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Wwill be a tough act to follow,

but we’ve recruited a bonafide

volleyball novelist to help us avoid

the June swoon.

Ron Bernstein, the official

historian of beach volleyball, begins

the first of a five-part scries this

month entitled: “Legends of Beach

Volleyball.” Bernstein looks back at

the great sand career of Gene

Sclznick (page 42) in his first effort

for Volleyball Monthly since 1984.

Subsequent articles will follow this

summer on such legends as Ron Von

Hagen, Ron Lang, Larry Rundle,

Henry Bergman, Jim Menges and

Greg Lee.

Bernstein, 38, is no stranger to

beach volleyball or writing about it.

lie has chronicled the sport’s

characters and superb athletes since

1966 when he began his journalism

career at Santa Monica City College.

“1 remember Mike O’Hara was the

indoor coach at Santa Monica then

and I was interested in the beach

game," says Bernstein, a native of

Santa Monica. “1 asked O’Hara who

was the best player on the beach

and he said: ‘I am.’ I asked him

about Sclznick and he said to go

look at the records, that he had won

more.”

Bernstein didn’t stop asking

questions or verifying records until

he drifted away from the sport in

the early 80s. Before he took a

bleacher scat, however, he covered

the beach game for the defunked

Volleyball Magazine, Beach

Volleyball Magazine and

sporadically for Volleyball Monthly.

His most impressive writing

accomplishment is a novel he wrote

about the beach game appropriately

entitled: “Straight Down.” The book,

most likely the only novel ever

written about volleyball, follows the

adventures of fictitious character

Billy Rovere, but is full of real-life

personalities.

Bernstein’s “Legends of Beach

Volleyball” are non-fiction efforts.

On the Cover

Pepperdine setter Doug Rigg

slaps a high five tri th teammate

Rob Scott en route to a remarkable

comeback victory over USC in the

.VC4A National Championship

match at Penn State. It teas the

second straight national title for

the Waves. (Photograph by Dennis

Steers).

STRAIGHT

but the subject matter promises to

make the series a novel treat for all

VM readers.

The June issue also marks a

change in the format of our junior

coverage. The opinionated and

often controversial Jess Money, who

has covered the high school and

junior beat for this magazine for two

years now, will be writing under the

umbrella of a new column heading

called: “On the Money.”

lliis will allow Money to offer

more of his opinion, without it

necessarily correlating with the

views of Volleyball Monthly. Money

grew up in Manhattan Beach

watching the same beach

tournaments Bernstein was writing

about, where his interest for the

sport escalated. Money has a diverse

volleyball background, ranging from

public relations director of the

Orange County Stars in the old

International Volleyball Association

to one of this year’s Pac Rim

coordinators for the USA’s women’s

entry.

Money has always held a

particular interest in junior

volleyball. “The things that interest

me the most are the things that

interest the USVBA the least,” says

Money.

“I see so many athletes out there

that could be that much better with

a little exposure. I see junior

development as a real key to

international competition for the

United States, especially with the

women because it’s going to be real

hard to get back where we were in

84 and maintain it.”Q

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Volume 5, Number 6

INSIDE

DEPARTMENTS

8 Letters

10 Clipboard

14 At the Net

16 Sports Medicine

18 NCAA Women

20 Juniors

24 Sights on Seoul

43 NCAA Men

53 Scoreboard

51 Tiger All-Americans

54 Teams of the Month

Penn State s Russell Stewed up some trouble at the NCAA Final Four.

FEATURES

20 Juniors • Double-trouble Tiger now looking too, too tough

2.7 Beach Ball • The pros are feelin’ fine in Florida heat

32 Legends of Beach Ball • Selznick, the sand’s first king

43 NCAA Men • Pepperdine stuns USC for a comeback crown

48 Chase, Duke • Freshmen big men already assert dominance

Wear It. Dodd, Hanley & Stevenson do

LETTERS

Keep cool, coaches

Dear Sirs:

As a Division I volleyball coach, I

really enjoyed the article by Dick

Montgomery on the wonderful world of

recruiting. All coaches that arc involved

with recruiting have experienced all

these emotions and frustrations that

Dick so vividly described.

One of his statements deserves more

comment. Dick states: “I also believed

other coaches had treated me unfairly in

the comments about me and my

program.”

I think the worst thing that happens

in college recruiting is coaches taking

cheap shots at other coaches and other

programs. Why do coaches knock

another program in order to get a

recruit to come with them instead of

selling their own program? When one

coach "bad-mouths” another coach, all

he or she is doing is knocking the

coaching profession.

Coaches must emphasize the positive

aspects of their own program and

university anil convince studcnt'athletcs

why they want to attend their

university, not why they don’t want to

attend another university. Volleyball is

very competitive around the country'

DRINK FOR TASTE NOT TRENDS

Dos Equis is a proud sponsor of Mike Dodd and Tim Hovland.

but this type of recruiting and behavior

can only hinder the game’s growth and

integrity.

Tom Shoji

Head Coach Women’s Volleyball

New Mexico State University

Tip for more tips

Dear Sirs:

I have recently ordered Volleyhall

Monthly. 1 really enjoy it, but when I

have received it, I thought there would

be tips on how to make your volleyball

skills better. Is there any way’ that this

can be arranged? I think that this would

make more people read it. Please don’t

stop sending the magazine and keep up

the good work!

Tricia Wallace

Ossining, NY

Editor: Thanks for writing. Please check

out our At the Net section this month

(on Page 14) where Mary Jo Peppier

discusses the fine art of setting.

Hurray for the TOC

Dear Sirs:

Me and my friends would like to

thank those responsible for bringing the

Tournament of Champions back to Santa

Barbara. Pro beach volleyball totally

belongs here because this town is so

DOS EQUIS

appreciative of the great players and

every tournament in the past has been

such an outstanding event.

Also, could you do a feature on Jon

Stevenson? He and John Hanley haven’t

received the acclaim that they deserve

because of the softspoken way they go

about winning. What is so different

about them is they are great looking

volleyball stars who seem to be

gentlemen, too! They are the silent

majority’s favorite team.

Mindy Feags

Montecito, California

Thumbs up on new VM

Dear Sirs:

Mayday, mayday! I’m desperate for

more issues like your first glossy

magazine in May, which was an

unexpected, but welcome improvement

from the old format. Can we now

assume that this paves the way for

Volleyhall Monthly’s first bathing suit

issue in the near future?

Tom Friedman

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Out to lunch on Munch

Dear Sirs:

In your April issue, which included

your “Fabulous Fifty” recruiting list, you

‘isted Roxanne Munch as committing to

the University of Michigan. In fact, she

will attend Eastern Michigan University.

We would appreciate it greatly if you

could print a correction in your next

issue. Thank you in advance for your

cooperation.

Paul Llelgren

Asst. Sports Information Director

Eastern Michigan University

The editorial staff is overdue for a

geography lesson. Thanks for the

correction.

Jumping to it

Dear Sirs:

First let me tell you how much your

fine publication is appreciated in our

home. After only three issues, my

husband is hooked on your magazine.

I am writing to inquire about an item

pictured in your article about Rod Wilde

in the March 1986 issue. On Page 24,

there is a picture of Mr. Wilde using

some kind of jumping apparatus. Is there

any information available on this?

Chris Dickison

Delanson, Neu' York

Editor: We queried the USA National

Team office in San Diego about the

jump trainer, hut had not received a

reply at press time. However, a jump

trainer very similar to that pictured is

available from Cedrix International

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CUPBOARD

Saindon selected

as Colorado coach

The University of Colorado's new

women’s volleyball program has been

officially launched with the hiring of

Brad Saindon as head coach.

Saindon, 30, who had been the head

coach of the Regis College women's

volleyball team for the past two

seasons, was the choice among

dozens of applicants for the position,

the university's Athletic Director

announced in late April.

“Our search brought forth a number

of quality candidates and we’re excited

about Brad because of his extensive

background in women's volleyball,” said

Bill Marlot. "Not only will he do a great

job in collegiate circles, he also has

national and international contacts in

the sport. I’m really excited about the

potential we have to develop a

first-class volleyball program."

Saindon, who led Regis College into

the NCAA Division II playoffs last

season and compiled a 69-24 record in

his two years there, was equally

enthused about the new CU program.

“The chance to develop a program

from scratch is one that very few

coaches get in any sport,” he said.

“There has been talk of CU starting a

volleyball team for a long time and I

always thought Boulder and the

University of Colorado would be an

ideal place to have a national level

volleyball program.”

The first CU volleyball mentor is a

1976 graduate of Arizona State

University and spent five years as an

assistant women’s coach at the

University of Oklahoma where he

earned his master’s degree in sports

science in 1984. Saindon also coached

with the men’s team at the 1982 and

'83 National Sports Festivals as well as

serving as apprentice coach for the

USA Women’s National Team last year.

As a player, he was a reserve in the

International Volleyball Association with

the Denver Comets in 1977 and 79

and with the Orange County Stars in

1978.

Saindon has many local ties with CU

as he graduated from Denver's Wheat

Ridge High School in 1972. He

returned to his alma mater as girls’

volleyball coach during the 1977-78 and

'78-79 seasons.

Marlot said Saindon will go to work

"immediately” at piecing together both

a team and a schedule for the fall and

will also be hiring an assistant coach in

the near future.

“One of the first things we want to do

is find out what kind of talent we might

already have on campus,” Saindon

said. “It’s too late to start recruiting for

this year and any recruiting we’ll be

doing will really be for 1987. But I'm

hopeful there might be some untapped

talent right here.”

Cuervo sponsoring

amateur ball, too

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volleyball are not just for professionals.

Jose Cuervo Tequila, the first major

sponsor on the pro circuit, will return to

the Hamptons, the summer beach

resort in New York, with a series of

beach volleyball tournaments designed

to further the growth of volleyball.

The second annual Jose Cuervo

Amateur Beach Volleyball Tournament

series begins June 21 at Neptune’s in

East Quogue. Subsequent events are

scheduled for July 19 at Neptune’s and

Aug. 9 at Wave’s in Montauk.

The series culminates with the Jose

Cuervo Northeast Championships Aug.

23 at Neptune's. The winners of the

championships will receive a grand

prize trip to Redondo Beach, Calif, to

participate in the Jose Cuervo World

Championship of Pro Beach Volleyball.

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The amateur events, characterized

by three-member teams, will feature

both men's and women’s divisions. The

field of competitors will be limited to 10

teams in each division. Applications for

entry will be evaluated by East End

Volleyball, and must be received no

later than 10 days prior to each

tournament.

Applications are available by sending

a self-addressed, stamped envelope to

East End Volleyball, Box 49, Hampton

Bay, NY 11946 or call Richard Heiles at

(516) 728-0397.

NWVL picks sites

for all-star tour

Cities and dates were released for

the National Women’s Volleyball

League’s fall all-star exhibition tour, but

the league's franchise owners were still

being kept under wraps in mid-May.

The NWVL did release an exhibition

schedule, which is set to begin at the

Los Angeles Sports Arena on Oct. 4.

Two all-star teams, comprised of

players who will be selected in the

league's June draft, will also play in 10

other cities across the nation.

The two teams will be on display in

Phoenix (Oct. 5), Sacramento (Oct. 8),

San Francisco (Oct. 8), Denver (Oct.

11), Minneapolis (Oct. 15), Chicago

(Oct. 18), Kalamazoo (Oct. 19),

Indianapolis (Oct. 23), New York (Oct.

25) and Columbus (Oct. 26).

NWVL franchises have been

established in San Francisco, Los

Angeles, Phoenix, Minneapolis,

Chicago and New York. Two more

cities are being sought before the

league begins its initial season in the

spring of 1987.

Team Cup format

Bussed into Forum

Magic, Kareem and James are taking

the summer off, but the Fabulous

Forum in Los Angeles will be rocking

this July if Jerry Buss has anything to

do with it.

Buss, the owner of the Forum, the

Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles

Kings, got together with volleyball

entrepeneur Mike O'Hara this spring

and polished a familiar format that

combines the skills of America’s top

male and female players.

Team Cup Volleyball, which will

feature over S100,000 in prize money,

will run on six nights at the Forum from

late July to early August. The

competition will pit the nation's best

against each other in a coed format.

Four men and two women will play on

each team. The teams will be

composed of players who sign

applications, thus making them eligible

for a draft in June.

Such notable American figures as

Karch Kiraly, Pat Powers, Dusty

Dvorak, Steve Timmons, Mike Dodd,

Singin Smith, Randy Stoklos and Jon

Stevenson have already filled out

applications.

Jeanie Buss, executive director of

Team Cup Volleyball, said there will be

four teams — which will make for a

doubleheader each night.

“My father wanted to get involved

with volleyball and after talking with

Mike O’Hara this is the format they

came up with,” said Buss. “It is similar

to the IVA (International Volleyball

Association), but I hate to compare it

because of the lack of success that

league had. We think this sport is ready

for something like this.”

Buss said both National Team

programs have been cooperating, as

well as the USVBA. Players who

compete will not lose their amateur

status, even though prize money will be

awarded. Each player on every team

will receive $600 per victory and $400

per loss. There will also be bonus

prizes for the winning team.

Great Western Savings will serve as

the title sponsor, while each individual

team will also have a sponsor. The

competition, which will run strictly on

weeknights to accomodate the

schedules of the professional beach

players, is scheduled for these six

dates: July 22, July 23, July 30, July

31, Aug. 5 and Aug. 6.

Tickets will be prized at $14, $8 and

$5. Further ticket information can be

obtained at the Forum Ticket Office at

(213) 419-3257.

Singin closing in

on beach milestones

This has been a decade of

milestones in sports, so it's no surprise

that beach star Singin Smith is closing

in on a record many thought would

never be equaled.

Smith, highly successful on the

beach since his college days at UCLA

in the early seventies, won his 53rd

open tournament in May when he

kicked off the 1986 Pro Beach Series

by teaming with Randy Stoklos for a

victory in the Lite Beer Open at Ft.

Walton Beach in Florida. Smith’s victory

leaves him only nine short of all-time

leader Ron Von Hagen, who won the

majority of his 62 tournaments in the

sixties. Smith is currently No. 2 on the

all-time open winner list and holds a

healthy advantage over the rest of the

active players.

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Randy Stoklos (29) is next on the

active list, followed by Karch Kiraly

(22), Mike Dodd (21), Tim Hovland (18)

and Andy Fishburn (18). Smith,

sponsored by Sideout Sport, has won

tournaments with several different

partners, most notably Stoklos, Kiraly

and Jim Menges. Menges, who is third

on the all-time list with 48 wins, was

passed by Smith in 1985. Smith won

five tournaments last year.

Four USA Olympians

selected to VB Hall

Four United States Olympians —

three members of the gold

medal-winning USA Men’s Team and

one member of the silver

medal-winning USA Women’s Team —

comprised the Volleyball Hall of Fame

class of 1986, the United States

Volleyball Association announced in

early May.

The Hall of Fame inductees feted at

the USVBA National Championships in

Wichita, Kansas were Marc Waldie,

Chris Marlowe, Paul Sunderland and

Debbie Green. Last year, the late Flo

Hyman became the first of the 1984

Olympic stars to achieve Hall of Fame

recognition. There are 41 previous

honorees to the Hall.

“This group of players is particularly

deserving of this honor because they

were not only excellent athletes and

volleyball players, but did so much to

increase the visibility of the sport in this

country,” said Doug Beal, the current

USA National Team Director who

coached the USA Men to the Olympic

gold medal. “They each had lengthy

careers and overcame a lot of

obstacles and tough times before

reaching the top.”

Waldie, a former three-time

All-American at Ohio State, was a

nine-year veteran of the USA National

Team known for his excellent defensive

play. A native of Wichita, Waldie

captained the USA squad during the

critical 1983 “turnaround” season and

was also named Most Valuable Player

at the USVBA Nationals in 1977.

Marlowe capped off a remarkable

volleyball career by captaining the 1984

USA Men’s Team during the Olympics.

Currently a television sports

commentator and a former soap opera

star, Marlowe, a fiery setter, has

virtually done it all in the sport. He won

an NCAA National Championship at

San Diego State, an AAU national title

in 1975 and the World Championship of

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Beach Volleyball in 1977.

Sunderland made a 10-year

commitment to the USA National Team

and it paid off in gold at the Los

Angeles Games. The smooth outside

hitter from Malibu, California was the

USA’s Player of the Year in both 1977

and 1982 and was also named to the

1977 Pan Am Games All-Star Team.

Sunderland was also an NCAA

All-American at Loyola-Marymount

University in Los Angeles.

Green, long considered the premier

American setter, guided the USA

Women’s National Team to the 1983

Pan Am Games championship, the

1983 NORCECA title and the silver

medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Despite standing only 5-4, her

trademark jump sets helped her rise to

the top of the sport. The Westminster,

California native married USA Olympic

water polo standout Joe Vargas last

year.

In 1985, the Volleyball Hall of Fame

selections were Flo Hyman, Jerrie

McGahan and Jon Stanley, while in

1984, the honorees were Gerald

Gregory and Kathy Gregory. A

complete list of Volleyball Hall of Fame

selections can be found in Scoreboard,

Page 53.(3

AT THE NET

Learning to set on 1/4 time

Editor: The following is the just of

two excerpts from Mary Jo Peppier’s

new volleyhall hook “The Fifteen

Minute Setter. ’’ The book, designed for

both coaches and players, offers a

complete practice plan for training a

setter in only 15 minutes a day for 12

weeks.

here are at least two different

realities to being a setter. First, there

is what the objective/technique world

says a setter should be. This world is

changeable with the trend or the fad of

the times.

And second, there is what it feels like

to be setter. To be a setter or a coach of

a setter, one must ask these questions:

‘‘What does a setter specifically look

like?” “What does a setter specifically

FEEL like?” And finally, “What is the

consciousness of being a competitor in

(his position?"

In a strict sense, skills are a creation

of our minds. Construction of any

manifestation describes a passage from

the data of perception to the relm of

concepts and ideas and then again back

to perception. If two coaches were to

watch a player set the ball, they would

both SEE different things. More

importantly, what they both saw would

By Mary Jo Peppier

have different MEANINGS to each of

them. Keep in mind that ideas are not

the “thing,” they are only a symbol of

for the “thing.” What a setter is can be

described or hinted at by some sort of

pointing, but it cannot be precisely

defined.

That is why the process of coaching is

a process of constant interchange. The

coach must establish procedures of

validation and verification which are the

vehicles for transposing the idea or

picture in their head of what “is” a

setter and what the “essence” of a setter

is upon some poor unsuspecting athlete

who has been designated as such...the

SETTER.

What this book tries to accomplish is

twofold. It is intended to teach a

process of transferring the picture of a

setter from a mental image to the

physical player. This will be

accomplished by giving communication

skills such as drills, word cues, timing

sequences, etc. The lesson plan page is

designed to give suggested drills and

sample emphasis which will give someideas

about how to segment information.

The book’s bonus is what can be

gleaned from it about technique and

systems training. It is not the author’s

intention for the book to teach

technique or systems. It is merely the

by-product of the process.

■

In this book, the court area will be

defined by zones. Zone 3 is the

preferred area to receive the pass in

most systems. Should another size or

location of the passing target zone be

preferred, please substitute. For

example, a more elementary- system like

the American 4-2 is less specific about

the passing zone and would be

expanded. For further definition of the

zones for setter movement in this book,

the zone designates are: A. The part of

the zone which is close to the court; B.

The part of the zone near the endline or

centerline of the court; C. Part of the

court near the sideline.

■

The CIRCLE DRILL is a basic training

form for volleyball. The circle drill is a

continuous movement experience. As

with all drills in the beginning, coaching

comments should first be about making

the drill run smoothly. Actual technique

coaching cannot occur until the drill is

functioning. Once the drill is operating

rhythmically, coaching can be most

effective by using WORD CUES.

By using word cues, a player can get

movement feedback without stopping

the drill. This allows for a maximum

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Align head, arms, elbows, shoulders,

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positions and types may be varied. Not

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VOLLEYBALL MONTHLY June 1986 15

SPORTS MEDICINE

In volleyball, the eyes have it

By Jack Matthews

Volleyball is a unique sport in that at

any time each player can be called upon

to display all of the skills of every

position on the court. Due to this

requirement, the proper application of

visual skills becomes extremely

important.

A brief explanation of visual fields will

provide some additional information to

assist in improving performance at all

levels and in evaluation of performance

failures. The basic peripheral field of

view, with both eyes fixated straight

ahead, is 180 to 200 degrees

horizontally and 135 degress in the

vertical axis.

Iliesc angles may change to some

extent in individual cases, hut are a

useful range for a starting point. With

most athletes this field of view is

dramatically reduced at the instant in

which stress is induced under game

conditions. The new usable field is

reduced to a 50-dcgrce angle in the

horizontal and vertical planes. This

represents a total field loss of about 68

percent.

To compensate for this loss of viewing

area the need for good centering and

tracking arc quite evident. The eyes

should be focused on any incoming ball

and the head should rotate smoothly

with the ball in whatever direction is

needed in order to keep the ball

centered in the field of view. When this

technique is mastered, the relative speed

of the ball remains nearly zero which in

many instances allows for minor,

physical adjustments to be accomplished

to permit better ball contact.

At impact the head and eye position

should be stopped. When this technique

is not used and the player tracks the ball

into and out of the striking area, the

premature head movement can induce a

change in the initial strike angle with

the result seen in missed shots.

Many players follow the flight of the

ball out of the contact point in order to

be better prepared to defend the

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returned ball. It is obvious that in some

cases this seems to be acceptable, but

the top performers exhibit total visual

centering at all times regardless of first

point or match point.

To better understand the practical

application of vision in volleyball, the

basic requirements for each position

should be examined.

To pass when receiving serve, the

ball must be tracked from the time it

leaves the servers hand until contact is

seen and felt on the forearms or wrist

area. Head down, forward and stationary.

To dig and pass off a spike requires a

combination of centering the peripheral

field toward the anticipated ball hit

point and then tracking into the arm,

wrist contact point. Again the head

should be stationary at contact.

rhe server should have total

centering on the ball from the moment

it leaves the placing hand until contact

is seen and felt. Head up and stationary.

Blocking demands that all of the

visual skills be employed. The successful

one-on-one blocker anticipates the final

flight angle of the ball by observing the

hitters’ position and then centering the

visual field between the hitters shoulder

area.

The blocker then transfers his

attention on the strike point. This

technique utilizes the full remaining

peripheral field and provides the best

opportunity for ball interception. Head

up and still.

The setting position, of course, must

use all of the visual skills. However, the

setter which at the critical phase of ball

contact and release is quite often

looking straight up. must be aware of

any potential distractions such as

uneven lighting, glare spots and

confusing backgrounds. This should be

evaluated during warmups and

corrective action taken.

It has been said that the unaided eye

can’t clearly record a ball moving above

a certain speed of contact. This, in

general, is a reasonable assumption, but

there is data available that indicates that

the blur of contact can be seen if a

person is trained to look for it.

This observation should be the goal of

all performers and when achieved on a

regular practice basis, the game

performance can improve a significant

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Sports Research at the San Diego Eye

Care Center and the volunteer vision

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It originally appeared as if seeding of

the top four teams would be banned in

1986. particularly since the NCAA

Division I Volleyball Committee made

no recommendation at its meeting in

Kansas City in April The committee was

deadlocked at 3-3 on a vote to

recommend to the Executive Committee

that the top four teams get separated, an

accepted procedure the last two years

I hc NCAA, in a cost savings move

introduced in 198 t, stopped allowing

seeded teams to relocate to different

regions in all post season tournaments

(hat lost monc\ I hc NCAA Division I

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Executive Committee has complied on

both occasions, granting the Division I

Volleyball Tournament a waiver. With

the Volleyball Committee split in its

ranks this year, no recommendation was

made.

Ihc Executive Committee, however,

in a novel move decided not to

immediately comply with the Volleyball

Committee’s non-recommendation. The

Executive Committee, according to

Cindy Smith of the NCAA, did not want

to act on the seeding question until its

next meeting in August. She said they

want to look further into the financial

situation of the tournament, which

grossed $93,000 in 1985.

"What it means is that the Executive

Committee is taking this very seriously,”

said Smith. “They want more

information before they make a final

decision.”

UCLA’s Andy Banachwoski, who is one

of six people on the Volleyball

Committee, said he was encouraged by

the Executive Committee’s request for

more input. “It appears they’re sending

the question back to the Volleyball

Committee for more information,” said

Banachowski, whose Bruins have been

*o the Final Four in four out of the last

five years. “ Hopefully we can break this

deadlock and give them something to go

on.”

It’s no secret that the current seeding

format has the nation’s coaches split. In

the five-year history of the tournament,

only the West and Northwest Regions

have been represented in the Final Four.

Relocated seeded teams arc 20-0 in

regional competition .

“I think not to seed would be a bad

decision,” said Banachowski. “I have

always been opposed to it. In the long

run the sport will be regionalized and

not to seed will only reverse what has

been a positive trend toward

nationalizing the sport If there’s no

seeding, athletic directors won’t see the

need for teams to travel to the West

Coast to play during the regular season

T hey ’ll cut back their programs because

it will appear easier to get into the Final

Four.”

Mick Haley, whose team has been

stopped one match away from the Final

Four by UCLA two consecutive years,

had an early reaction to the Volleyball

Commitcc’s deadlock. “1 think it would

be interesting to see some different

teams in the Final Four.” he said.

"Nobody’s looking for a free ride, but

we always seem to get the No. I team

sent to our region. 1 think it would be

UCLA head coach Andy Banachowski.

good for volleyball to keep everybody in

their own regions. Who’s to say this year

that a Nebraska or some other non-Wcst

Coast team won’t be in the top four

anyway? It’s closer every year.”

I laley and other coaches remember

the events leading up to the bracketing

of the 198.3 tournament. I hc Volleyball

Committee originally voted to keep the

entire Division I Tournament

regionalized that year, but reversed its

decision in clandestine fashion and

decided to relocate the top four teams.

Smith said such a move would be

impossible in 1986. “The power to make

that decision doesn’t rest with the

Volleyball Committee any longer.’’ she

said. ’‘The Executive Committee makes

that decision long in advance after

hearing recommendations.”

Smith did not think the Executive

Committee would act without some

definite direction from the Volleyball

Committee. “ I hc pattern of the

Executive Committee has been only to

act on requests from various

committees," said Smith. "It would be a

departure from what they have done

with other sports to grant a waiver

without a recommendation. ”

Regardless of the seeding outcome,

the Division I Tournament will be

expanded from 28 to 32 teams next fall.

Each of the four regions will be granted

one more tournament berth

I hc Volleyball Committee also voted

to eliminate the third-place match at the

Final Four, as well as moving the

championship days from Friday-Sunday

to Thursday-Saturday.

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Tiger now has an even bigger bite

hey may still conduct the LJSVBA

TJunior Olympic Championship in

June, hut the winner in the 17 & under

division has pretty much been decided.

You can mail the trophy in now.

Address it to l iger, care of Coach Mollie

Kavanagh in Santa Tc Springs, Calif.

Already the top team in junior club

volleyball, l iger has gotten a transfusion

of additional talent, and is now so far

out in front that the rest of the field

couldn’t sec them with a telescope.

As if Kcba Phipps, Yleanna Carrasco

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Coach Mollie Kavanagh’s Tiger team looks like the team to beat.

Dennis Steers

Tiger’s tough Yleanna Carrasco.

than Megan McCallister, the Volleyball

Monthly All-American middle blocker

from Mira Costa and the Santa Monica

VBC. How this came about is a unique

story. Although Santa Monica is a junior

club, with all junior age players, the

club’s first team (Megan’s team) only

played in SCAB Open competition

against adult teams. That team is

disbanding immediately after the LISV'BA

Open Nationals in mid-May. At that time,

those players, including Megan, arc no

longer sanctioned, no longer bound to a

team, because that team played “open’’

ball and the “open” season is over.

McCallister thus becomes a classic free

agent. And just like free agents in

baseball, she was sought after. Both

Tiger and Ichiban put the full scale rush

on her, getting her to attend and check

out their practices. Tiger won the

recruiting derby, and probably nailed

down the national championship at the

same time.

The team is now solid at every

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position, with outstanding blocking,

power, defense, and ball control, plus

Kurt's top-notch ball delivery. Given the

double-elimination format of the J.O.’s, if

anybody upsets Tiger for the title it will

be as monumental as the Jets' win over

the Colts in the '69 Super Bowl.

It is also interesting to speculate how

the Santa Monica breakup might affect

other teams. Could it be that some of

the other players, such as Tiffany

Rochelle, Lindsay Hahn and Melissa

McNally, might end up on other teams,

thus tipping the balance in the fight for

second, third, fourth, etc. at both the

J.O.’s and Vollevball Festival?

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Back before the McCallister coup.

Tiger hopped a flight to Chicago for a

special tournament hosted by John

Trojaniak and Windy City’. In the

semifinals. Tiger beat Chicago Power

1 5-6, 15-12. while Sports Performance

was downing Windy City North 15-11.

15-1.5. Sports Performance then grabbed

the first game of the finals, 15-10, and

had a commanding 8-1 lead in the

second game. But that’s when Tiger got

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down to business. T hey pulled out the

second game 15-12 and took the

decider by the same score. Sports

Performance was gaining ground on

Tiger before McCallister entered the

picture.

In the 15 & under division. Windy

City East put away Chicago Power. The

scores were 15-12, 15-4. Windy City is

always deadly in the 1 5 and under

division, but Chicago Power has made

impressive improvement, especially for a

first-year club. Two players from this

team who bear watching are

sophomores I.isa Mika and Blythe

Zajakowski. Both are middle blockers,

with Mika an inch shorter at 5-11. T hey

could provide coach Pete Waite with

some heavy ammunition in the 17 and

under battles over the next two years.

T he weekend of April 26-27 saw the

Arizona Juniors and Eppersons host a

“Festival Preview” event in the Phoenix

suburb of Tempe. There were 42 teams

entered, almost double last year’s 22.

Thanks to work by the tournament

organizers, the teams were able to take

advantage of some outstanding hotel

packages. After a good showing at

Trojaniak’s tournament in its backyard,

Chicago Power capped off a great month

by winning the 17 and under division at

Tempe. Power put away Front Range

Gold in the final, 15-4, 15-11. Power’s

semifinal victim was Liz Santee's Santa

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In the past, coaches from many clubs

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of tournaments. So the tournament

committee, comprised of Arizona Red

coach Tom Pearson, director Debbie

Sokol, and Dave Epperson, moved

Mission Valiev Navy down into the

lower half of the bracket. T he

committee then realized that created

additional problems So Mission Valley

was returned to the top bracket and

replaced by Mission Valley Silver.

Arizona defeated Mission Valley Silver

in the first round, and advanced to face

Ichiban in the second round After

beating Mission Valley the day before,

lchiban’s 1 5’s came out brimming with

confidence and raced off to an easy 15-4

win in the first game. But then Arizona

Red settled down. Faced with tough

serving, a formidable block, and some

scrambling, ball-saving defense by

Arizona, Ichiban lost the next two

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In the 17 and under challenge

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Ichiban Black, while the consolation

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In the 15 and under division, Ichiban

White, the club’s No. 2 team, defeated

Cal Juniors‘K’, 11-15, 15-13, 16-14. As

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The 15’s challenge division went to

Ichiban Black over Santa Cruz, with

front Range Red taking the consolation

crown over Southern Arizona Blue.

Undoubtedly, the key performances in

this tournament were turned in by

Chicago Power, Ichiban’s 15 Red team.

Arizona 17 Red, and two 13 and under

teams Both Jack Houston’s Mission

Valley bantams, and Dale Flickinger's

South Bay bantams, played up in the 15

and under division. If nobody told you

these were bantams, it would be difficult

to deduce. They could both pass for 15

and under teams. In fact, many high

school teams in a lot of states would be

hard pressed to beat these two young

bantam teams.

■

IJCIA’s Andy Banachowski, the West

coach for the Olympic festival, recently

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Berkeley and at UCLA. The Oregon

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Banachowski was reportedly awed by

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Details in next month’s column.Q

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good amount of time in the gym.

Of the two. the American women

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concentrate. Three losses in the maiden

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straight to Cuba on a domestic tour of

the Midwest has left the I SA

double-clutching a bit.

Head coach Tern- Liskevych said

afterward: “We learned a lot. especially

that we are not well prepared to play

intense matches day after day against

one of the top teams in the world."

The Cubans, who own a commanding

11-0 record over the USA this year,

certainly fit in there since just about

even international volleyball observer

currently ranks them No. 2 behind

Olympic champion China. Cuba dealt

the Americans a loss in the Yugo USA

Challenge — a hastily-arranged


tournament on the East Coast — when

the women in red won 15-10, 15-13,

15-10 in Philadelphia.

Peru, another member of the Top-10,

stunned the Americans 15-1, 16-14,

15-10 in the tourney opener at Penn

State. The USA, which had captured the

Canada Cup trophy in early April,

bounced back from 0-2 in the

tournament with a hard-fought 13-15,

9-15, 15-11, 15-8, 16-14 victory over

Korea in Boston. But where Yugo, the

USA didn’t go this time, dropping the

third-place match to the Koreans 15-10,

15-11, 8-15 and 15-9.

From there, Cuba and the USA took

off for the farm belt on a five-match

exhibition tour. The Americans didn’t

harvest anything but frustration in Iowa,

Nebraska and Wisconsin, falling like

corn in a hailstorm in all five. A match

in Des Moines on April 28 was

particularly frustrating since the

American squandered three match

points in a 13-15, 12-15, 15-10, 18-16,

15-4 loss.

“Despite the results, we’re slowly

catching up,” Liskevych said. “1 feel we

are still in that nebulus second group of

teams along with Korea and Japan.”

The American women, 12-14 on the

year, will do some training in Japan, but

not until after the Goodwill Games in

the Soviet Union, which are set for July

7-12. The only June swoon for the squad

will be from the heat of the California

sun over its San Diego training facility

since no matches are scheduled for the

entire month.

June will also mark the

long-anticipated return of Olympian

Paula Weishoff to the squad. Weishoff,

who has been playing in Italy this

winter, could have an immediate impact

on the team with her aggresive net play

in the middle. Liskevych also indicated

he expected several athletes to tryout

for the team in June, including

Olympians Kim Ruddins and Carolyn

Becker and collegiate standouts Kim

Oden (6-2, Stanford), Marianne Smith

(6-0, Purdue), Tammy Webb (5-1 1,

Arizona State), Michelle Boyette (5-9,

UCLA) and Wendi Rush (5-10, Stanford).

Another prospective player is Lucia

Chudy (6-2, Utah State), who spent time

with the national team in 1980 and has

recently been playing in the Italian

professional league.

The USA Men’s National Team wasn’t

expected to add players prior to the

Goodwill Games — indeed following an

impressive tour with France in early

April, the Americans even received a

little time off. But when these guys

vacation, they still don’t stray far from a

volleyball court. Team captain Karch

Kiraly, Pat Powers and Ricci Luyties

were on the Florida shuttle, playing

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weren't kidding when they said they

trained all winter. The Santa Monica

pair, receiving the highest ratings in

Florida this side of Crockett and Tubbs,

were two-fisted drinkers on the first two

weekends of the Pro Beach Scries in

early May.

Smith-Stoklos won the inaugural Lite

Beer Ft. Walton Open in the summer

opener and followed that up by

celebrating tequila style with a big win

at the Jose Cuervo Florida Open in

Clearwater. Four in Florida was looking

like an appropos slogan for the

rejuvenated duo as the beach campaign

was set to move to Jacksonville and Ft.

Lauderdale the following weeks.

Smith, looking stronger than he did in

1985 when mononucleosis and a

nagging elbow injury hindered his

late-summer play, displayed some

impressive offensive power that had

been lacking in last year’s Jose Cuervo

World Championship when he and

Stoklos placed a disappointing seventh.

Stoklos, meanwhile, has never lacked

power. Fact, maybe, but power —

never. Stoklos was his unharnessed best

at the net in Florida, peppering the

salt-like Florida sand with his spicey

spikes. And Smith was so adept at hitting

around some of the beach’s best blocks,

that even Stoklos wasn't entirely off

limits when opponents dropped back to

serve.

Stoklos-Smith defeated Karell

Kiraly-Ricci Luyties in an exciting

double final at Ft. Walton, a site where

sponsors and promoters were

overwhelmed by the inaugural event’s

attendance and the crowd’s educated

reaction to the quality of play.

Kiraly-Luyties lost an early-round match

to Leif Hanson and Dan Vrebalovich (the

surprise team of the summer thus far),

but clawed their way back through the

loser's bracket to pocket S3,500 for

second place. Smith-Stoklos, who may

want to start a bank account in Florida

to simplify things, earned $7,000 in Ft.

Walton and followed that with a S5.6OO

payday in Clearwater — where they

beat Santa Barbara’s Jon Stevenson and

John Hanley in a one-game final.

Stoklos was very adamant about the

subject of domination after the victon

in Clearwater. He wasn’t about ready to

pop off after just two tournament

victories and provide his adversaries

with some quotes they could hang on

their umbrellas. "There’s nobody

dominating on the beach anymore," said

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fine in Florida

Stoklos. 'Mike Dodd had a great summer

last year playing with two very good

partners and he made the most money,

but when you want to talk about

domination, your’re talking about guys

like Lee and Menges. They went through

an entire summer without losing a

tournament."

Surely there will never be another

team that will dominate the beach

circuit like Greg Lee and Jim Menges

did in the late seventies, but even

Stoklos admitted he enters all

tournaments intent on winning every

match.

“A lot of guys do, you have to," he

said. “That’s how you have to play.”

Stoklos credits his first serious

Jon Stevenson soared to a second in Clearwater.

committment to the weight room to his

fast start. ”1 have gotten stronger and it

has given me more stamina," said

Stoklos. "So far it’s paid off.” Will it payoff

enough for Stoklos and Smith to

become the first $40,000 players this

year. “It’s possible,” said Stoklos.

“Somebody could do it.”

Stoklos-Smith had a fairly comfortable

route to the finals in Clearwater,

defeating Andrew Smith and Mark Eller

in the semifinals Smith-Stoklos then

swarmed over Stevenson Hanley in the

winner s bracket finals, posting a

lopsided 15-1 victory'. Stevenson later

called it the worst defeat of his career.

"Randy was serving BB’s and Singin hit

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legs in warmups, while Frohoff began to

suffer from the same symptons after

Stevenson ran down a shot and put away

a Hanley bump for a 5-0 lead.

I’im Waimer and Craig Freeberg, a

pair of idle pros sitting in the audience,

livened up the loser’s bracket by

sending a Surfside cocktail waitress onto

the court with a pair of beers as tonic

for Ak and Fro when things got dreadful

at 1 2-3. Walmcr needed somebody to

send him an even stiffer drink after he

and partner Al Jane missed a shot at fifth

place when they overset game point

against Kiraly-I.uytics. Walmcr finished

seventh with Jane after a ninth the week

before with Kevin Cleary.

Stevenson-Hanley, receiving a break

with the comfortably quick victory over

Ayakatubby-Frohoff. were certainly

prepared to give Stoklos-Smith a much

better match in the finals. Stoklos-Smith

did race to a 9-5 lead, but Stevenson

began to uncork the power that has

made him one of the circuit’s most

consistent pros. And even a craftsman

like Smith was running out of blue

prints to negotiate through the tall block

of Hanley. The two teams made the turn

at 10-10. That’s when Smith delivered a

sky ball that the boys at nearby Cape

Kennedy no doubt tracked on their

radars. Hanley knew it was high, but he

also thought it was long. He let it drop

and it landed directly on the backline.

Stevenson made a hitting error on the

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Linda Robertson showed them in Florida how the big girls play.

every line." sighed Stevenson. “They did

every thing right.”

Winning the winner's bracket is a key

to the Clearwater tournament, even

though the humidity was considerable

less this year and did not come close to

approaching last year's sauna. Stoklos.

however, still benefited from a respite in

the shade, where he was able to devour

hamburgers cooked on the Surfside

Holiday Inn outdoor grill while his

competition sweated through the

Sunday afternoon bracket. Scott

Ayakatubby and Brent Frohoff. who took

a seventh the week before in I t Walton,

lost to Stevenson-Hanley in the

semifinals, but rebounded to edge

Hanson-Vrebalovich in the loser s

bracket. Hanson \ rcbalovich. who

posted back-to-back fifths in Florida,

disposed of Mike l)<xld and Pat Powers

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in Clearwater with an array of lethal

jump serves that baffled Powers.

Dodd-Powers, a temporary partnership

while Tim Hovland finished up his

service in the Italian Pro League, posted

a respectable fourth at Ft. Walton before

falling to seventh in Clearwater.

Kiraly-I.uytics. meanwhile, eliminated

Idler-Smith in the loser s bracket. They

followed that with a marathon loss to

Ayakatubby-Frohoff in a match that

ultimately determined third place.

Ayakatubby. unable to practice because

of a muscle pull in his stomach, was able

to hold his cramping legs together long „

enough to survive the challenge from

Kiraly I.uyties. Hie effort, however,

phvsicallv drained both Avakatubbv and a

Frohoff for a rematch with

Stevenson-Hanley in the loser s bracket

finals. Ayakatubby clutched his cramping

Kathy Hanley dug her third-place paycheck.


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very next serve and the momentum

again belonged to Smith-Stoklos at

12-10. Stevenson-Hanley did not score

again.

Stevenson, who suffered a back injury

that intcruptcd his training three weeks

before the tour opener, didn’t think

there was a particular turning point to

the match. “We had a few concentration

lapses,’ he said. “The main thing is that

Day. Matthics, who spent much of last

year playing her way into shape after the

birth of her second child, was in top

form in Clearwater and won her third

straight Jose Cuervo Florida Women's

Open with partner Linda Robertson.

Matthies-Robcrtson defeated Kathy

Gregory and Janice Opalisnky in the

finals, winning a 11-0, 10-12, 11-5

seesaw championship that outlasted the

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the quickest armswing on probably both

the men’s and women's circuit Iler

devasting hitting forces opponents to

serve Matthics, who relishes being (he

workhorse even at age 33 Robertson

flew into the women’s opener at

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regoryOpalinsky dropped a

match to Kathy Hanley and

na Proussalis, but bounced back to

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every thing right.”

Winning the winner’s bracket is a key


though the humidity was considerably


approaching last year's sauna. Stoklos.

however, still benefited from a respite in

the shade, where he was able to devour




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again belonged to Smith-Stoklos at


again.


that interupted his training three weeks



the match. "We had a few concentration


Singin and Randy were playing real well.

I’m happy with a second and third

considering my back. I had a layoff and 1

was looking at this first month of

tournaments as kind of a spring training

for me.”

fhe Jose Cuervo event also featured

some impressive play by some

Floridians. The top 13 teams at Ft.

Walton were all from California, but at

Clearwater the Florida teams of Ernie

Brasch Rusty Borbcaux and Marty

Gasiorowski-Tonv Alas notched ninths

Brasch Borbcaux defeated a reputable

California team in Butch Martin-Dave

Morehouse to earn their S35O paycheck.

Steve Obradovich, meanwhile, was not

happy with his ninth place finish at Ft.

Walton with Dane Selznick. Fhe two

former World Champions did not mesh

well in Florida and neither entered the

Clearwater event.

Day Matthies, w ho spent much of last




straight Jose Cuervo Florida Women’s


Matthics-Robcrtson defeated Kathy


finals, winning a 11-0, 10-12, 115


men’s finals. As usual, the Clearwater

crowd was very receptive to the

women’s game and the local press

pounced on the Matthies Mothers’s Day

angle. Matthies said it was great to have

so much energy. “It feels good to be in

shape again," she said. “You don’t know

what it’s like coming back after having a

baby. 1 feel much quicker than last

year.”



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serve Matthies, w ho relishes being the

workhorse even at age 33. Robertson

flew into the women’s opener at

Clearwater from New York with a belly

full of Whcaties. She show ed a film crew


volleyball while filming a commercial

that will be released later this summer.

Gregory-Opalinsky dropped a

semifinal match to Kathy Hanley and

Anna Proussalis, but bounced back to

beat that same team in the loser’s

bracket finals. Donna Townsend and

Nancy Townsend were the lop Florida

finishers, but the purple heart goes to

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She finished seventh with partner Karin

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Ikingdom. The domain, of course, was

the California seashore, broad and

always beautiful, but the trappings we

associate with modern beach volleyball

were nowhere to be seen. No center

courts surrounded by advertising

banners to push products and restrain

crowds; there were no sponsors and few

spectators.

There was no commercial appeal.

There was, in fact, no pomp in simple

circumstances and the only court

retainers bearing any resemblance to

today’s were female — but even here

the quantity, if not quality, couldn’t

begin to approach the train of "volley

dollies” 1978 World Champion Gary

Hooper would rhapsodize about a

quarter century later.

I he game itself was different, back in

the dark ages following World War II. It

was still slowly evolving from its indoor,

recreational origins with the help of

South Bay lifeguards seeking ways to

while away the hours. An early leader

was Sam Shargo, who well into the

1970s could still be seen, at Will Rogers

State beach north of Santa Monica,

practicing the “finesse” game.

Finesse is a polite way of saying that

early beach ball lacked power and

speed. But that description was largely

true when serves were received by the

hands like sets, when all sets were

hand-delivered, and a good portion of

the offense was deftly placed by the

fingers.

Indeed, as late as 1966, Bernie

Holtzman, a dominant beach and indoor

player throughout the 1940s and into

the ’50s, was still lobbying to outlaw the

underhand "bump,” the European

service reception technique that was

most responsible for speeding the game

up and ushering in the changes that

characterize the modern era.

But more important than technique,

beach volleyball has been shaped by its

leading personalities. Talent, desire and

competitive record have earned a few

the coveted title, “King of the Beach."

The first was Gene Selznick.

The Los Angeles-born but New

York-raised Selznick was 20 years old in

the summer of 1950 when he first

played beach volleyball at the 9th Street

courts in Hermosa Beach. His impact

was immediate, bringing to the game a

combination of size, strength and natural

ability that had never been seen on the

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sand before.

At 6-3. he pounded the ball over nets

that were then just 7-9 in height. His

huge hands and long fingers directed

sets with pinpoint accuracy. Before the

summer was over he had dethroned

local kingpins Marty Deitrick and Dick

McFarland and was ready for State

Beach.

Coincidentally, State Beach was to

host the first tournament where “AAA"

Gene Selznick

ratings were to be won. Holtzman, then

27, and Manny Saenz, 32, both indoor

all-Americans, were favored to capture

this new honor. But Selznick, playing

with another indoor athlete, Eve Keller,

took the semifinal event. It w'ould be the

first of many.

The 1950s could truly be called the

“Selznick Decade.” At Laguna Beach, for

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example, he won every Open

tournament from 1955 to 1961. He

rarely missed a final, if not a victory, at

every venue on the fledgling circuit —

Santa Barbara’s East Beach, San Diego’s

Old Mission, Sorrento in Santa Monica,

and at Gene’s newfound home of State

Beach. His dominance was built on two

complimentary' facts.

First, as an All-Army football player

who received several college scholarship

offers and as a quick, high-leaping

basketball center, his athletic ability was

unmatched at his new game — and he

knew it.

Second, following that State Beach

event in 1950, he came under the

tutelage of Holtzman, a master strategist

and patient teacher who was about the

best on the beach before Gene

happened along. Bernie filled in the

tactical gaps of Selznick’s repertoire, and

the combination of technical skill and

athletic arrogance proved to be

unbeatable.

Beach ball, however, was of secondary'

importance to Selznick, Holtzman and

most of their contcmparies of the 1950s.

lite beach was a way to stay in shape

for the indoor season, which culminated

at the USVBA National Championships

each spring. Selznick joined Holtzman’s

team for the 1951 season, and was a

USVBA All-American for most of the

next 1 5 years.

He was also captain of the USA’s Pan

American Games championship teams in

1955 and 1959, All-World at the 1956

World Championships, a successful

volleyball coach and subject of Sports

Illustrated stories in 1966 and 1967.

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casual fans before the American

volleyball successes of the 1980s,

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The beach promised peace, along with

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would not begin until 1976, and that

money wasn’t an issue until then. Which

is not to say that pressure to win and

earn a spot of immortality on the wall of

the Sorrento Grill wasn’t intense. It

certainly was. But the 50s were also an

era when a player named John Miller

kept winning in perspective by trading a

first-place trophy for a pitcher of beer at

the Sorrento Grill. For Selznick, it had

become a comfortable kingdom to rule,

until a new generation of players

appeared to threaten his reign.

Three newcomers were athletes who

had excelled in other sports and came

to the beach for the change and the

challenge, finally confronting Selznick

with competitors who could match him

in natural ability.

The best of them was Mike O’Hara, a

basketball and intramural volleyball

player from UCIA. O’Hara was tall,

left-handed and a blaster who could also

swing with his right, and as a youngster

back in ’56 he and Ron I.ang, a

19-year-old USC student, had upset

Selznick-Holtzman at Santa Barbara.

Selznick met this challenge by replacing

the aging Holtzman with Lang in 1958.

O'Hara countered with Mike Bright, a

6-4 national paddleboard champion from

Manhattan Beach. The battle was truly

joined.

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an accurate bump. Bright and O’Hara,

seasoned international players as well as

beach stars, both passed well, and at

their height they didn’t need much of a

set. They also put up a wall at the net, a

relatively new tactic on the beach.

I^tng, the subject of next month’s

profile, was the perfect partner for

Selznick. In many ways he was a modern

version of Holtzman — mentally tough,

instinctively quick, technically flawless,

but more critically, considering his

partner’s most exploitable flaw, Lang

could get under an errant pass and

nurse it to the net.

Selznick-Utng stopped O’Hara-Bright

in the finals at Laguna in 1958 and again

in 1961. O’Hara-Bright were victorious

at the inaugural and instantly successful

Manhattan Beach Open in 1960, and

won the next three as well.

Selznick-Lang came back to win

Manhattan in 1965.

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The first time I saw Gene Selznick

play was in 1965. I’ve been writing

about volleyball since 1966, and have

reconstructed the early history through

conversations with such longtime

observers as Ross Sims, Bobby Barber,

Steno Brunicardi, Jack Adriance and the

players themselves. In a 1966 interview,

Mike O'Hara told me that he was the

best player on the beach, that his record

versus Selznick proved it. And beach

records being what they are, the

contention is hard to dispute; informed

estimates have both players totalling

open wins somewhere in the 30s.

But by 1965 both Selznick and O’Hara

were in the twilight of their illustrious

playing careers. Selz was 35, his bowed

legs were springless, he moved over the

court in a crablike manner. O’Hara had

shoulder trouble. And both stars were

being strongly pushed by a vanguard of

exceptional athletes: Rand Carter, a

record-breaking quarterback for Santa

Monica College and San Jose State who

had grown up on the beaches of Santa

Monica; Keith Erickson, the UCLA

basketball All-American and future

professional star who was probably the

finest pure athlete ever to play

volleyball; UCLA footballer Bill Lecka;

the powerful Ernie Suwara, and the

player who would ultimately become

the best of them all, Ron Von Hagen, to

whom Ron Lang jumped to in 1966 .

Beach ball had attained a new level of

skill and competitiveness, the fast-paced

action and easy ambiance was attracting

crowds, who identified with and

cheered for the stars, and though

Selznick was fading. 1966 was a test he

passed like a champion...or a king.

To my young eye it was clear that he


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no longer had the consistent physical

ability that still flashed through in

brilliant outbursts: the perfect set from

the backline, the timely dink, the clever

second-hit, the occasional straight-down

smash. He displayed pace, a marshalling

of his energy', the wisdom to know

when to use it, and a competitive fire

that burned, amazingly bright, after 16

years of volleyball.

At Laguna that summer, with

unheralded Phil Anderson, he fought to

a second behind Iîng-Von Hagen;

O’Hara with Tom Haine, was fourth. At

Manhattan he played into the drizzly

darkness of the loser’s bracket finals on

Sunday night, raining down skyballs and

roundhouses before an enthralled crowd

of shivering fans.

I am reminded, now, of a slogan 1

read on a tennis bag: “Age and trickery'

will beat youth and talent anytime.” I

am also reminded of two Selznick

mental snapshots. In one he is on an

outside court at Manhattan, receiving

serves with his hands. 1 he referee calls

the first a throw, and the second, but

the third passes undisputed; everyone

knew it, too, was mishandled, including

the ref, who simply could not call three

in a row on Gene Selznick. That was

probably the last time anyone received a

serve in that fashion at Manhattan Beach,

another bookend to the end of an era.

The second image is of the 1966

season-ending State Beach Open, with

Selznick and Bobby Hogan dueling Rand

Carter and his younger brother Scott in

the finals on Labor Day. The Carters

were defensive dervishes, time and again

diving five and 10 feet into the crowds

after glancing spikes. They were sent

there by' Selznick. who with a

stiff-legged jump and wincing with

painful leg cramps, powered the ball

over the net.

The home crowd cheerd the

underdogs: “Go Bobby! Go Gino!” And

“Hogie the Magician" continued to the

sand after every rally, struggled to his

feet and squinted into the sun, forever

awaiting the next point. 1 can’t

remember who won. I don’t think it

mattered.

Gene Selznick influenced volleyball

with his play and his personality,

continues to do so today as a promoter

and coach, and even contributed a

World Champ, son Dane, to its history.

There are many who maintain, despite

the changes in the game and the

increasingly skilled athletes who now

pursue it professionally, that he was the

best who ever played, the all-time “King

of the Beach.” Perhaps. He was....the

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Beach Series. Steve Timmons, Powers

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Dennis Steers

The tears

of joy, they

came in Waves

epperdine’s Rod Wilde couldn't

Pbelieve his eyes. USC’s Dave Yoder

didn’t want to. But there it was in bright

white lights before them and 3,610

other disbelievers in Penn State

University’s Rec Hall: Pepperdine 16,

USC 14.

After nearly three hours of surging

emotions, the sweat-soaked men from

Malibu had finally caught a ride on the

mighty, mighty mo and rode it to the

1986 NCAA National Volleyball

Championship. And what a ride it was

for the title Waves, who came all the

way back from 15-7, 15-5 wipeouts in

the first and fourth sets and 8-2, 13-11

and 14-12 confidence-draining deficits in

the fifth and deciding set to claim their

second straight national crown.

"We played out of our heads at the

end," said Wilde, Pcpperdine’s first-year

head coach. “That’s the only way to

explain it.”

Yoder, the young USC coach who

brought the Trojans into the Pinal Four

as the top seed, not surprisingly couldn't

explain anything, looking like the Waves

had washed his baby boy out to sea

along with his championship drcams.

Later, he would say quietly: "1 thought

we played our best match of the season.

That had to be one of the greatest NCAA

finals ever."

The vocal Penn State crowd seemed

to agree, since few of them left during

the long final even though it had been

hours since their Nittany Lions had

polished off Ohio State 15-9, 15-1, 15-11

for third place. Said Penn State coach

Tom Tait of the Peppcrdine-USC clash:

“Their high level of play and that kind of

excitement should really open some

eyes around here to the sport.”

The Final Four was indeed an

eye-opening tournament. First. Penn

State, which graduates only one senior,

proved it is a team on the rise with a

strong showing against Pepperdine in

the semifinals and its short work of Ohio

State in the consolation match. Then

there was the play of freshmen phenoms

Tom Duke of USC and (Jiris Chase of

Penn State, who arc taking men's

volleyball to new altitudes (sec Page48).

Continued

By Dennis G. Steers


Penn State s Chris Chase formed a temporary roadblock for Pepperdine’s Rob Scott.

43

Dennis Steers

Finally there was the seemingly

inevitable showdown between the

Waves and Trojans, teams as remarkable

for their performance under pressure as

for their finely honed volleyball skills.

A tip-off as to the balance of the two

teams — as if the large returning cast of

all Americans from both 1985 finalists

wasn’t enough — came in their first

California Intercollegiate Volleyball

Association meeting of the year on

March 25. The Trojans, who would lose

only their first and final matches of the

season, triumphed in a true marathon:

15 10, 13-15, 15-13, 6-15, 15-11.

flic teams' second meeting in April

was shorter in games but not much on

the clock when I SC again prevailed

17 15, 13-15, 15-10 and 16 I t. So it

wasn’t much of a surprise when Wilde

was asked for a prc-final prediction he

only smiled and said, "five.”

The Trojans, however, were thinking

more along the lines of “three” when

they came out swinging so hard they

should have warned the crowd with a

chorus of “four." Middle hitters Duke

and Chao Ying Zhang found the floor

often while outside hitters Adam

Johnson and Dave Yoder flashed fast and

furious in the opening set. I SC, which

prided itself on improved blocking over

last year, batted balls down for points,

too. On consecutive blocks by Chao, the

Trojans bolted ahead 1.3-6 and never

looked back in winning 15 7.

But the Waves, as they would all

night, waded right into the rising tide of

Ohio State s Jim Ketter kept this one alive.

Trojan momentum. The second set was

a gut checker — Yoder later would call

it the most crucial of the match — with

both teams trading blows and blocks. So

even was the play that at one juncture,

there were 23 sidcouts before

Pcppcrdinc’s Mark Arnold (remember

that name) stuffed Dave Yoder to put

the Waves up 7-5.

That lead lasted about as long as a tax

hike bill on President Reagan’s desk,

however, as (Jiao, Duke. Johnson and

freshman Chris Martz kept vetoing all of

Pcppcrdinc’s power plays. With

all-American setter Rudy Dvorak leading

the way. CSC didn't compromise on the

way to leads of I 1 -8 and I 3-10.

“We were right on the verge of going

up 2-0,” sighed Yoder. “I don’t think

even they could have come back from

two games down.”

Pcppcrdine came back from three

points down thanks primarily to the

right arm of Steve Friedman. The sturdy,

six-foot-five-inch Friedman was hotter

than the nuclear fuel at Chernobyl and

his two scorching sidcout spikes left the

Trojan advantage with a half-life of only

a couple of minutes.

Dave Yoder, the younger brother of

Bob who would go on to record 33 kills

on 68 sets in the match, was victimized

again by the Malibu Roofing Company

(this time by supersub Robert McNutt)

to make the score 1.3-13- Chao, the

muscular senior from Peking, China who

had been nearly flawless, then missed

just out down the line and followed that

up by netting the next set from Dvorak

to secure the Waves’ 15-13 win.

Game three was another typically taut

affair. Illis time, however, the only

comeback was made by the Trojans who

whittled a 12-6 lead down to 1.3-1 1

before being overcome by some smart

setting from the Waves' duo of Doug

Rigg and 1Toy fanner that unleashed

Friedman’s fire.

There were no comebacks at all in the

fourth set. which was so one-sided in

favor of the red and gold it probably had

Tommy Trojan smiling on his pedestal

back in l.os Angeles.

"1 don't know what happened in that

fourth game except that they played

great," said Pcppcrdinc’s sterling outside

hitter Matt Rigg. “What was scary was

how easy they beat us in the first and

fourth games and how hard we had to

work to win the second and third. Hey,

SC is an awesome team."

Never so awesome as in that fourth

game, when Johnson played like other

superb athletes of that name. The 6-2

junior defensed like Dennis, passed like

Magic and hit with the velocity of

Walter. At one juncture. Johnson

hammered one off the block for a

sidcout and then scored points seven.

Continued

June 1(J86 VOLLEYBALL MONTHLY

nls G. Steers

Dennis Steers

Pcppcrdinc’s road to the Final Four

had more pot holes than expected.

Ranked No. 1 in the preseason, the

Waves lost Fanner for three weeks with

a foot injury and then managed to lose

seven matches — or about five or six

more than anyone expected. They

arrived at Penn State the hard way,

defeating Hawaii and UC1A in the

treacherous CIV A tournament known as

the NCAA West Rcgionals.

The Waves then had to get past the

hosting Nittany Lions in the semifinals.

They did. too, but not before Penn Stateproved

its Eastern Intercollegiate

Volleyball Association title was no fluke.

Pepperdine’s 15-11, 13-15, 15-11, 15-12

semifinal win was well-earned, not in

the least attributable to the play of Penn

State underclassmen Dave Bittner, Javier

Caspar, Robert Pierce, Jose Rubayo and

the 6-9 Chase. “Penn State’s a young

team that can get a lot better,” said

Wilde, "and when they do, watch out.”

eight, nine and 1 1 on three bulls'-eye

spikes and a solo block of Tanner.

Johnson was a thoroughbred Trojan

horse again in the fifth set as I’SC, which

won the coin toss for serve, took eight

of the first 10 points That six point lead

didn’t bother Wilde nearly as much as

the I t 12 advantage would later

"You know. 1 really expected us to

rally from 8 2 even though they did

seem to have all of the momentum.”

said the former Pepperdine all American

who led the Waves to the ’"8 NCAA

title. "It was just the way our matches

with them have gone all year. One team

would reel oft some points and then the

other would come back. 1 didn’t think

we could do it at I t 12. though. That

seemed to be asking ux> much."

lhc Penn State crowd, which swung

Tanner was trouble for the men from Troy.

from a neutral stance to the Peppcrdine

camp as the match progressed, loudly

asked for a rally and to its surprise and

delight, got it. Friedman and Arnold

(you remembered), the only two

Peppcrdine seniors on the floor, showed

the way. First, with USC’s Johnson

serving for the match, Friedman

thwacked a Doug Rigg set that

overpowered Chao. Sideout Waves.

Arnold, a quiet 6-5 middle blocker

known for making noise in big matches,

then flicked another Rigg set to the

ground. Fourtecn-thirtecn and timeout

Trojans. Time in. Tanner serving and

Arnold teammed with Friedman to block

Yoder. Make that 14-14. Arnold then

swatted a Tanner set off the SC block.

Fifteen Fourteen. Arnold blocked a Martz

spike straight down. Pandemonium.

Penn State setter Javier Gaspar is one

slick sophomore.


Watch out for ('.base, who finished

with a match-high 32 kills. Gaspar, who

added 11 kills on 28 attempts to his 75

assists and for Rubayo, who was

l()-for-20 in the hitting department.

Stew Russell, a versatile 6-4 middle

blocker who was the team’s lone senior

starter, also went out in fine style by

hitting .463 (20-for-41 with only one

error) against the best blockers in the

land.

Said fait: “I’m real proud of our guys.

We knew we had to play error-free ball

to beat Pcppcrdine. We didn't do that —

too many mistakes in our transition

game — but we did play well.”

USC played well all season, entering

the Final Four with a 26-1 record and

the CIVA championship trophy. Dvorak

continued the superlative setting

standards at Southern Cal handed down

by brother Dusty while Johnson, Chao

and Duke garnered rave reviews

wherever the Trojans played.

It was Ohio State’s misfortune to draw

USC in the semifinals. I’hc Buckeyes,

who upset Ball State for the Midwest

Intercollegiate Volleyball Association

crown, arrived in University Park with a

25-13 record but few allusions about

downing the top seeds. Coach Pete


Mike Zawadiwskyi and Alan Rosebrock blocked Adam Johnson on this play, but USC

throttled the Buckeyes in three.

Dennis Steers

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The big block of Penn State’s Chris Chase, left, was on display

at the NCAA Final Four while fellow freshman, USC’s Tom Duke,

rarely displayed his bench-warming skills. Both Chase and Duke

were freshmen All-Americans.

Chase, Duke

everal years ago, music critic

SDave Marsh witnessed a rousing

concert by a young man in a New

Jersey bar and afterward boldly

reported: “I have seen the future of

rock n' roll and his name is Bruce

Springsteen.”

After watching the 1986 NCzVA

National Championships at Penn

State in early May, much the same

sort of heady prediction could be

made about die future of volleyball

and die names Chris Chase and Tom

Duke.

Tall and talented beyond their

years, diese two freshmen played

more than significant roles in their

teams' rise to die Final Four. Indeed,

both Chase’s Penn State coach Tom

Tait and Duke’s USC mentor Dave

Yoder agreed that without die

freshmen, their teams would not

have been within serving distance of

die championship trophy.

Bodi were recruited for their

height — ('base is 6-9, Duke 6-6 —

and their raw athletic ability rather

dian for any refined volleyball skills.

Bodi were lured away from

promising basketball careers with

are the newest twin towers

die promise of a longer future on

the volleyball court. And for both,

the future arrived early.

Prior to the Final Four, Chase had

625 kills on an amazing 1,074 sets,

hit for a remarkable .464 percentage

and recorded 107 solo blocks. Penn

State setter Javier Gaspar certainly

knew where Chase was at all dmes,

since sophomore Dave Bittner, who

received die second highest number

of hitting attempts on the team,

finished widi only 616 sets.

“Looking at the stats, it’s easy to

see how much a part of our offense

Chris has become,” said Tait. “He

changes our whole offensive

approach to a match because of his

ability’ to dominate at the net.”

Dominating? Standing nearly 6-10

in shoes, die blond, blue-eyed Chase

also has very long arms and large

hands. When he palms a volleyball,

it looks like a softball and with a

reach of 11-10, it looks like someone

is throwing that softball down from

the mezzanine. As if those physical

attributes w eren’t enough to make

Tait memorize die telephone

number of Sweet Home High School

in Buffalo, New York, Sweet Home

coach Dave Beiter kept after die

Nittany Lions’ leader. “Dave kept me

informed on his progress and I

w’atched him play in the National

Sports Festival. Chris was the biggest

high school player in the East, or for

that matter, in the country. It wasn’t

too hard to notice him.”

Surprising to Tait was that his

freshman wasn’t hard to notice on

the court, no matter who was

playing on the other side of the net.

“If anything, he played better in the

big matches. Chris hit .505 in EIVA

matches, had 43 kills against George

Mason the first time we played them

and had 20 kills on 40 sets in the

(EIVA) championship match against

Mason.”

In the semifinals, Chase pounded

against Pepperdine, too, even

though the Waves’ fabled Malibu

Roofing Company usually had two

or three roofers in his vicinity at all

times. “We concentrated on Chase,

but he hit over us a lot,” admitted

Pepperdine coach Rod Wilde after

watching him record 32 kills on 66



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The Rigg brothers embraced and Tanner joined in the celebration.

Steve Friedman rejoiced like an MVP.

Hanson's Buckeyes gave the Trojans

some anxious moments early and 6-5

junior Mark Edinger, the MIVA Most

Valuable Player, hit intpressivley ( 12 kills

on 25 sets, .320), but in the end they

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“Once Rudy got our offense going,

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"We’re playing well and I just hope it

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It did. but playing well wouldn't be

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“We came back." said Matt Rigg, his

arms around little brother Doug, his

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came back.”

Friedman, who finished the tourney

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.545 hitting percentage and the MVP

award, was just as incredulous as Rigg,

although he did offer a partial

explanation. “We've played four tough

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Reminded that a year ago when

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added: "Yeah. I guess today was just our

day."

And oh, what a night.Q

From Page 48

sets and finish with a hitting

percentage of .363. “There’s no

doubt he’s going to be a real good

player.”

There doesn't seem to be any

doubt about Duke, either, since all

he did was lead die rugged

California Intercollegiate Volleyball

Association in hitting percentage

and finish second overall in stuff

blocks. The dark-haired, dark-eyed

Duke, whose spike reach already

gets to an altitude of 11-5, finished

the regular season widi 361 kills on

638 sets, a .431 hitting percentage

and 23 solo stuffs.

“Tom simply had an incredible

year for a freshman,” said Yoder.

“His athletic ability is very

impressive because he is really

inexperienced in volleyball. But he

dirives on competition. When he

rose to the occasion widi a great

match in the Kilgour Cup, our first

match of the year against UCLA, we

knew we had a special player.”

Yoder realized Duke wasn’t your

basic big man die first time he

watched him play at Dos Pueblos

High School, even though he had

gone to die Santa Barbara campus to

scout odier players. “It was quickly

apparent, with his size and

quickness, diat he could be a

dominant player. He was all-CIF in

volleyball and basketball. UC Santa

Barbara offered him a basketball

scholarship, but I recruited him

hard all year and convinced him he

could have a longer career in

volleyball. He has national

team-caliber talent.”

USA Men’s National Team head

coach Marv Dunphy, w’ho w'atched

the Final Four from a sideline seat,

agreed: “Yes, they (Duke and Chase)

are real good prospects. Physically,

they bodi have great potential and

should continue to get better and

better. I also like their mental

attitude in a match and the way they

react when things don’t go their

way.”

For the next three years at least,

that doesn’t figure to be too much.

— Dennis G. Steers


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All-American Team

Player of Year: Adam Johnson (USC), 6-2, Jr.

Coach of Year: Tom Tait (Penn State), 13th year

First team:

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Rudy Dvorak (USC), 6-3, Sr.

Troy Tanner (Pepp), 6-4, Jr. 1

Pono Maa (Hawaii), 6-4, Sr.

Jared Huffman (UCSB), 6-3, Sr.

Jon Root (Stanford), 6-5, Sr.

Chris Chase (Penn St.), 6-9, Fr.S^, *t

Second team:

Chao Ying Zhang (USC)Jp-4, Sr.

Asborn Volstad (UCLA), 6-5, Jr.

Tom Duke (USC), 6-6, Wp

Hakan Bjorne (George Mason), 6-4, Soph

Javier Gaspar (Penn St.), 6-1, Soph

Matt Rigg (Pepperdine), 6-3,'wff$i

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Third team:

Mark Edinger (Ohio State), 6-5, Jr.

Mark Arnold (Pepperdine), 6 5, Sr.

Rob Scott (Pepperdine), 6-3, Jr.

Scott Fortune (Stanford), 6-6, Soph

Moyo Kasim (George Mason), 6-6, Jr.

John Riba rich (Hawaii), 6-1, Sr.

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Honorable mention:

Santiago Restrepo (East Stroudsburg), Uvaldo Acosta (George Mason), Jon

Kosty (UCSB), Jeff Rodgers (Hawaii), Chris Braun (Stanford), Bill Via

(Hawaii), Jeff Williams (UCLA), Dave Yoder (USC), Steve Friedman

(Pepperdine), Stew Russell (Penn State), Jim Ketter (Ohio State), John

Richards (Rutgers-Newark), John Eddo (San Diego State), Al Tazerouni (Long

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(Hawaii), Arnie Lamberg (UCLA).

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Dennis G. Steers

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1. Randy Stoklos..................... $6,300

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5. Ricci Luyties....................... $2,400

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Toa Fonoimoana Vinme Tattu. 3 Larry

Mear Sean Fallowfield. 4. Steve

Slivkoff Rick Shaw

WEST

Redondo Beach High School

Invitational Tournament

Championship — Palisades def.

Laguna Beach 15-8, 15-7 MVP — J.B.

Saunders (Palisades).

USA WOMEN

Yugo-USA Challenge

Peru def. USA 15-1, 16-14, 15-10

(Penn State).

Cuba def. USA 15-10. 15-13, 15-10

(Philadelphia).

USA def. Korea 13-15, 9-15. 15-11.

15-8, 16-14 (Boston).

Korea def. USA 15-10, 15-11. 8-15,

15-9 (Long Island).

Exhibition Tour

Cuba def. USA 15-6. 10-15. 15-7,

15-10 (Cedar Rapids).

Cuba def. USA 13-15. 12-15. 15-10,

18-16. 15-4 (Des Moines).

Cuba def. USA 16-14. 15-10. 15-8

(Omaha).

TRANSACTIONS

Transactions

COLORADO — Named Brad

Samdon head women s coach.

KENTUCKY — Named Kathy

DeBoer acting assistant athletic

director DeBoer will also continue her

duties as head women s volleyball

coach.

MANKATO STATE — Named Marge

Burkett head women's coach.

MICHIGAN STATE — Named

Tammy Wertman head women s coach.

TEXAS A&M — Named Al Givens,

formerly of Mississippi, head women s

coach.

NORTH

North Dakota

All-State Team

First team: Lisa Arman (Bismark),

Sue Hanson (Fargo South). Sara Hesch

(Wahpeton), Sue Hesch (Wahpeton),

Sherri Schatz (Wahpeton), Lisa Wald

(Century).

Second team: Kristi Anseth

(Williston). Mary Fischer (Shanley).

Traci Isrow (Fargo North), Joan Jensen

(Mandan High), Beth Klecker

(Bismarck), Becky Noeson (Shanley).

NCAA WOMEN

Late signings

Eastern Kentucky: Patty Kantz (5-8)

Baden, PA. Nancy Borkowski (5-11)

Huntington, PA

Northern Liinois: Laura Petersen

(Riverside. CA). Jamie Steenblock

(Laguna Hills, CA).

NCAA MEN

NCAA Championships

Pepperdine def. USC 7-15. 15-13,

15-11, 5-15, 16-14 (championship)

Penn State def. Ohio State 15-9,

15-1. 15-11 (third-place).

USC def. Ohio State 15-5, 15-10.

15-3 (semifinals).

Pepperdine def. Penn State 15-11,

13-15, 15-11, 15-12 (semifinals)

All-tournament team: Adam

Johnson (USC). Dave Yoder (USC).

Rudy Dvorak (USC). Rob Scott

(Pepperdine), Matt Rigg (Pepperdine),

Chris Chase (Penn State).

MVP — Steve Friedman

(Pepperdine).

MIVA Championships

Ohio State def Ball State 10-15,

15-9, 15-10, 15-13 (championship).

Indiana-Purdue def. Hardin-Simmons

15-4. 15-7, 15-6.

EIVA Championships

Penn State def George Mason

15-12, 15-8. 15-5 (championship)

East Stroudsburg def

Rutgers-Newark 15-7. 15-6, 14-16.

15-13 (third-place)

All-CIVA

First team: Rudy Dvorak (USC).

Adam Johnson (USC). Pono Maa

(Hawaii), Jon Root (Stanford). Troy

Tanner (Pepperdine). Chao Ying Zhang

(USC).

Second team: Matt Rigg

(Pepperdine). Rob Scott (Pepperdine).

Asborn Volstad (UCLA). Tom Duke

(USC). Jared Huffman (UCSB), John

Ribarich (Hawaii)

Third team: Scott Fortune (Stanford).

Jon Kosty (UCSB). Chris Braun

(Stanford). Mark Arnold (Pepperdine).

Bill Via (Hawaii). Jeff Williams (UCLA)

Honorable mention: Allen Allen

(Hawaii), Arnie Lamberg (UCLA). Jeff

Rodgers (Hawaii). David Yoder (USC).

ALL EIVA

First team: Uvaldo Acosta (George

Mason). Hakan Bjorne (George Mason).

Chris Chase (Penn State). Javier

Gaspar (Penn State). Moyo Kasim

(George Mason). Santiago Restreppo

(East Stroudsburg).

Second team: Tatsuya Adachi

(Rutgers-Newark). Dave Bittner (Penn

State). Jon Henwood (George Mason),

Keith Hopton (East Stroudsburg). Mike

Richards (Rutgers-Newark), Stew

Russell (Penn State).

Honorable mention: J K Barber

(George Mason), Andy Butler

(Rutgers-Newark), Frank Cordello

(Navy), Joe Leonard (Navy), Jose

Rubabyo (Penn State), Yang Soo Ha

(Massachusetts Institute of

Technology). Felipe Velez (East

Stroudsburg).

All-MIVA

First team: John Loftus (Ohio State).

Jim Ketter (Ohio State). Loren Gebert

(Indiana-Purdue). Jay Golsteyn

(Indiana-Purdue), John Waite (Ball

State), Chris Dowler (Ball State).

MVP — Mark Edinger (Ohio State)

USVBA

Hall of Fame Selections

1954 — James Wortham. 1955 —

John Weible. 1956 — Samuel M Ward.

1961 — A "Dick' Massoput. 1962 —

Holly Brock. Harold Wendt, 1963 —

Spartico Anzuini. Sidney Nachlas, 1964

— Nathan Mariotti. Carl Owens, 1965

— Wilbur Caldwell. 1966 — Rolf

Engen, James Ward. 1967 — Mike

O'Hara. William Olsson, 1968 — James

Montague, 1969 — Jane Ward

1970 — Carolyn Gregory Conrad.

Lois Haraughty, Joan Neff McFarland.

Pedro Velasco. 1971 — Jean Gaertner,

Sara McWilliams. Linda Murphy, Nancy

Owen. 1976 — Barbara Perry, Manny

Saenz, Rudy Suwara. 1980 — Robert

H Klinger. 1982 — Ron Lang. Mary Jo

Peppier, Gene Selznick. 1983 — Mike

Bright. Patti Bright. Terry Condon, Larry

Rundle. 1984 — Kathy Gregory, Gerald

Gregory. 1985 — Flo Hyman. Jerrie

McGahan, Jon Stanley. 1986 — Chris

Marlowe. Debbie Green, Marc Waldie.

SCHEDULE

June 5-12 — USA men in Cuba.

June 16-20 — USVBA Leadership

Training Conference. Dallas, TX —

North Texas State

June 21-27 — National High School

Athletic Coaches Association

Convention, Orlando. Fl.

June 23 — USA Men's National Team

Open tryouts. Federal Buildinq in San

Diego

June 23-27 — USVBA Junior

Olympics. St. Paul. MN

June 24-27 — USA Men's National

Team invitational tryouts.

June 29-July 3 — Volleyball Festiaval

'86. Davis. CA

July 5-20 — Goodwill Games. Moscow.

Soviet Union

July 14-19 — Goodwill Games in

Moscow. Soviet Union.

July 21-25 — USVBA Leadership

Training Conference. Chicago, IL —

Wheaton College.

July 29-Aug. 3 — Olympic Sports

Festival, Houston, TX

Aug. 4-8 — USVBA Leadership

Training Conference, Gainesville. FL —

Univ, of Florida.

Aug. 11-15 — USVBA Leadership

Training Conference, West Point, NY —

U.S. Military Academy.

Aug. 17-22 — USA Cup on East Coast.

Sites to be announced.

VOLLEYBALL MOXTHLY June 1986

53

TEAMS OF THE MONTH

There were some big doings

in Bigfork, Montana this

spring. Coach Jean

Cavanaugh's Bigfork High

School Valkyries girls'

volleyball team rolled to an

impressive 34-1 record and the

Montana State B-C

Championship during the

recently completed 1986

season.

Celebrating the state title

are, left to right, Brenda

Gembala, Joani Mogiolis,

Jolene Nordtome, Tami Jay,

Lynnette Herman, Amy Zepp,

Kim Jenneskens and team

Most Valuable Player Tracy

Hansen.

Richard Rumley

The girls’ volleyball team

from Wahpeton High

School heated up the North

Dakota chill this past

winter, compiling a 38-1

record and romping to the

state championship. During

the regular season,

Wahpeton also won

tournament titles in Fargo,

Bismarck and Huron, South

Dakota.

The winners from

Wahpeton are, top row from

left, Jill Minchon, Mary Ann

Mangalan, Kristi Johnson,

Karen Buckhouse, head

coach Carl Oberholtzer,

Richelle Davis, Darcy

Winkelman, Donna

Ziegelman and Lynn

Sondell. Bottom row from

left are Rachel Jorgenson,

Sherri Schatz, Sue Hesch,

Sara Wesch and Brenda Ward.

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