|k I ta everybody 0 help 1 their
|\ I pTTp KQ games out. They’re not
I \| V I competition-ready players.
“We are all working Hard to
■ I improve our team down the
I line,” Maurtua explained.
|"And the coach is really
working hard.”
When Maurtua talks about
“down the line” he: talks
tjOWN about the Lion’s depth beyond
W w ■ ■ him and Bortner. Bortner and
Maurtua are respected t>y the
« I I ■ / Eastern schools but’there is a
IM CX II [I frJ drop : off after the seasoned
LI I W 111 I W veterans.
• "Down the line” for the
ByGORDENBLAIN netters are number
Collegian Sports Writer three player Jack Cobetto,
Penn State’s tennis team's.---freshmen Mark Darby and
weakness "down the line” has Ken Metrick and juniors Sam
caught up with them but may Schwartz and Jim Howell,
not hurt theireffort tomorrow Cobetto is a freshman and is a
at Rochester. surprise. Maurtua gives
After opening with wins
over Georgetown and George
Washington, the Lions ran
into overmatched teams from
Maryland and Columbia.
Only Penn State's two top
netters. Jan Bortner and
Miguel Maurtua, were able to
pull off singles wins in the two
losses.
"We don't have the team to
win against good, tough
teams," number two singles
player Maurtua said. “Our
weakness dovi the line is our
basic problem the way I see
Maurtua §nd Bortner each
compiled a 12-4 singles record
during a 10-6 record last year.
They teamed to win the
easiern doubles cham
pionship.
Maurtua is a junior from
Lima. Reru and is finding the
going tough already
it s really disappointing."
Maurtua said. ‘‘There’s a lot
ot pressure on Jan and me to
win and we-do. but the team
loses Everybody has to win
for us to win the match.
“I had a really tough
match." the veteran said
referring to Columbia's 9-0
whitewashing. “And against
Maryland it didn't mean
any thing to me to win because
everybpdv else lost. It gets
me really depressed."
The problem of learn depth
may take away frona-.the play
of Bortner and Maurtua
because their practice time
against each other is limited.
“Last year we practiced all
the time," Maurtua said.
“This year we hardly prac
tice together. We play
Cobetto a chance against the
powerful Ivy League teams
like Pennsylvania . and
Princeton.
“If we play tough teams
like Columbia we might win
some points, Jan and myself
and maybe number three but
after that any good team we
won't be winning jthose
points,” Maurtua said. !
Maurtua called Rochester a
lot better than Georgetown
and George Washington, and
said they won’t blow them out
like they did the last two
years. - j
Maurtua added that‘Penn
State is not “that far behind
Columbia'' as the' 9-ft
smashing they gave the Lion
netters might indicate.
“The thing is they' Just
outmatched us in every
position. I didn't .expect
anymore than two or;three
points at the most,” Msiurtua
said. “Bunis (Bortnerls op
ponent from. Columbia) is the
best in the East".
"We just couldn't pull the
close ones," Maurtua added. 1
went to a tie breaker and 1
could have won but 1 had
really bad luck."
Penn State might be having
trouble against the tough
Schedule they play this year
but the Lions have ; more
problems next year when
they lose one of the top
players in the East in Jan
Borlner. • !
“The team is changing.
Next year will be • very
crucial.” Maurtua said! "It's
really hard to say but it
depends on how good the
coach is going to rdcruit.”
Nittany Relays to feature 44 teams
By DAVE BROWN
f ollegian Sports Writer
Many of the top, trackmen in the East will converge on
Beaver Stadium today and tomorrow to compete in the fourth
annual Nittany Lion Relays,. ’
I The two-day meet, which' feature's twelve defending in
dividual champions, is the premier attraction of Penn State’s
1975 home track schedule.
I “It’s a big meet,” said Harry Groves, PSU track coach and
meet director. “It’s a meet for everyone, but by and large it’s
an intercollegiate meet.”
The Nittany Lion Relays provide not only a high caliber of
competition for men’s and women’s teams (44 in all) in the
open events, but competition for joggers, intramural relay
teams, and persons over 40 years old.
'The Penn State track team took five first place finishes in
last weekend’s Colonial Relays in Williamsburg, Va. and
should be in the thick of things again this weekend. Four Lion
performers. Bill Gifford, Knut Hjeltnes, Mike Sands, and
Mike Shine, copped titles and set records in this meet last year
. and will be back to defend their crowns.
In the past few years the Nittany Lion Relays tended to be
rather wearisome for the spectators since Saturday’s session
;was overly-long. But this year Groves is trying to ac
commodate the area’s track fans by moving some of the top
! attractions to this afternoon to lessen tomorrow’s load.
i Today’s, outstanding events include the 440 intermediate
! hurdles, the distance medley relay, and the six mile.
: The distance medley relay should be one of the best races of
! the entire meet. It’s the.only relay race held today so all the
; teams will be fresh for it. Plus a host of talented teams are
Track gals 'to see what's
By BARB PARMER
Collegian Sports Writer
After trounoing Maryland, 72-36, in their varisty debut
Tuesday, the Penn State trackwomen prepare for a weekend
of running and field events when they compete in the Nittany
Lion Relays held at Beaver Stadium.
The Lady Lions found the going easier than they expected
against the Terrapins in their opening meet as a varsity team.
“I think we could have done with a little more competi
tion,” Penn State coach Chris Brooks said. “I think the
girls at least have a little confidence in the tact that it was
obvious they were in better condition than the Maryland
girls."
The women took seven of 13 first places and swept the
second and third spots in each individual event in which they
did not place first.
The 880-yd. medley proved to be the most outstanding event
of the day, with Lee Ann Plesser, Pat Daley, Carolyn Wem
stedt and Karen Johnson teamirig for a new Penn State
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entered. The Philadelphia Pioneers (led.by sub-four-minute
miler Reggie McAfee), Cornell, Villanova (the defending
champ), Essex Community College, and Penn State are the
leading contenders.
In the intermediate hurdles, it looks like a-battle between
PSU’s Mike Shine and Villanova’s Greg Eckman, one of the
nation’s top ranked junior (19 and under) hurdlers last year.
Shine won both the 120 higfi hurdles and the 440 intermediate
hurdles in last year’s meet. Shine, an All-America hurdler,
tuned up for this meet by breaking his own intermediate
hurdles record last weekend in Virginia.
The decathlon starts at 3:15 p.m. today with the 100-mgfer
dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, and 400-meter run. It
will conclude tomorrow morning with the 110-meter hurdles,
discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1500-meter run.
. Slippery Rock’s Bill Fletcher is the man to beat in the
decathlon, but he could be challenged by Rochester’s Robert
Ryan, Brockport State’s Mark Line Weaver, or the Lions’
Mark Bilyk (who was fourth in the IC4A’s last year).
The shot put competition begins at 11 a.m. tomorrow with
defending champion Dave Doupe of Cornell heading the pack
of entries. Doupe won the outstanding field performer Sward
in last year’s meet on the strength of his. meet record heave of
59-7. Nittany Lion Knut Hjeltnes, who set a PSU record with
his put of 59-5 last weekend in the. Colonial Relays, should
make his presence felt.
An awesome array of talent will compete in the javelin,
which starts at noon tomorrow. Dave Weiss 6f the
Philadelphia Pioneers is the defending champ in
but he should receive stiff challenges from George Kouvolo,
the 1973 javelin champ and meet record-holder, and Greg
'record, 1:54.7. Johnson, running the 440-ya. leg of the event,
took the baton 30 yards behind her Maryland opponent. Three
yards short of the finish line, Johnson overtook the Terrapin
runner nabbing first place in record-breaking time.
Three other Penn State records were set in the meet. Daley
captured first place in the hi|h jump, clearing the bar at a
record 5-4. In the javelin throwing contest, Chris Landis (93-
7'-) and Laurie Brilla (92-11) took first and second, respec
tively, smashing the old Penn State mark of 77-4 1 •:. In the 440-
; yd. event, Johnson broke the tape at 61.1, four tenths of a
: second better than the previous mark.
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Geraci, who has thrown over 270-feet for the Bruce Track
Club. Weiss’ winning toss last year was 245-8.
In the two-mile relay set for 1:15 p.m., Cornell stacks up as
the favorite.
Cornell’s quartet set a meet record and Beaver Stadium
record with a 7:24.2 last year, but could be pressed by any one
of the meet’s strong relay entries.
In ;the invitational 100 slated for 1:40 p.m., PSU’s Mike
Sands, who won the meet last year with a 9.6, and Essex’ Fred
Brown are the best bets. 3
From 2:35 p.m. until 5:10 p.m. the relays will take over.
There will be relays in the shuttle hurdle, 440-yard, sprint
medley, 4-mile, 880-yard, and one mile.
The relays, which feature the cream of the meet’s talented
crop, should be the highlight of tomorrow’s action.
“There’s some great individual events, but the athletes and
coaches tend to rely on the relays (in this meet) since after the
Penn Relays (April 25) there’s no place to run them,” Groves
said. “They’reallgoodrelays.”
Several of the nation’s top relay times were recorded in last
yearls meet. Allegheny Community College broke the nationqj
junior college record in the four-mile, but finished second to
the Philadelphia Track Club. Essex Community College set
meet records and Beaver Stadium records in the 880, mile,
and sprint medley relays.
Penn State is the defending champion in the 440 relay and
shuttle hurdle relay.
Groves said he expects the Pioneers, Cornell, Villanova,
Essex and PSU tohave some “stomping relays."
Groves summed up the meet: “There, are some exciting
type of relays and some specialists, but we need the weather. “
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In the Nittany Lionj Relays. starting at 3:00 Friday at
ternoOn. Brooks is looking for more Penn State records to be
broken because of the hjgh caliber of competition.
Featured in the field of about 20 teams will be two Canadian
women,. Louise Walker and Susan Bradley. Walker, a high
jumper from the Toronto Track Club, cleared 6-0. only three
and a half inches short of the world record.
Of the Penn State women entered in the contest. Brooks
said. "We’ve just got to realize that here we have world class
competition. This is a good chance to see what's going on in
the world of women's track."
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