THE BEHREND BEACON
Behrend inducts five into athletic Hall of Fame
by Matt NNiertel
sports editor
Penn State Behrend recognized five
former athletes on Saturday at the
ninth annual Athletic Hall of Fame
ceremony. Five individuals were hon
ored for their past performances and
accomplishments while attending
Behrend. This year's class of induct
ees includes Bill Breedlove, Lisa
Butch, Dave First, Mark Lytle, and
Gary Wolfe.
Bill Breedlove was a memher of the
1978 Behrend soccer team that was
inducted into the Hall last year. He
went on to graduate from Behrend in
1983. Breedlove played a key role in
the men's soccer team% success dur
ing tus years at Behrend. Bill played
the stopperhack position and was
"critical to the team's success, - said
Breedlove's presenter Tony Orlando.
Bill "used his skills to his advantage
and he played his strengths. - contin
ued Orlando.
Bill ‘+, as co-captain .is a senior and
a two-time Western Pennsylvania In
tercollegiate Soccer Conference All-
Star for Head Coach Herb Lauller.
Breedlove said that he was "honored
to be inducted . ' into the Hall of Fame
and that his "successes on the field
are a direct result from positive influ
ences." He continued to say that he
benefited from a lot of "good coach
ing- and it "had a lot to do v. ith his
Volleyball to battle rival Altoona
by Craig Hazelwood
w, , ,islant spoils editor
The Penn State Behrend women's
volley hall team fell to La Roche on
Wednesday night. The team dropped
to b-10 on the season. The Lady
Spikeis kept it close, despite losing
34 The team was led by junior Mary
Good with 9 kills and eleven digs and
sophomore Vanessa Kruse pitched in
with 7 kills and eleven die s .
o of the three games were de
cided by two points. both 16- 14
losses. La Roche presented tough
competition. but the women fought to
keep it close. "We pla y ed a La Roche
team that is a good team in the
AMCC, ‘ l / 4 e played well, hut ‘ke just
couldn't F in ish," said assistant coach
Greg Jacobelli.
"lhe team has hick hopes for the
second hall at the season. The first
hall \vas a little roclo, hut the team
akk s plaed solid. "We as a team
ha\ e nichcd "di toget h er and see
‘.‘ ill continue to grim as a team as the
season proeresses." stated freshman
Karen Walters.
lie \\omen's tic \ I match is Friday,
October I. at home ‘s. Penn state
Altoona.
Out o
The race to the millenium, but not the race of the millenium
One year ago, the nation was in awe.
Suddenly two new men defined athletics
and heroes. The playoff race captivated
lam., putting them right in the middle of
the race ith them. Race, came down to
to the final 2:1111C \Vlth Alllel-it:ails,
put baseball at the top of their priorities.
Basehall \N, as once ;.wain America's Pas-
This the e\citement settled.
Americans no‘‘ hold homeruns parallel
with such regularities as field goals in
football, fouls in World Cup soccer and
profanity from the mouth of the Jets'
Keyshawn Johnson. The drama of
homeruns can he compared to the de
creasing fascination of the slant dunk over
the past 30 years.
At first, it seas I'un to see. But nosy, the
frequency that it is done just takes away
from the drama. I. quite frankly. get sick
of seeing Shaquille O'Neal think he is on
top of the world, making a shot in a bas
ket that hangs inches above his out
stretched arms. And, not to he disrespect
ful to the man that put baseball on the
map last year, but it doesn't seem surpris
ing to see a mammoth man like Mark
McGwire smack a hall 400 feet hack in
the direction of a pitcher most likely just
brought up front AAA baseball the day
before. Once something becomes too re
petals e, Americans lose interest. And it
is quite obvious that America is losing
interest in the home run race between last
year's gods of athletics.
But amongst the regularity of
success," Breedlove also referenced
the influences from his soccer coach,
the late Herb Lauffer. "Herb had the
insight to allow us to be us, he let us
work to our strengths," commented
Breedlove.
Lisa Butch is the eleventh female
student athlete to he inducted into
the Hall of Fame. Butch played both
basketball and softball while attend
ing Behrend from 1985-89. She is
one of only four women to tally over
1000 points in her basketball career,
scoring 1062, ranking her second
all-time in Behrend history. Lisa
also made major contributions to the
women's softball program. She was
named team "MVP" of the softball
team in 1985 and had a .329 batting
average as a senior. During her ten
ure as a player, the softball team
earned their first ever E.C.A.C. bid
in 1989, in part to Lisa's contribu
tions. Butch said that induction into
the Hall is "not something you ex
pect to accomplish" and that it "feels
great to have accomplished enough
to be recognized as a part of Behrend
history."
Dave First is the first Behrend
golfer to ever he inducted into the
Hall of Fame. His career scoring
average is an impressive 78.6. which
is the lowest in Behrend history.
First also earned the White Letter
Award for being the most valuable
player on the Behrend team. He was
SIMON SAYS... COME
TO THE SPIRIT NIGHT!
Penn State Behrend vs. Penn State Altoona
Tonight at 6:00 in Erie Hall
Chance To Win spirit T-shirts
Bounds
lion le ill 11S in baseball is the uniqueness
of the excitement that fans await every
October. It's play off time. Whether
records are being broken or not, there is
alwayssome playoff race that gets fans
geared up for the drama just around the
corner. It is as it' there is a slow transi
tion from the normal regular season to
the upbeat and suddenly meaningful road
to the World Series. It might just be my
love of the season of fall, but it seems as
if the season brings with it a tradition of
excitement in the sports world. Even
though summer days are tilled with many
baseball games, no one really cares to
follow the sport umi I now.
There's a chill in the air and a chill that
runs up and down your spine when you
look in the paper and see that your team
is actually' scheduled to play in an impor
tant game that has some meaning. Al
most all baseball fans will finally sit down
and watch nine innings of baseball that
counts.
SPORTS
of lame inductees nclude. (from left to right) Lisa Butch,
Wolfe.
The 1999
First, and
the Behrencl ;4011 coach for the Lions
from 1987 89, ‘‘ hirh mal e s him only
one or tour Indus:tee , ' ho \Ails both
a player and a eoach.
I am finally. after a summer of bore
dom in the baschall world, beginning to
find interest. 'File raue in the American
L.C:lll.le 111. i ctal wick% hut the race in
the Natiomal LeaL2.te Is dead even. Cin
cinn.ci Ilot.Non hoth haute for the
right to he called NI. Central Division
Champs, v. nit the loser of the battle hav
ing to hold oil the New York Mets for
the wild card spot.
The eNcitement in the tiL seems to ex
ceed that of the AL, hut that might be
working to their ads ;tillage. It is like the
"calm before the storm" with just the
names of the teams making the playoffs
in the AL, creating enough excitement
that a playoff race really isn't necessary.
Cleveland, Ness York and Texas are all
in a race for the best record in the AL,
while the Red Sox hope to add to their
storied tradition in professional baseball.
In my baseball preview column that I
wrote last year, I predicted an easy run
for the Braves in the NL with the Indians
and Yankees battling it out in the AL. My
prediction remains the same, with the In
dians topping the Yankees and culminat
ing this season with a World Series Cham
pionship.
Homeruns or no homeruns...it's play
off time! Time to start following what is
really going on in hasehall...not just team
standings and homerun races. It's do or
die. Win or go home. You know...the
fun stuff you can only find when the
leaves are turning and the chills are run
ning up your spine.
OCTOBER 1, 1999
Mark Lytle was a two-year standout
at Behrend before transferring to State
College. He was named the White
Letter Award winner in 1971 due to
Behrend's Halaszynki and Perry lead
runners at Wooster
The Penn State Behrend cross coun
try team visited Wooster College Sat
urday the 25th of September. The
conditions were good with warm tem
peratures and sunny weather. Dennis
Halaszynski was Behrend's top fin
isher, finishing in the top 20. His time
was an impressive 28:29.00, which
was good enough for I 6th place over
all. Behrend finished Bth as a team
with 13 teams competing; Wooster
was the top team finisher.
Mark Suroviec was the next to cross
the finish line for Behrend. He fin
ished not far behind Halaszynski with
a time of 29:02.0. That time placed
him 29th out of the whole pack. There
were over 150 runners total. Behrend
had nine male runners overall that
competed last week. Two of
Behrcnd's top runners missed this
weekend's race due to injury. Be
hrend will he glad to have them back
when they are 1009 .
Coach Hoffman stated "good solid
team racing from the whole gang. We
ran probably the best race of the year
despite a heavy week of running. We
lad rood races all the way through;
9ptafit the lititiceee. Noce
YOU ARE A WINNER MAYBE!!!...MAYBE...
Do you want to WIN CASH this semester'? Well, your name, along with the entire Behrend student hodv, has
already been entered into a random cash drawing. The drawing will be held at every fall home athletic contest
(men and women's soccer, volleyball, tennis, and cross country). The cash pot will never go under 525.
Even though your name has already been entered into the drawing. you can increase your chances of winning
at each athletic event. During the first half of every home game, students will he able to enter their name in the
drawing again by signing up at the Random Cash Drawing station located by the PEPSI BIN. The drawing
station will only take entries before halftime.
The actual Cash Drawing will take place during the second half. The time of the drawing is not set, it will
vary. You must be PRESENT to win the cash. If the winner is not present at the time of the drawing the cash
will roll over into the next athletic contest with an additional $5 added into the drawing. Hope to sec you at our
athletic contests!!!
SPECTATOR CASH MANIA
You should have been there!! On Wednesday, September 29, Robert Ludwig, Ryan Reinhardt, and Joe Hinkle
could have won up to $5O at the athletic events. Don't miss out on your chance to win! Sitn up at any of the
upcoming athletic events.
CRAZY., FUN, AND FREE
All students c . .n participate in halftime contests during soccer and volleyball athletic events this fall. There will
he a halftime contest at every event, and students will be able to sign up for the drawing during the first half of the
game. COME TO CHEER ON YOUR BEHREND LIONS, WIN PRIZES, AND HAVE A.GOOD TIME!!! The
winners of this week's Wendy's halftime contests are the following:
Wendy's Eggtoss at Soccer Game NV'
Kelly Maze, Betsy Cummings Kyle Hood
Jill Yamma, Jessica Long
Eric Wallo, "Stainer"
by Tim Denial
staff writer
Bill Breedlove, Mark Lytle, Dave
an impressive record of 7-1 with a
1.48 earned run averace. "Mark is the
best pitcher in Behrend College his
tory to this time," stated Marks pre
and when we get Greg
(Cooper) and Dustin
(Halaszynski) hack in the
line up we will be that
much stronger."
The Penn State Be
hrend women also ran at
Wooster this past week
end. Behrend's Kathy
Perry moved up in the
Behrend ranking from
their previous meet, cross
ing the line first for Be
hrend. Perry's time of
22:05.0 placed her at 58th
among all the other run
ners. Behrend finished a
disappointing 12th out of
twelve teams, but they
hope to bounce back next
week.
The Behrend women's team had six
runners compete in the Wooster In
vite. Jeana Ferilla was the next Be
hrend runner to finish the race with a
time of 22:54.0. Coach Hoffman said
that the team "ran better than the re
sults perhaps look" and the team "can
still get better."
center Roger Sw (ming. "He is mod
est about his abilities and achie‘e
ments." Sweeting added.
Lytle was surprised that he was
even nominated and was humbled to
he surrounded by such great athletes.
Lytle told the story about how he
didn't make the baseball team in ninth
and tenth grade. But because of his
father's encouragement he wem on to
further success pla, ing baseball. He
continued by saying, "if it wasn't for
my father I wouldn't be here''.
Gary Wolfe was the final inductee
for the Hall of Fame Class of 1999.
Wolfe also played on the 1978
N.A.I.A. District 18 Championship
team with Bill Breedlove. He played
the very important stopper-hack po
sition, which was a key piece of the
team's defense. In 78'. Gary was
named a Western Pennsylvania In
tercollegiate All- Star for his superb
performances throughout the season.
I "just wanted to win. - stated Wolfe
in his induction speech. "I expected
to have full and 1 learned the mean
ing of it while at Behrend - . Wolfe
added.
This year's group of inductees in
creases the total of Hall of Fame mem
bers to filly-five. Penn State will
honor the year 2000 inductees on June
17.
The Behrend women struggle at
Wooster this past weekend. They
hope to bounce back this week
end at the Frostburg Invite.
at Volleyball Game
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