5 i i } f i 3 Page 8 — LION’SEYE — November 4, 1996 ®- SPORTS @ Hoopsters Shoot For Wins By Greg Jurkowski “We're going to be a small team, but a tough one. No one will want to play us,” Coach Bill Wiley said about this year’s upcoming season of men’s varsity basketball. This year’s team will be comprised of both returning and new players. Four players are returning from last season. Two are full-time starters: Chris Eggelston, who averaged 20+ points per game, and Steve Spinosa, who averaged 16 points per game last season. The other two are part-time starters Ben Craddock and Mike Pralle. Two new players that show much promise and could land starting spot on this year’s team are freshmen Ronnell Durante and 6' 8" Rich Wright. Some of the strong qualities of this year’s team are its strong backcourt depth and that it has three or four players who can shoot over zones. When asked which teams will be tough to beat this season, Coach Wiley mentioned PSU Abington and PSU York. Both teams had strong seasons last year and have quite a few players returning for this season. He also believes that PSU Wilkes-Barre and PSU Hazelton will put up a good fight, but won't be as tough to beat as Abington and York. The men’s team will host their first game against PSU Berks at 8pm on Dec. 3. All are encouraged to come out to the gym and cheer the team on to their first victory. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL DATE OPPONENT - TIME Nov 21 Phila. Bible College 7:00 Nov 23 Manor 1:00 Dec 03 PSU Berks 6:00 Dec 04 Northampton CC 7:00 Dec 07 Luzerne County CC 2:00 Jan 11 Phila. CC 2:00 Jan 14 PSU Ogontz 6:00 Jan 18 PSU Mont Alto 1:00 Jan 20 Manor - 6:00 Jan 22 PSU York’ 6:00 Jan 25 Northampton CC 6:00 Jan 27 PSU Berks 6:00 Jan 29 Luzerne CCC 6:00 Feb 01 Phila. CC 1:00 Feb 02 PSU Altoona 2:00 Feb 06 PSU Ogontz 6:00 Feb 08 PSU Mont Alto 1:00 Feb 15 EPCC Tournament TBA Feb 18 PSU York 7:00 Feb 23 = PCAA Tournament TBA Home Games In Bold Print. MEN'S BASKETBALL DATE OPPONENT TIME Dec 03 PSU Berks 8:00 Dec 07 PSU Hazleton 1:00 Jan 04 Delaware County CC 1:00 Jan 08 PSU Wilkes Barre 7:00 Jan 11 PSU Scranton 3:00 Jan 14 PSU Ogontz 6:00 Jan 18 PSU Mont Alto 3:00 Jan 22 PSU York 8:00 Jan 25 PSU Schuylkill 3:00 Jan 27 PSU Berks 8:00 Jan 29 PSU Hazleton 8:00 Feb 01 PSU Wilkes Barre 3:00 Feb 06 PSU Ogontz 8:00 Feb 08 PSU Mont Alto A300 Feb 11 PSU Scranton 7:00 Feb 15 PSU York" 3:00 Feb 17 PSU Schuylkill 7:00 Home Games In Bold Print. Human The men’s basketball team is working hard to improve on last year’s season. - Sophomore Ben Craddock drives in for a shot as his teammates look on. Photo by Greg Jurkowski It’s Intramural Time Again! By Amy A. Winnemore - With the fall intramurals wrapped up, it’s time to get in shape for the new activities going on now. Leading off are co-ed floor hockey and aerobics, which happen every Monday and Wednesday during the common hour. “It's a good way to interact with other students, and to let out energy,” says Cora Suratt (third semester Art major). Starting in the Spring semester are basketball, tennis, and outdoor hockey. Delco will also be having its own version of the Olympics. “We'll be playing soccer, European handball and some other sporting events,” explained Intramurals Coordinator Vinnie Serenci (fifth semester English major). All these activities will be co-ed and also open to any faculty or staff member brave enough to play against the students. For more information, stop in Room 136 on the first floor of the Commons Building. Volleyball Team Ended Season With A Vengence By JoAnne Johnson If you have been wondering what all that noise coming from the auxiliary gym is, it could be said that reconstruction was in progress...sort of. The Women’s Volleyball team has been on a quest to avenge their loss to PSU Hazleton in the Commonwealth College Athletic Conference semi- finals by reconstructing their team spirit and skills. The agenda: focus and beat DCCC and the Community College of Philadelphia to advance to the semi- finals of the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference. Then, at Philly’s home, the Delco team fought valiantly, only to fall to CCP in the end. But when faced with DCCC, they stepped up to the challenge by beating them with a vengeance, 15-7 and 15-5. “We played that game like every ~ game should be played,” commented Captain Bonnie Bracken. Even though they ended with a win that night, the ladies had their sights focused on CCP— but this time the fight would be at their house. The cheers of the crowd were barely audible over the insults and jeers being spit out by Philadelphia. Bonnie Bracken added, “In that game, we beat ourselves. It was all mental; we let them get to us.” The Lady Lions lost 15-11, and 15-7 in those matches. Luckily, Delco’s record was good enough to allow them to play DCCC in a best out of five semi-final game. The girls went into the games fired up, and actually won the first match. - ‘However, due to controversial calls, they were finally edged out, three games in a row, with only a few points separating a loss and a win. Cindi Rivera, team setter, commented, “I really don’t know what happened. We had the unity, we had the heart, we just didn’t have the plays.” “I's Showtime”: Freshman Fighter At Home In Ring By Margie Henry “I used to be little and I got beat up a lot,” Dave Stowell said with a smile when asked what sparked his desire to pursue an amateur boxing career. “I thought [boxing] would be the sport for me because it is only you out there and you learn to depend on yourself.” : The first semester Health & Development major nicknamed “Showtime” began boxing in his freshman year of high school. He competes about eleven times per year and was one of the featured boxers in Mainline Fight Night at Valley Forge on October 26. Stowell has only lost one match in the four years he has been competing. “My first match was wien] I was in tenth grade and I was terrified. I didn’t know how to deal with my fear and so I beat myself.” Dave Stowell, amateur boxer. a ———— reese oy ES Since then, Stowell said that one | of his greatest achievements in his ~ boxing career is that he has learned. how to control his nervous energy and make it work for him. To increase his confidence, he laughs, “I never go into a fight without my lucky underwear, which I forgot to wear in my first fight, and a picture of my girlfriend in my boot. I have English in my background and a knight would never go into battle without the favor of a lady.” Stowell earned his nickname because he is known to put on a good “show” and get the crowd cheering. Two of his biggest fans include his parents who “have always been supportive”. The walls of his mom’s beauty salon are decked with his numerous newspaper and magazine clippings, and his dad worked as one of the .coaches in his corner for the Mainline boxing = tournament. Stowell’s parents share his view that EE ———— ET TTT ET ee boxing is a true test of ability, skill, and conditioning and is “more of a’ work of art than a violent display of. brutality”. To stay in shape, Stowell trains two to five hours a day. His workout begins at 6:00 am with a four to six mile run. Following his classes here at the Penn State Delco campus, he resumes his routine with two hours of intense training at his boxing club, an hour and a half of weight lifting at the Y, and a thousand crunches to finish upiii Although Stowell does not plan to continue competitive boxing after he graduates, he feels that boxing not only has made him more physically fit, but also more mentally focused. “Boxing made me realize what I want to do in life. With a degree in kinesiology maybe I can be the strengthening and conditioning coach for the heavyweight champion of the §77 world!
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