B—The Daily Collegian Thursday, April 16, 1981
Wrestlers aim
for top finish
Even though the collegiate wrestling
season ended last month with the NCAA
finals at Princeton, Penn State wrestlers
are remaining active by competing in
freestyle tournaments all across the
country.
John Hanrahan,' Bob Bury and Bill
Marino a transfer from Clemson
will compete this week in the National
Amateur Athletic Union Freestyle
Championships at Arizona State Univer
sity in Tempe, Ariz.
Hanrahan will wrestle at 180 pounds,
while Bury and Marino will wrestle at
136% pounds. Their trip is being spon
sored by the New York Athletic Club and
the Penn State Wrestling Club.
"This is the elite of freestyle tourna
ments in the country," said Penn State
coach Rich Lorenzo. "It's a stepping
stone for the 'B4 Olympics; you have to
wrestle against this kind of competition if
you have any thoughts of trying out."
Earlier this month, Marino competed
in the U.S. Wrestling Federation Tourna
ment at Cedar Rapids, lowa.
Lion freshmen Jonn Manotti and Carl
DeStefanis are slated to enter the Joliet
(Ill.) Invitational April 25-26, an AAU
elite freestyle tournament for wrestlers
under 20.
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By LAURIE JACOBS
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
"Rags to riches" is a typical story, but
how many times does it happen in real
life? What are the chances of an unre
cruited freshman making the best la
crosse team in the country? The odds are
definitely stacked against it.
But freshman Laurie . Gray, the newest
addition to coach Gillian Rattray's de
fending national championship lacrosse
team, is a walk-on who beat those odds
and went even farther to earn a starring
position as attack wing for the Lady
Lions.
Gray is a iraduate of Lower Merlon
High School near Philadelphia, where
she played lacrosse for three years,
making All-Central League as a senior.
She said she chose Penn State in hopes of
playing lacrosse.
"When I saw Penn State play in a game
against West Chester I realized that I
just wanted to play for Penn, State," she
said. "When I madeAhe teani I was so
proud I was really ecstatic."
Gray isn't the only one happy about her
being on the team. Rattray said she
couldn't be more pleased with her new
attack wing, especially after Gray's per
formances in the past four games in
which she scored five goals and two
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assists. Three of those goals helped pull
the Lady Lions out of a precarious situa
tion against William & Mary.
"Laurie Gray is fast and has some
very good shots," Ftattray said. "She had
a very good game against William &
Mary. She came through and scored
goals when we needed them.
, "She was in the right place at the right
time and came through with those goals;
she is really coming along well."
Both Rattray ,and Gray agreed that
Gray had been a bit hesitsnt in her play
in the beginning of the season due to first
game jitters, but Gray said she gained
confidence quickly.
Now her main goal for , the season is to
develop her skills more to help the team.
"I've gained my confidence now," she
said, "and I can feel how the other
players are playing now with their cuts
and the way they play. I'm feeling a lot
more comfortable.
"I hope to improve my personal skills
and to be a great asset to the team."
Gray will have a chance to be an asset
to the team as the Lady Lions host
Temple today at 3 at Lady Lion Field.
Temple already has 10 games under its
belt, with losses to three of the four top
ranked teams, including Maryland, Har
vard and Ursinus, (Penn State is ranked
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challenge for the Lady Lions. s ,'-
The Owls have lost all thiee previlius
games it has played against the' Lady
Lions, but by only two goals or less.
In last year's game, the Lady Lliins,
slid by the Owls in the final six minut44!f,
the game to win 6-5, and the scorerkpf,
the Owls' goals, Mindy Jacobs ,(3) q, ds3
Kathie Daley (2), once again lead
Owls in scoring this season. ,21
"Temple will provide a lot of tough,
competition for us," Rattray said. `'Tfiep
will be up for us; there's a, lot of rialty,',
there because most of the players are
from the same schools as our playersi 2
"We know they're going to have. , ,'a, ,
strong offense; they have a lot of 01;4 ,
players back, especially Kathie Da*,,
and Mindy Jacobs. We know it's going'Aii to'
be alough game."
The Lady Lions have prepared for
,'tie
Owls by practicing working against q a
zone defense, which theOwls„will useti:
try to slow down goal-scoring rnackin i e,
Candy Finn and the rest of the Penn sioe"
powerhouse offense.
"We've been working against the mile
because a lot of schools use it to sloWl';its '
down," Rattray said. "On defense4e
have been trying to pull up more tightly
man-to-man through the midfield:" r,f '
More excitement on tap in Stanley Cup circus
Over the years, the battle for the coveted
Stanley Cup the symbol of North American
hockey supremacy has produced some mem
orable moments.
Take 1928 for example. Lester Patrick, the 44
year-old coach and general manager of the New
Tork Rangers, came off the bench in the second
game of the Cup finals against the Montreal
Maroons to don goaltender's pads after his regu
lar goalie was injured. The Rangers rallied
around their coach, winning the game in overtime
and taking the series in five games.
In 1942, the Toronto Maple Leafs staged per
411aps the greatest comeback in Stanley Cup histo
ry,, rallying from a 3-0 deficit in their best-of
seven series with the Detroit Red Wings to win the
findl four games and capture the trophy.
. And who could forget the Boston Bruins win
ning their first Cup in 29 years when Bobby Orr
scored 40 seconds into overtime in the fourth
gaine of the 1970 finals against the St. Louis
Blues?
Whenever Stanley Cup playoff time rolls
around, hockey fans have come to expect excit
ing,.well-played games and outstanding individu
al efforts. And they've also come to expect the
unexpected.
So far this season, they have not been disap
pointed the National Hockey League's prelimi
nary round provided a little of each.
Those who like excitement had to look no
further than the Pittsburgh-St. Louis series,
which the Blues won on Mike Crombeen's goal in
the second overtime period of the fifth and decid
ing game.
• Tans keen on rooting for the' underdog un
doubtedly loved the Montreal-Edmonton series,
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which the Oilers unexpectedly swept in three
games, stunning the hockey world.,
And as for individual efforts, the play of the
Oilers' Andy Moog and Wayne (what else is new?)
Gretzky, the New York Rangers' Ron Duguay and
Steve Baker, the Minnesota North Stars' Steve
Payne and the Pittsburgh Penguins' Mike Bullard
has probably already fueled more than a few
barroom discussions.
It's almost a sure bet there's more to come.
But where will it come from? And from whom?
Those are two very good questions to which
most hockey fans are probably giving a lot of
thought now on the eve of the playoffs' quarterfi
nal round.
On the heels of correctly predicting the out
come of five of the eight preliminary round series
(which by no means makes me an authority), I
would like to address the above questions.
N.Y. Islanders-Edmonton: Things certainly do
not get any easier for the Edmonton Oilers. First
they eliminate the Canadiens and now they're
called upon to face the defending champion Is
landers. As everyone knows, goaltending is a very
important factor in NHL post-season play; goal
tender Moog will have to come up big again in this
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series If the Oilers are to have a chance. The key
for the Islanders will be shutting down Edmon
ton's Callighen-Gretzky-Kurri line while keeping
Bryan Trottier and Mike Bossy supplied with
pucks. . .Islanders in five.
St. Louis-N.Y. Rangers: The way the Rangers
played at times this year, it's a mild (considering
the playoff format) surprise they're still around.
Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson are flying high
after helping the Kings
.choke in the playoffs
again. How much the pesky Penguins took out of
the Blues is the biggest question here. Second
biggest question: Has Mike Liut seen too much
rubber this season?. . .Not yet Blues in six.
Minnesota-Buffalo: This might be the most
hotly-contested series , of the quarterfinal round.
The North Stars have to be giddy after eliminat
ing the Bruins in three straight, and visions of the
Cup are no doubt dancing in the heads of young
sters like Bobby Smith and Don Beaupre. The
Sabres, on the other hand, have a bit more
experience on their side. Not many know more
about the Stanley Cup than Scotty Bowman. . .S
-till, I like the North Stars in seven.
Calgary-Philadelphia: How will the Flames
react to their first taste of playoff success? Like a
kid who's just eaten his first ice cream cone,
they'll be screaming for more. Home ice advan
tage is a big plus for the Flyers, who sport a nice
mixture of youth (Ken Linseman and , "Brian
Propp) and experience (Reggie Leach and the
indefatigable Bobby Clarke). Philadelphia must
guard against mental lapses, like giving up three
goals in less than five minutes to the Nordiques in
game four. . .Flyers in six.
Bob Grove is a 12th term journalism major and a
sports writer for the Daily Collegian.
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Mel Bridgeman (10) and the Philadelphia Flyers will have to avoid costly mental lapses when
they face off against the Calgary Flames in their quarterfinal Stanley Cup playoff series, which
begins tonight at the Spectrum in Philadelphia.
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