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ictory never tastes sweeter prospects of a winning

than after a struggle. Though season. Losing Suzy Drury,

the Lady Cougars started captain and setter, to an

with a bang, the season ankle injury early in the

unfolded with its share of season was devastating.

ups and downs. Instead of giving up, they

Wendy Wolfe said, "If I utilized what they learned

have learned anything from from Coach's lesson on

this season that I will never character building. They

forget, it would have to be a worked harder, made

lesson on character." One of adjustments, and battled

Coach Grooms' favorite through some rough games.

axioms is, "The test of Because of their

character is what it takes to determination and reliance

stop you." The team on God's strength instead of

Overcoming accepted the lesson as a their own, they finished with

challenge, which as the a winning season. Suzy's

obstacles season progressed, became recovery and return to the

all the more practical. team at season's end

There were times when it
helps prepare would have been easy to provided the boost the team

needed to make it into the

have given up. One obstacle Florida Christian College
one for life even affected the student Conference tournament and

body's attitude about the come away as champions.

Front row: Kelly McCafferty (statistician), Suzy Drury, Coach Grooms, Kathy Coach Grooms is usually up on her

Michewicz, and Sandi Newman (manager); second row: Jeannie Day, Shar­ feet encouraging her players and

on halbook, Wendy Wolfe, and Chereen Frauenhoffer; third row: Sandy pushing them onto victory. She mo­

Eisenback, Sharon Jackson, and Kelly Carmac; fourth row: Yvette Newman mentarily turns away from the action

and Audra Nelson. to reply to one of the players on the

bench waiting to substitute.