-Arrington semifinalist
:for Player of Year
Penn State outside linebacker
LaVar Arrington has been chosen
as one of 15 semifinalists for Foot
ball News' Defensive Player of the
Year Award
He and Virginia Tech defensive
end Corey Moore are the only
sophomore candidates for the
"award.
Arrington, also a semifinalist for
the Butkus Award which honors
the nation's top linebacker, is in his
first season as a Nittany Lion
,starter.
He has made 37 tackles and is expected to take 7-to-10 months.
tied for the team lead in tackles for The injury occurred late in the
a loss, with 11. Arrington also has third quarter, though Enis was still
two interceptions and has forced LaVar Arrington playing in the second-to-last series
,two fumbles while tying for the Penn State linebacker of the game. He didn't show any vis
team lead with eight pass break- ible signs of being hurt, and didn't
,ups. goal in their 1-0 win over James mention it when he spoke with
Earlier this week Arrington's Madison on Saturday. reporters afterward.
leaping tackle of Illinois running He is second on the team with 15 "He kept going back in the game
back Elmer Hickman was recog- points, coming off four goals and a and playing with it," coach Dave
nized as Compaq College Football team-high seven assists. Wannstedt said.
Defensive Play of the Week. Villar is the third Lion to be The team announced the injury in
named player of the week this sea- the post-game notes, saying Enis
Boaters' Villar named son, following Jon McClay and would have an MRI for a sprained
Whit Gibson who both received the knee. But defensive end Mark
Big Ten Player of Week honor in October. Thomas, a close friend of Enis', said
The Lions (12-4-2) enter this Enis told his teammates about the
Penn State forward Ricardo Vil- weekend's Big Ten Tournament in injury and expressed concern.
lar has been named the Big Ten Noorthwestern as the No. 2 seed in "I talked to Curtis after the game
men's soccer Player of the Week the tournament.. and obviously something was
for the week ending Nov. 8. They will face the winner of Fri- wrong and I went over and asked
Villar, a sophomore from Sao day's Ohio State/Northwestern him," said Steve Stenstrom, who
Paulo, Brazil, headed in a corner match at 11 a.m. Saturday in also made his first NFL start Sun
kick for the Nittany Lions' lone Evanston, 111. day in place of an injured Kramer.
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Miami 6 3 0 .667 165 123
N.Y. Jets 6 3 0 .667 220 151 Minnesota
Buffalo 5 4 0 .556 200 196 Green Bay
New England 5 4 0 .556 201 179 Tampa Bay
Wisconsin less of a challenge for
No. 2 lady spikers this season
By CARLA MOTKO
Collegian Staff Writer
When the then-No. 7 Wisconsin
women's volleyball team beat Penn
State 3-1 last year at the Wisconsin
Field House, it dropped the Lady
Lions from No. 1 to No. 2.
By defeating the No. 8 Badgers 3-
0 this past weekend, the Lions may
have a chance to boost their rank
ing from No. 2 to No. 1.
"The players were disappointed
with the way they played last year
at Wisconsin, but they came out
strong this year so it wouldn't hap
pen again," Penn State coach Russ
Rose said. "The last thing they
wanted to see was another loss."
A school record-breaking 7,001
fans turned out at Wisconsin to see
the contest this year, while 6,118
turned out last year. The different
crowds presented different prob
lems for the Lions.
According to setter Bonnie
Bremner, because last year's match
was on Halloween, the crowd had a
slightly wild mood. The costumes
distracted the Lions and kept the
top hitters off their games all night.
This year's crowd, although not
Offense biggest problem in Lions' loss to Wolverines
By DON STEWART
Collegian Staff Writer
The Penn State defense had more to overcome than
just the Michigan offense this past Saturday.
In surrendering 27 points to the usually non-explo
sive Wolverine attack, the Nittany Lions were ham
pered by disadvantages in field position and time of
possession. As a result, Penn State coach Joe Paterno
didn't blame his defense for the blowout loss.
"That's the way it goes some days," he said. "You
can't be real critical of the defense. Our biggest prob
lem is that we have no consistency of offense."
Michigan enjoyed relatively good field position
throughout the game. Three of its scoring drives began
in Penn State territory, and two others initiated from
near midfield. The Wolverines' only long drive came in
the second quarter when they took 10 plays and nearly
three and a half minutes to march 80 yards downfield
for a touchdown.
In addition, the Lion defense could have easily
allowed Michigan to put more points on the board. A
Kevin Thompson fumble in the first quarter gave the
Wolverines the ball at the Penn State 13-yard line, but
the defense forced Michigan to settle for a field goal.
Two other Lion turnovers late in the game gave the
Wolverines the ball at the Penn State 19- and 23-yard
lines, but Michigan came up empty on both drives.
With the offense misfiring, the Wolverine.' -' _
able to wear down the Lions defensively. Michigan
dominated time of possession by nearly 10 minutes,
keeping the Penn State defense on the field. In the sec
ond half, the Wolverines held onto the ball for a whop
ping 20:04 compared to just 9:56 for the Lions.
"They played so hard," Michigan tackle Jeff Backus
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Indianapolis
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5 3 0 .625 137 141
5 4 0 .555 216 179
3 6 0 .333 134 189
2 7 0 .222 164 243
West
Jacksonville
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5 4 0 .556 196 142
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2 7 0 .222 89 205
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Central
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4 5 0 .444 143 176
dressed in flashy costumes, was
equally distracting because of its
volume. After the Lions' game-one
victory, the crowd died down, but it
was only a matter of time before
Wisconsin stepped up its play and
the crowd stepped up the volume.
"Our bench was so far down that
players on the court were having a
communication problem," Rose
said. "With 7,000 people in the gym,
you can yell all you want and they'll
always be louder than you."
Both crowds seemed to throw
some of Penn State's top players off
their games, but because of the
extra year of experience, they were
able to regain composure this time.
Overall in hitting, Penn State
stepped up its percentage from .125
last year to .291 this year.
Opposite hitter Lindsay Ander
son and middle hitter Lauren
Cacciamani are the top two exam
ples of this turnaround. Anderson,
who hit a measly minus-. 043 last
year, led the offense this year with
a .550 hitting percentage.
Cacciamani hit a basement figure
of minus-. 118 last year, but turned
it around for a .375 hitting percent
age second best on the team.
said of Penn State's defense. "They played with a lot of
will until we got 20 points on the board. Their will
decreased toward the end of the third quarter."
Ready for prime time?
I] - ue freshman Eric McCoo earned the first start of
his young collegiate career Saturday.
Playing for injured starter Cordell Mitchell, McCoo
ran the ball 11 times for 47 yards, good enough for 4.3
yards a carry. He split time with fifth-year senior
Chris Eberly.
McCoo's start made him the first true freshman to
start at tailback for Penn State since D.J. Dozier in
1983. Dozier eventually wrote himself into the school
record books by running for the third most yardage in
team history and helping the Lions win the 1986
National Championship in the process.
Whether or not McCoo can follow Dozier's footsteps
remains to be seen. His 47 yards did little to help a
struggling offense that went scoreless while managing
just 200 yards as a whole.
Center Eric Cole wasn't ready to use quarterback
Kevin Thompson as the fall guy for the offense's poor
showing. Instead, he blamed the scoreless effort on the
offense as a whole, especially the offensive line.
Cole pointed specifically to the line's failure to pre
vent Michigan from sacking Thompson twice during
Penn State's first two drives. On the second sack, line
packer James Hall got around tackle John Blick to pop
Thompson, forcing him to fumble. The Wolverines
recovered at the Lions' 13-yard line and went on to
kick a field goal to take a 10-0 lead.
"It makes it hard for a quarterback to be effective
after he's been knocked around twice early," he said,
"early in a ball game."
Enis out for season
after tearing ACL
CHICAGO (AP) Curtis Enis'
rookie season is done before it ever
really got started.
Enis, who made his first NFL
start Sunday, tore the anterior cru
ciate ligament in his left knee and
will miss the rest of the season, the
Chicago Bears said in a statement
released several hours after a 20-12
loss to the St. Louis Rams.
The graduate of Mississinawa
Valley High School in Union City,
Ohio, will have surgery in the next
few weeks, and rehabilitation is
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Sunday's 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 31, Tampa Bay 22
Last Night's Game
Green Bay at Pittsburgh, late
Atlanta
San Francisco
New Orleans
St. Louis
Carolina
tried to give the ball to Lindsay
and Lauren because they were both
really on," Bremner said.
"Occasionally they would get
blocked, but they both hit really
well against (Wisconsin)."
These drastic improvements
came despite the efforts of
Wisconsin middle blocker Kelly
Kennedy. Last year she carried the
defense by picking up five blocks
and backing it with a solid .286 hit
ting percentage.
This year Bremner was prepared
for Kennedy and set clear of the
middle. Because Penn State
reduced its attack from the middle,
Kennedy had only two blocks and
hit .185.
Although it was probably the
biggest hurdle Penn State has faced
thus far this season, and perhaps
the biggest it will face for the
remainder, it is not counting the
win as anything more than one
match in the grand scheme of
things.
"We weigh every match equally
and we think about every match as
it comes," Bremner said. "You have
to be happy with a 3-0 win on the
road, but that's really all it was."
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interview request forms from this Friday, 8:00 am, until 8:00 am the following
Tuesday for the companies listed above.
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