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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Letters to the sports editor
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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.
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