10 The Daily Collegian sitieii nes.,l„a, 40, A brief look at the world of sports Schedules NHL Dallas at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Hartford at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Wash., 7:30 p.m. Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Florida, 7:30 p.m. NY Rangers at St .Louis, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Winnepeg, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Calgary, 7:30 p.m. NY Islanders at San Jose, 7:30 p.m Detroit at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. NBA Miami at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at Washington, 7:30 p.m Dallas at Orlando, 7:30 p.m. Utah at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Portland 10:00 p.m. Chicago at Vancouver, 10:00 p.m. Indiana at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m. !in brief Niners' Young will be out 3-4 weeks SANTA CLARA, Calif.— Steve Young, still troubled by his ailing left shoulder, underwent arthro scopic surgery this morning and will be lost to the San Francisco 49ers for another three to four weeks. Young, who won MVP honors during the 1994 season and in the Super Bowl, has been sidelined since an Oct. 15 loss at Indi anapolis in which he suffered a sprain and bone bruise in his passing shoulder. Team physician Michael Dillingham forecast a four-week rehabilitation and Young, trying to return in time for Sunday's game at Dallas, tried to acceler ate his recovery. But lingering soreness forced him tg,bac.k. off workouts in the past ,„two , weeks, and coach George Seifert said today that team Officials, Dillingham, and Young all decided he should undergo exploratory arthroscop ic surgery to better determine the nature of the injury. Orioles announce 1996 schedule BALTIMORE The Balti more Orioles will begin the 1996 season by playing the Kansas City Royals at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the team announced yesterday. While week night start times for games will remain at 7:35 p.m. and Sunday games will begin at 1:35 p.m., the 1996 schedule has some changes. Weekday afternoon games will be moved from 12:35 p.m. to 3:05 p.m. Messier wins NHL player of the week NEW YORK Mark Messier, who scored his 500th career goal, was named yesterday as NHL player of the week. Messier led NHL scorers dur ing the week with six goals and three assists during the week as the New York Rangers went 4-0. He became the 21st player to score his 500th goal on Nov. 6 in a three-goal, one-assist perfor mance in a win over Calgary. tti'rrection Char Morett was misidentified as the Lady Lion soccer coach in Monday's Daily Collegian. She is the Penn State field hockey coach. V I TZ e Udote dtthe day "I I played 15 times in Cleveland, and I think the sun shined exactly once. It was always cold, nasty, hateful and hostile I loved it." Tunch Ilkin Former Pittsburgh Steeler on the rivalry between the Steelers and Browns which will end after this season when the Browns move to Baltimore Compiled from Collegian staff and wire reports. The Atlanta Braves Greg Maddux pitches to the Cleveland Indians in the fifth game of the World Series on Oct. 26. Yesterday Maddux won his fourth straight Cy Young award by a unanimous vote. Sixt wonder By JIM lOVINO Collegian Sports Writer Icers freshman goaltender John Sixt received the game puck for his 21-save performance and the first victory of his Penn State career after the Icers' 9-2 victory over Illinois on Saturday. Although Sixt was not chal lenged by the Illini offense, he came up big when he had to. He forced Illinois forward Tom Radja to shoot wide on a break away in the first period, stopped another breakaway in the second and made saves on several two on-one opportunities throughout the game. Sixt was pleased with his efforts in his first start at the col legiate hockey level. "It feels good to get it under my belt," he said. "It was a little flat tering to get it this early." Sixt had impressed Icer Coach Joe Battista with his play earlier in the week in practice, so Bat tista gave him the opportunity to start in the game Saturday. Bat tista said he wanted to see how well Sixt could handle the crowd and pressure of starting a college hockey game. Lion booters meet Terps in first-round NCAA action By DAVID COMER Collegian Sports Writer Yes, the men's soccer team made the NCAA tournament. And no, Penn State will not be playing Robert Morris. After defeating the Colonials in the first round of the last two NCAA playoffs, Penn State (15-4) will play a 1 p.m. game Sunday at Maryland (12-6-1). In the 32-field consisting of four brackets, the Lions' draw appears to be the toughest, as five of Soccer Ameri ca's top 14 teams No. S South Carolina, No. 8 Penn State, No. 9 Maryland, No. 11 Duke and No. 14 James Madison join Penn State. "I think the whole draw is very Lady harriers denied bid By DAVID SCOPINICH Collegian Sports Writer Yesterday was a good news, bad news day for the Penn State women's cross country team. The team was informed by the NCAA Track and Field Committee it did not qualify to run in the nationals. The good news, however, was that two runners, Kim McGreevy and Donna Fidler, qualified to run indi vidually. The team finished in fourth place at the regional qualifying meet on Saturday. The Lady Lions finished well behind winner Villanova and second place Georgetown. Third place West Virginia beat Penn State by a slim four-point margin. The selection committee's deci sion process, that did not include Penn State, is an odd one. During the season, Penn State beat many top teams in the nation, such as Nebraska. West Virginia, however, did not go to many meets where nationally ranked teams were com peting. The committee said that since West Virginia did not beat any highly regarded teams except Penn State, West Virginia would not be invited to the nationals. The committee then decided that if West Virginia was not invited, and they beat Penn State, Penn State Sports "I felt good about the way he handled himself," Battista said. "He seemed to play with confi dence." A sure sign that a goaltender is on his game is when he doesn't kick many rebounds back out into the slot where the other team can get another chance to score. Sixt controlled his rebounds well on Saturday, clearing them to either side of the net. "That was something I had trou ble with early on," Sixt said. "That's one of the things I know is either going to make or break me getting into the lineup." Like many other goaltenders around North America, Sixt lets a little bit of his personality show in the artwork on his mask. He had his goaltender's mask painted by a Welland, Ontario, professional who has painted masks for sever al NHL players, including the Chicago Blackhawks' Ed Belfour. Sixt, a Buffalo native, sports his Penn State pride by having the Nittany Lion Shrine painted on either side of the front of his mask. "I thought the Lion Shrine would be kinda nice," he said. Please see ICERS, Page 15. interesting," Lion Coach Barry Gorman said. "All four brackets are pretty equal. I think our brack et is very tough. I think it's a very wide open tournament." Gorman said he thought his team's first-round opponent was going to be Lafayette, but now he knows it will be Maryland. The Terps, members of the soc cer rich Atlantic Coast Conference, tied No.l Virginia earlier in the season and finished tied for second in the league with a 4-1-1 record. Maryland's offense is led by senior midfielder Tod Herkovitz, who leads the team with eight goals. But it is Maryland's defense that is its strength. The unit, anchored by first-team ACC sweeper Leo would not be invited either. Penn State coach Teri Jordan was very upset with the decision. "We definitely deserved the at large bid. West Virginia didn't compete in any meets except for ours," Jordan said. "Any good team that thinks they have a chance goes to meets." Coach Jordan is now focusing on the positive side of the committee's decision. "We've gotta concentrate on them (Fidler and McGreevy) because they represent our team now," Jordan said. "It's a matter of looking at the glass as half full instead of half empty:" Fidler, who will run in the nation als as a freshman, finished eighth overall on Saturday. The race was one of her better performfinces of the season. "It was definitely one of my best races. It was the first really good race I've ran in a long time," Fidler said. "I just found out that I'm anemic and I've been tak ing iron so I feel a lot better. This was the first race I ran after start ing the iron. I feel a 110 percent improvement." McGreevy, who finished ninth, was somewhat disappointed with her performance. "It was a good race for me, but not a great race. I didn't feel as though I was peaking Please see HARRIERS, Page 15. Maddux wins Cy Young By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK For Greg Mad dux, winning the Cy Young Award even unanimously is just another part of his routine. "We might have a little party tomorrow night or something," he said yesterday after capturing his fourth consecutive NL Cy Young, his second straight by a shutout vote. "After.. winning the World Series, we're pretty much partied out." Maddux, at 29 perhaps not even halfway through his career, contin ued to put up numbers that can be compared only with baseball's greats. Steve Carlton is the only other pitcher to win four Cy Youngs. He did it for Philadelphia in 1972, 1977, 1980 and 1982. Sandy Koufax is the only other pitcher to win the award unani mously in consecutive years in 1965-66 for the Dodgers. "It's really hard for me to talk Icer goalie John Sixt takes a break from the action against Illinois on Saturday. Sixt's play in goal was instrumental in the Icers 9-2 win over the Illini. Cullen, allows 1.27 goals per game. "Maryland will be a tough team to beat," Gorman said. "They play in a very competitive conference." Penn State has hosted the first round of the NCAA tournament the past three seasons but will have to travel this year. The trek to Col lege Park does not bother the Lions' leading scorer Stuart Reid. "I hoped we would get a home game, but then again, at this stage it doesn't really matter," Reid said. "I don't know a thing about Mary land." The senior forward has been part of the Penn State teams that advanced to the second round of NCAAs the last three seasons but lost in the second round each time. Freshman Donna Fidler qualified to run in the individual competition at nationals. about the history of the game because my history goes back 10 years," Maddux said during a tele phone news conference from his home in Las Vegas. "When I heard comparisons about people who pitched in the 'sos or '6os or '7os, I can't really relate to it. I didn't really watch baseball a whole lot back then. I really wasn't the fan then I am now. I just take it as a nice compli ment on move on." Maddux, who led the Atlanta Braves to their first World Series title, received 140 points in ballot ing announced by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Maddux led the NL in wins with a 19-2 record, and was tops in the league in ERA (1.63) and complete games (10). He became the first major leaguer since Walter John son in 1918-19 to have an ERA under 1.80 in consecutive seasons. Cincinnati's Pete Schourek was second in voting with 55 points, fol lowed by Braves teammate Tom Glavin with 30. Los Angeles rook- With a victory Sunday, the Lions will play the winner of the James Madison-Princeton game. And if Penn State advances to the quarterfinals, South Carolina and Duke appear likely to stand in the way of a trip to the Final Four, which will be Dec. 8-10 in Rich mond. Penn State started the year with a win over Cal State-Fullerton and lost to No. 2 UCLA two days later in the Reebok/Cal State-Fullerton Invitational on the West Coast. The Lions returned home and lost a one-goal battle to Seton Hall. Their record stood at 1-2. Gorman had his concerns. The defense was struggling, and the offense was having difficulty con Johnson bowls perfect game By JORDAN HYMAN Collegian Sports Writer In bowling, milestones are usual ly reached after years of hard practice on the lanes in search of perfection. But first semester freshman bowler Danielle Johnson broke the mold for that standard by securing the coveted 300 per fect game Sunday at Northland Lanes. "It was wonderful.... The whole team was excited," team captain and president Angelique Kanecht said. "It was really intense." Johnson' began bowling 14 years ago because her mom and dad bowled. There was no high school bowling team in her home in Balti more, so the freshman stayed on top of her game by practicing in leagues. Johnson felt that this per fect game was a proud moment in her bowling career. "It made me feel special," Johnson said, "because it is rare that (a perfect game) happens and especially by a female." During the match Johnson kept a cool demeanor. "I tried not to dwell on it. I kept talking like everything was normal," Johnson said, "like I was just bowling a normal game." The right-handed freshman showed maturity throughout her Tuesday, Nov. 14, 1995 ie Hideo Nomo was fourth with 19 Many say Maddux already is a lock to make the Hall of Fame. His career record is 150-93 with a 2.88 ERA. "That's something you don't think about," he said. "If it hap pens, great. I'm going to do what I've always done. I'm going to go out there and makes as many good pitches as I can. That's good enough for me. Whether I'm 20-0 or 0-20, it doesn't much matter." Maddux has won the Cy Young in each of his three seasons with the Braves. He says he's a much better pitch er than when he started with the Chicago Cubs. "Back then, I was pretty much brain dead heaver," he said. 'Now I'd like to think I know a little something about pitching that I can apply on the field." Last year, Maddux was the first player to win any of baseball's major awards three straight times. He's also a strong contender in this year's NL MVP race. verting the chances it was creat ing. But the Lions reeled off seven straight wins after the 2-1 loss to the Pirates, as forward Travis Berger was quickly developing into a dangerous scorer and forming a dominant tandem with Reid. A lackluster 2-0 loss to Wisconsin on Oct. 8 halted Penn State's momentum but set the stage for another seven-game winning streak that was snapped on Sunday in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament. The Lions will have a chance to start another winning streak, and this time they do not need seven consecutive victories. They need four. string of 12 consecutive strikes and even into the postgame reaction. "It didn't really hit me at first," admitted Johnson, "until I turned around and saw all of the people behind me watching me." Johnson and her striking ways will be a fine addition to the Lady Lion bowlers as they embark upon their first season of collegiate com petition. "The team looks pretty good," Johnson said, "considering that this is the first year that all of us have bowled together." The team practices twice a weel; at Northland Lanes with each bowler getting in three games each day for a total of six games per bowler. Johnson has put in plenty of additional practice throughout het 14-year bowling career, but preaches the same mindset going into each game that she bowls. "I just try to do my best," said John son, "I don't go into games expect ing too much or too little." She figures to be a leader in the success of the Lady Lion bowlers for not only this year, but for years to come. She plans to let her actions speak louder than her words as is evident by her magical 300 game. Said Johnson, "I would: n't see myself as an inspiration but others might."
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