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SAN DIEGO UNION NOV 1 • 1982

SAN DIEGO UNION JIOI/ l l 1982

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Hardy's TD Return Spurs St. Mary's Past USD

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Hoover High product Andre Hardy ran a kickoff back 96 yards for a touchdown and Bryan White ran for two scores as St. Mary's College coasted to a 31-10 victory over the University of San Diego before 4,000 people at USD yesterday. The Gaels capitalized on an early USD turnover to take a 7-0 lead halfway through the first quarter when Kent Jordan caught a 12-yard pass from Scott Ruiz. Later in the quarter, St. Mary's drove 79 yards and took a 14-0 lead .after White ran for his first score, a 5 yard touchdown. The Torero~ cut the lead ~o 14-7 in the second quarter after St. Marys punted on third down with 1:31 remaining m the half and USD returned the punt to the Gaels· 28. On the first ~lay, qua~terback Eric Sweet threw a 21-yard pa_ss to Michael Rish. Then, with :43 showing, Sweet hit Mitch Greene for a 7-yard touchdown to put USD back in the game. On the ensuing kickoff, however, Hardy return<,d 96 yards for a touchdown to make the score 21-7. USD kicker Bob Lozzi kicked his 11th field goal cf the season. a 39-yarder, to tie his own team record and make ti 21-10 gomg mto the fourth period. The Gaels added to their lead after USD fumbled on its own 14 The short drive ended when White scor<'d his second touchdown, a 2-yard plunge to give St. Mary's a 28- 10 lead. Hardy was the game's leading ball carrier, with 17 cames for 91 yards. His backfield partner Bryan White had 68 yards on 18 carries. . Scott Ruiz headed the Gaels' passing attack by throw- mg for 182 yards and one touchdown. Three.of his comple- tions were to Kent Jordan for 29 yards, including the 12- yard touchdown. The Toreros_wer~ held to only 48 yards on the ground. Jerome McAltin gamed 43 of those yards on nme carries. Sweet completed 13 of 24 passes for 147 yards and one touchdown, but was intercepted four times. He completed

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By PETER RICHMOND Staff wr,ter, The son o,ego un,on

J,m Brovelli, ba ketball born and bred, went home to San Fran- ct co la t week to be inducted mlo the hall of fame of a university that ha no basketball program The Umvers1ty of an Diego coach traveled to a campus that provides the selling for the happiest memorie.~ of his life, the stuff of his fonde t dream . There, Brovelli encountered a ghost, a shell of an Idea the chalk outline of a tradition Individual awards arc not the only proper measure of the pas- sage of a man' ltfet1m . but the honor USF bestowed on Brovelli is s1gmf1cant th ti s between the University of San Francisco and its basketball alumni are bmdmg and permanent. Two national champion hip. m 58 years, regular national rankmgs, an athletic alumni hst that mcl de Bill Russell and K.C. Jones a a school with a student body of fewer than 7,000 this is the stuff of tradition, a word too often misu ed, but entirely apt on the small campu near Golden Gate park o it wa not without a touch of ambivalence and sadness that Hrovellt was welcomed la t Friday into a select group which c 1 bratf' the trength of an honored history now in limbo. A tt.:,ned ort of pall hangs over the campus the e days. A sorry e ght year tring of recruiting violations and booster-related scan- dal could not withstand the final blow of Quintin Dailey's guilty plea to charg of as ault, and the subsequent revelation of a job for which h wa paid lo do no work. A Je~mt mst1tul10n with a name that is muttered in the dark shadow~ of sexual scandal cannot an wer with simple lip service to th NCAA s ideal . In a move somewhat akin to the Department of the Interior dropping forests, the Rev. John Lo Schiavo decided to drop the basketball program July 29. And when 300 pa t athletes and supporters of the umvers1ty met last week for the annual Father Flynn Dinner, a fine but discerni- ble mi t wound ,ts way through the proceedings. (Continued on C-2, Col. 3)

The Son Diego Unlon,1 Bob Ivins Craig Carlyle of USD recovers a St. Mary's fumble yes- terday as teammate Greg Stein is up- ended by Gael John Doyle.

four of tho~e passes to Mi~hael Rish for 64 yards. . St Mary~· now 6-2-1 with one game remaining, scored its fmal points on a 28-yard field goal by Frank Goehr- inger. The Toreros finished their season 4-5. The game marked the first time St. Mary's had beaten USD on the Toreros' home turf.

The Son Oiego Union I Jomes 51\ovmond Jim Brovelli, who was named to the basketball hall of fame at USF, talks shop at practice yesterday at USO.

Unspo en, s 1 e ween the lines, is the sentiment that Jim Brovelli is the man who can restore credibility to the Golden Gate campus. His name was mentioned in May of 1980, when athletic director and coach Don Bel- !uomini was fired for "re- cruiting irregularities." Brovelli is quick to point out that USF never goes outside its program for its coaches, always promoting from within. He will not ad- dress the possibility of his returning to USF. Lo Schiavo will. "Jim is the sort of guy who has everything going for him as a coach," Lo Scluavo said. "He's a gentle- man. He has everything in the right direction, as far as having academics be the first priority. I know from personal experience he takes a personal interest in his athletes. He also knows his basketball. I think he's the kind of guy any school would be proud to have on

FVoid Discovered By Brovelli . (Continued from C-1) "It was a shock when it happened, but to go back that weekend, that affected me more," Brovelh said, sitting m a USD office piled deep in the paraphernalia of the season just ahead. "Now it's a reality. Basketball wasn't there. It was empty. Empty an quiet When your mcmortes are of standing room only Tho e were great, great year~. It was a great, great place to play. I'm telling you, you get attached to that city. Its always with you." Brovell1's eyes had focused on the middle dis- tance . omewherc on a maze of steep hills and Vic torian homes that dot th. ephemeral nctherland of his memory One of four inductee into the hall this year Jim Bro- velll. llSF '64, played on two West Coast Athletic Confer• ence champton t am Two decades later, thr chool has xt 'le'. d its thanks. If th

LEMON GROVE REVIEW

LEMON GROVE REVIEW NOV 1 8 1982

NOV 1 8 1982

USD · Hoop Season Opens vs Alberta

Coa('h Jim Brovelli and the lJ. of San Diego hoopsters open the 1982-83 season with an exhibition game against U. of Alberta on No, ember 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the USD Sports Center. The Golden Bears come to USD for their first meeting ever with the Toreros·. By the time Alberta sets foot in the VSD gvm for the Toreros op- ener, they will have 8 games under their belt. They are currently 4-1 with their only loss coming at the hands of Lewis & Clark College f81- G9l. Upcoming games prior to USD's include contests with Utah State and Stanford.

Dress Does Not Make a Winner T h e Toreros socr-Pr team not only played at St>mford on X()\ember 9, but they plav- <'d i" Stanford's uniforms. Stanford ·was kind f>no11gh to lend CSD the uniform~ after the Torero~· baggage was mis- plaeed by the airline. Stan• ford downed the Toreros, 2-0. The Toreros finished t h e season 3-15·1 overall and 0-8 in conference play.

The Son Diego Union / James 51\ovmond

Jim Brovelli is at USD, not USF, but his works are appreciated at both schools.

right decision. . . I'm sure now that we will have it form or another. I can't tell ,basketball) back in some USD.'' Brovelli said. "The you what form it will take, way, with a long way to go." ,----i.iii-.::...------------ program has come a long There's no questioning his sincerity. In San Diego, at least, Jim Brovelli ltas a study it, and they'll report to me in the spring." program. its staff." 'Tm very happy here at

because of our history and right and only decision, and in that sense, it was easy. tradition, but it was the

ucc ,s gave h..s personal commit- }ers. d ctors, profess10nals. ment. As an educator inter- 1. a I part of that I Just este

"I've gotten 1.000 letters or what division, but I've in my office and all but a appointed a task force to

few support the decision. At the Father Flynn dinner, a lot of former athletes who are interested in athletics were coming up all night and telling me it was the

SENTINEL NOV 1 7 1982

USD ends 'Year of Turnover' Torero gridders drop finale to St. Mary's

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quarter, St. Mary's had broken on top at 7·0. With their offense now on a roll, the Gaels waste little time in adding to their margin. On their very next series, the visitors embarked on a 79-yard excursion for another score. Half-back White, ;_.,,ho was instrwnental on the march with his rushing and receiving, capped the trek goalward with a nifty five-yard slant off right tackle. With 2:03 remaining in the first stanza, St, Mary's now led 14-0. It was at this stage that both defenses reall began to control the line of scrimmage and the likelyhood of any additional scoring during the initial 30 minutes seemed rather remote. However, late in the second quarter, Sweet and company finally began to generate some ex· citement. After taking over at midfield, the Toreros rapidly sped downfield on the strength on thre€ successive Sweet passes, two of which were snare by Mike Rish. Then, on a first and goal situation from the 7, Sweet sidestepped a heavy rush, sprinted to his left and hit tight end Mitch Greene near the center oj the end zone. Greer.e's touchdown grab, whic came with just 43 seconds showing on th scoreboard clock, had sliced the Torero deficit t 14-7. Unfortunately for the Toreros, Gael Andre Hardy, a Hoover High graduate, returned the ensuing kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown. Hardy's jaunt gave St. Mary's a 21-7 lead at halftime. While teams of lesser character might have been devastated by Hardy's run, the Toreros gamely tried to regain the momentwn on their first possession of the third quarter. Following a 32-yard punt return by Phil Spencer that positioned them in Gael territory, the Toreros eventually moved to the St. Mary's 19 before stalling. The locals then summoned the ever-dependable Bob Lozzi, who nailed a field goal from 29 yards out to narrow the Gael lead to 21·10. The kick was Lozzi's 11th successful three-pointer of the season and enabled him to tie the school record in that category for the second straight year.

By JIM EVANS Sentinel Correspondent

Toreros Tune Up Against Alberta The team m the white uniforms tonight will be the University of San Diego. It will be comforting for Torero basketball fans to koow that, because they might other- wise fail to recognize the people representing USD. The team's roster includes six newcomers, three of whom will be in the starting lineup when the San Diegans meet the University of Alberta in an exhibition at 7:30 in the USD Sports Center. Tonight's game will be the Toreros' lone tuneup before opemng the regular season Saturday night against Air Force. USD fans will have no problem identifying guard Rich Davis and center Robby Roberts. Davis was a starter and Roberts a regular last year, when the Toreros finished 11- 15. The rest of the starting lineup will be new. The forwards will be Mike Whitmarsh, a 6-foot-6 trans- fer from Gro: ·mont College, and Dave Mciver. a 6-8 transfer from Cypress. Joining Davis at guard will be Bill Penfold a 6-5 transfer from Glendale. Coach Jim Brovelli. who must mold these newcomers mto a smooth-running unit, is pleased to have an exhibi- tion game on the schedule. "We didn·t have one last year, but with a veteran team we didn"t really need one,' Brovelli said. "This year, with a lot of new faces. we probably do. We gain one game of experience before we open the season, and we think that should help." USD will not be a big team Roberts, the center, is 6- foot-7 but Brovelli suspects the Toreros will compen- sate for their relative lack of size. "With no big center, you have to rely on each other for defense and rebounding, but we're used to that," he said. ''We've been there before." Alberta may be leg-weary tonight. The Golden Bears played games at Utah State Saturday night and Stanford last night. They will meet U.S. International University tomorrow night at Mira Mesa High. - Bill Finley

Quite inadvertently, the USD football team has :ome up with its own personal addition to the Chinese calendar. Call it the Year of the Turnover. Saturday afternoon, as they have done on numerous occasions during the 1982 campaign, the Toreros played fast and loose with the football. And, because of this frustrating tendency to beat themselves, USD suffered its fifth defeat in the past six outings. This time the beneficiaries of the error-prone Toreros were the St. Mary's Gaels, who capitalized on many of the miscues en route to a 31-10 win over USD before a disappointed homecoming crowd of 4,000 at Alcala Park. The season-ending loss dropped coach Bill William's troops under the breakeven point at 4-5 and provided a bitter conclusion to a year that began so auspiciously when the Toreros jwnped from the gate with three consecutive wins. Early in the first quarter it became all too evident that the Toreros would be hampered by the giveaway. On the very first possession, USD quarterback Eric Sweet had his pass into coverage deflected by defensive back Ron Fadelli and subsequently intercepted by a diving Gardner Williams at the Gaels' 35-yard line. Fortunately for the Toreros, senior cornerback Craig Carlyle, who was a solid performer on defense, got the pigskin right back for the home team when he picked off Scott Ruiz's first passing attempt of the contest. But the offense continued to put USD into precarious positions. Two plays after the clutch Carlyle interception the usually reliable Sweet misfired badly when he overthrew his intended receiver and instead hit defensive back Dave Bortolin at the Torero 25. After four successive runs by jitterbug back Bryan White advanced the ball down to the USD 12, the Gaels hit for paydirt when Ruiz rolled to his left and drilled mammoth tight end Kent Jordan on a nice crossing attern. With 6:34 left in the first

EVENING TRIBUNE

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BASKETBALL

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SEASON OPENS - The USD Torcros open their basketball season tonight against University of Alber· ta at 7 30 at the USD Sports Center. The Toreros will have three new starters in the lineup - forwards Mike Whitmarsh and Dave Mclver and guard Bill Pen- fold. Returning starters are guard Rich Davis and cen• ter Robby Roberts.

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