Stickgals to start again
By BARBARA KLEIN
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
From the ruins of a disappointing
season rises a regional and perhaps
even a national contender the Penn
State women's field hockey team.
But before the Lady Lions can turn
their attention to the national level
they must compete in the regionals
held in Glassboro, N.J., today
through Saturday. '
First on the fieldwomen's agenda is
Lehigh. If they are able to defeat that
team next up is the winner of the
Franklin and Marshall-Ursinus
game.
Lehigh enters the playoffs after an
undefeated season that resulted in a
6-0-5 record. This will be its first clash
against Penn State.
"We don't know very much about
them at all," Lady Lion coach Jill
Rattray said. "But they are unseeded
and have nothing to lose."
Lehigh has scored a total of 30 goals
in its 11-game season. Forward Karen
Lelinski leads the offensive attack
with 10 goals, followed by forward
Lori Collmann with seven and half
back Cheri Novak with six.
On the defensive side, goalie Trudi
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Penn State goes to the regionals
with a poor 6-6 record. Forward Chris
Larson with 14 goals and Charlene
Morett with 13 lead the scoring while
goalie Lee Stang acquired 103 saves.
"It was definitely not a satisfying
season," halfback Nancy Deal said.
"How could I be satisfied with a 6-6
record."
But, as the Lady Lions are quick to
point out, five of those games were
only lost by one goal. At least they
were not completely demoralizing
losses.
It should also be pointed out that no
matter how little you lose by you still
lose.
"One goal does count and it does
make the difference," Rattray said.
However, there were some positive
aspects involved in the season. For
instance, records were broken
saves in a season, assists in a game.
And Penn State became only the
second team this season to score on
West Chester.
"For the calibre of team we have
we could have done better," forward
Becca Garwood said. "We put it
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and had nothing to lose."
Now the season is over and it's a do
or-die situation, win or be eliminated.
"You can't have regrets," Rattray
said, "you have to keep looking to the
next game."
In the regionals the usual disad
vantages associated with away
games are not as evident. The team
went to New Jersey yesterday,
eliminating playing and traveling in
the same day. And also the fact
remains that it is an away game for
everybody.
But another problem is created
exams are coming up.
"I'm putting the games ahead of
my work," Garwood said. "What the
heck, I'm a senior and I'm doing
well."
If the Lady Lions win both of their
games during the regionals they will
head to Denver, Colorado, for the
Nationals which will be held Nov. 23-
26.
. "It will mean missing
Thanksgiving but I think I'll be able
to forgo it if it means becoming the
National champions," Deal said.
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CINCINNATI (AP) George Foster
is the strong, silent type. So strong his
tape-measure home runs have made him
the premier power-hitter in baseball. So
quiet he's a throwback to another era.
In a season when rancor and rhetoric
hogged the headlines, the, Cincinnati
Reds' slugger was as controversial as a
church mouse. But his booming bat
shook the belfry and won him the
National League's Most Valuable Player
award.
"I'm silent by nature. I doubt if I'll
ever be called an extrovert," said the
bible-studying, teetotalling son of an
Alabama cotton farmer.
"When I was at San Francisco, Bobpy
Bonds roomed With me to try to bring me
out of my shell," he recalled.
The modern-day game of baseball has
seen few like him. He's so straight he
doesn't even chew tobacco.
Reds' fans adopted him as their
darling five years ago, when he dashed
home from third base on a wild pitch to
give Cincinnati the 1972 NL pennant.
Even after he supplanted hometown
hero Pete Rose in left field the
hallowed "Rose Garden" the cheers
grew louder.. He saw to that with
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towering blasts into the upper decks
It's been a love affair from the start
but it almost never happened.
"My probleM was not hitting curve
balls, it was in getting to play," said
Foster, recalling his frustrating early
years in Cincinnati when he rode the
bench.
"It irked me. I knew I could do well if I
got the chance. I had to be patient and
prepared," he said Tuesday after being
honored for his brilliant season that saw
him set club records with 52 homers, 149
runs batted in and 387 total b'ases.
The old marks, in order, were held by
Reds' 'legends, Ted Kluszewski, Johnny
Bench and Frank Robinson.
Foster, who prides himself on
discipline and drive, sees 60 home runs
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The Penn State hockey club will face
the New Jersey Jr. Rockets Sunday at
7:30 p.m. in the Ice Pavilion.
The hockey club is presently 1-0 after
defeating Carnegie Mellon last week, 6-
The Rockets record is 11-2-2. The team
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as an attainable goal in the next couple,
of years. "I'll strive to equal or surpass
what I've accomplished. Sixty is within
reach if I keep healthy." ,
A year ago, he voiced bitterness wheri
he lost the MVP race to teammate Joe
Morgan, saying "there has to be a better
system" to determine the winner.
He denies that the disappointing loss
spurred him to his record-setting year.
"I didn't have anything to prove to any
one else, but I wanted to prove to myself
that I could be consistent. Last year I hit
a tailspin in August. This year I won
player of the month in August. The
lesson I learned was not to try to do:
anything supernatural. Just be, con
sistent."
is composed of all-star players from the
surrounding area.
The hockey club will also be pan)
ticipating in the West Chester round
, robin tournament which will be held in
New York during Nov. 25 and 26. And
will meet West Point's JV squad in an
away game the 28.
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