Women's Basketball Triumph And Tears Mark Season

I ears of emotion flowed in andCynthiaThomsonhaveseen Reeves' selection as Big the LadyFlameslockerroomat significantchange. Theyplayed "Coachofthe Year"andsophoRadford'sDedmonCenter,asthe undertwocoaches,sawtheteam moreAnnaBarringtonasamembest seasonin LU historycame enterandbecomeapowerinthe ber oftheAll-Conferencesecon toa close. To some they were BigSouth,andgofromtheMultitears ofexhaustionafterbarely PurposeGym tothe Vines Cenlosing atoughsemi-final game. ter.

Therewerealsotearsofjoy as the team celebrated Coach Libertyfoughtbackfroma 19pointhalftime deficittodefendingchampions,Radford,and gaineda3-point advantage before falling 70-62.

For the three seniors, thereweretears ofsadness astheyhadplayedtheirlast gamein anLU uxiiform. .AH threecarved individual entries in the LU recordbook, astheyhelpedbringtheteam froma 6-22 mark as freshmen tothis season's 16-12 winningrecord.

Reflecting upon those three shortyears, Theresa Bream, Jennifer Fair- fax, team.

Andthereweretearsofthanksgivingfor thefamily-like closeness in the Lordthatthe whole teamdevelopedandinknowing that a positive Christian witness goesbeyond winning earthlyawards.

Coach Reeves summed itup: "When Iwalkedout of the locker room after thatfinalgame, Iknew we had ateam full ofChampionsfor Christ.

Rowl:DenaFreeman,RebeccaThomson,Cynthia Thomson,AnnaBarrington,GinnyColeman,Renee White, Dawn Coleman, AnjiStewart. Row 2: Leigh Nolen, Assistant Coach;Amy Peterson, Manager; Jeri Wiley, Graduate Assistant Coach; Theresa Bream; Angie Johnson; Jennifer Fairfax; Beth Hopkins; Lori Milburn; Tacha Woods; Michelle DeBoer, Manager; Lori Lawton, Trainer; Robyn Larrabee,GraduateAssistant;RickReeves,Coach.

"Youcanlose agameand be a positivewitness, and that'swhyotherschoolsalways talk about our program in positive terms.""^

By JeffRaymond

The Lady Flames were racked withinjuries during the 1992-1993 season. InjuredAnji Stewart, Angie Johnson,Dena Freeman and Theresa Bream lend asmuch help aspossible from the sidelines.

Second highest scorer, sophomore Ginny Coleman scored 271 points, averaging9.8 pergame She and high scorer Dawn Coleman shared in the season's single game high of24 points.

JEFFRAYMOND

Coach Rick Reeves praised his three seniorsas greatrole models "I appreciate how they sacrificed their personal game for the betterment ofthe team."

SeniorCynthia Thomson has led the Lady Flamesfour straight yearsin 3-point shooting She became the fourth player inLUhistory toscore 1000 points

Demonstrating theability that ranked him ashigh as 12th nationally, junior Aaron Bruce mobilizeshis William and Mary opponent witha doubleleg.

Sophomore Matt Dawson demonstratesquicknesson and offthe mat. He runsthe milein under fiveminutes and posted a winning record asa freshman