—The Daily Collegian Thursday, Oct. 19,197 K Mehl emerges from the shadows Junior Lance Mehl switched from middle guard to linebacker this season and leads the Lions in tackles with 24 unassists and 20 assists. Try to avenge loss against Slippery Rock Stickgals hope to stop By LESLIE 8088 Daily Collegain Sports Writer but they just got the best of us.” You have to watch out for it constantly Actually, the Lady Lions didn’t play in the world of sports because it preys on all that badly but they just didn’t get any unexpected teams. It’s merciless in its breaks, according to Rattray, attack, devouring every team member’s “We at least deserved to tie but we dream of a big year in the course of a' really didn’t play well enough to win,” single game. she said. “One thing that hindered our In sports lingo, it’s called an upset. game was their field. It’s a very slow Appropriately named because it terribly field and we just couldn’t get used to it.” upsets the favored team, including its Slippery Rock will try to pull off players, its coach and its fans. another shocker this season with a team The women’s field hockey team suf- composed of youth and experience, fered such a loss at the hands of Slippery On the experienced side is toward Ann Rock last season but, if all things go Motyka, a senior who leads the team well, it should be able to turn the tables > with six goals this year, and senior against that same team at 3:00 today on fowards Jane Machuga nad Jeannie Lady Lion Field. Holbert. “They beat us 2-1 last year but they Even though most of the players on never should have,” Coach Jill Rattray / offense have varsity experience, the said. "We had the better team, more Rock’s defense is held together by IHERMG YOU WEAR FOREVER WILL SAVE YOU $lO RIGHT NOW. JOSTEN'S NATIONAL COLLEGE RING WEEK. 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A $5.00 Deposit is all it takes By HON WENIG Daily Collegian Sports Writer Ask any Penn State football fan who leads the Lion defense in tackles and the answers will usually include names such as Bruce Clark, Matt Millen or Rick Donaldson. None of those are correct. Instead, the answer is a player who receives little exposure in comparison to the afore-mentioned. He does his job quietly, with little fanfare or sparkling praise. His name is Lance Mehl. The junior linebacker has accounted for a total of 50 tackles this year with 24 solos and 26 assists. He has also in tercepted three passes. But, what is incredible, is the fact that at this time last year he was backing up Randy ' Sidler at the middle guard position and had not played linebacker since high school. “A week or two before camp started this summer I got a letter in the mail saying I had been switched to linebacker,” Mehl said. “It took awhile to get used to, but it ! s coming around now.” “I think he’s doing a great job,” fellow linebacker Paul Suhey said. “He’s not a very flashy player, but he always seems to be in the right place at the right time.” The 6-4, 218 pounder from Bellaire, Ohio remains modest when speaking of his own abilities. “I don’t have lightning bolt speed so I just try to be quick off the ball and read my keys as quickly as possible, he said. “He’s very consistent and not a very Photo by Joe Tori history from repeating primarily freshmen and sophomores. Slippery Rock has gotten off to a great start so far this year with a 4-0 record but its schedule hasn’t been too challenging. Most of its games have been against notoriously weak teams. The Rock has beaten Northern Michigan, 3-0, Indiana of 4-0, Brockport, 1-0 and Pitt, 4-3. The Lady Lions, on the other hand, have racked up a 7-0-2 record against such formidable foes as last year’s No. 5 team Lock Haven, 3-0, Rutgers, 3-0, and No. 6 Central Michigan, 6-0. The only non-victories in their season have been a hard-fought 1-1 tie with No. 3 Delaware and Saturday’s meet with Ohio State that ended in a 2-2 deadlock. CORNERS: Senior All-American Charlene Morett’s six goals in last weekend’s Ohio State Invitational has LIONS PRIDE 105 SOUTH ALLEN STREET emotional person,” Suhey said. “He’s s. low-key, which is the main thing that enables him to do such a good job.” "He just keeps making great plays and we jag him about it,” Suhey con tinued. “But, he just doesn’t get ex cited.” Playing linebacker at a school rich with a tradition of great linebackers is bound to give a player a certain degree of self pride, but Mehl sincerely downplays the individual aspect of play when compared with the team aspect. “I feel more team pride right now," he said. “The defense,is doing really well and I think more about that than I do about myself.” His outlook is quite evident when he describes the reasons for the clefense's success. Mehl almost seems to disregard himself in his analysis. “To start off with, we’ve got two pretty big horses up front,” he said. "The secondary is also playing well and has really comearound.” Perhaps Mehl’s attitude is the proper one for a team slowly marching toward an undefeated'season and a national championship. His coolness and con sistency will be greatly needed in the upcoming weeks of ever increasing pressure. “The first couple of games were really close,” Mehl said. “I think everyone was pretty uptight and you could sense it in practice, but now things are fairly relaxed.” If all the players can stay as relaxed as Mehl the rest of the season just might turn out to be a piece of cake. made her the undisputed team high scorer with a total of 12 tallies. Forward Jill Van Bodegom-Smith is next with eight goals followed by freshman Candy Finn with six . . . Goalie Jeannie Fissinger’s seven shutouts this season sets a new Penn State record for shutouts in a career. She also has saved a, remarkable 94 percent of the op position’s shots on goal. A key ingredient to the Lady Lion’s success this year has been their fresh men players. Besides Finn’s six goals and three assists, forward Jan Snyder has scored a goal and assisted on two others and Sharon Tunucci has dealt one assist . . . The team will be hitting a tough part of its schedule in the con cluding weeks of its regular season. It meets Northeast region champion Conn ecticut Saturday and Cortland Sunday. HOMECOMING Every year students and alumni cheer on Penn State. For the fans : Homecoming means fun and excitement. Football and memories. Homecoming gets better every year. Because good things are happening at Penn State. Penn State changes. And so have you. The Daily Collegian’s Homecoming issue deals with progress. Find out how life was at Penn State in the past. And the history of PSU football. Read about how Homecoming began. The Homecoming concert Thespian play “Dames At Sea ” There’s still more. Other features include stories on how seniors feel about leaving Penn State. And thoughts of returning alumni. Pick up your copy of The Daily Collegian’s Homecoming issue on Fri., Oct. 20,1978. You’ll Be Glad You Did kjj (x [ h M K. ■ Behind the Bench ’ Letters to the sports editor - - '■ NL is second rate I am anxiously awaiting for Jerry Micco’s next article about the World Series and “Bucky Who?” It’s Bucky pent, the M.V.P. and hero of the 1978 World Series. I would also like to hear his excuses about the Dodgers folding so easily. I think that it’s certainly time for everyone to realize that the National League ( , is second rate. Please give credit where credit is due. The New York Yankees ’ are the World Champions and are surely the best team iri baseball. Also, I am tired of your biased reporting. As far as I can see, the Pirates and Phillies are third rate teams and neither of them have any business even thinking about being in a World Series, let alone winning one. I just hope their fans are big enough to conceed that the Yankees are the best along with the rest of the American League. For the record, I am not from New York, I am from Pennsylvania where there are many N. Y. followers. Jerry who? Just two words in response to Jerry Micco’s pre-World Series analysis of October 11 th Bucky Who? In your face In reference to Jerry Micco’s article “Dodgers to Win it All . . .” and his stipulations of Dodger superiority and that the defending world champs did not deserve to win, I have one thing to say “In Your FACE.” Naval Academy sinks sailors This past weekend Penn State hosted The scores were so close that the actuals, Freshmen Sailing eliminations for the outcome of the regatta was not decided Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing until the final race. Association. Stone Valley was the sight The top two finishers in the for the two day competition, which in- . eliminations, Navy and Penn State, eluded Penn State, the University of now go on to participate in the Freshmen Delaware, St. Mary’s College and Navy. Middle Atlantic Championships, which will be held at Maritime College in New All of the competitors braved the cool York, November 4 and 5. The sailors weather and, after 12 races, the Naval representing the Penn State Sailing Academy came out on top. Penn State Team were skippers Jim Park and Jeff took second place, followed by St. Doughty and crews Chris Buss anj Mary’s and the University of Delaware. Laura Katz. Intramural Scores IKIKMITOHY Lancaster clef York. Ml. Cum- Del Clu. 7-0. Del Kap Phi def Zcla Rsi, fi-5. Kap Del bcrland def. Northumberland, 2:1-0; Clearfield def Win def Phi Kap Psi. 3-0. Del .Sig Phi def. Al Gam Tioga, for ; Payetle def Mifflin, for ; Warren def Itho, 80. ficta Til Pi def. 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