12—-The Daily Collegian Monday, Nov. 25,1985
Booters defeat
By CAROL D. RATH
Collegian Sports Writer
Logically, they shouldn’t have
walked away with a victory.
With more than nine minutes left in
regulation play in the Mid-Atlantic
Regional finals of the National Colle
giate Athletic Association playoff
tournament Saturday at Jeffrey
Field, the men’s soccer team was
trailing No. 11 Temple, 5-3. The
chances of a Lion victory, much less
ending the game in a tie, looked
mighty bleak.
After all, it took the Lions more
than 75 minutes to score those three
goals.
And putting two more goals past a
top-notch goalie, plus scoring one to
clinch the game, cannot be consid
ered an easy thing to do when you’re
down 5-3.
But the No. 18 Lions, weren’t adher
ing to logic.
Through skill, determination, and
graced by luck, the Lions were able to
make a remarkable comeback in
those nine minutes, scoring two goals
and sending the game into double
overtime.
After two scoreless 10-minute peri
ods, the game went into penalty kicks
followed,by sudden-death elimination
resulting in a kick ruled good from
Larry Miller giving the Lions a 4-3
advantage. This gave the Lions (15-5-
1) a 6-5 victory and the title of Mid-
Atlantic Regional Champions.
“I can’t even remember the last
time we had a game that went into
penalty kicks and that’s the way it
was decided,” Head Coach Walter
Bahr said. “We were not prepared for
it. We have four people that can take
penalties and we practice a little bit
with them, but we went down to our
sixth and we were ready for the
seventh, eight, ninth, and on down the
line.”
With the win, the Lions advanced to
the NCAA Quarterfinals. Penn State
will next challenge No. 1 Evansville,
a 3-0 victor against unranked Indiana
in the Great Lakes Regional finals.
Bahr said that the exact time and
place of the quarterfinal game will be
announced by the NCAA Soccer Com
mittee by 1 p.m. today. He added that
he expects the game to be played in
Evansville, Jnd., since the site de
pends on which school draws the
larger crowds. According to NCAA
injured, should play in
D.J.
By CHRIS LINDSLEY
Collegian Sports Writer
Nothing could have been better for
the Lions following their 31-0 trounc
ing of Pitt Saturday in Pitt Stadium.
Nothing, that is, except for the condi
tion of tailback D.J. Dozier.
The junior from Virginia Beach,
Va., dislocated his left elbow at the
end of a 16-yard run late in the third
period when he fell on his left arm.
Dozier was carried off the field on a
stretcher, but Penn State Head Coach
Joe Paterno said people’s fears that it
Manoa stars in homecoming
By MARK ASHENFELTER
Collegian Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH Although it was
not truly home, Tim Manoa still man
aged to have a homecoming to re
member when the football team
traveled to face the Pitt Panthers
Saturday night.
Manoa lists Pittsburgh as he latest
residence, but he is hardly a native to
the state. He was born in Tonga, an
island in the South Pacific, and
moved to Hawaii when he was five.
Eleven years later, before his junior
year of high school, he moved to
Pittsburgh and lived with family
friends in order to get a better educa
tion.
In terms of homecomings, the 1983
Aloha Bowl probably meant more to
the 6-OV2, 227-pound junior, but Satur
day’s performance in the No. 1 Lions’
31-0 victory made this game special
as well.
Manoa rushed for 91 yards and two
touchdowns against a defensive unit
ranked fourth against the run. His
first score, a 60-yard burst through
the Panther defense, gave Penn State
a comfortable 14-0 lead midway
through the second quarter.
On his second touchdown, Manoa
relied more on brute force than speed
as he ran through a host of defenders
for a three-yard score early in the
final period.
Both runs were equally special for
the fullback who has rushed for 380
yards and three touchdowns on the
season,
“I came through the hole . . and
my eyes opened up,” he said; “I said,
‘l’ve got to do it.’ I saw the guy
coming from the side and I thought he
was going to catch me. . . I think I ran
the quickest I’ve every run on that
play.”
His second touchdown, on a first
and goal from the three showed just
how strong Manoa is after he gets
going. He was met by a host of
defenders at the two, but continued
moving until he crossed reached the
end zone. Manoa said he had some
thing to prove on that carry.
“I’ve been stopped a lot of times at
the goal line,” he said. “I had it in my
mind that I was going to make it.”
Head Coach Joe Paterno said it was
nice to see Manoa make it to the end
rules, the quarterfinal games must be
played by Dec. 1.
The loss for Temple marred its
previously perfect schedule of 14-0-2.
Saturday’s loss was its first of the
season, after two consecutive ties
with Penn State (1-1) and Penn (2-2).
For a playoff game to go down to
the wire in a sudden-death elimina
tion contest between two talented
teams leaves no true winner. Each
team’s season was decided in those
few short minutes in which either
team could have emerged the victor.
“It’s very much of a chance thing
(penalty kicks). It happens, if you
dive the right way and get out there
and it’s down low where you can get
it, it’s pretty much chance,” Lion
goalie Bert Eckelmeyer said. “And
even though we won, I feel really bad.
It’s a tough way for either team to
win.”
The two challengers, who ended a
Nov. 1 confrontation in Philadelphia
in a 1-1 deadlock, once again re
mained even after regulation time
expired.
Lion forward Thomas Greve took
the first penalty kick, which sailed
past Temple goalie Dale Caya’s left
side and into the cage. Owl forward
Steve Jeremenko responded with a
ball put past Eckelmeyer’s right side.
Once again, the rivals were at a
deadlock.
Lions’ Paul Moylan and Steve Pot
ter managed to put the ball in the
cage, while attempts from team
mates Kevin Jennings and Troy
Snyder went wide.
Owls’ Peter Dicce and Steffan
Hausner successfully faked out Eck
elmeyer, yet the Penn State goalie
saved attempts from Tom Csongradi
and Franklin Gbiniji. Again, the
Pennsylvania powerhouses were at a
standstill, forcing the game into sud
den-death elimination.
Owl midfielder Glenn Curry’s at
tempt, won on the sudden-death elim
ination coin toss, went over
Eckelmeyer’s domain, setting up
Lion midfielder Miller’s perfect shot
past Caya’s right side, giving the
Lions a 6-5 triumph in front of more
than 1,000 spectators.
Yet the day was not only not a
triumph for the Owls, but it wasn’t a
good day for Temple goalie Caya
either.
For Caya, the No. 18 Lions had
was a shoulder injury were for not. "I just talked to him and he’s
“The x-rays are negative,” Pater- hurting a little bit,” Shaffer said,
no said. “He’s got a dislocated elbow, “but I think he’ll still be around.”
and it will probably be three or four Dozier, Penn State’s leading rusher
weeks (before he will begin practic- this season with 723 yards and fifth
ing for the Orange Bowl).” alltime, is one person Paterno needs
After getting his left arm put in a to be healthy when the Lions square
sling to take the pressure off the off against Oklahoma in the Orange
injured elbow. Dozier reappeared on Bowl on New Year’s night,
the field to watch the last few minutes Sports Information Director Dave
of the game. Baker said yesterday that “he would
When asked about his teammate, think” Dozier would be ready, to play
quarterback John Shaffer said he against the Sooners, and that his left
expects him to be in the backfield elbow would be in a sling for about
when the Lions take on the Sooners. three weeks.
zone twice in his adopted hometown.
“I was glad Timmy could come
home and have a big night,” Paterno
said. “That (first touchdown), was a
great run, I thought he did a great
job.”
Manoa is just glad he is getting a
chance to do the job period.
As a freshman he started the sea
son as a fullback, but ended up split
ting his time as an outside linebacker
and defensive end.
“I came in as a freshman and I
wanted to play I wanted to play as
a fullback but they wanted me to
play linebacker,” he said. “At that
Temple 6-5 in sudden death
already spoiled the game statistically
for him.
Caya had only given up 10 goals in
16 games, one scored by Greve on a
penalty kick, before he met the Lions
a second time. In a single game, he
gave up five goals and failed to save
any after-regulation goal attempts.
Caya either allowed the ball to go
by him, or the Penn State shot went
wide.
The Lions started out on the right
mental note by scoring the first goal.
In past games, the downfall of the
game has been after the opposition
scored first, breaking the mental
concentration of the Lions.
Midfielder Snyder took the ball
down the left side of the field, passing
it to forward Niall Harrison who then
looped it back across the goal mouth
to Snyder. Snyder then deposited it in
the far side of the Temple goal cage,
giving the Lions a 1-0 lead at the 9:11
mark of the first half.
Temple and Penn State traded off
for each of its first three goals includ
ing the lead-off goal scored by Snyd
er, followed by Owl Gbiniji (two
goals), and Jennings on a penalty
kick.
Midfielder Dave Dabora was put in
the game for an ailing Harrison who
suffered an injury to the shoulder at
the 34:38 mark of the second half.
Four minutes later, Dabora accepted
a pass from Greve, bulleting it past
Caya, 3-3.
The next two goals were taken by
Temple, edging out the Lions 5-3. The
familiar Dicce and Gbinije duo con
tributed to the Owls’ fourth goal
(66:10) while Dicce fed Curry the ball
for the Owls’ fifth and final goal
(80:17).
With 5:22 remaining in the game,
midfielder Gerry Moyer took a Greve
to Jennings pass to help rally the
Lions, 5-4.
Dabora saved a loss for the Lions
with 2:08 on the clock when he took an
assist from Greve, posting a 5-5 dead
lock, forcing the game into overtime.
LION NOTE: In other regional
playoff games: New York Region
Hartwick over Columbia, 2-0; New
England Region Boston University
over Connecticut, 2-1 in penalty
kicks; South Region South Caroli
na over Clemson, 1-0 in penalty kicks;
South Atlantic Region American
over George Mason, 3-1.
Orange Bowl
Tim Manoa
time they had a lot of good running
backs and I just wanted to play some
where.”
He welcomed the switch back to
offense for his sophomore season and
he responded by carrying 47 times for
166 yards, after rushing just once in
1983.
“When John Williams (graduated),
they needed fullbacks and they asked
me to come back,” he said. “It turned
out last year that I liked it. I figure
I’m going to stay there I don’t want
to move any more.”
You could say that fullback is the
one place Manoa can truly call home.
Temple goalie Dale Caya could not stop Lion defender Larry Miller’s sudden-death elimination attempt, giving the Lions a
6-5 victory over the No. 11 Owls and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship Title. No. 18 Penn State will face No. 1
Evansville in NCAA Quarterfinals.
Booters are heroes
By CAROL D. RATH
Collegian Sports Writer
Heroes.
Mothers adore them, fathers are proud of them, girls
worship them and little tykes look up to them.
In any sport, heroes are to be considered the best
players; the players who score the most points, or make
the key saves, the ones put on a pedestal.
Yet' during the Mid-Atlantic Regional final Saturday at
Jeffrey Field, one single player cannot really be pin
pointed as the hero in the Lions’ 6-5 victory over the
Temple Owls. Each player, in fact, earned the right to be
called the hero of the game.
But if one had to individually pick a hero, one could say
that goalie Bert Eckelmeyer should be the hero since he
was credited with four saves in the second half and only
allowed five goals and three sudden-death attempts to slip
by him.
In the penalty kicks as well as the sudden-death
elimination, the fate of the Lions was resting solely on the
Doylestown freshman’s shoulders.
“It’s not something (penalty kicks) you practice every
day. In all seriousness, he (Larry Miller) and Marco
(Bulatovic) and John Pascarella had a heck of a lot to do
with what I did today,” Eckelmeyer said.
Eckelmeyer added that those three helped him prepare
for Saturday’s game through coaching and moral sup
port.
Or maybe the hero is defender Larry Miller who has
been a key defensive player throughout the season as well
as this past weekend. The Myerstown native has been an
important backbone man in the defense for the Lions,
although his position is new to Miller this season.
After playing around with the starting lineups early this
fall, Head Coach Walter Bahr decided the Lions were
hurting for defenders. Miller had previously been a three
year starting forward for Penn State and is currently in
Lady spikers win
By STACEY JACOBSON
Collegian Sports Writer
The women’s volleyball team,
ranked No. 1 in the Atlantic 10 Con
ference, proved its dominance last
weekend by capturing its third con
secutive Atlantic 10 Conference Tour
nament title.
The Lady Lions defeated both
George Washington and No. 2 Univer
sity of Rhode Island, to earn an
automatic bid to the National Colle
giate Athletic Association tourna
ment to be played in two weeks.
Head Coach Russ Rose said the
main objective of the weekend was to
receive a bid to NCAA’s. Penn State
had a 5-0 record in conference play
and although all factors pointed to
wards a Lady Lion victory, the team
needed to play intense, competitive
volleyball.
Assistant Coach and former All-
American player Lori Barberich ex
plained that because the tournament
was played at West Virginia, neither
team had a home court advantage.
Since Penn State was ranked No. 1,
all the teams were fired up to play
competitive volleyball in the hope of
knocking them down.
“We knew the winner was going to
go to the NCAA,” Barberich said, “so
therefore, we couldn’t lose.”
Due to their rankings, Penn State
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the type of player Paterno said has
made this team special.
“We’ve been very fortunate that
we’ve had good leadership and matu
rity,” Paterno said. “And they were
able to handle the pressure of trying
to win all their regular-season games
... I think it’s tougher to be playing
our schedule and having an unde
feated season. It’s not going to hap
pen a lot of times.”
No matter how good you are, the
ball has to bounce your way some
times to go undefeated, as it did for
linebacker Pete Giftopoulos Satur
day. Giftopoulos recovered Pitt quar
terback John Congemi’s fumble in
the end zone for his first career
in Mid-Atlantic Final
tenth place on the individual scoring record with 29 goals,
19 assists.
But as a defender, Miller is still an offensive contributor
with seven shots on goal, one goal and four assists.
Or maybe the hero is midfielder Dave Dabora.
Dabora’s third goal tied the game at 3-3 while his
second of the game, with just a little more than two
minutes left in the game, threw the game into overtime.
Dabora has been known to occupy a bench seat during
the starting minutes of the game, but has been known to
enter the game and be an offensive key for the Lions.
Dabora has scored in eight games, including two goals in
the Mid-Atlantic Regional final.
The senior from Storrs, Conn., has compiled an impres
sive nine goals and four assists for the season, with two of
those goals scored on Saturday. The senior substitute
forward occupies the number third spot on the individual
scoring record.
No one player can be singled out as the ultimate hero in
the Lions’ crucial victory on Saturday. Each was needed
to contribute and without just one of those important
pieces to Bahr’s puzzle, the outcome of the Mid-Atlantic
Regional final may have turned out a little differently.
Atlantic 10 title
and URI didn’t play the first round of
the tournament. In the first round'
West Virginia defeated Rutgers,
which pitted the Lady Mountaineers
against the Lady Rams from URI,
and George Washington triumphed
over Temple, forcing them to face.
Penn State.
“We were very nervous in the first
game,” senior Co-captain Marcia
Leap said. “We had the jitters be
cause it was a big tournament and we
made a lot of nervous mistakes.”
Despite the jitters and mistakes,
the scores told the story of the match.
The points for George Washington
came less often as the Lady Lions
loosened up. The final result was a 3-0
match victory, 15-10,15-4, and 15-3.
“In the beginning of the game, we
were pretty tight,” Rose said, “but I
wasn’t too surprised or concerned.”
His confidence in his team was
obviously not unmerited. In spite of
their slow start, several players still
had some outstanding statistics, in
cluding Marcia Leap, who had 15
kills, Vida Kernich, who had seven,
and Lisa Chidester, who had three
service aces.
URI was victorious against WVU,
earning the right to take on the Lady
Lions for the NCAA bid.
Unlike the last time these two tea
ms met, URI came in healthy, as
touchdown, giving the Lions a com
manding 21-0 lead.
Giftopoulos said he knew the Lions
would improve upon last year’s win
total, but he didn’t even consider the
possibility of going through the sea
son unbeaten.
“I couldn’t have imagined 11-0, but
I couldn’t imagine another year like
last year,” Giftopoulos said. “I
thought we’d have a very competitive
team. We worked really hard over the
summer, a lot of guys stayed up and
practiced together. I knew we’d be
competitive. Being around the nation
al championship scene, I didn’t think
we’d be undefeated or ranked No. 1.”
But they are No. 1 and, after a
sluggish start, have shown just how
good they can be in crushing Notre
‘lt’s not something (penalty kicks)
you practice everyday. In all
seriousness, he (Larry Miller) and
Marco (Bulatovic) and John
Pascarella had a heck of a lot to do
with what I did today,’
—Bert Eckelmeyer, goalie
setter Dee Dee Hull was able to
compete after missing the team’s
encouter in Rec Hall.
The games were fast moving well
played competitive volleyball. Al
though Penn State won all three
games 15-12, 15-9, and 15-9 and were
never behind during these games,
URI was definitely a worthy oppo
nent.
“They were up to play us but we
played our own game, we served well
and passed almost perfectly.” Bar
berich said. “We were really scrap
py, we wouldn’t let their ball drop and
they had very few service aces.”
During the URI match several
players had noteworthy games, in
cluding Denise Navoney, who aided
the defense with 15 digs. Lisa Leap
slammed 12 kills and Izetta Phillips
had seven.
Awards for the tournament and the
conference were presented at the
conclusion of the match. Penn State
players dominated these awards.
Three players, Marcia Leap, Lisa
Chidester, and Ellen Hensler, were
voted on the all-tournament team.
Hensler was the MVP.
Hensler,' Leap and Kernich were
selected for the all-conference team.
The conference also honored Leap as
the Player of the Year and Rose as
the Coach of the Year.
Dame 36-6 and Pitt 31-0.
And with a win over 8-1 Oklahoma,
Paterno would have his second na
tional char ipionship in the last four
years.
Oklahoma will be just another
chance for the Lions to prove those
who think Penn State can’t stay with
the wishbone offense, All-Amierica
filled defense the Sooners possess
wrong.
“It’s just another game, another
challenge for us,” Moules said.
“They’ve got a great football team,
great football tradition down there,
and it’s a great challenge for the
Penn State program.”
And as Penn State’s opponents
have laerned this s&ason Joe Paterno
likes nothing better than challenges.
New-look lady cagers win Lady Lion Classic
By MATT HERB
Collegian Sports Writer
It’s a strange hybrid, this new Penn
State womens’ basketball team, an
unlikely combination of speed, fi
nesse and power that has rarely
existed in the past. But together,
these disparate elements resulted in
a pair of season-opening victories en
route to a first place finish in the
annual Lady Lion Classic.
In the first round of the four-team
tournament Friday night, Penn State
overcame a mediocre first half and a
serious shortage of rebounds to down
Providence, 93-68. In the
championship gatpe Saturday
against Western Michigan, the Lady
Lions put Friday’s difficulties behind
them, winning handily, 83-53.
The speed came from the usual
source, point guard Suzie McConnell,
who fueled the transition game with
her passing. She finished the weekend
with 20 assists and 27 points and was
the tournament MVP even though she
played little over 20 minutes in each
game.
The finesse too, was not unex
pected. Forward Joanie O’Brien and
reserve guard Lisa Faloon hit from
the outside, seemingly at will, just as
they did last season.
It was the power, though, that sur
prised, especially considering who it
came from. While the Lady Lions
fully expected newcomer Pia Edvins
son to bring a more physical style of
play to Penn State thanks to her
experience in the European leagues,
it was back-up center Bethany Collins
and forward Vicki Link who turned in
the tournament’s most memorable
performances.
In the championship game Link
was the star, topping her previous
personal best of 11 points with 16 to
lead the Lady Lions, and crashing the
boards for 13 rebounds. Edvinsson
followed her lead, snagging nine re
bounds and pouring in eight points of
her own. For both, it was a chance for
Grapplers fare well
in two tournaments
By CHRISTINE BORN
Collegian Sports Writer
For Eric Brugel, the 1985-86
wrestling season is starting off
well. The 5-10 senior began his
season with a win last night at the
Bloomsburg Invitational. But
while Brugel won the 167-pound
bout, the Lions finished second in
last night’s tournament.
Penn State fared better, howev
er, in Saturday’s East Strouds
burg Open, taking home first
place. Penn State also had a total
of seven individual titles over the
weekend.
Head Coach Rich Lorenzo sent
half the squad to compete at East
Stroudsburg while the other half
traveled to Bloomsburg.
On Saturday, the Lions won
their fourth straight East Strouds
burg Open by scoring 82.5 points.
Maryland was second with 74.25
while Rider finished third with
59.75. The tournament host placed
fifth with 48.25 points.
In the Bloomsburg Invitational,
Penn State finished second with
130.25 points. Bloomsburg won the
tournament by scoring 175 points
and Franklin and Marshall came
in third with 105.25 points.
At East Stroudsburg, Penn State
placed six wrestlers in the finals
and the Lions emerged with five
individual title winners. Matt Ger
hard finished in second place at
126-pounds when he defaulted to
East Stroudsburg’s Tom Vara be
cause Gerhard had a pinched
nerve in his neck.
Freshman Jim Martin beat Tim
Jacoutot of Trenton State 12-8 in
the 118-pound finals. At 134
leers improve despite setbacks
By TIM EYSTER
Collegian Sports Writer
Going into this weekend, the ice hockey team had an 0-7
record against powerhouse Michigan-Dearborn since late
December, 1981.
You can now make that mark 0-9.
The Wolves, an independent varsity team which has
had success against National Collegiate Athletic Associa
tion Division I clubs, used good puck movement and a
stingy defense to beat the Lions 8-0 Friday and 6-4
Saturday at the ice pavilion. . .
Michigan-Dearborn, which the Lions considered Divi
sion I-caliber, jumped on Penn State early Friday,
registering five goals in 11:22 of the first period in the
victory. The Lion offense also had trouble getting un
tracked the whole night, getting off only 14 shots on goal
against a strong defense
Penn State showed signs of a major resurgence on
Saturday, however. The Lions had one-goal leads of 1-0
and 2-1 in the first and second periods, respectively, and
also came back from a 4-2 deficit to tie the game at 4-4 in
the third period before two Michigan-Dearborn goals at
12:04 and 13:24 put the game away.
Head Coach Jon Shellington said the difference between
Penn State’s performances Friday and Saturday was the
level of aggressiveness.
“We were more aggressive (Saturday),” he said.
“Don’t ask me why. We talk about it all the time. You've
got to be aggressive in any sport. I don’t know why we
didn’t have it (Friday), but they didn’t, and tonight they
did, and it shows.
redemption after sub-par perfor
mances against Providence.
“I thought I did a lot better re
bounding,” Link said, “but it’s some
thing we still need to work on. We let'
them get a lot of offensive rebounds.”
Against Western Michigan, the
Lady Lions came out smoking and
rarely let up during the ensuing 40
minutes. The Broncos, who had es
caped the first round with a narrow
come-from j behind victory over Min
nesota, spent all but the first two
minutes of the championship game
playing catch-up ball.
With the score tied 2-2, the Broncos
took their last look at daylight as the
Lady Lions proceded to bury them
with 12 unananswered points. By half
time, Penn State had extended that
cushion to a comfortable 21 points.
“We forced them into taking some
bad shots,” O’Brien said. “We forced
the clock to run down and if you can
make people throw up a shot when
there’s only three or four seconds left
on the clock, it’s usually not going to
be a good shot.”
Although Head Coach Rene Port
land agreed that the Lions acquitted
themselves better against the Bron
cos than the night before, she was
cautious when assessing the Lady
Lions’ future.
“We were more relaxed,” she said,
“but I still contend that rebounding is
probably the biggest area that down
the road could get us in trouble. So
that’s an area of concern.”
Another worry for Portland this
weekend was the health of McCon
nell, who was suffering the after-ef
fects of a bout with the flu. Although
she chipped in 11 assists against
Western Michigan, nearly up to her
12.6 average from last season, her
defensive performance against the
Broncos’ Tracie Wells received
mixed reviews.
“I don’t think Suzie felt all that
well,” Portland said. “Wells shot two
for 11, I think she’s a street player,
pounds, Joe Hadge beat Jim Frick
of Lehigh 7-3. All-American Greg
Elinsky won by forfeit over Jody
Karam of Lock Haven to win the
167-pound title.
In the 177-pound class, Dan
Mayo won on criteria over former
Lock Haven standout Doug Buck
waiter. Mayo won on riding time
after a 1-1 overtime score. The
regulation score was 6-6.
Penn State’s Andy Voit won a 7-3
decision over John Bott of Rider to
capture the 190-pound title.
At Bloomsburg, Penn State sent
five wrestlers to the finals and
emerged with two individual win
ners. Brugel defeated Ted
Filwinski of Duke 19-7 at 167
pounds. The other Lion winner
was Glenn Koser in the 150-pound
weight class. The 5-8 junior won by
injury default over Dave Gable of
Franklin and Marshall.
Finishing in second place for
Penn State was Keith Maurer at
126 pounds. The junior lost 6-4 to
Ricky Bonomo of Bloomsburg. At
134 pounds, Tim Flynn lost to
Rocky Bonomo 7-2 of Bloomsburg.
Bonomo was named the outstand
ing wrestler of the tournament.
The 142-pound champion was
Bloomsburg’s Marty King, who
defeated Penn State’s Rob Meloy
9-3.
Third place winners were Lions’
Jan Johnson at 190 pounds and Jeff
Ellis in heavyweight class.
Overall, Lorenzo was impressed
with the team’s performance.
“The competition was very in
tense,” he said. “We gave a good
effort and I feel we did a lot of
things right. We now know what
we have to work on.”
“We had a meeting (Saturday). We double-underlined,
‘We’ve got to be more intense, more aggressive, and
we’ve got to want the puck, we’ve got to want it to win,’ ”
he said, “and we came out, and the first couple shifts we
did, and I think that kind of helped set the tone for us, that
we were going to play a more aggressive game.”
Left wing Jeff Podeszwa agreed with his coach’s
analysis of Saturday’s game
“We forechecked a lot. We had our intensity level up,”
he said. “We figured we didn’t have anything to lose. We
just went out there and tried to hit.”
On Saturday, Penn State jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a
goal by Pat McQuillan at 8:58 of the first period, but the
Wolves tied it only 17 seconds later. The Lions regained
the lead on a slap shot from the left corner by defenseman
John D’Aloisio with only 1:25 gone in the second period,
but Michigan-Dearborn answered with three goals in a
little more than 14 minutes.
The Lions also showed an ability to come back, pulling
to within one at 17:27 of the second period on Podeszwa’s
first-ever goal in a Penn State uniform and tying the
game on a goal by team captain Lynn Sipe at 9:31 of the
third period.
The Wolves then kept their unbeaten streak against the
Lions alive, however, when forwards Pal Marody and
Scott Davenport scored goals within 1:20.
Defenseman Geoff Bishop said a big momentum build
er for Penn State in Saturday’s game came when the
Lions had their 2-1 lead in the second period. At one point,
the Wolves fired many successive shots toward Gerry
Hourihan from both short and long distances, but the
goalie did not let them score.
Lady Lion guard Suzie McConnell drives for a score in Saturday’s championship game of the Lady Lion Classic at Rec
Hall. McConnell led the women’s basketball team to the championship with a 83-53 win over Western Michigan.
she threw up a lot of junk, but she was* State assistant Bob Foley, the Lady from the middle in heavy traffic, and
able to penetrate on us anytime she Friars dominated Penn State on the some, uncharacteristically, from out
wanted to. I don’t think we did a good boards. side. But like McConnell, Collins’
job of keeping her out of the middle.” It took the deadly outside shooting . questionable health threatened to cut
Even so, the Broncos did much of of O’Brien, who was six for seven short a stellar performance. She’s
their shooting from the perimeter, from the floor, and McConnell’s driv- been bothered with a painful back
where they hit a lowly 29 percent. ing lay-ups which accounted for 20 injury since before coming to Penn
It was a defensive performance points to help sink the Lady Friars. State last year,
that Portland had no reason to expect But most of all, it took the shooting of “I just wanted to play to begin with
after being outrebounded by Provi- Collins, whose 26 points were both the and I wasn’t sure was going to happen
dence. In a game that marked the game high and a personal best. with it,” she said, “but I didn’t want
head coaching debut of former Penn Collins muscled most of her shots in to use that as an excuse.”
Defensive woes plague cagers in loss
By MARK BRENNAN
Collegian Sports Writer
When Craig Collins finished his
basketball playing days at Penn State
last year, there is no doubt Head
Basketball Coach Bruce Parkhill was
sorry to see the four-year letterwin
ner and team co-captian leave.
Parkhill was probably even sorrier
after Collins lead Marathon Oil, an
amateur touring team, to 84-78 victo
ry over the Lions in an exhibition
game at Rec Hall yesterday.
Collins burned the nets for 31
points, hitting on a mixture of long
range jump shots, some strong inside
moves, and a slam dunk or two. He
went 15 for 20. from the field and one
for two from the line while grabbing
five rebounds and handing out four
assists.
Despite the loss, Parkhill was glad
to see Collins play well against the
“I was glad he had a big game,”
Parkhill said. “I hope it will help him
down the road, maybe give him a
chance to play in Europe. I was really
glad he had a good game, I just wish
he was wearing blue and white.”
While Collins seemed at ease play
ing in front of the Penn State crowd,
Parkhill said the Lions were tentative
and did not look like they were com
fortable on the court.
“I really think we were hesitant
and uncomfortable for most of the
game,” Parkhill said. “It was really
eveident in the first half that the guys
were breathing hard and really
looked nervous. We were very tenta
tive defensively.”
The nervousness caught up with
Penn State about one quater of the
way through the second half. After
controllling the game throughtout the
first half and building up as much as
a nine-point lead at the beginning of
the second half, the Lions started to
make some mistakes that later in the
game proved to be costly.
Marathon took advantage of a se
ries of Penn State turnovers to tie the
game at 49 with about 14 minutes left
in the game. A few plays later, center
Brian Roth of the Oilers hit a short
baseline jumper to give Marathon the
lead for good.
Parkhill attributed the mistakes to
the youth of the team and said it is a
matter of the younger players getting
used to the game situations.
“The mistakes are there because
we are a young team,” Parkhill said.
“It has been evident in practice that
we make a lot of mistakes and it
sticks out even more so in a game
situation, the kids were like they were
running in sand.”
Junior forward Carl Chrabascz got
his feet out of the sand enough near
the mid-way point of the second half
to take control of the game offensive
ly for Penn State. The 6-8 tri-captian
scored on a series of inside power
.moves and foul shots, tallying 10
straight points for the Lions in one
stretch.
The only problem was that Mar
athon responded almost every time
Chrabascz scored, so the Lions came
out of his scoring tear in just about
the same position they went into it,
behind.
Parkhill said that is one of the main
problems his team is facing now. He
said offensively, the team seems to be
in good shape, but defensively the
team is struggling.
“The offense was 0.K., but it
should be against Marathon because
they don’t have a chance to practice
team defense a lot,” Parkhill said.
“Defensively, it stands right out,
we’re not good defensively. And on
the boards we were bad too.
“So those two areas have been
areas of concern fron day one and will
be all year,” he added.
- Guard Tony Ward finished with 18
points and Chrabascz added 17 to lead
the Lions while 6-10 Frank Kaminsky
pumped in 22 for Marathon.
Lady harriers set for title meet
By JIM SAUNDERS
Collegian Sports Writer
Coming off of a big win at last week’s Regional
championships and a great regular season, the wom
en’s cross country team makes its final 1985 appear
ance today in the NCAA championships at Marquette
University.
Penn State is hoping to live up to Head Coach Teri
Jordan’s preseason prediction.
“I see this as a top ten team, nationally,” the coach
said at the season’s outset.
By using the best runners available for each meet,
the Lady Lions have taken advantage of their extreme
team depth to remain consistent throughout the sea
son. Jordan has listed the same line-up for today’s,
meet that was good enough to easily win Region I.
Competing for Penn State will be senior Kathleen
Kuhn, juniors Holly Loht and Lisa Ross and sophomore
Kathy St. Clair. They will be joined by freshmen Amy
Aston, Kathy Pitcher and Stacy Prey.
With five first place finishes in seven attempts, the
Lady Lions have never finished ‘out of the money’;
taking a second at the Western Ontario Invitational
and third at the Rutgers Invitational. But, according to
Kuhn, the competition in this meet is by far the
toughest that they’ve faced.
“In a meet like this we all have to run to our
maximum potential,” said the team’s captain, “be
cause a few seconds could mean a lot of points when
Collegian Photo/Julio McCulloch
Penn State’s Paul Murphy soars for a layup in yesterday’s exhibition game
against Marathon Oil at Rec Hall. The men’s basketball team lost to the amateur
club, 84-78.
everyone is so evenly matched and you’re competing
with the best runners in the country.”
Teams joining Penn State in Milwaukee, where the
nation’s top 16 squads are squaring off to finalize the
1985 rankings, include Boston College, Brigham
Young, Clemson, Kansas State, lowa State, Kentucky,
New Mexico and North Carolina State.
Other teams that have made the cut in their respec
tive regional meets include Northwestern, Oregon,
Texas, University of California at Los Angeles, Villa
nova, Washington State and Wisconsin.
Also competing in the meet will be the many athletes
who placed individually in their respective regions, but
whose teams failed to qualify.
The Lady Lions have the advantage of having run,
during the regular season and Regional competition,
against four of these teams.
They finished a respectable third to No. 1 North
Carolina State and No. 2 Wisconsin at the Rutgers
Invitational early in the season and ahead of Villanova
and Boston College in last week’s combined Region I &
II Championships at Lehigh.
Considering their performance and development,
Jordan feels that her squad, ranked No. 14 nationally,
is better than the polls indicate.
“I don’t hold much stock in polls,” she said, “They
all go out the window (today) and the only one that
counts is at the end of the season.”
This meet is one in which the weather could play an
important role.
Collegian Monday, Nov. 25, 1985—13
The Daily
Sinisalo paces
Flyers past
Penguins, 7-4
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Ilk
ka Sinisalo scored two goals in
the third period as the Philadel
phia Flyers surged to defeat the
Pittsburgh Penguins 7-4 in the
NHL last night.
Dave Poulin scored three
goals, shooting his last short
handed into an empty net at 19:55
in the third period after Pitts
burgh pulled goalie Denis Her
ron.
Sinisalo’s game-winner, his
fourth of the season, came on a
power play off a rebound shot
from Tim Kerr 11:43 into the
period to give Philadelphia a 5-4
lead. His first goal, which broke a
3-3 tie, came on a rebound shot off
a faceoff deep in the Pittsburgh
end at 4:43.
Ron Sutter gave Philadelphia
an insurance goal on a break
away steal at 19:55 before Poulin
ended the scoring.
The lead see-sawed until Sini
salo’s game-winner.
Pittsburgh opened up the scor
ing when Mario Lemieux fired in
a rebound off a blocked shot by
the Flyers’ Brad Marsh at 6:03
into the first period.
Poulin’s first goal of the night,
on a pass from Tim Kerr, tied it
at 1-1 7:38 into the period. The
Flyers took the lead at 14:27 when
Murry Craven scored on a faceoff
pass from Peter Zezel on a power
play.
Pittsburgh came back for a 2-2
tie at 17:09 when Randy Cunney
worth took a pass from Jim John
son and fired past Flyers goalie
Darren Jensen.
The Flyers pulled ahead 3-2 at
1:14 into the second period with
Poulin’s second goal, a 40-foot
slapshot.