PENN STATE, HARRISBURG,
LADY LIONS TAKE THE COURT
By Bernie Mixon and Kathy Kirkpatrick
Since the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, volleyball has taken the
country by storm. Previously a "West Coast" phenomenon, volleyball is
becoming popular in East Coast colleges. Teams are sprouting up in
numbers. This is the case at Penn State, Harrisburg.
Members of the women's varsity volleyball team are: Becky
Aaron, Kim Ahner, Theresa Berezansky, Selma Chehouri, Su Gibson,
Eileen Heckman, Kathy Kirkpatrick, and Stephanie Thomas. The women
practice on Mondays and Tuesdays from 8:00-10:00 p.m. The practices
consist of refining all aspects of the game.
The Penn State, Harrisburg, women's volleyball team is presently
ranked fourth in their conference. The volleyball team was invited to
participate in the Keystone Area Conference Tournament on October 24 in
Wilmington, Delaware. This is the Lady Lions' last match of the season.
Photo by Kyle Weaver
Women's Volleyball team. From Left, Su Gibson, Kathy Kirkpatrick, Kim
Ahner, Eileen Heckman, Theresa Berezansky, Stephanie Thomas, Selma
Chehouri at top, and Coach Dave Hume at bottom.
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~,..1.9137 Penn State Harrisburg Soccer Team before a game with Cabrini College. Penn State won the game 1-0.
ital Times
Soccer Team Praised
for Season Effort
By Cindi Greenawalt
The 1987 regular soccer season
is nearing an end. Following the victory
over York on October 19, the team's
record was four wins and four losses.
After two years as a club, the
team received National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) status.
Under the tutelage of new head coach
David Edu, former University Park
soccer player, and assistant coach Ed
Trunk, professor of mechanical
engineering, the team anticipates
winning the Keystone Athletic
Conference championship.
"The team's improvement needs
to be commended," said Edu. Their
training started late in the season and
there wasn't enough time to prepare
them before the season started. At their
level of play right now, Edu feels they
can beat any other team in the league.
"David is trying to instill in
them a high level attitude," said Duane
Crider, coordinator of athletics and
recreation operations. "Their visual and
mental image of themselves has to be
high. Think you are the best and you
will have a tendency to be much better
than you normally would be. That is
what David is accomplishing on the field
and that could be seen on Saturday
[October 10]," said Crider.
Saturday the team defeated
Cabrini (1-0), last year's district and area
champions who went into regional
playoffs, according to Crider. It was the
realization of one of the team's goals for
the season, not only because they were
defending champions, but because of
unsportsmanlike conduct and rough play
last year, said Team Captain Kim Mazar.
"At least we won with some class," he
said.
Mother team goal is to have a
winning season, the first in six or seven
years, according to Mazur. Their
schedule includes two more games.
"Those two games will
determine whether or not they go on to
the Keystone playoffs and at what level
they advance," said Crider. If they win
the Keystone tournament, they will
advance to the NAIA District 19
tournament in Milwaukee. That is one
of Edu's goals for the team.
Another of Edu's goals, to have
an undefeated season, could have been
realized if they had worked together at
the beginning of the season. Starting
three weeks into the regular season, Edu
said the team was not prepared for
Dickinson and Easton, both four year
schools with recruiting and scholarship
programs. An early loss to Valley
Forge was because of a confidence
problem. "They should have beaten
them," said Edu. The Gallaudet team of
hearing impaired men had an effect on
the team. "The handicapped situation
created problems, and Gallaudet used it
to their advantage," said Edu.
Had their training started on
time, Edu said the team would be
undefeated. On a scale of 1 to 10, Edu
rates them at eight, which is high
praise from a coach who holds his praise
until the end of the season.
When he accepted the coaching
position, he expected to work on
strategy, assuming the players were
familiar with the game. Finding some
who had never played before or who
started playing in college, he had to
concentrate on individual skills, basic
moves, plays, trapping and kicking the
ball.
Edu expects 110 percent from
each man every time he goes out to play
and he said he's getting it. "If there's a
weak link or a morale problem, it can
influence the rest. Everyone is everyone
else's keeper."
"The team has come a long
way," said Edu. "Credit goes to the
veterans for holding up the offensive and
defensive part of the team. Trunk and
Crider deserve a lot of credit for their
support and help in all aspects of the
program."
"The team has a nice
personality,:" said Crider. "Our soccer
team is an example of a nice team to
follow throughout the season. If you
see a contest, it'll be exciting and
interesting."
"We enjoy playing soccer," said
Mazur. "We can get serious when it's
time to be serious, but we're out there to
have fun; we're out there to play soccer."
Oct. 30 1987
Photo by Jan Travers