Stickers fall in
By BARB PARMER
Collegian Sports Writer
Post season play for many it is the battle for the pot of 1
gold at the end of the rainbow. 1
Clinching a national title is the ultimate dream of every
player and coach. Since the early, days of sport, teams have
fought it out on the gridiron, on the court, or on the field for a!
place in the national limelight:
For women’s field hockey, however, teams had little to look
forward to after the final game of the season. All post season'
honors were lauded on an individual basis. The best team of 11;
players gainedWnimal recognition on anational level.
But, all of that changed this year with the introduction of
regional and national tournaments on a team basis. Now
coaches can choose to go the individual Or team route for
national recognition.
Penn State was one of several teams opting to enter post
season play as a team.
“I think the concept of it (a team tournament) is great
because I think very firmly that hockey is a team sport,” Penn
State coach Gillian Rattray said. “This is a culmination of a
season’s work together.” \
The women entered the regional event in mid-November
seeded fourth in a field of sixteen teams. Two goals from
freshman forward Charlene Morett and one goal each from
senior co-captain Susie McCoy and sophomore forward Chris
Larson led the women to a 4-0 first round victory over jVilliam
Injuries take toll
on NFL teams
The National Football League regular season still has
ihree weeks to go, raising the possibility of all kinds of
new injuries to be tacked onto one of the longest lists of
disabled players in professional football history.
At the moment, there are 151 players onjthe NFL’s
injured reserve list, very close to the most ever in the
league's 56-year history. At least one team, the Kansas
City Chiefs, has so many players on injured reserve that it
has slopped adding to the list and is merely playing out
the schedule with as many healthy' bodies [as can be
assembled each week. 1
For example, Kansas City’s active roster for Sunday’s
game against San Diego will include! quarterback Mike
Livingston and cornerback Jim Marsalis, botli out for the
year with knee surgery.
Actually, the Chiefs will probably have no more than3s
or 36 players physically able to play against the Chargers.
The hesitancy to add players to the injured reserve list
can be traced to the NFL’s stocking plan for its new
Tampa and Seattle franchises. Teams will'be allowed to
protect only three players from reserve listsj and team£
out of the playoff running, like the Chiefs. are probably"
better off leaving injured players on the active roster
where they at least can be placed off-limits|to the new
teams.
Kansas City leads the NFL in one respect with 11
players on injured reserve including wide receiver Otis
Taylor, defensive end Marvin Upshaw, guard Ed Budde
and rookie quarterback Mike Nott. Since the start of
training camp 15 different players have beemused at left
guard for the Chiefs. The position has been as dangerous
as a mine field.
Coach Paul Wiggin greets visitors to the Chiefs’ camp
with a hearty, “Welcome to Medical Center.”
The Chiefs’ secondary Sunday will include Jim Lynch,
listed on your scorecard as a linebacker but filling in for
Marsalis. Players out of position is nothing new for the
Chiefs this year.
Things got so bad last week that punter Jerrell Wilson
hurl his leg while kicking and will be out indefinitely.
Last season, the NFL reported 156 players oh injured
reserve. That is five more than the total reportedPfor this
season. But there are still three weeks to go in the 1975
campaign and there are already players still on active
rosters who would otherwise be reserved injured except
Tor the expansion problems.
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In the second game of the single elimination tourney, the
women held Ursinus to one goal during the first 50 minutes of
play, but failed to contain the Grizzlies, as the Ursinus offense
exploded for five tallies in 10 minutes to wrap up a 6-0 win and
a place in the semi-finals.
Although the wjomen were disappointed With the loss which
wiped out any dmncp of seeing national tourney action, the
idea of team competition was well-received.
“I think it’s gbirig to have to have a consistently strong
team, and 11 athjetes who are not only highly skilled but are
strong enough to! play a whole game,” senior co-captain Deb
Gorman said. |
The Penn State squad came up against the heart of U.S. field
hockey in the regional event. 1
In the first year of the national tournament, the strength of
the mideastern region was parjticularly evident the three
representatives from the mideast took first, second and fifth
places in the nation.. j |
During the regular season, Penn State played each of the
nationally ranked teams fron^ the'region. The stickwomen lost
to West Chester and Lock Haven fcry 2-0 counts and bowed to
Ursinus, 5-2. , =. i i
“We still have the strongest .(earns in the country and our
tournament is like the national tournament,” Gorman said.
“Now they (Penn State) know What they have to work on. The
competition is. going to get stronger and Stronger every year,
and they’re going to have to get stronger themselves.”
Although Penn State was not able to overcome the national
powerhouses this season, a nucleus ,of experienced players
will be back for the seasons to coimel j
Five seniors from the starting lineup will be lost to
graduation. Gorman, McCoy, goalie Debbie Hess, halfback
Francine O'Brien, and fullback Sue Ritter, leave gaps to be
filled next season. !
The women finished the year withja 6-4-2 record.
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goals in as many games ... West Chester and Ursinus finished
one-two in the nation. West Chester won on penalty flicks after
thetwo teams played to a 1-1 tie.
Bankes takes third; lady harriers
Collegian Sports Writer
Penn State was; the biggest, surprise at the AIAW Cross
Country Nationals as its women’s cross country team, not
expected to finish in the top ten, captured second place!
Kris Bankes placed third in a fieldpf 162 runners at the meet
held in Ames, lowa. The Lady Lions finished with 104 points,
eight points behind champion lowa State. Michigan State
placed third with 116 points.
“We were not expected to place anywhere of any
significance,” Penn State coach Chris Brooks said. She a'dded
that Penn State was the only team in the tgp ten coached by a
woman. = . ..
Bankes covered the three-mile course in 17:12. The winner,
Peg Neppel of lowa State, finished in 16:31i Bankes finished in
front of Colorado State’s Wendy Knutson, who will be at
tending the Olympic training camp in Florida, and Olympic
participant Chiu-Schi-Lee of Saint John’s University.
“Kris has a name for herself now. From how on she will be
expected to be one of, the top runners in the country,” Brooks
said. i
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Brooks said all five runners on Penn State’s team had close
to or better than their fastest times of the season at the meet.
Liz Cunningham placed 12th (17:35), Liz Berry placed 15th
(18:02), Eileen Meenan took 45th place (18:59) and Karen
Johnson finished in 62nd place (19:26).
“I knew our kids were good,” Brooks said, “ft was a matter
of whether they would click on the same day and they did.”
Brooks commended the effort of Karen Johnson, who only
started running cross country meets in the middle of the
season.
After outstanding performance in Ames, Bankes
competed in the AAU Nationals in Belmont, California. She
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second in U.S.
placed 11th in that meet, qualifying for the runoff to select the
United States cross country team. Runners who make the
team will compete in the World Championship meet held in
Wales this March.
Brooks said the three-mile course at Belmont was rugged.
Bankes covered the course in 17:39. Lynn Bjorklund, from
Duke City Club in New Mexico, repeated her performance as
last year’s national champion with a time of 16:32.6.
Bankes finished one plape behind Cindy Poor, the United
States representative in the Pan Am games. Brooks noted that
Bankes had only one season of long distance running before
this year. “Last year she couldn’t touch half of these kids.
Now she’s quite easily Handling them,” Brooks said.
Brooks said Bankes’ performance, as well as the team's
second place finish in the AIAW Nationals, should help in
future recruiting. "The fact that Bankes had not done too
much running before and has achieved this in such a short
period of time will help us as a team and me as a coach,”
Brooks said.