Sports PSU Men's Volley Team Successful The Penn State Hazleton an extra punch when need- Men's Volleyball team cap- ed were sophomore set ped off a successful season ter/spiker Scott Monticello, recently by finishing third freshman Craig Murray, overall in the CCAC tourna- and mid-season addition ment at University Park. Jim "Spaz" Schmitz. The CCAC consists of all Coach Young said, "We Penn State Commonwealth had a good season but it campuses. could have been better." He They cruised to easy vic- went on to note, "We had all tories over the Altoona 'first-year players who Campus, the Wilkes-Barre never played organized Campus, the Dußois Cam- volleyball before. Other pus, and the Schuylkill negative factors effecting Campus before losing to the \ the team were: only three New Kensington Campus in of 17 games were played at a close match. The Hazleton home, and the team didn't team dropped another play in a league, so it had tough match to the York nothing to shoot for except Campus following its loss to the tournament at U. Park. New Kensington. Despite these negative It was the fourth third- factors, Coach Young was place finish in four years for pleased with the season Coach Bruce Young's overall, • and said, "We spikers, who were 6-5 going came a very long way from into the tournament. The tryouts. The team really men emerged ' • with a had an excellent attitude." respectable 12-7 record for Besides the third-place the season. finish at U. Park, another The "starting six" this highlight of the season was season consisted of a Tri-match in Philadelphia sophomore Dave Albright, in which the team faired captain; sophomores Joe veil. They defeated North Curto, Greg Fortna, Brent East Christian Junior Col- Krieder, spiker• Dave lege, and lost a tough match Schultz, and 6'3" freshman to the University of Penn- Will Robertson. Coming off sylvania, a Division I the bench to give the team school. Intramural volleyball team wins title After hours of sweat and a dozen floor burns, the "Sex Offenders" have earned the right to be called the number one volleyball team at Highacres. The "Sex Of fenders" entered their last match with an impressive 20-1 record with their only loss to the second place team the "Faculty All Stars." According to . team member Robert Zima, the competition was not as easy as the win-loss statistics show. "Our toughest com petition was the Faculty All Stars, but every time we played a team we had trou ble until we found out what their weaknesses were like." Much of the success of the team can also be attributed to the skills of its members. In an interview after their last game of the season, the FORMALWEAR RENTAL AND SALES cdte&rrica FORMALWEAR F - 17 — , 447a€ (97 .-- zik, OF COURSE t 23 West Broad St., Hazleton, Pennsylvania Phone 455-8863 Mon.-Tues.-Thurs.-Silt. 10 to 5 Wed. & Fri. 11 to 9 JOSEPH SCARCELLA Manager The Penn State men's volleyball team, top row, left to right, Krieder, Jim . Schmitz, Dave Albright, Scott Monticello and Mr Young. Bottom row, Joe Curto, Will Robertson, Craig Murray, Schultz. team agreed that their main objective was to have fun more than to win the championship. Some of the more memorable events for the team was the winning of the intramural champion shirts and the time one of the team members spiked a ball off Dr. Jerry Covert's head. This year's cham pionship team consisted of Jerry McGuire, Karen Whitebread, Mark Fin dishun, Daniel Sist, Mandy Amsle, Pam Weeks, Mike Shrauder, and Robert Zima, captain. Women's Tennis lining up Evans Dough Box FREE delivery to Penn State dorms Rt. 93 Valley Plaza Conyngham, PA phone: 788-4212 pizza, stromboli, hoagies homemade soups & salads Page 21 Brent Bruce and Hazleton Women's Tennis Team, lead by coach Diedre Jago, are an inexperienced group. "We have a tough season ahead of us," says Jago. "We don't have as much high school ex perience as I would like. Playing in the Bloomsburg State tournament should provide a lot of experience though. Hazleton's only returning player is No. 2 Vaness Lalli, up from 5 a year ago. Filling out the remaining singles spots are: No. 1 Lynn Rockwell, Freshman; No. 3 Elizabeth "Bitsey" Bauman, Freshman; No. 5 Barbara Ann Mancini, Freshman; No. 4 Debbie "Gouda" Gorman, Sophomore; and Patty Dia cont, Freshman. Doubles pairing will be: No. 1 Rockwell-Lalli; No. 2 Baumann-Yvonne Cormier, Sophomore; No. 3 Diacont- Allison Jones, Sophomore. Caream's Restaurant & Catering Sentra 44 E. Broad Street Hazleton, PA 18201 Phone: 455-5521
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