14—The Daily Collegian Thursday, March 11, 1982 Lions' long season comes to a close By SHARON FINK Collegian Sports Writer There was an air of futility surrounding the whole event. Last Tuesday night, the men's basketball team played its last game of the season. There's no need to qualify that as regular season. With a 15-11 record as that day began and losses in two of their last three games, it was rather obvious the game would be the last of the Lions' season, period. And peoples' attention was turning to those teams that' would be playing past March 2. Most other teams, particularly those in conferences, had finished their seasons over the weekend, and a major part of the scoreboard section of that Tuesday's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was devoted to the final standings of every Division I basketball conference. Also listed was the playoff schedule for every conference. Playoffs started that night in both the Eastern 8 and the Big Eight. People were also thinking about next year. Speculation found its way into print that said in the next few weeks, Penn State would be asked to rejoin the Eastern 8, this time along with two'or three other teams. That would expand mem bership in the supposedly-stabilizing league to 10 teams (Pitt is leaving next year to join the Big East), and it would be renamed the Eastern ********************************ll * APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING I, ACCEPTED FOR THE POSITIONS OF: ,t 4( * * * ir USG -3( * PRESIDENT * VICE PRESIDENT * * SENATORS * * 4( Also needed: * -ic * Area Elections Commissioners -ir * t, ELECTIONS ON MARCH 31 , APRIL 1 t * * R. BE A PART OF THE CHANGE!! :- * ********************************* Practice mental hygiene - read Collegian sports! Athletic Association But on March 2, back in University Park, the Lions had to end it all against Cleveland State. It had been eight days since the Lions' last game, a 60-54 win over Westminster on the Monday before final . exams. Now they were faced with playing Cleveland State in Rec Hall, on a deserted cam pus, and just to insure that the crowd would be small, about a foot of snow had fallen in the area, making the roads hazardous and lowering the temperature to bitterly cold. Even pregame notes to the press made it seem like that game should be forgotten, canceled or ignored all together. Item No. 1: "Mike Lang needs 12 points tonight (or Mike Edelman 36 or Rich Fetter 33) if Penn State is to have a player average 10 points a game this season. Penn State has not played a season with a leading scorer under 10 points a game in the last 30 years." Item No. 2: "Unless Mike Lang scores 42 points tonight, Penn State won't have anyone scoring 300 points this season. The last time that happened was in 1958. . ." And just to confirm the fact that the game was more of afterthought than anything else, the Lions went out and.. . "just didn't handle the ball well, we didn't shoot it well, and, we didn't really play good defense," Penn State coach Dick Harter said. "It looked like we hadn't played in five months, much less than eight days." In front of 1,655 people, the Lions gave a perfor mance that should be nominated for worst of the year in losing to Cleveland State, 66-61, to finish 15- 12.' But it could be said Penn State's whole season was that game it was the season in a nutshell, literally and figuratively. And it resulted in frus tration that had Harter grabbing towels and wringing them in his hands and that kept the players sitting in front of their lockers, silent, heads down and still dressed in their uniforms, 15 minutes after the game. The Lions never led Cleveland State. Except for the early stages of the game, they were never closer than four points. They would be down by 10, 12 or 13 and come back to within four or five, but then the offense would stall against Clevpland State's 1-3-1, 2-3, 1-2-2 and 2-2-1 floating, trapping concoctions of zone defenses. And then Cleveland State would rebound and run-and-gun the ball down the court and either shovel it off the center Dave Youdath, who ended up with 16 points, or to guard Lee Reed, who would pull up and pop 20-to 25-foot jump shots that hit nothing but net. He had a game-high 18 points going nine of 16 from the field. Penn State could have been in the game, though, if it hadn't turned the ball over 12 times in the first 40 , 40 10 0.0.1 , 40.40.41"1", 40 .440 , 40 0 40140 0 404.40.40 10 4, 0 4 4 O Visit Dairy Queen and Treat Yourself To Their . MARCH SPECIAL • $ • f • .0 . . Reg. Hot Dog tota;Si 0 11.11 And - • t v, , , , ,ig • Small Shake p..._---.--....--.7.:...- -;,----, \‘,....... ,.... „.„0,.„..! ,, ~ 06 0 I . 0 i 0 * . 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At the end of most of those plays was Tom McCluskey, who hit shots both outside and inside, for a team-high 15 points (seven of 13 from the field). And Mike Lang played his normal consistent game 14 points (to average 10.1 a game for the year) and 13 rebounds, his fifth double-double game of the year. In the end, though, everything somehow seemed to focus on Edelman, the senior guard. In the last game of his college career, he fouled out with 2:01 left in the game. He had played 29 minutes and scored eight points (four of 10 from the floor). And with his team down by eight points, he had to leave the game (to a modest standing ovation) and sit on the bench, with his head in a towel. "It is tough, you know," Harter said. "It's been a tough, tough, tough, tough battle. It seems like we deserve a little something better. But you get what you deserve, I guess. "That's basketball. (The Cleveland State game was) one we wanted to get, and we didn't get it. We're happy for the ones we got, and I'm proud of my guys. But tonight wasn't our night." And this season wasn't the Lions' season Dana Mamula Beth Mascherin Nancy Masem Ann Matturro Cynthia Mays Barbara McCollough Karyn Morris Joann Podowski Allison Reeder Birds' Singleton given baseball's annual Roberto Clemente Award ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Out- , n fielder Ken Singleton of the Baltimore Orioles won the 12th annual Roberto Clemente Award yesterday. The award is presented each year by Major League baseball to the player who best exemplifies the game both on and off the field and honors the memory of the • late Hall of Fame outfielder who died on • a mercy mission to aid flood victims in Nicaragua. Singleton was .honored for his work with various charities including the Maryland Association of Sickle Cell Serv ices and Special Olympics and Project 29, which benefits the senior citizens of Baltimore. Previous winners of the Clemente award are Willie Mays, Brooks Robin son, Al Kaline, Willie Stargell, Lou Brock, Pete Rose, Rod Carew, Greg Luzinski, Andre Thornton, Phil Niekro and Steve Garvey. Michele Rhodes Lynne Petter Lisa Scott Michelle Shumock Sarah Starkey Lisa Thomas Ellen Thompson Laurie Upshaw Ruth Yanowitz Spikers volley back withpair of wins By TONY SMITH 10, with 20 kills and only six errors. Collegian Sports Writer Tait stressed blocking as a main Shaking off the after effects of an factor in not only the match against unspectacular showing at the Golden Otis but in the rest of the matches as Dome Classic two weeks ago, the well. men's volleyball team registered vic- "The games we won, we won on the tories at the Meadville Invitational strength of our blocking," Tait said. over term break and at East Strouds- "The games we lost, we lost as a burg on Tuesday. result of poor blocking." In winning at Meadville, however, In the round-robin matches leading the fourth-ranked Lions had to over- up to the semifinal round, the Lions come an unusual obstacle their defeated Meadville 15-4, 15-8, but, like assistant coach. the unlucky bowler, they saw splits Ahmet Ozcam, an All-American on the rest of the way. last year's Lion squad, competed They split with the other foui teams against Penn State in the six -team Otis, 9-15, 15-6, Pitt (the only other tournament. His team (Otis, a non- collegiate team) 15-8, 14-16, Chai collegiate squad from Illinois) split ka (a team from the Washington, with Penn State in round-robin com- D.C., area), 15-8, 8-15, and Baca. This petition and went to the finals before gave the Lions a 6-4 record, which was losing to the Lions, 15-11, 15-12. enough to earn them the No. 2 seed Ozcam is considered by many to be and the right to compete in the semifi the finest volleyball player ever to nals. attend Penn State, and his presence And that, • basically, was all that was welcomed by the Otis team, one Tait wanted his team to accomplish in of four non-collegiate teams in the the round-robin matches. tournament. As anticipated, the final "We were only concerned with mak match was quite competitive. ing the semifinals," Tait said. "We "It was a really good match," Penn played everybody on the team, and State head coach Tom Tait said. "The played around with different line strength of our blocking accounted for ups." a large part of our success, and our On Tuesday, the Lions had a confer power. side hitters (Mike Guyon and ence match with . East Stroudsburg Jeff Johnson) carried a lot of the load and had less trouble than in the Mead for us. Harpo (Guyon) and J.J. (John- vine Invitational, winning in a best son) both did an excellent job." three-out-of five match, 15-2, 15-5, 15- Along with amassing 15 kills in the 3. Needless to say, East Stroudsburg second game of the match, the Lions was never in the match. were also impressive in their semifi- "We really put our serving game nal match against Baca, another tal- together," Tait said. "They couldn't ented non-collegiate squad. Despite a handle our serves or our blocking, and 15-8, 10-15 split in round-robin compe- we forced them into a lot of errors. tition, Penn State managed to embar- Offensively we were too big for them; rass Baca in the semifinals, 15-4, 15- we had too much ball control ." 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Just when the Lions had run into adversity in every possible guise, they overcame it and emerged from their road trip with three more wins to bolster their record to 10-0. "These away meets have been kind of hard on us," junior Bobby Painton said. "There hasn't been much going for us." Penn State unscrambled an injury -laden lineup and competed in an overcrowded practice gym before a scant crowd Friday night in Terre Haute but still beat Indiana State, 266.75-263.75. . "That was our nightmare meet of the season," Lion coach Karl Schwenzfeier said. "We blew an opportunity on the road to get a high score. We had to increase an appreciable amount to get a proper score for the NCAAs." A team's five highest scores three of which must be on the road are averaged to determine which teams get invited to the national championships. Then the Lions did an abrupt about-face and started marching to a different drummer. They racked up 273.45 points to anihilate Southern Illinois (267.95) and Louisiana State (264.65) Sunday afternoon in a triangular meet in Carbondale, 111. "We had a team meeting before that meet," Schwenz feier said. "Our backs were up against the wall. We Zeolla leads Lion lifters in Pa. championships Defending state and national powerlift- Other members of the barbell club did ing champion Gary Zeolla led the Penn not fare as well as Zeolla, who took first State barbell club Feb. 20-21 at the Penn- place in his weight class. In the 132-pound sylvania Collegiate Powerlifting class, Lisa Miller took sixth place with championships at Lafayette College. 250 pounds in the squat, 105 in the bench- Zeolla, who had already clinched a spot press, and 315 in the deadlift (670 total). at nationals before the meet, was named. Ralph Vanderbeek was fourth in the Outstanding Lifter of the lightweight 148-pound division (415 squat, 255 bench, classes (165 pounds and under), setting 485 dead, 1,155 total), while in the 165- four state collegiate records in the proc- pound class, Dave Dwyer (470 squat, 290 ess (425 pounds in the squat, 240 in the bench, 435 dead, 1,195 total) Mark Lesney bench-press, and 430 in the dead-lift, for a (430, 295, 465, 1,190 total) and Matt Br -1,095 total). zycki (405, 260, 430, 1,095 total) finished College AN. MN:15111s .1 WWI Bs k I 'solos NM LSAT & GMAT CLASSES START SOON! You put it on your paper, and we'll put it in ours. =Collegian Dear Daily Collegian, didn't want to suffer the embarrassment of losing to either of them. "I was extremely nervous. There was considerable talk from LSU that they could beat us, to put it nicely." LSU coach Armando Vega was Schwenzfeier's Penn State and 1956 Olympic teammate and fraternity broth er. Despite the animosity between LSU and Penn State, the Lions had their most difficult time at Indiana State. "It was a madhouse," Penn State's Jim Thompson said. "Their women's team was having a tri-meet while they had a dual meet with us. There were five teams on the floor and the gym was crappy. "The judges left the meet without signing the scoresheet (to make the scores official), and Colonel (Schwenzfeier) even had to figure out the scorecard. The judges were pretty incompetent." On one event, the Lion coach said they listed a 8.10 or 8.30 for top Lion all-arounder Steve Marino when he had been awarded a 9.20 for his routine. And when Penn State's still rings ace Randy Jepson did what Schwenzfeier called "the best or at least one of the best routines he's done all year," the judges gave him a 9.60, his lowest score of the season. Jepson is ranked first in the nation on rings with a 9.9, bettering Nebraska's Jim Hartung by a tenth of a point. "The judges had trouble recognizing good routines with good scores," Schwenzfeier said. But what hurt the Lions even more than the judges were injuries. They left pommel horse specialist Tom Ladman (ranked fourth in the nation) home to heal the deep bruises on the pads of his hands and Thompson sixth, seventh, and tenth respectively. pound class while Gerry Hill from Frank= Penn State's Bill Schmidt finished sec- lin and Marshall took 198. Bill White qf, and in the 198-pound class with a 560 Temple won at 220, Tony Green of La squat, 355 bench press and 575 deadlift fayette took 242, Ron Gumbarge of for a 1,490 total. Temple won at 275 and Dave Detito, also. First-place finishers in the lightweight of Temple, took the super-heavyweight class. classes included John Padova and Dan - Capece of Villanova (114 and 132 pounds, Temple won the team trophy while respectively), Joe Braca of Montgomery Penn State finished in a tie for fourth County Community College (148 pounds) with East Stroudsburg. and Brian Thompson of Temple (165). Mike Mecchella of Temple won the 181- The Daily Collegian Thursday, March 11, 1982-15 (ranked seventh) missed the Indiana State meet with a sprained elbow. Mickey Gonzalez competed in their place and fell off the horse several times and got a 5.15. "That was a major contributing factor," Thompson said. "We had to eat a five and a couple of eights on rings that we shouldn't have.had. I've been hitting 9.4 s pretty consistently. If I wL.;n't injured, that could have raised the score to 270." But as the Lions gagged on their 266, they decided' their next meet was do-or-die. "We had to lay it on the line," Painton said. "Either: we went into SIU fighting or we didn't have a chance. "We had to be prepared mentally more than physical ly for the injuries. Thompson was the most injured. He really shouldn't have been on that elbow. But he said:. 'l'm going against SIU no matter what.' Even if he broke or fell off, he could still push us up to 274." Thompson worked a milked-down routine with one. major break for an 8.00 score. "We all breathed a sigh of relief," Schwenzfeier said. "And our five-meet average made a healthy jump to 272.54. We're 85-90 percent right now. That's good but we have the potential for 274-plus." CHALK-UPS:At the SIU tri-meet, fill Stanley won the pommel horse with a 9.65 routine...Jepson captured the rings with 9.7s...Freshman Steve Friedman, both ered by a shoulder injury, won the vault with a 9.70...Marin0 won the all-around at both meets, with a 55.45 against ISU and a 55.35 against SIU and LSU...F reshman Terry Bartlett, coming off a wrist injury, scored 55.20 for second at SIU. —by Tony Smith
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