14—The Daily Collegian Monday, March 15, 1982
Leimkuhler no 'chicken'
Consistency is now the name of her game
Continued from Page 13
"Louise is unreal," Portland said.
"She was what we thought would be
the chicken of the team. And she has
really done a super job."
"Chicken" was the attitude prob
lem Portland has labeled Leimkuhler
with in the past, including this year. It
started because in college, Leimkuhl
er's play hasn't exactly been a model
of consistency.
"Last year was a lot of up-and
down," Leimkuhler said. "I'd have a
good game, and then I'd do terrible."
Part of that, Portland said, was due
to the changes that took place in the
Lady Lion program when Portland
became coach last year, taking over
the job from former Penn State coach
Pat Meiser, who recruited Leimkuhl
er and resigned after Leimkuhler's
second year here. For much of last
year, Portland said, Leimkuhler
played as if she were part of the old
program, not part of Portland's phi
losophy it's not whether you win or
lose, it's if you give it your best. And
you don't get a night off here.
"Louise fluctuated so much," Port
land said. "She didn't really have the
consistency and the game tkiat you
need to be a true student-athlete. And
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and I saw that. And the program here
changed so much that she needed to
change, too."
Leimkuhler also needed to mature
as a player. The main reason she said
her performances fluctuated so much
was because she was afraid to play
against black players, who she consid
ered much better players than her
self.
"I was always intimidated by
them," Leimkuhler said. "Add I was
afraid I shoot the ball, I eat it. I
couldn't do anything, especially when
we played Cheyney. I was really
afraid. And I'd airball and all that."
It took confidence and verbal prod
ding from Portland to overcome that
intimidation. And it all came to a head
before this year's loss to Cheyney.
"When we played Cheyney," Leim
kuhler said, "(Portland) was walking
around, liawwwwwwk, bawk, bawk,
bawk' like I was gonna be chicken and
stuff again. And I was, like, 'Not this
year.' And so I loved it. I faced her."
Leimkuhler had 12 points in the
game Portland said was the turning
point of the season for her.
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kuhler said, "when I had to guard
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land) was like, 'Well, what are you
gonna do, go back in your little thing
again?' And it got me really mad that
she was saying stuff about me. So I
just had to face her and keep facing
her. I hope by now she has the idea
that I'm not gonna chicken out on
her."
Also helping Leimkuhler is the fact
that this year she's put more time into
her game than any other player in
trying to maintain her consistency.
"I've seen the results that happened
to Cheryl (Ellison) last year because
she gave a lot of time last year and
improved immensely," Leimkuhler
said. "So I figured, 'Heck, if it'll work
for her, maybe it'll work for me.' "
Against Clemson, Leimkuhler
scored in double figures for the 19th
time in Penn State's 29 games and for
the seventh time in the last 10 games.
That string includes the win over
Montclair, in which she scored her
previous career-high, 23 points, on 11
of 12 from the floor to set a school
record for field goal percentage in a
game 91.7.
Louise Leimkuhler's had her mo
ments in the past, but this year she's
getting them in every game.
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Levine tops on balance beam
Continued from Page 13.
"Considering the way I felt, I'm
pleased with my performance. Especial
ly in the floor."
Another who was pleased with her floor
routine was Levine. She finished second
to her Lady Lion teammate in the event
with an 18.45 total. But it was the balance
beam that earned the senior co-captain a
visit to the top of winner's stand.
Levine had a career-high 9.50 on the
beam Friday, then came back with a 9.35
Saturday to claim her third regional ,
beam championship in four years.
"I guess knowing I had done it before
got me through it," said a tired, but
happy Levine. "My feeling on the beam
was particularly good the last two nights,
I just felt as though I were attacking the
beam."
Coach Judi Avener couldn't have been
more pleased with the four-year veteran.
NFL players,
WASHINGTON (AP) Contract talks between representa
tives of the National Football League players and owners
reopen today in the nation's capital with the owners expected to
formally reject the players' demands for a fixed percentage of
each team's gross profits.
"We will be responding to the players' initial proposals and I
don't suppose the union will be very happy," said Jim Miller,
spokesman for the NFL Management Council, which -rep
resentsthe owners. "We will reject some outright and point to
others where we will feel there is room for discussion which
represents the owners."
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"Marcy is just a real trooper," Avener
said. "After all the years and all the
different meets you'd think that she
might get tired of it all and not give it her
best. But she goes out there and gives it
her best shot every time. She's quite a
competitor."
The entire team proved to be quite
competitive, coming back from a grue
some road trip to compete in a major
meet all in a matter of days.
"This is why we all work so hard for so
many years," Levine said. "My body's
aching right now and I'm really tired of
all the travel and all the different meets.
But we're in good shape and we love to
compete. That's what it's all about."
GYM GEMS: Karen Polak qualified in
every event and finished seventh in the
all-around competition with a 35.05 total
Friday, but didn't compete in the individ
ual competition Saturday because of a
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of the gross would be one of the items that will be rejected."
While 55 percent of the gross profits is the figure most often {
cited by the National Football League Players Association, the
concept and not the amount appears to be the key to the
negotiations.
"I can't say it will definitely be 55 percent. It may be 10, it
may be 25," said NFLPA president Gene Upshaw. "The issue of
a percentage of the gross profits is what's etched in stone," the
Oakland Raider lineman quickly added.
"We are not coming to any agreement unless it is tied to a
percentage of the gross," Upshaw warned late last week.
badly stubbed big toe. The injury oc- 3
curred while the talented sophomore was
on her way to the lockerroom after the
meet riday.
Linda Tardiff put together a strong 9.10
on the beam Saturday and wound up tied
for fifth in the event. She also tied for
fifth place in the uneven bars...Andersoh
finished second on the enevens with a
19.05 total. She came up with a 9.50 on
Saturday, but that wasn't good enough to
catch Pitt's Lisa Shirk, who posted a pair
of 9.70 s for the uneven bars title... Lucia
Cancelmo of New Hampshire won the
vault.
The first NCAA regional meet at
tracted about 3,000 people combined for
the two nights. Perhaps the committee
would consider moving the meet to Rec
Hall next year, where the crowd would
likely be four times greater.
Lady fencers snatch title
By MICHAEL FELICI
Collegian Sports Writer
Last week, women's fencing coach Beth Alphin said she
couldn't understand how the Lady Lions could still be ranked
No. 1 after two late season losses.
She was given a clue Saturday when Penn State swept
through five opponents, three of which are ranked in the top
five, by a combined score of 45-18 en route to the Eastern
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
championship held at the White Buliding.
"I didn't think in the fall when our team consisted of one
fencer with varsity experience, two with very little experience
and two freshmen, that we would be ranked first," Alphin said.
"I wouldn't vote for that team.
"After what I saw, we are probably the best in the country,
but we have to fence our best both days of the nationals to come
out No. 1."
The Lady Lions were at their best gaining an automatic berth
to the national championships. Led by an undefeated perfor
mance (9-0) by freshman Hope Meyer, Penn State eased past
Farleigh-Dickinson (9-1), Navy (9-3) and Temple (9-3). April
Miller's 6-1 record against Pennsylvania and Rutgers helped
Penn State put away the Quakers, 9-7 and the Scarlet Knights,
9-4.
But the brightest light for Penn State was Meyer. The New
York City native fenced with the skill of an excellent colligiate
fencer although she is only winding up her debut season.
"Hope was phenomenal all day," Alphin said. "She was
aggressive and used her height (5-11) and her reach to her
'''advantage beautifully."
"Hope fenced very well today, she was sharp all around,"
team captain April Miller said.
Meyer said the drills and pointers Alphin gave her during
practice helped her greatly in the meet and that the home
crowd was also a moral booster.
"I was psyched for this meet because it is the Easterns,"
Meyer said. "I basically was the. aggressor in most of my
Redus"grand slam' downs Phillies
#, TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Everybody knew
it was a home run except Gary Redus,
and it cost the Cincinnati Reds' young
outfielder a grand slam.
The score was tied 2-2 with the bases
loaded and one out in the bottom of the
ninth inning when Redus drilled the sec
ond pitch from Philadelphia Phillies
F
pitcher Mike Proly over the left-center
field wall.
Ordinarily, it would have been a grand
slam for a 6-2 victory. But Redus turned
one of the biggest homers of his career
into a one-run single when he stepped on
first base and then headed for the dugout.
He hadn't seen the ball clear the wall.
"It's just that I wasn't watching the
ball," said the 25-year-old Redus, who
played on the Reds' Class AA Waterbury
team last year.
"The outfielders were playing in pretty
close. I knew it was over (the left field
, , : er's) head. I thought it was a single and I
started to run to first base," he said.
Reds Manager John McNamara over
looked Redus' baserunning blunder.
"I don't want to talk about it," McNa
mara said. "He did a good job. He was
aggressive at the plate. He just didn't
know that the ball went out of the park."
Ron Little, who was perched on third
base, scored on Redus' hit for the 3-2
victory. But the other two baserunners,
German Barranca and Larry Biittner,
stopped when they saw• Redus wasn't
going to round the bases. The Reds
loaded the bases in the ,ninth when Little
tripled with one out. Proly, 1-1, intention-
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bring up Redus with the Phillies' fielders
drawn in close.
Pirates 9, Expos 1
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) Jason
Thompson, Johnny Ray, Tony Pena and
Eddie Solomon each had two hits yester
day as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated
the Montreal Expos 9-1 in exhibition
baseball.
The defeat dropped the Expos to 4-5 in
exhibition, while the Pirates climbed to
6-1 with their fifth consecutive victory.
Starter Rick Rhoden, the winning
pitcher, threw three perfect innings be
fore he was relieved in the fourth by
Solomon, who gave up four hits and the
Expos' only run.
No practice for Rose, again
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) Veteran
Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Pete
Rose missed another day of practice
yesterday, two days after he stepped to
the plate for his first spring training
workout. ~
Rose said he felt better yesterday than
he did Saturday, but the team said he
would not work out yet.
Manager Pat Corrales ordered Rose to
forgo practice after the 40-year-old com
plained of stiffness and soreness as a
result of Friday's training.
Rose missed the first 11 days of train
ing because of a muscle pull in his lower
bouts."
The Lady Lions expected much stiffer competition from the
highly-ranked Owls, Middies and Quakers,• but found those
schools were no match for Penn State's clepth. Alphin used her
team as a chessplayer would use its pieces. She substituted
Meyer for freshman Alyson Frost in the Penn match when the
Quakers were ahead 4-1. After Meyer won her bout, the Lady
Lions won seven of the remaining ten bouts to secure the win.
Frost returned the favor when she was put in for Meyer in the
Navy match and fenced to a 2-1 record. Her second victory of
the match clinched the win for Penn State.
"Our opponents didn't expect our strength," Alphin said. "I,
put Alyson in a pressure situation in the Navy match and she
came through as I expected."
Another bright spot for Penn State was the return of Donna
Perna, who twisted her knee in a bout three weeks ago. She
disobeyed doctor's orders in order to compete.
"The doctor made me sign a paper to waive his responsibili
ty," Perna said. "But when you're fencing you don't . think
about injuries. It's not 100 percent (her knee) so I'm glad the
nationals are still three weeks away."
"Donna was at the best she has been since the fall," Alphin
said. "Nobody expected her to be ready for this meet."
As usual, Hanne Skattebol fenced brilliantly using her experi
ence wisely. Down 4-1 against Temple's India Hayes, Skattebol
took control and swept the next four touches to give Penn State
its seventh victory, putting the match out of reach.
"I• got mad and decided to do the job," Skattebol said. "I
stayed back and found the openings instead of charging."
Temple took an early 2-1 lead in the championship match, but
excitment and impatientness got the best of it and caused the
Lady Owls to lose eight of the last nine bouts.
"We were a sound team today," Alphin said. "When one girl.
slipped, another came on strong. If we fence like this in
nationals we'll win."
NOTES:In the indivival competition held Sunday, Temple's
Mary Bilodeaux took first with Lady Lion April Miller finishing
second. Skattebol placed fifth and Perna tenth.•
Pena belted his second home run this
year in the second inning off losing pitch
er Charlie Lea to score Thompson and
Ray. Infielder Dale Berra then rapped a
solo homer, his first of the year, to make
it 3-0.
The Pirates scored another three runs
in the fourth. With the bases loaded,
Solomon singled off an umpire's ankle,
scoring Thompson. Lee Lacy then sin
gled to drive in Ray and Jimmy Smith.
The Pirates got their final three runs in
the fifth inning. A base hit by Ray drove
in Thompson, who had doubled. Ray
moved to second on a pitch and scored on
a single by Pena, who was driven home
when Smith rapped a base hit.
back suffered Feb. 20 while playing ten
nis near his home in Cincinnati.
Rose took treatments Saturday morn
ing to relax the spasms that have been
causing his discomfort.
Dr. Phillip Marone, the Phillies' team
physician, said Saturday that Rose could
have taken batting practice but should
not field grounders in order to avoid
unnecessary bending.
Marone said he was pleased with
Rose's progress but added, "I expected
him to feel this way (Saturday)."
Meanwhile, rookie Len Matuszek has
replaced Rose at first base.
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