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The Behrend Beacon
Water polo ready to host Gannon, UP
by Kate Levdansky Petrikis
assistant sports editor
At the Grove City Tournament on March 9
and 10, the Behrend women’s water polo team
played Division II Slippery Rock, Division 111
Grove City, and Division I University of
Michigan. Behrend lost 15-2, 10-4, 17-2, re
spectively.
Even though highlights were few and far be
tween, Behrend had a chance to come out of
Sophomore Tara Braden throws a pass to a teammate during Wednesday’s practice.
Behrend’s Dushac, Doody open door at ECACs for next season
by Kate Levdansky Petrikis
assistant sports editor
Behrend swimmers Casey Doody and
Lucas Dushac qualified for the ECAC Cham
pionships, which took place Feb. 27 and 28.
Doody competed in the 100 and 200 back
stroke, and Dushac competed in the 100 and
200 breaststroke.
Doody had a time of 54.06 in the 100 yard
backstroke, placing 15th overall. In the 200
backstroke he had a time of 1:57.70 with a
16th place finish, and a new team record.
“My performance was mixed at ECACs,”
said Doody. “During the trials, I had my best
races of the season. At night, swimming the
same events for consolation finals, I had very
disappointing swims.”
“They both competed well for having to
hold onto a taper for two weeks,” said coach
Josh Heynes. ‘They improved on their initial
placements in the meet substantially. I believe
both were initially placed well above 20th
place in their respective events, but they swam
Men’s Baseball
School
Pitt-Bradford 0-0 10-2
Penn State Behrend 0-0 6-3
Penn State Altoona 0-0 3-6
Frostburg
take Erie 0-0 0-0
La Roche 0-0 0-0
Pitt-Greensburg 0-0 0-0
NASCAR
2002 Winston Cup
Standings:
Race 4 of 36
Next Race: Carolina Dodge
Dealers 400 March 17
Pos. Driver
Sterling Marlin
Ryan Newman 571
Ward Burton
Mark Martin
Tony Stewart 544
Matt Kenseth 540
Kurt Busch 535
Rusty Wallace 531
Jeff Burton 520
Jimmie Johnson 517
Jeff Gordon 516
Ricky Craven 497
Bill Elliot 460
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 456
Dale Jarrett 433
Elliot Sadler 430
Dave Blaney 411
Bobby Labonte 410
Jeremy Mayfield 391
the invitational with a win against Grove City.
The teams were tied 0-0 in the first quarter,
but then Grove City dominated the second
quarter, taking a 6-0 lead. In the third, Behrend
rallied and caught up to Grove City. However,
Grove City got four penalty shots on Behrend
in the fourth quarter, and the game was over.
Christine Williams had two goals, and
Lauren Packer held her ground blocking shots
between the pipes throughout the tournament.
“Since it was our first tournament, game ex
PHOTO BY JFEF HANKEY / BEHREND BEACON
fast and got back into finals (top 16) at night.
Even though they did not swim their fastest,
except for Casey in the 200 back, they were
only a few tenths off of their best times from
the week before, which is an extremely diffi
cult task to accomplish.”
Due to his hard work and dedication,
Dushac managed to hit his times. He was most
pleased with his 12th place finish in the 200
yard breaststroke with a time of 2:11.78. In
the 100 breaststroke he had a time of 1:00.33,
and a 17th place finish.
“I swam the qualifying times back in No
vember, so I was looking forward to the
ECAC’s, and training hard the whole season,”
said Dushac. “I practiced and trained three
mornings a week, and every afternoon for two
more hours to become stronger and faster.”
“It was a great experience for them to swim
against Division I and Division II swimmers,
whom they may never see again,” said
Heynes. “This meet was very fast, and tons
of new meet records were set. To be among
the fastest swimmers on the East Coast was a
Women’s Softball
School C,R, Overall
C.R. Overall
Frostburg 0-0 1-1
Penn State Behrend 0-0 0-9
Lake Erie 0-0 0-0
La Roche 0-0 0-0
Penn State Altoona 0-0 0-0
0-0 2-1
Pitt-Bradford 0-0 0-0
Pitt-Greensburg 0-0 0-0
National Basketball Association
League Leaders
Points
THE BEACON SCOREBOARD
Points Per Game (PPG)
Plaver Team EOS PEG
A Iverson PHI G 31.3
S O’Neil LAL C 27.0
P Pierce BOS F-G 26.2
K Bryant LAL G 25.8
T McGrady ORL G-F 25.2
Rebounds Per Game (RPG)
Plaver Team POS RPG
T Duncan SA F-C 12.8
D Fortson GS F 12.3
B Wallace DET F-C *12.2
K Garnett MIN F 11.9
E Brand LAC F-C 11.8
Assists Per Game (APG)
Plaver Team EOS APG
A Miller CLE G 10.6
J Kidd NJ G 9.8
G Payton SEA G 9.1
J Tinsley IND G 8.5
B Davis CHA G 8.5
Field Goal Percentage (FGP)
Plaver Team P.QS EEG
S O’Neal LAL C .579
D Marshall UT F .543
D Davis POR C-F .525
R Patterson POR F .524
E Brand LAC F-C .521
SPORTS
Friday, March 15, 2002
perience was what we needed to bring from
each of the games,” said coach Josh Heynes.
“Game experience is essential in this sport;
being physical and in your face is what is
needed. They experienced that which will help
them endure this coming weekend.”
Today and Saturday, Behrend hosts a tour
nament where they will take on Mercyhurst,
Gannon B, Gannon A, University Park, and
Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The game
against University Park marks the first time
ever a Behrend team has played against UP.
“We have been working on some new de
fense schemes, and a new offense for this
weekend,” said Heynes. “We did some scout
ing earlier this week to see what Gannon and
Mercyhurst had to offer. Gannon is a power
house all around so they will be difficult.
“But, Mercyhurst is new and they only have
two experienced players. University Park will
want to prove something since we are a var
sity team, and they are only a club team. lUP
should be interesting. They have been a club
for a while, but still do not have a lot of depth.
We are making adjustments for each team, and
we will try to be more physical and aggressive
overall.”
great honor for them. It was interesting to
see how many people have heard of us or now
know of us, by having seen these two men at
the meet.”
Both Doody and Dushac swam extremely
well for having no expectations put on them.
The coaches wanted them to stay loose and
relaxed for the meet. Next year, Heynes wants
more to qualify, and he says they will because
it just takes one or two to get the foot in the
door and then the flood gates will open.
Doody and Dushac both believe the Lions
will make a splash next year.
“I think there will be more people repre
senting Behrend in the ECACs next season,
because a lot of swimmers were very close to
the qualifying times,” said Dushac.
“We showed a lot of people that we can
achieve a great deal with what we had this
season,” said Doody. “Coach has recruited
new talent that will almost guarantee a large
improvement for next year.”
THE BEHREND SPORTS SCENE
Men’s Tennis
School C.R. Overall
Penn State Behrend 0-0 1-5
Frostburg 0-0 0-0
Lake Erie 0-0 0-0
Penn State Altoona 0-0 0-0
Pitt-Greensburg 0-0 0-0
THE NATIONAL SPORTS ARENA
Women’s Basketball
Team Record Point?
1 Connecticut 33-0 1000
2 Oklahoma 27-3 926
3 Duke 27-3 921
4 Vanderbilt 27-6 865
5 Stanford 30-2 852
6 Tennessee 25-4 814
7 Baylor 26-5 744
8 Louisiana Tech2s-4 679
8 Purdue 23-5 679
10 lowa St. 23-8 605
11 Kansas St. 24-7 558
12 Colorado 21-9 538
13 South Carolina 15-6 535
14 Texas 20-9 447
15 Old Dominion 25-5 366
16 North Carolina 24-8 344
17 Texas Tech 18-11 300
18 Colorado St. 24-6 282
19 Cincinnati 26-4 257
20 Boston College 23-7 255
21 Florida 18-10 169
22 Minnesota 21-7 166
23 Florida Inti. 25-5 146
24 LSU 17-11 103
25 TCU 23-6 69
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Penn State 51, Arkansas 47, Arizona
St 35, Pepperdine 28, UW Green Bay
21, Indiana 19, UNLVI9
Division I College Basketball
ESPN/USA Today Top 25
in Behrend Invitational
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Sophomore Hollie Stash stretches to reach a throw during Wednesday's practice
at the Junker Center pool. The Lions practiced hard this week for the Behrend
Tournament where they will play the University Park club water polo team.
Casey Doody took 15th and 16th position in the 100 and 200 backstroke, respectively,
at the ECACs. Doodylfctill sees room for improvement for next year. “Something for me
to improve for next year is my health. I was sick too many times this year.”
Baseball Stats
Player RBI Hits Ave.
Lucas Bundy 4 11 .458
Jake Boyle 13 16 .421
Anthony Azzato 10 11 .407
Adam Best 1 10 .370
Keith Lepionka 4 11 .333
Craig Ottaviani 1 9 .333
Chris Shearer 5 8 .276
Men’s Basketball
Team
1 Duke
2 Kansas 29-3 727
3 Oklahoma 27-4 710
4 Maryland 26-4 679
5 Cincinnati 30-3 674
6 Gonzaga 29-3 580
7 Pittsburgh 27-5 530
8 Alabama 26-7 498
8 Arizona 22-9 498
10 Marquette 26-6 446
11 Oregon 23-8 437
12 Ohio State 22-6 411
13 Connecticut 24-6 376
14 Florida 22-8 317
15 Kentucky 20-9 267
16 Illinois
16 USC
18 Mississippi St. 26-7 245
19 Xavier 25-5 205
20 West. Kentucky 28-3 204
21 Miami 24-7 189
22 Oklahoma St. 23-8 181
23 Stanford 19-9 105
24 Hawaii 27-5 100
25 N.C. State 22-10 86
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Kent State 27,Texas Tech 23,Wake
Forest 22,Southern Illinois 12,Notre
Dame 10,Texas 9, Tulsa 6
Record Points
29-3 773
24-8 260
22-9 260
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PHOTO BY JFEF HANKEY / BEHREND BEACON
PHOTOS BY MIKE BELLO / BEHREND BEACON
BEHREND
LION S
National Hockey League
League Leaders
Points (Pts)
Plaver Team POS Els
J Iginla CGY RW 79
J Sakic COL C 68
MNaslund VAN LW 67
R Francis CAR C 65
A Oates WAS C 65
Goals
Player Team POS Goals
J Iginla CGY RW 43
B Guerin BOS RW 34
M Sundin TOR C 34
B ShanahanDET LW 33
D AlfredssonOTT RW 33
Goals Against Average (GAA)
Player Team POS GAA
PRoy COL G 1.92
RCechmanekPHl G 2.06
F Brathwaite STL G 2.12
DHasek DET G 2.12
MTurco DAL G 2.16
Assists (Ass.)
Team EOS Ass,
A Oates WAS C 54
J Sakic COL C 44
J Roenick PHI C 44
R Francis CAR C .41
5 players tied at 40