A&F Newsletter
Summer 2002
Softball Team Falls Short
of Nationals
WICHITA — A pair of losses to Dodge City,
including a 5-3 decision in 10 innings in the championship game of the
Region VI Tournament, ended the Lady Tiger softball team’s 2002
season at 43-14. Cowley finished 16-2 in the Jayhawk East, good for second
place.
Region VI Tournament results: Cowley 8, Seward 0; Cowley 12, Neosho 5; Dodge
City 4, Cowley 3; Cowley 12, Garden City 0; Dodge City 5, Cowley 3 (10 innings).
Several Lady Tigers earned post-season awards. Webb (second base), McColpin (outfield),
and Beran (utility player) earned first-team All-Jayhawk East. Danielle Vanderhoof
(catcher), Emily Simmons (outfield), and Candice Wilburn (pitcher) earned second-team
All-Jayhawk East. Honorable mention selections were Michelle Ramos, Melissa Bean,
and J.J. McVay.
Women’s Tennis 3rd in Nation
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Cowley’s No. 1 doubles team of Donata Majauskaite
and Suzanne Fry lost a third-set tiebreaker 11-9 to the team from Temple Junior
College in the finals at the national tournament here, but their performance
helped the Lady Tigers to a third-place finish nationally. Majauskaite and Fry
earned All-America status for reaching the finals. Cowley’s 34 points enabled
it to finish third, the highest placing ever by a Cowley women’s tennis
team at nationals. “I’m really proud of the girls,” coach André Spence
said. “They had a great tournament.” Majauskaite and Fry, the third-seeded
No. 1 doubles team in the tournament, reached the finals by winning three matches
and receiving a first-round bye. In the finals, the Cowley duo lost 7-6, 5-7,
11-9 in what Spence termed “a nail biter.” Other Cowley players competing
at nationals were Jennifer Hocker, Hatti Pringle, Amy Stredney, Amber-Dawn Curtis,
and Angela Platt.
Three Golfers Finish in Top 40 Individually
PHOENIX, Ariz. — All three Cowley golfers who qualified for the National
Junior College Athletic Association Division II tournament here May 21-24 finished
in the top 40 among individuals. Nathan Coats, a freshman from Ponca City, was
tied for the lead after the first round of play. He finished in a tie for 28th
place with a four-day total of 296, eight strokes over par. Teammates Louie Girardi,
also a freshman from Ponca City, and Chris King, a sophomore from Winfield, tied
for 39th place at 299. All three players finished higher than any previous Cowley
golfer at nationals. The previous highest finish was Brad Lunsford of Medicine
Lodge in 2000, when he finished in a tie for 54th place. Results: Coats—71-77-76-72—296,
Girardi—74-72-77-76—299, King—76-73-77-73—299.
Danceline Just Misses Finals
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Cowley’s Tigerette Danceline just missed qualifying
for the Division II finals during competition at the National Dance Alliance
College Nationals held April 4-7. The Tigerettes missed qualifying for the Division
II finals by a slim .07 of a point. However, the team placed second among the
community colleges competing. The following women competed: Jennifer Cox, Tiffany
Miller, Jennifer Sanderholm, Lyndsey Schulte, Jessica Watts, Mandy Abplanalp,
Erin Brown, Kristin Dealy, Laura Gore, Jessica Lowry, Crystal May, Sarah Stevens,
and Lindsey Swaney. Lindsay Sanderholm is the Danceline coach