i ~''k` .. ~ _ ~.di the daily collegian Finn named top female athlete By SHARON FINK Daily Collegian Sports Writer Sophomore, lacrosse and field hockey All-American Candy Finn won the third annual Media Award honoring Penn State's outstanding female athlete of the year at the annual Lady Lion Sports Banquet Monday night. Sports writers and reporters from local newspapers and radio stations based their decision on three criteria: the winner must be one of the best iii her sport; she must bring attention to Penn State on the national or international level; and she must have made a unique contribution to her sport. Besides Finn, six other athletes were nominated for the award: senior Becky Binney, diving; senior Ann Carr, gymnastics; freshman Corinne Gulas, basketball; senior Kathy Mills, cross Country; senior Judy Smith, fencing; and senior Gail Ramsay, tennis and squash. "This is a real honor; I'm really shocked," Finn said when she received the award. "But of course I play with a team. And then there's the coaches and my moth." Finn, who was also named the Most Valuable Player of the women's lacrosse +,Zteam, was a field hockey All-American • *Oast fall,. and this spring she started for the U.S. national women's lacrosse team in its series with England. She was the N . U.S. team's leading scorer, and in two seasons of varsity lacrosse she has scored 106 goals. Finn could possibly break all Penn State scoring records before she graduates. ,17 The MVP award, though, was the highlight of the night for Finn. , s "I think the MVP is one of the best ) , 1,, because it's selected by myteam sfis.`," mates," she said. "With the media one, 1,4 61. it's nice to know you have backup for what you do. I think it's all really neat, though. I'm really psyched." N.; Tennis and national squash champion b:Ramsay also received several honors in recognition of her four years of. playing :;tennis and her four national in tercollegiate squash championships. She i t,was named the MVP of the tennis team ;;and received special honors for her *;squash titles. This year Ramsay became the first ;;:individual to win four consecutive :squash national titles and was presented statue of the Nittany Lion the same :•:statue that is presented to all Penn State ....;athletes who achieve All-American :status "This is the nicest thing," Ramsay imand sets school scoring record By RON MUSSELMAN q' Daily Collegian Sports Writer Z" Candy Finn is well on her way in becoming the best women's lacrosse player ever at Penn State. '‘* Her 14-goal outburst yesterday against *.East Stroudsburg not only broke the 4 school record of 11 goals she established last year against Delaware, but also gave her 100 career goals. Finn said she did not expect that kind of a day against the winless Warriors. "Going in we were just planning to use the game as a preparation for nationals," Finn said. "It was important for us to have a good game, and when the team started to concentrate we played well. * "As far as my individual preparation goes, I have set a new goal to reach each game, and this helps to make me a : better player. My sights were set on scoring my 100th goal today, and everything worked out well for me and 'the team. When the team plays well, then it's really fun to play." Pat McTarsney S • said. "I have to thank the athletic directors, Richie Lucas and Della Durant for their support and un derstanding the past four years, and my parents —especially my mom." State Rep. Gregg Cunningham also presented Ramsay with a special citation from the House of Represen tatives. The citation extended the House's congratulations to Ramsay for her "outstanding athletic ac complishments." 40 t o, 4* 4 t .. 4- " 4 1"" 4eit ' . \'• '"'" ' r , i '''' s• ' ' irt l g., 'ye*: 4„ 4 1 ' 4 tri:::', ~.r4,4‘,r,,,,. : k ,k.. 10 i ''', by Jan' 11 Photos Burger "What can I say?" Ramsay said when she received the citation. Afterwards she added, "I'm deeply honored. And I'm surprised, very surprised. An honor from the House I've just heard about things like that." All the awards Ramsay received hold Penn State coach Gillian Rattray had nothing but worth of praise when referring to Finn's performance. "She's an extraordinary player," Rattray said. "She broke a couple of records out there today. She got her 100th goal and this is the first time it has ever been done by a sophomore. I was very pleased with her performance today. She is a very special type; of athlete." Finn's 14 goals moved her into third place on the all-time Penn State scoring list. The all-time leader is former All- American Sharon Duffey, who graduated from the same high school as Finn. Finn, who was chosen as a first-team All-American in field hockey and lacrosse earler this week, feels that there are a couple of main reasons why she is having such an oustanding season. "The older players on the team, my coaches and playing for the United States team this year has helped me Photo by Brian Gammon r s t!'• Candy Finn Softball coach McTarsney resigns By SHARON FINK Daily Collegian Sports Writer After 15 years of coaching at Penn State, women's softball coach Pat McTarsney resigned yesterday, ef fective immediately. McTarsney cited the heavy time demands of both teaching and coaching as the reason for her decision. "It was a difficult decision," she said, "but the time demands of the two aspects of my job coaching and teaching are just so heavy that I no longer feel I can do both." The resignation has nothing to do with the Lady Lions' 17-8 performance this season, McTarsney said. "I enjoyed this team very much. They are a fine group of athletes," she said. "They have probably the most talent that any Penn State softball squad has ever had. It has nothing to do with them." McTarsney told the team of her decision at a meeting late yesterday afternoon. She said stunned silence is the best way to describe the Lady Lions' immediate reaction, but afterwards a few players expressed their feelings to her privately about the decison. a special place with her "The MVP is a nice one to have because it comes from the team and the coach; I'll miss them," Ramsay said. "The award for squash is very im portant because it represents four years of hard work. It was very emotional, very rewarding. And the Lion was presented by one of my favorite men, Dick Pencek. It's something I'll never forget." Other citations from the House and from the state Senate, which were presented by Sen. J. Doyle Corman, were given to each member of the national champion Lady Lion gym nastics and fencing teams. These citations congratulated , the fencers and gymansts on their "out standing and tremendous athletic ac complishments" in winning the national championships. "The reason these come from the House and the Senate," Cunningham said, "is because the pride in your ac complishments is state-wide. You represent all of Pennsylvania." Awards were also presented to the MVPs of teams representing 15 Lady Lion sports. Seventeen Lady Lions from nine different sports were presented Lion statues for attaining All-American status. Figures like these help confirm the fact that Penn State has one of the top women's athletic programs in the country. Athletic Director Joe Paterno told the athletes and coaches Monday night that he and his staff will do whatever they can to keep it that way. "Nobody in the country has ac complished more than the women at Penn State," he said. "We're very proud of you, and we're going to do whatever we can to keep all our programs at least on the same level they are now. "We want to havea women's collegiate athletic program that is better every year and produces more and more national champions. We want to make more of a commitment to the program; we want to make the Penn State women's athletic program the best in the country if we possibly can do it." The MVPs are: Sue Martin, basket ball; Valerie Bright, bowling; Judy Smith and Kathy McClellan, fencing; Ann Carr, gymnastics; Sandy Bizal and Sarah Sykes, swimming; Binney, diving; Mary Rawe, track and field and cross country; Nancy McLaughlin, volleyball; Wendy Emery, field hockey; Lynn Marriott, golf; Glenn Dubis, riflery; and Laura Nuss, softball. develop my placement in shots and has improved my passing," she said. Finn hopes the team can continue its success this weekend in Princeton, N.J., as it tries to capture the national championship for the third straight year. "Right now we're in a very good spot going into the tournament," Finn said. "There . is not as much pressure - on us. Since the loss to Maryland we have been fighting back and proving to ourselves and other people that we have the capability of becoming national champs once again." The Lady Lions' only loss this season was a 7-6 defeat to Maryland two weeks ago, and Finn feels that they will be the team to beat at nationals. "Maryland will probably be the toughest," she said, "but then again, everyone will be tough. Our first game will be against either Yale or Harvard and it will just be a matter of taking each game one at a time." Says teaching, coaching demand too much time Senior co-captain Jan Carlson said the team had felt that McTarsney was going to resign. "We sort of had the feeling, with all the things that went on with the team this year and all the work she had to do," Carlson said. "Plus, she's been in coaching a long time. Being the co captain, I got to talk to her a lot this year, and sometimes that's the feeling I got." The team's main feeling right now is confusion, Carlson said. "Everyone doesn't know how to react. A lot are wondering what to do," she said. "Some are thinking of tran sferring, some don't know what they're going to do. Mainly, we don't know who the new coach will be; it'll probably be W iI. ~;-' 7;:::,....v. 't ? f 4, Ir f x o z,..:s i • ' t W ',< ~ k• ') — 't'M tc.;;; . .. 1 1 i:11 1,1 . ' 4 : i:';$:•::. Y ;;;: : ::: 4 1 4 '-'4C . ~.. 1. 4;o , 0 . :;f1 .--." :. -, k .. e ' l '' ' :......, •:, ezt; .... ei:4 4 f f , A;' , .,‘ 'O/1,1 '% ...-',;,,, ~,, : iii t ~. -). ....„„ A eu . -- . ' • ,i., :„. L . 4! • \ • , -.4,44 . 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"The game was good for the offense." For the first minute or so it looked as though Penn State was taking East Stroudsburg a little too much for granted. The Lady Lions seemed to be passing wide and looked sloppy. But Penn State coach Gillian Rattray said the wind affected the passing, causing it to be off. "Right at the beginning, the wind was a definite factor," Rattray said. "It looked like we were passing sloppy. People don't realize the effect that wind like that can have on a real small ball like we use." Although the wind died down around halftime, the Lady Lions had adjusted to it so well that by then they held a com manding 14-0 lead About two minutes into the game, first home Lynn Thomp son set- the pace, firing in her first of seven goals. A few minutes after • that second home Candy Finn went on the warpath, scoring four goals in a row. Finn finished the game with 14 goals. Finn'; eighth goal made her the third Lady Lion to score 100 goals. She also broke her own record of 11 goals in single game, which she set last season against Delaware. The 31 team goals are the highest amount the Lady Lions have ever scored. While Finn and Thompson were responsible for 21 of the Lady Lions' goals, the rest of the offense wasn't about to be denied its share. Laurie Hoke contributed five goals, Deb Castor scored three and Jo Javens and Michele Fielder had one apiece. Rattray said she was pleased with the game, especially with the offense's performance. She said the offense was trying to it was a difficult decision, but the time demands of the two aspects of my job coaching and teaching are just so heavy that,/ no longer feel I can do both/ ~~ A a~tr4 ji ' , 6 .;~'. ~,'~~ i` ~ ~ s.;.j ~. De~~y"` East Strousburg goalie Cindy Parente clears the ball from the goal area after being pressured by Penn State first home Lynn Thompson yesterday at Lady Lion Field. Penn State won the game 31-0, as Thompson scored seven goals and teammate Candy Finn set a school record by scoring 14. someone new, someone we've never heard of before." McTarsney's resignation may be good in the long run, though, Carlson said. "I think it's good in a way," she said.. "She had so much work to do. She was head of the regional (softball) com mittee, and she had a lot of work trying to manage the team and teach. "She really just didn't have the time. We had three assistant coaches this year to help her." McTarsney has been the softball coach since 1965 the year women's in tercollegiate sports were started at Penn State. She has coached every year since then (with the exception of the one year she took off to finish her doctorate), and she has been here longer than any other . „ . ' •" g ,? . • Thviii..err,nl4s44 ,;, • ~ ~. it, • ;';',•,",': :', - ,„4 • i. A:,......... l'l i `,- r. , 114 , .• • , 4.; `:,; `` ...... , e~ : .. .. 374'4644 <r, ~s ,~ '':~~, ..„ , .„ . .. . . ... , ..:14 . :. - 10044::2:;,E . :?: - :,i,....-........,::.:-,...„,,,,,,,qt,,,....,,,,::-_,-,4,•• ;•. • • spread the scoring out, work on the short passing game and a get assists on the goals "I think you can't rely on one person," Rattray said. "And we have a lot of scoring power. I really do think we're peaking. I think we have a big variety of shooters." When Rattray said the Lady Lions have a variety of shooters, she meant that they can shoot any way and from anywhere from behind the net or froni either side. That's almost not fair against a freshman goalie from a Divisiofi II school, which is why Rattray said East Stroudsburg goalie Cindy Parente had a good game. Parente had 21 saves which isn't bad against the Lady Lions. Sometimes in games against weak opponents, the stronger team has a tendency to overlook the opposition and to lower its own caliber of play. Rattray said she was glad the Lady liions played up to their ability. "It's easy to lower your standard and get sloppy," she said. "They stayed out there and maintained the pace. That was a real team effort." Many of the offensive players thought the game was a good warmup for nationals. "It was a good ,game to practice our plays and offense,", 6 Castor said. "We played our game the whole day " "Everyone was relaxed," Fielder said everyone's confidence " While the Lady Lions' offense was cranking out its 73 shots, the defense was yawning. The Warriors only took 15 shots on goal and Logan only had to stop nine of them. Although Logan said the game wasn't a good preparation fug nationals this weekend because there wasn't much action at her end of the field, Rattray said she has no questions about her goalie's ability to be ready by Friday. "She has to warm up for every game," Rattray said. "She has good mental preparation. She'll have forgotten this by Friday although I'm sure she would have liked some more shots." t, Today the Lady Lions leave to defend their national title at the national championship to be held in Princeton, N.J., this weekend. They are seeded second behind Maryland and get a first round bye. women's coach In 15 years, McTarsney has compiled a career record of 82-68, and in 1978 the team was selected for the Eastern regional softball tournament.: McTarsney said she plans to continue teaching at the University but she does not plan to be active in any other coaching position or involved with future softball teams. There are no plans for her successor yet, but Carlson said whoever is chogo, she hopes she or he will bring some "new blood" into the program. "Hopefully the new coach will have more time and do things differently," Carlso said. "We need some new blood. McTarsney's strategy was to just play a conservative game. There were a lot„9f times this year we needed to 6e aggressive on the bases, to take a lot of chances, but because we played a conservative style, we didn't do that. "Maybe we need a change. We need to get aggressive to be able to blow other teams out and not give them a chance to catch up like we did a lot of times thiq year. But I don't know who the new coach will be, though. Just hopefully she'll be aggressive." Wednesday, May 7 10 5 . • 41. - . - tim;m3 s 4 :* f.:*? rrr, ~+; '4_' ~hn.... ~'b ~,t ~,-..:: Photo . by Nick Ostrosky helped Lacrossemen face intrastate rivals By 808 GROVE ►gaily Collegian Sports Writer The men's lacrosse team; winner of only one of its last four games, will take on Bucknell at 7 tonight in Lewisburg. The Lions (5-4) lost to Maryland Saturday night, 21-6, but will be looking 141 rebound against the Bisons (6-4), who defeated Penn State last year at Jeffrey Field. "They're a very good team," Penn State coach Glen► Thiel said. "They have a great attack and they are a good broken-play tea►n. And they're well "This is the big game of the season for them. It's an instate rivalry and the one game on their schedule that really counts." Both the Lions and the Bisons have defeated Drexel, Lehigh and Franklin qiid Marshall this season. Bucknell's other victories have come against Wilkes, Lafayette and Get tysburg. Bucknell, like Penn State, has lost three of its games to nationally ranked learns. The Bisons have suffered defeats to fourth-ranked Syracuse, sixth-ranked Army and 14th-ranked Rutgers in ad dition to their loss to Delaware. Bucknell coach Sid Jamieson, in his 13th season with the Bisons, said he is pleased with his team's ac complishments this year. "I think we're playing better than I had anticipated," he said. 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They're running better and they have niore depth in some positions. "I'm not sure they're more skilled, but they're quicker and they have improved defensively." Bucknell's offense is led by attacker Matt Fraser, who has 19 goals and 23 assists this season. • Other top Bison scorers include at tackers Bob Mathai (19 goals, 19 assists) and i ßink Smith (19 goals, eight assists) and midfielder John Morris (18 goals, seven assists). Penn State may be looking to junior midfielder Tim Flanagan for its of fensive punch. Flanagan has scored 14 goals and added eight assists this season, including six goals and five assists in the last two games. "I was kind of surprised that he didn't score more early in the year," Thiel said. "We've been lucky; now that we need him, he's picking up the slack. He's a good offensive player." Thiel said Bill Curran, the Lions' leading scorer, and midfielder Brian Herzer are out for the year, while defenseman Ken Panzer and goalie Joe Guterding are off the injured list. Thiel also said midfielder Bill Turri is listed as questionable for the game tonight. your weekend y Managed by A.W. & Sons 9 and 12 month leases tonight in Lewisburg. The Bisons beat the Lions last year at Jeffrey Field. ©LAW O F Poo . . liras s) 4 our Future. GRADUATE SCHOOL The University of Scranton One of Twenty-eight Jesuit Institutions of Higher Learning. offering courses in: art education • music education business administration english (thesis•and non-thesis) american history and politics history (thesis and non-thesis) chemistry physics general science • elementary education secondary educatioh elementary school administration secondary school administration solid state electronics reading rehabilitation counseling • counselor education A variety of Correlated Programs are also available in Secondary Education. (NOTE: graduate level course taught at night) September 2,3 registration September 3 semestei begins For information on the U of S GRADUATE SCHOOL Please call (717) 961-7600 or write: GRADUATE SCHOOL OFFICE University of Scranton Scranton, Pa. 18510 Lions need against the By MATT SLOVICK Daily Collegian Sports Writer The team is down by , a run in the bottom of the ninth. There's two outs, the bases are loaded and the count on the batter is full. Something has to give. One of the characteristics of a good baseball team is the ability to get a hit when it counts, whether it's to keep a rally going or to knock in the winning run. And the big base hit is something the baseball team has been lacking this year. The Lions have stranded 158 players in 20 games, including 18 against Pitt and 20 against West Virginia during a disasterous 1-3 weekend. Penn State (14-6) will attempt to remedy its problem against Cornell (20-17) in a 1:30 p.m. double-header today at Ithaca, N.Y. Penn State swept two games from Cornell last year, 6-3 and 4-3, and leads the overall series, 10-9. "'We've had a problem getting the base hit with men on base," Penn State coach Chuck Medlar said. "We've been doing that a lot this year. All we needed a couple of times was a base hit and we'would have won three games instead of losing three." Cornell is tied with Harvard for Y - V- ..,..;:' , •!:.:%;:!' , ': , r. , ..' , :',':7.i.Z. , i';'4V,'1 , , , ,f: , ';!:''4!,)• - :''.: , s'' ..;il",iil•L'.;..,'' Gpit Eoaste-ci Chicken 90 4 ' with choice of Potato amt. Otation Baked rolls I bullock. ri*y 4*-9cpal THE TEAM' 8116210,11 A 1 - ailroacting Eatery Jonctial of College. Garner .. c kk`_ fT ` ll _*Rw~+`~` p ' F -.f ~+~.~k~:~ 'SA+ :hgra:.*n The Daily Collegian Wednesday, May 7, 1980-11 big Big first place in the Eastern In tercollegiate Baseball League with an 8-3 record. Since Cornell and Harvard go against each other this weekend, the Lions will not see two of Cornell's better pitchers. Instead, Fred Belak (1-2, 6.75) and Phil Dilernia (1-2, 6.82) will pitch for Cornell. And with their high earned run averages, the Lions may get the opportunity to finally produce those big hits they've been looking for. However, team batting leader Bill Benner (.365) reinjured his leg last weekend and it's doubtful that he'll play in the twinbill. But the Big Red must still contend with Bob Orwig (.349) and Terry Rakowsky ( .340). Penn State will counter with Mike Guman (4-1, 1.69) and Mark Lambert (1-1, 5.48). Lambert lost the first game at Pitt on Saturday and gave up the game-winning hit in the second. Both of Lambert's appearances were in relief during extra innings, so Medlar has decided to give the 6-foot -2 right hander a different role. "I'd like to see how he does star ting," Medlar said. Guinan and Lambert will 'try to stop Cornell's three top hitters: John DiGiovanni (.366), Marlin McPhail (.325) and Mike Brenca (.308). hits Re.
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