The Record from Hackensack, New Jersey • 249
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150 High THE RECORD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1986 Mizzone, Kempf step into Meet of Champs spotlight By Paul Schwartz Correspondent HOLMDEL Jen Mizzone and Amy Kempf have spent most of their careers in the shadows of other outstanding crosscountry runners. For Mizzone, it was Wayne Valley teammates Missy Duchini, Jen Van Horn, and Cathy Feeney. Paramus's Kempf was outdone by Hackensack's Jasmin Jones on most occasions. But the two oft-overlooked runners held the spotlight yesterday in the New Jersey State Meet of Champions at Holmdel County Park, joining Cathy Paz of Clifton and Feeney in the girls top 10. Only Ridgewood's Eric Bentsen among local boys entered finished in the top 10 in the boys race.
Christian Brothers Academy of Lincroft and Carlos Martins of Newark East Side were boys winners, and North and Jodie Billotta of North Hunterdon repeated in the girls race. Mizzone was sixth and Kempf seventh in the race, both running career-best times. Paz led all local finishers in fifth place and Feeney, a freshman, was eighth. Until about a month ago, Mizzone was having an average season. It seemed as if she would never reach the promise she projected from her first season three years ago.
"When I got injured, I got down and my attitude wasn't good," said Mizzone. "She came to me and said that she would keep running for the team's sake, but that she didn't think she'd do very well," said Stearns. "I told her we needed her to do well for the team to do well." "That helped a lot," said Mizzone, who Ridgewood stuns Paramus By Kevin deMarrais Correspondent FAIR LAWN Four points from defeat, Ridgewood rallied to defeat previously unbeaten Paramus, 13-15, 15-12, 15-8, yesterday 1 to capture the New Jersey State Interschlastic Athletic Association North Section Group 4 volleyball championship. VOLLEYBALL after falling behind, 14-10, in the The Panthers were led by Karen Staff photo by Joe Giardelli first game. Marianne Cenicola, Schaefer's spiking and Tammy Ab- Clifton's Cathy Paz's fifth-place finish was the highest by a Old Tappan's only senior, got one boud's setting.
Bergen-Passaic runner at the state Meet of Champions. Roxbury's big plays NUSIAA Meet of Champions cross-country summaries surprise Montclair At Helmdel Girls meet SUCCASUNNA A hook-andladder pass play boosted unbeaten GROUP 4 TEAM SCORING Montclair, North Hunterdon 24, Brick 72, Wayne Valley 111, Roxbury past 13-7, yes- FOOTBALL Bernards 112, Paul VI 133, Mater Dei 164, Ridgewood terday in the New Jersey State In- 185, ville 277, Ridge 187, Kittatinny Ocean 287. City 227, Mahwah 259, Somerterscholastic Athletic Association 1. Jodie Billotta, North Hunterdon 18:56. the conversion kick failed.
Mont- 2. Anne Letko, North Hunterdon 19:13. Group 4, Section 2 football play- clair took the lead in the second 3. Jeannie LaPlaca, North Hunterdon. 19:35.
offs. Nick Cerligione tossed to 4. Elaine Doherty, Morristown 19:40. Dave Moore, who lateraled to Bill caught a 6. Jen Mizzone, Wayne Valley .19:47.
period when Scott Egan 5. Cathy Paz, Clifton 19:43. Nolan, igniting a 65-yard fourth- Cuozzo and kicked the extra 8. Cathy Feeney, Wayne Valley. 19:52.
17-yard TD pass from Frank 7. Amy Kempf, Paramus 19:48. period play. The title is Dec. 6, point.
9. 10. Gina Tracy Willoughby, Hinman, Bernards Randolph. 19:56. 19:54.
Jefferson 306, Ramsey 314, Morris Catholic 360, St. Deibarton 258, Cinnaminson 263, Holy Cross 283, game pitting 12. Allyson Perre, Passaic Valley .20:05. Benedict's 360, Kingsway 388. Roxbury had taken the lead in third-seeded Union at Roxbury.
15. Jasmin Jones, Hackensack 20:17. the first period on an 85-yard pass Union downed second-seeded Bar- 28. 26. Dee Jennifer Keough, Hughes, Mahwah.
Ridgewood. .20:34. 1. Carlos Martin, Newark East Side 16:10. 20:42.
2. Cesar Gaudin, Union Hill 16:13 play from Cerligione to Moore, but ringer, 10-6, yesterday. 30. 31. Terri Laura Grivas, Drake, Wayne Dumont Valley.
20:46. 20:44. 3. Jason DeJoseph, Paul VI 16:15. 4.
Ray Pugsley, Mendham 16:16. 47. Robyn Heim, Lyndhurst. 21:13. 5.
Tim Koerner, Toms River North .16:22. College 51. Missy Wayne Valley 21:17. go John Chichester, Caldwell 16:27. Duchini, College volleyball swimming 61.
57. Lynne Nancy Collazo, Montevechi, Ridgewood. Mahwah. 21:31. 21:28.
7. John Coyle, CBA 16:31. Kathy Shevlin, Ridgewood 21:35. 9. Dave Lee, East Bridgeton Brunswick 16:38.
16:34. 8. Urie Ridgeway, PISCATAWAY Host Rutgers KINGS POINT, N.Y. Fresh- 66. 62.
Jean 73. Hughes, Ridgewood .21:56. 10. Eric Bentsen, Ridgewood. 16:41.
was eliminated from the Atlantic man Tanya Shipp of Wayne set a Nicole McLennan, Ridgewood .22:19. 20. Matt Swanson, Ramsey 16:50. 10 volleyball championships Fri- Nanci Titus, Ridgewood 22:19. 21.
John Lauria, Paramus Catholic 16:50. school record with a time of 5:44.9 78. Kelly Heather Hughes, Wayne Valley. .22:32. 24.
Kevin McCabe, Ridgewood 16:53. day when it lost to George Wash- 82. Adrienne Frey, Bolan, Mahwah Wayne Valley. 22:44. 22:37.
32. 29. Chris Moore, Emerson 16:58. in the 500 freestyle and also cap- 94. Karen Zdanis, Mahwah .23:54.
Jason Kaplan, Westwood 17:05. ington, 15-4, 15-9, 15-5, in the quar- 95. Jodi Rubenstein, 39. Rich Wisse, Saddle Brook. 17:15.
terfinals. tured the 200 individual medley to Wayne Valley .23:57. 40. Will Koslow, Fort Lee. 17:16.
Steve Fahmie, Neumann Prep. 17:22. Junior Danaan Luce of Secau- lead undefeated William Paterson 57. Robb Lages, Palisades Park 17:31. had 13 sets, and freshman Elke Boys meet 63.
Chris Meyers, Brown, Ramsey Kennedy 17:37. 17:34. 59. Lawrence cus Voight of Fair Lawn had nine kills. past 71.
Eugine Peterson, Morris Catholic 17:44. the U.S. Merchant Marine TEAM SCORING 75. Paul Knapp, Ridgewood. 17:50.
The Scarlet Knights finished the Academy, 109-68, in women's CBA 63, Toms River North 130, Paul VI 149, 85. Brian Williams, Ridgewood 18:01. record. Ridgewood 195, Kearny 199, Bernards 202, Princeton 96. Dave Weigos, Morris Catholic 18:12.
season with a 7-26 swimming. 227, Haddonfield 240, Haddon Twp. 241, Caldwell 246, 99. Chris Rae, Ridgewood. 18:17.
COLLEGE SCENE Port making presence felt at Duke Chris Port of Wanaque thought he was try to work my way up to second team so versity's football team completed its regular prepared for every challenge college football maybe I could get a couple plays each game," season 10-0 and won the Middle Atlantic Conpresented before he began his freshman year Port says. "I didn't realize that I would play ference championship. White caught 27 passes at Duke University. But there was one surprise this early. I thought that by my sophomore for 352 yards.
for the former standout at Don Bosco Prep. year I might be able to start, but starting my freshman year is a goal that I didn't think 1 Junior quarterback Tony Campana of "The only thing that really stadiums," pre- could reach." Wayne recently got his first collegiate start I for pared for was the size of the he the Gettysburg (Pa.) College football team. says. dium we that overwhelmed me. I'd MEN'S SPORTS Campana rushed for 87 yards and completed "When first walked into Sanford Staat Georgia, four of 13 passes for 54 yards to lead the Bulnever until played a and in more front of lets to a 31-0 victory over 1 Dickinson, before than 5,000 this year, playing Port his teammates have a four-game losing streak.
snapping 80,000 people was really says in played a Port has excited Blue Devils fans with his major role his quick development. Matt McLaughlin, a former Lakeland play at offensive guard. The 6-foot-7, 260- "The seniors and the upperclassmen real- player, touchdown recently caught two fourth-quarter pounder has started all but one game this sea- ly helped me out, by motivating me, trying to comeback passes to spark East Carolina to a son, playing 539 of 655 offensive plays. He has get my confidence up, and using their experi- 35-33 football victory over Georgia had only five missed assignments the best ence to teach me about techniques and other Southern. mark of any Duke starter and has given up things," he says.
"I didn't need to go to a coach Donfield of Woodcliff Lake is the just two sacks. every time I had a question." leading receiver for the University of Rhode "Before 1 I came to Duke, I was thinking Freshman wide receiver Chris White of Island football team, with 40 receptions for 534 that maybe I could make third team and then Wyckoff is a major reason Susquehanna Uni- yards and two touchdowns. JOHN JACKSON Secaucus, behind sisters Nadine and Shiela Ulrich, upset top-seeded Hawthorne in Group 2, 15-6, 15- 11; and Old Tappan rallied to repeat in Group 3 with a 16-14, 16-14 win over Ramsey; and Wallington, which lost to Park Ridge in last year's final, took the Group 1 title with a 15-13, 15-12 win over Bogota. GROUP 4: Ridgewood presented retiring coach Kitty Batterson with a farewell present with its emotional victory. After dropping the first game and trailing in the secood, 11-6, the Maroons (23-3) scored nine of the next 10 points to extend the match to a third game.
Ridgewood, which had lost to Paramus twice in Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League play, and in the final in the Bergen County Tournament for its only losses, dominated the third game. They jumped ahead, 10-3, behind cocaptain Jill Berry's serving. After Paramus (23-1) had closed the margin to five, 13-8, the Maroons locked up the title on spikes by cocaptain Suzanne Riley and Leslie Day. GROUP 3: The Golden Knights (21-3) held off two game points after falling behind, 14-10, in the paced the Indians to a third-place finish in the girls race. "Coach Stearns talked to me a lot and really helped me get more confidence." CROSS-COUNTRY CROSS-COUNTRY Kempf's confidence was shaken by back-to-back subpar races in the Bergen Meet of Champs and the state sectionals.
But she snapped back with a good race last week in the Group 4 championship and ran impressively yesterday. "She was supposed to stay up in the top 20 for the first half of the race and then make a move," said Paramus coach Brian Rodak. "But at the first mile she was third! She got a little excited but it didn't hurt her. She had put too much pressure on herself in some of the other races, but CLIFTO CLIFTO she handled it well today." In all, Bergen and Passaic counties combined to place six runners in the top 15 and 10 in the top 31. Allyson Perre of Passaic Valley finished 12th, and Bergen County champ Jones continued to have her problems at Holmdel, finishing 15th.
The boys picture was not as bright. Berntsen, hampered by a hairline fracture of the sternum suffered earlier in the week at practice, was disappointed with his 10th-place finish, but it helped Ridgewood to a fourth-place finish in the 18- team boys The second local finisher was Ramsey's Matt Swanson, who ran his best of the year with a 20th-place finish. "I got out slowly, maybe in the middle of the pack 150 said Swanson. "I had a lot of work to do when I got up the first hill but I began to pass people out in the back of the course and just kept passing them." Swanson finished a place ahead of Paramus Catholic junior John Lauria. Bergen County champion Chris Moore of Emerson was 29th.
The showdown for Passaic County bragging rights went to Division champ Steve Fahmie of Neumann Prep, who was 48th, 11 places and 12 seconds ahead of A Division winner Lawrence Brown of Kennedy. But both Fahmie and Brown said the race wasn't the same as a normal contest. "I never saw Larry during the whoie race," said Fahmie, who started on the opposite end of the starting line from Brown. "I just concentrated on running the way I could." Seton Hall has luck of the Irish By Mark J. Czerwinski point back before Mary Claire Buccola served for the final five points, winning the game with a service ace.
In the second game, Ramsey (21- 4) jumped ahead, 14-11, but Kris Osinchak served for the final five points to give Old Tappan the victory. Claire Luthin slammed the ball for the final point, her 11th spike of the match. GROUP 2: Junior Nadine Ulrich served for 16 points and executed nine spikes while Shiela Ulrich, a senior cocaptain, put in six serves and had 16 spikes, five of them aces. Nadine scored eight straight service points to close out the first game. The Patriots (19-3) jumped ahead, 4-0, in the second game, but Hawthorne scored 10 of the next 11 points to open a five-point lead.
Secaucus quickly regained control with Kim Constantino and Nadine Ulrich combining for eight points. Liz Vitale put in two spikes for the winning points. Secaucus, which won its fourth title in the last six years, also received strong play from Amy Komorowski, who had 27 sets. GROUP 1 Wallington put together scoring streaks at the end of both games to turn back Bogota. The sixth-seeded Bucs had gone ahead in the se game 13-12, on Kristen Lukacs's three service points before Bonnie Poltorak followed with three points to give the Panthers (20-2) the game.
Bogota jumped ahead in the second game, 12-8, but Wallington ran off the last seven points to win the title, with Tanja Varsolovic serving for the final three. Correspondent SOUTH ORANGE When Ed Kelly took over a Seton Hall University men's soccer program that hadn't had a winning season in 11 years, he could have began straightening things out by cracking the whip. Instead, Kelly began making friends. COLLEGE SOCCER He started taking his players under his wing, appealing to their love of the sport. Two years later, the Pirates (16-1-2) set a school record for victories, won the Big East championship, and earned the chance to face Penn State today in the Collegiate Athletic Association tournament's Mid-Atlantic regional final.
"When I came here, I didn't set a timetable like three years or five years," said Kelly, 38, who served as an assistant coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University for five years. "You can't set a gauge like that because you don't hold all the cards. You just go after the best guys available with what's available to you. After that, you have to have some luck." In Kelly's case, it was truly the luck of the Irish. Kelly, whose recruiting ability helped turn FDU into a powerhouse five years ago, went back to his native Ireland to find the backbone of his 1986 Seton Hall squad.
In 1985, Brian Hammond joined the team from Dublin. This season, he was joined by freshmen Pat O'Kelly, Pat O'Brien, and Pat Hughes of Dublin and Ian Hennessy of Cork. All cultural barriers faded away on the playing field as the newcomers combined for 34 goals this season. "Everything here has been tremendous," said Hennessy, a forward who scored 14 goals. "I didn't know what the structure or organization was going to be like here, but everyone has helped make things easier.
I think it's a symbiotic relationship, so to speak, because it works both ways. They feed off us, but we learn from them." The learning experience has worked both ways. Kelly and his countrymen combined with German-born Peter Matischak of Ridgefield to introduce the fastpaced European style of play to the Pirates. American players such as Joe Alfano of Jamesburg and John Murphy of Elizabeth were quick to respond. "It wasn't like the kids from New Jersey stunk before they came, but they are so advanced that they just made us better," said Murphy, a freshman midfielder.
"Their style is a little different, but that can only help a team with so many younger players." Kelly, a self-described "player's coach," instilled a new attitude in his team. Gone is the win-at-allcosts approach that seems to permiate the American sports scene. In its place is a group of players who love to play the game for the game's sake. Practices are informal, and the players have broken the tension that goes along with postseason play by joking and kidding among themselves. Even Kelly, a former professional in the North American Soccer League, joins in, donning a mesh practice jersey and scrimmaging with the team.
The squad is young two but mature. They could have wilted under the distractions caused by their newfound celebrity status, but, thanks to Kelly's influence, they've thrived. "I work hard at building a relationship with my players and providing a good environment," said Kelly, who served as an assistant coach with the Philadelphia Fever of the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1982. "I find that more important than the tactical X's and O's. These kids want to learn about the game, and it's not life and death.
It's not cutthroat like professional sports, and it's not supposed to be." Kelly's professional background has been one of his main strengths as a coach. The players respect his knowledge of the game, and realize that his advice is more than a simple rehash of age-old theories. Kelly began running practices at FDU for head coach Ben Stravato, who believes the experience taught Kelly some valuable coaching lessons. "These kids are different than any age group he was with before. They have a different type of personality," Stravato said.
"They may be more mature high school but you have to be more of a psychologist. I think Eddie was able to learn things like that from his experience here." Nowhere is the Pirates' new attitude more evident than in the team's approach to today's game. Their goal is victory, but their motivation is the sport itself. "What am I looking forward to against Penn State? Football Anglo-European term for of course," said Hennessy. "We all just want to play "I'm looking forward to the game itself as much as the ride home after we win," Kelly said.
"It's a game I would just love to see as a spectator. Of course I want to win, but if we look horrible doing it, I won't feel as good." NCAA men's soccer schedule NEW ENGLAND Regional final Sunday Boston 16-1-3, at Harvard 10-3-3, 1 p.m. NEW YORK Regional final Sunday Long Island 15-0-3, at Hartwick, 12-6-1, 1 p.m. SOUTH Regional final FAR WEST Sunday First round Duke, 14-5-1, at North Carolina 13-3-2, 1 Regional final p.m. Sunday SOUTH ATLANTIC UCLA, 16-0-5, at Fresno 16-4-2, 7 p.m.
Regional final QUARTERfinalS Sunday Te be completed by Sunday, Nev. 30 George Mason, 10-4-5, at Loyola, 16-0-4, George Mason-Loyola vs. Duke2 p.m. North Carolina St. Boston vs.
Long Island GREAT LAKES U-Hartwick Regional final Akron-Evansville vs. Seton HallSunday Penn State Akron, 14-3-3, at Evansville, 17-2-2, 1 p.m. -Fresno St. vs. St.
LouisSouthern Methodist MID-ATLANTIC SEMifinalS Regional final Te be completed by Sunday, Dec. 7 Sunday Sites and times TBA Seton Hall, 18-1-2, at Penn 11-5-5, 1 p.m. St. George Carolina winner vs. Boston Island U-Hartwick winner MIDWEST Akron Hall-Penn State vs.
First round UCLA-Fresno Louis-Southern MethodRegional final ist winner Sunday CHAMPIONSHIP St. Louis, 13-5-2, at Southern Methodist, 15-4- Saturday, Dec. 13 2, 1 p.m. At Tacoma, 10:30 p.m..
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