—The Daily Collegian Monday, March 18,1991
Gymmen score season high
283.55, Sohn breaks routine
By JEFF PRATT
Collegian Sports Writer
The men's gymnastics team
needed a boost, a little push forward.
Saturday night it got just that, a little
boost beating Michigan State 283.55-
274.80. Despite posting their season
high score, the Lions struggled
through the final three events, leaving
room for improvement.
"The first half of the meet we did
fairly well," Coach Karl Schier said.
"But once again, we are just not doing
the job in the second half."
As NCAAs approach, the Lions con
tinue to look for the perfect meet.
Adam Carton began Saturday night
on a strong note, scoring a 9.8 to tie for
first on the floor exercise. Heading
into the final performer on the next
event, the pommel horse, the team
was off to a strong pace. Then the
unthinkable happened. Mark Sohn
fell.
Sohn hasn't broken on a pommel
horse routine since his freshman sea
son. Throughout this season he has
scored three lOs and averaged 9.90 on
the event. Saturday night he proved
he was human though when he broke
halfway through his routine as the
crowd watched in disbelief.
"That was a shocker huh?" Wayne
Cowden said. "But at least he got it
out of the way. He won't break
again."
Sohn said he has had a wrist prob
lem that may have caused him to lose
focus in his practice routine. For him,
this may prove a welcome wake-up
call.
"I just didn't do the skill right,
leaned back too far and lost my bal
ance," Sohn said. "This could be a
blessing in disguise though, because
I would rather have it happen now
than at the NCAAs. I can't guarantee
anything, but I would put my money
on it that it won't happen again."
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Penn State's Mike Reichenbach competes on rings Saturday night. The Lions
scored a 283.55 in defeating Michigan and Michigan State.
The Lions' other returning NCAA
champion, Cowden, turned in his best
meet of the season, matching his
career high with a 56.65 in the all
around. He again captured the rings
with 9.85 and also placed first on the
high bar with a 9.65.
finally put a good all-around
meet in but I can do better on my par
allel bars and vault," Cowden said.
"As a team, our score should have
been higher and we can do better. We
have to work on parallel bars."
Cowden was one of four Lions to
place in the all-around. Carton (57.60)
finished first, Cowden second, Mike
Masucci (56.55) third and Jamie
Downer (56.45) fourth. For Carton it
was a career-best and included a vic
tory on the parallel bars.
Parallel bars posed the biggest
problem for the Lions. While the vault
has shown signs of improvement, the
team now will work to build its P-bar
routines in time for the nationals.
"We'll make some slight changes
and work with the routines," assistant
coach Randy Jepson said. "But
basically we just have to bang out
some solid routines in practice. It's no
secret to the guys as to what they
have to do."
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Penn State's Eric Gates (10) dives for first in a game last season. The Lions split a weekend clash with LaSalle, winning 8.7
and Ipsing 4-3. Penn State is now 3-9 on the season.
Baseball team splits two with LaSalle,
pitching inconsistent; Lions now 3-9
By NICK GILL
Collegian Sports Writer
The baseball team came out of Saturday's split with
LaSalle with a 3-9 record, but Coach Joe Hindelang wasn't
concerned.
"I don't care about the won-loss record," he said. "My
whole thing is building on previous performances."
The Lions lost the first game, 4-3, but were able to come
back to defeat the Explorers, 8-7, in game two. Hindelang said
the team was even able to build within Saturday's double
header.
"There were a lot of positives on the day, that's what I look
at," he said.
In the first game, Jeff Burris started for the Lions, pitched
5 1 / 3 innings, gave up three runs on six hits, struck out five and
walked four. John Maggiore took the loss for the Lions. He
pitched two-thirds of an inning and walked two.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, with the score tied 3-
3, freshman Dean Kearns walked LaSalle's John MaGee to
force in Gary Roberts, who was put on base by Maggiore.
In the game, Penn State scored three runs on six hits with
one error. The Explorers had four on seven to go along with
three errors.
In the second game, Penn State exploded for 13 hits to nip
the Explorers, 8-7.
"I'm OK with a split," Hindelang said.
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run relief to earn the win.
"We felt we were going to score more runs, which we did,
if he could only shut the door," Hindelang said.
Fischer worked his way out of a jam in the bottom of the
eighth inning. With men on first and third, Fischer got the
next batter to ground into a double play.
"Our middle infield got a great double play in a clutch sit
uation," Fischer said.
"He (Fischer) did a wonderful job," Hindelang added.
Fischer, who had problems keeping his pitches down in the
strike zone over spring break in Florida, got a ground ball
in a key situation.
"I was thinking that the man on third really doesn't matter
that run didn't matter," he said. "I was just hoping for a
ground ball that we could turn into a double play."
In the top of the eighth with the score tied 6-6, Scott Beiseck
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ond. After an out, Kody Barto singled and then Chris Buzzi
came through with an RBI single. Russ Mushinsky was inten
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fice fly to make the score 8-6.
Barto was the offensive star for the Lions, connecting for
three hits in five trips to the plate. Gates added two RBI, and
Beisecker went 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Dave Hall and
Mushinsky each homered for the Lions.
Mike Mcßoberts started the game for Penn State, but he
was roughed up for six runs ( five earned) and eight hits in
only two innings.
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