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PAGE 16 â€" WATERLOOâ€"CH WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1981 Tracey Bourne (7) of WLU Golden Hawks tries to use some leâ€" verage to gain position against her taller Ottawa opponent Saturday while driving to the basket. e Urethane _ Sprayedâ€"inâ€"Place Foam Insulation © Foamcrete 1| Fire Barrier for over Foam Insulation eKâ€"13 Sprayâ€"on Acoustic and Thermal Applications FOR OVER 31 YEARS HOMES BUILT BEFORE 1961 QUALIFY FOR UP TO $500.00 CHIP GRANT Be an Energy Saver and SAVE as much as 25*â€"30" on YOUR ENERGY BILLS! o\-‘“‘t]e:“\“\ Q \“:“0 ob “‘0\“ 00\' g9)¢© e° Residential â€" Commercial â€" industrial â€" Agriculture Quality Workmanship â€" Quality Products Call Collect 885â€"6380 By Rick Campbell Chronicte Sports Editor Wilfrid Laurier Golâ€" den Hawks women‘s basketball team must feel like #he~Canadian dollar While it seems everyone else around them keeps getting bigâ€" ger, Hawks remain the same Size. Indeed a lack of height and size‘appears to be the major obstacle for coach Melanie Rodney and her enthusiastic but somewhat outclassed crew as they struggle to keep afloat in the Onâ€" tario Women‘s Interâ€" collegiate Athletic Asâ€" sociation Tier II loop Hawks saw their reâ€" cord drop to 1â€"5 with two home losses on the weeâ€" kend, 64â€"48 to Carleton Robins Friday and 113â€"46 to Ottawa Gee Gees Saâ€" turday And while success has never come in leaps and bounds for Hawks in reâ€" cent yvears. rarely have inexperience and lack of height haunted the purâ€" ple and gold at the same time as is the case this vear With only four plavers back from last year‘s club. one would expect Enthusiasm is great, size hurts WLU club Hawks to find the going tough, but combine that with the fact this year‘s edition is often like spruces in a forest of Douglas Firs. and the picture becomes all too clear * s Such was the case Saâ€" turday as Ottawa‘s Sue Mercier, by far the bigâ€" gest player on the court, scored 46 points against Hawks valiant but outâ€" sized defensive thrust No one need be remindâ€" ed that output equalled that of Hawks entire ofâ€" fence ‘ "It seems nearly everys team _ we‘ve played gets bigger each yearâ€"but we don‘t. said Rodney with a halfâ€" smile following. Saturâ€" Leading Scorers Freiheit (Rovers) 19. McConnell (Sabres) 18. O Hara (Bruins| 17. MacDonald (Rovers). Eberlin (Rovers). Way <(Bruins) 14 each Bruins Sabres Rovers Flames ity League 12 7 2 3 56 37 12 6 3 3 48 37 12 6 4 2 56 39 12 0 10 2 32 73 Bruins 5 Rovers 1 Sabres 2 Flames 2 Major or Bantam Standings January 19, 1981 Even when Hawks aren‘t dwarfed by the opposition around the net, they fall victim at times to their own inexâ€" perience. and it seems. attempts to ""try too hard‘‘. Witness their loss to Carleton. day‘s defeat. "What it means is that against a bigger team we don‘t get the inside shots or reâ€" bounds. and something like this (score) is bound to happen ‘‘We were tied at the half and I thought were outplaying them too .‘ described Rodnev ‘Then we came out in the second half. missed a few shots while they made their‘s. and it seemed the more the 17 15 14 girls tried the tighter they got _ Because of the physiâ€" cal faqgtors militating against them, Hawks usually employ a fastâ€" break offense.‘ with the hope of catching their foes out of position. But with so much youth in their lineup, precision is lacking in that apâ€" proach, and resulting turnovers can precipitaâ€" te an early downfall. as they did Saturday when Gee Gees built up a 57â€"15 lead at halftime ‘‘With only four reâ€" turning from last year. we have to go with the rookies _ and _ while they‘ve been doing a good job for us. we don‘t get to use them at the right times. when they could learmn the most." said Rodney. ‘‘They know that even when they make mistakes,. they‘re going to be out there regardless." While not exactly holy terrors on offense. Hawks have shown a solid balance in their atâ€" tack. and display, even when far behind. an abiâ€" Tity to play within themâ€" selves in an attempt to get things to jive. *‘Yes. they‘ve been a really good team that way. . said Rodney. ‘‘They show a lot of spirit and are really toâ€" gether._ Ann Bermingham had 11 points to lead Laurier totals Saturday. while Sava Krasulja had 10 and Jane Campbell seven. Friday. Marg Matthews counted 10 and no less than four players. â€" Bermingham. Campbell. Krasulja and Tracey Bourne had eight apiece. Excellent accor Hotel â€" unlimited golf at the Beimont Country in L.A. and San Francis co. Feb. & March deparâ€" 16 days Luxury accommo Waikiki Parks Heights BERMUDA *899 HAWAIl