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The Behrend Beacon
Calendar
of Events
Behrend
Athletic
Events
Saturday
Women’s Basketball
© Penn State Altoona
1 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s
Swimming
Frostburg
2 p.m.
Men’s Basketball
© Penn State Altoona
3 p.m
Wednesday
Women’s Basketball
Pitt- Bradford
Junker Center
6 p.m.
Men’s Basketball
Pitt-Bradford
Junker Center
8 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s
Swimming
© Washington and
Jefferson
6 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 2
Women’s Basketball
© Frostburg
2 p.m.
Men’s Basketball
©Frostburg
4 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s In
door Track & Field
© Fredonia
12 p.m.
Intramurals
Schedule
Friday
Intramural Ping Pong:
Men’s and Women’s
Singles; Men’s, Women’s
and Coed Doubles
Entry Fee: $3
100 Mile Club
Entry Fee: None
Friday, Feb. 1
Intramural Arena Football
Men’s and Women’s
Entry Fee: $3
Aerboics Classes
Tae-Robics: Mondays and
Wednedays
7 -8 p.m.
Step & Pump: Tuesdays
and Thursdays
7 - 8 p.m.
Fee: $l/class,
$2O/semester
All entries must be at the
intramural office
by 4 p.m.
on the scheduled date
Track and field gets off to impressive start at Fredonia
Thirteen new re
by Scott Soltis
staff writer
The Behrend Lions’ track and field
team traveled »o Fredonia last
Saturday to compete in a six-team
indoor meet. The Lions made a very
impressive Showing at their first meet
of the year, considering they had only
practiced as a team for two weeks. Of
the 21 men and eight women whom
coach Dave Cooper took to the meet,
13 either established or set new
Behrend indoor records.
Although the meet was not scored,
it was a success for the Lions and
serves as a great starting point for the
season. The team will travel back to
Fredonia in two weeks to compete in
its first scored meet of the year. But
on Saturday, the team boasted place
winners in four events against
competitors that have been practicing,
and some competing, for the past few
months. The team will look to build
Hockey club aspires to become Behrend varsity sport
by Mike Bello
sports editor
“There’s no hockey club at
Behrend?” asked a group of
inquisitive students last year. After
they found out the answer to why
this was so - that no one had ever
started one - they decided to do
something about it. Most other
college students would have given
up once they realized they would
have been responsible for getting a
hockey club rolling, but not these
athletes. Tim McGill and Michael
Fritts decided that it was time the
Behrend campus put together a team,
and that’s exactly what they have
done.
Last October, when SGA
recognized the hockey club as an
official campus club, a major hole
in Behrend sports was plugged.
McGill and Fritts put together a team
sport that usually ranks fourth or
fifth in terms of popularity among
high school and college sports but
was one that Behrend had not heard
of before. That era has now officially
Phillips , Lions rocket to second place in AMCC
once again, getting a “W” in the up
coming games is our goal,” said se
nior Katie Weigold. “1 know Erin will
come out ready to play like she al-
ways does.”
The Lions have been seeing more
Ws lately, winning five of the last six
games to get back to .500 (9-9) after
being 4-8 on Jan. 6. The Lions also
own second place in the AMCC with
a 5-1 record. The only loss so far was
a 24-point one to Altoona on Dec. 8.
Behrend, which plays Altoona on Sat
urday, will be looking for revenge.
“We have a strong chance of win
ning AMCCs,” said Phillips. “We
have a huge game at Altoona this
weekend. We are tied for first place
Erin Phillips Watch
Mleiiele Madison’s old record:
1409
Erin Phillips’Record: 1415
Rick BemskTs Record: 1468
Points to 60: 52
Average Points Per Game: 11.1
Next Games: Saturday @ Penn
State Altoona, 1 p.m.; Wednesday
vs. Pitt-Bradford, 6 p.m.; Feb. 2 @
Frostburg, 2 p.m.
with them (5-1, although Altoona
holds the tiebreaker) plus we want
some paybacks for the loss we had
against them earlier in the season. A
win there would help our chances of
hosting the tournament.”
Against Greensburg, the Lions
were unable to gain a lead bigger than
five points in the second half after
being up by one at the half 27-26.
Both teams traded baskets for the en
tire second half, but the ‘Cats missed
two layups and a 3-pointer in the fi
nal minute of the game that spelled
their doom.
Behrend found itself up 13-4 after
five minutes of play, but Greensburg
slowly chipped away at the lead head
Friday, January 25, 2002
ords established at indoor meet ; Lions return to Fredonia Feb. 2
PHOTO BY MIKE BELLO / BEHREND BEACON
Freshman Steve Feder practices his pole vaulting technique at the
Junker Center on Wednesday. Feder established a new indoor track
and field record with a vault of 12’6” last Saturday against Fredonia.
on its performances and grab more team just missed winning the race and
places in two weeks. came a close second with Keith
The men took places in three events Cerroni, Billy McKinney, Mike
with Dave Ober capturing a first in Barlett, and Ober all posting solid
the 400 meters. The 4 x 400 relay times. The final male place winner
ended, and gave way to a new one
where quite possibly hockey will
someday be an official sport and
rank as one of the biggest at
Behrend.
For now, McGill, Fritts, and the
rest of the team are designated as a
club, without any money from the
school, but that hasn't stopped their
determination. The players have had
to rely on themselves to help pay for
the club. Each member had to pay
more than $2OO this year, and will
pay between $3OO and $350 next
year. Each player also provides his
own equipment. All of this really
doesn't matter to the players, as long
as they have a chance to “rink" it up.
“We are having a good time and
at the same time keeping our skill
level high,” said McGill, the team
captain. “We are also becoming
better students by learning how to
keep ourselves organized between
schoolwork and hockey.”
The club currently plays at the
Igloo in an adult league (October
through March) against teams that
consist of players from bars or other
FROM FRONT PAGE
PHOTOS BY JEFF HANKEY / BEHREND BEACON
At left, senior Kate Costanzo looks for room to dribble against Fredonia on Jan. 17. At right, Erin Phillips
attempts to pass a rebound against Fredonia later in the game while Costanzo (foreground) and Chris
tine Charnock (background) look on.
ing into the half. The latest the ‘Cats
had the lead was at 37 seconds when
they were up by one.
Phillips led all scorers with 21
points, including 11 -of-12 free
throws. The game marked the fourth
straight time she has scored at least
21 points. Costanzo added 16 points
and eight rebounds and Erica Mozdy
grabbed a team-high nine boards. The
Lions shot only 31.4 percent from the
floor compared to the Cats’ 39 per
cent, but Behrend sank 19-of-27 free
throws while Greensburg made 5-of
-10.
The streak the Lions are putting to
gether can be attributed to one key
fact: Behrend is not beating itself with
mistakes and turnovers.
“I really think the only thing that
can stand in our way is ourselves,”
said Weigold. “Earlier in the year we
had talked about us beating ourselves,
not other teams. We were making a
lot of dumb mistakes and not playing
together.”
“The only thing that stands in the
way of us winning the regular season
groups. Opponents in the league have
played for colleges and a few for the
former Erie Panthers. One player,
Scott Johnson, even played for the
New York Rangers for a short time.
The team has gotten its feet wet
in college club hockey by playing
the University of Pittsburgh’s second
hockey club, losing twice by 3-2
scores, as well as scheduling games
against Youngstown State University
(Feb. 15 at Youngstown) and against
Allegheny (TBA). The experience
the Lions are gaining will give the
team an advantage when they
attempt to become a part of the
Western Pennsylvania College
Hockey Association in two years.
The WPCHA consists of teams
from Pitt, IUP, Youngstown State,
West Virginia, Allegheny, California
University of Pennsylvania, Pitt-
Johnstown, as well as the western
Penn State branch campuses. All of
these schools’ hockey teams are
recognized as clubs, and are
overseen by their schools and by a
commissioner. Each of these teams
began just the same way Behrend’s
is if we beat ourselves,” said
Costanzo. “If we come out every
game focused and execute our game
plan, nobody can stop us.”
On Saturday, the Lions played at La
Roche. The Redhawks’ Sherry Hogue
torched Behrend for 24 points, but the
tandem of Phillips and Mozdy was too
much for La Roche in an 85-73 win.
Both players scored 21 points in front
of 230 fans at La Roche’s Kerr Cen
ter to lead Behrend. Costanzo added
14 points, while Mozdy led the way
with seven steals.
Behrend had one of its better games
of the year, shooting 54.7 percent
from the floor. Although La Roche
shot slightly over 50 percent, the Li
ons again avoided any sort of foul
trouble. Behrend made 22-of-29 free
throws while La Roche went to the
line 16 times, making 12.
With each win, the Lions are be
coming more confident in their play,
which they hope will carry them to a
conference title.
“I think the biggest thing is that we
are playing together,” said Weigold.
was Isiah Meek who hurdled his way
to a third place in the 55 hurdles.
All of the place winners also either
set or established new school records
in their events. Ober and Barlett set
new marks in the 400 and 800,
respectively. Also establishing new
Behrend bests were Matt Hurray in
the 200, Brian Wheeler in the 1000,
and Steve Feder in the pole vault. All
told, the men set new records in one
out of every three events the team
competed in.
The women had a very impressive
showing at Fredonia as well. The
Lady Lions took only eight athletes
to the meet and had one place winner.
Taking second place in the 500 was
Heather Efaw, who had an
outstanding day. All of the women
fared very well with six of the eight
setting or establishing new Behrend
indoor records.
Efaw had the busiest day, setting
records with her second in the 500,
team began, by getting the word out
on the team.
McGill and Fritts knew of people
who had played for high school or
on travel teams, including the Erie
Travel Team, as well as guys on the
dorm room floor who enjoyed
hockey as much as they did. They
posted sign up sheets around campus
and put the word out on a listserve
email. The result: 17 players now
make up the roster, with more,
McGill hopes, signing up soon.
The roster not only consists of
McGill, assistant captains Fritts and
Adam Lanier, but Eric Baluh (9 D),
Fritz Busse (17 D), Joe Busse (8 F),
Jeff Clorley (6 F), Justin Harris (81
F), Ken Harrison (3 F), Andy Kilmer
(10 F), Sean Salem (33 F), Josh
Smith (00 F), Jon Stull (pi G), Justin
Woodall (24 F), as well as Chris
Sinclair (G), Matt Osborne (F), and
Ben Reppert (D).
Because there is no rule against
using the ‘pi’ symbol, Stull, an
engineer, chose that as his number.
Even though the team doesn’t
have practices yet, the players are
“Things are starting to click. We have
also cut down on turnovers, which
helps. 1 also think that with each win
comes confidence, something that
was lacking in the beginning of the
After Altoona on Saturday, the Li
ons return home for a televised game
against Pitt-Bradford at 6 p.m.
Wednesday. Behrend beat Pitt-
Bradford 83-53 for its first conference
game on Dec. 5. The Lions may not
be unstoppable, but the players know
once a team gets rolling, it is difficult
to defeat.
“We are playing really well as a
team right now. Balanced attacks are
hard to beat,” said Costanzo. “We
know what we want, and we’re going
after it. We want to host [the AMCC
championships] and we want the
title.”
“We are finally starting to gel as a
team,” said Charnock. “The begin
ning of the season was rough, but I
feel that we are a different team now
in the second half.”
Mike Bello, Sports Editor
behrcol!s @ aol.com
as well as her times in the 55 hurdles
and as a member of the 4 x 400 relay
team. The other members of the
record setting relay team were
Marlena McNutt, Suzanne Szafran,
and Amanda Van Tassel, who all ran
impressive times. Jessica Sarver set
two school records with her times in
the 1500 and the 3000. The final
female record setter was Lindsay
Schulte, who blazed her way to a new
Lions’ 200 record.
Cooper will take a few more
athletes to the upcoming scored meet.
With an impressive first showing, the
team has a promising season ahead.
The sheer number of records set on
Saturday is a testament to the team’s
off-season work ethic. Other teams
may have had more practice, but the
Lions' displayed their determination
to excel at Fredonia. They hope to
reaffirm it when they return in two
weeks.
having the time of their life just
being able to continue their hockey
careers.
“The players are enjoying
themselves just playing the game
even when we don’t win,” said
McGill. “I would say that the team
as a whole gets along very well.”
Anyone interested in playing can
join the club now but will have to
wait until next fall to try out for the
team. For more information on the
club, students can email McGill at
tjm29l@psu.edu or Fritts at
mjf2s3@psu.edu.