Another week closer to “spring break” at Alma College can only mean one thing- baseball and softball are just around the corner. Both teams will be heading down to Florida for break to compete in the Gene Cusic Classic. Hopefully both will be in the running for an MIAA title again this year.
The season is over for the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams. The teams competed in the conference tournament this past weekend. They represented the college well, swimming some of their best times this season.
Many parents, but very few students, showed up at the meet to cheer on the Scots. From personal experience swim meets can be very boring to watch if you don’t know what’s going on. However, once you get a handle on things they are fairly exciting. It was especially exciting to see the women’s team squeak out a victory over Albion. (Who doesn’t like to see the Brits lose?)
The weekend meet marked the end of the season for the teams, who were obviously well rested and excited for the meet. One of the highlights of the event occurred when the entire squad entered the pool area in kilts, led by a piper, on the last day of competition. Other teams dressed up including the Hope women’s team in wooden shoes and the St. Mary’s team in (what else) catholic schoolgirl outfits. Other highlights included defending national championship diver Tony Holt from Kalamazoo and many record setting swims by Hope, Calvin and K’zoo squads.
Meanwhile back at home the men’s basketball team was dropping a game to Adrian. Earlier in the week the Scots came so close to winning a conference game against Olivet. Only miscues in the final seconds of the game cost the team a W. The Bulldogs prevailed 78-77. This week Alma has one final chance to break the streak, traveling to Calvin for a Wednesday night game in Grand Rapids. Hopefully Coach K has a few tricks in his bag for the defending league champs.
The women’s team also finishes up action this week with home games against Calvin and St. Mary’s. Both games are home, providing fans with one last chance to watch Shelly Ulfig, Janell Twietmeyer and Kristie Gehrs in action at Cappaert Gym. The team is currently looking to move up in the conference to get a better draw in the MIAA tournament.
The season is over for the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams. The teams competed in the conference tournament this past weekend. They represented the college well, swimming some of their best times this season.
Many parents, but very few students, showed up at the meet to cheer on the Scots. From personal experience swim meets can be very boring to watch if you don’t know what’s going on. However, once you get a handle on things they are fairly exciting. It was especially exciting to see the women’s team squeak out a victory over Albion. (Who doesn’t like to see the Brits lose?)
The weekend meet marked the end of the season for the teams, who were obviously well rested and excited for the meet. One of the highlights of the event occurred when the entire squad entered the pool area in kilts, led by a piper, on the last day of competition. Other teams dressed up including the Hope women’s team in wooden shoes and the St. Mary’s team in (what else) catholic schoolgirl outfits. Other highlights included defending national championship diver Tony Holt from Kalamazoo and many record setting swims by Hope, Calvin and K’zoo squads.
Meanwhile back at home the men’s basketball team was dropping a game to Adrian. Earlier in the week the Scots came so close to winning a conference game against Olivet. Only miscues in the final seconds of the game cost the team a W. The Bulldogs prevailed 78-77. This week Alma has one final chance to break the streak, traveling to Calvin for a Wednesday night game in Grand Rapids. Hopefully Coach K has a few tricks in his bag for the defending league champs.
The women’s team also finishes up action this week with home games against Calvin and St. Mary’s. Both games are home, providing fans with one last chance to watch Shelly Ulfig, Janell Twietmeyer and Kristie Gehrs in action at Cappaert Gym. The team is currently looking to move up in the conference to get a better draw in the MIAA tournament.
Scots Drop to 0-11
JOEL RENDER
Staff Writer
With just a little over 200 people in attendance, the Adrian Bulldogs spoiled the Alma College Scots last home game of the season defeating them by a score of 75 to 56. The Bulldogs rained three pointers all game long especially during the first
half. In just the first half, they attempted 21 shots from the beyond the arc and made an astonishing 12 of them. It just seemed that there was nothing the Scots could do to stay with the Bulldogs no matter what they did. As a result, the score at the end of the first half was 50 to 26.
The Bulldogs cooled off in the second half making only 3 of 15 three-pointers, which allowed the Scots to rally and close the gap slightly, but not enough to challenge the lead that the Bulldogs had established. Rob Taylor (03) led the Scots with 17 points on 8 of 14 shooting, and he snagged 6 rebounds as well. Joe Baysdell (05) also had an impressive outing as well. He scored 16 points, while shooting a superb 7 of 8 from the field.
Three players from the Adrian Bulldogs also deserve an honorable mention as well. Adam Novak scored 10 points and grabbed 8 boards, leading the Bulldogs in rebounds. Dan Walter went 3 for 5 from beyond the arc and had 17 points. Standing head and shoulders above all players was Steve Brooks. He took 12 three-point shots and sank an amazing 6 of them. Overall, Brooks had 26 points and four rebounds.
The three bright stars for the Scots on the season are certainly no surprise. Rob Taylor has averaged 14.1 points per game along with 7.1 rebounds. His field goal percentage is a very respectable 48.8 percent. He has led the Scots in scoring in 12 of their 22 games and led them in rebounds in 15 games.
If this season is any prediction about how he will play, then Joe Baysdell is a future star. In just his second season on the team, Baysdell’s average of 10.2 points per game is very good. His rebound average of 4.2 is pretty good considering he came of the bench in 2/3 of the games that the Scots have played. Like Taylor, his shooting percentage is a very good 48.7 percent. He led the Scots in scoring in 5 games as well.
Although Cory Heitsch (05) has a slightly lower scoring average (7.5) than both Taylor and Baysdell, he still has a place on the team as the three-point shooting threat. On the season, Heitsch has taken 121 shots from beyond the arc and made 45 of them. His three-point shooting percentage of 38 percent is something that most professional basketball players are happy with.
As a result of this loss, the Scots have played 22 games and came out on top in only one of them. Unfortunately, they still do not have a victory in the MIAA, but they have come close a few times. They will have one more chance to claim a victory in the MIAA when they play Calvin College on Wednesday the 19th. This will be the last regular season game this year. Despite the lack of wins, the Scots have never been short on effort, as they have played hard in every game.
The Bulldogs cooled off in the second half making only 3 of 15 three-pointers, which allowed the Scots to rally and close the gap slightly, but not enough to challenge the lead that the Bulldogs had established. Rob Taylor (03) led the Scots with 17 points on 8 of 14 shooting, and he snagged 6 rebounds as well. Joe Baysdell (05) also had an impressive outing as well. He scored 16 points, while shooting a superb 7 of 8 from the field.
Three players from the Adrian Bulldogs also deserve an honorable mention as well. Adam Novak scored 10 points and grabbed 8 boards, leading the Bulldogs in rebounds. Dan Walter went 3 for 5 from beyond the arc and had 17 points. Standing head and shoulders above all players was Steve Brooks. He took 12 three-point shots and sank an amazing 6 of them. Overall, Brooks had 26 points and four rebounds.
The three bright stars for the Scots on the season are certainly no surprise. Rob Taylor has averaged 14.1 points per game along with 7.1 rebounds. His field goal percentage is a very respectable 48.8 percent. He has led the Scots in scoring in 12 of their 22 games and led them in rebounds in 15 games.
If this season is any prediction about how he will play, then Joe Baysdell is a future star. In just his second season on the team, Baysdell’s average of 10.2 points per game is very good. His rebound average of 4.2 is pretty good considering he came of the bench in 2/3 of the games that the Scots have played. Like Taylor, his shooting percentage is a very good 48.7 percent. He led the Scots in scoring in 5 games as well.
Although Cory Heitsch (05) has a slightly lower scoring average (7.5) than both Taylor and Baysdell, he still has a place on the team as the three-point shooting threat. On the season, Heitsch has taken 121 shots from beyond the arc and made 45 of them. His three-point shooting percentage of 38 percent is something that most professional basketball players are happy with.
As a result of this loss, the Scots have played 22 games and came out on top in only one of them. Unfortunately, they still do not have a victory in the MIAA, but they have come close a few times. They will have one more chance to claim a victory in the MIAA when they play Calvin College on Wednesday the 19th. This will be the last regular season game this year. Despite the lack of wins, the Scots have never been short on effort, as they have played hard in every game.