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Baseball season one
for the
The 1998 Major League Baseball
regular season couldn’t have had a
more dramatic ending if it were
written by William Shakespeare. In
a season that already witnessed
Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa
catch Roger Maris’ home run
record, the baseball world had no
idea of the excitement that was to
follow.
While McGwire was
in pursuit of 70 home
runs, Sosa pursued a
playoff berth for his
Cubs as the National
League wild card race
got even closer. The
New York Yankees put
114 wins in the Ameri
can League record book,
and the AL batting title
would come down to a
single at bat. All this
drama and the playoffs
hadn’t even begun.
With the baseball season ap
proaching its final weekend, the
question of who would be the home
run king was still in doubt. Sosa
had tied McGwire at 65 with only
three games remaining and even
took the home run lead for the sec
ond time this season the following
night. But only 45 minutes later,
Big Mac responded. They were tied
at 66, and only two games re
mained. From that point on, it was
all McGwire. He hit two more
home runs the following day, put
ting him in position to possibly hit
number 70 on the final game of the
season in St. Louis. Leading Sosa
then by two and the sports world’s
eyes focused on the bat of the Car
dinal slugger, McGwire would at
tempt the “impossible.” 70 home
runs in one season'. He moved one
step closer to that with a home run
in the third with a 1 ball 1 strike
count. The fans in attendance, al
ready on their feet, cheered the slug
ger as if it were his last. Two cur
Lady Lions volleyball
sweeps Lake Erie
Jamie Salapek
staff writer
As the national anthem
echoed through the gym on Tues
day night, the Behrend volleyball
team had their minds set on a vic
tory. The Lions convincingly
prevailed over Lake Erie College
in three solid matches.
In game one, Behrend
commenced their solid defense
against their opponent’s serves.
Lake Erie appeared to be having
problems with their offense, yet
the Lions wasted no time taking
advantage of the situation. Be
hrend came on strong with their
ages
tain calls followed and one could only
ask how much louder St. Louis could
get. As if McGwire hadn’t already an
swered enough questions in his post
game press conferences, he answered
that one too. When the new home run
king took Expos’ pitcher Carl Pavano
deep to left, the St. Louis fans erupted.
No curtain call or strike out by Brian
Jordan would quiet the 46,110 scream
ing fans. When number 70 was an
nounced at the St. Louis Rams’ game,
the fans there also erupted. The cheers
were so loud that the Rams couldn’t
even hear their quarterback, which re
sulted in a 5-yard illegal motion pen
alty. 1 could venture to say that the
cheers were the loudest that the lowly
St. Louis Rams ever experienced.
In a season that was centered on the
home run chase, McGwire didn’t dis
appoint anyone. His accomplishments
are far beyond the expectations of any
fan, baseball analyst, or baseball player.
And now, if people said 61 wasn’t sup
posed to be broken, then who could ever
reach 70?
With the home run race over, fans and
Sammy Sosa could turn their full atten
tion to the National League wild card
race. The Chicago Cubs and San Fran
cisco Giants were tied with 89 wins
going into their final regular season
game. The New York Mets trailed by
one game entering their finale. The
Cubs would have a tough challenge
against the 102-60 Houston Astros. The
Giants, who trailed the Cubs by five
powerful serves to take the game 15-
7.
The second and third games
were conquered in much the same
fashion. Behrend worked the court
with their fast attacks and impressive
skills that made the game look easy.
The Lions triumphed 15-4 and 15-5
merely adding a victory to their
record.
Coach Cindy Jacobelli stated,
“we needed a match like this where
we took control of it. Our season has
been up and down but we had solid
defense. We have to also get through
the growing pains and can’t go any
where but up.”
Junior Tanya Deats and sopho
cer team plays to
games with only ten days remaining,
would face the sub .500 Colorado
Rockies. And the Mets would have to
face the NL’s best, Atlanta Braves. A
7-2 loss took the Mets out of the play
off picture and brought even more im
portance to the outcome of the Cubs’
and Giants’ games.
Both teams took early leads as the
Cubs jumped out to a 3-1 lead
their seven run lead less than
one minute earlier. The Rockies’ Neifi
Perez homered in the bottom of '.he
ninth to hand the Giants their most dis
couraging loss of the 1998 season.
The Cubs and Giants would now play
the first NL playoff in 18 years. It
would match Cubs’ pitcher, Steve
Trachsel, against the Giants’ Mark
Gardner. Both pitchers started the game
strong keeping the game scoreless into
the fifth inning. Gardner then gave up
a single to Henry Rodriguez, which was
followed by a homer by 40-year old
Gary Gaetti. A two run sixth inning for
the Cubs gave them a 4-0 lead until the
Giants responded with three runs of
their own. However, that was not
enough as the Cubs went on to win 5-3,
giving them their first playoff appear
ance since 1989. The Cubs now have
the privilege of facing the Atlanta
Braves in the first round.
The New York Yankees ended its
regular season on a high note, adding
another win to their already historic sea
son. The Yanks won their 114th game,
setting a new mark for most wins in an
American League season. They broke
over the Astros. The Giants
were stomping on the Rockies
'V as they took a 7-0 lead. The
\ Astros would tie the game up
at 3, sending the game and
I possibly the Cubs’ season into
* extra innings. A sacrifice fly
by Houston’s Richard
Hidalgo drove in Carl Everett
for an 11th inning, 4-3 Astros’
win. Disappointment over
took the Cubs until they heard
news that the Giants blew
more Mary Good led the Lion of
fense with seven kills. Good also had
thirteen digs and freshmen Sarah
Peterson added three aces. Deats
commented, “I thought we worked
well together. It was definitely an
exciting home match and the crowd
was great. We’ll look forward to
stepping up and moving on together.”
The Behrend volleyball team
will have its next bout on Saturday
at 1 p.m. in the Erie Hall Gym against
Frostburg State. The match is also
part of spirit week, so the first 25 fans
through the doors get a free spirit t
shirt. The team urges the Behrend
community to show Penn State pride
by cheering women’s volleyball on
to another victory.
Sports
intramurals
Cross Country
M, W, COED Registration Deadline: October 2
- Individual and team competition
- Race begins at 6:00 pm, Monday, October 5
Flag Football
M, W, COED Registration Deadline: October 9
- Games begin October 14
Recreation
Commuter Euchre Tournament
Registration Deadline: October 9
their own team record of 110 wins
and went on to break the Cleveland
Indians’ 1954 mark of 111 wins. The
Yankees’ Bemie Williams added to
the historic day with a 2-2 perfor
mance, clinching the American
League batting title at .339. Mo
Vaughn went 2-4 against the Orioles,
but fell short of the batting title with
a .337 batting average.
The Major League Baseball sea
son so far has already captivated fans
around the world with so many un
forgettable moments. With the play
offs underway, there is no telling
what could happen. Wouldn’t it be
great to see the Cubs shock the world
and win the World Series for the first
time in 90 years? What if the Yan
kees ended their historic season with
a world championship? Can Randy
Johnson lead the Astros to their first
World Series? Will the Braves live
up to their “team of the 90s” title?
So many questions still have to be
answered in this 1998 season. No
matter the outcome, this season will
go down in history as one of the
greatest.
Snyder is sports editor of The Bea
con. Out of Bounds appears weekly
on this page.
Women’s
Tennis goes
1 for 3
By Will Jordan
news editor
The women’s tennis team
split two competitions this past
weekend. On Friday, the 25th, the
team swept every match against La
Roche College at North Park, 7
matches to none. The following day,
Saturday the 26th, the women’s team
took a bus to play Frostburg. They
lost 5 matches to 2. Jamie Brubaker
and Angela Albertson were the only
two to win their matches against the
strong team from Frostburg. After
Saturday, the overall season record
of the women’s tennis team was 5-
Euro trip
By Jason Snyder
sports editor
Penn State Behrend’s
men’s soccer and basketball teams
got an early start on their 1998
seasons as they traveled to Europe
to compete against foreign clubs.
The Behrend student-athletes
were able to train and compete
against these teams and learn a
little about other countries as well.
The men’s soccer team de
parted from Toronto on August 8
and landed in London, England,
where they would stay for three
and a half of their 11 day trip. The
team then traveled to Manchester
for the remainder of their trip.
Overall, the team finished 1-2-1
in their four matches against the
high level of European play. Head
Coach Dan Perritano commented
on the trip, saying “We played tre
mendous opponents. It was a
Women’s Soccer
leptember 26
ieptember 30
tfen’s Soccer
lept 26
lept 30
Uross Country
Sept 26 @ Alfred Invitational Men- 3rd Place
Brian Gaines- 9th place
Womens- 9th place
Keri Low man- 24:27
Volleyball
Sept 24 @ Laßoche L 4-15,15-9,10-15,
Sept 29 Lake Erie W 15-7,15-4,15-5
Lennis
!ept 25
>ept 26 @ Frostburg L 5-2
>ept 29 Grove City L 9-0
@Laßoche
MCC Athlete of the Week Mens Soccer Kevin Rinehardt
Senior Kevin Rinehardt was recently named the AMCC Ath
lete of the Week during the week of September 21-28, for his
contributions to the Behrend mens’ soccer team.
Rinehardt has been instrumental in the mens’ 6-4 start to
the 1998 season. In Behrend’s upset win over John Carroll,
he scored the game’s only goal, handing John Carroll only
their fifth home loss in the 19905.
In a trip to Laßoche, Rinehardt scored another game win
ning goad (his second of the week) in overtime, to lift the
team to a 2-1 victory.
7. Their conference record was 3-1.
Jamie Brubaker, 03 Biology, said
about the two matches over the week
end, “We played very well against
North Park.” About the matches
against Frostburg she said, “We
fought them hard and hopefully we
will get them next time.”
Tuesday, the 29th, they were
preps Lions for 6 98
good experience off the field.”
During their stay, the team
found time to attend an English Pre
miere Soccer League game. This
league represents England's high
est level of soccer. The men’s team
saw Manchester United play Le
icester City on the league’s open
ing day.
It appears as though the men
have been able to use this unique
experience to their advantage, as
they are off to a 6-4 start. The high
point for the team this season came
in a 1-0 win over John Carroll last
week. This upset ended John
Carroll’s seven year unbeaten
streak during the regular season.
Perritano said “it was a good win.”
He added, “it was a rewarding vic
tory because we beat a quality
team.” This shocker was preceded
by a 5-0 win over Lake Erie and
followed by a 2-1 overtime victory
at Laßoche. The win over Laßoche
RAL
Opponent
@ Laßoche W 3-2 (OT)
Pitt-Bradford W 3-0
@ Laßoche W 2-1 (OT)
Pitt-Bradford W 3-0
W 7-0
shutdown by a tough Grove City team
9 matches to none making their over
all season record 5-8. Christine Chan,
03 DUS said, “They were a tough
team. We played very hard and we
gave it all we had but we came up a
little short.”
gave the men’s team a winning
record and a three game winning
The men’s basketball team
also was well traveled this past
summer as they took their skills to
Germany. Head coach Dave Niland
and assistant coach Adam
Stockwell led the 11 student-ath
letes on a ten day expedition around
Germany. The team left from
Toronto on August 17, and arrived
in Frankfurt, Germany. The men
also traveled to Rothenburg and
Munich and saw the Olympic Mu
seum and Dachau.
The team posted wins over
German teams such as TSU 1865
Dachau, ULG Wustenrot, and the
Munich Kickz twice. The men’s 4-
0 record and knowledge of the Ger
man culture made the trip a success.
The basketball team will be
able to put their skills to the test as
their season tips off on November
Result
28:13