Page 8 — LION’SEYE — February, 1991 Multi-Court Tennis Center Coming To Campus by Chuck Spector Penn State Delaware County Campus soon will be receiving a grant of $650,000 from the Ethel Smith Memorial Fund. This donation has been designated for building an outdoor, multi-court tennis center on the empty field between the Commons building and the Library. The total amount will be payed over a three year basis. Of thisamount, $ 600,000 will go directly to the court construction cost, and $25,000 per year for two years will be dedicated to the salary of maintaining a tennis court director. The Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Memorial Fund has awarded over six million dollars since it started in 1977. One previous award of $20,000 was dedicated in December of 1987 to our own Delaware + County Campus library. This money was used to buy such things as the gray art display panels, books on the theater, fine arts, and music, all of the compact disks, video tapes, CD players, and more. This generous gift is acknowledged by the plaque outside the library doors. Ethel Smith diedin 1975 atage of ninety. She was always involved with charities. Through her involvement with and financial support of causes, which ranged from children to the American Legion, she was known as an exceptionally caring and highly respected resident of Radnor Township, Delaware County. She was an avid lover of sports, especially tennis, and she was an outstanding player: herself. This was reflected in her active participation and dedication in helping young women play the game with good character and sportsmanship. : The Will of the late Ethel Smith set up the foundation specifically for community sharing “to promote the general public welfare” towards community needs in Delaware County. In addition, she desired for some of her money to support building tennis facilities for the community’s needs. Feelings toward the new campus tennis center are very hopeful and optimistic. Students are very excited about our campus’s future addition and are impatiently waiting to benefit from it. Faculty and staff’s sentiments are no different. “It will be a wonderful asset to our campus. There is no question, and we are thrilled about it, *’ said Tiz Griffith, campus Athletic Director. A date is not yet set to begin the project because the University and trust foundation lawyers are still reviewing the final technicalities of the contract, but the first payment will be received as soon as the final contract is signed. After the contractors break ground, the project should be finished within two or three months, and the Delaware County Campus of Penn State will gain yet another valuable asset. Libary the Commons building. Location of eight new tennis courts to be built between the library and All-Conference Players Named For Fall Sports Delco was honored recently when the following students gained the distinction of being named to All-Conference Teams for fall sports by the Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference. These outstanding athletes include: : Men’s Soccer: John Constantine (Lower Merion HS) Women’s Volleyball Kassy Gliem (Ridley HS) Baseball Brian Marshall (Archbishop Carrol HS) Also named “Coach of the Year” in Men’s Tennis was Tiz Griffith. An All-Conference Team was also named by the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference in which Delcoteamsalso play. Honored by this group were: Women’s Volleyball Kassy Gliem Anne Marie Stanley (Strath Haven HS) Baseball Brian Marshall Keith Berry (Springfield HS) In an outstanding achievement, Brian Marshall was also named to the State Baseball Team by the Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Conference. All these athletes brought honor to themselves and Delco by their outstanding performance during the fall season. MEN'S LA ECLUB Practice will start Monday, February 18. If you have not yet contacted the Coach, John Terrell please do so immediately. See him in 312G Main or call 399-3712 and leave a message. ahead. | Delco’s current tennis courts. Watch for eigh tnew ones in the months Photo by: DIANA MICERI Good Answers to Tough Questions About Delco’s Volleyball Team by Robert Cunningham How good is this year’s Delco Men’s Volleyball team? Who is the coach and how good does he think this year’s team is? Who are the players and how good do they think they are? When do they play and where? Hopefully by the time you're done reading this article you will have some idea about how good the Volleyball team is. Robert Saba is the returning coach of this year’s team. Some of the players include: Rob Mulloy, Bill Bolinas, Greg Runk, Bryan Byers, Tony Dintino, Rich Kulakowski, Sean Sutton, John Wertz, Rich Crystle, Steve Hunter, Eric Hatton, Bob Maxwell, and Bob Cunningham. When I interviewed Mr. Saba and some of the players, I asked them three questions. 1. What are your expectations for this year’s team? When I asked Coach Saba, he said “This year’s team is very good. We have a lot of able players.” Although we haven’t had a lot of practice time, this team has the potential to be one of the top teams in the league.” When Rob Mulloy was asked the same question, he said just two words, “League Champions.” 2. What makes this year’s team different from last year’s team? When I asked Coach Saba, he replied, “Lastyear’s team was more friends playing together than a volleyball team. Last year’s team loved to play!” When I asked Greg Runk the same question, his response was,” We don’t have a second setter, but we have a lot stronger middle.” 3. What, in your opinion, will make or break this year’s team? When asked, Coach Saba answered, “Attitude will make or break this year’s team. If we play as a team, then we will do well.” When I asked Bill Bolinas, this was his opinion. “The collisions of people’s attitudes.” The other two players, Greg Runk and Rob Mulloy, pretty much had the same response, although I prefer Mr. Runk’s words. “Three words: attitude, potential, and seriousness. If all our filled, we will take first!” I asked Coach Saba for a win-loss prediction for this year’s team. He predicted 8-4. The volleyball team plays in the main gym here at Penn State Delco. Check the schedule below for dates and times, and come out and support the Volleyball team! MEN’S VOLLEYBALL 1991 DATE DAY OPPONENT LOCATION TIME Feb. 4 Mon Cabrini College H 7:30pm Feb. 7 Thur Eastern College A 7:00pm Feb. 24 Sun Villanova & Berks (Trimatch) H 1:00pm Feb. 25 Mon University of Delaware H 7:00pm Feb. 27 Wed Swarthmore College H 7:00pm Mar 11 Mon Lehigh University H 7:30pm Mar 13 Wed Widener University H 7:30pm Mar 19 Tue Haverford College A 7:30pm Mar 25 Mon Temple University H 7:00pm Apr 1 Mon North Eastern H 7:00pm TBA LaSalle University H 7:00pm The strong defensive play shown here by Delco basketball players Greg Branche (44), Scott Smith (40), and Jason Newman (15) have helped the team toward its current record of 6-1 in the CCAC standings and 14-6 overall. The league play-offs will be the focus of the team in the next few weeks.
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