Lake Forest College Handball News & Notes         1999-2000 Season Preview: "Foresters Poised For Another National Championship Run"      Teams are usually looking for improvement from year to year, but this year's Forester handball team would take another season like last year.  After winning the men's national championship for the second consecutive year and claiming the women's and team combined national runner-up trophies, status quo suddenly doesn't seem so bad.  Lucky for the Foresters, national titles never seem to get boring.  Lake Forest has won 14 national handball championships.  But there's always room for improvement, according to Head Coach Mike Dau, "We have a nice nucleus coming back that will give us a legitimate shot at a third straight men's title, and the addition of a good recruiting class on the women's side will enhance our possibilities in the women's tournament, giving us a better chance at the combined title."  The Foresters lost last year's combined title to Southwest Missouri State by just 30 points (1409-1379).        The back-to-back men's titles and combined runner-up finish the last two years has reestablished Lake Forest as a national power.  The Foresters had a ten-year national title drought before their 1998 national championship.  The 1999 title was not only the school's 14th overall, but the first consecutive since 1984, the last year of a seven-year steak by the Foresters.  At the 1999 Intercollegiates, Lake Forest had the runners-up in all four 'glamour' events - men's open singles and doubles, and women's open singles and doubles.  They also had four members - Joe Hagen, Dane Szatkowksi, Sabrina Zamora, and Erica Sove -- on the ten-member All-America team.       Last year's men's team advanced six to the round of 16 at the USHA International Colliegates, a tournament hosted by Lake Forest College.  Four of those men are back this year, including Dane Szatkowski, who earned his All-America honors by reaching the finals in the open singles and open doubles brackets.  In the process he became just the fourth Forester male to attain All-American status in both singles and doubles in the same year, and the first-ever sophomore.  Quite an accomplishment considering the Foresters have 86 All-American tags to their credit.  "Dane developed into an outstanding player last year and obviously will be a highly seeded player this year," Coach Dau added.  Additionally, Dane became the second in his family to attain All-America status, following in the footsteps of his brother, Adam, who was honored in 1998.        Last year's Intercollegiate quarterfinalist Mike Munson, a junior, and sweet 16 participants Mike Bargman, a senior, and Mark O'Leary, a junior, will be looking to move up this season, as will Bill Mehilos and Nate Podrid, who won national championships as freshmen last season in A singles and B singles, respectively.  Seniors Bon Miyasaka and Jeff Werstein, along with juniors Kevin Betz, Keith Vassall, and Satra Wasserman will also be looking to help the team "three-peat".  "Despite losing two major pieces in the structure of our team - Joe Hagen and Jai Ragoo - we have a legitimate chance at another title," added Coach Dau.      On the women's side, the Foresters return four of the six team members from the national runner-up squad.  The women have been steadily closing the gap on Southwest Missouri State, who have won the past six women's titles.  LFC took third in '97 and second last year.  Coach Dau has turned to the recruiting trail to tighten the gap even further, "Our women's team will be stronger and has been shored up with our freshmen class, most notably Amy Sove."  Amy is the younger sister of LFC junior All-American Erica Sove.      Senior Sabrina Zamora will be seeking to become the second Forester selected All-America in three consecutive years.  "Sabrina worked hard last year and will most likely be seeded number two again at the Intercollegiate tournament," commented Dau.  "She will play primarily in men's divisions this year until Intercollegiates."  Zamora has lost to Amber Rounseville of Southwest Missouri State in the past two national tournaments and will be working hard to turn the tables in her final collegiate tournament.  Her doubles partner, Erica Sove, the ninth Lake Forest woman All-American advanced to the singles quarterfinals of the last year's Intercollegiates.        Seniors Kelly King, a two-time Contenders champion, and Mary Gerke, the 1999 Women's Sportsmanship Award recipient and doubles semifinalist, round out the returnees.