In the Division Ill championships at Claremont College in California, Brown and Hastings were eliminated in the first round of singles action. However, Hastings teamed with Solik to advance all the way to the semifinals of doubles competition, only to fall to number two seed University of California at San Diego, 7-6, 7-5. Hastings and Solik had defeated the third seed, Claremont-Mudd, in the quarterfinals. Due to the fine showing in national competition, Trinity was ranked the top small college team in New England and could still be listed in the top ten nationally. Individual honors were bestowed upon Hastings and Solik who were selected to the 1980 All-American team. With two All-Americans returning and the absence of seniors on the squad this spring, the outlook for next season is very bright.
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The golf team fell to a 2-5 record this spring despite some close matches. Senior Rob Golding and junior John O'Connell captained the team that defeated Assumption and arch-rival Wesleyan. In the University of Hartford Invitational, coach Ted Coia's Bantams finished ninth of eleven teams. Trinity improved its standing in New England competition to twenty-eighth place out of 38 teams . Senior David Koeppel received the Wyckoff Golf Award for the second time in three years. A four-
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year letterwinner, Koeppel captured the award by winning the annual intra-team tournament. The story of the year was the play of freshman Sarah Koeppel. She was the first woman to compete on the men's team in the history of golf at Trinity. Although she never fared as well as her brother David in men's play, Koeppel captured third place in the Women's New England Intercollegiate Golf Championships just three strokes behind the winner. Over 40 women competed in the tournament.
BASEBALL=============== The baseball team slugged its way to the best season in recent years with a 9-10-1 record. The key to its success was the rejuvenation of the Trinity bats as the Bantams hit .319 and pounded a record 13 home runs out of the park. A 2-1-1 preseason record against the Philadelphia Phillies' minor league team was a sign of Trinity's improvement since last season's 2-12 squad. Three losses to strong Florida colleges opened the season but Trinity never again lost more than two consecutive games. Bantams rebounded to defeat Williams 10-2 in the northern opener and went on to post a 9-7-1 record in New England competition. Sophomore Pete Martin was named both the Most Valuable Player and the starting first baseman on the New England All-Star Team. He led the team with a .408 batting average and 23 runs batted in.
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