A n Up-And-Coming Sport

nother up-and-coming sport at LBC wasthat of Women's Softball Under theleadership of Duke Barnes,with GilbertCostilla as assistant coach,this second year team made their mark inthestateof Virginia With a schedule that included a third oftheir games against Division I competition, theyoungteam defeated allbuttwooftheir opponents at least once The only non-Division I school invited toa tournament atUVA,the Lady Flames defeated Virginia Tech and splittwogames with host team UVA

With thestrong performance of .500 hitters Wendy Murphree and Carla Weaver, theteam placed third in thestate tournament Murphree and Weaver were also the pitchers, withMurphree winning5gamesandthe team's MVP award.

Coach Barnes gives last minute instructionsto the team before they take thefield againstRandolphMacon

The Lady Flames pick up a run as Kay Courson takes advantage of a wild pitch by George Mason's pitcher

Outfielder-turned-catcher, Mary May warms up before the game

Beating the throw to the plate, Phyllis Bryant puts another tally on the scoreboard