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Grapplers upend top-ranked lowa 27
By MARK S. McWHIRTER
Collegian Sports Writer
The wrestling team pulled off what some
have already deemed the biggest feat in the
history of the program. Last night in front of
more than 7,500 screaming fans at Rec Hall,
the Lions dethroned the top-ranked lowa Hawk
eyes by an astounding 27-15 margin. With the
victory, Penn State will undoubtedely assume
collegiate wrestling’s No. 1 ranking.
Hawkeye Head Coach Dan Gable had been
hinting at a possible upset in the weeks leading
up to the dual meet, and his worst fears soon
became reality.
“I saw it coming as a coach,” Gable said of
the drubbing the Hawkeyes had just suffered.
“And maybe it’s a fault that I portrayed it too
much to my team.
“I tried to tell them that that’s not exactly
how I felt,” he continued. “However, I’m a
pretty honest person and maybe that cost me
Why
Because college football’s
highest individual honor
most likely won’t be going
to this man .. .
Paul Palmer of Temple.
And it probably won’t be
going to this man,
Oklahoma’s mohawk
coifed, rainbow-colored,
human freeway pileup ...
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linebacker Brian
Bosworth. Instead, if all
goes as expected, the
award will culminate two
brilliant seasons and a
lifelong dream for a kid
from Long Island. If you
were Vinny Testaverde,
you’d be . . .
Dreaming Heisman Trophy
By CHRIS LODER
Collegian Sports Writer
He is unlike others who have won
the greatest award in college foot
ball because he was not blessed
with God-given talents.
Admittedly, he argues that he has
had to work' for everything he’s
received and it’s no secret that he
didn’t start at quarterback until his
senior year in high school. And he
saw enough splinters in his first
three seasons at the University of
Miami to make a carpenter happy.
But late Saturday afternoon, af
ter years of disappointments, all
the hard work and perseverance
will pay off in enormous propor
tions for Vinny Testaverde.
Unless he falls off another motor
scooter, Testaverde will be at the
Downtown Athletic Club in New
York City to accept the Heisman
Trophy. It would give Testaverde
two of the nation’s premier college
football awards. On Tuesday, the
Miami star won the Maxwell
Award.
If he does win Saturday, Testa
verde will be only the third quar
terback in 15 years to win the
heralded prize. Auburn’s Pat Sulli
van won the trophy in 1971 while
Doug Flutie of Boston College cap
tured the honor two years ago.
For Testaverde, it will be like a
dream come true.
“Winning the Heisman has al
ways been a dream of mine,” Tes
taverde said in a conference call
from Miami yesterday. “It’s very
is th'
Testaverde should not run into any Interference in his quest for the the Heisman Trophy.
Testaverde’s parents have been his most ardent supporters.
exciting for me and the people
around me. It means a great deal.”
One fan who will be attendance is
Testaverde’s father, Al. Much has
been publicized about their special
father-son relationship. The son
said winning the Heisman would be
an early Christmas present for his
father.
some coaching psychology.”
The opening match at 118 between Penn
State’s Jim Martin and lowa’s Steve Martin lit
a fire inside the Lions that the Hawkeyes could
not douse. Jim dominated from the outset with
well-polished maneuvers. After a takedown,
and four points for stalling, Penn State’s Mar
tin demonstrated his talents with a reversal
and three back points.
With 26 seconds to go in the match, the score
was 14-0 and referee Jim Sterner disqualified
lowa’s Martin for stalling. Jim said that he
achieved his goal of breaking his opponent.
“I think I really did break him,” Jim said.
“He quit on me, there was no doubt about it
because near the end, he just didn’t try any
more.”
At 126, Ken Chertow wrestled to a 7-4 deci
sion. Although the final score was relatively
close, Chertow was in control from start to
finish. After being down 1-0 early in the second
period, Chertow scored a reversal and then a
“My dad has been a great influ
ence on me,” he said. “I hope I can
make (winning the Heisman) come
true for him.”
In this his final year of eligibilty,
takedown in the third period to finish lowa’s
John Regan.
After a disappointing loss in Mat Town last
weekend, co-captain Tim Flynn turned it loose
on his opponent as he blanked lowa’s Bubba
Strauss 16-0. With 50 seconds left in the match,
Flynn had earned six points for the Lions with a
technical fall.
With three matches and 15 points under Penn
State’s belt, the Lions had enough momentum
to carry them through some critical middle
weight bouts.
Joe Hadge dropped an 11-4 decision to lowa’s
Greg Randall at 142. Hadge managed to stay on
his feet for most of the match as he recorded
two escapes.
At the 150 pairing, Glenn Koser came on
strong in the end but fell two points shy of
knocking off lowa’s top-ranked Jim Heffernan.
Heffernan sealed three team points for his 10-8
victory.
In what was perhaps the most exciting match
Testaverde finally appears to be
enjoying the fruits of success after
a a college career filled with disap
pointments.
The native of Elmont, N.Y., came
to the University of Miami with
high expectations, but in the begin
ning, there was no place to play
him.
He sat lonely on the bench for
three years as Jim Kelly and Bernie
Kosar starred for the Hurricanes.
Kosar led Miami to the national
championship in 1983.
dreams
At the time, Testaverde openly
questioned whether or not he was
ever going to play and contem
plated transferring.
But surprisingly, his friend Kosar
opted for the Cleveland Browns of
the National Football League and
Testaverde saw a light shining
brightly at the end of the long, dark
tunnel.
When he finally did get his shot
last year, Testaverde proved to
critics that he was perhaps even
better than his predecessors. In his
first year as a starter, Testaverde
led the Hurricanes to a Sugar Bowl
date with Tennessee.
A win would have given the Hurri
canes an outside shot at a national
championship, but Miami was
blown out of the Superdome. The
Volunteers blitzed Testaverde at
every angle and swamped the Hur
ricanes 35-7.
“That loss still lingers,” he said.
“I don’t think that game will ever
be out of my mind.”
What the loss did do, however,
was prepare Testaverde and the
Hurricanes for this season, and the
senior entered the 1986 campaign
already touted as the Heisman Tro
phy winner.
So far, he hasn’t let anyone down.
Simply put, Testaverde has had a
tremendous season. He has com
pleted .175 passes of 276 passes for
2,557 yards yards and a whopping 26
touchdown passes this year.
His numbers are even better than
those of his predecessors, but unlike
Kosar, who was a dynamo in the
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of the evening, Duane Peoples pulled off a last
second victory at 158. lowa’s John Heffernan
(Jim’s brother) recorded an escape late'in the
third period to tie it up at four apiece. With just
seconds left, Peoples held on to Heffernan’s leg
and drove until he scored a takedown to ice it.
Coming into the 167 class, Penn State was up
18-6 and all of Rec Hall sensed victory. The
Lions needed only six more points to seal the
win over a team that had lost but seven times in
the last nine years.
All-American Greg Elinsky, top-ranked by
AWN at 158 in preseason, fell victim to lowa’s
Royce Alger, 7-3, at 167. With but one skilled
move by Alger, Elinsky was on his back.
The icing was swirled on the cake for the
Lions as junior Dan Mayo pinned Hawkeye
Erik Duus at 4:58 in the 177 pound class.
Mayo’s refined skills on top enabled him to
strap Duus down for the fall. Mayo’s victory
brought the score to 24-9.
Please see related story, Page 11.
Penn State's Brian Allen (with ball), who was named MVP at the AMI Classic in
Miami last weekend, will be looking to have another big game tonight as the •
men’s basketball team plays Rhode Island in Kingston, R.l.
Cagers are'looking for
third road win at R.l.
By MARK BRENNAN
Collegian Sports Writer
It could be called a jinx, or a spell,
or just plain old bad luck. But whatev
er it is that haunts the men’s basket
ball team whenever the words Rhode
and Island are put together, Head
Coach Bruce Parkhill is hoping the
Lions can shake it.
Penn State will have an opportunity
to lose the stigma tonight in Kingston,
R.l. when the 2-0 Lions take on Rhode
Island University in both teams’ At
lantic 10 opener.
The Penn State—Rhode Island sto
ry is not a pretty one, at least for the
Lions. In the first of three meetings
last season, on Jan. 9, the Lions trav
eled to Rhode Island, but lost their
starting point guard to academic
difficulties and leading scorer to a
finger injury all within 24 hours of tip
off.
On Feb. 3 in Rec Hall, the Lions
staged three furious comebacks, but
fell to the Rams 78-77 in overtime.
Things looked better when the Li
ons once again made the trip to
Kingston on Feb. 25 to face the Rhode
Island in an A-10 playoff game.
Things looked good as the Lions beat
the Rams 50-47 for Penn State’s first
ever post-season A-10 victory. The
bad luck struck, however, when two
diehard Penn State fans were in a
serious auto accident on the way back
from the game.
Although eye-opening wins over
LaSalle and Miami of Florida in the
ARll Classic have set the Lions off to
their best start in Parkhill’s four
years at Penn State, he said the team
won’t be able to let up against the
Rams.
“I really think the Rhode Island
game will be as tough as either of the
two games we played in Miami,”
Parkhill said. “It will be as big a
challenge as going down to Miami
and winning. I think it will be a real
intense game.”
If the Lions hope to put a stop to
their bad luck with the Rams, they
will have to start by containing Carl
ton Owens, Rhode Island’s all-confer
ence guard who averaged nearly 16
The Daily Collegian
Thursday, Dec. 4, 1986
Match by match
118 Jim Martin, Penn State by technical fall
over Steve Martin, lowa, 6:34.
126 Ken Chertow, Penn State def. John
Regan, lowa, 7*4.
134 Tim Flynn, Penn State by technical
fall over Bubba Strauss, lowa, 6:10.
142 Greg Randall, lowa def. Joe Hadge,
Penn State, 11*4.
150 Jim Heffernan, lowa def. Glenn
Koser, Penn State, 10-8.
158 Duane Peoples, Penn State def. John
Heffernan, lowa, 6*4.
187 _ Royce Alger, lowa def. Greg Elinsky,
Penn State, 7*3.
177 Dan Mayo, Penn State, pinned Erik
Duus, lowa, 4:52.
190 _ Andy Volt, Penn State, def. Charlie
Sherertz, lowa, 7-6.
Hwt Brooks Simpson, lowa won by Injury
default over John Place, Penn State, 1:01.
points last season as a sophomore.
The Rams also depend on sophomore
forward John Evans, an A-10 co
freshman of the year last year, and
junior guard Tom Garrick.
Parkhill said the Rams’ depth,
along with the scoring ability of
Owens, could pose problems.
“They have everybody back,”
Parkhill said. “And they have Owens,
who I think is one of the best guards
period. He is as good as there is in
terms of point guards. I also think
their big people well be improved this
year.”
Co-captian Carl Chrabascz said the
Lions will be counting on a another
solid defensive performance to stop
Owens and the rest of the Rams. The
Lions hit under 50 percent of their
shots in both games of the AMI Clas
sic but still came away tournament
champions on the strength of good
defense.
“We’ve indicated we can win a
game just by playing defense,” Chra
bascz said, “I think that will give us a
positive outlook.”
Chrabascz added that the close
games last year will give the Lions a
little bit of an added incentive, but he
said getting another road win before
the home opener Sunday against
Loyola of Maryland will be just as
important.
“They beat us twice last last year
and they were both close game, I
know one of them was overtime,”
Chrabascz said. “So that should spice
things up a bit.
“To get another road victory would
also help,” Chrabascz added. “In
past years we’ve always had prob
lems on the road, so if we can keep
this up, that would be good.”
LION NOTES: Tony Ward and Bri
an Allen (MVP at the AMI Classic)
should be the starting guards tonight
with Ed Fogell and Tom Hovasse
playing forward and Jim Newcomer
in the pivot ... Senior center Bill
Pollock will be out for about five
weeks with a broken jaw he received
in practice last week... The Lions
next A-10 game is not until Jan. 5
against Massachusetts at Rec Hall.
Lions' concentration provides an edge
By ANN GARRETT
Collegian Sports Writer
Going into last night’s showdown against No. 1
ranked lowa, Penn State Head Coach Rich Loren
zo and his squad knew that to beat the next-lo
perfect Hawkeyes, they w r ould first have to beat
them in another contest that of concentration.
With a standing room only crowd behind them,
the Lions set to work. Little by little, they broke
down a team that has dominated the Big 10 for nine
consecutive years. After two technical falls and a
decision, Penn State came out to an early 15-0 lead
on its way to a 27-15 win over a squad that has
haunted it for years in its quest for a national
championship.
Jim Martin’s technical fall in the last 30 seconds
of the 118-pound bout got the ball rolling for Penn
State. Lorenzo said lowa’s Steve Martin may have
lost some of his concentration in the excitement of
the first match.
Martin agreed that the Hawkeyes were not quite
themselves last night.
“They’re known to be pushers and make other
people quit, but it was a little different tonight.’’
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Continued from Page 10
classroom, Testaverde found the
classroom not to his liking. Critics
have argued that Testaverde should
not win the Heisman Trophy be
cause of reports that he will not
graduate this year.
In picking Penn State’s Shane
Conlan over the Miami star, Sports
Illustrated said last week, “We just
couldn’t bring ourselves to vote him
first because of his disdain for the
academic side of his college life .. .
Nice guy, great athlete, a lock to be
Martin’s initial push was followed by a Ken
Chertow 7-4 decision over John Regan at 126 and a
technical fall in the final minute for Tim Flynn at
134.
lowa Head Coach Dan Gable said the three quick
losses affected his team mentally and made it
tough to establish an edge.
“I thought we would upset them somewhere in
the first three matches,” Gable said. “Once that
happened it was vey difficult for us.”
The Hawkeyes tried, but never really regained
their composure. All-American Greg Randall and
Jim Heffernan picked up decisions at 142 and 150,
but the Lions captured all but two of the remaining
five matches. Penn State clinched the victory with
Dan Mayo’s fall over Erik Duus to make the score
24-9 with two matches remaining.
Lorenzo said he was pleased with the way his
squad handled the pressure and were able to keep
its lead. '
“What I’m real pleased about is that my guys
didn’t crack tonight and they didn’t break,” he
said. “They believed in themselves and they went
out and earned it. They took it away from lowa
tonight.”
No. 1 pick on NFL draft day. But, as
we’ve said before, the winner of the
game’s premier award should dis
play an interest in books and earn
ing a degree as well.”
Harsh words, indeed, but that
hasn’t stopped the Downtown Ath
letic Club before. While Testaverde
has been criticized for his lack of
participation in the classroom, no
one can criticize his athletic ability.
After an opening day loss against
Florida last year, Miami has won 21
consecutive regular-season games
with Testaverde at the helm.
Last Tuesday, Testaverde suf
fered an freak accident on his mo
tor scooter. He suffered lesions on
his left arm and leg.
“I hit my head pretty hard and I
was pretty dazed,” Testaverde
said. “I knew I was scraped up. I
was able to move around, so I knew
it wasn’t serious.”
Despite the scare, Testaverde
said he will begin practicing within
the next couple of days as the Hurri-
In light of the outstanding team effort, the Ridge
Riley Award, given to the most valuable wrestler
at each home match, was awarded to the entire
Penn State team.
Lorenzo is always looking to March and the
national championship, where it ramians to be
seen if lowa will lose the crown it has worn for nine
years. For now, he was satisfied with the Lions’
winning effort.
“Our concentration was very keen tonight, and
our intensity was real good,” he said. “To me
that’s very, very rewarding because that we hope
keeps improving so that it pays dividends come
March.”
Gable knows his squad has a lot of work to do
before meeting up with the Lions in Maryland at
the NCAA tournament.
“We’ve got a lot of things to learn,” he said. “We
got pushed around the mat a lot, they were more
intense than us, they rode us a lot.
“It’s a one-on-one sport, and you’ve got to have a
lot of desire, a lot of heart, you’ve got to be real
confident in yourself, and I don’t think my kids
were that at all tonight.”
canes prepare for their matchup
with No. 2 Penn State Jan. 2.
OTHER COMMENTS: On the
Penn State defense: “Fr6m what
I’ve seen of them all year and in the
past, they’re very disciplined.”
On the report that Miami Head
Coach Jimmy Johnson is leaving
Miami at the end of the year to take
the head coaching job at the Univer
sity of Texas:
“It hasn’t had any effect on us.
We know Coach Johnson is going to
stay. ”
Lady spikers ready
for NCAA tourney
By MARK S. McWHIRTER
Collegian Sports Writer
It was business as usual for the
women’s volleyball team this season
as it collected its fourth Atlantic 10
Championship in as many years. By
contrast, Head Coach Russ Rose and
his Lady Lions hope to break another
one of their post-season traditions
being eliminated in the first round of
the NCAA tournament.
In recent years, the Lady Lions
have.had trouble getting past the first
round of the ‘grand finale’ of colle
giate women’s volleyball. This year,
however, there is reason to believe
Rose’s team can turn a new page in
its history.
Penn State, ranked 17th in the coun
try, will host Wyoming in the first
round of the NCAA tournament to
night at 7 p.m. in Rec Hall and this
time the Lady Lions are the favorite.
“The pressure is more on Wyoming
than it is on Penn State,” Rose said.
“We’re playing at home and we’re
the higher ranked team so I look at
that from the standpoint that they are
going to have to play better than we
are to win.”
Rose said Wyoming finished 19-13
on the season, giving them second
place in the High Country Confer
ence. But of those 13 losses, nine were
to teams that are going to be in the
tournament. Rose sees that as a pos
sible advantage for Wyoming.
“I think that’s an indication that
they have probably played a tougher
schedule than we have during the
year,” Rose said. “The High Country
Conference has a lot more balance.”
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As for the Lady Lions, their season
has gone in spurts. Penn State got off
to a good start by winning its first five
matches. Then the team got a whiff of
the Maxwell House and dropped two
of its next three matches, losing to
West Coast powers San Jose State
and UC-Santa Barbara.
Penn State then regrouped and
came on strong in late September and
throughout October. The Lady Lions
enjoyed 25 straight victories, earning
them a national ranking that hovered
around 16 for the rest of the year. t
Then in early November, the team
went south to take on two Atlantic
Coast Conference squads, Georgia
and Florida. Upon returning to Hap
py Valley, the Lady Lions were a few
shades tanner, but one loss poorer.
Penn State dropped a four game bout
to the Lady Bulldogs.
From then on, the Lady Lions
picked up the pieces and raced to
another A-10 title in a decisive man
ner. It took all but six games and
about two hours to secure the confer
ence championship in New Bruns
wick, New Jersey.
With two matches to go in the
regular season, Penn State stumbled
over the Thanksgiving holiday week
end, losing its fourth match of the
season. The Lady Lions added a win
that same weekend to finish the regu
lar season at 37-4.
Now, Rose feels it is time for his
team to bear down and play the type
of volleyball it is capable of playing.
Rose has said along that if each team
member plays to her potential, few
teams will be able to beat the Lady
Lions.