Netwomen produce six flight champs
By CAROL RUSH
Collegian Sports Writer
The last Penn State Invitational produced six flight
champions for the women's tennis team this weekend.
The singles champions were Tammy Okins-Nguyen
in A flight, Ann Slocomb in B flight, Carolyn Pickering
in C flight and Denise Robison in D flight. The doubles
champions were Jennifer Farrington and Kristin
Kovalik in B flight and Emily Hull and Robison in C
and D flights. Slocomb and Andi Chiumento were sec
ond in A flight.
This was the last Invitational because of next year's
Big Ten schedule.
The team spent 15 1 2 hours competing Saturday and
nine hours competing yesterday against a total of five
teams: George Mason, Mercyhurst, Mount
St. Mary's, Pittsburgh and Seton Hall.
"Individually, some of the players from their teams
No. 5 spikers win Golden Dome Classic
By MICHAEL WEINREB
Collegian Sports Writer
The men's volleyball team further
established itself as the team to beat in
the East with a victory at the Golden
Dome Classic at Rutgers-Newark on
Saturday.
The No. 5 Lions. (19-4) defeated the
host Raiders 15-10, 15-12, 1&.13, to win the
tournament for the first time since 1987.
Penn State beat No. 13 Ball State 16-14,
15-12, 9-15, 17-15 in the semifinals.
Senior outside hitter Jorge Perez and
senior setter Scott Miller were named
to the all-tournament team.
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were good players," Kovalik said
"For the most part they were good teams but they
weren't up to our level," Cathy Kissell said.
"I felt we had a very good weekend," Kovalik said.
"Everybody was really determined to win their match
and get off the court as soon as possible."
Kovalik explained that every Penn State player
placed at the top of their individual flights.
Whiteside used the competition as a chance to let
players, who are not part of the regular lineup, corn
pete.
"Its just a great opportunity for them to show that
they are good," Whiteside said. "In the long run our
team will be the better for it."
Whiteside explained that the experience the rest of
the team gained will be beneficial in the future.
No. 1 and 2 players Kelly Erven and Kissell stepped
down to let their teammates play. Kern Kohr did not
play due to a back injury.
"Its a nice feeling," assistant coach
Mark Pavlik said. "We never really
played well in the Golden Dome ( in the
past )."
The Lions defeated Ball State for the
third time this season, and each time it
has taken four games.
"They showed streaks of playing real
well," Pavlik said of the Cardinals. "We
would go up by scores of 8-4 and then be
tied at 8-8."
Pavlik added that the Lions ran a pre
dictable offense, which was one of the
reasons why they struggled.
No. 16 Rutgers-Newark defeated
No. 19 Princeton in the other semifinal
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to earn the right to take on the Lions for
the title.
"We had seen them play versus
Princeton and we knew that they were
a good team," Pavlik said.
In the match with the Raiders, the
Lions spread out their offense more
evenly than in the Ball State match, he
added. The key to that was Miller, who
distributed the sets uniformly.
"If a hitter is not getting a set with
any type of regularity . . . he is going to
be cold," Pavlik said. "Scott did a real
nice job of keeping all of the hitters
ready."
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The rest of the lineup was moved up and Hull, Robi
son and Pickering were added.
Whiteside explained that evvy Lady Lion met a
challenge because each was need up at least two
slots.
"I think everyone played really well," Chiumento
said. "Our team has so much depth. I think anyone
could play anywhere."
"They're that good that they can compete at a really
high level," Whiteside said. "It's a great feeling to
have them be able to rise to the occasion. . . . I saw a
lot of good things happen with a lot of individual play
ers."
One match that stood out was the final B flight com
petition. Slocomb and Kovalik competed against each
other for the championship.
"Both of them raised their level of play," Whiteside
said. "That was a match that you would have seen on
TV."
match and Perez had 14 kills. Senior
outside hitter Charlie Bertran had 17
kills, 10 digs and 3 blocks for Penn State.
Pavlik added that the Lions' defense,
which deteriorated on their recent West
Coast trip, was a key in the Rutgers-
Newark match. On match point, 6'5"
outside hitter Jeff Wentworth's hit went
unblocked, but Perez managed to dig
the ball, sophomore middle blocker
David Muir set it, and Perez put it away
to win the match.
The Lions will continue to sharpen
their skills this week in preparation for
Saturday's match against George
Mason in Rec Hall.
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Maryland prevails
over netmen, 6-3
By NICOLE ROHDE
Collegian Sports Writer
The men's tennis team has played
11 meets in the last two weeks, the
last of which a 6-3 loss to Maryland
on Saturday.
"This was just not a good perfor
mance on our part," Coach Jan
Bortner said.
Bortner cited three factors that
made a difference in the matches:
inexperience, mental toughness and
the weather.
The Lions played outside after
playing several matches inside;
some of the players didn't adjust.
Maryland was able to make the
adjustment and come out ahead.
"Outside tennis is a slower more
patient game. You have to work the
ball harder," Bortner said. "A lot of
our younger guys tried to go for a
little bit too much, too early."
The only singles win for the Lions
was in the No. 6 singles match. Soph
omore Sean Snee beat Mark Ortiz.
Maryland swept the rest of the sin
gles downing the Lions' top five play
ers. Sophomore Mark Price lost 4-6,
7-6, 6-7 to Maryland's No. 1, Marco
Turra. Maryland Greg O'Connor
beat senior co-captain Dave Schoen
ly 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.
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Maryland's parade continued with
Jamie Ashworth defeating senior co
captain Scott Pickering, 6-4, 6-3.
Jeremy Loomis surpassed No. 4
Corey Goldstein 6-2, 6-1. Freshman
Greg Gaunt lost to Juan Coto, 6-3, 6-
3.
"Some of our inexperience
showed," Bortner said. "Some of our
players didn't adjust."
Penn State won two of the three
doubles matches. Price and Schoen
ly took on the No. 1 team of Turra
and Coto. Trailing 0-3, Turra and
Coto defaulted due to an injury.
Sophomore Marc Payne and Pick
ering combined for the Lions' other
doubles win. They got the better of
Maryland's No. 3 team of Ashworks
and Adam Pratt, recording a 6-3, 6-
4 victory.
The Lions' other doubles team,
Gaunt and Chad Skorupka, lost to
O'Connor and Loomis 6-4, 6-1.
Penn State will be at home on
Wednesday to host Swarthmore at
3:30 at the Indoor Tennis Club.
Swarthmore is the defending Divi
sion 111 champion, and boasts a
strong returning nucleus.
"We're going to have our hands
full," Bortner said. "They have the
edge on depth and talent."