FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2001
To The
Edge
Intramural Calendar
DEADLINES
February 2 - Arena Football
(Men's and Women's divisions)
Play begins after February 5
February 23 - 4 vs 4 Volleyball
(Coed)
Play begins around March 13
March 2 - Volleyball
(Men's, Women's, and Coed
Divisions)
Play begins March 19
March 23 - Whitewater Rafting
at Ohiopyle
March 30 - Swimming Individual
(Men's and Women's Divisions)
Swimming Team
(Men's, Women's, and Coed
Divisions)
IBehtend
Sp,attiag.
Euenta
January 27
Men's basketball Alumni
game 4:00 PM
Women's basketball vs. La
Roche 6:00 PM
Men's basketball vs. La
Roche 8:00 PM
January 28
JV Men's basketball vs Al
legheny 3:00 PM
January 31
Women's basketball at
Penn State Altoona 6:00
PM
Men's basketball at Penn
State Altoona 8:00 PM
PE) - \ STATE
BEHREND
LIONS
The women's basketball team gets psyched up for their game on Monday against Bethany. Despite their efforts, they fell to
Bethany by a score of 57-46.
Lions squeak past Bobcats,
Win gives Behrend women sole conference lead
by Bob Palivoda
staff writer
After pulling out a nail-biting victory in over
time (56-55) against Pitt-Greensburg on Sat
urday, the Penn State women's basketball team
fell to Bethany on Monday with a 46-57 loss.
On Saturday, the Lions hosted a televised
conference match up against Pitt-Greensburg
(9-6) overall and (4-0) in the conference. Our
women went into the game with a (10-4) record
overall and an undefeated conference record
of (4-0).
Behrend went into half-time trailing Pitt-
Greensburg by a score of only 20-17. Both
teams matched up evenly in the first half. The
teams each shot 50% from the free-throw line.
From the field, Greensburg had a slight edge
shooting 32% to our 19%.
Through the second half, Penn State stepped
up shooting 80% from the foul line and hitting
nearly half of their three point shots. The Li
ons outscored Greensburg in the second half
29-26, pushing the game into over-time
The contest remained air tight throughout
over-time. The Lions own Erin Phillips (11
points, 11 rebounds, 4-4 free throws) ended
Pitt-Greensburg's hopes with the go ahead
The Men's Indoor Track & Field team is on their way to practice. They are yet another
team without a home until the ARC is finished.
bucket to give Behrend the 56-55 victory. Win
ning this game sent Greensburg back home with
their first conference loss of the year and kept
Penn State Behrend's undefeated conference
record (5-0) alive.
The Pitt-Greensburg game was a contest of
team effort. Lisa Sanders led Behrend with 15
points. Sanders also hit the deciding shot to put
the game into over-time. Coming off the bench
to shoot 75% from three-point land was Katie
Weigold. She ended up with 11 points on the
night. Erica Mozdy came through for the ladies
with 9 points and shooting 100% from the free
throw line. Second on the team for rebounding
was Jen O'Lare pulling down a total of 7.
Two days after the Pitt-Greensburg victory,
the Lions (11-4) hosted a non-conference game
against Bethany (12-4). Penn State was not able
to overcome Bethany losing 57-46 to them.
After the first half of play, the Lions went into
the locker room trailing Bethany by only 10
points. The 10 points would be enough to keep
the Lions out of reach as Penn State only out
scored Bethany in the second half by 1 point
(30-29).
Behrend's leading scorers of the night were
Kate Costanzo (18), followed by O'Lare (16),
and Erin Phillips (10).
PHOTO BY BECKY WEINDORF
56-55
Coach Rosalyn Fornari did not let the loss
bother her. Instead, she was already focusing
on Behrend's conference game at Lake Erie on
Wednesday, January 24 at 6:00 PM. The Penn
State Behrend women also host a conference
game against La Roche on Saturday, January
27 at 6:00 PM.
Katie Weigold looks to. pass the ball in
Behrend's win over Pitt-Greensburg
Shulte led indoor track &
field team in debut meet
by Jamie Salapek
staff writer
Behrend's very own Indoor Track and Field
team made their debut last Friday at the
Baldwin-Wallace Invitational. This invitational
was a non-scored event, meaning no school
went away as the winner, only the individual
athletes collected those honors.
Lindsay Schulte was the lone place-taker,
walking away with third place in the 300-meter
dash for the women. Coach Rich Hoffman
stated, "Lindsay ran a fantastic race in the 300 m
dash and finished third. She probably had the
performance of the night for us, but everyone
acquitted themselves well. Keith Cerroni ran a
solid 55 meter, and Dave Ober had a good race
Temper tantrums
in the NBA
I find it hard to believe that the National
Basketball Association has developed into
one of the least respected sports leagues
in America. A few years ago Michael
Jordan was a class act leading the NBA to
the new millennium, but it was indeed
time for him to retire. He now owns the
Washington Wizards, but must he turning
his head in frustration at some of the acts
being performed by the high paid
superstars of the NBA of today.
The gripe began this year when
Philadelphia 76ers' guard Allen Iverson
released a rap album that contained very
explicit lyrics. It caused a commotion, but
really should not have been that big of a
deal. The commissioner of the NBA,
David Stern, even got involved. The
album was the center of attention right
before this year's schedule began. It was
kind of pathetic in argument, simply
because Iverson is a professional athlete,
although it is all right for Xzibit or Dr.
Dre to rap about their life on the street.
Those in the controlling offices of the
NBA still hold Iverson at a higher
standard, so his choice of words hurt the
league.
The play itself is rather exciting: The
76ers, my personal favorite, are the
number one team in the NBA and many
teams look like contenders in the west.
However, the play has been dampened by
injuries to stars like Alonzo Mourning,
Dikembe Motumbo, Kerry Kitties, and
Keith Van Horn. Still we get to witness
performances like the one this past Sunday
night. Iverson scored 51 points for
Philadelphia, but Vince Carter's 39 points
and 10 rebounds in Toronto's victory over
the 76ers countered that. However, these
amazing spectacles are overshadowed by
selfish acts that catch the spotlight.
NBA Conflicts
continued on page 2B
Senior
Jen O'Lare
scores
1000th point
of career
There was some celebration during the
Behrend womens basketball team's loss
to Bethany this past Monday as Jen
O'Lare marked her spot in Penn State
Behrend history by surpassing the 1,000-
point mark, at the 16:56 mark in the first
half with a driving lay-up. This has not
been accomplished at Behrend in eleven
years. O'Lare ended the night with a to-
tal of 1,012 points and is currently fifth
on the all-time scoring list for Penn State
Beluend women's basketball. She is ex
pected to climb to second before the sea
son is over.
The senior leads the Lions in points for
El the season with . ls.l per game and ranks
>
ir. l
second on the team in rebounds with 5.8,
o c° behind junior Erin Phillips.
6 O'Lare will continue to play a major
role in the Behrend womens' run for
AMCC glory.
in the 300 meter.'
The Behrend team competed hard and
used the opportunity as a building block
for the rest of the season. By competing
to the best of their abilities, the team will
improve each meet to dash past the
competition. Hoffman confirmed, "we'll
just continue to use these meets as
stepping stones, evaluation tools, and a
chance to run and compete hard."
The team will meet their next contender
at the Mount Union Invitational on
February 3. Hoffman plans to use some
different athletes to give them a chance,
exhibiting their skills, to show where
they're at in terms of conditioning and
fitness.
ught in the Grasp
Douglas Smith