—The Daily Collegian Thursday, March 8, 1979
Defeat St. Joseph's, 76-62
Lady cagers advance
Iy DENISE BACHMAN
baily Collegian Sports Writer
The women's basketball team forged
its way into the semifinals of the Eastern
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics
for Women Middle Atlantic Cham
pionships by downing St. Joseph's, 76-62,
nn the EAIAW Middle Atlantic Satellite
;tournament last Friday.
.° By virtue of their win over St. Joe's,
'the Lady Lions will play Rutgers at 7
p.m. tomorrow at Townson State
(Maryland).
C "We were glad that we started tour
nament play with St. Joe because they
play like us," Lady Lion coach Pat
IVleiser said, "and psychologically it was
good for us because they had beaten us
oarlier in the season and we felt all along
That we were a better team. Besides, we
didn't have any major competition since
'eb. 10."
During regular season play, St. Joe
pvercame a 48-34 halftime deficit,
outscoring Penn State 43-20 in the second
calf,
to deal the Lady Lions a 77-68 loss.
'Bus trip available for regionals
The athletic department is sponsoring
gi bus trip to the women's basketball
same with Rutgers in the EAIAW
, h , liddle • Atlantic semifinals at 7
tomorrow night at Towson (Md.) State.
4 '. The bus will leave White Building at
7.:30 Friday afternoon and will return
immediately following the game. Bus
Phillies sign Ruthven
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) "I•
didn't want to be so greedy that
they'd trade me," said pitcher Dick
Ruthven yesterday after signing a
five-year contract with the
Philadelphia Phillies reportedly in
excess of $1.5 million.
Ruthven was obtained by the
Phillies last June 15 and won 13
games to help the club ,capture its
third consecutive National League
Eastern Division championship.
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In that game, however, playmaker
Nancy Kuhl suffered a knee injury early
in the second half which resulted in Penn
State breakdowns both offensively and
defensively.
But in the satellite tournament at the
University of Maryland, Kuhl was
healthy, played the entire game and
made up for the lost time in the previous
contest. The senior was seven for 13
from the floor and seven for eight at the
line, scoring a team high 21 points.
When Kuhl wasn't sinking baskets,
Mary Donovan was busy on the boards.
The 6-3 center pulled down 25 rebounds,
tying a Penn State record set by Pat
Semon in 1973.
"The difference between this game
and the other one was that Nancy played
the whole game," Meiser said. "Mary
(Donovan) was also a big factor. It was a
very physical game and when she wants
to use her feet and arms not too many
people can stop her."
The Lady Lions, seeded third in the
East, not only controlled the opening tap
tickets are 10 dollars each and are
available at the ticket office, 237
Recreation Building, from 8:30 a.m.
until 4:30 p.m.
Game tickets can be purchased at the
gate. They cost four dollars for reserved
seats, $2.50 for general admission and
two dollars for students with I.D. cards.
want to go anywhere," said Ruthven
after joining baseball's ever-growing
millionaire's club.
While he declined to confirin or
deny the money involved, Ruthven
said the five years were guaranteed
and that his new contract did not
include a no-trade clause.
"If they don't want me, I don't want
to be here," said the 27-year-old
righthander who now makes his home
in Sicklerville, N.J.
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but they also led the entire game. It was
a tight contest until Penn State reeled off
six consecutive points, with two buckets
by Donovan and one by Janet Gabriel,
midway through the first half that gave
the Lady Lions an eight-point lead.
The Hawks fought back to narrow the
margin to four, but then Penn State
pulled away once again and led at the
half, 39-26. In the first half, the Hawks
connected on a measely 18.4 percent of
their shots compared to Penn State's 43.6
percent. At the line, the Lady Lions
made all five of their free throws and St.
Joe was 12 for 14 (85.7 percent/.
Throughout the majority of the second
half, the Lady Lions held onto a com
manding lead, extending the gap to as
much as 15 points. But with six minutes
to play in the game, St. Joe put a scare
into the Lady Lions; Penn State's
comfortable lead dwindled to six points.
The Lady Lions, however, quickly
struck back, scoring seven consecutive
points five by Sue Martin and two by
Betty McGuire and Penn State glided
to a 76-62 victory.
"I was pleased with the way we played
because we were able to come back with
the pressure late in the game," Meiser
said. "We rotated quite a bit, and the
girls that came off the bench did a good
job."
Besides Kuhl, Martin was the only
other Lady Lion to hit in double figures
with 13 points. Jen Bednarek, Penn
State's leading scorer this season
averaging 19.6 points per game, played
Men gymnasts lose first contest of
By TIM BEIDEL
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
The men's gymnastics team did
something a little bit different over term
break. It dropped its first meet of the
season to Southern Connecticut, 220.1-
218.2.
Despite the loss, head coach Karl
Schwenzfeier was not totally disap
pointed for a number of reasons, not the
least of which was the performance of
Southern Connecticut.
"It was by far their strongest per
formance," Schwenzfeier said. "It was
byceim'4
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.rranty.
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probably within a half of a point of their
absolute maximum."
Schwenzfeier compared the meet to
the Nittany Lion's meet with Indiana
State. It was on Southern Connecticut's
home floor, and the home team gave a
super-charged performance.
Another reason that the meet was not
disheartening was that the Lions were
playing without a full deck. Bob
Desiderio pulled a muscle in warm-ups,
and Paul Simon had to be carried off the
floor after sustaining a leg injury during
competition.
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only a little over half the game because,
according to Meiser, "she's still not
playing up to par; her whole game is not
together yet."
FREE THROWS: The Lady Lions also
ended their regular season over term
break, easily beating Lock Haven, 100-
56, behind the efforts of Donovan who led
the squad in scoring (20) and rebounding
(13). ... Penn State's slate is 21-6. ...
. .
Kuhl shattered her own individual
season assist record (180 assists so far)
and extended her career record to .110.
. . . The Lady Lions reached the 100-
point mark three times this season the
most ever by a Penn State team. . . .
ST.JOSEPII 62
MIN FG-A FT-A R A TP
38 .7-14 8-9 7 1 22
32 5-17 2-2 10 3 12
17 1.13 0-0 5 1 2
37 7-10 0-0 3 2 14
23 0-3 0-0 01 0 0
30 3.15 0-0 6 2 6
23 2.8 2-3 7 2 6
200 25.80 12-14 40 11 62
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PENN STATE 76
34 6-15 1-2 6 3 13
25 4.11 1-2 9 3 9
34 4.10 0-2 25 0 8
40 7-13 7.8 5 4 21
24 4-9 1-1 1 0 9
18 3-9 0-0 1 1 6
17 3.5 0-1 5 0 6
6 1-2 2.2 6 0 4
2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0
200 32-76 12-18 63 11 76
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lialftime score: Penn State 39; St. Joseph's 26
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Volleyball team wins
big over term break
By GLENN KAUP
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
The men's volleyball team rebounded
from a tough loss against Rutgers to
defeat Army, Springfield, New Jersey
Institute of Technology and take the
Meadville United States Volleyball
International Tournament over break.
"It was exactly what we needed,"
Penn State coach Tom Tait said. "I felt
that the matches were very crucial and
could have easily led to some problems if
we had , lost. But we now know that we
can beat some of the best teams that the
Eastern region can offer.
The Nittany Lions started by defeating
Army at West Point Feb. 16 by scores of
10-15, 17-15 and 15-4.
"When we went up to the Academy,
they came out fired just like we expected
them to," Tait said. "The Cadets played
an emotional type of game and took the
"It was kind of a depressant with Bob
in only three events and Paul being
carried off," Schwenzfeier said. "Our
guys showed courage, though."
Schwenzfeier was referring to the
performances of the team members that
were forced to substitute for the missing
regulars.
"We put a lot of experience-type work
on people that weren't used to the
pressure," Schwenzfeier said.
One reason for Southern Connecticut's
high score was the performance of
Mario McCutcheon. McCutcheon
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first game 15-10 despite being close
through most of the game."
The Nittany Lions were in trouble in
the second game as they had to come
from behind at 14-7 to win.
"We changed the line-up slightly and
came to life late in the game," Tait said.
"Carey Seavy came through with some
key serves. When he finished the score
was 15-14."
Penn State easily handled Army in the
third game, 15-4.
"West Point went to a different type of
line-up to try to get the momentum back
on their side," Tait said. "They changed
to a 5-1 offense and had a few problems
with their blocking."
The following day the Lions traveled to
Massachusetts to play both Springfield
and New Jersey Institute of Technology.;
The team walked away with a 15-5, 15-2;
16-14 win over Springfield.
Continued on Page 11
season
finished first in the all around com
petition with a score of 56.35.
"McCutcheon had the best night of his
life," Schwenzfeier said. McCutcheon•
took first place in four of the six events. iy
‘.
"The meet was depressing only from
the fact that Paul Simon was hurt, and
we're not sure whether he can come
back strong for nationals," Sch
wenzfeier said. Overall, Schwenzfeier
was happy with the way his team facedlt
the odds.