Soccer team shows mid-season improvement
by Rob Rejmaniak
Capitol’s soccer team recorded
its first win of the 1983 season,
beating Lancaster Bible College
by a score of 4 to 0 on Saturday,
September 24. The win was the
first ever taken by a Capitol soc
cer team.
Prior to the win, Capitol
played Penn State Berks campus
to a 1 to 1 tie.
“The team has improved with
each game we’ve played,” says
winger Tom Weidemann.
Weidemann’s words proved
true as Capitol took on a much
stronger Eastern team last week
and held them scoreless for over
an hour before finally losing 4 to
0.
“The game with Eastern Col
lege showed how well we’ve
developed as a team,” says Head
Coach Bill Miles, “we took on a
four year school with scholarship .
athletes and gave them a real run
for their money.”
Last Saturday, Capitol lost to
Beaver College again, this time by
a score of 4 to 3. Against Beaver,
Capitol runners repeat as conference champs
Capitol cross country runner, Joel Hagar opens his pace along the wooded course at Allentown Col
lege, where the team participated in the Allentown Invitational Meet last Saturday. The team placed
sixth out of 15 teams at the meet.
the game was decided by a defen
sive “handball” inside Capitol’s
18 yard line.
The Beaver player who took
the shot managed to put the hall
just under the body of the diving
Capitol goalie.
“Normally, he’ll shoot for one
of the two corners,” says Capitol
goalie Jack Boyczuk. “I guessed
right and dove to the corner he
shot at, only the ball wasn’t shot
as far as I thought it would be.
Basically, I was anticipating a
shot further to the corner.”
Although the loss to Beaver
dropped Capitol’s record to 1
win, 7 losses, and 1 tie, the team
has come a long way toward
breaking Capitol soccer’s history
of losing.
“Of all our losses, there was '
only one in which we were totally
outplayed,” says halfback Tom
Gannard.
The team has five games re
maining, including two home
games; Northampton C.C. on
Wednesday, October 26, and a
make-up game with Penn State
Mont Alto campus.
Capitol’s John Coffman attempts to elude a Beaver College player in last Saturday's action at
Capitol Campus.
By Jeanne Bailets
Capitol’s cross-country runners
finished their regular season with a
record of 11 wins and 1 loss, taking
second only to Lincoln University,
topping last year’s record of six and
four.
“It’s no accident the team has
good runners. They like running and
they have all improved their records
on their own time,” said coach Bud
Smitley.
A quad-meet on October 8 maric
ed the final victory for Capitol which
finished first over Elizabethtown,
Alvernia, and Baptist Bible. Capitol
runners who Dlaced iff the meet
were Joel Hager, Brian Bachman,
Dave Wicks, Greg Nissiey, and
Dan Miller, finishing third, fourth,
fifth, ninth, and tenth overall,
respectively. In the five mile race,
three Capitol harriers broke 30
minutes, and three finished under 29
minutes.
On October 1, Capitol hosted the
meet against York College, where
Joel Hager, Capitol’s number one
runner this season, set a course
record of 27 minutes, 46 seconds.
Despite muddy conditions and a slip
pery track, Hager finished first in the
five mile race, marking a first-time
victory for the varsity team over
York College.
Other season wins include another
Photo by Jeffrey G. Shatter
first-time victory for the Capitol har
riers on September 28 over
Elfzabethtown College, and a
September 24 quad-meet win over
Alvernia, Eastern, and Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy and Science.
Capitol also won by forfeit against
Northeast Christian.
Capitol, an NCAA Division 3
member, paticipated in an Invita
tional at Allentown last Saturday,
placing sixth overall among eleven
other Division 3 as well as Division
2 competitors.
A National Association of Inter
collegiate Athletics District 19 meet
is scheduled for Saturday, October
22, at Allentown. Capitol runners,
who placed fourth in the district last
year, will compete against 16 other
District 19 schools.
“The district is bigger and the
competition is tougher this year, but
I expect they will probably place in
the top three,” Smitley said.
Capitol is also expected to finish £
first when it hosts the
Athletic Conference (KAC) meet on
Saturday, October 29, beginning at g
12 noon. "
“We finished first last year and
should have no problem taking the g.
conference again this year,” Smitley “
said. §
Other KAC teams include Alver- io
nia, Misercordia, Wilmington, and
Beaver Colleges. 8