Ups and downs

Brenda Gunsallus was named to the DivisionIIWomen'sAll-State BasketballTeam and was named DivisionIICo-player fortheYear while the Lady Flamesposted a10-18record forthe1980-81season.

Gunsallushad a 19.6 averagefor the year and acareertotal of1,078points.

The beginning of the season proved tobe a disappointment asthe LadyFlamesweredowned by theUniversity of Richmond 48-59 and dropped the second game to William & Mary 64-76.

Victories over Randolph-Macon and James Madison University gave encouragement tothe Lady Flames as they faceda hard-foughtgame against Longwood College. At the half-time the Lady Flames left thecourt trailing 27-26, butfeelingconfidentofa victory They fell short in the secondhalf, losing 73-50. Brenda Gunsallus was high scorer for the Lady Flames with 22 points and Sharon Snodgrass added 12.

Dropping theFlames' record toa 34 for the season, Bridgewater edged the Lady Flames 58-57 in what was believedtobe one oftheupsetsofthe year The Lady Flames had hoped to avengea80-54losstoBridgewaterthe year before Missy Roberts paced the Lady Flames scoring with 16 points while Brenda Gunsallus added 14 Melanie May had 12 points and led the Lady Flames in rebounding with 13

With a7-12 record, theLady Flames faced theLady Piratesfrom Hampton Institute after losing key player Melanie May for the season.Nine minutes remained in the game with the Lady Flames holding a four point lead Hampton used afull-courtpress totie thegame 57-57with 8:15 on the clock With under three minutesleft, the score was tied again at 63-63 but the Lady Flames took the lead with 2:49 on the clock with two foulshots by Missy Roberts Brenda Gunsallus was fouledand added twomore which gave the Lady Flames a four point

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Sharon Snodgrass, a 6-footjunior center, averagedalmost 13reboundsper game for the Lady Flames.Here Snodgrass wins a tap against Clinch Valley.