—The Daily Collegian Monday, September 13, 1976 Lions blank Lock Haven ; 3-0 Booters solid in season opener By RICK•WEBER Collegian Sports Writer SophoMore winger Bob Ehrlich tallied two goals and collected one assist to lead Penn State's soccer team to a solid 3-0 season-opening victory over Lock Haven Friday night. A Jeffrey Field crowd• of 4,000 survived a cold, blustery night to see the Lion booters completely dominate the smaller squad from Lock Haven. The Lions outshot the Eagles 30-9, and had a large edge in corner kicks, 9-2, as they outclassed a team that's usually a powerhouse in the Major league standings National League East W I. 86 55 82 59 74 67 65 78 62 77 48 91 West 93 52 New York Chicago St. Louis Montreal Los Ang , Houston San Diego San Fran Atlanta 71 74 67 78 65 81 61 81 Yesterday's Games St. Louis 6, New York 5 Philadelphia B, Chicago 0 Pittsburgh 6, Montreal 1 Atlanta 3-0, Los Angeles 2.2, Ist game 10 innings San Francisco 3-B, Cincinnati 1.9, 2nd game 11 innings Only Games scheduled ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • •, • Penn State Ice Hockey Club . • • • • General Informational Meeting • • • Open to all students and faculty interested • • in IM and/or VARSITY competition (Players • for IM's, VARSITY, Student Managers and PUB • LICITY HELP for VARSITY) .0 WED. SEPT. 15 7:30 P.M. • • S2OB HUMAN DEVELOPMENT • • . Hockey Hotline: 237-2140 • Pennsylvania ference. "Overall, we did quite well," said Penn State soccer coach Walt Bahr. "Bob - Ehrlich had his best game since he's been at Penn State. Ken McDonald played a nice settled game. Matt Bahr was very steady and Herb Menhardt did well for a freshman. "We did at times con trol the tempo the way I we were forcing too many balls forward and we got into a kicking game with Lock Haven. In the second half, we slowed it down quite a bit and American League East Pct. GB .610 .582 4 .525 12 455 22 .446 23 .345 37 New York Balt Cleve Boston Detroit Milwkee .641 Kan City .567 11 Oakland .490 22 Minn .462 26 Calif, .445 28 1 2 Texas .430 30'2 Chicago Yesterday's Results Detroit 8-1, New York 0.3 Boston 11, Cleveland 8 Kansas City 16, Minnesota 6 Baltimore 3, Milwaukee 1 Oakland 9, Texas 5 Chicago 2-5, California 1-1 THIS AD SPONSORED BY JOHN'S DERAILLEURS controlled the tempo well." "There really wasn't much pressure on the defense," Bahr added, "but we were a bit ragged back there anyway. All in all, with so many key people missing in an opening game, we did well." The key people that were missing included midfielders Sal Bommarito and Kevin Costello, halfback Dave Lloyd, and attacker Jim Stamatis. Bommorito, Lloyd, and Costello had pre-game injuries that kept them out of the lineup. Stamatis, a fresh man from Bethlehem, started and played a short time in the first half before he was in jured. He went up for a head ball, came down, and twisted his ankle. X-rays were negative but Stamatis will be hobbled by a bad sprain for at least a few days. W L Pct. GB 87 54 .617 77 65 .542 10 1 72 70 .507 15't 68 74 .479 19'7 66 76 .465 21 , 2 62 . 79 .440 25 West Both Penn State and Lock Haven had good scoring op portunities early in the first half..-With 7:48 gone, Ehrlich fired a hard liner at Lock Haven goalie Tom Fitzwiter, but the ball sailed over the crossbar. Six minutes later, Lion winger Rich Reice broke free inside the 16-yd. line and booted a hard shot that hit Fitzwater in the hands and deflected over the goal. "We had a lot of op portunities to score," Bahr said, "but we just hit a lot of wood. The shots just weren't going in. We could have 82 60 .577 - 77 65 .542 5 73 72 .503 10 1 2 65 79 .451 18 64 78 .451 18 61 82 .427 21, doubled our goal output with some luck." Lock Haven had a number of chances, but the best came with 15:58 gone, when for ward Billy Bush was left open on the left side of the penalty area. Bush kicked a grounder that was just wide to the right of the post. "If Lock Haven had scored just once early," Bahr added, "they could have sat back and nursed that one goal lead. It would have given them a lot of confidence if they could have made good on just one of their opportunities." Lock Haven didn't cash in on any of its chances, but with 18:11 gone in the first half,' Penn _State did. Freshman attacker Jim Stamatis took a ~pass from Ehrlich on the left side of the 16-yd. line and beat goalie Tom Fitzwater with a grounder to the right corner of the goal. - - The Lions made it 2-0 with 13:55 left on Ehrlich's first goal of the night. Ken McDonald fired a shot which Fitzwater knocked up in the air. Lock Haven halfback Bert Gottbrecht tried to save it but Ehrlich punched it in. . With 7: 22 gone in the second half, Ehrlich missed a golden opportunity for his second goal. He booted a grounder from inside the 16-yd. line but it was deflected by Fitzwater and missed the right post of the goal. , However, Ehrlich wasn't RUBBER PLANTS ,$6 WOODRING'S FLOWERS 145 S. Allen to be denied on his next scoring chance. With 10:00 elapsed, he drilled a _ high liner over the outstretched hands of Fitzwater to giVe Penn State_ a 3-0 lead "Penn State has a very strong squad this year," said Lock Haven coach Mike Parker. "They moved the ball well and looked very strong. I have to give . full credit to them." The Lion booters will take on an Irish University team in an exhibition game tonight at 7:30 at Jeffrey Field: Ehrlich switch rises goal production By PETE DOUGHERTY Collegian Sports Writer What difference could a year make in the Penn State-Lock Haven soccer rivalry? Well, first of all, it gave Lock Haven goalie Steve Tanner, who made 18 saves many of the spectacular variety in a 1-1 tie during the game of a year ago, a chance to graduate. . But much more important than the absence of Tanner was the presence of a• different offensive tactic and a dif ferently-Positioned Bob Ehrlich, both of. which were keys in the Lions' 3-0 blanking of Lock Haven in the latest meeting Friday night at Jeffrey Field. Ehrlich, a sophomore, scored two of the goals and assisted on the other by vz.ZtsitorAtirK 4 First of three Bethlehem Liberty . High School team- , goal output in the first game. Mel mate Jim Stamatis as a part of coach setting up Stamatis with what proved to Walt Bahr's new strategy along the be the winning goal at 18:11, Ehrlich forward wall. made it-2-0 less than 12 minutes later "We anted to try to go with two `strikers' up front and play the wings more back," explained Bahr. "This pulls Bob Ehrlich back where now he gets the ball more at midfield. It's almost like playing four people at midfield." A halfback last year, Ehrlich agreed that one of the major reasons for the ;witch to forward was because "we weren't getting enough, midfield play last year." Ehrlich was figured to be more in Penn State's offensive plans this year after a one goal, three assists season in 1975, but few figured he would double his CLEAN UP WHILE YOU CLEAN UP WITH JAY-KAY PRODUCTS r t • • „al i k l.4 %; * ""' A Jay Kay Brand products let you do a profess. leaning job while Jay Kay's position aE pest Janitorial and Maintenance Supply house in Central Pennsylvania lets you clean up on price savings Jim Stemitis (10, center) rifles home the first of three Penn State goals Friday night as the Lions blanked Lock Haven. 4-OMP III M W s ..Z' - ( 2 7- - - - ' 7-2-''''—..'7''' / ID 1 1. :.: • --'- ---- ii -. '-..*'-'-'. lt'r , .l',.. ;# • , • sz -, -- .. -- , - ----- ...*_, V4,-, ~___:. - - -.. :.: ••.•.:„. ,„,,,,mr: , A fashionable celebration of your birthsign. A new and distinctive zodiac bracelet from Speidel. In yellow orwhite with matching orcon trasting colored zodiac symbols. $10.95: . Zodiac „ . . Bracelets ._ . . MUR JEWELRY COMPANY • , , 125 S. 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