Cal State Fullerton - Titan Yearbook (Fullerton, CA)

Page 50 text:

Athletics 1989 Men ' s Bowling Team No. 3 , en a-eo ne . eac « f 0r Mike Goffinet Robert Magee Jim Marcoly Anthony Salib Glenn Wada HEAD COACH: Scott Poddy FOOTBALL For the third time in four seasons, the Cal State Fullerton football team played the bridesmaid role in 1988. The Titans compiled a 5-2 record in what became known as the Big West Conference first season and posted an over-all 5-6 record, missing a winning season by the margin of not one but two losses to field goals. Coach Gene Murphy ' s team also had the misfortune of running into two major football institutions en- joying their best seasons ever. West Virginia went undefeated in the regu- lar season and carried a No.l National ranking until the Mountaineers lost to Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl. Wyoming was a juggernaut in the Western Athletic Conferene, making a folk hero of coach Paul Roach before losing to Oklahoma State and Barry Sanders in the Holiday Bowl. A veteran and talented defensive unit carried the team until an offense dotted with newcomers could develop consistency. A turnover-marred home loss to Fresno State took the Titans out of the California Bowl picture at mid-season but they finished strong to capture second place with a pair of explosive victories over San Jose State and Utah State. Three National Football League draft picks could be found on the de- fensive unit — two most obviously in the statistical category and another with the measuring stick. Down line- man A.J. Jenkins repeated as a first- team all-conference pick and finished second on the team with 77 tackles including 19 for losses — nine of those quarterback sacks. Linebacker Jerry Leggett made the most of his lone season as a Titan as the Missis- sippi State transfer led the team with 109 tackles and made two clutch pass interceptions. Lineman Alex Stewart was hampered by injuries and made only 38 tackles in 8 games but 9 of them were QB sacks. The physically imposing Stewart dazzled pro scouts at the post-season combines and starred in both the Senior Bowl and Blue-Gray All-Star Games. The secondary got excellent play from safeties Kevin Henderson and Mike Schaffel and cornerbacks James Howard, Sean Fernandes and Tony Williams, who narrowly missed an NCAA record against San Jose State when he ran back a pair of pass inter- ceptions 92 and 86 yards for touch- downs. Senior linebacker Bill Bryan injured an ankle and missed a couple of games, costing him a shot at Terry Hubbard ' s school record for career tackles. Offensively, Dan Speltz played vir- tually every down at quarterback, giv- ing way only in the second half of the loss at West Virginia and the lopsided win over San Jose State. Mike Pringle overcame an injury and a mid-season eligibility snafu to emerge as the top running threat, leading the team with 496 rushing yards and ranking among the nation ' s leaders in kickoff returns. Newcomer Rocky Palamara etched his name into the Titan receiving re- cord book. He caught 53 passes for 875 yards and a team-high 8 TDs de- spite the absence of a consistent threat on the other side after a knee injury to senior John Gibbs. Former quarter- back Tony Dill and former defensive back J.J. Celestine made a difference down the stretch as each grabbed a pair of TD passes. The offensive line was anchored by senior tackle Matt Fitts, the former pro baseball player, and junior center Marc Hauser. By the end of the year, the Titans had gone through four tight ends and finally just lined up without one. Special teams had their moments. Punter Jim Sirois established career records before his season ended two games early when he suffered a sepa- rated shoulder covering an errant snap. Place-kicker Stan Lambert hit 16 of 26 field-goal tries to set a single- season record but most PATs were an adventure. Gibbs displayed a flare as a punt returner, averaging 17 yards on 8 tries, before dislocating his knee on a return at Wyoming. ROSTER: John Aceves 55 Carlos Adley 77 Tony Alvarez Todd Baird 29 Mark Barnes 98 John Bavaro 38 Sean Beasley 33 Jon Bell 64 Paul Benner 75 Kevin Bernell 13 Kurt Bloedorn 46 Keith Bowman 46 Titan ' 89

Page 49 text:

' first round of the NCAA tournament 67-82 to Montana. The season was highlighted by win- ning the Lady Cougar Classic Cham- pionship in Houston, a 17-point win over UCLA and 11-1 start which was the Titans ' best since 1973-74. During that stretch, the Titans had a 10-game win streak with wins over Northwes- tern State, Houston, USIU, San Diego, UCLA, Pacific, Pepperdine, Western Illinois, UCSB and UCI. Two key con- ference victories over nationally ranked San Diego State and then a third victory over the Aztecs in the Big West Tournament gave the Titans the extra confidence and support to know they can play with the best. The last game of the regular season for the Titan was on February 25 with 87-68 loss at Hawaii. The Titans were idle for 11 days before playing in the Big West Tournament at Long Beach Arena, where they beat San Diego State on Thursday and lost to Long Beach State on Friday. Leading the Titans this season was last year ' s Freshman of the Year, Gena Miller, who has added a first-team All-Conference berth to her growing list of honors. The 6-3 center leads the team in scoring, rebounding and block shots. Miller already has set school single-season records with 158 free-throws made and 232 attempted and her 0.587 free-goal percentage leads the conference and is better than the school mark of 0.568 set in 1976- 1977 by Olympian Nancy Dunkle. Named Big West Player of the Week during the week of January 9 due to her career-high and school-record 38 points in 64-45 win at UC Irvine, Miller has been consistent all year long and continues to play with more aggressiveness and strength. The rest of the starting line-up in- cludes senior guards Sheryl Jones and Stacy Hung and senior Felicia Benson and junior Kathy Werth at forwards with Jill Matyuch a swing person off the bench. Hunt leads the team in as- sists while Jones leads in steals. Werth ranks 2nd in scoring and re- bounds while Matyuch is 3rd in scor- ing and the teams ' best 3-point shoot- er. Matyuch was recently honored as Cal State Fullerton ' s Big West Confer- ence Female Scholar Athlete of the Year and plays on the nationally ranked CSUF Softball squad. Key reserves include senior forward Karen Kuchan and freshman Kim Clark. ROSTER: 13 Jeannine Battaglia 12 Jennifer Beckmeyer 11 Felicia Benson 44 Kimberly Clark 24 Lisa Houston 14 Stacy Hunt 15 Sheryl Jones 32 Karen Kuchan 21 Jill Matyuch 40 Gena Miller 22 Joey Ray 33 Kathy Werth RECORD: Overall - 21-8 Big West - 12-6 Loyola Marymount 66-60 W Cal Poly Pomona 70-72 L Northwestern State 66-53 W Houston 74-71 W U.S. International 82-73 W Univ. San Diego 75-48 W UCLA 86-51 w Pacific 82-66 w Pepperdine 76-40 w Western Illinois 72-63 w UC Santa Barbara 59-50 w UC Irvine 64-45 w Fresno State 46-66 L San Jose State 78-51 w UNLV 49-55 L Long Beach State 50-84 L San Diego State 57-56 W UC Irvine 63-44 W Pacific 80-61 W UC Santa Barbara 62-43 W San Jose State 75-56 W Fresno State 61-59 W Long Beach State 54-71 L UNLV 73-78 L San Diego State 71-65 W Hawaii 79-77 W Hawaii 68-87 L San Diego State 68-60 W Long Beach State 61-81 L Montana 67-82 L HEAD COACH: Maryalyce Jeremiah p h°to by Jeff 0r|ict SKar-SH. -- 1 St e Bulldogs. 8 ° es U P S inst ASSISTANT COACHES: June Kearney Deni Christensen BOWLING Cal State Fullerton ' s men ' s bowling team commenced the 1988-89 season in Las Cruces, New Mexico, winning the New Mexico State Aggie Shootout averaging 1034. This season ' s accom- plishments included victories in the Southwest Collegiate Conference, ACU-I Region 15 competition and the 19-team OIBC Fall Invitational, which guaranteed their return to Portland for the NBC Sectionals. The Titans ' second place finish in the NBC Sectionals, second only to Washington State, qualified the team for their second appearance at the Na- tional Collegiate Bowling Champion- ships. The Titan bowling team con- cluded their season by capturing the crown of the National Collegiate Bowling Championships with a nar- row 17-pin victory over Washington State. ROSTER: Jeff Carr Athletics 45

Page 51 text:

So Bill Brennan 30 Dan Briones 88 Bill Bryan 34 Tim Byrnes 68 Dean Carter 3 J.J. Celestine 93 Don Chambers 49 Keith Coury 84 George Cross 89 Damon Culbertson 60 Steve Cuttrell 35 Shaun Dennis 1 Tony Dill 79 Dennis Ellis 81 Darren Emery 83 Rory Ewing 95 J.C. Farrow 9 Sean Fernandes 53 Matt Fitts 50 Tom Gang Richard Garcia 12 Rod Gatlin 24 John Gibbs 11 Chip Grant 57 Troy Grimes 58 Jon Hadley 82 Buford Halton 52 Don Hamann 22 Kevin Harper Scott Harper Tim Harris 54 Marc Hauser 5 Kevin Henderson 8 Palente Henry 7 Marl Hill 59 Jeff Hipp 97 Tim Holland 90 Leo Holler 67 Tom Holler 2 James Howard 63 Bill Huston 18 Carter Jefferson 92 A.J. Jenkins 56 Harold Jones 44 Jamal Jones 80 Mike Kent 61 Toby Kirschke 39 Kevin Koontz 6 Stan Lambert 76 Laita Leatutufu 91 Jerry Leggett 87 Damien Macaluso Joe Mauldin 15 Adam McKinney 99 Teddy McMillan 69 Tony Mitchell 66 Jack Montes 36 Damon Moo re 40 Michael Moore 85 James Noel 62 Russ Oleyer 20 Anthony Pack 21 Rocky Palamara 27 Mike Pringle 47 Todd Prukop 94 Steve Radovcich 70 Reggie Redding 14 Anthony Reese 32 William Robinson 72 Steve Rowe 41 Mike Schaffel 17 Paul Schulte 74 Charle Scott 43 Joe Scott 10 Carlos Siragusa 37 Jim Sirois 16 Dan Seltz 71 Alex Stewart 78 Mike Stoltzfus 96 Tommy Thompson 26 Gary Thornton 31 Terry Tramble 19 Carlos Ward 48 Scott Whiting 23 Tony Williams 51 Steve Wood 28 Chris Wright RECORD: Overall - 6-5 Big West - 5-2 SW Louisiana West Virginia UNLV Pacific Wyoming Fresno State Long Beach State New Mexico State Akron San Jose State Utah State HEAD COACH: Gene Murphy ASSISTANT COACHES: Dale Bunn Jim Chaney Preston Dennard Ed Donatell Kirk Harmon Larry Manfull Don Morel 9-24 10-45 20-10 13-10 16-35 10-23 22-24 24- 3 14-15 58-13 23-13 L L W W L L L W L W W F aga u erton ' sJVo 27 itri „ ' ns t SanJ 7 Sf P ng e, °se State. ■ re ' urnsapunt Fullerton goes head-to-head with the San Jose State Spartans. Rich Sheriff Gary Spielbuehler Bill Wentworth MEN ' S GYMNASTICS Eli Rodriguez scored 100.05 to place 23rd in the all-around at the NCAA championships at Lincoln, Nebraska. Athletics 47