six singles finals and in two of the three doubles finals.Butler was the No. 3 Flight singles champion and did not lose-What a way for aIrunner to end her collegecareer and what a lesson!Jenks graduated with aBibledegreethatincluded a missionsemphasis. She was aDean's List student whoearnedNAIAandNCCAA All-AmericaScholar-Athlete honors.Having grown up on adairy farm, Rebeccainitially wanted to be aveterinarian.Shemajored in Biology uponcoming to Cedarville, butlater switched to Nursingbeforeeventuallypursuing her Bibledegree.She's not done with school yet. She's heading off to GrandRapids Seminary in Michigan to prepare for two-and-a-halfyears of more study beginning this fall.Why would a female even go to a seminary anyway?Rebecca explained by saying, "I want to be as equipped as Ican as a Biblical counselor. I don't necessarily desire to getinto counseling as a profession, but I want to meet the needsof people in the church, especially in discipling women."Rebecca Jenks is an example of what Cedarville College·athletics is all about. She trained to help a teammate take partin running's most demanding event. Now she's training tohelp meet the needs of people in an even mo e importantmarathon -- life itself."a set in the process. Wolfe and Brayer rolled to the doubles titlein the No. 3 Flight and finished the year with a 9-1 record.Lady Jackets win fifth straight NCCAAtrack bannerFreeman shatters oldest school track recordThe Cedarville College women's track & field team won theNCCAA banner for an unprecedented fifth straight time andregained the Mid-Ohio Conference championship in 1998. PaulOrchard was voted the NCCAA and MOC Coach of the Year.Junior distance runner Becky Jordan paced the team during theoutdoor season with the most points scored in competition. Shefinished the campaign as an NAIAAII-American by placing sixthin the 5,000 meter run in 17:59.85.Jordan, who was also an NAIA All-American indoors in the5,000, set outdoor school records in the 3,000 and 5,000 meterruns as well as the 3,000 meter steeplechase. She won theNCCAA 5,000 meter run and was an NAIA and NCCAA AllAmerica Scholar-Athlete.At the NCCAA Nationals, the women piled up 113 points toedge fellow MOC member Malone College, who finished with105.5. The Lady Jackets used their depth to grab the team title asthey won just two events total and placed second in only twoothers. Besides Jordan's win, Sandy Swales took first in thehammer throw with a heave of 139-feet 4-inches.Distance runner Rachelle Elder and Jill Breckenfeld, whoplaced eighth in the NAIA marathon, were both recognized asNAIA and NCCAA All-America Scholar-Athletes. OtherNCCAA scholars were Meredith Allgrim, Alison Huizinga,Christy Taylor, and Rebecca Jenks, who finished ninth in theNAIA marathon.Cedarville totaled 96 points to win their second MOC women'strack and field title. The Jackets outdistanced Malone (87),Walsh (74), Rio Grande (51), and Tiffin (0). Sandy Swales andLindsey Mitchell each won two field events to lead the way forthe lady Jackets. Swales, who earlier set a school record in thehammer throw, won that event as well as the discus whileMitchell was a winner in the high jump and triple jump. JodiQuint broke her own school record in winning the javelin for thesecond straight year, Becky Jordan was first in the 1500 meters,and Jen Heidenreich won the 400 meter hurdles.The Yellow Jacket men's track and field program challengedfor the NCCAA and Mid-Ohio Conference titles once again andcame away with runner-up finishes. It marked the sixth time inthe past seven years that Cedarville ended up second in theNational Christian College Athletic Association.Highlighting the season was the performance of junior highjumper Nate Freeman. The oldest men's record entering theoutdoor season was the high jump mark of All-American BudDavis at 6-feet 9-inches set in 1965. Freeman quickly erasedthat and twice cleared 6-10 3/4.The occasion that Freeman tied his own school record came inthe NAIA Nationals where he earned All-America honors byfinishing fourth. He also claimed the NCCAA and MOC highjump titles.Senior thrower Dan Hudson scored the most points for theCedarville men in the 1998 outdoor season. He was the NCCAAdiscus champion and won the same event in the MOC along withgrabbing the javelin title. Hudson and distance runner EricCrawford, who won the MOC 10,000 meter run, were NAIA andNCCAA All-America Scholar-Athletes.The other NCCAA All-America performance came from EddieNehus in the 800 meter run. He won the MOC 800 meters andwas part of the winning 4 x 400 meter relay team along withChris Leverette, David Rea, and Cliff Reynolds, who also wonthe 400 meter hurdles.Other highlights included Leverette being named an NCCAAAll-America Scholar-Athlete and Jon McGinnis taking sixthplace in the pole vault at the NAIA Indoor Nationals for AllAmerica recognition. Also winning events at the MOCChampionships were Linton Ellis in the 100 and 200 meterdashes, and Jason Alexander in the pole vault.

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