1 1 The Daily Collegian A brief look at the world of sports PSU Football PSU 41, lowa 27 Men's Ice Hockey PSU 17, Duquesne 0 Men's Soccer PSU 1, Michigan State 0 Men's Swimming PSU 169, Villanova 68 Men's Volleyball Laval 3, PSU 2 PSU 3, Laval 2 Women's Field Hockey lowa 3, PSU 2 Northwestern 4, PSU 3 (F/OT) Women's Soccer PSU 3, Wisconsin 3 (F/OT) Women's Volleyball PSU 3, Michigan 0 Michigan State 3, PSU 2 Baseball Atlanta 4, Cleveland 3 Carolina 20, New Orleans 3 Chicago 35, Houston 32 Jacksonville 23, Cleveland 15 NY Jets 17, Miami 16 San Francisco 44, St. Louis 10 Atlanta 24, Tampa Bay 21 Washington 36, Detroit 30 Kansas City 21, Denver 7 Green Bay 38, Minnesota 21 Oakland 30, Indianapolis 17 San Diego 35, Seattle 25 NHL Buffalo 5, St. Louis 2 Ottawa 4, NY Rangers 2 Anaheim 6, Winnipeg 2 San Jose at Edmonton (n) Philadelphia at Chicago (n) NHL Los Angeles at Montreal, 7:30 p.m Anaheim at Colorado, 9 p.m. NFL Buffalo at New England, 9 p.m. Mighty Duck plays despite cancer ANAHEIM, Calif. Anaheim defenseman Milos Holan has been diagnosed with leukemia and the 24-year-old has been cleared to play on medication while he awaits a bone marrow transplant. At a hastily called news con ference Sunday at the team offices, team physician Dr. Craig Milhouse said Holan has known about the disease, Chronic Gran uloctic leukemia for *two weeks. He said it was discovered after a training camp physical showed an abnormal white blood cell count, but Holan, a native of Czechoslovakia, asked the team to keep it quiet until now. Milhouse said the condition was diagnosed at a very early stage, and that he could be cured with a transplant. "The definitive treatment for his condition is a bone marrow transplant, once a suitable donor is found," Milhouse said. "Presently, Milos' condition is not life -threatening and he has no symptoms of the disease. His disorder presents no health risks from competing in the National Hockey League at this time." Holan, who played in two of Anaheim's first six games, did not play Sunday night. "Now we're sitting here after eight ballgames, and we're in the hunt in our division, which makes me real happy for our football team." Tom Coughlin Jacksonville coach commenting on the Jaguars' 23-15 victory over the Cleveland Browns yesterday. Compiled from Collegian staff and wire reports. Lions slide By MICHAEL SIGNORA Collegian Sports Writer lOWA CITY, lOWA Normally known for brutalizing enemy quarterbacks, defensive end Terry Killens distributed disaster in proportion. Spelling doom for lowa's back field throughout, it was disdain for the punter that proved instrumental. The senior's near block of a Nick Gallery kick put Penn State (5-2, 2-2) in position for the go-ahead score, sparking the Lions to a 41-27 victory Saturday against lowa (5-1, 2- 1) before 70,397 at a sold-out Kinnick Stadi um. With nearly nine minutes remaining and the game knotted at 27, Penn State forced a punt deep in Hawkeye territory. As Killens awaited the snap, he stood over the center, preparing to charge. Like a bull staring at a red cape, Killens vaulted past the center, flying unabated toward the punter. "I'm so upset about that because I felt it go through my hands," he said. "I think I should have gotten more of it." Still, Killens provided a daunting distrac tion, forcing the Big Ten's best punter into a 33-yard effort, his second worst attempt of the season. After a five-yard return by split Penn State's Joe Basset (16) makes a diving play for the puck during the Icers' 17-0 drubbing of Duqesne Friday. The freshman was one of the new players making an impact. Freshmen kers find first match against Duquesne challenging lot of ice time during the 17-0 poise back there for two fresh- me feel good," Coyne said. Sophomore Brent Brower, a blowout of the Dukes Friday night men." Almost all other Icer rookies transfer from SUNY-Plattsburgh, and made the most of their oppor- Coyne and Zivkovic, who scored made the most of their opportuni- had a strong debut•as well for the While the veterans on the team tunities as they combined for a power play goal and added an ties during the game as well. Only Icers, scoring two power play viewed the home opener against eight goals and six assists during assist, looked comfortable playing freshman goalie John Sixt failed goals and an assist on the evening. Duquesne as an early chance to the game. alongside each other on defense to make an appearance in the con- "There must be something pad their stats, the rookies saw it Coyne led the rookies with a for a reason. They played togeth- test. about that No. 17 jersey it's as an opportunity to get used to goal and three assists in the game. er for the Cleveland Junior A "He still has to work on some always worn by a good player," playing college hockey. He and another rookie defense- Barons of the NAJHL last year. things," Battista said. Battista said. "Duquesne is a good first team man, Jason Zivkovic, impressed Both played the point on the Ed Bursich, a freshman from Assistant captain Chad to play," freshman defenseman Coach Joe Battista with their power play against Duquesne, Philadelphia, scored twice, includ- Markowitz said he wasn't sur- Don Coyne said. "Everybody can strong play along the blue line. which is rather unusual for rook- ing a power play goal, and added prised by the rookies' strong play. get used to each other and get "It looked like they've been ies without much experience. an assist in his debut while anoth- "We've got a super class of fresh things rolling." playing college hockey for years," "To have that much confidence er freshman, Joe Basset, added men in here and I knew that The first-year Icers received a Battista said. "They had so much in a freshman coming in makes two more goals in the 17-0 win. they'd step up right away." By JIM lOVINO Collegian Sports Writer LIME . _~~; Lady spikers handle Wolverines, lose to Spartans in weekend play By JAMES REESER Collegian Sports Writer The No. 7 Lady Lion volleyball team headed into Saturday night's match against No. 6 Michigan State with an air of confidence because Penn State had just put forth its best performance of the season. The Lady Lions defeated unranked Michigan (12-7 overall, 6- 3 Big Ten), a team predicted to fin ish near the bottom of the Big Ten, Friday night in three games (15-4, 15-5, 15-2). "I thought it was the best match we played against a good team to date," Penn State Coach Russ Rose said. "Michigan came in here 6-2 and third in the Big Ten. We didn't have to get into a marathon match, which would hurt us (Saturday) against one of the top teams in the country." That team would be Michigan State. In the end, the Spartans proved to be too much for the Lady Lions as they defeated the Lions in a five-game, two and half hour marathon (14-16, 15-6, 15-10, 13-15, 16-14). The Spartans improved their record to 21-1 overall and 10-0 in the Big Ten with the win while the Lady Lions fell to 20-3 and 8-2. The loss snapped the Lady Lions' 22- match winning streak at Rec Hall. "It was a tough match clearly," Rose said. "It was a match we had the opportunity to win. But I really don't think we had the players that stepped up to get the job done at critical times of the match. I thought the team played hard, because individually Michigan State is better than we are." The Spartans were led by two of ... . .. . . ' , .., ' . • .' '": Cji .L_, ' - :::.::::.!1/1 '''''... , .:'....• .'i, r C. 7.8. ' ~...., past Hawkeyes 41-27 end Bobby Engram, Penn State set up at the lowa 35. All afternoon seemingly minor occur rences proved crucial, as field position and penalties combined to put the Lions ahead permanently. After three consecutive runs by fullback Jon Witman, Penn State faced a third-and-four situation. Tailback Stephen Pitts appeared to be stuffed short of a first down, but lowa lined up offside. Two plays later, the Lions capitalized. Quarterback Wally Richardson lofted a pass to the All-American Engram, who fully extended himself to corral the ball, yet somehow managed to remain in bounds. "I just tried to stretch out as far as I could and grab the ball, that's the first thing," he explained. "You can't score a touchdown without catching the ball. Luckily I got my foot in. It's just a matter of practice and rep etitions." The score put Penn State ahead and gave Engram the school record for career touch down receptions with 26, surpassing receivers coach Kenny Jackson as the all time leader. The senior from Camden, S.C., was hardly through, snaring another touchdown on the Lions' next possession. The 43-yard bomb the top outside hitters in the coun try, sophomore Veronica Morales and freshman Jenna Wrobel. Morales finished the night with 27 kills and Wrobel tallied 21 kills. "Heidi and I couldn't put the ball on the floor to keep up with their outside hitters," said junior outside hitter Angie Kammer, who had 18 kills. "That was pretty crucial in the match. I was tired, my legs were dead from not practicing much all week. I wish I could've done more to help the team out." Kammer, who did not play against Duke on Tuesday night because of knee injury, was one of the few bright spots all weekend for the Lady Lions. Against Michi gan, she led the Lady Lions with 12 kills and she chipped in six digs. "I think she played really well," Rose said of his co-captain's per formance. "She's been our most consistent player to date. I thought Angie Kammer played really hard. But tonight I thought she just ran out of gas." Throughout the match the Lady Lions were unable to capitalize on opportunities. After winning game one, the Lady Lions started game two in the hole 11-0. In game three, the Lady Lions led 5-2, but couldn't hold off the Spartan attack. In game four, the Lady Lions were up 6-0, before the Spartans went 10-0 run. In game five, the Lady Lions tied it at 14 apiece, but were unable to score two points in the rally scoring game. . . _ "We had opportunities, so I like the fact that we gave ourselves opportunities to win," Rose said. "But I'm not really pleased with the way we played the match. Our closed the scoring, and ended lowa's bid for a perfect 6-0 record. "Penn State was just better than us today," Hawkeye Coach Hayden Fry said. "That lit tle Bobby Engram is unbelievable." The Lion passing game was hardly at its best as quarterback Wally Richardson had perhaps his worst outing of the season. The redshirt junior completed just 10 of 24 pass es for 202 yards after a 4-of-15 performance in the first half. With Richardson off target, Penn State turned to its running game and the pletho ra of backs responded. Mike Archie and Cur tis Enis ran strong again, but the most valu able yards came from tailback Stephen Pitts. Seeing his first crucial action of the sea son, the senior shattered the 100-yard plateau, constantly setting up points. Wit man rushed for three touchdowns largely because of Pitts' productivity. "Their second and third-string guys are some of the best in the country," lowa defen sive lineman Lloyd Bickham said. "It doesn't matter who they play." While the Lions ate up 317 yards on the ground, Hawkeye mainstay Sedrick Shaw rushed for 93 and a touchdown. But the Please see lOWA, Page 20. Icers down 17-0 By JUSTIN PIGZA Collegian Sports Writer After all the fine tuning and adjustments made during the preseason, the Icers final ly got the chance to play at full speed. But while the Icers shifted into high gear, the Duquesne Dukes never got out of park. The Icers opened the season Friday night at the ice pavilion against Duquesne in a contest that looked like the Harlem Globe trotters running circles around the Wash ington Generals. Throughout the 17-0 past ing, it seemed as if the Dukes forgot to take off their skate guards while the Icers weaved their way through Duquesne's wet paper bag of a defense. In the victory Friday night, a memorable milestone was reached Icer Coach Joe Battista got the 200th win of his illustrious career. In only the start of his ninth season, Bat tista became the fastest American Colle- Lady Lion Angie Kammer (10) prepares to spike the ball during the match against Michltan Friday night Penn State defeated the Wolverines in three games. girls were peeing all over them- way too many hitting errors at crit selves, because they thought that More volleyball ical times." was a big win. You get excited On the other hand, the Spartans when you win the fifth game of coverage had 28 errors and outdug the con match, you don't get excited when page 16 ference's top digging team, 104-91. you win the first game of a match. I thought that showed their imma- No. 11 Ohio State in four games. turity." only managed 10 team blocks com- "Michigan State is very good," Against the Spartans the Lady pared to the Spartans' 19. P. , . , • ' -;-' - - ,, 9tch. Lions had 34 hitting errors opposed "Tactically we did what we want- 1, 2 . . , .. (_) to the eight they had against Michi- ed," Rose said. "But technically we State and Penn State back to back. gan. Sophomore middle hitter Terri weren't able to get the ball by the We lost the match at the net and Zemaitis had four errors in game block. We were leading the confer- were not the only team that's going two. The Lady Lions, the No. 1 ence in blocking and I thought we to lose at the match against Michi blocking team in the conference, blocked poorly. I think we made gan State." in first Monday, Oct. 23, 1995 Clint Holes (13) and Kim Herring (3) celebrate Herring's interception during Penn State's game against lowa Saturday. Dukes game giate Hockey Association coach to reach that mark. "It would have been nice had it been for the national championship, but this was a great performance by everybody," Battista said. The leers forced the issue on the Dukes by constantly attacking their offensive zone with aggressive forechecking causing Duquesne to be more undisciplined on defense in order to stop the Icers' barrage of shots. Whether on a power play or short handed, Battista's bunch cashed in by light ing the lamp in a total domination of a Duquesne team that has failed to score a goal on the Icers in four years. "Penn State is always going to jump on you with two guys in deep right away," Duquesne coach Matt Huefelder said. "We thought we were prepared for it, but we got opt, of our garne,glan. with all of the penalties " Please see ICERS, Page 20
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