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St. Joseph's game a
reunion for Portland
By PETER WALDRON
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
Before coming to Penn State and even
Colorado, Lady Lion basketball coach
Rene Portland was in charge of the pro
gram at St. Joseph's University.
So when Portland returns to her
former school for a meeting between the
Lady Lions and the Hawks at 8 tonight in
Philadelphia, most people would agree
that means added pressure.
Most people except Rene Portland.
"I won't be putting on a uniform," she
said, "so the pressure is on them. I'm
washing my hands of past experiences.
"We are getting the team out of a
pressure situation and putting them into
a challange situation."
Junior forward Deb Christman said it
will be a difficult challenge.
"Even though they are not a nationally
ranked team," she said, "we cannot take
them lightly. It's going to be tough.
"The intensity in defense that we lack
ed against Lock Haven will have to be
there if we want to win."
St. Joseph's is undefeated (5-0) after
staging impressive victories over Duke,
Scranton, American University and
West Chester. Delaware was its most re
cent victim, with the Hawks handing it a
90-56 defeat on Tuesday.
Junior,forward Carol Boyer led the at
tack with 19 points. Boyer, one of 10
returning lettermen, has been the
leading scorer for St. Joe's and goes into
tonight's contest with a 19.2 average.
Jim Foster, head coach for the Hawks,
attributes the team's success to the
more than 30 turnovers per game made
by the opposing teams.
"Basically," he said, "Penn State is a
little bit bigger then us, but we are a bit
more quicker."
According to scouting reports given to
Portland, St. Joe's plays a very good 3-2
zone and is capable of shooting well from
the outside.
The Hawks turned in a poor perfor
mance on the boards against Delaware,
and the Lady Lions have been working
on their own rebounding since the season
opener with Howard. Portland said that
they are setting a goal not to be out
rebounded.
Portland said St. Joe's has a very
talented ball club, and some talented
players in co-captains senior Joanne
Gentry, whom she coached as a
freshman, and junior Renie Dunn, a
recruit of hers before leaving for
Colorado.
"Joanne Gentry is a great left-handed
shooter," Portland said, "and Renie
Dunn is an excellent left-handed guard.
Corrine (Gulas) is going to have to keep
an eye on her."
Portland used a 1-3-1 zone during the
Lock Haven game but is opting to use a
man-to-man defense in the battle against
the Hawks.
Gulas, who led the Lady Lion scoring
barrage against Lock Haven with 18
points, agreed with this move.
"The biggest key to a .victory tomor
row will be our man-to-man defense," he
said. "We have to deny the opposition
the ball and help out the weak side."
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ions not in top form, but still drown Cats
By STEVE GRAHAM
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
Men's swimming coach Lou Mac Neill may never
have seen the Led Zepplin movie "The Song Remains
The Same," but it doesn't matter because he's, been
whistling the same tune ever since the season began.
Mac Neill took his "If we win, we win and if we lose,
we lose" attitude into the Natatorium last night against
the Villanova Wildcats. Although the Lions were vic
torious, 73-40, Mac Neill was not all that thrilled about
the team's first dual meet win.
"The actual performances were not all that great,"
Mac Neill said. "Even though the times were not very
good, we may give these , people quality
performances."
Part of the reason for the mediocre times could be at
tributed to the Lions' busy schedule this past week. A
few swimmers said they didn't feel totally rested.
"I didn't swim as well as I wanted to," said freshman
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Jeff Gary, who swam in the 100-yard freestyle,
400-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard medley relay.
"The West Virginia meet and the Penn State Relays
took a lot out of me."
This was not the case, however, for all the swimmers
and divers. In the 1,000-yard freestyle, freshman Rick
Kennedy accomplished a season high when he swam
the event in 9:59.91, the first time she broke the
10-minute barrier.
But the highlight of the meet came in the 1-meter
dive, in which Craig Brown, Joe Greenwell, Dale
Dmitrzak and Mike Cecatiello dove well enough to go
to the national qualifying meet at Cornell.
For Dmitrzak and Cecatiello, it was their second
taste this season of officially competing in meets. Both
responded admirably as Dmitrzak captured firsts and
Cecatiello took seconds in the 1- and 3-meter dives.
"For me," Cecatiello said, "it's more relaxing (div
ing against mainstayi Brown and Greenwell). When
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you have this relaxed feeling, you can dive better."
Mac Neill added a new ruffle to his lineup when he in
serted Ed Bahan in the 200-yard freestyle instead of the
50. Because of the demanding schedule of trials and
finals . at Easterns, Mac Neill said he wants Bahan to
train for the 200.
Although Paul Tricarico said it was tough to t
psyched for the meet, he managed to bear down to win
the 500-yard freestyle in 4:50.87.
"It was really close," he said, "and I thought Tin
not going to let this guy beat me.'
"The important thing now is to shoot for your best
time. You just have to keep fighting."
Mac Neill said the Wildcats didn't start their tep
team in the first event the 400-Yardmedley relay
but it didn't matter as the Lions gained enough momen
tum to carry them through the rest of the meet.
"That set up the attitude," Mac Neill said. "That
kind of set the tone for the meet."
Reagan calls on sports world
With a former sportscaster headed for the White House,
is it now possible that sports personalities will be appointed
to fill government posts in the new administration? Let's
take a look at what would happen after the sports World of
fers Ronald Reagan some political assistance.
The turmoil in Iran is solved after .national security ad
visor George Steinbrenner purchases the contracts of all 52
hostages. Steinbrenner says they will contribute im
mediately for the "Yankees."
Commissioner of the United States Pete Rozelle fines 14
million American citizens for "dressing sloppyily," ignor
ing the five million Americans who snort cocaine.
FBI director John Ziegler sees no violence problem in
North America. Nevertheless, Time magazine continues its
editorial vendetta against the city of Philidelphia and its
mayor, Ed Snider.
Federal Trade Commission commissioner Bowie Kuhn
halts the flow of any interstate commerce in the interest of
"maintaining balance throughout the country."
Dick Harter, in his first day as secretary of the defense,
pledges to slow the arms race, with the promise to ac
celerate the pace when the "frontline defense" reaches new
heights.
In a related incident, The Downtown Athletic Club, acting
in its new capacity as the Selective Service, recommends to
Reagan that the draft be reinstated. The first three people
selected, in order, are George Rogers, Hugh Green and
Mark Herrmann. Herschel Walker is only a freShman,
therefore he was not drafted.
Treasury secretary Phil Rizzuto decides to withdraw all
of the gold from Fort Knox and put it in "The Money Store."
Census Bureau head Jimmy the Greek declares Califor-
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next year's Miss America Pageant ("the national title")
and subsequent participation in the Rose Bowl Parade after
finding evidence that the 1980 census forms from those
states were fixed.
Former Whittier College benchsitter Richard M. Nixon,
acting in his new position as athletic director of the United
States, pardons himself for declaring Texas national foot
ball champion in 1969 instead of Penn State.
Bill Rodgers, four-time winner of the Boston mayoral
race, loses his re-election bid to a woman upstart from New
York. However, there is talk Rosie Ruiz won in a gross case
of voter fraud.
Agriculture secretary Charlie 0. Finley trades all of the
nation's wheat to Russia for a 13-year-old gymnast, the 1976
Soviet Olympic basketball team and four rubles.
Ted Turner is appointed FCC chairman and 'promptly
orders that Warner Wolf, Mary Albert, Curt Gowdy and
Bob Prince sign with the Independent News Network as
news anchormen. Turner also forces .all major league
baseball players to wear No. 17.
In another move, Turner names Mike Matters of TV-10
Action News as his assistant. Matters then orders three
hours of the Philipsburg-Osceola-Bellefonte junior varsity
women's basketball game to be shown on prime time. Mat
ters is fired.
Also on the local scene, State College Mayor Joe Paterno
takes action on three crucial issues facing the borough:
He orders all State College traffic lights to be set on red
three-quarters of the time, achieving "the ideal Penn State
balance."
Paterno asks that only one blue and white bulb be placed
on the town's Christmas tree; any more would be too
"flashy."
And finally, when asked to appoint a town dog catcher,
Paterno takes a month to choose, saying all three hopefuls
would be "fine dog catchers. And with the kind of dog con
trol program we plan on running this year, we may need
three healthy dog catchers."
What about George Brett? He gets a "cushy" desk job in
the Department of Health.
Mike Poorman is an eighth-term journalism major and an
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Lady Lions test volleyball powers
By 808 GROVE
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
The women's volleyball team proved it
could play with anyone in the East when
it defeated Rutgers late last month at
Rec Hall to capture its first-ever
regional championship.
- That accomplished, Penn State moves
on to an even bigger challenge com
peting with teams from the West coast,
recognized nationally as a hotbed of
volleyball talent.
The Lady Lions (33-8) will begin their
quest for national recognition at 4 p.m.
(EST) today when they face the No. 1
ranked team in the nation USC in
pool play at the 20-team 1980 Association
for Intercollegiate. Athletics for Women
championships at Santa Barbara, Calif.
Penn State coach Russell Rose said
the Lady Lions will have to play at least
as well as they did in the regional finals
to achieve their goal of finishing among
the top 12 teams in the nation.
"That's the best game we played,"
Rose said of the Lady Lions' four-game
defeat of the Scarlet Knights. "If they
can give the same type of performance, I
think we can finish in the top 12 in the
country."
NHL adopts realignment for 1981-82
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) The National Hockey League's
Board of Governors voted unanimously yesterday to adopt
team realignment, an unbalanced schedule and a new playoff
formula for the 1981-82 season.
NHL President. John Ziegler said more than two-thirds of the
teams had favored the package Tuesday, but an official vote
was delayed to seek unanimous support.
Next season, the NHL will be divided into three, five-team
divisions and one six-team division.
Boston, Buffalo, Hartford, Montreal and Quebec will com
prise the Adams Division of the Wales Conference. The
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Not surprisingly, Rose is not counting
on a national championship.
"I feel we will fight as hard as any
team (at the tournament)," he said. "I
think we'll be the scrappiest team there.
I know we'll be the smallest.
"But being realistic, I don't think we
will win it. The first time you go, you go
to see things you go to learn.. Our
chances of winning the national cham
pionship are not good."
In addition to facing the Trojans
(39-4), Penn State will also play 13th
ranked Houston (38-19) at 6 p.m. today.
The Cougars finished fifth in the tourna
ment last season with an overall record
of 44-10.
Achieving its goal will not be easy. But
as Rose points out, Penn State does have
some things going for it.
"Nobody's ever seen us," he said.
"We're the first volleyball team ever
from Penn State to make it to the
nationals."
The Lady Lions have yet another ad
vantage in the person of All-American
Ellen Crandall. Rose said the team's
success may ride on Crandall's play.
"If she's on; if she rises to the occa-
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York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
and Washington. .
Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, St. Louis, Toronto and Win
nipeg will form the Notris Division in the Campbell Con
ference. Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton, Los Angeles and Van
couver will comprise the Smythe Division of the Campbell
Conference.
The Stanley Cup playoffs will feature the top four finishers in
each division. The two division winners in each conferenCe
then will play for the conference championship, and the con
ference champions would meet for the Stanley Cup crown.
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sion, we will finish in the top 12," he said.
"She's the key she can lift the whole
team. Ellen Crandall has to have her
best tournament.
"It's not a question of putting pressure
on her. It's just, 'Ellen, can you do it?'
We'll see."
Rose stresses, however, the Lady
Lions are not just a one-woman team.
"There will be two different shows
there," he said. "There will be Penn
State and there will be Ellen Crandall.
Yet, they're one in the same. There's no
way we can win without any of My top
seven or eight players."
Penn State will face Colorado State
(10-4) at noon tomorrow and sth-ranked
San Diego State (33-13) at 6 p.m. The
Aztecs finished seventh in last year's
competition.
"They've earned this trip," Rose said.
"It's like a fever once you go, you
want to work your butt off to get back
there. I just have to keep the girls from
getting too excited."
But if Crandall and the rest of the Lady
Lions start winning, that may be dif
ficult for either Rose or the competition
to do.