Softballteam inaugerates new diamond By Nan Holyoak Asst. Sports Information Director The Lady Wildcat softball team finally inaugurated its new softball diamond on campus this spring after three frustrating years of fighting rising construction costs, drainage problems and over their heads,” so to speak. The Wildcats finished the season with a record of 15-23 (winning 12 out of their last 14 games) and tied for fourth place in conference play with a record of 7-7. Having earned unpredictable weather. a berth in the Regional Softball Tournament held in Albuquerque The Lady Wildcats hosted six doubleheaders in their home park this season and drew great crowds along with warm, sunny days--a vast improvement over driving clear out to Sunset Park and sparse crowds. Located on the southwest corner of the WSC campus across the street from Promontory Tower, the diamond is arranged next to a hillside and provides a grassy knoll along the first base line where fans can spread blankets, get some sunshine and have a great view of the game. Although the fencing, infield dirt and outfield grass is completed, the dugouts have no roofs and there are no bleachers along the third base on May 7-9, the Lady ‘Cats were eliminated by defeats to New Mexico State 4-3 and the third baseman Julie Hacking led the Lady Wildcats in batting hitting 27 out of 79 attempts for an average of .342, followed by senior outfielder Mechell Fowden with a .337 batting average (35 out of 104). In conference play, Fowden and Hacking each had a batting average of .333 followed by sophomore Shanna Taylor at .324. Taylor, who plays catcher and first base, led the team with a season fielding average of 1.000, going errorfree on 66 put outs and four softball team rented lawn chairs to assists. raise money for the dugout roof and to eventually obtain a scoreboard for the field. They still have a long way to go before they “‘get a roof by Brad Larson University of Utah 5-0. On the statistical side, senior line. As a special project, the spectators this year in an effort to Men's track and field finish fifth Diana M. Van led the pitching staff with 7 wins and 9 losses and an ERA of 0.78. Van pitched 117 innings for 52 strike outs and 13 earned runs. Mechell Fowden named to AllConference team By Nan Holyoak Mechell Fowden, senior leftfielder on the Wildcat softball team, has been named to the Intermountain Athletic Conference All-Conference Softball Team. The all-conference team was selected at the Regional Softball Tournament held in Albuquerque May 7-9. In addition, Fowden was nominated as an All-American candidate from Region 7. Fowden maintained a batting average of .337 this season and led the Lady Wildcats with 18 rbi’s, 12 stolen bases and six homeruns. In her fourth year of varsity softball at Weber State, Fowden has a career batting average of .277 with 46 rbi’s, 40 stolen bases, 33 base on balls and nine homeruns to her credit. Out of Hillcrest High School in Midvale, Utah, Mechell was also Champions, DOUG FRIEDLI, a senior from Hooper, Utah, was the Wildcat’s only first place winner. He won 3,000 Meter Steeplechase ina Conference record time of 8:50.20, eight seconds better than the old mark. Friedli also finished thirdin} the 1,500 Meter Run in a time of 3:50.28, RON DAVIS and PAUL PILKINGTON finished third and sixth, respectively, behind Friedlii the Steeplechase. Davis’ time was 8:56.2 and Pilkington was 9:06.40) Other outstanding performances in the Meet for Weber were: ELBERT GRAY (Long Jump), 22-7 % Fourth Place; TERRY ELTON (800 Meters), 1:51.59, Third Place; SHAWN DORR and DON ROBERTS (400 Intermediat Hurdles), 53.33 and 53.95, Third and Fourth, respectively and in th 100 and 200 Meter Dashes, BRUE PERRY did an outstanding job, considering he was in some pa due to a muscle pull. Perry finish fourth in the 100 Meters in a Lime Both the 400 Meter Relay Tear (41.78) and the 1,600 Meter Relay Borrego (P) of New Mexico; Julie Jackson (3B) of New Mexico State; Joanne Ackerman (SS) and Mel Kent (CF) of Utah; Mary Lou Ramm (P), Yo Avizu (2B) and Robin Petrini (SS) of Utah State; Mary Faure (3B) and Brooks Swanson (OF) of Northern Colorado; and Terri Schneider (OF) of Wyoming. Susan Craig of New Mexico was named as Coach of the Year in the Intermountain Athletic Conference. Fi held in Moscow, Idahi of 10.63 and then came back a Tammy Goff (C) and Tippy 10 completed Big Sky Track and basketball team for four years and started at the guard position her last two seasons. This is the second all-conference honor for Fowden during her softball career at Weber State. She All-Conference Outfielder in 1979. Others named to the All-Conference Team include Page Weber outdoor track and field team finished fifth in the recently a member of the Lady Wildcat was previously named as an Lady Wildcat Softball team front row sitting (left to right): Jodi Smith, Barbara Nielsen. Middle row: Annette Johnson, Trainer Michele Wolle, Shanna Taylor, Kathy Lewis, Cindee Secrist, Diana Van, Coach Chris Thornock, manager Diana Rich. Back row: Raleen Silva, Mechell Fowden, Tammie Williams, Mary Kay Riley, Lisa Condie, Julie Hacking, Jean Loveland. OUTDOOR TRACK: finished second in the 200 Me a time of 21.32. Team (3:17.44) finished Fourth. In the grueling 10-event Decathlon, Weber’s STEVE DIG ended in third place, ee points, beating his personal bes the contest by more than 200 | points. Two Weber State track athlete will be going to the NCAA Outda Meet at Louisiana State Universit in June. DOUG FRIEDLI and BRIAN APPELL will both be entered in the Steeplechase. Fried broke his own school record this” season with a time of 8:43.2, whid is the second fastest by an AMERICAN collegiate J steeplechaser this season. Appell! time of 8:44.4 qualified him " three seconds. ~