G—The Daily Collegian Friday, April 26, 1985 Diamondmen control their destiny against Mountaineers By, LUKE D. GLUSCO Collegian Sports Writer It's a good feeling to control your own destiny Going into this weekend's three game series at West Virginia, Head Coach Shorty Stoner and his baseball team are feeling good. The Lions (24-7) know that two wins against the Mountaineers (19-11) will give them the Atlantic 10 West Division crown and the home field advantage in the conference tournament. • This year the West Division winner 'hosts the tournament. The. Lions believe hosting the tourna ment is the edge they need to unseat Temple, the Atlantic 10 champion for the past two years. The Lions have won 13 of 14 games at Beaver Field this year. "That (playing at home) is an advantage, there's no doubt about it," Stoner said. "And that's what we're fighting for: Hopefully we can go in against West Virginia and take two out of three from them, and then host the playoffs." While Stoner and the Lions desire the home field advantage, West Virginia Coach Dale Ramsburg said his only concern is making the playoffs. "We have to win three out of six to get in the playoffs," Ramsburg said, " that's all we're worried about." Last year West Virginia beat Penn State two out of three games at Beaver Field to edge the Lions out for the West Division crown, and Ramsburg said he doesn't really see playing at home as an important factor. "We played well at Penn State last year," he Softball team takes 2 from Hawks By TODD SHERMAN Collegian Sports Writer The softball team hammered At lantic 10 foe St. Joseph's 17-1 in five innings and 5-0 in game two to sweep a double-header yesterday and prepare for this weekend's crit ical games against Rutgers and Princeton. The Lady Lions (28-12 overall, 6-2 in the Atlantic 10) tied their longest winning streak of the year as they won their sixth straight game by pounding out 24 hits and coasting on the excellent pitching of Mary But ler and Aileen Polanis, who limited St. Joseph's (5-10) to five hits in the twinbill. Head Coach Sue Rankin said her team is peaking at the right time as it makes a run at the Atlantic 10 title and a berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships. Penn State is cur rently third in the conference be hind Temple and first-place Rutgers, which will travel here Saturday to play a double-header against the Lady Lions. A double header against Princeton (No. 2 Northeast Region) in Allentown, , Pa., is on the slate for Sunday and will close out the regular season. Penn State will then play in the Atlantic 10 Championships May 4-5 at Lady Lion Field. The top four teams in the conference will com pete. Before the winning streak, the Lady Lions had split three double headers in a row and were not playing well. Rankin and Assistant Coach Chris Pohl attributed the turnaround to intensity. "The girls lost a couple of games they shouldn't have and I think they realized that they had to bear down and work a little harder," Rankin said. Pohl agreed. said. "We've played two-thirds of our games on the road (this season), we played eight at home. Thkg one factor (the'homelield) that I don't put a whole lot of stock in." Before Tuesday's doUble-header against Mans field, Stoner was concerned about keeping the team's momentum going. The Lions took both games of the twinbill to extend their winning streak to nine games. Since a March 21 upset loss to Juniata, the Lions have gone 20-3. "That game has been on our minds the whole year," Stoner said. "That game probably did more for us than anything that possible could have happened, because it made the kids realize that you don't take anything for'granted. . . I guess that (the Juniata game) was a blessing in disguise." Since that loss the Lions haye been winning and improving ) consistently. Their only , losses since then have been to Rutgers on March 30, George Washington on April 6 (their only division loss), and Rider on April 14. Those' losses occurred • during double-header splits. "I think we're putting everything together right now, right in time for the big series against West Virginia next weekend," Captain Mike Obeid said' after last weekend's three game sweep of confer ence foe St. Bonaventure. "If we beat them two out of three we got it. That's right where we want to be. We'll definitely be up for it." The series with West Virginia consists of a single game Friday . and a double-header Saturday. The Lions play a Sunday double-header at home, against St. Joseph's (12-21, 2-10 Atlantic 10 East). ~• . 6,.?(A, it. , i, , ‘,.'.{ 7, s ' -.V' ir:.1.:14.4: ~. ! ., t,, , ' v .• 4V, . ~.¢,l l'l.li: V4,1).' litt'''C'}''l\ V'll):'"S+ , . , '' c,.. e•,:v4.:V ' 9P. Penn State's second baseman Carol Fultz makes the tag on a runner from St. Joseph's during yesterday's double. header at Lady Lion Field. The softball team went on a scoring spree to sweep two games from the Lady Hawks, 17.1 and 5.0. "I'm glad the (Atlantic 10) Championships weren't last week because I don't think we would have been ready," Pohl said. "But we are in a groove' now and the girls are really concentrating out on the field." Mary Butler struck out seven while giving up three hits and one run in five innings to run her record to 9-3. The umpires stopped the game because of the 10-run rule. Her teammates backed her with a 17-run, 17-hit attack, including a 10- run third inning in which Penn State sent 14 batters to the plate. Second baseman Carol Fultz and leftfielder Julie Reed each had two hits in the inning. The Lady Lions also scored two runs in the first and second innings and three in the fourth to cap an attack in which every starter hit safely: Penn State jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first on back-to-back triples by designated hitter Donna Devanney and third baseman Geri Saya and a sacrifice fly by short stop Nan Sichler. The Lady Lions continued the scoring in the second when catcher Lori Frey knocked Reed in from third with a fielder's choice and Pam Mowery stroked the first of her five hits in the doubleheader to drive in first base man Peg Hefferan. The third inning featured ten hits, including eight in a row to start the inning from Saya, Sichler, Fultz, Reed, Hefferan, rightfielder Eileen Roach, Frey and Mowery. Two Lady Hawk errors also contributed to the inning. Penn State capped the scoring in On Friday, Stoner will send senior Mike Bella man (6-2, 2.68 ERA) to the•mound. Bellaman, the ace of the Lions' staff, has won six straight games and has been named Atlantic 10 pitcher of the week the past two weeks. He leads the Atlantic 10 with 45 strikeouts. Ramsburg will counter with Mick Mamarella (5-1, 2.79). `I think we're putting everything together right now.' ' On Saturday, Andy Sherkness (3-1, 3.54) will pitch one of the games for the Lions. Stoner is unsure who will pitch the other game. Possible starters include Greg. Becker (4-0, 2:42), Glenn Bartek (4-0, 2.93) and Eric Hohn (4-0, 5.10). Rich Schlieper (5-1, 0.92) and Neil Ammons (2-1, 3.77) will pitch for the Mountaineers. . • On, paper, the Lions appear to have a stronger team than the' Mountaineers. Penn State leads the Atlantic 10 in batting average ( :345) while West Virginia is seventh (.303). The Lion pitching staff has the best earned run average in the conference (3.48). West Virginia's staff is fourth (5.32). LION NOTES: Captain Mike Obeid is the Atlan tic 10's player of the week for his performance last week. He has batted safely in 13 straight games, four short of the Lion single season record. He currently leads the Atlantic 10 in batting with a .454 average. the fourth when Devanney singled in'Frey, and Mowery and Devanney scored on throwing errors. St. Joseph's scored its only run of the day in the first inning on an RBI double by centerfielder Deborah Black. In the second game Aileen Pola nis reached 9-5 with a two-hit shut out. The Lady Lions opened the scoring with a run in the first when Sichler singled to center to score Mowery , Penn Stafe added two in the third. With one out, Mowery singled. Devanney then hit a single, which skipped between the legs of Lady Hawk rightfielder Leanne Greenwood and rolled all the way to the fence. Mowery scored and De vanney advanced to third, where the relay throw got away from third baseman Helen Mcßride. Mike Obeid , 4' t• "c: r. bs c.l' • z t ,.. r c ;•••',, - Jf„• , ,"C4- •••:,,0 4 ' • Collegian Photo I Farid Moussa Penn State's Doug Keener (front) gets caught between first and second base during a game vs. George Washington earlier in the season at Beaver Field. The baseball team will play West Virginia on the road this weekend. Laxers planning to surprise Statesmen By CAROL D. RATH Collegian Sports Writer The men's lacrosse team (2-8) would like to spring a little surprise on the powerhouse team of Hobart (5- 2) tomorrow and leave Geneva, N.Y., with an upset. That upset could be the light at the end of the tunnel which the ailing Penn State team is looking for. With three , games remaining in the season, a win against Hobart, which has dominated the Division 111 Championship pedastal for the past five years, could be exactly what the team needs to finish out the season on a positive note. "The fact that they're Division 111 doesn't mean anything," Head Coach Glenn Thiel said. "You have to real ize that lacrosse at Hobart is the sport. It's just a great program and a great tradition for 87 years. It's just an honor to go against them." Thiel added that Hobart chooses to be ranked in Division 111 in its entire athletic department rather than Divi sion I such as Penn State, since the change could help the lacrosse season yet hinder the seasons of other athlet ics. Cornell handed the Statesmen their second loss of the season Wednesday, 15-13. And deducing from the Lions' record, Hobart may just see Penn State as an easy game. "I don't know how they feel about us (this season)," attackman George Connor said. "I'm sure they're gonna look at our record and think that we're not that good, but then again they have to think about the game last year. We played them at a point last year where we were playing good lacrosse. Sure, we'd love to surprise them this year." "We just definitely need a win. We really, really could use a win," at tackman Dave King said. "It gives us incentive since it could be a devastat- Isles defeat Flyers, 6-2 By BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer UNIONDALE, N.Y. Mike Bos sy's 82nd Stanley Cup goal, which tied him with Maurice Richard as the NI-IL's all-time playoff goal-scorer, led the Islanders to a 6-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers last 'night that kept New York's playoff hopes alive. Bossy also had two assists, putting him in fifth place on the all-time scoring list with 152 points, as the Islanders won their first game against three losses in the Patrick Division final. In the process, the Islanders drove goalie Pelle Lind bergh from the net and avoided being swept in a playoff series for the first time. ' ' Game Five of the best-of-seven series will be Sunday night in Phila delphia. The Islanders grabbed a 2-0 lead on first-period goals two minutes apart by Pat LaFontaine and Brian Trot tier. LaFontaine won a faceoff from Philadelphia's Ron Sutter, then skat ed to the front of the net and poked a pass by John Tonelli out of midair and into the net at 5:21. Trottier poked in a short wrist shot after Bossy's cross-ice pass was tipped to him by Tonelli on a power play. The Islanders easily could have had five goals in the period. Bossy, hit the goal post and Trottier clanged a shot off the cross-bar in the opening 80 seconds. Later in the period, after the Islanders killed off a double-minor penalty to rookie . Alan Kerr, Stefan Persson's long slap hit the post. The Islanders made it 3-0 on a superb effort by Bossy in the first minute of , the second period. • Collegian Photo! Scott Wilkerson ing loss to Hobart. That makes it all the more attractive to us. There's definitely a positive attitude toward tomorrow's game. Practice has been really 'good all week and everybody seems to have a real good attitude." According to Thiel, the first thing Cornell said about the win was that it was great since it was on Hobart's turf, which is almost impossible to do. Surprisingly, Cornell came out on top despite 13 penalties against them in comparison to Hobart's 4 of 5. "Most of what we've been practic ing this week is worrying about our selves rather than worry about them," said Thiel. "So we just spend more time with our offense, rather than with their defense. We have to expect a lot of pressure from them. We've got to expect them coming at the goal from all various places." "I just hope we realize that we can stay with them," Thiel said. "If we don't realize that, we'll be in trouble. We can; we did it last year. It was a rough and tumble, aggressive game. We came back really strong in the second half just because we took some ,chances. If we do that again, it'll be a good lacrosse, game." Thiel added that E.G. Rall has to be on his toes in the goal. , "E.G. has to be great in the goal, there's no question about that. He's been fantastic in practice and the last game was probably his best. And if we can get that out of our goalie, we'll gain confidence and get more out of our offense." Penn State's leading scorers are attackmen Connor (10 goals, 17 as sists), Mike Mosko (18,5), King (16,6) and midfielder Bill Schoonmaker (17,6). According to Thiel, Hobart's at tackmen Marc Van Arsdale (20,12) and Tom Grimaldi (17,13) pose the greatest threat to the Lions' cage. Criste takes fifth at Penn Relays By ROBERT LEICHTMAN Collegian Sports Writer When analyzing fighters, it's usually not important to focus on the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. Unless you're a pentathlete compet ing in a meet against some of the best athletes the nation has to offer. Penn State junior. Carla Criste usually holds her own in jumping and running events, but people who win pentathlons stand head and shoulders above the 5-6, 115-pound er in the shot put and javelin throw. Criste finished fifth out of 15 in the heptathlon portion of the Penn Re lays at Franklin Field in Philadel phia Tuesday and Wednesday with a point total of 4,875 16 points better than her 4,859 third-place total at the March 23 Florida Re lays. Heidi Mann of Florida, Who won the Florida Relays;, emerged victo rious again with 5,224 points, fol lowed by Lanna Zimmerman of Louisiana State (5,051), Beth Shee han of Virginia (4,962) and Cheryl Wilson also of LSU (4,895). A total of 5,280 is qualifies for nationals. The shot put and javelin throw have always been stumbling blocks for the Annandale, Va. native, and she admits it is discouraging. Ironi cally though, she improved only in these events since her. Florida meet. "I was happy with the javelin (at this meet) but discouraged with my shot put," Criste said. Her 29-0 in the shot put Tuesday * Phi Mu Alpha 4 1 * SinFonia proundly 4+ * announces it's Spring 4 1 4+ 6 85 initiates * 41) e t David Bubb Sherman Lett a t 1 r Dennis Calnon Dean Otthofer a Tr . John Duca Kevin Sabolcik T, Charles E. Farner Alan Sweet 4 3. + l , Timothy Hostetter Andrew Zuber .g. How do you If your friends are leaving for the summer or for good, say goodbye in the CLOSING COMMENTS section of The Daily. Collegian. Display Classifieds or line ads available at regular rates. 11/4 -10( lk ik 16111° How can much ll lk you friendship7k our f s ri ir ha meant. eres to next H ear, for. More y goad urnesl 71. Love SEVII 0 4k. -it -0( e ntiMen tal? Are you 5 *With the Purchase of a CLOSING COMMENT, Get a FREE Summer Subscription was 10th best, and 95-6 javelin Wednesday was eighth. She said she probably won't "ever throw the shot put much past 35 feet. But I think I can get up to 110 feet even tually" in , the javelin. Jeri Daniels, assistant coach and throwing coach, said Criste just hasn't reached the distances she needs'in the shot put and javelin id Trackmen reunited at Penn Relays By RICH DOUMA Collegian Sports Writer After 91 glamorous years, there really isn't any doubt that the Penn Relays completely define the meaning of spring track in the United States. With about 10,000 athletes competing and, 40,000 spectators, it will be difficult to contain the excitement at Philadel phia's Franklin Field. Five of the Lions have already competed at the carnival (in the decathlon, 5,000 meter run and 10,000 meter run) and about thirty more will join their teamates for the bulk of the competition to be held today and tomorrow. Head Coach Harry Groves said the Lions will be seeking more than just the superior competition when they arrive in the City of Brotherly Love. "It will be the best competition and the most fun that we will have all year," Groves said. "If you don't go to Penn and get excited, then there's something dead inside you. If you ever have to die, I hope it's not until the Monday after the third weekend in April." The Lions will compete in all eight relays, some of the individual events' and some of the field events' people have been invited into the championship sec tions of those events. Of the eight relays, the Lions must run preliminaries today in the 4 X 100, 4 X 200, 4 X4OO, sprint medley and shuttle hurdle relays in order to qualify for the finals to The Weekly Collegian to keep you in touch with Penn State. order to be number one "In order to be a good heptathlete at the national level, you have to throw the javelin between 115 and 120 feet and the shot put between 35 and 40 feet," she said. "She's strong for her size but she's not a big person." Mann won the javelin with a throw of 130-3. Helena Hedland of 1 • 4,-. ' '.::2 , is ?•4 Sale: Collegian Office Wednesday., April 24-Tuesday, April 30 Publication: Friday, May 3 126 Carnegie Building (last day of the semester) HUB Basement Thursday, April 25- Tuesday, April 30 tomorrow. In the longer distance relays, the 4 X 800 meter, 4 X 1,500 meter and distance medley, the Lions have already been invited to compete in the championship section. The 4 X 800 team of seniors Randy Moore and Steve Shisler, sophomore Vance Watson and freshman Chris Mills, which won the Athletics Congress National Championship indoors, will be back together hoping for a victory at the Championship of America. Moore was a member of the 1983 ChaMpionship of America 4 X 800 meter relay team when the Lions ion the event that year. But Groves Mists that the competition will be unbe lievable. "This weekend will see America at it's very best in track and field," he said. "With the number of teams coming in from around the country, it's really very hard to win, because you have to run, jump and throw against the very best." Junior Greg Reyner will have the opportunity to throw against the very best, when he competes in the discus today and shot put tomorrow. "Last year I was in the championship section of the shot put, and the top three placers were the best in the world," Reyner said. "It was kind of a mismatch for me to be in there. I was competing against them, but I really wasn't competing with them. This year I hope to hold my own." • Are you romantic? LSU was second at 118-4 and Shee han took third at 117-7. Also on Tuesday, Criste finished second in the 100-meter hurdles (14.60), tied for second in the 200 meters (25.90) and tied for fourth in the high jump (5-5). On Wednesday, Criste took third in the long jump (18-0) and second in the 800 meters (2:20.11). say goodbye? Anthony - Time nor distance will overcome our relationship. It's ours forever. I love youl Cleo Netwomen ready for A-10 Championships By MEGAN MAHONEY Collegian Sports Writer After coming off a big win at the Middle States Tournament, the wom en's tennis team is more than ready for the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships this weekend at the Penn State Tennis Club. The two-day tournament starts at 8 a.m. today, with the quarterfinals and the semifinals. Seven teams will be vying for the Atlantic 10 title, including defending champions George Washington, West Virginia, Rutgers, Temple, Duquensne, Uni versity of Massachusetts and Penn State. The consolation matches and the championship will be played to morrow, beginning at 9:30 a.m. • Lady Lion Coach Jan Bortner said his team is looking forward to the weekend, especially after winning the Middle States Championships last weekend. Penn State edged rival Bos ton University by one-half of a point, claiming the title after the last dou bles match, in which Penn State's ROmi Walker and Kelly Nelson de feated the pair from Rutgers. Bortner said he will go with the same singles lineup he has used throughout most of the season: Pam Trafford, No. 1, Linda Learmonth, No. 2, Pam Perrotta, No. 3, Nelson, No. 4, Walker, No. 5, and Donna Wit tmann, No. 6. As far as the doubles lineup goes, Bortner is unsure as to whether he will stick with the same order or try to create some different combinations. Although the seeds for the tourna ment haven't been decided yet, Bortner predicts that Penn State will ,I,e.port st?&? The Daily Collegian Friday, April 26, 1985-17 be in one of the top two positions, with George Washington filling the other. West Virginia and. Rutgers will round out the top four seeds. Bortner said the top seed will receive a bye into the tournament, since only seven schools will be competing. Receiving a bye would , be great for Penn State, he said, because it would eliminate hav ing to play on Friday morning, a definite advantage, in terms of the team's stamina. Penn State won the first Atlantic 10 Championship in 1983, with George Washington finishing second. At last year's championships, George Wash ington won the title, but two Penn State players made the all-tourna ment team. Trafford and Walker were second and fifth, respectively. Bortner said George Washington will be Penn State's toughest compe tition, especially since two members from last year's championship team will be returning. No. 1 Cathi Giroda no, who made it to the singles final at Middle States, will challenge Traf ford, while Kathy Walton, in the sec ond spot for George Washington will play Learmonth. "They have a lot of strength at the top," Bortner said, "they're going to be a tough team to beat." But Bortner emphasized that Penn State is set for the challenge. Physi cally, he said that everyone is in top shape. Even Bortner's concern about Learmonth's ankle was erased after a week of intense practice. And mentally, the Lady Lions are highly prepared, but Bortner stressed the importance of not being overly confident. e e b c((lies Ceb eeeere eke s . Bak °Cokers / Iv , ' 97 / be betet, next r eb ,;, t s enty to er 'on! 's ee '-' ato ogo
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