Lady spikers A-10 foes in By TODD A. MOUNTFORD Collegian Sports Writer This weekend the women's volley ball team closes out its Atlantic 10 regular season when it battles confer ence foes Temple and St. Bonaven ture in Philadelphia. The Lady Lions, currently No. 1 in the A-10 and 6-0 in the conference, have not lost a conference match in the past four years. Penn State plays the Lady Owls (7-18, 2-4 in the A-10) tonight, and the Lady Bonnies (7-9, 0- 6), who are the A-10 cellar-dwellers, tomorrow morning. Penn State Head Coach Russ Rose said his team will use this weekend as a gauge to determine how it will fare in the conference championships, Nov. 20-22 in Rhode Island, and possi ble post-season play. He added that if the Lady Lions play up to their capa bilities, they should be victorious. "I think if we play well we should win this weekend," he said. "I don't think Temple or St. Bonaventure should prevent us from going unde feated again this year. "Temple is not having a great year. but I think they've got one of the top outside hitters in the conference." Rose said in reference to Adria Pet ers. "If the game is close, and she gets hot, they can win. Hopefully the game will not be close." That may be wishful thinking since the Lady Lions have played on an inconsistent level for most of the season. However. Rose said his squad is now heading in the right direction after three-game sweeps of both Mas sachusetts and Rhode Island last weekend. 47 - 241 A GRcE r Konll PRESENTS ... 20% OFF fill Sweat Jams Scrub Shirts In Stock! • Also checkout our Fantastic Selection of gloss wore. O° Ul Ho wits, Won -Wed : 10-6 p.m. Thurs. & Fri.: 10-8 p.m. Sat . 10-6 p.m. (Open late on Football Weekends) Sun.: 12-5 p.m. GREEK PRIDE 113 E.st Beaver Ave. 231.0700 battle Philly Another bright spot for the team is the recent play of 5-9 setter Michelle Jaworski. In the last three matches, Jaworski totaled 34 assists, 31 digs, 11 blocks and four service aces. She was named Freshman of the Week by the A-10 on Monday. "I was happy," Jaworski said. "It shows I'm improving. I really hadn't thought about getting it though . . . it really doesn't matter how well I do but how the team does." "Michelle's a good kid and she is working hard and doing the best she can, - Rose said. "I never doubted that Michelle had the potential to be successful at the collegiate level." The only setback, however, is that Jaworski sprained her back during practice this week and will probably not play this weekend. She said the injury occured over a long period of time and that she will have to take it easy over the next couple of days to get her strength back. Mary Rose Sava, a 5-5 senior, will most likely replace Jaworski. Rose said that one of his goals right now is to get Penn State back into the Top 20, a spot the Lady Lions gave up after a three-loss weekend at the Wildcat Classic Sept. 25-26. Since then, the team has won 12 of its last 13 matches, losing only to Pittsburgh. "I want these people to leave the program where they found it," Rose said. "We've been a Top 20 team for the last seven years and we are capable of advancing further than we ever had before. But when I say capable, I'm talking potential, not reality. We have the caliber of play ers, it just boils down to commit ment." Icers open season in Canada By DAVE SOTTILE Collegian Sports Writer In the United States, the national anthem is "The Star-Spangled Banner." Up north, "0 Canada" is the maple leaf country's creed. When the ice hockey team opens its 1987-88 season with games to night at 7:30 at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario and tomor row night at Niagara-Welland (at 8), the squad will be looking to halt Penn State's long-running Canadi an theme song, "0 -for-Canada." Since joining the International Collegiate Hockey League two years ago, the leers have yet to win a league game north of the border. The last visit was in March when N-W pounded Penn State. 10-4, to eliminate the visitors from the first round of the ICHL playoffs. Seven months and a coaching change later. the Leers are back on the road to Ontario and rookie Head Coach Joe Battista says his team is approaching this week end's opener with a positive, yet realistic outlook. "We haven't won a league game in Canada in three years," Battista said. want to stop that. It's time we beat somebody there." Although it's the first game on Penn State's 36-game slate, to night's contest will be the seventh of the young season for Conestoga, something that Battista says will give the hosts a bit of an advan tage. "They've played six games al ready," he lamented. "Their open er was on Oct. 12th. (The day Penn State opened on-ice practice). 0 : 1( -;7 1° TD IF S E 0 mit 1 3 0 0 I 0.. ;:.'-; ...'..;'• ~,.,,,.• EXT I EN DE 212 Calder Square ll State College, PA 814-234-8080 egian Photo / Neil Kohl Rob Smith They've already had their first hard test (against Division I Kent State). "To win in Canada:' Battista said. "we'll have to play as near perfect on defense as we can, stay out of the (penalty) box and get our share of breaks. If we don't do that, we're setting ourselves up for a fall." Battista a former Penn State player and captain said the weekend set will serve as a barom eter to determine his team's pro gress. "To win the first game of the season is important:" he ex plained. "but only as a measuring stick to see where we are at this stage of the season." Winger Rob Smith says the coaches and players have dis cussed the streak of futility in Can ada. He's mentioned it to us," Smith said of Battista. "With a lot of new guys on the team and a new atti tude surrounding everyone, we're looking forward to this weekend's games. It's not really a jinx up there, rather we've gotten the short end of the stick." Smith said the Canadian univer sity teams play a different style than most American squads, caus ing problems for visiting teams. - It's a different style, especially with differnt officials," he ex plained yesterday. "It's a rougher, chippier style with flying sticks and elbows. When you're playing there, you've got to keep your head up or you will get it taken off." Co-captain John D'Aloisio says Penn State's streak is a result of bad breaks rather than a jinx. "The losses are mainly a result of some bad luck," he said yester day. "We've had some key injuries to some defensemen in previous years. We've had a couple of really intense practices in preparation for this trip, so we're ready." Although tonight's game marks Battista's official debut behind the Penn State bench, he says the but terflies are non-existent. "I'd say I'm anxious and excited rather than nervous," he said ear lier in the week. "I love a challenge and I love players who love chal lenges. All we hear is 'how are we going to replace (all-time Penn State leading scorer Lynn ) Sipe and others who are gone. I can't worry about them. They're gone. have to concentrate on this team," he said. "I think the big thing is for me to be patient and make sure we see progress." 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