11 The Daily Collegian
A brief look at the world of sports
Schedules
Men's soccer
Penn State vs. Clop/Ward State
7:15 at Jeffrey Flak!
Scores
Penn State
Fisk' Hockey
Penn State 3, Syracuse 0
Football
Penn State 56, Minnesota 3
Women's Golf
Penn State tied for 2nd at Minnesota
Golf Invitational
Men's Rugby
Penn State 31, Carlton Unit/
(Ottawa) 12
Penn State 17, Carlton Univ. 15
Women's Rugby
Ottawa Banshees 20, Penn State 9
Ottawa Scottish 15, Penn State 13
Men's Soccer
Penn State 1, Notre Dame 0
Women's Soccer
James Madison 4, Penn State 1
Women's Volleyball
Penn State def. American
(15-10, 15-6, 15-1)
Penn State def. Rutgers
(15-2, 15-6, 15-1)
Penn State def. Central Michigan
(15-6, 15-8, 15-9)
Big Ten Football
Washington State 10, Illinois 9
Indiana 28, Cincinnati 3
lowa 52, Central Michigan 21
Michigan 34, Boston College 26
Notre Dame 42, Northwestern 15
Baseball
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No garnet were played
due to players' strike
National League
No games were played
due to players' strike
Pro Football
Detroit 31, Atlanta 28, OT
Cleveland 28, Cincinnati 20
IndianapoNs 45, Houston 21
Kansas City 30, New Orleans 17
Green Bay 16, Minnesota 10
N.Y. Giants 28, Philadelphia 23
Seattle 28, Washington 7
Chicago 21, Tampa Bay 9
L.A. Rams 14, Arizona 12
Dallas 26, Pittsburgh 9
Miami 39, New England 35
New York Jets 23, Buffalo 3
San Diego 37, Denver 34
LA. Raiders at S.F. 49ers (n)
In brief
lOC adopts tougher
regulations
PARIS The International
Olympic Committee adopted
tough anti-doping regulations
yesterday that mandate a mini
mum two-year suspension for a
first serious drug offense and a
lifetime ban for a second viola
tion.
It was seen as important to get
the code in place well before the
1996 Atlanta Games to avoid
possible lawsuits in the United
States.
"We were advised to have this
code ready two years before
Atlanta," lOC president Juan
Antonio Samaranch said.
lOC executive director Fran
cois Carrard called it a "global
document which should set the
rules for all sets of testing."
The penalty for use of steroids
and other serious performance
enhancing drugs is a minimum
two-year suspension, with a
lifetime ban for a second
offense.
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Lady booters valiant in first varsity loss
By SHANON LEVIN
Collegian Sports Writer
She was a little hesitant to take the shot.
But in the instant that her foot connected
with the ball, women's soccer player Rachel
Hoffman had no doubt.
"It felt like it was going in because the
keeper was like, 'Where's the ball?' and I
was right there," the freshman forward
said. "I knew she wouldn't be able to get to
it."
But Hoffman's goal would be all for Penn
State, as the Lady Lions dropped their sea
son opener to James Madison, 4-1, on Sat
urday.
A charm
Lady spikers win three
en route to PSU Classic
remain undefeated
win;
By LAWRENCE R.V. POTTER
Collegian Sports Writer
Perhaps it was only fitting that
the women's volleyball team
played its best overall match of
the Penn State Classic in the last
match. And the team's best effort
brought it a 15-10, 15-6, 15-1 vic
tory over American University
Saturday night.
With the victory, Penn State
improved its season record to 4-0,
the best record posted in the five
team event.
For a while, the outcome of Penn
State's fourth match wasn't so
certain, as American grabbed
leads of 8-6 and 10-7 in Game 1.
But after American had its 10-7
lead, Penn State scored the last
eight points of the game.
"I don't think the team got ner
vous," setter Salima Davidson
said. "I think American was prob
ably the best team here that we
played, and it's what we expected
to happen. So we just had to
regroup and get ourselves togeth-
In Game 2, middle blocker
Saundi La motweux 'stepped
recorded many blocks and kills
which gave the team a one or two
point lead. One Lamoureux kill
gave the Lady Lions a commanding
14-6 lead, almost assuring the
Game 2 victory.
"I haven't been hitting very well
in the past three games and I
really wanted to pick up my game
a notch," Lamoureux said. "I just
felt like I'm a senior and it's my
responsibility, I have to be putting
the ball away. Plus, it just seemed
like they didn't really cover the
middle very well. There were a lot
of open areas in the middle."
Happy Valley 1959: Gridiron's special squad
Anticipation was
running high as the
Nittany Lions, anxious
to improve upon a 6-3-
1 record in 1958, were
on a road destined to
meet a tough Alabama
team in the Liberty
Bowl.
By DAMIAN DOBROSIELSKI
Collegian Sports Writer
It had been more than a decade
since Penn State tied Southern
Methodist in the 1948 Cotton Bowl.
Prior to that, only the 1923 Nittany
Lions had participated in a post
season bowl game.
But going into the 1959 season,
Happy Valley was stirring with
anticipation. Something was spe
cial about this year's gridiron
squad. Maybe it was because the
Lions were loaded with talent,
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But for Penn State, history was made.
Last weekend's contest marked the first
time a women's soccer squad competed at
the varsity level wearing the Penn State
blue and white. Coach Pat Farmer was
pleased with the team's performance in
what he considered one of its toughest
matches of the season.
"The first half we started off a little ner
vous, a little disorganized," he said. "The
second half was much better."
James Madison served as a model for the
developing squad. The Dukes were com
posed. They had accumulated the experi
ence that Penn State lacked. The Lady Lions
were justifiably nervous.
The Lady Lions ended the match
with authority as they grabbed a
12-0 lead and won the game 15-1.
Laura Cook led Penn State with 13
kills in the match and Zeynep Ton
and Jen Reimers each had 18 digs.
"Certainly it was the best we've
played in the four matches up to
this point," Coach Russ Rose said.
"So I'm pleased that we got a little
better as the weekend got along."
At the conclusion of the match,
the all-tournament team was
announced. Lady Lions Reimers,
Davidson, Cook and Terri Zemaitis
were named to the team. In addi
tion, Cook was voted the tourna
ment's Most Valuable Player.
"It feels real good," Cook said.
"It's a good feeling inside to know
that I've worked hard and our
team pulled together to help me
get it, too."
The fact that four Lady Lions
were on the all-tournament team
came as no surprise to Rose.
"I think it's expected when you
_win the tonpl AT ent,: Rose said. "I
though( A f j Algoi a cynsisteig
rnament,,-.. I thought she
yed well; she played hard. I
thought Reimers came on in the
last match and a half and played
real well. Terri Zemaitis ... is
going to be a real good player."
Earlier on Saturday, the Lady
Lions gave Rose his 500th victory
at Penn State with a 15-2, 15-6, 15-
1 win over Rutgers. And on Friday
evening, Penn State defeated Cen
tral Michigan 15-6, 15-8, 15-9.
American posted a 2-1 record in
the tournament, while Central
Michigan and San Francisco were
1-2 and Rutgers finished last at 0-
3.
A closer look
1959 football team
including quarterback Richie
Lucas, a Heisman Trophy candi
date.
"We were a diverse and unusual
team," recalled Bob Mitinger, a
right end on the squad. "We met to
play - ball together but then we
spread out all over campus."
Members from that team now
spread out all over the country
will be recognized at this Satur
day's game against Southern Cal.
The 1959 team was led by Coach
Charles A. "Rip" Engle, who was
entering his 10th season at the
University, and a young assistant
coach named Joe Paterno.
"Rip Engle was a compassionate
man," said Jay Huffman, the tea
m's center. "He just had an overall
completeness as a person. He also
But they were far from frightened.
"If you're not nervous, then there's
something wrong," junior defender Joanne
Connelly said. "You've got to be nervous to
get your body going. I think it was an
excited nervous, not a scared nervous. I
definitely wasn't intimidated."
Connelly and company fought fiercely
despite facing up to a four-goal deficit. It
wasn't until the 82nd minute that Hoffman
found the back of the net after teammate
Lauren Miller's shot hit the cross bar.
Putting Penn State on the board was a job
that Hoffman brought upon herself earlier
in the game, after her first goal was called
back for an offsides violation. Hoffman kept
Sailing away
Wide receiver Bobby Engram eludes a Minnesota defender Saturday. The Lions thrashed the Golden
Gophers 56-3. For full football coverage, see p. 14.
"We were a diverse
and unusual team. We
met to play ball
together but then we
spread out all over
campus."
Bob Mitinger
right end on 1959 team
had an all-around good coaching
staff."
Finishing 6-3-1 the year before,
the 1959 unit was determined to
improve upon its record.
"We were a very talented,
aggressive team that wanted to
win," Huffman said. "What's
inside a person is what carries
them. Heart is what succeeds, and
we had a lot of that. We had the
desire to succeed and win."
And they did, winning the sea
son-opener at Missouri, 19-8. Penn
Richie Lucas quarterbacked the 1959 football team. The Heisman
Trophy runner-up is now an assistant athletic director at Penn State.
State racked up six more consec
utive victories, raising its record
to 7-0.
Then on Saturday, Nov, 7 at
Beaver Field, the Nittany Lions
met Syracuse, the No. 1 squad in
the country.
The game, although extremely
competitive, resulted in a Penn
State loss, 20-18.
"The Syracuse game was a bitter
disappointment," Huffman said.
"It was a bard one to take."
But Penn State swallowed the
pill and bounced back to annihilate
Holy Cross in its next game, 46-0.
The triumph over the Crusaders
was short-lived, though, as the
Lions were upset by arch rival
Pitt, 22-7, in the final regular-sea
son game.
But the stage was set.
The Lions' 8-2 record secured
them a birth in the inaugural Lib
erty Bowl on Dec. 18 ag9inst
Alambama, led by its upstart sec
ond-year coach Paul "Bear" Br
yant
Alabama entered ; the game
Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1994
herself focused. She refused to allow James
Madison a shutout.
"Although it did get called back, it showed
people that we could do it," said co-captain
Debbie Summers of Hoffman's first goal.
"Their defense and their goalie weren't
indestructible. They weren't so good that we
couldn't beat them."
The goalkeeping at Penn State's end was
admirable as well. Ithaca transfer Robyn
Van Praag stopped five shots before suf
fering an injury to the head in the first half.
Sophomore goalie Jennifer Paul played the
remainder of the game, chalking up five
saves of her own.
ranked 10th in the Associated
Press football poll, while Penn .
State was ranked 10th by United
Press International.
The game was played at Phila
delphia Stadium in front of more
than 40,000 spectators and an
nationwide NBC-TV audience.
Although it was a bright, sunny
day, the temperature was about
10 degrees.
"The ball was like a brick,"
Mitinger
Throughout the game, Penn
State consistently pushed the ball
into Alabama territory, keeping
the Crimson Tide on the defensive.
Infthe second quarter, Roger
Rodman scored on a 20-yard run,
giVing the Lions the lead, and ulti
4nately the victory, 7-0.
"I think we were very fortunate
we weren't beaten by four or five
touchdowns," Bryant said in The
Daily Collegian. "State just gave
us a good sound thrashing."
A thrashing the 1959 team won't
soon forget.