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November 8. 1990
Soccer Cards to Play for ECAC Title
Loomis Scores Two
as Booters Down
Clarkson, 3-1
PeteTobey
Associate Sports Editor
Okay, so it's not the NCAA
Division III playoffs, but the
Pittsburgh State men's soccer
team is making the most of its
situation.
With a 3-1 victory over
Clarkson Saturday in an East
Coast Athletic Conference
semifinal game at the Fieldhouse, Piausburgh moved closer
to winning its first postseason
title in men's soccer.
The No. 1-seeded Cards, 16-22 overall, are scheduled to face
Alfred University, the No. 2 seed
in the ECACs, at the Fieldhouse
Sunday at noon for the ECAC
championship.
Against Clarkson, Piausburgh
faced a team they had defeated 21 on Oct 12. As in the first
game, the Cardinals got off to a
slow start against the Golden
Knights. As a result, the Cardinals found themselves down 1-0
in the early going, just as in the
first game. However, goals by
Jamie Loomis and Gordon McNeil turned the tables on Clarkson before halftime. and Loomis
added an insurance goal midway
through the second half .
The Golden Knights' Toby
Dunmore one-touched Randy
Gellert's direct kick into the
Piausburgh goal 7:27 into the
game to put Clarkson ahead.
"They scored so early, the first
thing I said to {Cards' goalie
Chris) Balducci was that we have
plenty of time to get back into
the game," senior co-captain
Brian Micheels said. "Nobody
panicked: that was the key."
"It seems like it takes them
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scoring a goal or something be- of the net and ripped it into the
fore we come back," added senior open net, tying the score.
Brian Bourgeois.
With 6:49 remaining before
Piausburgh coach Chris Wa- halftime, reserve forwards Mcterbury attributed the slow start Neil and Steve Powroznik
to a combination of a nine-day
teamed up on Pittsburgh's golayoff since the end of the regu- ahead goal. Powroznik took a
lar season, the letdown over
long through pass from Danny
missing the NCAAs, and a week
Rutowicz, sprinted to the left
of slow practices.
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"They were mentallyreadyin
the locker room, but they didn't
take that intensity out onto the
field," said Waterbury.
"We expected to be flat," said
McNeil, "you can't come off a
nine-day layoff and not be a little
flat."
Whatever the reasons for the
slow start, the Cardinals brought
their level of play up and started S a 5 S S S & S S S S S S S S S = S S 9 S S = S = S S S S S S 3
to challenge the Clarkson deside of the goal then crossed the
fense. The persistence paid off,
ball in front of the goal. McNeil
dove at the far post and headed
as Loomis scored hisfirstgoal
of the game 24:47 into the first the ball into the net
"I saw Steve with it, and it
half.
looked like he was going to
The senior forward outhustled
cross it," said McNeil "I decided
Golden Knights' goalie Todd
that, no matter how, I was going
Hansen to a loose ball in front
"It seems like it
takes
them
scoring a goal
or something
before we come
back."
at f i e
to get the ball in. The ball came
across real low... It was like it
was happening in slow motion."
"We win because we have 20
good players, and not 11
starters," said Waterbury. "I put
in our three reserve strikers,
Powroznik, McNeil and Mark
While, and within five minutes
we had the go-ahead goal. When
you have three guys in their going 100 percent, and you put
your starters (Loomis, Mark
Whitman and Todd Stoller) back
in, you wear (opponents) down."
With the Cardinals clinging to
a 2-1 lead in the second half,
Balducci kept them in the game
with his alert play in goal. He
finished the game with six
saves, and on several occasions
came out of the net to intercept
"Balducci had a hell of a
game,19 said Waterbury.
Loomis capitalized on a
defensive error in front of the
Knights' goal for the Cardinals'
final score with 22:38 left in the
game. Todd Stoller looped a
cross from the right side that
landed directly in front of the
goal, a SO-SO ball that both
Clarkson's Hansen and Plattsburgh's Kevin Husselbeck went
for. Husselbeck collided with the
goalie and the ball popped out, a
play Clarkson coach Willi
Steinrotter called "questionable."
Loomis drilled the loose ball
into the goal between a pair of
Clarkson defenders.
During the game, the Cardinals substituted liberally, rotating two players at nearly every
position. Clarkson made only
two substitutions in the entire
game, and that took its toll on
the Golden Knights. Pittsburgh
outshot Clarkson 10*8, but most
of the Knights1 offense took
place in the first three-quarters of
the game and stalled after that.
Waterbury praised his defense
for shutting down Clarkson's
key offensive players, strikers
Dunmore and Larry Martin and
midfielder Michael Kirmse.
"Those three are as dangerous
as any three you'll see," said
Waterbury. "Brian Tracey, who
didn't practice all week (Tracey
injured his leg in the regularseason finale at Albany), came
out and had a great game. Kenny
Hay, our other marking back,
shut down Martin (Clarkson's
top scorer), and we alternated
Bourgeois, (Tom) Cordy and
Husselbeck on Kirmse. Brian
Micheels covered for their mistakes."
"The coach said it was a team
effort that brought us through,"
said Cordy. "I think the crowd
had a lot to do with it, too. I
have never heard a crowd go so
crazy after our first goal. We
hope they're here next week."
1 was psyched by the amount
of crowd support we had/ said
Waterbury. Tin awfully psyched
for the. seniors. They did a hell
of a job today."
Lady Cardinal Basketball Preview '90
she's ever been in," and she possesses both good scoring and
leadership abilities. "She always
gives 120 percent of herself each
game," she added.
LaValley, however, sees her
role a little bit differently. "I
want to help lead the team on offense and defense by being a team
player," she said.
Among some of the other
players that Sturm is looking for
continued improvement from last
year is guard Michelle Bushaw.
"Bushaw has matured as a scorer,
and she is very quick running die
floor," she said.
Sturm is also looking for improvement in Brelia and Audrey
TUison this year. Tihson is our
most improved player from last
year. Brelia is closer to her
potential than ever before, and
she should have a good year."
However. S a m said that she Condiuonuig has been a central bon to the All-SUNYAC team Sturm said.
theme won the team dus year, as last year. Sturm said that Even though she has been
to the team Sturm has enlisted me help of LaValley "is in the best shape sidelined most of me preseason
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for oae reason or
.they backed down. This
has upset Sturm, and she added men's soccer coach Chris
that their actions disrupted "team Waterbury to help get the team
unity, since many of them began into shape. "Waterbury has
helped us a lot. He's a great
With last season's lessons practicing with the team before conditioner, and he works hard,"
etched in their memory, the they left."
Sturm said of her new assistant
1990-91 Pittsburgh Stale With the lack of bench Sturm has also stressed dewomen's basketball team looks strength, the remaining players fense, which was the team's
to rebound from a dismal 4-20 have gone through a rigorous strong point last year, as another
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central dieme this year. "The ofFour key players from last
fense can take care of itself, but
year's squad, including leading
it's defense that wins ballgames,"
scorer Ahaa LaValley aad center
she said.
Usa Brelia, have returned to a
Sturm has plenty of experience
team that, while they lack bench
to work with this year,
strength, promises to play hard to
something she did not have last
the bitter end.
year. Many of the returning
The beach could be a source of pnrnar for the expected increase players are now sophomores,
problems for the Lady Cards, at in average playing time. "Back- which is "the best thing that can
Head to-back games will be tough be- happen to a ucshman," she said.
cause of the lack of depth," One player that Sturm will be
is cvreiitly working with only Sturm said, "but the team is in looking to lead the team is
players, with three more the best condition they have ever LaValley, who. as a freshman.
Rob Jonas
Associate Sports Editor
'The team is in
the best condition they have
ever been in."
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due to a case of mononucleosis,
forward Margot Lynch should be
a big factor inside this year.
"She played really well in a clinic
last weekend <in Vermont), and
she seems to picking up where
she left off test year," said Sturm.
Among the newcomers,
sophomores Tina Cornwright and
Donna Dougall look to contribute greatly towards me team.
Sturm said that Cornwright is
strong and a good shooter, while
Dougall is "a good defensive
player with good work ethics."
Jennifer Walsh, the omer newcomer, was also described by
Stuns as "a terrific ball handler
and a great motrvator."
Wim me talent and determination that this year's team possesses. Sturm feels that this team
should be more competitive das
If nothing else, look for the
Lady Cards to battle every team
they face until the final buzzer.