News Scrapbook 1980

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FEB 2 3 1980

La Prensa San Diego

LIPTON VS. VASQUEZ IN NO. 1 h1ATCH USD Threesome In Net Finals By HANK WESCH Stoff Writer, The son DiegoUnion At first glance it appears a mismatch. CSD was second with 36 and Pepperine had 34. ~or _all his size, Vasquez was, until this season, pnmanly a baseline player. But the Cuban-born Florida resident has improved his volleys under the guidance of Coach Allen Fox to the point where he doesn't hesitate to attack the net now. "I didn't know how to volley before I came to

Collegiate Baseball Teams Gear-up

For the San Diego State Aztecs and the Umiversity of San Diego Toreros baseball teams, the propectus for the upcoming 1980 season are Indeed promising. Both the Aztecs and the Toreros are coming off highly succesfull 1978 seasons. The Toreros posted a 32-19 record mean- while the Aztecs wre having the fin~st season in San Diego State's baseball history winning 55 games. The 1979 season saw both the Aztecs and the Toreros succesfull debuts Into new leagues. For the Toreros it was their first season in the tough Division I, finishing fourth (32-19) In the Southern Callfornla association. This year the USO team features a highly potent offense with an abundance of speed, and quality defensive players. Coach John Cunningham will carry ten pitchers this season In an attempt to handle this years SQ-game schedule, the longest In the schools history. The Aztecs 1979 season saw them win a record 55 The University of San Diego got a break from the weather and some clutch hltting from Mike Saverino, Paul Engel and Andy Asaro to defeat Nevada-Las Vegas, 10-5, in the Rebel ' Invitational yesterday. Saverino and Engel de- livered home runs in the , first inning, and Asaro dou- bled home the tie-breaking run in the eighth as the Tore r os eve ned their' record to2-2. Pitcher Jamie I McDonald went the .dis- I tance for his first win of the 1 season. ' USD lost its tournament opener to Nebraska, 16-9, Thursday morning, and fell to UC Irvine that afternoon, · 7-1. The Toreros escaped the floods of San Diego but were forced to contend with 1 gale winds. By yesterday, . however, the sky was clear and the wind mild. USO plays Brigham Young today. Twenty-four University of San Diego School of Law students have been selected to be name d in the 1979-80 edition of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges." They join 49 USD undergrad- u a tes named to t h e publication last December. The USD law students join a group of students from more than 1,200 higher education institutions from around the country and from several foreign nations to be named in th i s year ' s directory . Ou t standing students have been honored in the annual directory since it was first published in 1934. Michael Navin, USD Professor and School of Law Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, coordinated the student nomination process. After consultation with School of Law faculty and staff, students were consid- ered who had made contributions to the university both in academics and in service to the institution. University of San Diego School of Law students selected for 1979-80 edition of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges:" Murray Bankhead, Douglas Barker, Celeste Stahl, Ardwin UNLV USO 121 IIOT 00-571 . 40000015-10123 Howkins, BiSontis (3) and Peel· McDonald ooo Holl. HR-SOverino (USO) 1st n011e on· Engel (USO) 1st, two on; Herrer; (UNLVJ 6th, none on. SAN DIEGO UNION FE 2 3 1980 USD Recovers, Defeats UNLV

games and ranked sixteenth In the nation. The Aztecs rewrote 35 school records as they breezed to aw.A.C. Southern Division title in their first season in the league. For Coach Jim Dietz, much talent returns, coupled With the best recruiting season ever. Collegiate Baseball, has ranked the Aztecs 12th in the magazines 1980 pre-season poll. For both the Toreros and Aztecs the core of their pitching staffs will be return- Ing from last seasons teams. Leading the Toreros will Jamie McDonald, last season he posted a 7-1 record and won second team All Con- ference honors. Last years ace Curtis Burkhead (10-0, 2.35E.R.A.) will be leading the Aztecs. Offensively the Aztecs will have four players returning who batted over .300 last season. Leading the attack will be All-American candi- date, shortstop Bobby Meac- ham (.360), helping with the offensive punch will be first-

baseman Monte McAbee (.356), third-baseman Ken Rutan (.351), and rlghtflelder Paul Wlrkus (.339). With five players returning who batted over .300 the Tor.eros return -with a potent offensive attack. Last years M.V.P. Don Slater heads the offensive attack with a .378 batting average. Backing Slater will be first baseman Andy Asaro (.365), Mike Saverlno, shortstop, who finished last season with a · batting average of .322. A strong candidate for the starting catcher will be Karl Hall, who batted .320 last season. Rounding out the top five is Paul Engle a strong defensive right fielder who finished out last season with a .302. On paper the Aztecs and the Toreros have the tools to win with an abundance of speed, hitting, and defense, the only question is, as on most teams will be the pitching staff. The pitchers will take their respect teams wherever they may go this year.

~olando Vasquez is 6-4, weighs 200 pounds, is a former national J~do champion and is nicknamed "Rocky." Scott Lipton is half a foot· shorter, 50 pounds lighter, and 1s much more likely to out-talk than outmuscle a adversary. Give each of them a tennis racket, as will be done at noon today at Morley Field, however, and it figures to be virtually an ev~n encounter - an encounter to determine th_e champion m the No. 1 singles division of the Sat Diego Intercollegiate Invitational Tournament. Vas~uez, a sophomore at Pepperdine, defeated UCSD s. Paul Metsch 6-3, 6-1 yesterday while Lipton Umvers1ty of_San Diego junior, upset the University' of Southern Cahfotnia's Bill Nealon, 7-5, 6-2 in semifinal matches. Lipton le~ three USO players into today's fin~ls as tht :ourn_amen: s host school made a surprisingly strong ,howmg._ 1 he Toreros' Peter Herrmann prevailed ove~ Peppe_rdme's Glen Michibata in No. 2 singles in the day's be_st smgles match, a contest that was not decided until M1ch1bata n~tted a forehand approach shot on doub:e ~atch pomt m a third-set tiebreaker. The scon~s were 3. , 0 , 6-1, 7-6 (5-4t ]terrIDailn will face USC's Sean Brawley, a 6-2, 6-2 sem1fmal wmner over Arizona's Kevin \1cCiin- tic. Chri~ Jochum made it a USD threesome in the top th_ree smgles fmals when he bested Long Beach's Dave Nicholson, 1-6, 6-3., 6-4 _and will meet Pepperdine's Garth Hayne~ for the th1rd division championship today. use, s Jack Kruger, a La Jolla High product, and Long ?.each s _Hank Moravec fought their way into the No. 4 , mgles fmal while m No. _5 it will be USC's Doug Adler and An~1s _Luters of_ Arizona. USC's Jim Agate and A.nzona s Bill Moss_ will vie for the title in No. 6 singles The fifth _and sixth smgles championship matches begm at 9 this morning, No. 3 and No. 4 title matches at 10:30 with the No. 2 and No. 1 finals planned for noon. Th_e team championship also will be decided. Entering the fmal day, use had the inside track with 44 point~,

Pepperdme," Vasquez says. "But he (Fox) specializes in te~,chm_g the volley, and he's got a Ph.D. in psychology. I still have some bad days playing at the net, but you can have a bad day playmg the net and have a much better chance of winning than if you are a baseline player and have a bad one." Lipton, a _left-handed baseliner, had a good day yeste:day while Nealon, a player of similar style, was er;!tic. And the result wasn't too surprising. I had beaten him once and lost to him once before " said Lipton. "Before I had played to his backhand but I changed my game today and kept attackmg his forehand." The strat~gy .proved sound with Lipton benefitting from_ Nealon s wide forehands to record service breaks in the first games of both sets. The USC player drew even in t~e first set by breaking Lipton in the sixth game, but Lipton broke back in the 11th game and served out the set. L_1pton_ won the first four games of the second set and re?.1~med m control the rest of the way. I ve been playing poorly lately but the rest of the team has be~n p!aying well and we've done all nght," said Lipton.-. We ve beaten two teams ranked in the top 20 m the nation m the last week and it's been because of the other guys. But I had two very good matches yesterday (Thursday) and for the firs t time in a while I hit both my forehand and backhand well today." . Herrmann lost the f_irst set and a key point in the third set but held steady m a pressurized tiebreaker which had fans cheering every point. The lanky sophomore from Bonita missed one match pomt at 4'.3 when he netted a backhand, but kept the ball m play with two-handed ground str-0kes until Michibata rushe_d an ~pproach and dumped it mto the net on the decidmg pomt.

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{!nlverslty of San Diego makes another attempt tonight to ch~lk up its second West Coast Athletic Conference victory of the season when it takes Seattle University's basketball team at the Spo: Arena at 7:30. "We could be competitive if we stop their two to players and stay out of foul trouble " USD C h Jim Brovelli said. ' oac Seatue:s big guns are 7-foot Jawann Oldham and Carl Ervm. The Chieftains, 6-8 in the confererlce against U_SD's 1-13, downed the Toreros 99-76 in their previous meeting this season. Brovelli said he W?Uki start guards Mike StockaJper and Earl Pierce, center Bob Bartholomew and forwards Brad Levesque and Keith Cunningham.

SAN DIEGO UNION FEB 2 3 1980 USD Recovers, Defeats UN LV The University of San Diego got a break from the weather and some clutch hitting fromMike Savertno, Paul Engel and Andy Asaro to defeat Nevada-Las , Vegas, 10-5, in the Rebel · Invitational yesterday. Saverino and Engel de- livered home runs in the first inning, and Asaro dou- bled home the tie-breaking run in the eighth as the Toreros evened their 1 record to 2-2. Pitcher Jamie I McDonald went the dis- tance for his first win of the season. USD lost its tournament opener to Nebraska, 16-9, Thursday morning, and fell to UC Irvine that afternoon, 7-1. The Toreros escaped · the floods of San Diego but were forced to contend with gale winds. By yesterday, however, the sky was clear 1 and the wind mild. USD plays Brigham 1 Young today. UNLV 121 001 Ot - l 71 I 4000II0 1l -1~123 How,ms, BISontis {JI and Peel· McDonald and Holl. HR- Severino (USO) 1st 11C>1e on· Engel (USDI 1st, two on; Herrero (~NLVJ 61h. none an USO.. .

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Keith Wilson and Danny Kosic, and outfielders Mike Alberico, Mark Chapman and Joe McNamara. "In terms of depth, a lot of new people have to come through," C1Jnningham said. "But I do feel that this is the quickest club we've ever had. And smce we're a hit-and-run club, that's a big advantage." . Cunningham's predic- tions? "A reahstic goal wo be .500 ball (currently 2· ). I'm never happy with at, but their are a lot of powers in our conference. Fuller· ton, Pe pperdine, Long Beach State. Of t1rse a third place finish would be nice ..."

USD Nine Foci g 1980 Season. With 1979 Roster

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who hit .350 for Palomar last year, and right fielder Paul Engel. "We're looking for big things from both of them," he said. "I would have to rate the outfield as probably our strongest area." The Catcher - Initially, the position was an open contest between Bart Brai- nard and Karl Hall, but after two weeks, Hall seems to have ousted last year's starter. He doesn't hit as well, but is consid- ered better defensively. USD's reserves include infielders Rrure Tomlinson,

The infield overall - solid, but unspectacular. The Outfield - With AJl. League selection Don Slater, Chris Alberico, and Paul Engel, this has to be one of USD's strengths. Center fielder Slater hit .378, had 40 rbi, and 26 stolen bases en routr to being named USD's most valuable player last season. He has speed, an excellent arm, and is probably the Toreros' top all-around ath- lete. But Cunningham is equally enthusiastic about Alberico, the left fielder

to earn AU-League honors in 1979, hit .322, had 15 stolen bases, and is consid- ered the team's leader. Ac- cording to Cunningham, he's not flashy, but is one of those players who seldom makes a mistake. And then there's the story of third baseman John Mullen. He was Valhalla High's athlete of the year as a senior, en- rolled at USD in 1979, then failed to make the team. After sitting out last sea- son, Mullen tri!ii again, and came awa)f with a starting job.

final spot remains open, but sidearmer Al Brehm, a freshman from Santa Ana, appears to have the edge. At 6-4, he's the biggest Torero, and probably the hardest thrower. In relief, USD has former University High star Ted Badillo, but that's about all. "The rest of our pitchers have to prove themselves, and that's where the uncer- tainty comes in," Cunning- ham said. The Infielders - Al· though not spectacular, the play of first and second basemen Andy Asaro and Martin Harris, and All· League shortstop Mike Sav- erino is consistent. Asaro, USD's only true power- hitter, hit .365, with 45 runs batted in, six home runs and 15 doubles. He is con- sidered an excellent fielder. Harris, a converted shortstop, is a contact hitter (.294 with six triples), and has the ability to make the spectactular play defen- sively. "But," his coach added, "sometimes he has trouble with the routine plays." Saverino, another Torero -----

top three recruits signed letters of intent, then signed contracts with pro- fessional teams. Con;e- quently, USD's roster var- ies only slightly from last sea:,vn. Here's a look at he Toreros, who ended 1979 with a 32-19 overall rec,>rd and 14-12 conference mark: The Pitchers - Jamie McDonald, a left-handed control pitcher, was "one of those guys we took a chance on last year," cuhn- ingham said. He respon1ed with a 7-1 record (sole de- feat against Fullerton) nd was a second-team All· League selection. The other two starters are right-handers Gteg McSparran, a senior •vho was 5-4 last season, ~nd Marty Sturgeon, a junior with the best earned-pm- average (.257) on the te~. "Those three hav a chance to win any g e they start," the coach n- linued, "but if they're ot on, we're going to ex ence some difficulties. we're still looking for ur fourth starter." The competition fo

By AILENE VOISIN Slaff Writer, The San Diego Union

FEB 2 7 1980

They talk about half. rides, not full-rides, in the baseball office at the Uni- versity of San Diego. "A half-ride, or tuition scholarship," Coach .John Cunningham said ruefully, "is about all we can offer. That, and the chance to break into the lineup light away." So with a roster of half- rtde recipients, Cunning- ham and the Toreros begin their second season in the Southern California Base- ball Association - the same league as Defending National Champion Cal tate Fullerton and third- lace finisher Pepperdine. "We knew when we went Division I that we'd have to brtng in a higher caliber athlete," Cunningham said. "And that's what we've tried to do. But certain things are out of your control." Like the fact that USD's

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SAN DIEGO UN ION

THE SAN DIEGO UNION FEB 2 8 1980 USD, SEATTLE CAGERS SEEKING RARE WIN HERE It's been a long year for the University of San Diego Toreros, and an equally long one for the Seattle Chief- , tains USD's opponent tonight at 7:30 m the Sports Aren~. in its initial West Coast Athletic Conference ~son, was not supposed to finish among the top teams. And after the Toreros lost startmg center Joe Evans to academic ineligibility, conference coaches gav; ·a collective sigh of relief. The Toreros, they said, weren t going to win another game. "There's no way they can be competitive with the players they have now," said Loyola's Ron Jacobs. "I feel sorry for Jim Brovelli (USO coach)." This from Santa Clara Coach Carroll Williams: "It's going to take USD a few years to bu_ild the program. And their success will be partly determmed by the degree of commitment the university makes. But that's next year." "I th' k And from Gonzaga Coach Dan Fitzgerald: m USD needs all the help it can get. That's why the 45- second clock works to their advantage. It helps the weaker teams." Listening to comments like those ~robably makes the 5-18 Toreros - all nine of them - a !Jttle uncomfortable. But at least they weren't expected to move mountams. Seattle however, with a seven-footer (Jawann Oldham),' and an excellent returning guard, (6-1 Carl Ervin) was. This was the team that was suppos~d to challenge perennial power USF for the conference title. But as the season draws to a close, Seattle (6-8 and 10- 15) is just one step ahead of USD. "I don't really understand that," Brovelli said. "Per- sonnel-wise they're as good as any team in the league. Most of us felt that Seattle was going to be right up there with USF and Portland." In this season's previous meeting, Seattle won_ (99-?6) behind Oldham's 28 points. Since then, the Ch1eftams have moved guard Larry Martin (6-2) into the sta~mg lineup with Ervin. Tony Barnes (6-5) and Bernard Hill {6- 8) start at forward. · USO will start guards Mike Stockalper (6-0) and Earl Pierce (6-3), forwards Brad Levesque (6-7) and Keith Cunningham (6-8), and center Bob Bartholomew _(6-7). "If we can contain those two (Oldham and Ervm), an~ stay out of foul trouble, WE: can be competitive," Brovell1 said. -- But USO 1-13

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Wednesday, February 27, 1980 Gonzaga Nips USD, 78-66

and 5-18 overall. Mike Stockalper paced the Toreros with 20 points before fouling out with 48 seconds to play. Earl Pi· erce contributed 16 and Bob Bartholomew 11 for the smaller Toreros, who were outrebounded 30-26. USO has two games re- maining on its schedule, playing Seattle tomorrow night and the University of Portland Saturday night in 7:30 games at the Sports Arena.

USD by only one field goal, 29-28, but were perfect from the foul line, converting all 20 of its free throws includ- ing 18 in the second half. USO sank 10 of its 15 free throw attempts. Five players scored in double figures for Gonzaga with James Shepard hitting 18, Eddie White 16, Carl Pierce 14, Hugh Hobus 12 off thr bench, and Don Baldwin 10. The loss dropped the. Toreros to a lowly 1-13 mark in conference play

SPOKANE - Gonzaga University opened the sec- ond half with an 8-2 spurt that broke open a tight game and went on to a 78-66 West Coast Athletic Confer- ence triumph over the Uni- versity of San Diego at the Spokane Coliseum last night. Gonzaga had rallied for six straight points in the final minutes of the first half to pull even at 30-30· after the Toreros had led virtually all the way. The winners outscored USO ('6) Stockolper 7 6-6 20, Barbour 20-04, Cunning- ham 12·2 4, Whitmarsh 11-13, Pierce8 0-0 16, Bartholomew s 1-511, Levesque 4 0-0 8. Totals 2811).TS 66. GONZAGAC78l North O 2·2 2, Wogoner I 2·24, Boldwm 42·2 10, White 56-616, Shepard82·218, Pierce 62·2 1', Hobus, 12, Berveson 1 0-0 2. Totals 29 20-2018. Halftime scare: USO 30, Gonzaga 30. Fouled oot: Stockotper {USD). Total fools: USO 19, Gonzaga 12. Technical fool: ShePOrd (GI.

fEB 2 8 1980 USD Makes 'Who's'

LOS ANGELES TIMES

FEB 2 9 1980

Boyer, Arthur Buck, Carl Commen a tor , Jennifer Feh lman , Jose Guerre ro, Deborah Kass, Sana Loue, Martha M c Gill , Monty McIntyre, Maureen Ma rke y, Philip Jay Matrica rdi, Erin Mulcahy, William Nauma nn, Mark Parker, Antho ny Passante, James David Scott, Troy Smith, Jeffrey Thoma, Gregory Walden and Margie Woods. San Diego Chronicle and SAN DIEGO SMART SHOPPER Established 1969

r PS CHIATRY LECTURE (Camino Thea~r, University of" ,r, Diego): Dr. Cornelia Wilbur speaks. i'hursdaY at 8 pT11'

EVENING TRIBUNE FEB 2 6 1980 ---, Toreros lace Gonzaga as season winds down TRIBUNE Dispatch SPOKANE, Wash. - University of San Diego, 1-12 in the league_ ,and 5-17 overall, gets its final chance to salva~e a ht.le someth11g !rom a disastrous season while opposing Gonzaga University here tonight in the first of three schedule-endmg West Coast Athletic Conference games slated this week The Tor_eros, w~o have been decimated this year through mJunes, will be without the services of another play~r - reserve forward Kewn Cooney, who will miss the f)nal three ~ames with an ankle injury. Gonzaga, which shocked University of San Francisco 84-66 last week, currently are 7-8 in the conference. The Bulldogs won a previous meeting with USD 72-62. The Toreros will return to San Diego for Sports Arena C?ntests !hursday night against Seattle and Saturday rnght agamst Portland.

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