Lion hooters sharing football Penn State is a football power with a good soccer team; or is it a soccer power with a good football team? Parts of both statements are needed for a clear picture of the two fall sports. The Lions have dominated Eastern football the past decade, appearing in, five bowls in six years. The boaters, likewise, have been very successfull, garnering three consecutive NCAA playoff bids. The only other school to have both its soccer and football teams ranked in the top 20 last year was,UCLA. The Lion booters held down the sixth spot PSU Ice Hockey Club First Meeting Tuesday Sept. 11 7:30 p.m. HUB Assembly Room fhe Penn State Ice Hockey Club has a division for all hockey players : and enthusiasts. Come out to the _first meeting and see. Our skillful haircutters scissor the shag to create a tumble of waves. Update last year's shag into'a short cut, a.midi or even a fashionable page. Haircut Body Perm Special MON • TUES • WED SAVINGS BASIC CUT 2.50 • SHAMPOO-SET 3.00 Slylts! price% ,11,;htly higher Re ci 7 A BEAUTY SALON Nittany Mall, State College 238-2555 in the final Intercollegiate Soccer Foottiall The winning atmosphere generated at Association poll while the gridders found Beaver Stadium drifted over to Jeffrey themselves 10th in the Associated Press Field; the booters new home named after rankings. Bill Jeffrey, a successful coach who guided Soccer at Penn State always hasn't been the Lion teams from 1926-1952. in the limelight. Just ask any of the seniors After two straight NCAA • bids, soccer on the squad. When they arrived as came out of hiding last year. Penn State freshmen in 1970, they inherited a team that spotlighted the sport by scheduling five went 3-6. The year before that it was 0-6-3. home games at night under the Jeffrey "Every win was a surprise," winger Field lights. Attendance averaged 4,200 with Jimmy Startzell recalled. That season was the top crowd of 6,200 witnessing the Lions full of surprises, because Herb Schmidt first win over Army in 14 years. coached his squad to a 9-3 log and Penn Now that soccer has attained the label of a State's first NCAA playoff appearance. winner, anything short of a victory isn't The Daily Collegian Fall Sports Preview Monday, September 10, 1973-19 limelight accepted. Even a tie is no good to some diehard soccer fans. "Ties are really depressing," Startzell said. "You feel you've wasted your The acceptance of soccer at Penn State is part of a wave that is sweeping the country. The Philadelphia Atoms, champs of the North American Soccer League, had several games this summer where they drew 16,000 fans through the turnstiles. "I think soccer is here to stay," Startzell predicted. —Mark Simenson
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