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.