NOVEMBER 9,1984
Sobotta to Lead Lady Hoopers
by Richard Larson
Collegian Sports Editor
Penn State-Behrend recently
hired Karin Sobotta as the new
women’s basketball team head
Coach Karin Sobotta
Head Basketball Coach
coach. Originally from Her
miston, Oregon, Sobotta received
Crime Wftk Mb
OFF CAMPUS WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Bus Transportation Available For 11:00 a.m. Services
Bus Leaves Reed 10:15 a.m. Sundays
MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH
Eastern and Gray Avenue
Wesleyville, Pa.
Phone 899-6386
The Rev. Martin Roth, Pastor*
Sundays 8:15 and 11:00 a.m.
Sunday Church School 9:30 a.m.
WESLEYVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH
Buffalo Road and Market Street
Wesleyville, Pa.
Phone 899-9243
The Rev. George Schoonmaker, Pastor*
Sunday 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
a four-year basketball and tennis
scholarship to the University of
Idaho.
As a four-year starting point
guard, she. and her teammates
finished in the top 16 in the Divi
sion II AIAW National Tourna
ment in all but her freshman year.
As a tennis player, she com
peted in the Nationals for four
years competing in singles and
doubles matches. She finished
fifth in doubles in 1982.
Sobotta returned to the Univer
sity of Idaho to work toward a
masters degree in Sports Science,
concentrating on Sports
Psychology. While at Idaho she
was a graduate assistant in basket
ball in which she scouted talent
for recruitment.
After earning her M.S., she
began her search for a position in
coaching and teaching at the col
lege level. She chose Behrend after
receiving offers for Assistant
Coach from Columbia University,
University of Rochester, and
Arizona State, and head coach
from Yakima Valley Community
EAST ERIE ASSEMBLY OF GOD
2653 Saltsman Rd.
Erie, Pa.
Phone 899-5247
The Rev. Cliff Hamilton, Pastor*
Sunday 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Christian Education 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
ON CAMPUS WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS
Saturdays, 5:30 p.m.
R.U.B. Student Lounge
PENN STATE-BEHREND CAMPUS MINISTRY
•Participating Campus Ministry Office Clergy
SPORTS
ST. JAMES R.C. CHURCH
2635 Buffalo Road
Erie, Pa.
Phone 899-6178
The Rev. Robert W. Cohan, Pastor
Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:00
10:00,11:00 a.m.
12:15,5:00 p.m.
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
3306 South Street
Wesleyville, Pa.
Phone 899-3302
The Rev. George Schmidt, Pastor
Sunday 8:15 and 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
.Evening Fellowship 6:00 p.m.
BEHREND COLLEGiAN
College in Washington, Linfield
College in Oregon and Behrend.
She chose Behrend because she
feels it will give her a chance to
coach and teach physical educa
tion.
Sobotta feels women’s basket
ball in the east is becoming better
and she wants to be a part of it.
Sobotta has 11 women playing
basketball this season to build a
team for now and the future.
With three seniors, Mindy
Stasenko, Missy Stasenko and
Kathy Ott, the team looks promis
ing for this season.
Sobotta’s goal is to generate
more interest in women’s sports
here, build more solid teams for
the future, and build a good
recruiting program.
Earlier this year the
N.A.G.W.S. (National Associa
tion of Girls and Women’s
Sports) made a ruling, decreasing
the size of the basketball for the
women’s game.
The ball, one inch smaller in
circumference and lighter in
weight, will give the women’s
games more excitement. Since
women’s hands are usually
physically smaller, handling the
ball will be easier and shooting
percentages will increase.
Some feel it is a put-down to
women’s sports, like they can’t
play with the “big boys,” but ac
tually it isn’t. It is just a move to
help women come to the same
competitive level and have the
same enthusiasm as men’s sports.
The Women’s Basketball team is hard at work preparing themselves for
the coming basketball season.
Sobotta likes the new ball and
thinks this could lead to the
women’s own slam dunk.
The ladies begin their season on
Nov. 28 at Carlow College and
then home on the 30th and Dec. 1
for the Ramada Inn of Erie
Ladie’s Classic, featuring Buffalo
State, 21-6 in 1983, Seton Hill, 8-8
in 1983, Malon College, 16-10 in
1983 and the Lady Cubs.
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