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Baseball

To say the 1996 baseball team had an off season, would be anunderstatement. Theball bounced the wrong way orwent through the bat orthe gloveon too many occasions. The seasonrecordended 21 and 27withaconferencerecord ofeight and 13,finishingsixth in the conference.

SteveWrightwas the team MVP with abattingaverageof.370,11 homeruns, and 39RBI, and was chosen All-Conferencefirst team for the outfield. Also on All-Conferencefirst team wascatcher David Benham who batted .316 and had six homeruns and 33 RBI.

Second baseman Ben Barker, who had a .342 battingaverage, and Wrightwere bothnamed BigSouth Playerofthe Week. The 1997 springbroughtalleight positionplayers backto the field of dreams.

Top:Libi Cook swung thebattomake a hitfortheFlames.

Above:Kim Rutigwaited fortheball tomake thetagatthe base foran out.RightKim Rutrigwas readyforaction.

Left: The Big South Champions couldn'thelpbut engage in a mud fight to celebratetheirvictory.Back Row: Katie Phillips,Amy Wood, Gina Miller,Allyson Moore,Carrie Rogers and Sonya Kieth.Middle Row:Libi Cook and Robin Richards

Front Row:Jen Ward, Sharon Tanski, Amy Allen, Stacy Radulovich and Jamie Pack.

Below:Sonya Kieththrewthe ball tocomplete theplay