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Say It Isn't So Joe: The
San Francisco 49ers traded Joe
Montana, safety David
Whitmore and a 1994 third
round draft pick to the Kansas
City Chiefs for a first-round
draft pick (18th overall) in this
Sunday's draft. Last Friday,
Montana agreed to a three year,
$lO million contract with the
Chiefs and asked the 49ers to
trade him. The 49ers made a
last ditch effort this weekend to
keep Montana when head coach
George Seifert offered him the
starting slot over MVP Steve
Young. Montana declined the
offer and the 49ers sent him to
Kansas City.
Penwins: The Pittsburgh .
Penguins defeated the New
Jersey Devils last night 7-0 to
take a 2-0 lead in the Patrick
Division semifinals. The win
extended their Napiormt)lockey
League rccotd playoff *ill WV*
to 13 games. The Peapitut hist
lost a playoff game on May ,„1.
1992 and last lost a game march
5, 1993. Penguia's goalie Tern
Bantam made 36 saves to mood
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Pirates have &WAWA:4O runs in
the first inning alone: The three
time defending National League
East Champion Pirates (7-6)
now trail the first place
1 Philadelphia Phillies (10.3) by
three games.
Big Sticks: San Francisco
Giants' outfielder Barry Bonds
and Philadelphia Phillies' first
basemen John Kruk are tearing
up National League pitchers.
As of Tuesday, Bonds was third
in the league in batting (.400)
and RBl's (12), first in the
league in slugging percentage
(.850) and runs scored (14), and
was second in the league in total
bases (34). Bonds and Kruk lead
the league in doubles with 7.
Kruk is tied for the most
homeruns (4), is second in the
league, for RBl's (13) and
slugging percentage (.787), is
third in the league in runs (13)
and is batting .383.
"Flawless softball"
Lady Lions
extend
record to
17-3
by Joe Mottillo
Collegian Staff
The latest victim on the
Lion's path of destruction was
SUNY-Geneseo.
The Lions played "flawless
softball," said Coach Paul
Benim after they came out on
top in both games by scores of
4-3 and 10-0 last Saturday.
In the first game, Geneseo
played the Lions to the end.
Unfortunately for Geneseo, third
baseman Sue Mazur chose to be
the end.
Left fielder Terry Pegher led
things off in the sixth with a
walk. After stealing second,
Pegher scored on Mazur's game
winning double.
Casey Putteman pitched seven
strong innings as she picked up
her eighth victory of the season.
Mazur went 3 for 3 with a
double and triple and 5 assists
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Good outing: Coach
Cherie Varassa after a
Sports
Arnel BalcitalCollegian Photo Coordinator
Strike three: A disgruntled Allegheny batter looks at catcher Megan
Musante after striking out
from the hot corner,
The second game wasn't even
close. The Lions put away
Geneseo in the fifth thanks to
the ten run rule. Mazur had
another big game as she went 3
for 3 again and scored three
runs. Second baseman Karen
Strait went 1 for 3 and added 2
RBl's.
Cherie Varrassa continued her
Arnel Balcita/'
Paul Benim congratulates
win against Geneva College
great pitcning as she went to 9-
1 on the season with the victory
and dropped her ERA to 0.95.
The Lions, in both games,
committed no fielding errors to
add to their impressive .940
fielding percentage.
"Our defensive intensity
picked up," said Benim.
Back on April 15, the Lions
travelled to Buffalo to take on
by Arnel A. Balcita
Collegian Staff
Good things come to those
who w o lit. And wait she has.
Six years ago, she was a utility
infielder. It wasn't until her
freshman year at Corry High
School that she began to pitch.
It was a trying year, 1988. Her
junior varsity team only won one
game. Fast forward to the
present, 1993, and you'll find her
on the mound for the 17-3 Lady
Lions.
Although she'd rather share the
credit with the rest of her
teammates, Cherie Varrassa is
this week's Athlete of the Week.
Varrassa, a fourth semester
chemical engineering major, has
been instrumental on the mound .
In a 7-1 week for the Lady
Lions, this pitcher from Corry,
PA collected four wins including
an important 5-2 win over
nationally ranked Buffalo State
College.
The Bengals, who were ranked
#l2 in the nation, managed only
six hits against Varrassa. The
turning point in the win was a
defensive gem turned in by
catcher Emmy Arnett and
Varrassa.
In the bottom half of the sixth
inning, the Lady Lions were
Thursday, April 22, 1993
12th ranked Buffalo State. The
Lions were no match in the first
game, falling victim to a 17 hit
barrage as the Bengals ran away
with the 15-5 victory.
The nightcap of the
doubleheader was a completely
different story as the Lions won
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leading 3-1, and Buffalo State had
a runner on third. Varrassa's wild
pitch was fielded off the backstop
by Arnett, who consequently
flipped the ball back towards
home plate.
Varrassa tagged out the runner
who had tried to score from third
on the passed ball. The
following batter homered for
Buffalo State, but the previous
out turned the game around for
the Lady Lions.
On the year, Varrassa is 9-1
with an incredible 0.95 earned run
average, with four shutouts.
She has only walked 7 batters
in 66 innings.
Varrassa is threatening several
season and career records with her
outstanding performances.
When asked about the season,
Varrassa commented, "If luck is
with us as far as the weather,
injuries, etc., we have a real good
shot at making the NCAA
tournament."
Varrassa's future plans include
getting involved in
environmental engineering,
although she does wish to
continue partaking in softball
from a coach's perspective.
Best wishes to Cherie and the
rest of the softball team.