16—The Daily Collegian Friday, March 1, 1996 Laxers to On March 6th the only thing that will separate the Penn State and North Carolina lacrosse teams will be the fabric of their uni forms and a few insignificant white lines. But in terms of NCAA tourna ment experience and lacrosse his tory the two teams are light years apart. The Tar Heels have appeared in the tournament 18 times and have won four NCAA titles, most recently in 1991. Although the Lions have no such statistics a win over the Tar Heels next Wednes day in Chapel Hill, N.C., would go along way in helping propel them into their first national tourna ment. "A win would be a big plus for our program," Lion coach Glenn Thiel said. "It would open up alot of eyes in the lacrosse world because those kinds of things don't happen too often." And don't think the players don't realize it either. "If we beat UNC we would be a lock for the tournament," said attackman Chris Killoren. "But that would mean we couldn't take all of our other opponents for granted and lose a game we were supposed to win." For the Lions, Thiel said the key will be keeping control of the pace of the game. With a team like North Carolina Thiel said Penn State can ill afford to run up and down the length of the field. This means the Lions will need to control the ball and keep it in their sticks as much as possible he said. The Tar Heels are led by tri captain Brendan Carey who was second on the team last year in scoring with 26 goals, attackman Merrill Turnbull who led the team in scoring with 34 goals and cur rently leads the team after one game with three goals and three assists. Rounding out the Tar Heel scor ing attack is attackman Spencer Deering who leads the team in goals this season with four which puts him in second, right behind Turnbull, on the scoring list. As for Villanova the one thing that worries Thiel is that his team does not experience a letdown after their big game against the Tar Heels. "I hope our kids don't think they absolutely must beat UNC," he said. "I don't want them to think they're stepping off the end of the world if they lose, if we lose it isn't the end of the world." by Don Wagner kick it with 'Heels; Lady sluggers trek to Florida Karolyn Peterson Lady Lion outfielder Lady sluggers hope to expand on solid start The Penn State softball team travels to Florida looking to capi talize on last weekend's 4-1 record. The Lady Lions lead off the week with the Florida Atlantic- Tournament at Boca Raton, Fla., followed by individual games against South Florida, Central Michigan, Oklahoma State and Indiana State. They will close out the week by competing in the South Florida Classic in Tampa, Fla. In looking at the week's hefty schedule, Fillipp is concerned with Central Michigan and Okla homa, but South Florida is no stranger to the Lady Lions. Last year, the Lady Lions came back from a 5-0 deficit to win the game 8-7. "We really want to beat those two teams," sophomore outfielder Karolyn Peterson said. "They were in the finals in last year's tournament, so we really want to make a good showing against them." The Lady Lions did not make a good showing against Indiana last year and in this year's South Flori da Classic they will meet them before their Big Ten schedule. Last year the Lady Lions went 1-4 against Indiana and Fillipp said that playing them this early in the season is somewhat unusu al. "It's kind of unusual because in the past one Big Ten team wasn't in the same tournament with the other." s time for ur ads in before iarly deadline: day, March 1 is the r Tuesday, March 12 .11 Collegian Fillipp questioned whether or not the Lady Hoosiers' pitching staff will be successful this year. Their senior pitcher Gina Ugo pitched about 75-80 percent of their games last year according to Fillipp. "They only have two pitchers," Fillipp said. "I'm thankful that I have four pitchers that I can go to anytime I want to. I also question whether or not the other Big Ten teams have four pitchers. And if they do, can they count on them? I don't think so." by Matt DiFebo Spikers to face top foes at Hall of Fame The Penn State men's volleyball team wants to start its climb back into the Top 10 with a big showing this weekend, but it will have to face a tough task on Saturday. The No. 13 Lions want to get a big boost by taking a first place finish as they travel to Spring field, Mass., to battle in the annual Hall of Fame Classic tournament. The only problem is that the Lions must face either their long-time nemesis No. 9 Ball State, or the No. 2 team in the nation, Long Beach State. But first, Springfield College, the second ranked team in Divi sion 111, will await the No. 13 Lions at 8 p.m. tonight. They have faced Penn State before, and have fared well in past tournaments. "Our team usually plays well in the Hall of Fame tournament," Springfield coach Joel Dearing said. "We're capable of competing with them, it's just the matter of being able to handle their size." On Saturday, win or lose, the situation gets tougher. Last weekend, Penn State went through the Garden State like a Weedwacker after defeating two New Jersey teams with out losing a single set. "I feel we played very consistent volleyball this week end," Lion coach Mark Pavlik said. "It was the first week we put all of the phases of the game together, offensively and defen sively." Penn State knows Ball State (10- 4), and Ball State knows Penn State very well. They have already met twice this season, with the Cardinals winning each match in straight sets. In the Out rigger Hotels Invitational in Janu ary, junior Phil Eatherton ham mered home 14 kills to led the team. "Phil is a guy who works hard and so long on little things, he would stay all night to prac tice," Cardinal coach Don Shon dell said. The 49ers (9-2) boast a talented group of veteran players. Oppo site hitter Tom Hoff will be a tough person to stop, averaging 7.22 kills per game last year. The transfer from Ohio State is part of a formula that, according to Long Beach State coach Ray Ratelle, will turn into one result. "National championship," Ratelle said. by Chad Washington After big wins, netmen look to avoid letdown Often times in sports, the lull after a storm of good play leads to a team letdown before the thunder and lightning can kick in again. But after upsetting Penn and Northwestern last weekend, the 5- 2 (2-1 Big Ten) Penn State men's tennis team will hope to avoid that letdown when they travel to Ohio State, Harvard, and George Wash ington over spring break. The Ohio State Buckeyes (4-5, 0- 1 Big Ten) play host to the Lions in Columbus at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Coach John Daly's squad is head lined by sophomore California native Vo Chu, and 1995 All Big- Ten team member Jason Homorody. Lion coach Jan Bortner said his team uses a modest approach to stay within themselves after impressive wins like the ones last weekend. "We try to take each match one at a time. If we have a good win, we don't celebrate too much." Bortner said. "We gotta be ready to go after that next one." The Lions next trek to Cam bridge, Mass., March sth to do battle with the Harvard Crimson. Harvard coach David Fish has his team off to a 5-1 start and ranked No. 1 atop the Northeast Region. The Lions wrap up their compe tition over the break with a show down in the nation's capital on Saturday, March 9th against the undefeated (6-0) George Washing ton Colonials. Coach Joe Mesmer's squad, led by No. 16 Rolex Region I player Yuval Karutzy, is out for revenge after last year's 5-2 loss to Penn State. Senior captain Chris Cahill said the Lions can't afford a let down if they want to earn the respect of their upcoming opponents. "I think it is important that we keep it up," Cahill said. "We don't want people to think that it was a one weekend thing." by Jordan Hyman Greyhound makes it so easy to get there with low fares everyday on every bus. Just walk up and buy your ticket. We can take you to over 2400 destinations around the country. To find out about low fares and convenient schedules, call 1-800-231-2222 Jan Bonner men's tennis coach Duo eyes revitalization during netwomen's trip After winning the tennis dou bles' tournament championship last year, Tricia Lehman and Olga Novikova had high hopes for this year's Princeton's Invitational. But a pair of Pirates and a couple of Crimson put an end to any dreams the duo from Happy Val ley possessed, as Lehman and Novikova lost to Kristin Downing and Kaire Poldman of Seton Hall, 7-5, 6-7, 7-5, then to Ivy Wang and Julie Kim of Harvard, 7-6, 7-6. The two will try to change their luck next week, when the women's tennis team travels to Orlando, Fla. during spring break for matches against Boston Universi ty (March 4), Temple (March 5), James Madison (March 7) and West Virginia (March 8). "To be honest Trish played well and is playing well," coach Sue Whiteside said. "Other coaches were saying to me how much she improved. She was like the talk of the tournament ... She's got a great attitude. It's really nice to see her shine." But the Lady Lions are counting on something else other than Lehman to shine next week. For the first time since the fall, the team will compete outside something that might not seem like a major adjustment but actu ally is. While at Princeton, Whiteside said that tiredness and exhaustion played a factor with her two play ers. She said playing inside, espe cially at Princeton's facility, can cause a player to become dehy Low Lots Every Day. From State College, PA to Harrisburg $l2 //Go Greyhound. and leave The dnving to us. http://www.greyhound corn © 1995 Greyhound Lines. Inc Prices subject to change Some restrictions and linutalgns may apply drated easier than playing out side. "They're a good doubles team," Whiteside said of Lehman and Novikova. "It was probably more of a fatigue thing." As a result, Whiteside said her team needs to have some solid days of practice to condition and focus themselves on playing four matches in five days. But the Lady Lions are not going into the week blindfolded. Doubles player Shannon Etzweiler said Penn State has seen and played those teams before and knows what to expect. "It's not going to be any sur prise," Etzweiler said of the other teams' strategies. Nonetheless, the Lady Lions have had time to rest since its last match against Georgetown on Feb. 20, something that might help prevent any kind of fatigue prob lem next week. "I think it's playing to our advantage," Etzweiler said. "Everyone's had a chance to rest ... I think everyone is playing well right now." Lady laxers set for Virginia scrimmage The women's lacrosse team will test its strengths and weaknesses against other Div. I and Div. 111 schools at the William & Mary Invitational this weekend in Williamsburg, Va. The Lady Lions and the rest of the teams involved will each play at least 10 games this weekend, each lasting about 30 minutes, according to coach Julie Williams. There are no winners or losers at the games, rather the coaches just get to take a look at their teams in game situations. "(The players) will use this tournament to see where they need to improve before the start of the season," Williams said. A lot of the younger players on the roster will be getting some much-needed game experience during the invitational to help themselves get ready for the sea son. The invite will also let Williams play out different sce narios and see what strategies will work when the team opens its sea son at home against Loyola on March 13. "You try to look at different combinations and see what works," Williams said. "We'll see what the kids who are vying for the last couple spots do under pressure." Prices Of Places Philadelphia $22 by Rob Amen —by Jim lovino J \ - j (
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