January 10, 1980
Men's
Winning Streak
Behrend Men's Basketball
team are the hottest team on the
courts right now, winning all of
their last five games.
Back on December 15, Behrend
barely dumped host California
State by two points. Losing at
halftime, 53-49, the Cubs bounced
back to claim their victory. They
ended the game with a 92-90 score
over Cal State. The Cubs moved
to a 5-3 record, the Vulcans
dropping to a 1-6 one. Chalking up
the big points to Behrend were
Greg Vaughn with 32 points, Gary
Spencer with 20, and Mike Powell
with 18.
On December 17, the Cubs
proved victorious once again as
they topped Alliance College 68-
57. Behrend rose to 6 and 3 and
Alliance dropped to a low 1 and 7.
Our high scorer was Gary
Spencer with 23 points. Ron
Blades To Stage
"Hockey Spectacular"
For the first time in the history
of the Erie Blades, the club will
bring a touring team from the
Soviet Union to Erie for an
Exhibition Game. Billed as the
1980 Hockey Spectacular, the
game will match the Blades
against the Soviet Nationals on
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7,
1980, at the Erie County
Fieldhouse, at 7:30 P.M. This
Soviet team, which will enter the
1980 Olympics right after the Erie
game, is rated an excellent club
by no less an authority than
Walter L. Bush, Jr., of the
Minnesota North Stars and
AHAUS (Amateur Hockey
Association of the United States).
Bush rates this squad of Soviets
BB Team
Williams added 17 -and Greg
Vaughn and Charles Smith each
dunked 11. . -
The Cubs pulled through the
fourth time this past Saturday as
they took on winless Theil
College. The Cubs wiped out the
Mountain Cats 34-18 in the first
half and finished with a final
score of 75-47. This win gave us
our eighth victory in 11 games.
Leading Cub Scorer was Greg
Vaughn, hitting 21 points.
Following him in line were Mike
Powell with 12 points, Ron
Williams with 11 points; and Tom
Blythe with 10 points.
Behrend Men's latest win came
this past Monday Night as the
Cubs tore up Pitt-Johnstown 88 to
68, before a home crowd. The
Cubs played a sensational game,
completely over-coming the
height advantage of P.J.
Greg Baughn; "Airborne"..
on a par with the upper echelon of
National Hockey League teams
calling them "one of the best
teams in the world." In making
the announcement,. Blades Head
Coach and General Manager,
Nick Polano, commented on its
prce and cons. "As a coach,
obviously it's a tough one for us,"
Polano commented. "After all,
we'll be considerable underdogs
to this great team. On the other
hand our guys may be looser with
the pressure of winning not as
great as a league play-off game.
If we win, and we'll try, then
great. A loss to this team though,
would be no disgrace. I really
wanted this game in my role of
General Manager, , more., t han.. .
Behrend Collegian
Our next home game will be
Wednesday, January 16 at 8:00,
-when the Behrend Cubs host
Dyke University. Come out and
support your team!
Power
Volleyball
Behrend's Power Volleyball
Club is off to an exciting season.
This club empahsizes com
petition and strategy as opposed
to recreational volleyball where
little skill is involved.
Approximately 25-30 students
have been meeting every Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday from
noon till 1 p.m. to practice for
their upcoming competitions.
According to advisor Roger
Sweeting, the club has already
had four scrimmages against
other teams and more are being
planned. He also expects to have
them participating in college
tournaments this year.
On February 9, the club plans
to compete at the PSU-New
Kensington Campus tournament.
This will probably be a ten team
Round-Robin format. Some of the
other teams planning to compete
in this event are from the
Edinboro, Allegheny, Indiana
( EU.P.) and Geneva campuses.
Elected as officers to the
volleyball club were Wilbur
Walls, president; Dennis Smith,
vice-president; Mike Herine,
secretary; and Mark McCully,
treasurer.
coach. I think it's an opportunity
for our fans to see one of the
greatest hockey teams in the
world and the game is in our fans
backyard, right here in Erie. The
game will bring a lot of attention
to Erie and we're sure that people
from surrounding cities even as
far away as Cleveland and Pitt
sburgh will make inquiries on
tickets. I'm sure our city and
county officials and civic groups
will back us, as this one game can
bring a lot of dollars to the
various hotels and restaurants."
Tickets for the Hockey Spec
tacular will be $4.00 , $4.50, $5.00
and $5.50, an increase of $.75 per
ticket from regular season
.prices,..The - reason . for. -the .in-
Lois McKean throws with deadly accuracy
Women BB Players
Lose 3 Out Of 3
The Behrend Women's
Basketball team hasn't been on
the ball in recent BB action.
Their losing streak began_ on
December 15 when they stooped
to California State by a score of
67-39. That was the first loss for
Behrend and the fourth victory
for Cal. State. The Vulcans
outscored the Cubs 41-26 in the
first half and 26-13 in the second.
The top Cub player was Cheryl
Ramsdell with 18 points.
On December 17, Behrend fell
again, this time to Penn State,
Shenango Valley. In a very close
game, SV pulled out with a 69-68
victory, dropping the Cub record
to an even 2 and 2. The game's
crease can be summed up in one
word . . . GUARANTEE. "The
Blades wanted the game but it's
going to cost us," said Polano.
"Before the puck is dropped
we're committed to giving the
Russians $10,000.00 as a
guarantee. That plus other
financial considerations make it
a necessity to raise prices. We
feel our fans will understand this
increase and not mind paying a
little extra to see this great
Russian Team. We may do this
every year if this one is suc
cessful, but on the other hand one
never knows; this Hockey
Spectacular could be a once in a
life-time thing."
Tickets for the Hockey Spec
tacular will go on. sale to Blades
season ticket holders first,
beginning on January 7, 1980.
Blades season ticket holders will
have one week to reserve their
regular season seats. for the
"Hockey Spectacular." After one
week, beginning February 14,
1980, tickets will go on sale to the
general public. (Fieldhouse Box
Office Hours will be 12 Noon - 6
P.M.) Thanks to the Erie County
Fieldhouse, the Blades will be
"Four Films" continued'from page 2
they got sucked into a Black Hole
Too bad_
The Fish That Saved Pitts
burgh: Awh come on, these fish
couldn't even save Erie. The
movie was written with or at
third grade level, with a disco
beat to back it.up. If this comedy,
high scorer was our own Lois
McKean with 26 of our 68 points.
Sharon Vinston contributed 15
and Cheryl Ramsdell 11. PSU.
raised. their record - tcr'2- and 1.
And in most recent action, the
Cubs lost their second in a row
game with Shenango Valley in
Erie Hall Monday night. This
time Behrend fell. 83-77. Scoring
for the women's team were high
scorer Natalie Kuhn with 20,
Cheryl Ramsdell 17, Sharon
Vinston 15, Aggy Gentille 13, and
Lois McKean 11.
The women play again this
Monday when they take on the
Gannon Golden Knights at
Gannon, game time 6:00.
able to offer free parking to their
season ticket holders.
"We're hoping naturally for a
sell-out," concluded Polano, "We
think that the Hockey Spec
tacular should sell itself. It will
almost take a sellout for us to do
well on the game financially. A
small sized crowd means a
financial bath for the hockey
club. It's still a gamble on our
part, but our fans deserve a game
like this and we think they'll
respond to the Hockey Spec
tacular."
The Hockey Spectacular took
days of discussion before it
became 'a reality. In fact, the
original deal called for" the game
to be played on December 13 with
Behrend College vs Edinboro
already on the fieldhouse
schedule. Through the
cooperation of the Athletic
Directors of the two schools, and
Bob Rocki of the Erie County
Fieldhouse, the colleges had
agreed to move their game, so
that Erie could face the Russians.
The situation changed when the
Soviet team backed out of that
deal because of travel and up
coming commitments.
I have no sense of humor. It's so
bad I'll tell you the ending. The
underdogs win, Julius gets the
girl and Pittsburgh turns into the
Paris of Pennsylvania. Yeah
sure, and Penn State doesn't
cheat when recruiting football
players either! I think I'd rather
not be saved.
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