— LION’SEYE — February 7, 1992 a oo. 1st Row: Head Coach B. Wiley, J. Giamento, Asst. Coach L. Tosti, Asst. Coach T. Rayer; 2nd Row: J. Snyder, A. Stritzinger, G. Beaver, B. Justice, G. Branche; 3rd Row: G. Reichard, D. Inamer, M. Kaperna, M. Boebert are members of this season’s men’s basketball team. Men's Volleyball Team Starts Fresh By. Chuck Spector The first scrimmage of the season ~vas Sunday, February 2, here at Delco Campus. They played Cabrini, Rutgers and Widener. The official season starts at home on February 13 against Kutztown University. The Men's Volleyball team was formed very late in comparison to the league. The team is having practice Monday through Thursday in order to catch up to the other teams in the division which started much earlier. They are currently in two leagues, the EPCC, and the AMIV, which both have really good teams. If this year’s team is able to qualify for the finals they will end up playing Villanova University who is probably one of the best teams in the region. They have eliminated Delco’s team from the championship for the past three years in a row. Last year Delco maintained a record of 13-1 , with their only loss being against Villanova. So far the team consists of about twelve players; however, last year they only had half that number, which is why they lost to Villanova when one of the players got hurt during the game. “Our ultimate Photo by: Mary Matus problem is serving, but by mid season we should be about seventy percent of our strength, and we should finish strong,” said Coach Saba. He also feels that the EPCC will probably do a lot better because they have a really good returning player. “We have to keep solid and in focus and we will finish pretty good. I haven't had a losing season yet, so I don’t think we'll have one this year,” Coach Saba replied confidently. Sava has been coaching volleyball for a total of about eight years, and for the past three years he has been coaching alone here at Penn State. Many of the team players have never played volleyball before. “Some don’t have enough confidence in themselves yet, but they're maturing as players, and becoming very good. We're going to be a good team because we have the body, even though we don’t have the experience,” said the coach. The coach predicts to finish about 700%, which he feels is pretty good, since 500% is average. He is still very optimistic about this season since the team has talent, height, and power. By the time they get to the final tournament at Main Campus they should be ready to perform to the best of their abilities. : Get that ball over the net! Photo by: Diana Miceri Delco Lions B-Ball Coach Anticipates Winning Season By Roger Lee Men's basketball team head coach Bill Wiley thinks the team could win another championship title if the team keeps improving. In the Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference, in which all satellite campuses compete, the team has won three games and lost none. Overall, they have defeated nine teams and lost to three. The starting players are Danny Inemar as center, Geoff Beaver and Greg Branche as forwards, and John Sneider and Bruoyn Justice as guards. Two players who do especially well are John Sneider, who scores an average of 18 points per game, and Geoff Beaver, who scores an average of 16 points per game. The injured center Dave Myer is temporarily being replaced by Danny Inemar, but Wiley states, “Any one of those six can play, and we may use different combinations of those players, I'm not sure. But we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.” At the moment, there are 11 players on the roster, although Wiley’s ideal team would have 12 players. Despite the fact that four members of the team transferred to University Park Campus, and three transferred elsewhere, it appears there are always enough students that join the Lion's team. The coach made a plug for the Mele Basketball team: “These are a real good group of kids, and we have to work harder, Feb. 8 1:00 York A B : ; Feb. 11 800 Ogontz H and practice more, and if we keep Feb. 13 7:30 Mont Alto H improving, there’s no telling what Feb. 15 Noon Swarthmore H we can do.” For the rest of the Women’s Basketball season, the men will have three days ib 3 1 Lid. cc H of practice, play three games, and eb. : PONLZ H i bob 20 SIDA take one day off. The Lions are Feb. 15 Noon EP.C.C.Tourn. TBA looking forward to playing PSU ] Berks, who beat them at the last meeting. 1992 MEN'S VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE AMIV GAMES DATE DAY QPPONENT LOCATION TIME Feb. 13 R Kutztown Home 8:00 Feb. 20 R Berks Away 8:00 Feb. 22 S Mullenberg Home 2:00 Mar. 5 : + R Eastern Away 8:00 Mar. 18 W Cabrini Home 8:00 Mar. 25 WwW Lehigh Home 8:00 Mar. 30 M Northeastern Home 8:00 EPCC EXTRAMURAL LEAGUE Feb. 8 S EPCC Berks 11:00 Feb. 29 S EPCC Bucks CCC 11:00 Mar. 7 S EPCC Home 11:00 Mar. 28 S EPCC Tournament Northampton 11:00 April 11S CCAC Tournament University Park EPCC EXTRAMURAL LEAGUE PARTICIPANTS (South) Bucks CCC PSU Berks CC of Phila. PSU Delaware Montgomery CCC Reading ACC Coach: Robert Saba Athletic Director: ___Tiz Griffith
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