4—The Daily Collegian Friday, December 6, 1974
Fencers
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Penn State's fencing team
(0-0) travels to Maryland (2-0)
tomorrow for the Lions' first
intei 4 eollegiate match of the
season against a much im
proved Terrapin fencing
squad.
Maryland is coming off a
Wednesday night 15-12
conquest of John Hopkins
University. The Terrapins
had never before, beaten
Hopkins in the four years
Maryland has been fencing
competitively.
Howard Laßow is the num
ber one fencer on the
Maryland squad. The
sophomore is 5-1 overall this
year and won all three of his
epee matches Wednesday.
Senior Jim Seger is the num
ber two epee fencer and has
compiled a 5-0 record overall
this year. Seger also was vic-
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torious in his three matches
against Hopkins and along
with Laßow has lead the
Maryland epee fencers to a
seasonal record of 14-4.
Maryland is not as strong in
foil, winning 10 and dropping
eight so far. Ken Poyd leads
the foilsmen with a 5-1 mark.
Maryland relies on Jim
Phillips (4-1) to carry the load
in sabre. Phillips has a record
of-4-1 although the sabre team
was beaten by Hopkins 6-3.
The Terrapins were 9-3 last
year and placed second in the
Atlantic Coast Conference
championships behind North
Carolina. Maryland finished
23rd at last year's NCAA
Championships. -
Penn State coach Mac
Garret will carry 12 fencers
into tomorrow's match. The
Lions' strongest weapon
seems to be foil after a review
of last weekend's Penn State
Open Fencing Tournament.
John Corona, Ken Bohl and
Jeff Bukantz all placed high in
the foil competition.
The Lions defeated
Maryland last year 19-8 at
Penn State.
Brian Miller
Varsity status soon
V-ball club nears 'final' season
By DAVE BROWN
Collegian Sports Writer
Penn State's volleyball club opens its last season before
gaining varsity status when it travels to Pittsburgh for an
eight-team tournament Sunday.
Coach Tom Tait's team will have at least two tourneys
under its belt before a decision is reached on the._ 4 club's
proposal for volleyball to become a varsity sport. .
Robert J. Scannell, dean of PSU's Health, Physical
Education and Recreation Dept., outlined the three possible
alternatives under consideration:
a) The club would not be given varsity Altus.
b) The club would turn varsity next year for both the men's
and the women's teams.
c) The men would gain , varsity status this season, and the
women next year since their season has already been com
pleted.
Scannell said the college is leaning towards granting
volleyball varsity status.
"We're trying to figure out a way to put it in," Scannell said.
"Volleyball is an enthusiastic club that's been successful, and
it's extremely inexpensive.
NFL: OK Seattle
NEW YORK (AP) The
National Football Leagu.e
awarded its expansion Seattle
franchise yesterday to pack
of owners headed by
clothing magnate Lloyd W.
Nordstrom and gave the
Tampa franchise to a new one
attorney Hugh F.
Culverhouse.
The cost of each franchise,
the league's 27th and 28th,
was $l6 million. Each team
will begin play in 1976.
The league has not said
which team would be placed
in the American Conference
and which in the National
Conference.
Nordstrom, 64, is the i board
chairman of an eight-state
chain of apparel and shoe
stores. He will exercise
majority control of the Seattle
franchise, to be primarily a
family-owned club.
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The assignment of the
Tampa franchise to
Culverhouse was approved by
the league after Philadelphia
real estate developer, Tom
McCloskey, who had been
given ownership on Oct. 30,
bowed out.
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"But we're in a dilernma with the economic spiral. There's a
hesitancy to long term commitments. Can we afford 25 Varsity
sports, let alone 27 sports?"
Despite the administiation's dilemma in fitting another
sport into its tight athletic budget, the advantages volleyball
stands to gain far outweigh any monetary hassles. Prestige,
financial assistance, and most important of all, eligibility to
partiCipate in the NCAA playoffs make all the troubles worth
the effort.
Tait has that "reading between the lines," varsity status is
just around the corner for the men's volleyball team.
"We're at the point where the decision has pretty well been
made that volleyball will be a:.,varsity sport in the near
future," Tait said.
The decision should be reached before the Christmas break,
according to Scannell.
• But even if volleyball gains the status it has been seeking, it
will "not initially" afford the luxury of scholarships an
increasingly vital aspect to winning in college athletics.
"Realistically we can compete on an eastern basis without
scholarships, but nationally we can't compete year,in year out
without scholarships," Tait said. The 'Lion coach offered
teams like Ohio; State and Ball State who have greatly
enhanced their v-ball programs with scholarships.
Considering volleyball's place in the total athletic picture at
PSU, Tait's plan for aid to - needy athletes could prove feasible
in the next few years.
Recruiting's biggest advantage in Tait's words is to "get the
freshmen in for four years to teach them the Penn State style
and brand of play for four years." Most Lion players arrive
from various Commonwealth Campuses, and by the time
they've mastered the PSU system' they are ready to graduate.
Of the 1974 Nittany Lion squad, only three players senior
New style for Lion pucksters
Last year, Penn State's ice
hockey club was on its death
bed. Its symptoms were too
many animals on the ice, too
little playmaking, lack of fan
support, and a tough
schedule. As a result, a
,pessimistic attitude de
veloped and the club suf
fered through a 9-14-1 season.
They were placed on the
critical list, but the doctor in
charge, Coach Morris Kurtz,
i ts now beginning to nurse
Them back to health.
Kurtz solved part of the
problem by prescribing a new
style of • play, which he
describes as
playmaking and less
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fighting." Kurtz said the
stress is on position hockey
now, not gang hockey.
This new style is a learning
process, because most buys
are used to hacking," K.•rtz
said. As a result, Kurtz sa
may take some time for he
team to adapt.
Since,the club gets only, vo
hours of ice time a w! ,k,
Kurtz alsO instituted - - a
program of off ice con
ditioning. He will be counting
on it most when the team
travels to Philadelphia for
back-to-back games three
times this season.
The team is still well
stocked after last year's
Dave Kissinger, senior Dan Harslem, and junior Tom Hahn
joined the team as freshmen. Other starters with less ex
perience include Dave Evans and Dave Dicker (the team's
only two setters); and hitters Larry Wile, Stu Cohen, John
Phillips, and Jim Wittler.
Other players with a chance of earning a 'starting berth
before the season's over are Frank Guadognine, Jeff Morris,
Joe Tatrn (recovering from knee surgery);and Frank Agnew.
The '74 team should be tall with "good.hitting and blocking
power." The big question marks are the Lions' serving ability
and ability to receive the. opponents' serves. Execution of
receiving the serve and placing the first pass in proper
position for a spike are essential to Tait's multiple offense.
The graduation of two experienced servers (Gary
Strawbridge and - Don Tobin) should hurt considerably, but
Tait hopes that Evans can take over the job.
"Dave Evans has great experience and excellent hands."
Tait said. "It's a matter of whether he can take over the
leadership and keep the team under control."
Penn State's schedule is still being compiled but upcoming
attractions include the Akron tourney Dec. 14, the third annual
Nittany Lion Invitational Volleyball Tournament Jan. 26, and
the Eastern Playoffs slated for Rec Hall April 18-19.
Most of the matches are USVBA until Feb. 15, when the
Lions begin "strictly collegiate competition" with the
Catonsville Tourney.
The 1971-75 campaign appears to be an exciting one as the
Nittany Mns are on the verge of becoming eligible for the
NCAA finals. But possibly the team's most appealing virtue is
its most reknowned performer. That player is Jim Wittier. If
Wittier doesn't ring , a bell, the "Coke. Man" probably will.
With the crowd-pleasing antics of Mr. Wittier on its side, Penn
State volleyball should be a hit.
graduation, and has a return
of 13 back to the starting
lineup. Among them are
centers John Rothgaber, Bill
Proudman, Bob Finney and
Mike Giampapi, perhaps
the best skater on the team.
The tam is also quite
young; the majority are
freshman and sophomores,
and Kurtz hopes to develop
his team toward the future.
The team also has more depth
now. Last year, the team
counted on only two lines for
its production.
How well the team has
recovered will be tested
Sunday when they face off
against Bucknell 7:30 p.m. at
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the Ice Pavillion. Last year
Penn . State 'outclassed the
Bisons 8-3, but Bucknell has
also improved. Natdrally
Kurtz feels his team is better,
but he admits that the two
week layoff during term
break may hurt them.
"We have a developing
team, and each year it will be
getting better because of the
hockey fever in the
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
areas," Kurtz said:
"I "am looking for
progression this season,
something that doesn't
necessarily have to show up
on the won-lost record."
—Laurie Kardon