BLOOMSBURG
STATE

COLLEGE

TENNIS
1976

Seniors-Drew Hostetter, Phil Christman, Bob Rosics

INFORMATION
On The

HUSKIES

ALLABOUTTHENETMEN
PHIL CHRISTMAN - Senior, Bloomsburg, Pa.; number three player two
years ago, number two player last year,
and who knows this year. Phil has
been working this winter with a weight
and endurance program and it should
pay dividends in the spring. Over the
past two years, he has had a 40-13 record and this spring will certainly not have a detrimental effect on it. Last year he was the Pennsylvania Conference champion at the number two singles position
and this fall the runner-up in the number two singles at
the ECAC's.
Major: Psychology - good chance of graduate school
- made Who's Who in American Colleges.
Assets: Good, solid all-around game - works hard on
his game without anyone pushing him.

DREW HOSTETTER - Senior, Mt. Joy,
Pa. This is the final year for the best
player ever to play at Bloomsburg. He
has been the number one player the
past three years and established an enviable record. During this time, he has
an overall record of 61-14. He played
his high school tennis for Bill Loercher
at Donegal H .S. and reached the semi-finals of the
state tournament. He is currently ranked 20th in the
MSTA men's singles. One thing left to do - win the
Pennsylvania Conference title.
Major: Business Administration (Accounting) - outstanding student. He has signed with Price,
Waterhouse for the coming year.
Assets: Good ground strokes, mentally tough. It has
all been said before - he's a player.

JIM OVERBAUGH - Senior, Hanover,

MIKE LENZ - Freshman, Drexel Hill,
Pa. Mike has a limited college career
consisting of only the fall season.
Prior to that time, he was ranked in the
low 40's in the MSTA 18's. He also won
the high school league in which he
played. Fine potential, he is very capable of breaking into the "top six" this

Pa. He is winding up a four-year career
which has shown a 44-19 record. Jim
reached the number four finals two
years ago in the state tourney and it
appears that he is ready to play at that
level again. He reached the semi's of
flight number three in our own tourney
this fall. If Jim is going to win a Pennsylvania Conference title, it must be now.
Major: General Business
Assets: Good overhead, very quick, backhand improving.

spring.
Major: Biological Science
Assets: Good second serve, fine net game.

BILL LANTZ - Sophomore, Harrisburg,
Pa. Big hitter when he puts it together,
very tough to beat. Another player who
could easily crack the top six. Currently ranked fifth in the Central Pennsylvania Juniors.
Major: Communication Disorders.
Assets: Strong serve, solid basic
game.

MIKE PICHOLA - Junior, Williamsport,
Pa. He has compiled a 27-12 record
here at BSC. When he is playing well,
he is tough to beat. Mike has had several good wins over fine college players in summertime tournaments, and
this must carry over to the spring season.
Major: General Business
Assets: Strong forehand, improving overhead, tough
serve.

JIM HOLLISTER - Sophomore, Bloomsburg, Pa.; number five player last year
- will play higher this year. This past
season he moved up a level in play.
He has a 20-8 record for his collegiate
career and is ranked 21st in the MSTA
men's singles after a successful summer in which he won the Mansfield
Open Tourney. He has also reached the semi's of the
ECAC doubles and won the number three doubles title
of the Pennsylvania Conference.
Major: Liberal Arts
Assets: Devastating forehand, good overhead, and a
much-improved backhand and net game.

BOB ROSICS - Senior, Binghamton,
New York; number four player last
year, moved up a notch this fall and
was very successful. Big things are expected this spring from Bob. He has
been playing very well this winter. His
record is 21-6. Last summer he won the
Bucknell Open. He has been slowing
his game down and thinking through each point making him a much tougher match player.
Major: Sociology
Assets: Much more consistent game, not always
going for the "big" shot. Good physical condition.

TENNIS OUTLOOK
1976
After last year's disappointing 6-4 season, at this
point it is difficult to determine whether or not there
will be a marked improvement in this season's team.
Perhaps the toughest schedule in the history of the
school makes the situation even harder to assess. The
schedule includes Penn State, Temple, Haverford, and
conference powers West Chester and East Stroudsburg.
Although the team has lost only one player through
graduation, Tom Sweitzer is a tremendous loss. He
won many "big ones" for the Huskies and will be sorely
missed .
For the first time, the team will be going south to
play and this should enable the Huskies to get ready
for the regular season. The team will be playing a total
of five exhibition matches in this competition.
This past fall
matches, getting
nell, Lehigh, and
finished third out
at Rider and third

the team went undefeated in dual
by Mercyhurst, West Chester, BuckMansfield. In tournament play, they
of 39 teams at the ECAC tournament
in the Bloomsburg State Invitational.

With seniors Drew Hostetter, Phil Christman, Bob
Rosics, and Jim Overbaugh, it is a veteran team with
something to prove. It has yet to win the Pennsylvania
Conference title and that must be the number one goal
of every player. Anything less than that must be considered a disappointment.

BS
Year

Dual Record

1968-69
1969-70
1970-71
1971-72
1972-73
1973-74

Sweitzer, Hostetter ~
2nd - ECAC Tour
Spring A

ECAOT

1974-75

1975-76

Other Achievements

5-0

- Penna.
Tom Sweitzer - #2.
Phil Christman ,. #2
Sweitzer, Jim Hollister
#3 doubles champs P,C.
3rd - ECAC Tourney
3rd - Bloomsburg lnviJational

#1 Player
Jerry Fulmer
Doyle Klinger
Kurt Hannaman
Tom Sweitzer
Drew Hostetter
Drew Hostetter

COACH BURT REESE
Burton Reese has been a member of
the physical education staff at Bloomsburg since 1969. During that time he
has compiled outstanding records as
tennis coach and assistant basketball
coach.
A native of Taylor, Pa., he earned
both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degrees at East Stroudsburg State
College. He co-captained both the tennis and
basketball teams. While working on his master's
degree, he coached basketball and tennis as a graduate
assistant. He then joined the faculty of Old Forge High
School where he was assistant basketball and football
coach. He served as athletic director at Abington
Heights where he started and coached varsity tennis,
with a 45-6 record, and junior high basketball. Since
coming to Bloomsburg, his teams have compiled a
dual match record of 56-33.
Reese, who is a teaching pro in the summer, is very
active in the Middle States Lawn Tennis Association
both as a player and official. Currently, he is the vicepresident of Central Pennsylvania Tennis Association
and also helps run the Middle States Men's and
Women's lnterdistricts held at BSC. As a player, he is
ranked number seven in the men's and, along with Fred
Straus, had held the number one doubles ranking in
1973 and number two in 1974.

PETE BOWMAN - Freshman, Williamsport, Pa.; number one player in high
school. Ranked 14 in Central Pennsylvania. Needs match experience.

DAVE HAMILTON - Sophomore, Harrisburg, Pa.; was ranked in Jrs. Playing
up and down. Needs to become steady
performer.

COLLEGE FACTS
Location:

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

President:

Dr. James H. McCormick

Chairman of the Department of Health, Physical Education and Athletics:

Dr. Conrad A. Bautz

Director of Public Relations and Publications:

Kenneth Hoffman

Sports Information:

Enrollment:
4,868

Member:
NCAA , PC, ECAC

Nickname:

Year Founded:

Colors:

George Eget

1839

Huskies

Maroon and Gold

Home Courts:

Campus Courts
Eighteen (9 lighted)

Conducted by:

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

1975-76
SCHEDULE
Fall 1975
BSC
Opp.
O
9 Mansfield
4
5 West Chester
7 Lehigh
0
4
5 Mercyhurst
9 Bucknell
0
ECAC Fall Tourney - 3rd
Spring Southern Trip
BSC
Opp.
8 Ferrum Jr. Coll. (Va.) 1
9 Hamden-Sydney Co-I1. O
9 East Carolina
0
O North Carolina
9
0 Navy
9
Spring 1976
March 28
April 2-3

SeniorJim Overbaugh

at Temple
1:30
at Shippensburg, Madison 2:00
(Va.), Mt. St. Mary's
at Haverford
5
3:00
Lycoming
7
3:00
Millersville
8
3:00
at Lock Haven
13
3:00
14
at Kutztown
2:00
21
at Penn State
3:00
3:00
Juniata
22
2:00
23
West Chester
2:00
at East Stroudsburg
24
1:30
Oneonta
25
30 - May 1 Penna. Cont. Tourney
(Shippensburg)
May 19-23
NCAA Division II Tourney
(Marysvi Ile-M lssouri)