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Booters rally to defeat Blue Hens in 3-1 contest
By CHRISTINE BORN
Collegian Sports Writer
Head Coach Walter Bahr’s' strategy for last
night’s soccer game with Delaware was to score
early and put pressure on the Blue Hens. Although
his strategy did not work, as Delaware took the
early lead, the Lions recovered and scored a 3-1
win over the Blue Hens at Jeffrey Field.
Penn State is now 8-4-4 and Delaware drops to 5-
8.
Although the Lions dominated play for three
quarters of the game by taking 11 corner kicks to
the Blue Hens’ zero and making 28 shots on goal to
13 for Delaware, Bahr was not happy with the way
Penn State played.
“I thought we had a flat game,” he said. “The
first 20 minutes we had some good scoring oppor
tunities to put the ball in the net, but again I wasn’t
pleased with the performance. We were doing
everything after the fact, we were moving after
the play rather than before the play. There are
always games where you’re a day late and a dollar
short.
“We were playing afterthought soccer. After the
opening is there, then someone decides to go for it. 1
After someone had the ball, then someone decides
to tighten up on defense. We didn’t anticipate well
and we didn’t make things happen.”
Assistant Coach Barry Gorman agreed the Lions
played poorly, especially after recent games.
“Compared to thfe way we played on Saturday
night against Hartwick, you would have thought
there were different people out there,” he said.
On Saturday, the Lions defeated Hartwick 3-2 on
a last minute goal scored by Steve Frantz.
Delaware scored first at 10:57 when the Blue
Hens’ Ron Sandell took a pass from Tom Brackin
and drilled it into the right hand corner of the net.
The goal came seconds after an indirect kick.
Bahr said the Delaware goal was an af
terthought that never should have happened.
“They had a man on the side of the wall and we
did not cover him and we gave up an easy goal,”
he said. “There is no reason why that ball should
have gotten through. We did not cover well on it.”
Lion goalkeeper John Pascarella made no ex
cuse for the Blue Hen goal.
“It was hot a good goal,” the junior said. “I
should have had a player marking that guy from
Collegian Photo / Alan KlelA
Renn State’s Niall Harrison, lett, charges a Delaware defender In the second half of last night’s game at
Jeffrey Field. The Lions were able to overcome an early 1-0 deficit to defeat the Blue Hens, 3-1. The win,
Penn State's third straight, keeps the team’s post-seasson hopes alive.
behind or on his right. He was the last player on
that side and I shouldn’t have let it happen because
he was wide open.”
The Lions tied the game with 19 seconds remain
ing in the half on Jan Skorpen’s 14th goal of the
season. Penn State knocked a corner kick across
the front of the net and Jay Ruby fed a pass to
Skorpen who booted it in.
Penn State took the lead for good at about eight
minutes into the second half. Ruby scored an
unassisted goal from about 20 yards out, drilling it
into the middle of the net.
Teh minutes later, Peter Daigle closed out the
scoring oh a controversial goal on a shot from 30
yards out which landed in the Tight side of the net.
Delaware’s goalkeeper Dave Ormsby claimed
the goal was scored when Daigle was offsides. The
linesman raised his flag, but the referee never
called it, prompting Ormsby to storm halfway
down the field in protest.
The game was maTred by another controversial
call when Georgie Kline received a red card with
13 minutes remaining in the game for a handball.
The senior from Chatham Township, N.J., is now
lost to the Lions for Friday’s game with Notre
Dame.
“It was a very, very severe penalty,” Bahr said
Will Bowl Day mean
Citrus for the Lions?
By MARK ASHENFELTER
Collegian Sports Writer
It may be early the season just
passed the halfway mark last week
end but already talk of bowl trips
can be heard in Happy Valley.
The preliminary talks have cen
tered aroud the traditional post-sea
son stomping grounds for the Lions.
Plans are being made to spend af
ternoons on Miami Beach before the
Orange Bowl or countless hours
cruising Bourbon Street before the
Sugar Bowl.
But those plans could be put on hold
by an unlikely source the Florida
Citrus Bowl. So instead of tanning
and drinking, Lion fans may have a
chance to visit Mickey Mouse and
Epcot Center.
The Citrus Bowl which will be
played this season on Jan. 1, 1987
wouldn’t be a contingency plan in
case the Lions stumble against Ala
bama, either. As it now stands there’s
a possibility that the Lions could meet
No. 1 Miami for the national cham
pionsip.
The rumors, first published in USA
TODAY last week, suggested that
ABC-TV might be the force behind
the matchup. The network televises
the Citrus Bowl and may want a
game to determine the national
championship in order to gain visi
bility for the latest entry on the New
Year’s Day block.
Some credibility to the rumors was
given by Manny Garcia and John
Day, two representatives of the bowl
who watched the Lions defeat Syra
cuse last Saturday at Beaver Stadi
um. But both stressed they didn’t
plant the idea in the media.
“I really think they got it from
ABC,” Garcia said. “It’d be a super
idea,” Day quickly agreed.
Garcia feels that Penn State would
be a good representative for the bowl.
“Penn State’s a good attraction not
only because they bring a lot of peo-
After 3 wins, the Lions'
magic number is five
By STACEY JACOBSON
Collegian Sports Writer
As the soccer season slowly winds
down, three seems to be the key
number for the Lions.
The team is coming off a mid-sea
son slump which consisted of three
losses and three ties. But, the pen
dulum is now swinging in the other
direction as the Lions have chalked
up three consecutive wins including
last night’s 3-1 victory over the Dela
ware Blue Hens.
Still, the magic number for Penn
State is five. Five games remain on
the Lions’ schedule and all five con
tests are must-win situations for the
Lions if they have any hope of getting
a bid to the NCAA tournament.
Earning five consecutive wins will
be rio easy task especially when con
sidering Penn State’s remaining op
ponents Notre Dame, University of
Connecticut, Temple, East Strouds
burg and Cleveland State.
The Lions’ record is now 8-4-4 and
even if they finish the season with a
winning record, failure to earn A bid
will be a blow to the program.
“We have a pretty strong tradition
as far as getting into the playoffs here
at Penn State,” senior Jay Ruby said.
“(Jetting a bid in the playoffs keeps
the program going which is good for
recruiting as far as bringing players
in and Coach (Walter) Bahr going out
and getting players. It keeps the
program strong.”
Both Bahr and Assistant Coach
Barry Gorman prefer to think about
each new contest rather than a play
off bid. Although the NCAA tourna-
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pie, but because they’re a great TV
team,” he said. “We had Ohio State
and BYU last year and Ohio State’s a
highly visible team with high TV
ratings. I’d say Penn State is as good
(as Ohio State) and probably even
better.”
But a few things would have to
happen before the plans are finalized.
Foremost, Penn State and Miami
must remain undefeated. The Lions
face their biggest test Saturday
against Alabama and Miami could
have its toughest challenge against
Florida State on Nov. 1.
Then there’s the issue of money
or the lack of it. The Citrus Bowl
currently pays $900,000 to each of the
two teams. The other top bowls that
the Lions and Hurricanes could
choose from including the Fiesta
and Cotton pay closer to $2 million
per team.
That’s where ABC enters the pic
ture, according to Garcia.
“The scenario would have to be if
there were two independents unde
feated in this case Miami and Penn
State that don’t have any place to
play each other on New Year’s Day,”
Garcia said. "If that happens then
they’d have to want to play each other
and ABC would have to match what
they’d get at the Sugar, Orange or
Cotton Bowls, which is another mil
lion dollars.”
There are two bowls the Citrus
and Fiesta where two undefeated
independents can meet and Day said
ABC would rather have them in the
Citrus Bowl, instead of in the Fiesta,
which is televised by NBC-TV.
“The scenario I see is that Penn
State would want to play Miami, but
Miami might want to go somewhere
else,” .Garcia said. “I think Miami
would prefer to travel, but the Orange
Bowl does pay more.
“But I think Miami would go any
where that it would have to to have a
chance to play for No. 1 in the coun
try.”
‘Everybody likes
challenges.’
John Pascarella, goalie
ment is the team’s ultimate goal, the
coaches believe the only way to reach
it is to concentrate on one game at a
time.
Neither coach was satisfied with
last night’s performance claiming the
team looked flat in comparison to last
Saturday’s match against Hartwick.
“I think an NCAA bid is important,
it’s what every team shoots for in the
regular season,” Barry Gorman said.
“Right now we can’t even think that
far in advahce we have to take each
game as it comes. There is not going
to be another four games if we don’t
win the next one as far as post-season
play.”
The players have gained momen
tum since their winning streak began
against Bucknell. Their playing pat
tern has remained the same pre
cise some games and sluggish in
others but they seem to view their
current situation as a challenge.
“Everybody likes challenges,”
goalie John Pascarella said. “It gets
you motivated a little bit more. It
makes practice more interesting,
more intense.”
The Lions are taking the element of
pressure and making it work for them
in the form of motivation.
“You have pressure whatever you
do, but it’s making us more moti
vated,” freshman Peter Daigle said.
Eager to play, Flutie signs with Bears
By JOEMOOSHIL
AP Sports Writer
LAKE FOREST, 111. Doug Flu- loyalties; I have to deal with that. I
tie, “anxious to get into the National want to impress the coaches and get
Football League and onto the playing my opportunities.”
field,” signed a contract with the The Bears obtained the rights to
Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears Flutie last week from the Los Angeles
yesterday. Rams. The Bears tfaded a third-
The 1984 Heisman Trophy winner round draft choice for a fourth-round
from Boston College signed 1987 and choice and gave up a sixth-round pick
1988 contracts as well as one for the in the 1987 draft,
current season which would make Flutie, who received $1.3 million
him eligible to be placed on the active from owner Donald Trump to play the
roster Nov. 41 1985 spring season with the New Jer
“Practice starts at 1:30 (today),” sey Generals of the United States
said Bears Coach Mike Ditka, who Football League, will receive $175,000
was instrumental in bringing the 5-9 a year from the Bears,
quarterback to the Bears. His salary this season will be pro
~ "It will take a couple of weeks rated, which will entitle him to about
before I get the grasp of things and $lOO,OOO for the balance of this season,
become comfortable with the of- In four seasons at Boston College,
fense,” Flutie said. “I’m going to Flutie passed for an NCAA-record
prepare as quickly as possible to 10,579 yards and 67 touchdowns. In
become competitive.” nine games in the USFL, he com-
Flutie was signed after Ditka pleted 134 of 281 passes for 2,109 yards
termed the Bears’ quarterback situa- and 13 touchdowns before suffering a
tion unstable because of injuries broken collarbone,
which have sidelined McMahon for “I’m fine physically. The Bears’
three games this season. doctors checked me out,” Flutie said.
Flutie hasn’t played football since Last week, Bears players in gener
the spring of 1985, but, “I don’t feel al and regular quarterback Jim Mc
rusty now. Maybe my body will feel it Mahon in particular criticized
in a week or two. We’ll see what management for acquiring Flutie.
happens.” “I don’t feel threatened and I don’t
Flutie was brought into the Bear think the criticism is pointed directly
camp on a day where the rest of the at me as Doug Flutie personally, but
team was off. • to a new player,” Flutie said.
NBA shooting for expansion by 1990
By WALTER BERRY
AP Sports Writer
PHOENIX, Ariz. The NBA’s Board of Gover
nors voted yesterday to expand by one to three
teams, but not before two years from now at the
earliest and possibly not until the 1990-91 season.
NBA Commissioner David Stern announced at a
news conference that a five-member expansion
committee would be formed and. would decide on
the sites and timetable for expansion, which will
be announced next April in New York.
The new teams would be added between the 1988-
89 and 1990-91 seasons.
The 23-member pro basketball league last added
a new team in 1980, when Dallas was granted a
franchise.
“The NBA has reached a point in strength where
the next logical step for us is to expand. The vote
was unanimous, 23-0,” Stern said. “The collective
force of the presentations given by six cities here
this week put away any doubts that we should not
be moving aggressively forward.”
Representatives from six cities Toronto,
Minneapolis, Miami, Fla., Orlando, Fla., Orange
County, Calif., and Charlotte, N.C. all delivered
30-minute presentations to the board Monday.
Stern said the expansion committee “will meet
with each of the six applicants again and with any
more (cities) that come forward. I would not be
surprised that in the next 60 days, there are not
more applicants.”
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New Jersey Nets who is representing the Miami
expansion group, said he believes the league may
decide to expand sooner than 1990.
“If they say there is expansion by 1988, every
body will be happy,” Schaffel said.
“I think that it’s possible,” Stern said when
asked about the 1988 timetable. “We’re really
looking for an orderly program for expansion. We
have six first-class cities to chose from so far.”
Named as chairman of the expansion committee
was Richard Bloch, who is president of the Phoe
nix Suns. Stern said the other committee members
will be William Davidson of the Detroit Pistons,
Herb Simon of the Indiana Pacers, Norm Sonju of
the Dallas Mavericks and Charlie Thomas of the
Houston Rockets.
Miami, Orlando and Minneapolis reportedly are
the front-runners in the race to land a franchise.
Miami already has its nickname of “Heat”
chosen, has started construction on a 15,300-seat
arena and has down payments on about 8,000
season tickets.
Orlando has picked the nickname “Magic,” has
down payments on about 14,000 season tickets and
is ready to break ground for a 16,930-seat facility.
Minneapolis hopes to have an 18,000-seat down
town arena built in two years while its team plays
in the Metrodome.
Harvey Ratner and Marvin Wolfenson, the two
Minnesota businessmen behind the Minneapolis
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old American Basketball Association, as did Ana
heim.
Nick Mileti, who owned the NBA’s Cleveland
Cavaliers from 1970-80, heads the Orange County
group that hopes to build a 20,000-seat Westdome
Arena in Anaheim.
But league officials said they are hesitant to add
a third NBA team to the southern California area
with the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles
Clippers already there.
The Toronto Huskies hosted Canada’s first NBA
game in 1946, but its franchise folded after the
1946-47 season and some NBA officials are skepti
cal about competing again against hockey, Cana
da’s national sport.
Charlotte once hosted some games by the ABA’s
Carolina Cougars, who eventually moved to Denv
er and became the NBA’s Nuggets. But with a
population of about 300,000, Charlotte is the small
est of the six cities to apply for a franchise.
Stern said the expansion committee will exam
ine each city’s strength of ownership, playing
facilities, population growth, market area and
projected fan support.
He said no price tag for an expansion team or
player allocation was discussed. ••
The NBA also announced that it unanimously
voted yesterday to give Stern a three-year con
tract extension through July 1990.
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