| Summary: | december 11T1981 the concordian page 13 Skiers prep for epic Coach Marc Langseth huddles with his team during a time-out. The talented women sport a 2-1 record prior to this weekend's action. Tonight they visit a strong Bismark Mary squad and tomor-row they invade Valley City state. [Dana Wheeler photo] The Ski Minnesota Epic, a nine-day, 250-mile crpss-country ski trip from Wolverton to Duluth, is planned for Dec. 26 through Jan. 3 by a group of students at Con-cordia. The ski tour is a prelude to the 1981 Minnesota Expedition Across Lapland, in which eight Concordia alumni plan to be the first Americans to ski 400 miles across Europe's last frontier. That trip, set March sl 1 through April 16, 1982, is to begin below the Arctic Circle and conclude above it. The 20 Concordia stuents ex-pected to participate in the Min-nesota trip would be the first group to ski across the state in an uninterrupted period, according to Paul Erickson, Concordia's director of student activities. He said the ski tour is indicative of the growing outdoor education program at Concordia. He is the organizer of both the Minnesota trip and the Lapland expedition. In crossing the state, skiers will travel 25-30 miles per day and will pass through or near the com-munities of Pelican Rapids, Rtorha'm, Sebeka, Nimrod, Pegoot Lakes, Atkin, Palisade, Wright, Cromwell, and Cloquet. They will enter Duluth via the Skyline Parkway. Chairing the Minnesota trip are Concordia students Larry Tjeltveit, a junior from Red Lodge, Mont., and Mirian Bateman, Grand Forks, N.D. Lapland expedition members will participate in the Minnesota trip to test equipment and the ef-fects of subzero weather condi-tions. "Things like this expedition serve to strengthen the best qualities in people through the challenges and the spirit that it promotes," Erickson said. He said it symbolizes "the coming of age" in this country of enthusiasm for Nordic skiing and "identifies with the spirit of the Vikings: to enter the unknown boldly with a faith in the promise of the journey." There are still a few spaces available. Contact Paul Erickson. Lady Cobbers outshoot NDSU and UND Proving that they can win evei. while not playing at their best, the Lady Cobbers bent North Dakota's two best women's teams in a span of three days. On Satur-day they nipped NDSU 80-77 and Monday night came back to edge UND 69-66. Despite the two wins, Cobber coach Marc Langseth wasn't en-tirely pleased with his squad. "In both games they lacked intensity. If it wasn't rebounding, it was tur-novers or defense. But they came through when they had to. We'll take the wins." Saturday at SU the Cobbs forg-ed to a ten point halftime lead despite giving up 17 offensive re-bounds to the shorter Bison. After intermission the Bison got only three more offensive boards. However, turnovers continually thwarted Langseth's team in the second half. They came in bun-ches and the Bison whittled the lead down to one point several times. Thanks fo fine offensive play by Suzie Ekberg and Paula Langseth, the Cobs held on to the win. Monday night'in the Memorial Fieldhouse the UND Sioux pro-vided the opposition. A good crowd saw Sioux forward Lori Bakke hit three quick shots from ten feet and it was clear a close battle was in store. Twenty first half turnovers plagued the Cobs. Many times they did not get a shot off against UNO's sticky 1-3-1 zone. In fact PEMM offering health test The Physical Education Majors and Minors (PEMM) Club en-courages everyone to come to the fieldhouse tomorrow any time from 9—11 a.m. to test what shape they are in. " Tests in the Fitness Clinic in-clude the step test (cardiovascular), sit-ups (ab-dominal strength), bench press (arm strength), sit and reach (flex-ibility); skin fold (percent of body, fat), resting heart rate, and blood pressure. Evaluation tables will epable participants to compare their results of the tests to the norms of other college students and provide information on how to improve their weak areas. for the half only 20 shots were taken. Paula Langseth's 8 points kept the Cobber close. UND's two cylinder machine of Barb Barrett and Bakke combined for 27 first half points while limiting C6ncor-dia's leading scorer Ekberg to a mere four free throws. A completely rejuvanated Cob-ber team came out and played a very tenacious second half. Steals by Nancy Halda, MaryBeth Stephan and Mary Moenkedick off the full-court zone press resulted in quick baskets. "Instant offense" Moenkedick hit three field goals in the first four minutes that pushed the maroon and gold within 40-39. It was Bakke once again hitting the first six points for the Sioux, who never let up. A nice fast break was capped by a Lisa Abicht pass to Nicki Peters for a layup that gave the Cobs their first lead at 45-44. A key element in Cord'a second half performance was their ability to get out and run with the ball and score on fast breaks. Some steam went out of UND when Bakke fouled out with 5:27 left to play. She finished the game with 25 points and 8 rebounds. Drysdahl runs in Idaho mountains in nationals On November 21st, sophomore Lynnette Drysdahl became the first Cobber women ever to par-ticipate in the AIAW Division III National meet, which was held this year in Pocatello, Idaho. She placed 77th out of 162 runners with a time of 20:25 for the five kilometer course. Coach Fredrickson described her performance as the best of the season relative to the conditions of the course. "The course was located in the mountains and the altitude at which they were runn-ing ranged from 4500 feet to 4900 feet. Because of this factor the race required more strategy than other races." "She started out slow and kept increasing the pace while many other girls who were not used to the altitude started out fast and eventually were forced to slow down," he added. Note: It was- incorrectly reported in the November 20th issue of the Concordian that Jim Davig had improved his time by over 3Q seconds. He actually im-proved by more than a minute and 30 seconds. Seniors "Taking you beyond your good looks" We will get your glossy to the yearbook staff. Price and quality are both a surprise at. Allen Ross Photography , 282-6966 West Fargo Stephan made a steal and was fouled on her layup try. Her free throw tied it up at 60 and when Halda made another steal, "Stephie" converted by dishing to Langseth for a bucket and a 64-62 lead with one minute to play. Ekberg squeezed in a fire footer from the side and added two free throws with 23 seconds remaining to make the score 68-64. The final was 69-66, and the Cobbers were 2-1 for the year. Leading the scoring for the game was Langseth, who hit 8 of 13 shots for 19 points. Ekberg scored 12 in the second half to finish with. 15 points and she add-ed 9 rebounds. Most importantly, perhaps, were Moenkedick's 12 points and 5 for 7 shooting. She also added six assists to lead the team. Coach Langseth felt that the defensive intensity during the first ten minutes of the^second half was integral to the outcome. "The Sioux are a fine ballclub. They were more patient than us and re-bounded well," he added. Crossroads Book & Music 6th Annual Student Night Tuesday, Dec. 15 6:30-10:00 P.M. Highlights Mellow Yellow Contest III - at 9:15 p.m. Teams representing the Christian groups I in the area try to drink their Mellow Yellow the fastest. Prizes to the winners. 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