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
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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
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