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Stickwomen upset undefeated UCONN, 3-2
By TODD SHERMAN
Collegian Sports Writer
Early last week Head Coach Gil
lian Rattray said that the University
of Connecticut's powerhouse field
hockey team could be beaten.
And when junior forward Stacia
Palahnuk scored her second goal
halfway through the second period
Saturday at Lady Lion Fielsl to give
Penn State a 3-2 lead and the even
tual margin of the upset victory, she
proved her coach right.
Connecticut was 9-0 before the
loss, and although the Huskies were
not in the latest National Collegiate
Athletic Association poll because of
a paperwork snafu, Rattray said
UCONN would have been ranked in
the top three.
She added' that her team was
confident going into the game.
"They were ready for Connecti
cut," Rattray said. "The game
against Maryland really helped (a 3-
0 win last Tuesday). They really
have been working hard in practice
and they felt good going into this
game."
Palahnuk agreed.
"We were pretty confident," Pal
ahnuk said. "But we knew we had to
work hard for it."
The win was Rattray's 150th ca
reer win. In 11 1 / 2 seasons as the
Lady Lion coach, Rattray's teams
have compiled a 150-42-18 record.
No. 11 Penn State upped its record
to 8-2 and its sixth straight win (the
Lady Lions are 7-0 at home) by
taking it to the Huskies from the
opening drop. Constant pressure by
Rattray's team allowed it to roll up
a 23-11 shot on goal advantage in the
first half and it was 10 minutes into
the game before Connecticut could
move the ball onto the Penn State
side of the field. The Lady Lion's
Booters drop 3-2 decision to LIU
By CAROL D. RATH
Collegian Sports Writer
Despite a Dave Dabora goal and a
Thomas Greve penalty kick in the
second half, the soccer team had its
hopes of posting a tie against Long
Island dashed after a controversial
call with less than four minutes re
maining in the game.
The non-offsides call resulted in the
Blackbird's final goal of the game
and gave the No. 12 visitors a 3-2
victory at Jeffrey Field Friday night.
The game was hampered by 60
fouls, six caution-yellow cards, a yel
low card for the entire Long Island
team, and - five ejection-red cards,
which made continuous play difficult
for either team.
"From the first minute, the whistle
was blowing constantly," Lion Head
Coach Walter Bahr said. "It's a dis
ruptive factor. Not that it favors one
team or the other team but the whis
tle is a disruptive factor. They could
not play and we could not play. The
whistle blew all the time and it was
inconsistent. It wasn't a dirty game.
There was no rhthym, no flow to the
game."
The 'disruptions became prevalent
in the last minutes of the game which
ended in the controversial goal.
"I was upset at the end. We tied it
up 2-2 and we have the game pretty
much going our way at that time
there was a foul committed here,"
Bahr said. "The referee was very
technical the entire game and the ball
was placed five to eight yards away
from where the foul was called. The
linesman saw it and did not call the
play back and that led to the third
goal. We were not even set for it."
The Blackbirds dominated the field
offensively during the first half, with
Penn State having a number of oppor
tunities they could not manage to
capitalize on. Nelson Pena assisted
by Jorge Acosta opened up the scor
ing at the 4:13 mark.
Three minutes later, Blackbird for
ward Roger Chavez recieved the first
of many yellow cards to be issued in
the game. Chavez assisted Roberto
Cristobal in putting one past Lion
goalie Bert Ecklemeyer at 26:28.
Before the break at the half, Lion Jay
Ruby received a yellow card for
encroachment.
Penn State opened up the second
half with a yellow card being given to
Troy Snyder. LIU forward Maicol
Antelo received the next yellow card
prior to the one assigned to the entire
Long Island team for delay of game.
LIU players Vinitus Charlie and
Javier Marquez nabbed yellow cards
number six and seven as play became
more physical on the field, with play
ers from each team exchanging
words. _
The first red card of the game was
issued to Lion defender Paul Moylan
at the 61:48 mark for pushing the
opposition in front of their bench.
With less than 15 minutes remain
ing in the game, midfielder Dabora
Penn State's Lisa Schroeder, left, runs into University. of Connecticut goalie halfway through the second half gave the field hockey team a 3.2 upset win
Sue Lundy in Saturday's game at Lady Lion Field. Stacia Paiahnuk's goal over the previously undefeated Kyskies.
persistence paid off at the 22:12 One minute later the Lady Lions get upset when Kathy got injured," midfield, drove down the right side
mark when freshman Tami Worley suffered a potential setback when a Rattray said. "They didn't, they of the field and fired across into the
flicked a penalty shot into the upper Connecticut player drilled the ball stayed together and kept playing." left side of the Penn State goal.
left side of the goal for a 1-0 lead. into freshman Kathy Klein's knee, The Huskies tied the score eight Rattray said that part of her game
The goal was Worley's team-leading knocking her out of the game. minutes later when Connecticut se- strategy was to control Ryan. .
seventh of the year. "I was hoping the team wouldn't nior Janet Ryan took a pass at "We were trying to shut her down
Penn State's Thomas Greve, right, tries to dribble past a Long Island University
defender in Friday night's game at Jeffrey Field. The soccer team dropped a 3.2
decision to LIU in a game marred by penalties and controversy.
on an assist from Greve, put the Lions
on the scoreboard.
With 5:37 remaining in the game,
defender Bob Christina's shot at the
Long Island cage was batted away by
a Long Island player while it was still
in the penalty zone. With the support
of 2,800 hushed and standing fans,
Greve took the free penalty shot and
put it past Blackbird goalie Ricardo
Aguilera to tie the game, 2-2. Aguile
ra has only allowed three goals in
seven games, prior to Friday.
Less than two minutes later, an
anticipated call changed the end re
sult. As Blackbird Roger Chavez
dribbled the ball down the field, the
Lions clearly expected, but did not
receive, an offsides call.
"I think it (the referees) ruined the
whole game," Greve said. "Especial
ly when you work for 45 minutes to
come back in the game and you score
two goals and the next play the guy is
a mile offsides. scores a goal. It killed
us, completely."
Although it appeared to be the end
of the scoring in the game, it certain
ly was not the end for red cards. With
a little over two minutes remaining in
the game, Cristobal was red-card
ejected. Lion defender Larry Miller
and Chavez were each issued the last
cards of the game, red cards for
violent conduct, with seven seconds
remaining on the clock.
Not only did the crucial loss drop
the No. 19 Lions' record to 7-4, which
will most likely drop them out of the
Top 20 and will severly affect them
come national play-off bid time. But
Bahr is in a bind since red card
recipients Moylan and Miller will be
sidelined for tomorrow's game
against Lafayette.
"A red card is an extreme penalty
and usually they're given out when a
referee has really lost control of the
game and that game did not have
control over it from the start," Bahr
said. "I've never seen a game with as
many yellow cards or red cards in my
life."
Pitching seen as playoff key
By BEN WALKER
AP Sports Writer
The Kansas City Royals, the last
team to break the American
League West jinx, will try to do it
again while the Los Angeles Dodg
ers, the last team to stop John
Tudor, face the same task when
baseball's playoffs begin with a
new best-of-seven format.
Tomorrow night, the AL playoffs
begin in Toronto, where the Blue
Jays will try to bring the first
World Series to Canada. The Na
tional League playoffs begin
Wednesday night in Los Angeles
when the Dodgers play host to the
St. Louis Cardinals.
Pitching often dominates the
postseason, and all four teams are
well-equipped.
The Dodgers lead the majors in
team earned run average and St.
Louis ranks second in the NL. To
ronto's staff ranks No. 1 in the AL,
followed by Kansas City.
"Both teams are built around
their pitching," says left-hander
Jimmy Key of Toronto, who will
pitch Game 2 on Wednesday. "The
best pitching depth should make a
big difference."
Dave Stieb, 14-13, will start for
Toronto in Game 1 against Kansas
City's Charlie Leibrandt, 17-9.
Bud Black, 10-15, will go against
Key, 14-6, in the second gam; and
Bret Saberhagen, 20-6, will face
Toronto's Doyle Alexander, 17-10,
in Kansas City in Game 3.
Royals' Manager Dick Howser
has already said Danny Jackson,
14-12, will start Game 4. Toronto
Manager Bobby Cox is still unde
cided about his starter for the
game, and will go with either Stieb
or Jim Clancy, 9-6.
The NL series also features some
pretty hot pitchers. And no one in
baseball is as hot as Tudor, who
has won 20 of his last 21 decisions
for the Cardinals.
Tudor, 21-8 and leading the ma-
Cowboys sneak past Giants, 30-29
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Gene Lockhart recovered a Phil
Danny White shredded the New Simms fumble at the New York 19.
York Giant defense for three touch- Dallas gained five yards in three
down passes and Rafael Septien plays and then called on Septien, who
booted a game-winning 31-yard field had missed four field goals in five
goal with 2:19 to play as the Dallas attempts last week.
Cowboys edged the Giants 30-29 in an •
NFL game last night. The Giants, now 3-2, had rallied
White connected with Mike Renfro from a 14-6 halftime deficit to grab a
on touchdown passes of eight and 24 26-14 lead as Simms connected on
yards and hit Tony Hill on an 18-yard three third-quarter touchdown
strike as Dallas raised its record to 4- passes. He hit Lionel Manuel on scor
1. The triumph also avenged a pair of ing strikes of 51 and 23 yards and then
losses to New York last season that combined with rookie George Adams
kept the Cowboys out of the playoffs on a 70-yard scoring pass play.
for the first time in over a decade. However, White rallied the Cow-
The game-winning field goal was boys, driving them 65 yards in five
set up late in the fourth quarter when plays to cut the gap to 26-21. The
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Doyle Alexander is hoisted up by cheering fans
after he stopped the New York Yankees 5.1 to clinch the American League
East title for Toronto Saturday. Alexander will lead the Blue Jays against the
Kansas City Royals for the American League pennant starting tomorrow
night In Toronto.
jors with 10 shutouts, will pitch
Game 1 against Fernando Valen
zuela, 17-10. The game mill start at
twilight, which should give the two
left-handers even more of an ad
vantage.
Valenzuela and the Dodgers are
the only team to have beaten Tudor
The Daily Collegian
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because she was setting up all their
passes," Rattray said. "We did that
in the second half."
With six minutes left in the first
period Palahnuk scored her first
goal when she took a pass from
sophomore Miriam Geller and fired
it into the net to make it 2-1.
"Mary (McCarthy) and I were on
the goalie's pads, but Mary was
behind her and I got the chance at
the ball," Palahnuk said. "I con
trolled it with my stick, got my
balance and hit it in. That was my
first strong hit in. I put it right in the
corner."
A more aggressive Connecticut
team took the field in the second
period but the Lady Lions rose to the
task and played stellar defense but
Connecticut senior Marjory Abbott
scored on a corner penalty shot 10
minutes into the half to knot the
contest at 2-2.
"I felt that the game should have
been ours the way we played in that
first half," Rattray said. "But I saw
them creeping back in the second
half and when they got their second
goal I thought 'Oh great.' "
_
But Penn State returned to its
first-half form and Palahnuk scored
her second goal of the game and
fourth of the season to put the Lady
Lions in the lead. The goal was
Palahnuk's second game-winner in
a row. ,
Team Captain Lorraine Razzi
said the team worked together well.
"It was the most incredible
game," Razzi said. "Everything
came together. This game will be
good for us."
"I thought we played very good
team defense and offense," Rattray
added. "I think that is what counted
in the end, that it was a total team
effort."
since May 29. Valenzuela shut out
St. Louis 3-0 on three hits on July
20.
"The way he has pitched, they're
capable of beating anybody," said
Los Angeles Manager Tommy La
sorda, whose team won seven of 12
against St. Louis this season.
touchdown came on the 24-yard throw
to Renfro.
Dallas then got field goals of 22 and
29 yards from Septien on its next two
possessions to grab a 27-26 lead.
But the Giants came back one more
time, driving from their nine-yard
line to the Dallas 30, with Simms
hitting passes of 23 yards' to Rob
Carpenter and 29 yards to Phil Mc-
Conkey. The drive stalled at the Dal
las 30 and rookie Jess Atkinson, who
earlier had missed an • extra point,
booted a 47-yard field goal with 4:57
to play.
The Giants then held Dallas, only to
have Simms fumble as New York
tried to run out the clock.
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Lady spikers turn back Pitt, GWU
By TIM EYSTER
Collegian Sports Writer
Before the women's volleyball
team went into its matches with At
lantic 10 foe George Washington and
cross-state rival Pittsburgh this
weekend at Rec Hall, Head Coach
Russ Rose said it had to control its
own game and not worry about the
other team's.
For the most part, the Lady Lions
fulfilled his wishes, crushing the
Lady Colonels 15-4, 15-3 and 15-1 Fri
day and coming back to defeat the
Lady Panthers 15-4, 15-6 and 15-12
Saturday to up its season record to 13-
2.
As it did in earlier losses to Rhode
Island and Illinois State, Penn State
consistently jumped to early leads
against George Washington and Pitt.
Unlike the former two matches, how
ever, the Lady Lions showed an abili
ty to hold those leads this weekend.
The only game Rose thought the
Lady Lions weren't totally in control
of this weekend was the third one
against Pitt.
After falling behind 5-1, the Lady
Panthers came back to tie that con
test 5-5, lose the next six points, and
later pull to within one at 13-12. Penn
State then reeled off the next two
points to improve its home record to
8-0 this season. The Lady Lions have
won 24 games during the streak and
lost only one.
"I think we came out and played a
real strong solid match (Saturday)
night against George Washington,
and except for the third game against
Pittsburgh, I thought we were in total
control of that match also," Rose
said. "We had a few letdowns, but I
thought on the whole we came back
and played extremely well."
Rose added that his team served
well enough to limit the spots where
the opposition could return the ball,
knowing where they were going to hit
it. Penn State had seven service aces
in each of its weekend matches.
Assistant coach Lori Barberich
also said the Lady Lions worked hard
at jumping to the early leads, some
thing they didn't do in some games
during previous weekends.
In winning its first conference
match of the season in three games,
Penn State jumped out to 6-0, 7-1 and
5-0 leads against George Washington.
Penn State also took a 3-0 lead in its
opening game against Pitt and held
cushions of 6-2 and 10-3 in the second
game.
"They worked well this weekend,"
Barberich said. "They were•really,
really concentrating on starting off
really well, like jumping on the other
team on the first serve and not wait
ing for six or seven points to go by."
Rose said his team's decisive victo
ry over George Washington was not
its best match of the year, but he
added that he was pleased with its
ball control.
"I think except for two or three
mistakes, we played a pretty flawless
game," he said. "We were concerned
with what we did on our side of the net
and not what they were doing on their
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Penn State's Marcia Leap (6) and Ellen Hensler (7) watch the volleyball go past them in a game against Pitt Saturday
side. That's why the score was as it
was."
Rose also said he didn't think
George Washington, which went into
the weekend with a 9-5 record, was
ready to play against the Lady Lions.
"I have to wonder what was wrong
PSU-Pitt rivalry special to stepsisters
By STACEY JACOBSON
Collegian Sports Writer
At Penn State, Pitt is a bad word.
The rivalry between these two tea
ms is intense enough without adding
sibbling rivalry also, but Judy Mc-
Donough and her stepsister Kris Wex
ell faced these exact rivalries
Saturday night when the Penn State
volleyball team triumphed over Pitt
3-0.
Wexell from Pitt explains, "We
were buddies before we were sis
ters."
The two girls met in North Hunting
ton when they were in fifth grade.
They introduced their parents to each
other and their parents were married
the summer before the girls went into
seventh grade.
They both attended Norwin Jr. and
Sr. high schools and played volleyball
together throughout thoses years.
The problem began when McDon
ough, a junior, was offered a volley
ball scholarship from Penn State and
Wexell, also a junior, received a
scholarship from Pitt.
"I knew (Wexell) was leaning to
wards Pitt," said McDonough. '
One of Wexell's main reason for
attending Pitt was their nursing pro-
with George Washington," he said. "I
don't think they were prepared to
play, and I think what happened is we
just jumped on them early and they
never could regain their rhythm at
all."
Even though it was not a non-con-
gram. Coincidentally, McDonough
decided to attend Penn State because
of her career plans also: studying
food science.
When opposing each other on the
court, there is more a sense of compe
tition than fierce rivalry.
McDonough said that while she
warms up she thinks about competing
against her sister, but once she's on
the court she only thinks about the
game.
"I want my team to win, but I hope
Kris does well with her personal
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ference match, Rose said Penn
State's victory over Pitt was still very
significant. The Lady Panthers went
into Saturday night's match with a
record of 16-4.
"It's always a big win when you can
beat Pittsburgh in anything," he said.
performance," said McDonough.
Wexell describes their games
against each other as a friendly ri
valry. She has an attitude similar to
McDonough's when it concerns
games.
"When she (McDonough) gets put
in the game I always wish her good
luck with her performance," Wexell
said.
Pitt's current record is 16-5, while
Penn State is 13-2. Penn State beat
Pitt in three consecutive matches.
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