The Behrend Beacon
Men’s tennis team
hopes to learn from
early-season struggles
by Mike Bello
sports editor
Early-season experience can be vital to a
team’s success as time runs on. The men’s
tennis team hopes the results of this past
weekend won’t reflect the results two
months from now.
Behrend, playing against Division II
Mercyhurst and Division 111 powerhouse
Allegheny, dropped every one of its matches
in losing by identical 9-0 scores on Saturday.
Behrend’s first two matches of the season
showed the Lions where their weaknesses
are, which they believe will allow them to
get better.
“This was our first game of the season
and a few of our players were playing a
match for the first time on Behrend’s team,”
said senior Jacob Cornwell. “Now that we
have played a match, we can see where our
strengths and weaknesses are and what we
need to concentrate on to play better.
“I think we need to be more focused on
playing,” he added. “The team can play well
but we need to focus on playing smart and
setting our goals high on winning.”
Dave Cooper led off the match against
Allegheny with 6-3 and 6-2 losses to Gabe
Higgs-Horwell, who owns a 39-15 record
in singles play. Mike Oey dropped 6-1 and
6-0 decisions in the second match to Chris
Howell, 36-16 in his singles career.
Behrend’s next four players, Jacob Hillman,
Sundeep Bhatia, Sheet Galliara, and Jacob
Cornwell, all dropped their matches by
identical 6-0 scores.
Cooper and Oey lost the first doubles ‘This gives us an advantage,” said senior
match 8-1 to Higgs-Horwell and Howell. Atif Chaudry. “When you face a team that
Hillman and Bhatia dropped the second is better than you are, it allows you to play
match 8-0, and Cornwell and Steve with more confidence against teams that
Broussard fell 8-3 in the last doubles match, aren’t as strong.”
“On Saturday the team definitely was “The score may not show it, but the
disappointed at the loss,” said Bhatia. “It experience that we are getting is quite
affected all of us as a team. So the strength**- '-valuable to future matches that will matter, 4 ’
here is that everyone is very much a team said Broussard.
Women’s Basketball
school QJEL Overall
Penn State Altoona 10-2 17-6
Pitt-Greensburg 10-3 13-13
Penn State Behrend 10-3 14-12
La Roche 6-7 13-11
Pitt-Bradford 5-8 8-18
Frostburg 3-10 7-18
Lake Erie 1-12 3-22
National Basketball Association
League Leaders
Points Per Game (PPG) Blocks (BLK)
Piaver Team PQS PPG Player Team EOS BLK
1 A Iverson PHI G 30.6 1 B Wallace DET F-C 167
2 P Pierce BOS F-G 26.3 2 RLaFrentzDAN C-F 153
3 SO’Neal LAL C 26.1 3 TDuncan SA F-C 146
3 K Bryant LAL G 26.1 4 A Mourning MH C 118
5 V Carter TOR G-F 25.5 5 DMutomboPHl C 137
Rebounds Per Game (RPG) Steals (S)
Piaver Team PQS BEG Piaver Team PQS S
1 T Duncan SA F-C 13.1 1 A Iverson PHI G 123
2 D Fortson GS F 12.3 2 J Kidd NJ G 114
3 B Wallace DET F-C 12.2 3 K Malone UT F 104
4 K Garnett MIN F 11.8 4 K Anderson BC G 100
5 DMutomboPHl C 116 5 DArmstrongOßL G 99
Assists Per Game (APG) Free Throw Percentage (FTP)
Piaver Team PQS AEG Player Team PQS ETE
1 A Miller CLE G 10.8 1 T Brandon MIN G .988
2 J Kidd NJ G 10.0 2 R Miller IND G .917
3 G Payton SEA G 9.1 3 R Hamilton WAS G-F .903
4 J Tinsley IND G 8.7 3 C Whitney WAS G .903
4 B Davis CHA G 8.7 5 S Nash DAL G .892
Field Goal Percentage (FGP) 3-PL Field Goal Percentage (FGP)
piaver Team EOS EEG Player Team EOS EGE
1 S O’Neal LAL C .572 1 S Smith SA G-F .503
2 D Marshall UT F .558 2 S Padgett UT F .494
3 D Davis POR C-F .541 3 W Person CLE G-F .477
3 R Patterson PTB F-G .541 4 W SzczerbiakMlN G-F .465
5 T MacCullochNJ C .526 5 M Redd MIL G .455
player, but it’s each individual’s weakness
that needs to be looked at to improve our
game.”
“We definitely have some bugs to work
out,” said Broussard. “This is why we are
playing a bunch of matches before the
conference matches start (March 16). We
played hard on Saturday. There are a lot of
strong players on our team. We just were
playing against a better team.”
Against Mercyhurst, a school that can
offer athletic scholarships unlike Behrend,
the Lions showed poise. But they were
unable to gather momentum for their match
at Division 111 Baldwin-Wallace on Saturday
at 7 p.m.
Cooper led off the singles competition
with 6-2 and 6-0 losses, and Oey followed
it up with 6-1 and 6-4 losses. Hillman and
Bhatia then lost all but one set in the next
two singles matches, and Galliara followed
it up with 6-4 and 6-0 losses. Doug Smith
lost 6-2 and 6-0 to finish out singles play.
Cooper and Oey put up a fight but
dropped the opening doubles set 8-3. The
next two teams, Hillman/Bhatia, and
Comwell/Broussard dropped their matches
8-0. Mercyhurst, a one-time national
champion, defeated Allegheny 6-3 on
Saturday.
The Lakers played six matches before
Saturday’s game and have already
participated in singles and doubles
tournaments this year. The loss gives the
Lions confidence knowing Mercyhurst is
one of the best teams Behrend will see all
year.
THE BEACON SCOREBOARD
Men’s Basketball
School CJEL Overall
Pitt-Bradford 11-1 21-4
Penn State Behrend 10-3 18-7
Frostburg 10-3 15-11
Pitt-Greensburg 6-7 9-16
La Roche 3-10 8-18
Penn State Altoona 3-10 4-22
Lake Erie 2-11 8-19
SPORTS
Friday, February 22, 2002
The Behrend track and field team does not
know the concept of being rusty. The last
time the Lions competed was two weeks ago
at Slippery Rock. This weekend, they travel
to Mount Union to take part in an eight-team
invitational.
The teams competing are Clarion, Corner
stone, Mount Union, Muskingum, Otterbein,
West Liberty, Walsh, and Behrend. The meet
will be non-scored, and the Lions will try to
set new records in as many events as pos
sible.
“We are hoping to qualify more athletes
to the ECAC championships in Boston,” said
coach Dave Cooper about this weekend’s
events,
He shares the sentiment of his team that
there will not be any rust from the week off.
“A week off provides time to work out
and rest some of the injuries and illnesses,”
he said.
The team is anxious to be involved in
competition again, but is glad for some rest
time.
THE BEHREND SPORTS SCENE
Final Women’s Basketball Stats
Player EEG BEG
Erin Phillips 17.5 7.5
KateCostanzo 13.8 5.1
Christine Chamock 9.5 3.7
Erica Mozdy 9.2 5.0
Crystal McGarvey 5.9 3.8
Katie Weigold 4.0 2.1
Carly Cochran 4.0 2.6
THE NATIONAL SPORTS ARENA
Division 1 College Basketball
Team
1 Connecticut
2 Stanford
3 Oklahoma
4 Tennessee
5 Duke
6 Louisiana Tech
7 Vanderbilt
8 Baylor
9 Purdue 21-4 667
10 South Carolina 21-4 604
11 lowa St. 19-6 543
12 Kansas St. 22-5 536
13 Colorado 19-7 497
14 Texas 16-8 392
15 Florida 17-8 381
16 Colorado St. 20-5 324
17 Texas Tech 15-9 314
18 Boston College 19-5 294
19 Minnesota 20-5 290
20 North Carolina 21-6 279
21 Old Dominion 19-5 185
22 Georgia 16-8 149
23 Cincinnati 21-4 127
24 Virginia Tech 17-7 121
25 Wisconsin 17-8 120
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
TCU 72, LSU 47, Notre Dame 43,
UNLV 42, Florida Inti 38, Mississippi
St. 25, Geo Wash. 22, Creighton 19
Track and field enjoys two weeks
off, anxious to compete again
by Scott Soltis
staff writer
“A weekend off, however, is good for the
legs,” said senior sprinter Keith Cerroni.
Cerroni has been nursing sore hamstrings
the past few weeks. He is also quick to point
out that every meet the team can get is im
portant.
“We have very few meets in college, so
you want to have one every chance you get,”
said Cerroni.
Freshman Mike Barlett, on the other hand,
does not enjoy the time between meets.
“I would prefer more competition,” he
said. “I love to race people and I can only
do that through the meets.” He mentioned
that racing not only helps him physically but
also intellectually.
“Racing helps me out mentally, because
if I lose, it makes me want to work harder in
practices so that the next race I am in better
shape,” said Barlett.
Despite his enthusiasm to break his own
records week after week, Barlett is also glad
to get a little rest time for aches that was not
possible with two or three meets per week
APTop 25
Women’s Basketball
Record Points
27-0 1000
26-1 947
22-2 907
22-3 859
21-3 854
780
763
668
19-3
22-6
21-4
Sophomore Lyndsay Schulte, left,
freshman Chris Ober, center, and
freshman Josh Carmichael practice their
footwork on the mats at the Junker
Center.
in high school
The women’s team has mixed emotions as
well. Sophomore Heather Efaw is glad the
team gets some time off, but also wishes they
could compete more.
“It is nice to have a week off for the fact
that you can do work and go out and not worry
about rushing to get everything done,” she said.
The indoor season is a great way for the team
to get ready for the outdoor season. Because
their primary focus is outdoor, the Lions don’t
get as many indoor opportunities. Efaw wishes
there were more chances for the team to com
pete in indoor competitions.
Final Men’s Basketball Stats
Plaver PPG RPQ
James Curren 14.8 7.8
Casey Ponsoll 11.4 3.3
Steve Merrill 10.5 3.6
Dave Hairston 8.5 6.7
Randy Conley 6.3 3.5
Matt Keith
Tom Lulich
Points (Pts)
Player Team PQS
J Iginla CGY RW
J Thornton BOS C
M Naslund VAN LW
K Tkachuk STL LW
B ShanahanDET LW
Goals
Player Team PQS
J Iginla CGY RW
B Guerin BOS RW
M Sundin TOR C
B ShanahanDET LW
M Modano DAL C
Goals Against Average (GAA)
Plaver Team PQS GM
T Conklin EDM G 1.62
I Bryzgalov ANA G 1.88
JStorr LA G 1.89
D Aebischer COL G 1.92
PRoy COL G 1.96
Penalty Minutes (PM)
Plaver Team PQS PM
P Worrell FLA LW 247
BFerence FLA D 194
K Sawyer ANA LW 187
A Nazarov PHX LW 184
D Lambert ANA LW 173
PHOTOS BY MIKE BELLO / BEHREND BEACON
Freshman Steve Feder completes a
successful jump during practice as
pole vault coach Joe Sanford
watches. The Lions head to Mount
Union this weekend for their last meet
before the EC AC Indoor tournament
March 2 and 3.
“I think if we are going to be competi
tive, we need to go to as many meets as we
possibly can,” she said.
There are advantages and pitfalls to time
off, but the team hopes to come flying out
of the blocks either way. Their competitive
drive sometimes pushes them to run on
empty, but this week they had time to fill
their tanks, and get some tune-ups.
Although last weekend was one less time
they could have ran, they will take advan
tage of every opportunity to compete. The
Mount Union Invitational in Alliance, Ohio
is just one more opportunity to seize.
4.6 1.5
4.0 2.0
National Hockey League
League Leaders
64 1
61 2
61 2
58 3
57 3
Goals
35
32
31
30
29
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“We have very few meets
in college, so you want to
have one every chance
you get."
-senior Keith Cerroni
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Assists (Ass.)
Team PQS Ass.
Plaver
A Oates WAS C 46
J Thornton BOS C 39
J Roenick PHI C 39
AZhamnov CHI C 37
J Sakic COL C 37
Bud Light Plus/Minus (+/-)
Player Team PQS ±L
C Chelios DET D 40
S Gagne PHI LW 32
J Roenick PHI C 30
G Murray BOS RW 28
K Draper DET C 27
Save Percentage (%)
Plaver Team PQS °A
T Conklin EDM G .939
J Theodore MTL G .929
P NurminenATL G .928
D Aebischer COL G .928
M Legace DET G .928
Shots on Goal
Team PQS Shots
Player
B Guerin BOS RW 258
B Rolston BOS C 254
PBondra WSH RW 252
M Naslund VAN LW 228
P Kariya ANA LW 227
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