—The Daily Collegian Monday, Nov. 13, 1995
Icers defeat Illinois twice
despite lackluster effort
By FRANK FERRIOLA
Collegian Spoils Miter
Over the weekend, the Icers (7-0)
put out another solid effort as they
took two games from a worn down
Illinois (4-7-1) team.
The Icers gave the parents who
came up for Parents' Weekend a
treat on Saturday as they handily
skated to a 9-2 victory.
Penn State came out hungry in
the first period. Just 2:01 into the
game, Icer forward Brent Brower
took a pass from defenseman Jur
gen Cautreels and slipped a back
hand past the Illini goalie from the
right side.
Besides scoring three goals per
period, the Icers were led by the
strong play from freshman goalie
John Sixt, who got his first start of
the season. Sixt stopped 21 of the
23 shots he faced, including a cou
ple of breakaways by Illini forward
Tom Radja and a few two-on-one
situations.
Icer Coach Joe Battista said the
two goals Sixt let up were not his
fault, but the Illini just got some
lucky bounces and rebounds. He
also said penalties played a big fac
tor in the goals allowed.
The Icers came into the game
with an 87.5 percent penalty killing
ratio, but three of the four goals
allc wed this weekend by the Icers
were let up in shorthanded situa
tions.
"We did let up a couple power
play goals but the puck bounced on
us," Sixt said.
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game in front."
Penalties hurt the Illini over the
weekend, as the Icers scored five
power play goals on 18 chances.
Illinois Coach Bob Turngren said
his team took some bad penalties
during the series, and it was
expected.
"Penn State is a stronger team
than us right now," he said.
"When you're a weaker team,
you're at risk of taking more penal
ties."
The Icers were definitely the
stronger team in the second game
of the weekend.
They forced Turngren to pull
goalie Sam Eaton at the 7:34 mark
of the second period after he let up
the fifth Icer goal. Rob Keegan
took Brower's rebound and beat
Eaton around his outstretched pad
to the left.
The pressure put on the net by
players like forwards Keegan and
Brower, who each had three goals
and four assists for the weekend,
and the strong play of the fresh
men class proved the team has the
depth to possibly win the league.
"I hope our guys recognize what
potential we have," Battista said.
"And if we keep working hard,
we'll keep getting better."
On Friday night, the Icers scored
three goals in a span of 1:55 in the
first period, on their way to a 6-2
victory.
The Illini started to mount a
comeback by scoring two goals late
in the period.
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State's match against Illinois Friday night at Penn State's Ice Pavilion.
The Lions won 6-2.
They held a flat Penn State team
from scoring again until 19:24 of
the second period when Icer
defenseman P.J. Amodeo put a shot
past Illini goaltender Devin Huber
on the power play.
The Icers came back out for the
third period looking rejuvenated
and ready to play again. They start
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ties and netting two more before
the final horn.
Battista said Huber played a
dominant game and it was much
closer than the score showed, espe
cially since the team looked so flat
throughout most of the game.
"Certainly it wasn't one of our
best performances," he said, "but
it's nice to know that we can win
without our best effort."
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Wrestlers vie for starting positions
By TIM HYLAND
Collegian Sports Writer
Lion Wrestling Coach John Fritz
has known all along.
He has been saying all year there
were going to be some unknown
guys on his 1995-96 squad who had
the potential to surprise some peo
ple. So this weekend in the annual
wrestle-offs, Fritz had no reason to
be surprised after some unknowns
made themselves known.
"The longer I coach, the more I
know you don't get surprised," he
said. "Anything can happen."
A big upset occurred at 167
pounds, where NCAA qualifier
Glenn Pritzlaff was upended by
senior Matt Hardy, who defeated
Pritzlaff in two straight matches.
"Those were two big wins for
him," Fritz said. "I think he made
Glenn wrestle his match."
At 190, freshman Ryan Root
swept through his fellow freshman
competition Tim Vorhies and Mar
tin O'Connor in three matches.
Root, from Cincinnati, showed
great athleticism and speed in
scoring two early falls over O'Con
nor to take the weight class, and in
the process impressed his coach.
"He is just a great athlete," Fritz
said. "He's just so smooth and
relaxed."
One of the most intriguing
matches of the day came at heavy
weight, where freshmen Matt Gaul
and Mark Janus met to decide who
would be the man to take Kerry
McCoy's spot in the lineup. Gaul
won two hard fought matches 4-2
and 5-2 but was not totally pleased
with his performance.
"Mark is a real tough kid, but I
still don't think that I wrestled too
well," Gaul said. "I've got to
improve on movement and get
more aggressive."
With five wrestlers, all freshman
and sophomores, battling for the
top spot at 118, John Strittmatter
came out on top. The sophomore
from Ebensburg knocked off Jason
Nagle 8-3. Sophomore Michael
Brennan, who seemed on track for
the finals and was a favorite head
ing in, suffered a leg injury against
Nagle and could not continue.
Also sustaining an injury was 126
pounder Eddie Jayne. After defeat
ing Jason Betz in the first of their
best-of-three series 14-3, the Elyr
ia, Ohio native suffered an eye
injury so the match will be com
pleted later this week.
"I thought Eddie was wrestling
really well," Fritz said. "That first
match went really well."
After redshirting last season,
sophomore Biff Walizer looked
good at 134 as he defeated junior
Erik Smith in two straight. Sopho
more Clint Musser, who will most
likely redshirt this season, was
undefeated at 142. Musser defeated
senior Mark Brace 7-3 and 5-2.
As expected, John Hughes was
dominant at 150. After pinning
Taner Ulke in the first round,
Hughes routed Andrew Spencer in
two matches by a combined score
of 35-14. The defending national
champ is still undecided as to what
weight he will wrestle at this year.
Sophomore John Lange seized
the top spot at 158 by defeating
junior Brian Romesburg 8-3.
With four competitors at 177,
junior Frank Morici won three
straight matches to win the class.