Regional tourney to test lady stickers
ByBARB PARMER
Collegian Sports Writer
Not too long ago, Women Sports magazine rated the Penn
State field hockey team among the nation’s cream of the crop.
This weekend at Millersville, the women have a chance to
prove they deserve this top billing.
Sixteen of the best hockey squads in the mideastern area are
paired off for the three-day regional tournament tomorrow
through Saturday. For many hockey enthusiasts, the single
elimination regional event may well outclass the national title
tournament scheduled a week later at Madison College,
Harrisonburg, Va.
Long deemed the center of United States field hockey, the
mideastern region colleges continue to control the top of the
hockey pyramid.
This year, for the first time, colleges can compete their way
'hrough regionals and nationals as a team, as well as on an
individual basis as before And. many are predicting that the
rational championship will go to one of the Eastern
p.m erhouses playing in Millersville this weekend.
With all this talk going around, Penn State’s number four
-ceding entering the weekend event is certainly nothing to
-col! at
Here's how things will stack up for the'women when they
'.ike to the field on Thursday: Lock Haven] Penn State’s arch
i iv<jl. nailed down the number one spot [in the tournament
ratings, and will probably be the team to peat. If Penn State
makes it to the third round of the tourney, the stickwomen will
gel a chance to avenge a late season 2-0 loss to the Eaglettes.
\\ est Chester and Glassboro, the second and third seeds, are
m the oilier bracket. Either one of these t\yo squads will most
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likely get ;to the finals, barring any upsets in the lower
bracket.
In the first round of competition, the fourth-seeded Lady
Lions meet unseeded William Paterson. The New Jersey
squad compiled a 4-6-1 record during the regular season.
The really tough part of the tournament begins if the women
get by William Paterson in the opening round. Ursinus, the
fifth seeded team, should win over unseeded Montclair, thus
pitting them against Penn State once more this year.
In the regular season finale, Ursinus played an outstanding
game whili the Penn State stickwomen could not get their
offense intojaction. If the two squads should meet again, Penn
State is not planning to be on the losing end of a 5-2 count.
After winding all but one contest in the first part of the
season, the women finished the last four games against their
most potent opposition with an 0-3-1 record.
"Definitely after those three games, our morale is probably
at its lowest,” senior co-captain Deb Gorman said. “Things
really fell apart at Ursinus.”
Entering regionals with a clean slate once again, the Lady
Lions hope to get back in the winner's circle. A few surprises
may spark the Penn State offense back to life.
After starting the year by ripping the nets for 14 tallies in the
first six games, the attack has been held to just three goals in
the final four contests.
“The offense is working on a few things that will help our
scoring,” sophomore forward Chris Larson said. “Not scoring
is really frustrating. I know our not scoring is affecting the
way the defense is playing.”
Freshman Charlene Morett, high scorer with 10 goals,
junior Sue Ward and senior co-captian Susie McCoy have
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‘‘We have a new plan of attack for the tournament that I
think will prove to be very effective,” McCoy said. “We’re
rated number four, and we have to prove we’re number four."
If the offense finds the mark, the women know that they
have a strong defense that is able to protect a lead.
Until the Ursinus contest, the defense allowed the opposition
only an average of one goal per game.
Senior Goalie Debbie Hess js credited with three shutouts on
the year, and has been instrumental in keeping the women
close to their opponents in the late going of the season.
Fullbacks Sharon Duffey, Sue Ritter and Karen Bretherick
have consistently broken up plays in the striking circle.
“I think the main problem is marking in the circle,” Duffev
said of the defensive play. “We weren t marking our man in
the circle (against Ursinus). We hesitated, and when you
hesitate in hockey, you lose.”
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?Soccer bids?
Penn State's 4-2 soccer
victory over Temple
Friday night did more than
keep the Lions in the NCAA
tournament picture. It also
helped to rearrange the tri
state ratings and, as a
result, make the selection
of four Division I teams
from the region even more
uncertain.
Combined with a Penn
loss and a Bucknell tie over
the weekend, State’s win
has caused the NCAA
selection committee to
postpone its long-awaited
bids until Saturday. The
bids were to be announced
last night, but the past
weekend's unexpected
developments have given
this week’s games new
irrifrortance.
For example. Temple
was considered a shoo-in
for a bid before its Jeffrey
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against NYU at home this
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climbed a notch to sixth.
The situation involving
Delaware, tied with
Temple, and fifth-ranked
Bucknell is even more
involved. These two teams
begin play in the East
Coast Conference Western
Division playoffs this week,
with Delaware playing
Ridtr on a neutral field
tonight. Bucknell will then
face the winner of that
game on Saturday.
Bucknell's seemingly solid
post-season position was
weakened by a 0-0 weekend
tie with Lehigh
The Lions' game with
Pitt at Jeffrey Field on
Friday night has taken on
an added significance, as
that outcome will now be
considered by the selection
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