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Volume 38 Issue 5
November 7, 2000

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MCC T-Bird Report: Women runners ranked 8th in nation

MESA LEGEND
Submitted November 7, 2000

Women’s Cross-Country
The T-Birds ended their Arizona Community College Athletic Conference season with a respectable third place finish and are currently ranked eighth nationally.

Christina Sergi and Tiffany Alexander took first-team ACCAC honors, while Teddy Bailey earned second-team.

The NJCAA Region 1 meet took place in Tucson on Nov. 4 at 11:30 a.m. Representing MCC were Sergi, Alexander, Bailey, Rita Goodman, Amber Hollingshead, Kristi Johnson and Dianna Quintanilla.

Men’s Cross-Country
The T-Birds struggled through the ACCAC season with a 1-5 record and second to last place finish. Freshman runner Calvin Fife and sophomore Anthony Damiani  earned second-team conference honors.

Football
The T-Birds continued their struggles with their seventh straight loss of the season on Oct. 28 against Arizona Western College. MCC managed to gain only 80 yards of total offense on 62 plays in the embarrassing 34-7 defeat.

The T-Birds took an 0-7 conference record into their homecoming game on Nov. 4 against New Mexico Military Institute.

MCC travels to Glendale Community College Nov. 11 for the final game of the season.

Volleyball
MCC is in seventh place in the ACCAC and will not qualify for the Region 1 tourament. The T-Birds are 5-12 in conference, and 12-22 overall in Head Coach Tom Barsch first year.

April Nelson led the team with 9.46 assists per game, and Amanda Ware led with 3.1 kills and 3.0 digs per game.

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