Stickwomen dominate Big Ten awards Oh, what a night. Last Thursday night to be specif ic. The Big Ten held a chest-thump ing ceremony for the Penn State field hockey team at the confer ence's annual awards dinner. The Lady Lions took home four individ ual honors, and had eight players Named to All-Big Ten squads. Heather Gorlaski, last season's Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, upped last year's accolade by being named the conference's Most Valuable Player. Gorlaski, a cen ter/midfielder and team co-captain, has been a solid defender and dan gerous offensive threat to oppo nents this season. Forward Dawn Lammey, the con ference's leading scorer, took home Offensive Player of the Year hon ors. Sweeper Traci Anselmo nabbed Defensive Player of the Year acco lades. All three players were also first team All-Big Ten selections. They were joined by teammates Maegan Galie, Tracey Larson and Jamie Smith. Smith repeated her all-con ference performance, having been named to the team last year. hut Galie and Larson were first-time honorees. For Sonje Volla and Angie Haas twice is nice. Voila and Haas were named sec ond-team All-Big Ten selections for 01013UVI oThglr?ii Daily Trivia: Who was the first mar to clear seven feet in the high jump? Friday's Question: Who was a coach in the NBA at age 24? Answer: Dave Deßusschere I‘. ' The Top Twenty Five teams in The Assoc a:ed Press college football poll, with firs:-place votes , n paren theses, records through Nov 7, total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one Do in* for a 25th place vote and ranking n previous poll 1. Tennessee (46) 2. Kansas St (19) 3 UCLA (4) 4. Florida 5 Florida St. (11 6. Texas A&M 7. Ohio St. 8 Wisconsin 9. Arizona 10 Arkansas 11•. Nebraska 12 Notre Dame 13. Missouri '4.Tulane Michigan 16. Virginia Tech 17 Georgia 15 Texas 9. Penn St. 2a. Oregon 21. Virginia Unbeaten s By ANTHONY MILLER Collegian Staff Writer Depth always has been a key to success in team sports. That philosophy was evident Saturday as the Penn State men's swimming team soundly defeated Syracuse 166-76 in front of a large Alumni Day crowd at McCoy Natatorium. "We're a private university with only 20,000 students," Syracuse coach Lou Walker said. "We swam well, but we don't have the numbers they do. There is always more depth at state schools like Penn State." The Nittany Lion diving team also defeated the Orangemen in dominating fashion, as Steve Bohner won the one-meter diving competition with a score of 305.03 and Chris Alderman won the three meter competition with a score of 304.80. Swimwomen sweep Orangewomen By JENNIFER BARTOLINI Collegian Staff Writer The Penn State women's swim ming team defeated Syracuse 151.5-91.5 at McCoy Natatorium Saturday. The Lady Lions (2-0, 1-0 Big Ten) finished first in eight events. The women's diving team also edged out the Orangewomen, with junior Jaime Jaax winning both the one-and three-meter competitions. Penn State coach Bill Dorenkott was pleased with his team's perfor mance, but saw room for improve nent. "We were OK. This is decent swimming for November, but there was nothing outstanding," he said. "We need to work on our skills, our starts, turns and breakouts." Penn State sophomore Katie Anderson thought the meet went well. "(Dorenkott) didn't know what the outcome of the meet would be, Dawn Lammey Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year the second time in as many years. Coach Char Morett, in her 12th year at Penn State, was named Coach of the Year. Lady booters receive No. 7 NCAA seeding The Penn State women's soccer team received a first round bye and a seventh seed in this year's NCAA Tournament, the final of which will he played on Dec. 6 in Greensboro, N.C. The Lady Lions are set to face the winner of Wednesday's match 22 Georgia Tech 6-2 315 23 23 Air Force 8-1 260 25 24 Miami 5-2 244 24 25 Wyoming 8-1 69 Others receiving votes: West Virginia 38, Southern Cal 36, Syracuse 30, Kentucky 20, Michigan St. 5, Alabama 4, Texas Tech 4, Marshall 2, Colorado 1, Fl,roue 1 The A poll and coverage of college football can be found at http ,www aptop2s com W L T Pct. PF PA Maim 6 3 0 667 165 123 N Y Jets 6 3 0 .667 220 151 Buffalo 5 4 0 .556 200 196 New England 5 4 0 .556 201 179 Indianapolis 1 8 0 .111 142 241 Record Pts 8-0 1 718 9-0 1,677 8-0 1,615 8-1 1,516 9-1 1,510 9-1 1.319 8-1 1.311 9-0 1.309 9-1 1, 1 89 8-0 1,171 8-2 931 7-1 899 7-2 752 8-0 747 7-2 729 7-1 722 6-2 596 7-2 577 6-2 575 7-2 498 7-2 360 Central Jacksonville 7 2 0 .778 233 176 Pittsburgh 5 3 0 .625 137 141 Tennessee 4 4 0 .500 185 157 Baltimore 3 6 0 .333 134 189 Cincinnati 2 7 0 .222 164 243 Denver 9 0 0 1.000 300 169 Oakland 6 3 0 .667 156 158 Seattle 5 4 0 .556 196 142 Kansas City 4 5 0 .444 160 167 San Diego 3 6 0 .333 113 166 W L T Pct. PF PA Dallas 6 3 0 .667 224 121 Arizona 5 4 0 .556 154 197 N Y Giants 3 6 0 .333 166 189 Pnilaaelphia 2 7 0 .222 89 205 Washington 1 8 0 .111 141 270 In the swimming competition, the Lions (2-0, 1-0 Big Ten) had a first place finisher in eight of the 10 individual events and won both relay events. Paul Monyok led the team by winning the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:25.91 and the 500-yard freestyle by putting up a 4:35.67 time. "(The distance swimmers) have pounded out some hard work," coach Peter Brown said. "Their workouts have been intense so their times were very good." Another of the Lions' top finish ers was Josh Weaver, who set a new pool record of 1:48.70 in winning the 200-yard backstroke. "It was a good swim for him," Brown said. "But as a freshman, he can't get too excited about it." The two individual victories for Syracuse took place in the 200-yard individual medley and 200-yard butterfly. They were won by Daniel Karlsson (1:52.53) and Djordje but he knew he could put people in different places to try different things," she said. Senior captain Arianne Adams again swam well, earning 27 points for the team. Adams finished first in the 50- yard (24 26), the 100-yard freestyle (52.32) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:56.61). In just her second Penn State meet, freshman Barb Mulshine fin ished first in the 200-yard individ ual medley with a time of 2:07.28, and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:22.65). Mulshine described her Big Ten experience thus far as exciting. As for her two first-place finishes, she remained modest. "I was really excited for the team," she said. "I knew we needed the points." Anderson edged out a victory in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:52.77. Syracuse's Erica Brobrek finished second at 1:52.78. Courtesy of Penn State by Dan Gigler ft 6 American Conference East National Conference East mmen crush Syracuse between Wright State and Big Ten rival Indiana. "I would have been happy just to get the bye," said coach Pat Farmer. "Give the committee credit because they think strength of schedule has a lot to do with it." Penn State's first game, will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Jeffrey Field. This year's NCAA bracket was expanded to 48 from last year's 32. The Big Ten and Southeastern Conferences received a majority of the berths, each garnering six selections. Hospitalized DiMaggio showing improvement HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) Base ball great Joe DiMaggio showed improvement Sunday following a relapse last week in his fight against pneumonia and a lung infection. "He's not dying," said longtime friend and attorney Morris Engel berg, who complained about the media's portrayal of DiMaggio's ill ness. "His X-rays the last two days show he's improved. He's lightly sedated, but he's sitting up. He's breathing much better." Engelberg visited the Yankee Clipper yetsrday. He visits every morning and evening and wants to dispel notions that his health is deteriorating. Central 8 1 0 6 2 0 4 4 0 3 6 0 2 7 0 West 7 2 0 7 2 0 4 5 0 3 6 0 1 8 0 Sundays Games Atlanta 41, New England 10 Jacksonville 24, Cincinnati 11 Philadelphia 10, Detroit 9 Miami 27, Indianapolis 14 Minnesota 31, New Orleans 24 Dallas 16, New York Giants 6 Baltimore 13, Oakland 10 St. Louis 20, Chicago 12 San Francisco 25, Carolina 23 Arizona 29, Washington 27 New York Jets 34, Buffalo 12 Seattle 24, Kansas City 12 Denver 27, San Diego 10 Tennessee at Tampa Bay, late Monday's Game Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 8:20 p.m. Sunday. Nov. 15 Cincinnati at Minnesota, 1:01 p.m. Miami at Carolina, 1:01 p.m. New England at Buffalo, 1:01 p.m. New York Jets at Indianapolis, 1:01 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 1.01 p m Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 1 . 01 p.m. St. Louis at New Orleans, 1:01 p.m. San Francisco at Atlanta, 1:01 p.m. Seattle at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Baltimore at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Dallas at Arizona, 4:15 p m. Green Bay at New York Giants, 4:15 p.m Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 4:15 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 8:20 p m. Minnesota Green Bay Tampa Bay Chicago Atlanta San Francisco New Orleans St. Louis Carolina Filipovic (1:50.90), respectively. In the 400-yard medley relay, Penn State teams took the first- and third-place spots. The first-place team finished with a time of 3:22.44. In the 400-yard freestyle relay, the Lions had first- and second-place finishes with times of 3:03.57 and 3:06.03. Despite the dominance of Penn State, Walker was happy with his team's performance. "Timewise, we were faster than last week (against Pittsburgh)," Walker said. "We competed well and raced tough. I am pleased with the performance." Penn State now will prepare for its next meet Saturday on the road against Villanova. Meanwhile, Syracuse will take next weekend off. "We had a decent team last year," Brown said. "We have a shot at being better this year. We have taken it up a notch." "You can't see the times from the pool," Anderson said. "I didn't know it was that close until I was walking back. I was ahead of her for most of the race and that last lap she just pulled ahead. I was hurting so I was relieved I could get it done." Syracuse senior Lynnie Johnson- North added to her team's score with a first-place finish in the 1,000- yard freestyle with a time of 10:19.58. Penn State junior diver Melanie Jackson was happy with Penn State's victory, but added that there is room for improvement amongst the divers. "Overall, I think things went real ly well," she said. "A lot of promis ing things are going to happen. We just need to work on the consisten cy of our dives." The women's swimming and div ing team will join the men's team Saturday in a dual meet at Villanova. r yoGA 935-5350 Clip Coupon for free session tonight at 6:30 336 S. 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