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OU’s
Anita Rapp trains in Norway for pre-world cup
By KELLI PETROVE
Assistant Sports Editor
Anita Rapp came to OU straight from Norway to play soccer.
Now, as a sophomore, she is back in her home country playing in the Algarve
Cup, a pre-world cup tournament.
Rapp is not a stranger to national competition. As a senior
at Lillehammer High School in Norway, she played with the Norwegian Under
20 National Team. Her mid-fielder talents helped her team to a second place
finish at the the Nordic Cup.
Now, as a member of Norway’s team, Rapp has once again
started to make a name for herself.
In a tight game against Sweden on March 16, Rapp scored
on a break-away chance to win the game for her team.
“I speculate that she will do very well,” Head Women’s
Soccer coach Nick O’Shea said.
Even though national competitions keep athletes busy,
Rapp has not lost touch with her teammates and coaches at OU.
“We hear from her a little bit,” O’Shea said. “We get
some information through e-mail.”
Even while in Norway, Rapp can’t get far from her American
counterparts. On Thursday, the Norwegian team will face the team from the
USA to fight for a spot in the championship game.
Norway is one of the top four soccer teams currently in
competition for the World Cup. They are in direct and fierce competition
with Germany, China and the USA.
Post Photo/ Courtesy Sports Media Guide
ROAD TO NORWAY: Anita Rapp has been training for the
Algarve cup.
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Baseball splits double header, defeats Columbia falls
to Marist
By ZVONKO BLAZEVSKI
Staff Writer
The Men’s Baseball Team came out of the fun and sun of
Florida with a 4-3 record playing seven games in six days.
OU began the Homestead Challenge in Miami with a 3-1 loss to Lewis
University on the March 13, but came back strong the next day.
Shutting out Hartford University, 3-0, sophomore Adam
Sokoll was credited with the victory (1-0).
On March 15, OU shelled University of Bridgeport 12-5
behind 19 Golden Grizzlies hits. The victory went to Justin Robertson (1-0).
A double header was split March 16, losing to Marist College
2-1, and beating Columbia University, 4-3.
Starting pitcher senior Jason Hoorn pitched six innings
giving up one run. The Golden Grizzlies and Marist College were tied at
one entering the bottom of the ninth inning.
Sophomore Jason Roberts gave up the winning run in the bottom of the
ninth on a wild pitch. Roberts gave up one hit in the three innings
he pitched.
Senior Eric Paul had the only hit for the Golden Grizzlies
in the loss.
OU came back in the night cap to defeat Columbia University.
OU exploded with three runs in the fourth inning to take
a 3-0 lead. Columbia tied the game at three, but in the ninth OU’s heroics
came through. Paul singled, then stole second and scored the winning run
on a base hit by sophomore Eric Hardin.
Sophomore Eric Swanson pitched four and two-thirds innings,
giving up three runs and striking out six. Freshman Gordon Hosbien received
his first college victory.
“It was an ugly win,” said Hoorn. “But it still was a
win. Our hitting came through when it needed to.”
OU lost to the University of Vermont March 18, 10-4.
OU started junior pitcher Sean Boesch, who allowed four runs in two
innings. Roberts came in and allowed four runs in two innings.
Freshman Mike Bennion and Hardin each had two of OU’s
seven hits.
“It was our worst game down there,” said Head Coach Mark
Avery.
Hoorn added,“It was a game that we would like to forget.”.
OU gave up 17 hits in the loss.
OU ended its Florida adventure, with a 13-12 victory against
Dartmouth College. Robertson received credit for the victory, improving
his record to 2-0.
OU jumped out to a 5-0 lead but Dartmouth took a 8-7 lead.
In the ninth inning, Paul made a spectacular play catching a fly ball,
gunning down a Dartmouth runner at home plate and keeping the score tied.
OU broke through in the 10th inning, scoring three and
holding on for the victory, giving the Golden Grizzlies a 4-3 record overall.
“It was a hitfest,” said Hoorn. “When they took the lead
we showed great character coming back.”
Many felt the Florida trip marked an important OU moment.
“It was the first time an OU team has ever come back from Florida
with a winning record,” said Avery.
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U-M Club
brooms OU Lacrosse
By ZVONKO BLAZEVSKI
Staff Writer
The Lacrosse Club faced the big boys of Ann Arbor
and lost, 30-9 on Saturday. The loss dropped the clubs record to 3-1.
U-M entered the match against OU ranked in the top 10,
and they proved why they were.
“It did not go real well for us,” said Head Coach Gregg
Garret. “It went real well for them(U-M) though.”
OU scored first, but only held the lead for a couple of
minutes before the Wolverines dominated the scoreboard. Towbey Kassa, Mike
Dungan and Todd Miodek scored for OU.
“We did not play well on defense,” said Zach Fetty. “We
were not locking on to our assignments.”
According to Garrett, the lacrosse team had a good practice
on Sunday and should be ready for their next opponent.
OU plays this Saturday at home against Central Michigan
University at 2 p.m. at the Upper Pioneer Field.
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F.Y.I
• The Women’s Golf team is looking for new recruits to join their spring
season. The first tournament is at University of Illinois, April
2-4. If you are interested in joining the team, call Sue Schroer at X4152.
• The Women’s Head Basketball Coach, Beckie Francis announced the naming
of Carrie Hickson as her top assistant coach on March 19.
Hickson served as the second assistant coach during last year’s season.
She replaces Doc Smith who resigned as the top assistant at the closing
of this year’s season.
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Cover to cover, an equality barrier in Media Guides
OU athletics still have a long way to go – when it comes
to equality among athletes.
The department has managed to grasp the Title Nine issue,
which deals with mirroring men’s sports to women’s sports. But, I
think, OU still needs to grasp the true concept of equality.
What am I getting at? The Media guide covers of
men’s athletic teams vs. women’s.
Let’s take a look at the men’s basketball cover.
An action shot of number three, junior Myke Thom. He’s posting up
against an Illinois State player.
In the upper right hand corner is another action shot.
This one features junior Steven Reynolds passing the ball to another player
as to get it away from an Illinois State player.
And, in the lower left hand corner there’s sophomore
Dan Champagne posting up for the ball, blocking out an Illinois State player.
Now flip to the backside. Ahh, a full picture
of the newly praised ‘O’rena – how appropriate for the worthy men.
Now take a look at the women’s basketball cover. Co-captains,
Senior Tamika Bates, senior Teresa Tallenger and junior Courtney Ruffing
are standing side by side, jointly holding a basketball.
Instead of dynamic action photos and uniforms, they are
wearing cute sunflower dresses.
And not surprisingly, on the backside, the department
decided to place a picture of the 1998-99 Women’s Basketball Team standing
pretty all dressed up in front of the Athletic Center.
When looking at the swimming guides the same thing occurs.
Interesting. Do you begin to see a trend starting
here?
On the front of the men’s swimming and diving cover you’ll
see a picture of the Aquatic Center swimming pool – just in case you haven’t
made a personal visit.
But don’t worry there are action shots showing the intensity
the men swimmers have. One is of senior Dan Naylis and the other
is junior Ido Meron doing the breaststroke.
The women’s swimming and diving cover, like women’s basketball,
has the team sitting pretty, smiling in dresses.
What is wrong with this picture? Why are the women
portrayed as sitting pretty when the men are portrayed as dynamic athletes?
OU athletics has a history and tradition of strong women sports teams.
Painting this portrait of OU women is sexist.
Why aren’t the women portrayed the same as the men?
The women deserve to be portrayed equally. After
all, OU’s women teams have done just as well as the men’s teams, and in
some years much better.
The OU athletic department should be ashamed to have proven
that the line between men and women still exists, and so blatantly.
Athletic Director, Jack Mehl, should be ashamed he allowed this
blatant attempt at gender discrimination get through the cracks.
Wake up and smell the sneakers. OU athletics has
only come half-way. It’s time to put women back in the picture, as
athletes not “trophies.”
Lisa Borich is a journalism major and
the Sports Editor for The Oakland Post.
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Fitness assessments offer advice
By ROBIN PIONTKOWSKI
Special Writer
For those who haven’t noticed, spring is here. It’s time
to get in shape and the perfect time to get a Fitness Assessment at the
Rec Center.
The program, sponsored by the OU Department of Recreation,
aims to measure current fitness and health risks. The assessment,
designed to benefit anyone interested in improving their current health
status, includes two appointments.
“It’s a basic assessment that most workout facilities
have,” said Mila Padgett, Coordinator of Fitness and Wellness at the Department
of Campus Recreation.
The first involves a 30 minute fitness testing session
and a health risk appraisal. The other is a one and a half hour,
one-on-one exercise recommendation and personal fitness training session.
“People can get a very good workout in about an hour,”
said Padgett.
At the first session, participants can expect a series
of tests including a sub-max bike test to measure cardiovascular
endurance, skin fold calipers to measure body composition, a sit and reach
to measure flexibility and a bicep curl to measure muscular strength.
Blood pressure, heart rate and weight is also assessed.
A health risk questionnaire evaluates nutrition habits,
stress, tobacco and alcohol use. Questions regarding safety habits include
use of seat belts, sunscreen and proper bicycle safety.
After completing the testing session and questionnaire,
there is a meeting with a fitness trainer to determine the appropriate
exercise program. Once the program is reviewed, a personal fitness training
session is given to ensure that proper technique is used and to provide
familiarity with equipment.
Every participant that completes that program receives
a health calender and their choice of a water bottle or a workout towel.
After three months, a voucher will be sent to all participants
for a discounted re-assessment. These follow-up sessions are a way to determine
if the participant’s goals were accomplished.
“It helps to re-evaluate all your areas, like have you
dropped in body fat?” added Padgett. ”Basically it tells what kind of results
you had with your program.”
Padgett is in charge of the program and has an assistant,
Sean Gladwish, a graduate assistant of Fitness and Wellness. Together they
implemented the program that started on Feb. 8, 1999. There have already
been over 30 participants, said Padgett.
Padgett said that the fitness assessment is a great way
to measure the components of physical fitness.
After the assessment, most participants say they become
more comfortable with the staff and come in with questions related to health
and wellness.
The cost for an assessment is $15 for students and $25
for faculty, staff and other members. This fee includes all components
of the assessment.
Padgett earned a masters in exercise science form the
University of Southern Mississippi and directed similar programs at Ohio
University and USM. Gladwish is pursuing a masters degree in exercise
science at OU.
Padgett said she is interested in the needs of Rec Center members and
welcomes any ideas or program suggestions.
Appointments can be made Mondays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Wednesdays 4-8 p.m.
and Thursdays from 2-6 p.m., or call 370-4910.
Post Photo/Robin Piontkowski
STRETCHING OUT: Junior, History for Secondary Education
major, Ron Sliwinski has already started taking advantage of the new program.
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Tennis double header spells sweet success
Post Photo/Bob Knoska
READY, SET, SWING: Junior Jayne Humphrey concentrates
on the incoming ball at the match on Saturday.
By RAMEZ KHURI
Staff Writer
Winning was the name of the game of OU’s Women’s Tennis
Team on Saturday. The team beat Chicago State 7-0, and University of Dayton
5-4.
The Golden Grizzlies didn’t lose a set against Chicago
State. Against University of Dayton, the number two and three doubles
won, and the four, five and six singles won.
Coach Kris Jeffrey said, “The University of Dayton match
was a very good win for us because they are such a strong team, so it was
definitely the best match we played all year by far.”
Team captain, Kelli Tragle said, “Going in to the University
of Dayton match, we were mentally prepared to give it our all, and to make
a good first impression because it was our first conference match of the
season.”
She attributes the team’s success last weekend to spring
training and team work.
“During spring break we went to Traverse City where we
practiced for four and a half hours a day, so that gave us an edge, and
I think we are in better shape than a lot of other teams. On Saturday
we just had a great team effort in both matches,” Tragle said.
Until the team finds a permanent home on campus, practices
and games will be held at the Rochester Hills Tennis and Swim Club.
The two wins improved the team’s record to 4-1.
The next matches are Friday against Albion at 6 p.m., and Saturday
against IUPUI at 3 p.m. Both will be held at the Rochester Racquet Club.
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WSU ices OU hockey club
Men’s Hockey Club fights hard, but comes up short against WSU
By JEREMY SARNOVSKY
Staff Writer
There was something in the air Friday night at Novi arena
where the Men’s Hockey Club took on Wayne State Law school, and it wasn’t
the smell of dirty hockey equipment.
Instead, it was the feeling that the club has finally come together.
For the first time this season the club had a full coaching
staff, which fired up the men to show WSU the ropes.
Unfortunately, WSU had other plans, as they squeaked out a 3-2 victory.
Despite the intensity of the OU club, WSU was able to
capitalize first, as Todd Jex scored five minutes into the first period.
OU continued to press WSU defense, and it eventually paid
off.
Halfway through the first period, WSU had a penalty as
junior and team captain Nick Cardoni was tripped while standing in front
of the net, and OU went to the power play.
Cardoni made WSU pay for the penalty however, as he scored
after great passes from Kevin Shamoun and Adam Mager.
“Our power play worked really well,” said Cardoni, “It
really came about because Kevin was digging in the corners and he got the
puck out front to me.”
But OU wasn’t finished after that. Just two
minutes later, OU scored again to take a 2-1 lead at the end of the first
period. Senior Derek Lebeau feathered a pass through to Joe
Ghinelli, who scored on a sprawling WSU goalie.
“I faked a move at the blue line to draw a defense man
towards me, but they both came to me,” said Lebeau. “I just saw Joe
going hard to the net, and I slammed it to him and prayed it would go in.”
OU coach Matthew Tapping said, “That was a beautiful goal.”
But, WSU fought back. As the period came to a close,
a WSU player picked a fight with sophomore Steve Jalaba after a fight in
front of OU’s net.
“There was a lot of confusion in front of the net,” said
Jalaba about the fight, “I got cross checked in the face, so I had to protect
myself.”
The second period was highlighted with strong defensive
play by both teams, as well as several bone-crushing checks.
“Oakland played a great checking game. Unfortunately,
that seemed to be at the detriment of their offense,” said WSU player Andrew
Stacer.
Although OU put in its best effort and stopped many hard
hit shots, the men lost to WSU.
Wayne State was able to capitalize on an OU miscue midway
through the period, as WSU player Tony Guzzo slipped one by sophomore goaltender
Jeremy Sarnovsky on a breakaway.
Shortly after the goal by Guzzo, Oakland dodged a bullet
as Wayne State had an apparent goal disallowed because the WSU player kicked
the puck into the net.
The third period proved to be more of the same for
both teams, as the hitting continued, neither team was able to capitalize
until WSU found its way to the back of net.
A slap shot from the WSU defense man hit Sarnovsky in
the shoulder and bounced directly to WSU’s Shawn Callahan, who pounded
in the rebound.
That proved to be the end of the scoring for the game,
despite several valiant efforts by OU to put the puck in the net in the
closing minutes after pulling their goalie for an extra attacker.
Despite the loss, the Men’s Hockey club remains upbeat
about the future.
“I thought we played much better this time against them
then we did last time,” said freshman Adam Mager in his opinion of the
game, which was echoed by most of the team.
“We need to work on systems more,” said OU player Jason
Stanzack after the game, “But we can beat those guys.”
The game marked the end of the season for OU, but much
work remains to be done for the Club’s entrance into the American Collegiate
Hockey Association next fall.
“With more practices and some systems in place, I think
this team could win the National Championship next year,” said Tapping.
Lebeau said, “We played very well. It was a tremendous
improvement from the last two games.”
The club will hold weekly meetings and occasional practices
throughout the summer to get ready for its inaugural season next fall.
Students interested in finding out more about the
club, such as meeting dates for the summer, or tryout dates for next fall,
should check out the team’s official website at www.digipulse.com/ou
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SPOTLIGHT ON THE BLACK AND GOLD
Teresa Tallenger
Women’s Basketball
Post Photo/Bob Knoska
By RAMEZ KHURI
Staff Writer
Senior Teresa Tallenger is often called part of the dynamic
duo of women’s basketball at OU, Tamika Bates being the other half.
Tallenger, standing at 6’3”, was a major force for
the Grizzlies on defense with her shot blocking, and on offense with her
passing skills, and accurate three point shooting.
“I grew up in Waterford, and I went to Waterford Village
Elementary, Mason Middle School, and Kettering High School,” said Tallenger,
or TT her, nickname. She went to Wisconsin-Green Bay for her freshman
season of basketball.
“I went (to Wisconsin) because at the time, I really loved
the team, but after my freshman year I wanted to play for a division II
team, (rather than division III), so I transferred here (to OU).
Plus, I thought it was pointless to play there because I had no family
over there, and I wanted my family to watch me play.”
In high school she earned two varsity letters, was given
All-League honors and was named to the All-League Academic Team as a junior
and senior.
“Growing up I played soccer, volleyball, and softball.
I liked basketball the best, and I just kept growing taller, and that’s
why I pursued it,” she said.
“I think what made me a Co-Captain of the Grizzlies was
my leadership skills and hard work,” she added.
When asked how she manages to balance basketball, school
and work she replied, “I just cut out lazy time. The hardest
part was on the road when I had to take my books and just study on the
way, and wherever we were going.”
Tallenger will graduate this spring with a Human
Resource Development degree, and hopes to get a job designing and implementing
training. She is unsure whether she is going to continue her basketball
career.
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GRIZZWALD’S INSTANT REPLAY
BASEBALL
•The men lost to the University of Vermont 4-10 on March 18.
• The men defeated Dartmouth College 13-12 on March 19.
LACROSSE
•The men lost to the University of Michgan 9-30 on March 17.
HOCKEY
•The men lost to Wayne State University 1-3 on March 16.
TENNIS
•The women defeated Chicago State 7-0 on March 20.
• The women defeated University of Dayton 5-4 on March 20.
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