OCTOBER 23, 1986
Collegian
PAGE . 6
Experience will be
- by Jacquie Anthony
Collegian Contributing Writer
With a new coach and only one
returning player, the 1986
Women's Tennis Team ended their
season with a 2-9 record. However,
Coach Karin Sobotta was not
disappointed in the team's
performance.
During their season, the team
played such top ranked teams as
Clarion University of Penn
sylvania, Canisius College of New
York, University of Buffalo, and
many others.
In their final match at the St.
John Fisher Cardinal Invitational,
the tennis team placed Bth with two
wins in doubles. The first doubles
match was won by Katie Phillips
and, Margie Suroviec over Wells
College of New York. Capturing
the second doubles win was Lisa
Hites and Jacquie Anthony over
Elmire College of New York.
The only returing member from
the "1985 team, Katie Phillips,
played number one singles. She's a
sophomore from Upper St. Clair
Bari. brings optimism to Behrend
by Shelli McClellan
Collegian Staff Writer
Micheal Bari, a newcomer to
Penn State-Behrend this year br
ings with him optimism for the
baseball team. Mr. Bari was an
undergraduate student and
baseball player at West Virginia
.Wesleyan College. He did his
"graduate work and coached at East
Strausburg before coming to
Behrend.
The baseball team had a short
fall :season that ended with a 1-1
record with a loss to Gannon.
Coach Bari found the season
"`disappointing, weather wise" but
he pointed out that the bad fall
Weather taught them patience.
` . :We learned to take the weather as
Practice begins for club volleyball team
by Sue Holmes
Collegian Sports Editor
Under the direction of Dr.
Robert Light, the Men's Club
Volleyball Team began practice on
-Oct. 7, with the expectations of
Continuing their tremendous
:success.
The Behrend Club Volleyball
Team is currently an associate
member in the Pennsylvania Con
ference of EIVA, (Eastern Inter
collegiate Volleyball Association)
and finished the 1986 season with
only one dual loss.
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High School in Pittsburgh. Playing
number two singles was sophomore
Shawn VanHees, known better as
"Stormy". She is from Ft. Meyers
High School in Florida.
Freshman Kathy Veazy played
number three singles. She
graduated from Sherwood High
School in Olney, Maryland. From
Jersey Shore High School, Kelly
McConnell, also a freshman,
played number four singles.
Margie Suroviec, a junior from
Ft. Leßouef High School in Water
ford, played number five singles.
And number six singles was played
by freshman Gail Brown from Mt.
Lebanon High School. Also from
Mt. Lebanon was freshman Amy
Springer. Freshman Lisa Hites
came from Northwestern High
School in Albion. And from
Uniontown High School came Jac
quie Anthony.
Playing first doubles were team
members Katie Phillips and Margie
Suroviec. Second doubles were
played by Kathy Veazy and Kelly
McConnell. And third doubles
teamates were Lisa Hites and Jac-
it comes." This will be helpful this
spring, Erie weather being what it
The new coach looks forward to
this spring. He says he is working
on attitudes. His goal is to make
the team competitive and to turn
the young team of mostly freshmen
and sophomores into a winning
team.
At present the team is working
inside on a weight program. After
that, they travel to Florida for a
baseball camp during spring break.
In this camp they will play other
northern teams who have come
south. The team will also travel to
West Virginia in early March
before beginning their 34 game
schedule this spring.
team was not eligible for cham
pionship play: however, they were
invited to the championships based
on their season record.
In dual meet competition the
club team was the only team in
their conference to defeat lUP and
they also captured first place at th
Allegheny College Tournament.
The team lost only one dual match
to very powerful Slippery Rock
University. Most of their non
division competition was from such
strong universities as Drexel,
Syracuse, Cornell and Columbia
which the Behrend team defeated.
On the basis of their excellent
showing the team is ranked third in
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the key for the 1987 tennis season
quie Anthony.
When asked to sum up the 1986
season, Coach Sobotta replied,
"The girls are now more experienc
ed. And because they are so .
dedicated to the team, the players
have improved their tennis skills
very much."
"Much of the credit for the im
provement in our team has to go to
Coach," said team member Lisa
Hites, "The time and patience she
put into teaching such an inex
perienced team can not go
unnoticed."
After twelve years of giving
private tennis lessons, Coach
Sobotta is extremely well qualified
to teach tennis here at Behrend
College. While she attended the
University of Idaho, Karin Sobotta
competed in intercollegiate sports
on a scholarship in Tennis and
Basketball.
Among her other credentials,
Coach Sobotta was an instructor at
the Four Star Tennis Academy at
Yale University and at the Univer
sity of Virginia. Presently, she
teaches tennis at the Westwood
Racquet Club.
Kathy Veazy expressed her feel
ings by saying, "I feel like I got a
lot of experience playing on the
tennis team this season. I got a lot
out of the practices we had and
generally improved my tennis
Togetherness is the key to success
by Sue Holmes
Collegian Sports Editor
Although the Lady Cubs ended
the 1985-86 season with an 8-17
record there were many highlights.
They won the Fredonia Invitational
Tournament and had close games
with nationally ranked Allegheny
College and with Division II Gan
non Univesity.
With six promising newcomers in
addition to five returning players
the Lady Cubs have fresh talent to
blend with experience. The
newcomers include five freshmen
and a senior while three seniors and
two sophomores return for a
challenging 1986-87 season. Coach
Sobotta said "We are entering the
season very optimistically, and our
goal is to be respectable in Division
111 of the NCAA, and be more than
just competitive-we want to winS"
The Lady Cubs success will de
pend on several factors coach
the East of club volleyball teams.
"That was not a bad showing for
the first season," said Coach
Light.
When asked why the Men's
Volleyball program was not a varsi
ty sport, Coach Light replied, "It is
a lack of space, we do not have
enough access to the gym to have
practice every day. It is difficult
skills. I also felt that Coach Sobot
ta knew exactly what she was talk
ing about in regards to tennis."
Coach Sobotta felt that the
season just went by too fast.
"There was not enough time to ac
complish all the things that we
wanted to accomplish," said
Sobotta. As a matter of fact,
Coach Sobotta did not officially
accept the coaching position until
late August, and with the tennis
season ending on October 10th,
there was not much time for Sobot
ta to organize and teach the team.
All the team members felt that
they learned a lot by playing tennis
at Behrend College. Kelly McCon
nell said she benefited most from
the rough practices when she com
mented, "The drill that was the
most beneficial to me was the
"killer" drill. (The drill involves
six balls hit by the coach anywhere
and everywhere.) We had to run
them all down and get them over
the net in bounds. And we were out
there until we hit all six in a row."
Next year, most of the players, if
not all, will be returning for the
1987 season. Coach Sobotta has
hopes that next season's more ex
perienced team will produce a win
ning record. She plans to begin
practice in early August to allow
the team more time to prepare for
the season.
Sobotta said "Early injuries (2
ankle surgeries and an appendec
tomy) slowed their progress
somewhat and a lot will depend on
how we adjust to the cir
cumstances. Each player must get
to know one another in order to
develope the necessary teamwork
to play good basketball."
Four returners played starting
roles a majority of the 1985-86
season and Sobotta feels that "The
experience of playing together will
definitely help. They are unselfish
players and they want to develope
togetherness." Key returners are
seniors Paula Skaggs and Sue
Holmes and Sobotta will be look
ing to both of them,for leadership.
Sobotta feels that the "1986-87
roster has depth too which will
create internal competition and will
lead to a well-balanced team.
Everyone has a role to play and
each player will make a
contribution."
scheduling practices and games
when both women's and men's
basketball and intramurals are in
progress." This is the second year
for the club volleyball team and
Coach Light feels that with an in
flux of freshmen volleyball players
and the experience of the returnees,
this year's team could do even bet
ter than last year's team.
Injuries plague volleyball team
by Dave Bruce
Collegian Staff Writer
While their record might not
prove it, the Behrend Women's
Volleyball Team is benefiting from
the caliber of the opponents they
have played.
The team's record is 12-17, but
they have just played such 'na
tionally ranked teams as Ohio Nor
thern and Western Maryland.
Coach Jan Wilson said that while
the record might suffer against
these opponents, "eventually the
team will learn, especially the
freshmen, and in the long run it
will help them."
This is not to say that the team
has not beaten any of the ranked
teams. They defeated Glasboro St.
of New Jersey, as well as Niagara
St., a Division I squad.
Coach Wilson believes that the
biggest problem this season has
been injuries. Both Michelle
Madison and Michele Williams
Benefit baseball game
by Dave Bruce
Collegian Staff Writer
The men's varsity baseball team
played an 100-inning game on Sun
day morning, October 11, to raise
money for a spring trip to Florida.
it is estimated that the team rais
ed about 52,000 for the trip, with
each player responsible for raising
pledges. The money will be placed
Intramurals underway
by Andy Seneta
Collegian Staff Writer
The Behrend Blue Book defines
Intramurals as, "The emphasis on
continuing opportunities for skill
development, competition, main
taining physical fitness, and recrea
tional enjoyment, regardless of sex
or skill level."
Behrend's Intramural program is
guided under the watchful eye of
Sarah Rose, the Athletic Trainer.
She says that flag football and golf
are in session currently and will be
for a few more weeks to come.
If a team is successful enough to
be crowned champions they receive
navy blue and white, Recreational
Sports T-Shirts, designed by Doug
Conley, a student who graduated
last year.
sports
1986-87 Tennis Team
broke their ankles, Erinn Benner
suffered a knee injury, and Julie
DiFrancisco fractured her arm.
This has caused Coach Wilson to
constantly make changes with the
line-up, and flexible players such as
Chris Zurkan have been extremely
valuable this season.
The team's most recent tri-match
resulted in a sweep over Canisius;
15-13, 15-13 and Mercyhurst; 15-7,
15-12, "It was an all-around team
effort," Wilson said.
As for individual play, Sue
Holmes is the team leader in kills
with 125, and Anne Hatton leads
the team in blocks with 25 and in
serving aces with 34.
Some of the team's future games
include the Fredonia Tournament
on Oct. 18, in which Behrend has
won for three consecutive years.
There will be a home tri-match on
Oct. 30 against Mercyhurst and
John Carrol University beginning
at 6:00.
into an account until the spring.
As for the game itself, which
lasted six hours, the players were
split between two teams; veterans
and rookies. Surprisingly, the
rookies defeated the veterans
21-14.
In order to speed up the game, a
pitching machine was used, and on
ly one strike, or two foul balls, con
stituted an out.
An upcoming intramural event is
the "Schick Superhoops" con
test,it is a three-man team contest
with head-to-head action spon
sored by-the Schick Corporation.
Sign-ups for the superhoops
competition started on Oct. 15 and
will be going on until Oct. 29.
There will be complimentary gifts
given by Schick to all who par
ticipate. Winners will advance to
regional play at Ohio State Univer
sity and if they succeed there, will
advance to a Cleveland Cavaler
halftime highlight game for the
finals.
To enter, you must have three
players on your squad and pay a
five dollar entry fee, which will be
refunded after your team ha•
shown up and participated.