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ToHopes AliveJuniata had to struggle In the .stretch, but remained alive in its drive to make the MAC playoffs last night by nipping visiting Delaware Valley 79-77.The Indians ' now must hurdle visiting Drew University tonight at 8 p.m. and hope Upsala can defeat Elizabethtown. Only through that combination of events can the Tribe make the MAC Northern Division eliminations next weekend in Scranton.Juniata (11 -10) was down by 14 points with as tittle as. eight mintues to play before Coach Carl Meditich went to his bench for defensive pressure. The move worked and the Indians climbed back t into contention. • • - v .“they came in and did the job.w They actually won the game for us.” The Juniata mentor felt when his team played good defense and. had offensive patience in the stretch was a key factor in the victory.Delaware Valley (6 - 13) may be the last place team in the Northern Division, but theAggies had the Indians oh the had 15 (13 of them in ihe™u!£ of J1* s®J.ond second half) and Bob McNelly half after a 37 - 37 _ halftime ten for Juniata, which made 38Jiff of 80 shots for 47 percent. The a* a Indians had a 44 - 33 reboundnnvuLed8e and Waltenbaugh had 17. n Ken Mitchell threw in 21 iLarf ’ seemed t0 come points and Dennis Pastucha 19 aPf,*r*. . . . , . . .. for Delaware Valley, whichshot 51 percent by making 36 SSte*1 ? ,latf 5e of 75. John Rodeibaugh was im. t JL a r '^la.y a,the foP rohounder with tenE e” When th,e, !,ndians Juniata’s junior varsity irfliL ,”ian Delaware closed its season with a 100-91C0ti1nU®dn *hot win to raise its record to 5.- 2. shooting and led 69 - 55 with8:35 left in the game. deUwarrvmi b’yMeditch had ordered Karl Delaware vajxey^ ^SchUcter, Ed Plynn and Tim Putuch* .....;,» m isBrady off the bench to put MUlt;i»eU .....................101-121pressure on the ballr The SSu?1 ........■■. . .■5 wioIndians forced some turnovers. nn-ttrfoV So 2and got back Jn,the game with.v-McShe*.,..V.V.V.V. 2-2 h2:25 left on a bucket by Tay^ W?**tieuwr .....■;fFlynn banged in a tip shot at , • , to fi-fr- vToi;1:57 and Juniata led76 - 75forthe first time In the second Dwy«r....!!*.!’’*.,4m,half. With 34 seconds left and o«io..... n 00 wJC executing a double post J4cP!*,,y..... 0010freeze. Mark Werketser pEjf ........■* w aconnected for DV with nine -»o aseconds left, but the hay was -in the barn, totals ..... ,382-471Waltenbaugh and Galo ml!v^vlle“..............37 44-77scored 16 points each, Flynn Juniata .........37 41-781 11 . 1 ' I* .....Mt. Union Hopes ToShed RoleS.h e d d.l n g the “bridesmaid’s” image will be the goal of the Mount Union Area High School girls volleyball teanj when It opens Its 1977 season on Tuesday at Huntingdon. Instead of being “number two”, the Trojans will be looking towards a League championship. 'Coach’ Marge Wharton reports. that 24 girls* — 12 varsity and 12 junior varsity — will be participating this year.' Of this number' HVeyareVarsity letteijwiipers fiftrti the .IWiyiek^higrh't Buckley,'Janfcih „ _ Gbodiing, Carol House,and Jodi Yelovich,In this, the third, year of varsity volleyball at'MUAHS,. -Wharton has been stressing skills. The Trojans are working; also to get more defense and more offense. This ball handling and control are necessary ingredients for nnu/er vnllevhaVI. Tn tnHflv’s'
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The Daily News
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Feb 19, 1977
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