Lady cagers win; await Cheyney ; By DENISE BACHMAN Daily Collegian Sports Writer The women’s basketball team goes into tomorrow’s contest against No. 8 Cheyney, in Rec Hall starting at 4, on a high note after soundly beating East ! Stroudsburg last night, 95-63. Earlier in the week the Lady Lions ) demolished No. 7 Maryland, 87-66, and continued their dominating play against • the Warriors, leading at the half, 52-33. ! East Stroudsburg never really was in the ; game as Penn State held at least a 10 or 12-point lead throughout the entire ; game. . Prior to the contest, Lady Lion coach ' Pat Meiser was hoping she’d be able to give her reserves some playing time. ,Well, her wish came true as she pulled her regulars out of the game five minutes into the second half. Offensively, all of the Lady Lions but lone contributed in the winning cause. ; Jen Bednarek led Penn State’s charges I with 16 points. Other lady cagers to hit in double figures were Kelly Cornish and Janet Gabriel with 12 points and Mary Donovan and Karen Mikita with 10. The Warrior’s Diana Yuninger topped both teams in scoring with 17 points. This game, which was almost a repeat of last year’s 91-61 Penn State win, was used mainly as a preparation game for the Cheyney game tomorrow. * Cheyney is currently sitting on top in the East with an unscathed record of 17 wins, at least prior to last night’s game against Lincoln University. They’ve captured tournament titles at Southern Connecticut, dropping Fordham University, Providence College and Take on Lehigh Saturday night in Rec Hall Grapplers encounter 'super' test this weekend By WILLPAKUTKA Daily Collegian Sports Writer In the past few months, a good number of people have been drawn into movie theaters across the country to watch a man do things other, people can’t. But this weekend, there will be an alternative for the people of Happy Valley. Saturday night at 7:30, 10 beings with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men will be in Rec Hall. They will.be cleverly disguised as the Lehigh wrestling team. “If there is anybody around here who wants to see good wrestling, this weekend, they’ll see it,” Lion coach Rich Lorenzo said. Even though the Lions have been wrestling top ranked teams throughout the season, Lorenzo is especially impressed with Lehigh. "They’re one of the toughest teams we’ll face this year,” Lorenzo said. “They’re a solid team all the way through.” Lehigh sports a 10-5 ledger so far this season but the record is very misleading. The Engineers have dropped decisions to such powers as lowa, lowa State, Wisconsin, Michigan and Cleveland State. But, on the Photo by Chip Connelly There may be only five regular-season games left for Jud Wood and the Lion cagers, but each one counts. Penn State hosts Navy tomorrow afternoon in Rec Hall. the daily SConn, and at Queens, downing the Canadien National team, Rutgers, and Kansas. Pacing the Wolves’ attack is the duo of Valerie Walker and Stacey Rhoades, threats both on offense and defense. Walker, known as “Ms. Outside,” is a 6-1 freshman forward. She leads Cheyney in scoring, averaging 18.7 points per game, and defensively she shares rebounding honors with Rhoades, pulling down 10.5 per game. “L&st year they were primarily an inside team and went to Stacey,” Meiser said. “Walker is an outside threat and adds a whole new dimension. She has the ability to change a whole team’s offense; she’s so outstanding on the boards. She’s the reason why Cheyney has come along so rapidly this year.”'' Rhoades, a 5-10 senior forward, follows closely behind Walker in scoring with 18.6 points per game, and ranks eighth in the East in field goal per centage shooting at a 56.5 clip. “Ms. Inside” has been labelled as the “quickest inside forward anywhere.” The pre-season All-American candidate, who is also a Wade Trophy nominee, became the first player in Cheyney’s history to surpass 1,000 career points. “She has an excellent knowledge of the inside game,” Meiser said. “She knows how and when to move, and plays good defense. We are definitely going to have to watch out for her.” The Wolves’ coach Vivian Stringer, who has compiled a 123-28 career record at Cheyney, has used a variety of starting lineups since she has a host of competent players returning, including ~ ==-.....5 ; t Collegian sports other hand, they have knocked off the likes of Cal Poly, Wilkes, Navy and Southern Illinois. The undisputed leader of the Lehigh team is 177- pounder Mark Lieberman. Not only is Lieberman ranked as the No. 1 amateur wrestler in the nation by the United States Wrestling Federation, he is also the defending NCAA champion, a World Cup winner, a Pan- American gold medalist and a three-time EIWA champion. In addition to that, Lieberman also has a 36-match winning streak going. He has not lost a bout since the 1977 NCAA finals. There seems to be only one thing missing from Lieberman’s list of credentials. “He’s done just about everything you can do besides be on the Olympic team,” Lorenzo said. “And the way it looks now, he’s going to do that in ’80.” Besides Lieberman, Lehigh has a lot of others returning from last year’s team which defeated the Lions, 26-12. People like 190-pounder Mike Brown and -118-pounder Steve Bastianelli will be back. But the Engineers will also have some help from freshmen 126- pounder Pete Schuyler and 134-pounder Darryl Burley. Burley’s record stands at 11-2 on the season while Schuyler is 10-2-2. last season’s second leading scorer (behind Rhoades) with 8.5 points per game, 6-1 center Aletha Blackman. Despite Cheyney’s bench depth, the Wolves do have something working against them lack of respectable competition. Penn State has en countered more top-notch opponents this season. N “There’s no question that the schedules will have an effect on the outcome,” Meiser said. “It’s definitely in our favor. Blit I’ve seen that team play and they’re very, very cool under pressure, precisely because of their ability to control a game. They exhibit a lot of maturity on the floor even without experiencing the competition that we have. However, we’ll still have the edge.” Last year the Lady Lions dealt Cheyney one of its five setbacks, downing the Wolves, 84-69. Sue Martin paced the victory, tallying 30 points and Nancy Kuhl grabbed 13 rebounds. “From a defensive standpoint, we must check them off,” Meiser said. “They are a much bigger team .and we must box them out and allow them only one shot. We must be able to hold our own because they are a very physical team.” Comparing the two teams, Meiser said that they both employ entirely different styles of play. “They don’t run so we must-be able to utilize our fast break,” she said. “If we must stop and set up against their zone, which is an extremely big zone, we’ll run into a lot of trouble. We’ll use Peg (Schwinge) and Mary (Donovan) to try Harter looking for more intensity By JON SARACENO Daily Collegian Sports Writer Nobody ever said Penn State basketball coach Dick Harter is an easy man to please. With only five games left in the Lions’ regular season, Harter will be scrutinizing his players even more, and for a very good reason. The 8-16 Lions will host Navy at 2:10 tomorrow afternoon in Rec Hall, but for Harter the contest will be more than just a game. It will give him the opportunity to re-evaluate next year’s returning players. “They’re all important,” Harter said of Penn State’s final five games. “The next win gets us nine, and the next one 10. We wanna get as many as we can. . . I’m not so concerned with wins and losses as I’m concerned with all of us Flores succeeds Madden as Oakland's head coach OAKLAND (AP) Tom Flores, an assistant to John Madden for seven seasons, was elevated yesterday to the Oakland Raiders’ head coaching job. The 41-year-old Flores was regarded as the logical successor to Madden all along but had to wait more than a month for the promotion which was announced by A 1 Davis, managing general partner of the team. “I’m thrilled that A 1 Davis has shown confidence and given me this op portunity,” said Flores, who was a player on the first Raiders team and becomes their seventh head coach. “My heart has always been with Oakland,” added the new coach, who has been associated with the team for 13 years. Davis had interviewed several others for the vacancy left by Madden before choosing Flores, whom he called “a Raider player, coach and loyal alum nus.” Davis introduced Flores at a news conference and said, “I think Tom is destined for greatness as a coach.” Madden, 42, retired on Jan. 4 after compiling one of the best coaching to neutralize the pressure inside; we MUST pressure them.” FREE THROWS: Penn State ranks in the top 10 in the East in scoring, field goal percentage, and free throw per centage ... Cheyney is among the leaders in points allowed by opponents ... A win over Cheyney, coupled with the Maryland and East Stroudsburg victories, would most likely push the Lady Lions back in the top 10 in the coaches’ poll . . . Penn State has three individual leaders in the top 10 in the East: Bednarek scoring (22.2); Sch winge, free throw percentage, (78.7); and Kuhl, assists (7). PENN STATE Adams Bednarek Christman Cornish Donovan Gabriel Kuhl Lombard Martin McGuire Mikita Schwinge TOTALS EAST STROUDSBURG Belaski 3-4 0-0 1 0 6 Ewart 2- 2 0- 0 0 1 4 Flynn 3- 0 4- 4 5 0 10 Hall 0- 1 2- 2 2 2 2 Moran 6-13 2- 4 6 1 14 Pashinski 2-5 0-0 1 2 4 Ratchke 0-10-01 1 0 Srtith 1- 2 0- 0 2 0 2 Trainor 1- 5 0- 0 2 2 2 Walsh 0- 4 2- 4 3 0 2 Uninger 8-16 1-2 6 1 17 TOTALS 26-61 11-16 32 10 63 Halftime score: Fenn State 52, East Stroudsburg 33 “I think people will see two of the best freshman 126- ers in the country in Schuyler and (State’s Bob) Bury,” Lorenzo said. “Burley is just outstanding.” Even though the Lions will be the definite underdogs going into Saturday’s match, Lorenzo feels that pulling off a big upset is definitely within his team’s capabilities. “We’ll need 100 percent from everybody to stay in the match.with them,” he.said. “If-we’re confident and \ve , ; don’t make mistakes, we really believe that'we can-be? in the match and even win.” “I’m just wishing for the best,” Lorenzo said. “Sometimes wishes come true. I hope it’s this weekend.” The Match-ups 118. Jack Chidester, PSU vs. Steve Bastianelli 126. Bob Bury, PSU vs.. Pete Schuyler 134. Jim Earl PSU vs. Darryl Burley 142. Geoff Brodhead PSU vs. Dennis Reed 150. Don Cornman PSU vs. Greg Cunningham or Dean Dilillo 158 John Hanrahan PSU vs. Bill Schneck 167. Andy Bingaman or Perry Pittinger PSU vs. Tom Hensler 177. Dan Pfautz PSU vs. Mark Lieberman or Jeff Turner 190. Sam Sallitt PSU vs. Mike Brown Hwt. Jim Sleeper PSU vs. Jim Karapelou being ready to come out and play at our very hardest.” Harter directed his last comment towards the Lions’ less-than-100 percent effort in their loss to Temple Wednesday night. Although State has lost some close ones in the last two weeks to Pitt sburgh, Rutgers and Villanova by a total of 10 points Harter refuses to alibi for the losses. “Well, you can make excuses from now until the end of time about being tired and beat up," he said. “Our schedule has been hard and we have been on the road. It’s not easy to lose. It’s not easy to play tough games that go the other way at the last second. But players play every day.” “That’s why the last six games of the season are going to be very important,” records in National Football League history. His teams were 103-32-7 in regular season games over 10 seasons, won seven division titles and one Super Bowl championship. In stepping down, Madden cited an ulcer problem and also said he felt burned out as a coach and did not plan to coach again nor to go with any other NFL team in any capacity. Davis said Madden was welcome to stay with the Raiders in any position he wanted, but so far Madden has made no decisions about his future. The New York Giants, now the only NFL team without a head coach, were interested in bringing Madden into their organization, but he reportedly has told that team twice that he’s not interested. ' Flores is a California native who played college football at Pacific and was a quarterback for the Raiders, then an American Football League team, from 1960 to 1966. He also played with Buffalo and Kansas City. He went into coaching in 1971 at Pacific and joined Madden’s staff the next year to coach receivers. FG-A FT-A 2-2 0-0 8-15 0- 0 3- 2-4 4- 4-4 4-7 2-3 6-9 0-0 4-7 0-0 1- 2 1- 3 3- 0-0 0-0 0-0 4- 2-2 3-6 0-0 42-74 11-16 Sue Martin scored six points as the women’s basketball team thrashed East Stroundsburg last night, 95-63. The Lady Lions, No. 13, host No. 8 Cheyney in *- Rec Hall tomorrow at 4, in what is a very crucial game in determining the top bids for the regional playoffs. * Runners seek qualifying At the University of Delaware track invitational Sunday Lady Lion runners Sandy Miller and Mary Rawe will try to qualify for the AAU National Indoors meet. Assistant coach Carolyn Court said both girls came within seconds of AAU qualification at Westpoint last weekend. Penny Fales, Lea Ventura and Patty Murnane, who have achieved qualifying times, will run the half mile at Harter emphasized. “I want to see that (intensity), and then I want to add six or seven players to our program next year that will make sure we always have people on the floor ready to explode.” Harter may not need that type of explosion against Navy tomorrow af ternoon. The Midshipmen are playing less than .500 ball (9-11), with their last defeat at George Washington Wed nesday night, a team the Lions beat 51- 46. The Middies, coached by third-year boss Bob Hamilton, are paced by the husky 6-6, 225-pound Kevin Sinnett. Sinnett is leading Navy in scoring for his fourth consecutive year, although the Annapolis school sorely misses its second all-time leading scorer and NHL All- Stars win NEW YORK (AP) Montreal’s Guy Lafleur scored a goal and set up another in a three-goal first period that carried the National Hockey League All-Stars to a 4-2 triumph over the Soviet Nationals in the opener of the Challenge Cup serieg last night. The NHL stars, who first practiced together three days ago and still haven’t reached their full com plement, dismantled the Soviets’ precision papsing attack. Determined from the outset; aggressive to the finish, the NHL stars also got a goal and an assist from Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders to claim the first two points of the three-game series. The international encounter continues with games tomorrow afternoon and Sunday night. By the time the Soviets mustered any offense, they were trailing. Lafleur connected with a sharply angled 10-foot shot just 16 seconds after the opening faceoff, capping the play with two fakes that dropped Soviet goalie Vladislav Tretiak to the Friday, Feb. 9,1979 —8 Miller, Delaware. Tina Leatherman, who alsfl; qualified for the AAU, will run th£ quarter mile Sunday. Ann McKillop and Kathy Hart wilt’ compete in pentathlon events. The girls will participate in the EAIAW pern tathlon next weekend. Court said she is satisfied with the girls’ performances thus far. “They’re running the best times of their lives, she said. \* rebounder Hank Kuzma, who graduated^ l last year. » CLOSE CALLS: Mike Edelman continues to lead State in scoring with* 11.8, but only by an eyelash. Junior Steve' Kuhn is averaging 11.7. However, bothi Edelman and Kuhn have fallen on hard times as of late. Edelman is averaging * just 4 points over the Lions’ last five games, while Kuhn is scoring six a game . . . Penn State’s next game will be a televised affair against Pittsburgh 8 p.m. Wednesday at Rec Hall . . . To’nt Wilkinson needs only 16 assists to Penn State’s career assist record of 350 v held by Ron Brown . . . Carvin Jefferson' will be playing his 100th game in a Peini State uniform against Navy tomorrow J becoming only the second Lion player ever to reach that milestone. ice after Lafleur accepted a perfect pass from Philadelphia’s Bobby Clarke, f And on a power play 5:06 later, Lafleur fed Buffalo’s Gil Perreault. The Sabres’ center did the work, beating defensemen Zinetula j! Bilyaletdinov and Vasili Pervukhin *; before finding Bossy for a five-foot tap-in. ?! Montreal goalie Ken Dryden, meanwhile, awaited the Soviets’ first J* shot. After 9:45 had been played, jl Helmut Balderis took it from 30 feet. *i At 11:25, Dryden kicked out a f. Valeri Vasilyev directly in front. But Boris Mikhailov swept a ,10-foot shot into the vacant corner behind ►* Dryden’s left ankle on the rebound. But Montreal left wing Bob Gainey {I made it 3-1 at 15:48. Then, at 18:14 of the second period, Islanders left wing Clark Gillies t ! bashed a Soviet defender off the puck l] behind the Russians’ cage. Then he f’ sped in front to back-hand a 15-foot shot past Tretiak for a 4-1 NHL lead that nullified Victor Golikov’s tally at 3:02 of the third period. Rawe times ,9 4
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