FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9,2001
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Erin Phillips became the first women’s basketball player to surpass the 1000 point mark in
her junior year on Monday’s game versus Waynesburg. At the 13 minute mark in the second
half, she hit a lay-up to jump into the record books.
Upon entering Monday’s game, Phillips had 982 total points. She is now sixth all-time in
the recond books. Jen O’Lare, her current teammate, is fifth with 1,023. Missy and Mindy
Stasenko are fourth and third with 1,043 and 1,045 respectfully. In second place is Lisa Butch
with 1,062. Leading is Michele Madison with 1,409.
“Phillips became the first junior ever in Behrend’s Women Basketball history to score 1000
points,” stated Roz Fomari. Averaging 350 points a season, Phillips is on line to overcome
Michele Madison, Behrend’s top scorer of all time.
In the past two games Phillips had 15 points in the win over Pitt-Bradford, and 20 points
versus Waynesburg.
Phillips graduated from McDowell High School in Erie, Pennsylvania. She is a 5’10”
forward for this year’s women’s basketball team.
hits 1,000 point
junior season
by Abigail Long
sports editor
SPORTS
Cooper is helping to lead the
new indoor track and field team
by Jeanine Noce
assistant sports editor
Greg Cooper, a senior here at Penn State
Behrend, is helping to lead the new Indoor
Track and Field Team. He has been a member
of track and field throughout high school and
also during all four year? at Behrend. Cooper
is one of thirty-three individuals who is
participating in the spring season.
Cooper competes in the 400 m dash, the
800 m dash and the 4 x 400 relay team. His
main focus is the 400 m dash and he is on the
4 x 400 relay team as well. While attending
Behrend he and his teammates have managed
to accomplish breaking two school records.
He holds the record for the 800 m dash with
a time of 2:01.62. He also holds the record
along with the three other members of his
relay team with a time of 3:21.87. His three
other teammates, which are on the relay team,
are Shawn Furman, Tom Stovall and Steve
Omasisky. Cooper participated in a meet at
Clarion University during the 2000 track and
field season where he took first place and he
was also a member of the AMCC (Allegheny
Mountain Collegiate Conference) cross
country team this year.
This MIS (Management Information
Systems) major definitely believes that it is
difficult to juggle indoor track and field and
school. However, he stated that being in
school and participating in a sport has helped
him with his time management skills. Along
with those two activities, he also is a member
of the cross-country team in the fall and he
is helping to coordinate the start of the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Cooper has come to Behrend from Union
City, Pennsylvania. He attended Union City
High School and has been involved with track
and field for eight years. He was a member
of his high school outdoor varsity track and
field team for four years and has been a
member of Behrend’s outdoor track and field
team also for four years. However, this is his
first year competing in indoor track and field
due to this being Behrend’s first year
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Coming from this loss, the Lions faced an
other conference game against Pitt-Bradford.
Bradford had a 5-12 overall record and were
only 3-5 in conference play. The Lions were
bitter after the last gan e, ready to de-claw
the competition. From he start to the finish
of the game, the Lions •;hot well. Shooting
an amazing 70% from the free throw line and
almost 50% from the field, the Behrend Li
ons did not give Pitt-Biadford a chance.
Controlling the boards, the Lions pulled
down a total of 42 boards to Bradford’s 29.
Erin Phillips, a junior at Behrend, managed
to drop 21 points on the Panthers. With 13
minutes left in the game, Phillips became the
second Behrend woman this season to score
her 1000' h point in a Lions’ uniform.
Phillips was not the only player to bring
her play to the next level. Rookie Crystal
McGarvey came in and tallied a total of 10
TRACK AND FIELD
led his heat most of the way and nearly set a
personal best. Ritzert had
a time of 4:23.1 in the 1500 m run. Tyler
Travis continued to run well as he led Behrend
in the 3000 m, and teammate Dennis
Halaszynski kept up with Travis' steady pace.
Travis led Behrend in the 3000 m run with a
time of 9:46.0. Jessica Knapp, Andrea Sanko,
Jessie Coe, and Tina Rubay ran an extremely
fast 1500-meter race, while Norine Scida
remained competitive in the distance events.
Knapp was the leader in the 800 m dash with
a time of 2:41.7 and came in second for
Behrend in the 1500 m run with a time of
5:47.6. Sanko led the team in two events.
She was the leader in the 1500 m run with a
time of 5:26.8 and in the 3000 m run with a
XFL IMPRESSION
the game is actually having the players
introduce themselves. Indeed, we do not
know any of these players, but those who
are interested will find out in due time.
Two other items are of major concern to
me. One is the interview with fans that
may take place in the middle of a game.
The XFL sends a beautiful woman into the
stands to get fan reactions. In the San
Francisco and Los Angeles game on
Sunday, this was taking place as the
quarterback was shouting out signals. The
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indoor track & field team
participating in the spring sport.
Cooper loves being a part of the team and
has acknowledged his two coaches for all of
their help and support. The head coach of the
outdoor track and field team is Rich Hoffman
and the sprint coach is Nate Wiley. Wiley is
who Cooper works most closely with as the
sprint events are his favorite competition. The
practice times vary because the ARC has yet
to be opened. Usually, practice is from
4:00p.m. to 6:00p.m. throughout the week
and at 8:00a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
The practices are also held inside and outside
depending on the weather.
Thus far, his favorite experience was
during the 2000 track and field season.
Cooper and his three teammates competed
in the Baldwin-Wallace Invitational where
they competed in te 4 x 400 m relay. This was
a significant invitational, and he and his
points. Kate Costtin/o continued to play
strong also putting up 10 for Behrend. Also,
Erica Mo/dy finished the game with 8 points.
The Lions pounced Pitt-Bradford by a score
of 63-48. This improved Behrend’s record
to 14-6 overall and 8-1 in the AMCC.
Penn State Behrend finally got a chance to
regroup from conference play against
Waynesburg in a non-conference game. This
was a game where the team was able to move
players around and try to fill the gap for se
nior Jen O'Lare. The Lions proved to be
ready for the challenge. Keeping their mo
mentum from the last victory, Behrend domi
nated over Waynesburg beating them 69-53.
This game proved to both the fans and
coach Fornari that Behrend is a team of depth.
“We have changed some players around and
they have really responded well. Some of the
younger players are starting to get going,”
said coach Fornari. Players such as Chris
time of 12:17.0. Coe also placed well in the
1500 m run with a time of 5:53.9 and in the
3000 m run with a time of 13:45.0. Rubay,
another member of the women’s team, also
placed well in the 3000 m run with a time of
13:05.0. Placing second for Behrend in the
3000 m run was Scida with a time of 12:28.0.
Hoffman comments, “The biggest thing
we will need to do for future seasons is the
fall and winter break preparation. We are
starting to grasp what is necessary to be ready
to challenge the people we are competing
against. For the immediate future, we
embrace each meet as a fantastic training
opportunity.” The Behrend Track and Field
team remains competitive from meet to meet.
The indoor meets are merely preparation for
woman proceeded to say the word “homy”
and four members of the offense jumped
causing a penalty to be called. It was as if
that was scripted much like “sports
entertainment” or wrestling. It did not bode
well for the XFL, especially with Brian
Bosworth doing the color commentary.
The other event that took place
throughout every game were the 15 minute
zooms of the cheerleaders. They are
talented dancers and good-looking women,
but we do not have to stop the game to
teammates took third place overall. So far
this year, the team has not competed as an
entire team against other schools. This is due
to all of the members not being fully trained
and conditioned. The team has mostly been
involved with invitationals and will be
competing as a whole very soon.
Cooper and his teammates traveled their
furthest during the 2000 track and field
season. Several members of the team were
invited to participate in Orlando, Florida, for
the Walt Disney Wide World of Sports
competition. The furthest destinations that the
Behrend track and field team has to travel to
in the northeast region are to Virginia and
western Ohio. The next invitational is today
at 5:00p.m. The Behrend indoor track and
field team will be competing in the Baldwin-
Wallace Invitational where approximately
fifteen schools will be represented.
tine Charnock, Kate Costanzo and Crystal
McGarvey are really adding to the backbone
of Behrend’s team.
Erin Phillips led the team again with 20
points. Following Phillips were Charnock
(15) and Costanzo (14). Danielle Bemis came
through for the Lions with 11 points.
The Lions overall record improved to 15-6
after the victory. The regular season is wind
ing down for the Lions with their final three
games all being AMCC conference games that
could prove whether the Lions will host the
AMCC Tournament for the third straight year.
The Lions play Frostburg at home on Sat
urday. The game will be televised and starts
at 2:00 p.m. They then travel to Pitt-
Greensburg on February 14, where the Lions
will take on Pitt-Greensburg (6:00 PM). Fi
nally, the Lions will host their last regular sea
son game against Lake Erie, on February 17,
at 6:00 p.m.
the outdoors. Coach Hoffman stated that
placing, “is just icing on the cake,” but that is
not the team’s primary goal. The meets
provide the team with a terrific training
environment for athletes where they can open
up and run without the worries of snow and
ice, or cold temperatures.
Behrend’s next meet will be on Friday,
February 9 at Baldwin-Wallace. The team
will look forward to great competition and
more opportunities for the athletes while
preparing to improve their skills. Hoffman
states, “we’re doing fine- we face some
challenges that some of our competitors don’t,
but in time some of those will be rectified.
The athletes are taking the challenge and
using every opportunity to their advantage.”
show them in their “uniforms.” Don’t get
me wrong, I enjoy seeing them, but I
believe there is a halftime and commercial
breaks that the cheerleaders could be
showcased in if that is what McMahon
The XFL will probably survive for two
years, and it will be entertaining. I mean,
what other league can have “He Hate Me”
on the back of a jersey. This year is the test
run and next year will probably be what
makes or breaks the XFL.