The Stetson Reporter

The Stetson Reporter April 4, 1995 O atters fall short in controversial loss to USF Jason Crockett The Stetson ReporteL. In a controversial game full of ups and downs/the Hatter baseball team lost their second straight game and fourth of the year to the South Florida Bulls, 6-4. Stetson drew first blood in the first inning. . Shortstop Kevin Nicholson slapped a sizzling double into center field, and was driven home on a single by Mitch Markham, the third baseman. Markham later advanced to third on a double play, but the Hatters were unable to bring him around. The second inning was full of excitement. Bull designated hitter Sean Cambridge hit a long fly ball to center field. Emmett Berberich of the Hatters chased after it and got his glove on the ball but was unable to make the catch. He then slipped and rolled into the wall. Meanwhile Cambridge rounded third and attempted to turn the triple into an inside-the-park- home run. But he was too greedy and was thrown out on a great throw from "right field. Berberich remained on the ground for several minutes, and was found to have a broken nose. Things stayed the same until the fourth inning, when South Florida struck back. Left fielder Will Bland reached on an error by Kevin Nicholson and then scored on a double by Bull shortstop Chris Heintz. Sean Cambridge followed with another double. The next two batters, Dan McDonald and Ryan Ma son, walked, scoring Heintz. Second baseman Shawn West was then hit by a pitch, scoring Cambridge. The Hatters would not be down for long, regaining the lead in the bottom of the inning. Andy Stenger singled to start the surge, and was followed by Jeff Kistler, who reached base on an error. After a bunt by Clint Hendry and a ground out by Steve Costa, Stenger scored and Kistler advanced to third. Tim Branz singled home Kistler, and rounded out the scoring after a wild pitch and a single by Kevin Nicholson, giving Stetson a 4-3 edge. The tables Were turned in the seventh, when the Bulls regained the lead for good. Stetson pitcher Marc Matcham was relieved by Jeff Hufstetler after hitting a batter and giving up a single. Hufstetler was unable to get them out, allowing those two to score. The Bulls got two more hits and a walk that resulted in a third run, giving South Florida a 6-4 lead. Stetson had a final chance to rally in the ninth, loading the bases with only one out. Chris Saw- yer.was then called out on a controversial third strike. While the pitch was being thrown, first base umpire Randy Harvey was screaming at the USF bench for arguing a call. It appeared as though Harvey raised his hands, calling time out. Sawyer backed off from home plate. However, when the pitch reached home plate it was called live. Hatter Soccer team members honored Members of the men's 1994 varsity soccer team were honored at an awards banquet on March 25. Four were given individual player awards, seniors were honored, and 20 were awarded varsity letters for the 1994 season by Coach Tony McCall in the DeLand Holiday Inn banquet room. The team was joined by approximately 40 family members, friends, university administrators, and faculty for the award ceremony, a video of the 1994 season, and brief remarks by team members and guests. Jamie Cannon was named MVP by his teammates. The sophomore midfielder from Atlantic Beach was honored for,his scoring ability, defensive skills, and passing ability. Clint Adams was named the most valuable offensive player. The Lakeland junior is a nationally recognized goal scorer with exceptional speed and agility at forward. Senior Stefan Brecher was named the most valuable defensive player. The senior co-captain and communications major from Atlanta was honored for his rugged physical play. Freshman Peter Eggert was voted the most improved player by his teammates. The newcomer from Tampa earned the award based primarily on his defensive prowess and increased playing time as the season progressed. Senior varsity letter winners included Stefan Brecher; Joe Greco, St. Louis; and Neal Allen, Covington, La. Juniors earning letters were Clint Adams; John Doyle, Barnegar, NJ; Tom Seeley, Greenwich, NJ; and Paul Svilokos, Northport, NY. Derek Alexander, Palm Harbor; Jamie Cannon; Zane Finger, Jacksonville; Tom Jackson, Lakeland; Hugh Richardson, Clearwater; and Tony Zizzo, Melbourne were sophomores receiving letters. Freshman letter winners were Neil Archuleta, Lakeland; John Barnes, Deltona; Peter Eggert; Dervis Manizade, Somers, NY; Brett Markey, Houston; Miguel Ruiz, DeLand; and Britt Young, Pensacola. Brecher, Neal Allen, and Joe Greco were honored as seniors. Each spoke briefly of their playing careers at Stetson and were given pictorial me mentoes of their service to the university. Stetson Athletic Director Bob Jacoby congratulated the players and thanked the parents for their support. Coach McCall served as host for the dinner, announced the awards, and thanked the players for their -year-round commitment and the parents for their support. coach Pete Dunn protested, saying that the pitch should not count. He could not convince the umpires of his position, and Michael Stover struck out to end the game. Hatter batters ended the game with ten hits, with Kevin Nicholson, Mitch Markham, Chris Sawyer, and Tim Branz having two each. Starting pitcher Matcham lost his second game of the year, dropping to 4-2, and was followed by Hufstetler, Javier Gomez, and Matt Brown. The four combined for six strikeouts and four bases on balls in the losing effort. After the game, head coach Pete Dunn was disappointed by the end result. "They've done what it's taken to beat us this year," he said when asked about Stetson's performance against the Bulls, "and this is the best game we've played against, them if that's any consolation." He also said that he did not think it would be hard for the Hatters to come back after two losses, but that the team needed to develop some consistency. And when asked about the controversial ninth inning call, Coach Dunn simply stated "no comment." Today is the last day of a four-game home stand for the Hatters, who take on the Florida Gators tonight at 7 p.m. at Conrad Park. Stetson will play Samford away on Friday and Saturday, then return home against Jacksonville next Tuesday. Go ahead, put off that homework and come out to watch the Battlin' Hatters in action. Women's tennis rolls David Gould The Stetson Reporter.. The women's tennis team recorded its fifth straight victory, beating Bethune-Cookman College 9-0 at home last Tuesday. Stetson dominated this matchup, losing just four games over nine matches. Jenny Johnson led the Hatters, winning both her singles and doubles matches without losing a single game. The match was a confidence-builder for SU, whose record is now 10- 6. The match was over in a near-record one hour and thirty-four minutes, as the Hatter women cruised. Hatter men sweep B-CC David Gould The Stetson Reporter.. The Hatter men's tennis team completed its season sweep of Bethune- Cookman College, beating the Wildcats 7-0 at Indigo Lakes Racquet Club last Tuesday. The men dominated B-CC, giving up just two games in nine matches. Denny Rager, Constantine Ananiadis, Tim Britton, Mike Imber, and Tim Burnett all recorded 6-0, 6-0 victories in their singles matches. Eliseo Alba won his match 6-0,6-2. Doubles saw more of the same, as number one team Burnett, and Ananiadis, number two team Rager and Britton, and number three team Alba and Imber all recorded perfect 8-0 victories. This win was expected, and was a repeat performance of the Hatters' strong 7-0 victory against B-CC earlier in the season. Tug IP <*=s* ^&t> A 52S& ^Css*" ftoridafs Odkst Coikgiate SSfewspaper pliis is the real : sS |Stetsoiii^r|OTter.;:;;-:.§ IA11 of tte^ries aref |ta be-q^idei®||:^|^ ki^^j§xi^^^yyM "jp™giy'l'T«iffi''ggw iS^BMPmfersitpllI|iM .ead coach steps down; assistant promote Randy Brown moves from assistant to head coach Mike Demko The Stetson Reporter^. Randy Brown, assistant coach and recruiting director for the Stetson-men's basketball team the past two seasons, was promoted to the head men's coaching position. Brown will replace Dan Hipsher, who announced that he would take the head coaching position at Akron. The announcement was made on Thursday morning at the Edmunds Center during a press conference. Bob Jacoby, director of athletics, said, "We are pleased to be in the position of continuing the progress our basketball team has made during the last two seasons with Coach Brown's acceptance of our head coaching position. We are sorry to see Dan (Hipsher) go but we also feel the program will continue to grow and prosper under Randy's guidance. He was such a vital -• part of the program as an assistant, and his recruiting efforts speak for itself." The new head coach said that "this is a special day for the program," and that he was happy to have the job offered to him. "It's an opportunity I've worked long and hard for. I'm indebted to Doug Lee, the administration, Bob Jacoby, and Jeff Altier." Brown said his plans for the program include more focus on academics of the program's participants. He said his three goals for his players are that they 1) Go to class-all the time; 2) play hard-all the time; and 3)Be a role model—all the time. He noted that the first part of his request was easy; to follow through "all the time" was the difficult part. A statement was issued by President Doug Lee concerning the choice of the new head coach. In this letter, Lee says, "When I learned of Dan Hipsher's decision, I felt that, by bypassing another national search and promoting a highly qualified person from within the present program, we could continue the progress already underway." The players were also satisfied with Brown as head coach. They said they expected the coaching style to be different, but that they expected the same style of play to be prevalent. Most players seemed satisfied with the administration's decision to appoint Brown as head coach. Several mentioned that he will be able to follow up on the progress that the program has made in the past few years. Dan Hipsher Randy Brown Hipsher makes a move to Akron Mike Demko The Stetson Reporter : Stetson's head men's basketball coach for the last two seasons, Dan Hipsher, announced that he was moving to Akron, Ohio to take up a head coach position offered to him there. , Athletic Director Bob Jacoby commented on the announcement, saying that the "last two years has been like a most pleasant marriage, but like marriages, they don't always work out." The newly named Head Coach, Randy Brown, said that he was hired by Hipsher to Stetson and that "without him, none of this would have happened." Hipsher helped guide Stetson to its first winning record in six seasons with a 15-12 record in 1994-95, was offered the job as Akron's head coach a few weeks ago by Akron's athletic director, Mike Bobinski. Hipsher had one week left on his three- year contract, and it appears that the job at Akron could pay 50 percent more than his current salary. Another factor that might have drawn Hipsher to Akron was that the deal included a radio and TV show. Hipsher also has strong ties in Akron. He was an. assistant coach at Dayton for nine years before heading to Wittenberg. His record at Wittenberg over a four-year span was 97-18 when he left Wittenberg for Stetson two years ago. As head coach, Hipsher compiled a 29-27 record at Stetson, including a 15-12 record in 1994- 95, the team's first winning record in six seasons. Several players on the men's basketball team said they were not pleased with the way Hipsher made the announcement. Chad Lambert said that he and the rest of the, players had not seen Hipsher for a couple of weeks before his decision was made. "He always told us to not be cowards, and then he turns HIPSHER continued on pg 2 Faculty petition for $10 million gif Over 100 faculty and staff met with two of the university's most significant benefactors on March 28 in Rinker Auditorium to discuss guidelines for creating an initiative for spending a new $10 million gift over the next 10 years. President Lee and Provost Lubot joined business, arts and science, and music faculty to hear Mark and Lynn Hollis describe on Wednesday their expectations for Stetson's use of the Hollis Foundation grant. One of the largest gather ings of faculty in recent years heard the president of Publix Markets call for creative proposals and ingenious ideas to launch the Hollis' Renaissance Program. The attentive faculty were urged to dream while coming up with ways to spend $1 million a year. Stetson professors were challenged by Hollis to make innovative changes in the way they will educate and prepare students to meet the needs of the 21st century. The crowded room was told to "see a new birth in higher education" by "breaking through the paradigms" and "developing new thinking" by the founder of the Hollis Leadership Program at the 4 p.m. meeting. Potential petitioners were promised seed money for any idea or project that is "different from what has been done or is being done" in higher education and at Stetson by the 1952 graduate. "I don't know what should be done," Hollis indicated to the faculty. "It's up to you. I expect some failures and can accept them. I will continue to fund the projects that work." Faculty asked questions and offered some ideas for potential proposals during the one-hour meeting. Nearly every discipline had an idea. Suggestions ranged from expanding international programs to increasing the role of technology in the music school, the library, and interdisciplinary stud- ies; from community-based learning to educational leadership programs. Provost Lubpt promised a "dialogue with the faculty in an effort to evoke the best in them." He said he and the academic deans will provide guidelines in the near future, will help sharpen the faculty's focus, and will evaluate the resulting faculty proposals. Lee and Lubot promised an open-ended, exploratory process while discussing faculty proposals and project ideas. The faculty applauded Mark and Lynn Hollis at the meeting's beginning and end.