For Their Ice Fans
Working from the White Mules' bench during the Colby-Bowdoin game, the photographer would have been hit by an errant puck if not for the authoritative but courteous warning, "Watch your head, sir." He ducked just as the puck caromed off the Plexiglas behind the bench . . .The incident was instructive about the nature of men's ice hockey under the leadership of head coach Jim Tortorella, who emphasizes that success is a function of character and effort.
Next Stop, Nagano?
The women's ice hockey team, which completed one of its most successful
seasons with a record of 12-9-1, owes much of its success to forwards Barbara
Gordon and Meaghan Sittler, who combined for an extraordinary 76 goals and 76
assists. Gordon, a senior from Glendale, Calif., and Sittler, a sophomore from
East Amherst, N.Y., shared the limelight as easily as they assisted each
other's scoring.
Sports Shorts
Updates on the exploits of all Colby teams.
On April 27, friends, colleagues and former players gathered at Millett Alumni
House to celebrate Mark Serdjenian's 20th year as men's soccer coach at Colby.
Serdjenian '73, who was Maine Men's Soccer Coach of the Year and New England
Coach of the Year in 1990, says he loves coaching Colby students. "They're
intelligent, dedicated and able to put athletics into perspective," said
Serdjenian, who is associate dean of students for academic affairs.
Serdjenian, who never played soccer before coming to Colby as a student in
1970, says he owes a great deal to his coach, Jack Scholz, who died recently of
cancer. "He gave me a chance when I'd never played the game before--I doubt
that could happen now," he said.
Aside from his duties at Colby, Serdjenian coaches a girls' team, coordinates
a junior high indoor league for girls and directs a two-week summer camp at
Colby, and he just completed his 15th year of working with the Waterville Youth
Soccer Association.