Word: lockers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...didn't play softball her first year here. "I only thought that I would have time for basketball," she admits. "In fact, that's where I got my nickname 'mouse'. It was during the halftime of a basketball game, we were losing, and as we dejectedly walked into the locker room all the team could hear was the squeak of my knee-brace--it drove them crazy. That incident combined with my small size and quick little scurry on the court earned me the nickname 'mouse'. The squeak drove them crazy. The nickname drives me crazy...
...just as quick to hand out compliments as the friendly barbs and banter thrown around the locker room. "My job as co-captain is to keep Betty under control--no really Betty and I tend to propel one another. She is an ideal person for the job; she gets the work done, isn't flashy, exudes pride and leadership and inspires...
Long after Pompan and Horne had hit the locker room, Michael Terner and Lion John Termotto continued their grueling see-saw battle. The effective top-spin of Termotto proved crucial as he took the match...
...respect for his players is evident in subtler ways as well. He always refers to his atheletes as "women," never "girls." On Monday, in a J.V. contest against the University of Massachussetts, one of the umpires said to the UMass nine, "Ladies, take the field." Later in the locker room, Morris told his players that he would not have permitted the officials to speak to them in what he considered a condescending fashion...
...Susan works amazingly hard in workout, but when it's over she leaves swimming behind in the pool. She's not one to discuss splits, sets or times in the locker room," she adds...