FEBRUARY-12, 1987
Collegian
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Gorniak and Holmes sink 1000 points each
University Relations
When she sank the two foul
shots that brought her career total
to 1,000 points during the Cubs'
January 23 clash with Gannon
University, Penn State-Behrend's
Sue Holmes reached one goal. Now
she's reaching for another.
"I want to break Behrend's
record for career points," said
Holmes, her brown eyes shining,
excited but defiant, during a recep
tion after the game. " I love winn
ing. I like setting goals for myself
and meeting them. And I hate to
lose. It's the worst thing in the
world."
Chances are Holmes, who has
slammed a total of 1,035 points
during her collegiate career so far,
will meet that second goal as she
continues to threaten former Cubs'
star Missy Stasenko's 1981-85
record of 1,057 points.
"She can do anything she puts
her mind to ," said Cubs Head
Coach Karin Sobotta, who's been
Holmes' mentor for both of the
senior's two years at Behrend
(Holmes transferred in 1985 after
spending two years at Penn State's
Shenango Valley campus). "Sue's
one of our most experienced and
most intense players. She's strong
on offense and is toughening up
her defensive moves."
Gorniak's dedication is key
by Angela Papaleo
Collegian Staff Writer
Every individual strives for
perfection, to break records and be
number one. This is the case with
senior Randy Gorniak, who scored
his thousandth point against Col
lege of Wooster in Ohio on
January 21.
Randy is a starting forward and
captain of the men's basketball
team. At 6'8",225 pounds, he leads
the team with an average of 20.8
points per game. According to the
NCAA News, Randy is ranked first
in Division 111 schools in rebounds
with 16.5 per game.
The win over Wooster was of
great excitement to everyone. And
although the breaking of the record
should have also been cause for
celebration, for Randy it was not as
great as it could have been. "No
one really checked the points up till
then", said Randy. "I was more
concerned with exceeding the re
bounding record wich stands at
1,002, I have 924 and 11 games
left". Fortunately he only needs
eight per game, therefore we
should see this event occur very
soon. But though his team did not
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"She's also a good motivator,"
continued Sobotta, now in her
third year as the team's leader.
"And she's got the ambition that
keeps the team working and work
ing right up until the clock runs
out."
That ambition keeps Holmes at
the top of the team's scoring pile
with a 12.3 ppg averge and has
earned her a spot among the Cubs'
most consistent rebounders with 7
rpg.
Despite her double-figure scor
ing, Holmes, who finished last
season at 14 ppg and 9.1 rpg, is still
below her peak performance. "I
think it's because I'm playing a dif
ferent role this year," she explain
ed. Now I'm . playing more of a for
ward. Last year I played center. It
makes a difference because I play
better inside than I do on a wing."
But Holmes still has her chances
to take the ball inside. During the
second half of the Cubs' 69-54 loss
to SUNY-Brockport earlier this
year, 33 racked up 22 points (20 of
them tallied in the second half) as
she went inside for the shots
against her taller opponents.
"I love to play inside against big
people. I guess it's because I'm
smaller than most people expect.
It's a challenge," she said. "I like
have anything planned for that
evening (because no one knew until
it happened) they did not let the
episode go unnoticed. After the
game against St. Vincent, Coach
Zimmerman presented him with a
game ball at a reception they had in
honor of his success.
Dedication is the key. Until this
past summer Randy never played in
an official league during the off
season, nor did he attend any
"We have to end up strong, we
can't let attitudes get in the way."
camps, unless it was to be a
counselor. His training consisted of
basically street ball with friends.
He received all his instruction from
older brothers, as he comes from a
family of 11 children which are
very athletic. The semester he was
ineligible he received many
to be challenged."
That love for a challenge has
been something Holmes has grown
up with since she spent her days
playing basketball in an unpaved
driveway in Hermitage, Pa. twelve
years ago.
"I started . shooting baskets in
sixth grade. I was always a tom
boy," she said, laughing. "All the
kids in my neighborhood were
boys. If I wanted to go out and
play with the kids, I'd have to do
things they wanted to do."
And one of the things they
wanted was to play basketball.
"We used to play in a neighbor's
barn. It would be 20 degrees out
side, bats would be flying around
inside, it' be 12 o'clock at night...
And there we'd be, playing basket
ball, scared stiff because the barn
was like 100 years old, with
wooden floors that creaked. What
a great place to play."
Now that her playing days are
almost over, Holmes, who has
reaped her share of honors at
Behrend—she's been named to the
Women's Keystone Conference
First Team and has received the
college's Cheryl Ramsdell-
Anderson Female Athlete of the
Year Award—is planning for her
years away from the court. "It's
trophied from is performance in
both the Millcreek league in Erie
and another in Ripley New York.
The two leagues he participated in
(4-5 nights a week) were with other
members Randy referred to as
"winners". They were very good
ball players and they taught him
how to deal with both success and
failure.
Randy's main goal toward the
team is both rebounding and scor
ing. But there is a great amount of
emphasis placed upon his leadersip
qualities. He feels it's more impor
tant to actually achieve what
they're striving for than just to sit
back and talk about it. With his
height and ability combination,
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"Right now, the people that
come to our games, they mean a
lot. It makes me feel really good
when people come up to us after a
game and say `That was great.
When's your next one?' it shows
they believe in us. That helps us
believe in us, too."
there is a lot expected of Randy.
Sometimes this pressure causes him
to make mistakes. The team's
record is now 7-11. "The biggest
problem I've seen since I've been
here is we've never had the same
team at the end of the season as we
started out with," he regrest. This
is unfortunate and causes the in
ability to maintain confidence as a
whole. This plus the added disad
vantage that some players only see
Behrend as a two year school. It
makes it difficult to build up a
team that is comfortable playing
with each other and that familiarity
you obtain after being out on the
court with the same people for four
years.
When asked about his plans
upon graduation Randy replied, "
As far as incorporating basketball
into my career, well that has yet to
be decided. I'd like to go overseas
and play. I'd love to go for both
the sport and the travel."
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sad. When I first started, four
years seemed like forever. Four
years are a long time when you're a
freshman. And here they are,
almost over."
Because she wants "to make
some changes," Holmes, a com
munications major, hopes to
become a sports information direc
tor or an athletic director at a Divi
sion II or Division 111 school after
she graduates this spring. She's
currently gaining the experience
she'll need on the job as an intern
in Behrend's sports information
office.
"As an athlete, I see a lot of
things happening that I don't like.
Not enough attention is paid to
women's sports. The sports writers
are coming around, but it's taking
people too long to realize that we
can play ball. That not just men
have exciting games. I'd like to be
in a position to get people out here
for our games, so they could see
what I mean."
Soccer moves inside
by Sean Weaver
Collegian Staff Writer
Although green grass and warm
temperatures are few and . far bet
ween, the Penn State-Behrend
men's soccer team begins prepara
tion for their up and coming
season. The preseason indoor soc
cer competition has been an impor
tant part of training for the team in
the past and continues to do so dur
ing the off season.
As the team competes at indoor
matches some adaptations were
made in the new and different play
ing atmosphere. The team, for the
most part, will be playing on
regular baketball courts. The hard
floor surface and walls as fair ter
ritory gives the team , a quick-mov
ing game and an. opportunity- to-im—
.prove their skills of quick response
and agility. The goals range in size
anywhere from five feet in width by
ten feet in length to seven feet wide
by twelve feet long. In some cases
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this means a more accurate type of
scoring due to the smaller goal
area.
"It forces players to work under
pressure..."says coach Herb Lauf
fer,"...after they adapt to that in
door pressure, they will return to
the regular sized field and learn to
utilize the space they're given and
make it work to their advantage."
The entire team will participate
in the indoor training preseason.
On Feb. 20-21 the team travels to
the Sewickley Indoor Sports
Fitness Center in which 16 teams
will participate. On March 14 the
Cubs move on to Grove City Col
lege to vie at another indoor match.
Coach Lauffer says he hopes to get
inanother indoor match before the
regular. season begins.
So until the green grass shows
and the sun burns warm, look for
the men's soccer team indoors im
proving and preparing for their
spring schedule.
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