Page 12 Connecticut Daily Campus Friday, September 24, 1976
UConn, Yale resume rivy
The Pick:
UConn 13, Yale 10
By MARK GOULD
'l he time is ripe for a victory. There is obviously no question that UConn will be up for the game: the only still-nagging question is whether or not the Huskies can put the ball in the end zone.
For two \\ ceks. encompassing losses of I3-7 to Colgate and 21-3 to Navy. the Huskies have been unable to produce much inside the 20-yard lines, or bust open a big play for a score.
Following the Navy game. in which U('onn played up to its putt.-nI.ial on defense but again lagged on offense. co-captain BCflll(_' Palmer. who quarterbacks the team. said. “We moved the ball Vkt'll. but we just couldn't get it in the end zone."
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20-_vard line to 20-yard line. the Huskies have looked increasingly sharper on offense. especially in the Navy game.
However. the same old problem keeps arising. Ten points in two games does not win football games. The new. wide-open offense has yet to generate enough firepower to give the Huskies what head coach Larry Naviaux likes to call "The_ W."
()ne big reason for the Huskies‘ lack of offensive explosion has been the play of Nick (jiaquinto. the Huskies‘ multi-talented running back. who just hasn't been able to break open on any long runs or help sustain U(‘on'n's offensive drives.
''I hope I get going soon." Giaquinto said Wednesday night. "We need some victories under our belts."
If the Huskies can get points on the board early in the game. and the defense continues to do its spectacular job of the first two games. the Huskies could generate enough momentum to carry them to an upset. and a surprisingly easy win.
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JOHN BOZADJIAN. sports ed- itor. Willimantic Chronicle: UCONN 17, YALE 14. “UConn will win because they need a win so badly. Realistically they could now be 2 and 0 because they played so well in defeat."
PETER ZANARDI. sports writer. Hartford Times: UCONN 17, YALE 7. “I think that the UConn boys realize that defeat could be disastrous. There was so much improvement between the Colgate game and Navy. Bernie always plays so well in the Yale Bowl. and I think the UConn defense is more than capable of stopping Yale."
MIKE GREENLAW. sports writer. Meriden Record-Journal:
U(Jonn‘s Steve Miller and an unidentified Vermont player scramble for the ball In UConn soccer action. The Huskies will face Yale University Saturday morning. lStaff Photo by Buzz Kanter]
UConn teams to face Elis
While the UConn soccer and football teams contests against Yale are important. they are not the only Husky athletic squads in action this weekend.
Saturday morning will find the UConn undefeated cross country team hosting both Central Con- necticut and Dartmouth in a home tri-meet beginning at 10:30 a.m. Central Connecticut, who is in the process of rebuilding under a new coach. should not be a factor in the match. Dartmouth, who
finished third in New England last season has its top five runners returning and represent the Huskies‘ toughest competi- tion of the young season. Besides the soccer and football teams. UConn‘s women's field hockey team and the Frisbee
squad will be facing Eli athletic teams.
The UConn Rugby team will be traveling to the University of Massachusetts for the second annual Yankee Conference Rugby
tournament Saturday and Sun- day. The Huskies are considered a darkhorse in the eight team field with Boston University and
UMass co-favorites to take first_
The Husl\ies' Yankee Con- ference champion golf team will be spending the weekend at the Yale Intercollegiate Invitational Tournament in New Haven. The tourney will give Yankee Con- ference runnerup UMass an op- portunity to avenge last week's defeat to the powerful UConn squad.
UCONN I7, YALE 14. "]t's hard the advantage over last year of to say; I've only seen UConn. it'll h3Vl“8 Played 3 game already- be a decent game_ The big p]3y is and that's all the defense needs." going to be evident, the surprise JOHN A- GIORDANO. state play is going to be evident. and it PCP-» D'N€W Ha‘/en: UCONN 21. could be a big factor,“ YALE 14. “I feel that UConn has DON KILPATMCK, sports ed- it all together this year and that itor. Yale Daily News: YALE 21, they're going to blow the Bull- UCONN 3. “UConn makes it d08$' d00"S in-" three in a row. Elis take Huskies FREDERICK G» ADAMS.
for sleigh ride." UConn vice president for student BILL GUTHRIE, executive affairs and services: UCONN 2]. sports editor. New Haven Regisi YALE 13- "It'll b€ 8 mugh-fought ter: YALE 17, UCONN 0, "UConn game as UConn Claws its way to has good offense, but Yale has victory over Yale in the Bowl.“
The Pick: UConn 2, Yale 1
By MARLA ROMASH The University of Connecticut soccer team will face Yale University
for the eighth time Saturday morning in New Haven. The Huskies .
have won six of the preceding seven contests and should also capture the eighth. though they might experience some difficulty en route.
In the past. the Huskies have squeaked past the Elis in what UConn head coach Joe Morrone terms ‘hard-fought‘ one-goal victories. Last season's 2-l UConn victory was a prime example.
The Elis‘ 3-8-2 record last season and their disappointing ll-I loss last weekend at the hands of Brown University are. according to Yale head coach Bill Killen. deceiving illustrations of his team's capabilities.
“We're much better than the Brown score indicated. We're looking for a real close game against UConn." Killen said.
Killen will look to the five seniors on this year's squad to provide the Elis with the offensive punch and defensive protection they will need against UConn. '
Yale captain John Taft is. according to Killen. the best all-around ballplayer on the squad. The senior midfielder earned honorable mention All-Ivy in his sophomore year and honorable mention All-New England as a junior.
Sharing the offensive responsibilities with Taft will be senior Steve Edelson. Edelson scored the Elis’ only goal during last season's contest with the Huskies. and almost sent the game into overtime with a shot that rebounded off the post of the UConn goal.
The Elis‘ backfield will be led by seniors Giorgio Maglia and Wayne Gershoff and junior Dave Egan. According to Killen. these men will keep the Yale defense together.
The Yale goal will be manned by junior Jim Mooney. Mooney will present the Huskies with the same concerns that former UConn goalieTed McSherry previously handed the Huskies‘ opponents. At
6'6" Mooney should. according to Killen. make the UConn team-
concerned about putting the ball into the air. Mooney's main drawback is his lack of varsity experience.
Yale sophomore Roy Messing. the Elis’ second-string goalie last season. and this season's expected starter. is presently studying in Germany and practicing with a first division professional team in Europe.
The Elis‘ style of play resembles the Huskies ball-control. precision-passing game.
“ It is a total game effort. Whether on defense or offense. the whole team moves in." Killen said. .
The Huskies will have the edge in both experience and age. Co-captains Jim Evans and Paul Hunter are leaders of a precisioned team. As their season progresses. the Huskies‘ abilities progress.
It might have taken the Huskies a half-a-game to get their scoring shoes on against Amherst College on Wednesday. but when they did they hit three well-earned goals.
The UConn defense was equally effective Wednesday preventing the Lord Jeffs from penetrating the Huskies’ penalty area.
Six out of seven times the Huskies have come out on top. Eight should prove to be their lucky number.