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The Behrend Beacon
CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
Friday
Women's Soccer
Alfred
Behrend Fields
3:30 p.m.
Men's Water Polo
vs. Slippery Rock 0
Grove City Invitational
5:30 p.m.
Women's Volleyball
Penn State Altoona
Junker Center
7 p.m.
Saturday
Men's Water Polo
vs. Gannon @ Grove City
Invitational 11:30 a.m.
Women's Volleyball
Frostburg
Junker Center
1 p.m.
Men's Soccer
@ Bethany
2 p.m.
Women's Tennis
@ Frostburg
3 p.m.
vs. Mercyhurst © Grove City
Invitational 4 p.m.
Men's Water Polo
vs. Grove City @ Grove City
Invitational 8:30 p.m.
Sunday
Women's Tennis
@ Penn State Altoona
12 p.m
Monday
Women's Tennis
Edinboro
Behrend Tennis Courts
3:30 p.m
Ttiesday
Women's Volleyball
@ Pitt-Bradford
7 p.m.
Women's Golf
@ St. Bonaventure
TBA
Wednesday
Men's and Women's Golf
AMCC Championships @
Pitt-Greensburg 12 p.m.
Women's Soccer
Allegheny
Behrend Fields
2 p.m.
Men's Soccer
Grove City
Behrend Fields
4 p.m.
Women's Tennis
@ La Roche
4 p.m.
Thursday
Women's Tennis
@ Thiel
3:30 p.m.
Friday Oct. 5
Women's Tennis
Pitt-Greensburg
Behrend Tennis Courts
4 p.m.
Men's Soccer
Westminster
Behrend Soccer Fields
5 p.m.
Intramurels Schedule
Friday
Cross Country Invitational
Men's and Women's
Cross Country Team
Men's, Women's, and Coed
Fantasy Hockey League
Friday Oct. 5
Flag Football
Men's, Women's, and Coed
All entries must be at the
intramural office
, y 4 p.m. on the scheduled date
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Earnhardt, Jr. take the checkered flag
at the MBNA Cal Ripken, Jr. 400 on
Sunday. The win was Earnhardt's
second of the season. both of which
have come in dramatic fashion. It
was also quite fitting that the win
came in a race that honored the ca
reer of Cal Ripken, Jr., another man
that could tell you a little bit about
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Both of these men have a history
of performing best when fans
Bounds need it most. Both of these
Sn der men wear the number 8.
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men have rewritten or are in the pro
cess of rewriting sports history
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that one of these men is 41 years old,
swings a bat, and is counting down
the days to his last game. The other
is 26 years old, drives a car, and is
counting down the days to his first
championship.
But already, they have shown
similarities in their incredible abil
ity to play off of people's emotions
in a good way.
Ripken's reputation of performing
memorably while on center stage be
gan in 1995, when he tied and then
broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive
games played record of 2,130.
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swing, belted a home run in both the
tying and record-breaking games,
giving fans additional opportunities
to salute baseball's new "Iron Man."
Ripken's latest miracle took place
at the 2001 All-Star Game, the final
one of his career. Ripken stepped to
the plate in front of a standing ova
tion. As soon as the cheers subsided
enough for Chan Ho Park to pitch,
Ripken sent a home run over the left
field fence and into the NL bullpen.
Ripken's American League won 4-
1, earning him his second All-Star
Game Most Valuable Player award
in 19 All-Star Game appearances.
Enter Earnhardt Jr.
This young star has withstood the
pressures of stardom in the Winston
Cup racing circuit throughout the
past two seasons. He has dealt with
the unexpected death of his father
and has continued to strive.
Fans of Earnhardt Sr. have put
their dedication and faith in this
young star. And he has delivered at
by Diane Holtsford
staff writer
Last Thursday the Behrend
women's volleyball team opened
conference play at Lake Erie. The
Behrend Lions won easily in three
straight games, 30-15, 30-14, and
30-19. With the win Behrend
improved its overall record to the
.500 mark at 8-8.
During this three-game match,
the Lions accumulated 39 kills and
41 digs. Sophomore Jessica
Niedermeyer contributed 11 of
those kills and 14 digs. Senior
Brianne Engelbert added six digs
while having 26 setter assists.
"We played our game, which we
needed to do," said coach Kellie
Diehl about her team's
performance. "We had people
getting some playing time off the
bench, and they played well."
Diehl admitted that her team had
some trouble serving, but she was
confident her team would continue
to improve
This past Wednesday Behrend
played its second conference match
at home against rival La Roche.
The Lions again defeated their
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exactly the right times.
When Winston Cup racing re
turned to Daytona, the same track
that took Earnhardt's life, the racing
world needed something to ease their
minds. They wanted to walk out of
Daytona with something positive to
hold on to. And they got it.
Earnhardt Jr. dominated the race
from start to finish. He tamed the
track that took his father, and he did
it with a vengeance.
With Jr's win, Daytona was back
in the graces of race fans every
where. Racing was back on track to
normality.
The race in Dover, Del. this past
Sunday was the first series' race
since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
The 140,000 flag-waving race fans
needed something special to take
their mind off of the tragedies. That
special something once again came
in the form of Earnhardt Jr.
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people ask you this question. "If
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conference opponent in straight
games, 30-13, 30-18, and 30-24,
handing La Roche its 13th loss of
the season. Behrend climbed to 2-
0 in the conference and 9-8 overall.
The Behrend team amassed 39
kills and 55 digs. Niedermeyer
tallied 12 kills and 12 digs while
Danielle Bemis added eight kills
and 10 digs. Engelbert had eight
digs along with 32 setter attempts,
and teammate Sarah Peterson
contributed 12 digs.
Diehl was very pleased with her
team's win. "We started a new
strategy and developed a new game
style that worked well," she said.
The Lions hope that this new
strategy will keep working for them
in their next matches.
The Behrend Lions look to
continue their success in the
conference with two big games this
weekend. They will host Penn State
Altoona on Friday and Frostburg on
Saturday. Wins against these two
teams are crucial for Behrend to
host the conference tournament.
"This will tell us how we'll finish
in the conference," said Diehl about
this weekend's outcome. Diehl said
she was certain her team is "gearing
up" for the challenge.
Code helps lead golf
team to sth place
finish at Bradford
by Kate Levdansky Petrikis
assistant sports editor
The men's golf team finished fifth out
of 12 teams on Saturday at Pitt
Bradford. There were three standout
freshmen who scored well. Josh Code
shot 76, while Anthony Pagliari and Jeff
Black both shot 78 at Pine Acres, a
course with par 72.
The team will play a qualifying
round for the AMCC Championships,
which take place on Wednesday. The
qualifying round will take place later
this week, and will determine who will
play in the conference championship.
Pagliari will be counted on to con
tribute a lot next week, acccording to
head coach Pat Mashuda.
"Pagliari has been our best player at
every match that he has played in this
fall. He leads the team with a 76.75
average in four matches," said
Mashuda.
Code and Matthew Sack are also ex
pected to contribute next week .
Behrend's two veteran leaders are
sophomores Kirk Seth and John Tel liho.
"I am very excited about this year's
team," said Mashuda. "Even though
we are young, we are very competitive.
I think our biggest strength is our depth.
We have 10 guys who can step in and
get the job done. With eight freshmen
and two sophomores, we are young and
hungry for a conference championship.
Mashuda also said the Lions are
mentally tough.
"I think our most significant area of
opportunity is the mental approach to
the game. We are learning with each
and every event," he said. "I look for
the AMCC Championships to be a very
tight match. Also, these guys are all
good people which makes it very en
joyable to coach them."
your team/driver doesn't win, who
would you like to see win?" For
most racing fans this year, the an
swer has been, "Junior." So who
better than Junior to be the one to
carry the American flag when this
past weekend's race was said and
done?
Cheers would have been loud
enough for this new racing icon even
if there weren't millions of heavy
hearts in America waiting for some
thing to boost their spirits. But when
Junior took the checkered flag this
past weekend, the fans in attendance
had a little more to cheer for as
NASCAR's most popular driver had
answered the call again.
Both Juniors, Cal and Dale, have
lifted many spirits of sports' fans ev
erywhere. It's reassuring to know
that as one of these legends moves
on, another is right on his footsteps,
giving fans that go-to guy when spir
its are low and the world is in need
of something special.