NMI
Women's volleyball
The 1982 women's
volleyball team was
under the direction of a
new head coach this
year. In his first year at
the helm of the women's
volleyball team, COach
Bruce Young led the
team to a 6-10 record.
The team got off to a
slow start, with a record
of 2-10. After the team
got rolling they won their
last 4 matches to finish
the season at 6-10. "I at
tribute the slow start to
two factors. This was my
first year coaching a
women's team, and it
took me a while to adjust
to the situation. I'm sure
that I made some errors
that contributed to the
sluggish start. Secondly,
only two players had
ever played volleyball
before, and there were
no returning varsity
players to take charge of
the team."
Men's
This year's men's
volleyball team finished
with an overall record of
10-7, and a 3rd place
finish in the Com
monwealth Campus
Athletic Conference,
behind New Kensington
and York.
The team got off to a
slow start, since there
were no p ayers return
ing from last year's
team. An i ther problem
that had to be overcome
was the 1. ck of playing
experienc : among the
team. All, nine players
were totally_new to the
game of volleyball,
never having - played
competitively before.
But the players were
able to develop the
necessary skills quickly
enough to hold their own
against many more ex
perienced teams. "All in
all, this year's team was
the most well balanced
team that we have had.
There were no players
who were far superior to
the others. Everyone
was able to contribute to
a total team effort,"
commented head mentor
Bruce Young.
"The two main
As one of the two
players with , any
volleyball experience,
Captain Yvonne Cormier
was the team leader on
the court. Her ag
gressive play kept the
team alive in many
games. Andrea Koretz,
the other experienced
player, was also in
strumental in the team's
performance. Andrea
was the steadiest, most
reliable player on the
team. She rarely made
mistakes on the court,
and her performance
helped to steady the
team during the games.
Members of this year's
team who will be back to
lead next year's team
are: Andrea Koretz,
Anne Martino, and Wen
dy Wertz. "With these
three players coming
back, we will have the
nucleus for a very good
team."
Volleyball
highlights of our season
would have to include the
match we played against
the University of Penn
sylvania. To be playing a
school of this caliber was
something that played on
the minds of our men. We
lost the first game 15-0,
but came off the court
realizing that Penn was
not a team of supermen.
In the second game, our
men regained their com
posure and played very
well. We had a 12-10 lead,
but Penn. proved a little
too strong, and we lost
15-12. Even though we
lost the match, I think
our guys realized that
they were capable of
playing well when they
put their minds to it."
The second highlight
would have to be in the
CCAC Tournament
match with New Kens-
ington, the eventual
overall champion. In a
total of 24 games played
that day by New Kens
ington, Hazleton was the
only team to defeat
them. New Kensington
ended the day with a first,
place finish and a 13-1
record.
"Although finishing
3rd in the CCAC, we did
place one player on the
All-Conference Team.
This player, Dave
Schultz, was a valuable
asset to the team all
season, and was the best
all around player that we
had. He was one of our
main spikers, a secon
dary setter, and also a
good defensive player."
"As a final comment,
I'd just like to say that I
was well pleased with the
performance of this
year's team. Considering
the level at which we
started on the first day of
practice, and the level of
performance that we
ended with, after just 10
weeks of playing the
sport, I feel that our
team members deserve
a lot of credit. Their im
provement is a credit to
their ability as athletes."
Members of this year's
squad were sophomores
Dave Albright (captain),
Joe Curto, Greg Fortna,
Brent Kreider, Scott
Monticello, and Dave
Schultz. Freshmen
members were Craig
Murray, Will Robertson,
and Jim Schmitz.
Compendium 6
Basketball
The Varsity Basketball
team at Hazleton had an
excellent season. They
qualified for the playoffs
for: the. first time since
1954. Tl)e team won the
Higkagris Holiday
Clasik 65-52 over
Delaware. They were in
vited to play the Mount
St. Mary's Tip-Off Tour
nament in Newburgh,
N.Y., where they lost, to
Taylor College of New
York City, 81-71, and won
over Columbia-Green
Community College of
Hudson, N.Y., 81-73.
Their overall record was
16 wins and 10 losses.
Tom Caccese was the
head coach for his ninth
year.
Jim Donlan (5'10"
new record for the most
points scored in one
season 558 points, top
ping Paul DeAngelo's
1978-79 record of 541.
Team captain, Lenny
Kott, (6'l" from Marian
H.S. ), made 734 career
points, which is second
place on the all-time
career scoring list
behind Greg Slusser's
1975-77 record of 804.
Other Varsity Basket
ball players , include
sophomores Brad Guise,
Mike . Jones, Mark
Kolbush, and Steve
Markle; and freshmen
Mark Brennan, Bob
Dressler, Kevin Mann,
Frank McMahon, Mike
Renninger and Will
Robertson.