The Behrend Beacon
Women's soccer to host AMCC championships
_ . MIKE BELLO
Freshman Maria Gahagen attempts a fake-out against her Buffalo State opponent on Tuesday. Gahagen was
instrumental in her midfielder position in the Lions' 2-0 victory. The win boosted their record back to .500 at 9-9-1.
by Bob Palivoda
staff writer
Playing flawless ball in the last third
of the season has led Behrend's
women s soccer team to an
undefeated record in conference play.
Dan Perritano, who is 88-37-10 as
head coach, said that the team came
up with a goal when it was at
California. This goal was to go the
rest of the season without a loss. This
is exactly what the Lions did.
In their most recent win against
Buffalo State, sophomore Aubrey
Nicksich led Behrend offensively.
Both of her goals came in the first half
of play. Senior Laura Furko assisted
on Nicksich's first goal and freshman
Natasha Edrington assisted on her
second goal.
Men's soccer relvundsjo prepare for AMCC championships
by Mike Francis
staff writer
The men's soccer team is back and
playing the kind of soccer it played
at the beginning of the season. The
Lions shrugged off a couple of home
upsets by defeating Frostburg and
Thiel. Those two wins at home ran
Behrend 's record to 10-6-1.
The Lions, playing on a field that
was half mud as much as it was half
grass, used a strong first half to
easily handle Thiel on Thursday.
The scoring began in only the
third minute of play, as junior Ryan
Ohl one-touched a pass from
freshman Andy McCormick to give
Behrend the early lead. The scoring
didn't stop there, though.
Three minutes later, sophomore
Andy Laver put a header from
McCormick past Thiel goalie
Jeremy Rutzell. Then, three minutes
later. senior Chris Lightner put an
unassisted "shot from the Ig" into
Thiel's goal to put Behrend up 3-0.
Senior Dan Falk scored at the 18-
minute mark, with an assist from
sophomore Travis Lightner. Two
minutes later, Chris Lightner scored
his second goal of the game to give
Behrend a 5-0 lead, all before the
first half was half over. McCormick
recorded his third assist of the day
on Chris Lightner's goal.
The Lions then hit a dry spell- for
2 minutes- before scoring their
sixth goal of the day. Sophomore
Andy Laver scored Behrend's final
goal of the game to essentially put
the game out of reach.
Thiel avoided a shutout with a
minute left in the game. as Mike
Perry put one past a clearly disgusted
Bill Fader. The Lions dominated the
whole game, as they outshot Thiel
15-6. Rutzell saved nine of those
shots, while Fader and starting
goalie Jacob Hordych saved a
combined five.
With their spirits rekindled after a
4-0 win against La Roche on Oct.
17, the Lions hosted Frostburg on
Saturday. The weather was good
and just right for soccer, at least for
Behrend. R.J. Purnel of Frostburg
got the lucky "off the post" shot to
put the visitors in the lead early in
Senior Michelle Malatesta held
strong throughout the game, claiming
yet another shutout for her goal
tending career. On the year, Malatesta
finished with seven shutouts.
During the past week, Behrend
played Frostburg (a televised game)
and La Roche at home.
Frostburg gave the people of Erie a
game to watch last Saturday as they
challenged the Behrend women into
the second half.
In the first half, Frostburg and
Behrend went back and forth. The
first half of the game ended in a I-1
standstill.
Come the second half, Behrend
scored two goals on Frostburg to give
the team a 3-1 lead. Frostburg was
not finished though.
Amy Foole brought the game
within reach again, scoring on a
PHOTO BY JEFF HANKEY
Junior Matthew MacArthur (#2l) gets ready to send the ball downfield as a Frostburg opponent closes in
on Saturday. Senior Mark Szewczykowski, with a clean uniform, trails on the play.
the game. Before the period was out,
senior Chris Lightner put one past
Mike Pregnall to make things even
before the half.
In the second period the Lions
held Frostburg to that one goal. With
the game nearing its end, Ohl scored
on Pregnall, putting the Lions up 2-
I. They continued to hold off the
opposition for the rest of the game.
There was not much action in this
game according to statistics. In total,
Behrend had four shots on goal.
Hordych, who is having a great year
in goal, only saved three out of
Frostburg's four total shots.
Frostburg's Pregnall managed to
stop two shots
There was not much action
according to the statistics, but there
was a lot of action on the field. One
could say that the referees worked
Friday, October 26, 2001
penalty kick
The score remained 3-2 and
Behrend walked away with the
victory.
Both Nicksich and freshman Maria
Gahagen scored for Behrend. Senior
Diane Holtsford walked away with an
assist.
The game against La Roche on Oct.
I 7 was equally exciting. The score
also ended up 3-2 in Behrend's favor.
In the first half, Behrend left the
field scoring two and La Roche
walked off the field with one goal.
Both teams managed to score a goal
in the second half which gave
Behrend the 3-2 victory.
Gahagen and Furko both had goals
for Behrend. Gahagen also walked
away with an assist.
Now Perritano and his team look
forward to hosting the AMCC
harder than the players did in this
game, due to high emotions,
especially for Behrend. Wanting and
needing a win at home took its toll
on the team mentally. The men
worked up 10 fouls and were
offsides three times.
Frostburg, thinking that Behrend
might have been a pushover, got
extremely frustrated. Everyone on
the team must have had a foul at one
time or another in order to rack up
the 21 total fouls they received.
With only one game before the
AMCC tournament on Nov. 2 and
3, it seems like the team is back in
the winning mode, which it will need
in order to do well. The Lions last
game is on Tuesday at 3 p.m. at
Buffalo State.
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Freshman Aubrey Nicksich fights off a Buffalo State opponent on Tues
day. Despite wearing Halloween-colored uniforms, Buffalo State played
no tricks on Behrend, getting shut out 2-0 by the Lions.
Conference Tournament today and
tomorrow.
Going into the tournament ranked
as the first seed, the outlook is good
for Behrend, which has won the
tournament the last four years.
However, Perritano knows that the
team must play well to win, because
Frostburg is a tough team to beat.
The first team Behrend faces is Pitt-
Bradford on Friday at 12 p.m.
Bradford comes into the tournament
as the fourth seeded team.
When asked about his game plan
against Pitt-Bradford, Perritano said.
"We must take care of our
opportunities and play well."
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Perritano does not plan on changing
any of the team's game plans going
into the tournament.
In a final note, Perritano said for
the fans to, "come out this weekend
and watch the game. We would like
to have fans support the team in a
positive way.-
Furko leads the team with 10 goals
and six assists, with Nicksich
contributing six goals and Gahagen
four goals and two assists. The Lions
have gone 35-0 in league play the past
five years.
Behrend heads into the tournament
with a 9-9-I overall record and a 6-0
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Senior Dan Falk made sure
Behrend's uniform washers
earned their pay after the Lions'
game against Thiel on Thursday.
After several days of constant rain,
the Behrend Fields turned into a
kid's (or soccer player's) dream: a
huge mud puddle.
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Hanhauser, a freshman
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School, broke the water
polo record for assists
with 22. Hanhauser has
40 goals in 87 attempts
this season for the
Behrend Lions.
Hanhauser is also third in
career steals and at
tempts with 54 and 87,
respectively. The Lions
next play in the Southern
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BROWNS
with more questions than answers. So
just how are they doing it? It's because
first-year head coach Butch Davisll,is
the team playing as a unit, not as I I
individual players on the field.
The team is not overwhelming
offensively by any means. Wait, that
was an understatement. The Bro ns
are horrendous on offense. They have
the second worst offense in the NI L,
as only one other team has piled up
fewer yards per game than Cleveland.
and that's Washington, a team that
scores only eight points a game.
Although Couch is throwing the hall
real well - he has more than I ,I (X) yards
so far - it's his lack of targets, as ++ell
as the lack of any sign of life in the
running game, that's killing Cleveland.
The defense, however, has kept the
Browns afloat. His 10th in the league.
but more importantly are allowing only
15 points per game, meaning it's doing
their damndest to keep the game close.
Like the Steelers, the Browns are
winning with a defense full of "Who
the hell are these guys?". There are
more recognizable people on t'l'N
shows (minus "Buffy") than this
defense.
Don't get me wrong, the team is
doing well, but let's not forget: it's still
early in the season and this is
Cleveland, the city of perpetual l'osl•rs.
The Indians fall apart faster than a
Chinese motorcycle come playoff time,
the Cays will never be anything bui a
mediocre team, and the new Brow ns
are still living in the shadow of the old
Browns (who sucked too). The term
leaves Cleveland and a few years kiier
wins the Super Bowl. That can only
happen to a town that sets its own
waterway on fire.