16 f March 18, 2005
'OMEN'S GYMNASTICS
PSU priming for postseason run
By Jim DlMarco
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER I jtdls6@psu.edu
This time last year, the Penn State
women's gymnastics team was scrap
ping to get one last good score in order
to get into the postseason. This year the
11th ranked Nittany Lions can rest eas
ier when they play host to Rutgers,
Temple, and William & Mary at 7
tomorrow night at Rec Hall in their
final home
meet of the
season.
Non-conference
vs. Rutgers, William Last sea
& Mary and Temple son, Penn
7 p.m. tomorrow State needed
Rec Hall a strong
score in the
final competi
tion to qualify for the Northeast Region
al Championships. This season, with a
regional qualifying average score of
195.495, the Lions have locked up a
solid seed for the postseason already
and are in a "really good position"
coach Steve Shephard said.
"There's really no pressure to do any
more than we've been doing," he said.
- There is not the added urgency that
we had last year going into the Big Ten
tournament to increase our qualifying
score."
The Lions may have nothing to lose,
but they still have room to gain.
Obviously we'd love to increase our
qualifying score," Shephard said. "We
just want to hit routines like we've been
trying to do all year"
Saturday night will also be senior
night for Penn State, marking the last
home meet in the careers of Kate Stop
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Senior Kate Stopper and the Lions will
tune up their routines this weekend in
preparation the Northest Regional
Championship, for which they qualified
with a 195.495 team score.
per and Cecile Allen. The seniors will
be honored prior to the competition.
The Lions have been particularly
impressive the past two meets in which
they scored a 195.550 and 196.025
respectively. What makes these high
scores even more spectacular is they
did it without Lindsay Borkan, perhaps
their most consistent scorer.
"We have some depth," Shephard
said. "We're fortunate to have people
still now fighting for spots in the lineup.
We've had people take up the slack. The
SPORTS
"Obviously we'd love to
increase our qualfying
score. We just want to
hit our routines like
we've been trying to do
all year"
Steve Shephard
Penn State women's gymnastics coach
holes that she left in the lineup were
filled very well."
Borkan tore her left Achilles in
warm-ups before the Lions' competi
tion against Ohio State on Feb. 26. The
injury sidelined the freshman star for
the season. Penn State will have to put
forth a total team effort like it did the
past two weeks to compensate for her
loss.
The Lions are carrying a seven-game
winning streak into this competition
and haven't lost since Jan. 21 at Michi
gan. A big victory tomorrow night will
help to keep their momentum strong as
they prepare to roll into the Big Ten
Championships Friday
"I think we can score even higher
than a 196 this week," Shephard said.
"We can score a higher 196 or even a
197, depending on the judges of
course."
If history is any indicator of the
future, Penn State will be in good shape
come tmorrow night.
The Lions are combined 22-0 against
Rutgers, Temple, and William & Mary
all time.
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The scout also talked about Jeffer
son, who in recent weeks has been one
of the more talked about Penn State
prospects, as he is one of the few true
blocking fullbacks who has declared
for the draft. While it was hard for the
scout to assess Jefferson's blocking
abilities yesterday, he noted that one of
his strengths is catching the football.
"It's hard to get [a sense] when
you're [blocking] on air, you can't real
ly see him blocking," the scout said.
"He caught the ball well; he catches
the ball away from his body, his hands
are natural. Everybody's looking for a
fullback, fullbacks are hard to find any
more."
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looking for a quarterback too, so it will
be interesting to see how it falls."
The scout said that NFL teams are
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The editor in chief and the business
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employed by the corporation, is a non-voting
member.
• Donald Cistaro (president and at
large director), manager of electronic
publishing, Supelco Inc.
• Gene Foreman (vice president and
faculty director), Foster professor of
communications, College of
Communications, Penn State; former
managing editor of The Philadelphia
Inquirer.
• John Curley (treasurer and at-large
director), professor and distinguished
professional-in-residence, College of
Communications; former chairman,
president and CEO of the Gannett Co.; first
editor of USA Today.
• Gerry Lynn Hamilton (secretary),
general manager; former city editor of The
Daily Collegian, 1968-69.
• Wayne Hilinski (faculty director),
senior lecturer, College of Communications,
Penn State; former business manager of The
Daily Collegian, 1960-61.
• Leslie Rudderow (student director),
majoring in finance and international
business, economics minor, Penn State.
• Devendra Tolani of Ajmer, India
(graduate student director) doctoral
candidate in mechanical engineering, Penn
State.
• Gary Gray (at-large director),
visiting professor of finances, College of
Business, Penn State:
• Katherine C. Hazelrigg (student
director) majoring in English, Penn State
(seated March 15, 2005, current term ends
2007)
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sending representatives to the pri;
days held by football programs across
the country, and would convene in 4 .
early April to go over the final work-'
outs and discuss which players did well
and showed up in shape. He also noted
that while these workouts are impor
tant, game film from the previous fall
reigns supreme.
"Film is the biggest tool for scout
ing," the scout said. "What they do now:
helps you split hairs between guys;J
separate and put in a pecking order. ,
You've got to remember what the guy
is as a football player."
That being said, Pro Day is a chance
for players who might have flown
under the radar to up their status
that is certainly the case for Wake, and
for some of his former teammates, too.
"You never know until the day of the
draft," the scout said, "but some guys
definitely helped themselves out '
today."
Current Board members are:
• James S. Young, editor in chief.
• Julie Columbus, business manager
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