Bloomsburg State College 1981 SOFTBALL Outlook Head Coach Optimism surrounds the 1981 edition of the Bloomsburg State College softball team. Coach Jan Hutchinson's squads have improved in each of the team's first three years, with the finest effort coming a year ago when the squad posted a 17-8 record . This season's team will be made up of 18 players including eleven freshmen and only two seniors. Captains Roberta Spezialetti (3B) and Jeanette Mitroka (OF) will be entering their fourth season for the Huskies and have played for Hutchinson since softball became a varsity sport at BSC in 1978. Junior pitcher Sue Kelly will be in her third year with the team while sophomores Beth Rohrbach (SS), Cheryl Sedlak (2B), Donna Bonfiglio (1 B), and Sue Hicks (OF) also return. A crop of very talented freshmen make up the remainder of the team . Carolyn Harley (2B) and Cheryl Shulkusky (C) come to BSC from a 28-2 Minersville H. S. team that has won the PIAA Class AA championship the past two years wh ile Anne Schmidt (SS) and Denise Henderson (C) join the squad from Southern Lehigh H. S., a team that posted a 21-1 mark last season and finished among the top four in the PIAA Class AAA playoffs after a second place showing in 1979. Two players from Parkland H. S. , another PIAA Class AAA tournament participant who join the Huskies after helping Parkland to an 18-2 record last season, are Tina Souders (P) and Diane Sutjak (C). Mary Hassenplug (OF, C), a member of the 1980 New Jersey Group IV state champions from Morris Knolls H. S., and Kathy Behan (3B) from Nutley H. S. , a New Jersey regional playoff team a year ago, are expected to see action along with Deb Long (1 B, OF), Laurie Snyder (C, OF), and Judy Major (P). " We've got a good group of returning people and some freshmen that came from great high school programs so we 're anxious to see just how well we can play together," stated Hutchinson. JAN HUTCHINSON, a member of the Health, Physical Education and Athletics staff at BSC since January 1978, is in her fourth year as head softball coach. She is also the Husky field hockey coach. A native of Newton, NJ, Mrs. Hutchinson received her Bachelor of Science degree in 1971 from East Stroudsburg State College and her Master of Education degree in Physical Education from the same institution in 1979. Before coming to BSC, Mrs. Hutchinson was on the faculty at Blair Academy, Blairstown , NJ, where she initiated the women's interscholastic sports program and served as head coach of field hockey, basketball and softball. Her softball coaching record after three seasons at BSC stands at 27-26. Co-Captains ROBERTA SPEZIALETTI JEANETTE MITROKA Assistant Coach CATHERINE CONSTABLE, is in her second year as assistant coach for the BSC softball squad . Ms. Constable is a graduate of BSC, receiving her B.S. in speech pathology in December 1975 and her M.Ed. in speech pathology in December 1976. While attending BSC, Ms. Constable was a member of the field hockey and basketball teams. 1981 Roster Name Kathy Behan Donna Bonfiglio Carolyn Harley Mary Hassenplug Denise Henderson Sue Hicks Sue Kelly Debbie Long Judy Major Jeanette Mitroka Beth Rohrbach Anne Schmidt Cheryl Sedlak Cheryl Shulkusky Laurie Snyder Tina Souders Roberta Spezlaletti Diane Sutjak Class Fr. Soph . Fr. Fr. Fr. Soph. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Soph. Fr. Soph. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Pos. 3B 1B 2B OF,C OF,1B,C OF p OF,1B,C p OF ss ss 2B C,1B OF,C p 3B C High School Nutley North Penn Minersville Morris Knolls Southern Lehigh Dunmore Plymouth-Whitemarsh Brandywine Heights Lake Lehman Central Catholic Oley Valley Southern Lehigh Bishop O'Reilly Minersville Hamburg Parkland Panther Valley Parkland Hometown Nutley, NJ Lansdale Minersville Denville, NJ Center Valley Lake Ariel Norristown Fleetwood Shavertown Allentown Oley Center Valley West Wyoming Minersville Shoemakersville Allentown Lansford Allentown 1981 Schedule DATE OPPONENT SITE March 30 Susquehanna H April 4 Kutztown A April 7 Lock Haven A Scranton H April 10 April 12 Navy H Millersville A April 13 Wilkes H April 15 April 21 Shippensburg A April 23 Lycoming H East Stroudsburg A April 27 April 29 Bucknell A May 1·3 AIAW Regionals A May 9-10 PSAC Clarion All Regular Season Games Are Doubleheaders TIME 2:30 1:00 3:00 2:30 1:00 2:30 2:30 3:00 2:30 2:00 3:00 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. 1980 Results 1st Game BSC 8 15 7 6 7 2 3 7 15 •5 •7 • 14 2nd Game OPP. 3 11 8 5 6 Messiah College Susquehanna University University of Scranton Millersville Wilkes College 4 Shippensburg 2 Luzerne Co. Commun ity Col lege O King's (forfeit) 11 Bucknell University 7 Brockport Oswego 3 5 Brockport ·o 7 Slippery Rock .. 3 9 East Stroudsburg .. 14 8 Shippensburg .. 4 5 Lock Haven • EAIAW Regional Tournament •• Pennsylvania Conference Tournament Overall Record: 17-8 BSC 8 20 2 3 10 8 11 7 8 OPP. 2 11 3 10 6 3 1 0 2 College Facts LOCATION: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania 17815 YEAR FOUNDED: 1839 ENROLLMENT: 5400 Undergraduates COLORS: Maroon and Gold NICKNAME: Huskies PRESIDENT: Dr. James H. McCormick ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: H. Cecil Turberville (Phone: 389-3225) ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR:Joanne McComb (Phone: 389-3912) MEMBER: EAIAW, AIAW, (Division Ill), Pennsylvania Conference TRAINER: Paul G. Slocum (Phone: 389-2401) FIELD: Lower Campus SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: James Hollister (Phone: 389-3411 , Office; 784-6568, Home) TITLE IX Bloomsburg State College Is committed to providing leadership In taking affirmative action to attain equal educational and employment rights for all persons, without regard to sex , handicap, or other legally protected classification . This policy is placed in this document in accordance with state and federal laws including Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Please direct equal opportunity inquiries to: Affirmative Action/Title IX Coordinator, Carver Hall, 389-2523.