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IM softball champions crowned
. All hail the Intramural Softball Cham-
pions for 1982. This past week, the ac-
tion-packed, spine-tingling, full of sur-
prises softball season came to a close,
as the winning teams were decided in
each division. The Beaver Patrol, vir-
tually uncontested throughout the year,
came through with the Independent 'A'
championship. The Fraternity 'A' title
game was a laugh. Sigma Alpha Ep-
silon, which really came on toward the
end of the season, destroyed hapless
Triangle to capture the championship.
Highly favored Bush House fell hard in
the Women's 'A' final at the hands of
the HB's, who were enraged at the
prospect of being considered underdogs
according to last week's Daily predic-
tions. In another mild upset, the Nitwits
were dethroned as Co-Rec chieftains. The
'wits, perennial powerhouses in all IM
sports, met a determined Hit n' Run
squad and succumbed, 2-1.,
A winner was also decided amongst
the plethora of Residence Hall hopefuls.
Adam'sAnts destroyed Van Tyne Var-
sity, 17-5, establishing themselves as
the dominant species in dormitory
competition. The Law Big Dogs, strong
front-runners throughout the entire
season, displayed their mettle when
they held off a seventh )inning rally to
IM Roundup
CO-REC
defeat Patterson Dental Supply in the
Graduate/Faculty/Staff division.
So, sports fans, there is a capsuled re-
cap of the 'A' division winners in sof-
tball. Read on and discover how they
won, along'with who captured crowns in
the respective 'B' and 'C' leagues.
INDEPENDENT
singles and a double in the two frames,
the Patrol found themselves in the
unusual position of having to come back
after yielding five runs to Kid Dilly's
charges in the third inning.
Mike Rucinski saw that the lead
didn't last very long, however. Rucinski
led off the third with a home run, and
his squad never trailed again, adding
four runs in the fourth to complete their
scoring in the 9-6 victory.
An 11-inning marathon decided the
'B' champion. The DT's, who ran by
GTE to reach the final round, snuck
past AWT when Pete Citruhr scored in
the top of the eleventh.
The 'C' title game was equally close,
when the Crabs drowned the Navy
ROTC, 8-7. The crabbed ones fought off
a furious Naval charge to establish
themselves as the rulers of the sea.
In the 'C' division, the Rat Patrol
couldn't touch the Untouchables and
lost the finals 5-2. Ross Arseneau, Sheri
Juergens andFrank Gasior scored fifth
inning runs that erased a 1-0 deficit and
put the Patrol ahead for good.
The Free Basers had to eat D.I.R.T.
in the 'B' division finals as they lost 12-
7. Sue Burk scored the winning run to
cap a six-run fourth inning rally. for
D.I.R.T.
The real excitement was in the 'A'
division, where Hit & Run held onto a
one-run lead for five innings before
finally claiming a 2-1 victory. Gary
Hopps had a home run and a double to
pace Hit & Run. The Nit Wits put
together three hits in the second inning
but only got. one run out of it. They
couldn't manage another hit the rest of
the way, although one runner reached
base on an error in the seventh inning.
This one could have been billed as the
battle of the big bats. The Beaver
Patrol, which simply steamrolled
everyone that got in their way this
season, took on Kid Ginsoe and the Dilly
Bars for the 'A' title, Monday night.
After springing out to a four-run lead
after two innings, as a result of six
WOMEN'S
FRATERNITY
Sigma Nu fell to Triangle in the
semifinals of the A division. Sigma
Alpha Epsilon then plastered Triangle
in the finals, 16-1.
Tim Hogan hit two home runs to pace
SAE. Denis Rave added three hits and
Paul Chewins went four for four.
Triangle's lone run came in the fourth
inning when Richard Peske hit a home
run. Triangle put together three hits in
the sixth inning but failed to score'
again.
The HB's weren't too enthralled with
the fact that they had been declared
underdogs in the Women's division 'A'
championship playoffs.
There was, however, some
justification for the underdog status.
After all, Bush's Bunnies had been solid
all season, knocking off the perennially
strong Hunt team, and putting an end to
Southern Transfer's title hopes. The
HB's, however, weren't just sitting
around watching the Love Boat,
though. They made short order of the
Lady Blazers, 17-3, and received a bye
to the final roupd of the playoffs.
In that championship game, they
jumped all over the Bunnies, pounding
out a convincing 8-0 victory. Team
captain Mary' Kaliardos pitched a six-
hitter for the HB's, who got all the
scoring they needed in a four-run first
inning.
Hunt House, vanquished earlier in the
year by Bush, regained some integrity
when it blasted W.D. Awesome 13-2, in
the 'B' division championship. Cindy
Mersland had three hits and scored
twice for Hunt, who overcame a 2-0
deficit and blew by the Awesome ones.
RESIDENCE HALLS
Bridgit Bardot's Bandage Boys (BB2)
bruised the Huber Rockets in the 'C'
finals 8-1. BB2 pitcher William
Shanahan gave up only five hits during
the game. After Rex Robinson homered
to lead off the game for the Rockets,
they couldn't advance another runner
past second base the rest of the game.
Gomberg Red scored five runs in the
final inning to score a 7-4 victory over
Lloyd in the 'B' division finals. Darin
Loyd scored the winning run for Gom-
berg. Before Gomberg rallied, Lloyd
had scored a run in the fourth and two
in the fifth to take a 3-2 lead.
In the 'A' division, Adam's Ants
scored 10 runs in the first inning to
begin a 17-5 rout of Van Tyne Varsity in,
the finals. Jim Larman, Dave Backer
and Doug Walezak all homered for the
Ants. Ben Luyckx and Mark Safsen
each had two hits in Van Tyne's losing
effort.
Last week's pick to win this division,
Rumsey Blue, riding on two straight
shutouts, was rudely ousted from the
tournament by . . . you guessed it,
Adam's Ants.
G/F/S
Patterson Dental Supply had to be
feeling confident when it jumped out to
a 7-2 lead with a four-run fourth inning
burst that left the Law B ig Dogs
gasping for air. The
Graduate/Faculty/Staff championship
was taking on the aura of a rout, and the
Dental Suppliers were in control. In
control that is until fifth inning. That
was the beginning of the end for them.
Six hits in a row yielded four runs in
the fifth for the Dogs, and four more
runs in the sixth sealed the victory for
the Law Dogs, who used John Witri's
clutch hitting to clinch the champion-
ship.
It seemed that law was the order for
the 'B' division as Penal Action used
three runs in the seventh as insurance
after overcoming an early two-run
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