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shooting  guard  and  her  driving         Kolonia  made  a  tough  transition        forward  substitute  along  with
        ability  kept  opposing  teams  off-       to forward despite her 57” frame.          Sharon, but she made the best of
       balance.  Perhaps  her  greatest            Mo Harte, best known for her out­         every  opportunity.  Her  Moravian
       strength  is  the  true  court              standing  shooting  ability,  also         performance  without  a  doubt
       awareness  of  what  is  happening          provided  valuable  backup  in  the       saved the game.
       and the stabilizing effect she had          guard spot. Two freshmen, Jackie             To wrap  up this  review,  it  must
       on a sometimes nervous team.                McGrath  and  Patti  Panfile,  had        be  said  that  Allentown  College
          There seem to be numerous key           very  good  years.  Their  play  was       Womens’  Basketball  has  pretty
       factors  that  point  to  the  large        limited  largely  due  to  inex­          much  arrived  on  the  scene  as  a
       amount  of  success  which  the             perience  and  heavy  numbers  in         force  that  must  be  dealt  with.
       team experienced, but  none is as          the  guard  spot,  but  they  did          Recruiting  has  turned  it  around.
       important  as  those  made  by  the         receive an opportunity to play and        My  personal  prediction  for  the
       bench.  First and  foremost  had  to       did quite well.                            1983-84  year  was  18-8  and  we
       be  the  play  of  Mo  Fitzgerald.            The final  player is  Marie “ Fire”     went 21-6 in the regular season. It
       Despite losing  her two-year start­        Wengyn  who closed out  her four-          was a super season and a record
       ing  job  to  Fidelibus,  “ Fitz”  never   year career.  She  is just  a tremen­      that  I  hope  stands  .. .  until  next
       let down  and also  kept a positive        dous  person  who  always  put  the        year.
       attitude.  Sophomore  Sharon               team  first.  Her  role  was  that  of                  Tom Shirley, Head Coach

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