St. Edward's University Hilltopper (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1983 Page: 4 of 4
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Sports
Friday, September 16, 1983
HILLTOPPER
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Labor Day tourney provides challenge for SEU netters
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Player Profile
Rossi brings talents to SEU
Rounding corners
Sophomore Wes Tumey rounds bases as the Topper team completes
another day of practice. The players, under the instruction of Head
Coach John Knorr prepare for their annual intra-squad World Series.
Topper kickers
begin season
Rossi began her basketball play-
ing days early. “I started playing at
five with my brothers with a hoop
we had set up in the front yard.”
Rossi continued playing ball
throughout her senior year, during
which her team tied for first in its
league. Mercy High then came in
fourth in the playoffs with Rossi
playing point guard and occasional-
ly, shooting guard.
Rossi did not leave San Francisco
without the proverbial butterflies in
her stomach, however. “When I
left, I was scared because most
people go to college a few hours’
drive away, but I went several states
away,” she explained
During her senior year, Rossi
received an unexpected flyer in the
mail from a university in Texas.
“I’d never heard of St. Edward’s in
my life!,” she said. After consider-
ing USC and the University of
Georgia, Rossi settled on SEU. “I
really like the idea of a small cam-
pus - USC looked too big,” she
said.
“We are a young team. We were up for the
game but Southwestern Is a more experi-
enced team. It’s the beginning of the season,
though, and the ladles will pull together.
Head Coach Diane Daniels noted that
“There were both good and bad plays. Con-
sistency will come with practice, though. Our
serve reception and defense was weak, but
the serving was good.”
The Toppers, who were to have played Trini-
ty and Schreiner earlier this week, own a 4 -1
also the first time Michelle and I
played as partners. It was good ex-
perience for us.”
Rusnak expressed the same senti-
ments, adding that “Laura and I
could have won if we had more ex-
perience together. It was well run. It
is one of the top five tournaments,
drawing people from Dallas and
was pretty hot, though, which was a
problem.”
About the player caliber in the
event, Yzaguirre stated that “both
the singles and doubles competition
was tough. The doubles category
was tough because the players were
older and more experienced. It was
By ROSE SHULER
Sports Editor
By PATIJUAREZ
Sports Writer
By RICHARD NIRA
Sports Writer
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record.
The victories were earned against Bee
County College (10-15, 15-2, 15-5), Texas A&I
(15-9, 15-7, 5-15), East Texas Baptist College
(15-8,15-13,15-7), and Wachita Baptist (15-12,
15-9, 15-13).
The ladles will challenge Mary Hardin-
Baylor in Belton at 7 p.m. on Tuesday,
September 20. Alumni Gym will be the site of
the game against Texas Lutheran College on
Thursday, September 22 at 7 p.m.
Player: Karen Rossi
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
High School: Mercy High
Sport: Basketball
Height: 5’5”
Year: Freshman
Major: Criminal Justice
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Julio Rojas demonstrates the form he displayed In the Labor Day tournament. The Costa Rica native made It
to the fourth round before being stopped by Bobby Krizman 2-6, 2-6.
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The 1983-84 volleyball players huddle for
advice and encouragement during their first
home game of the season. The lady spikers
faced Southwestern, an NAIA Division II
school.
Despite the serving of Pam Dilworth and
the spiking of Julleanne de Ybarrondo, both
returning starters, the women dropped three
consecutive games to the nationally ranked
team. The scores were 9-15, 7-15, and 12-15.
Asst. Coach Roy Ramos remarked that:
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a.m. A required fee of $7.00 must
be mailed in by Thursday,
September 15 to:
KIWANIS CLASSIC
P.O. Box 18252
Austin, TX 78745
Attn: Vic Mayer
Late registration is $8.00 and
will be accepted between 7:00 and
8:00 a.m. the day of the race.
Race packets/instructions may be
picked up Thursday, September 22
or Friday, September 23 at:
Red Carpet Real Estate
4235 S. Congress
(one block south of Ben White)
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Over the recent three-day
weekend, several St. Edward’s ten-
nis players competed in the Austin-
sponsored Labor Day Tournament.
Julio Rojas, Michelle Rusnak, and
Laura Yzaguiree, although not par-
ticipating as Topper contestants,
represented SEU well.
Yzaguirre and Rusnak performed
the best for St. Edward’s, making it
to the finals in doubles play. The
SEU pair fell to Brenham partners,
Lisa Butler and Linda Jones, by a
2-6, 6-1, 4-6 score.
Rusnak, an Austinite and recent
graduate from Lanier High, ad-
vanced to the quarter finals in
singles play, too. Rusnak defeated
her first and second-round op-
ponents by scores of 6-2, 6-3 and
6-3, 6-4, respectively. She was
defeated in the quarter finals by the
second seeded woman in singles, 1-6
and 2-6.
Rojas found himself in the fourth
round of the men’s singles before he
was overpowered by fourth seeded
Bobby Krizman 2-6, 2-6.
Rojas won his second and third-
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Houston as well as Austin.”
Rojas said he “felt pretty confi-
dent going into the tournament.”
He added that “the humidity
bothered me some, but I felt in
good shape.”
Rojas, a second semester
sophomore from San Jose, Costa
Rica, analyzed his play during the
rounds: “I was serving and volley-
ing pretty well. I put away a lot. I
played pretty solid tennis - attack-
ing and defending.”
Rojas had played on Costa Rica’s
national team in January. Over the
summer, he led Guatemala’s
national team by winning singles
consolation, doubles and the na-
tion’s cup.
Rojas, who is ranked 25th in
Costa Rica on the profession-
al/amateur circuit and second in the
boys 18 and under division, follow-
ed his father to SEU to play tennis.
Julio Rojas, Sr. played for St. Ed-
ward’s in the 1960’s.
When asked why he came to the
United States to play tennis, Rojas
noted: “There are more oppor-
tunities to improve here. Tennis is
not as popular in Costa Rica.”
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The Kiwanis Classic is a five
kilometer race sponsored by The
People’s Pharmacy, Phidippides,
7-Up, Southside Savings, and South
Austin Community Hospital.
The purpose of the race is to
“give a helping hand to the under-
priviledged youth and senior
citizens of South Austin who
benefit from service projects of the
Greater South Austin Kiwanis
Club,” according to a recent
publication.
The race, which will be held on
St. Edward’s campus, is scheduled
for Saturday, September 24 at 8:30
with scores of 6-2, 7-6, (7-4) in the
second and 6-4, 7-6, (10-8) against
Paul Cass in the third. He sailed by
his first-round challenger, Keith
Smith, with a 6-2, 6-3 posting.
Yzaguirre, a senior General
Business major from Benavides
reflected on the tournament: “It
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The St. Edward’s soccer team’s
Fall 1983 season is now in full
swing. The next scheduled game is
Sunday, September 18 at Zilker
Park against Bokonon.
The team leaves St. Edward’s at
10:00 a.m. and encourages in-
terested students to follow the van
to Zilker Park.
The team is excited about the up-
coming season. Emad Siam, a
veteran senior, believes that “there
is a lack of communication within
the team but with hard work and
constant practice, this can be over-
come.”
Paul Ware, a first-year member
of the team, says that “our pros-
pects for the coming season are
good.” He is looking forward to
the challenge of the game.
The soccer team has recruited
many international students, in-
cluding players from Mexico,
Venezuela, Taiwan, Libera, and
Brazil.
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She has not regretted her decision
to come to St. Edward’s, however.
“I like Austin’s weather better. I
like the campus - it’s just like my
high school. I also like it because
there is a mixture of everybody
from the eastern and western
states.”
Rossi is also optimistic about the
upcoming basketball season. “I
think it’s going to be great. Coach
McIlroy is a lot like my high school
coach. During the summer she sent
me a letter on how I should be train-
ing - running, jumping rope - that
really helped.
“I’ve talked to Coach about posi-
tions,” said Rossi. “Last year we
ran a slow game whereas I’m used
to fast breaks, but she seems to
think I could fit in. I understand
we’ve been getting stronger every
year - I hope we do well,” she
added.
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