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The Behrend Beacon
Behrend Water Polo team tackles
Mercyhurst, then splashes out of
water at Southern Tournament
PHOTO BY JEFF HANKEY / BEHREND BEACON
Sophomore Tara Braden will lead the Lions in the Grove City Invite this weekend.
by Kate Levdansky Petrikis
assistant sports editor
Behrend’s water polo team par
ticipated in the Southern Tourna
ment at Indiana University last
weekend. Behrend met Mercyhurst
first, and beat them in a close game
9-8. In the last minute, Behrend
pulled out ahead with one goal to
win. However, they then played
Gannon and lost 14-2.
The following day, the Lions lost
to Washington & Jefferson 8-4.
Washington & Jefferson opened up
on Behrend quick with three goals
in the first quarter. Behrend shut
them out in the second, but was un
able to secure a goal. In the third,
Behrend caught up, but W & J was
just too deep of the bench. Behrend
Men’s Baseball
C.R. Overall
Penn State Behrend 9-1 21-4
Pitt-Bradford 5-1 17-4
Frostburg 6-2 12-8
Pitt-Greensburg 3-5 4-12
Penn State Altoona 2-4 7-19
La Roche 1-9 4-17
Lake Erie 0-8 0-14
will meet them again this weekend
at the Grove City Invitational and
again at the Southern Division
Championships.
Behrend also fell to Indiana 19-
5. Christine Williams scored four
goals for Behrend.
“They played decent for having
two weeks off,” said coach Josh
Heynes. “We had a lot of rust, and
it showed in the Mercyhurst game.
We had many shots bounce off the
goal and/or the goalie. We made
them look good. We gave W & J a
run but it took too long for us to
get started. W & J had a horrible
one-point loss earlier in the day, and
they were down mentally. But, we
just did not capitalize on their ear
lier defeat.”
The huge pool at Indiana was a
Women’s Softball
School C.R. Overall
La Roche 5-1 11-10
Penn State Altoona 6-2 13-9
Penn State Behrend 6-2 8-19
Pitt-Bradford 5-3 9-6
Frostburg 5-4-1 8-9-1
Lake Erie 0-6 0-10
Pitt-Greensburg 0-9-1 0-14-1
Points Per Game (PPG)
Plaver Team PQS PPG
1 A Iverson PHI G 31.4
2 S O’Neil LAL C 26.9
3 P Pierce BOS F-G 26.3
4 K Bryant LAL G 25.4
4 T McGrady ORL G-F 25.4
Rebounds Per Game (RPG)
Plaver Team PQS BEG
1 B Wallace DET F-C 12.9
2 T Duncan SA F-C 12.7
3 K Garnett MIN F 12.2
4 D Fortson GS F 11.9
5 E Brand LAC F-C 11.6
Assists Per Game (APG)
Player Team EOS AEG
1 A Miller CLE G 10.9
2 J Kidd NJ G 10.0
3 G Payton SEA G 9.0
4 B Davis CHA G 8.7
5 J Stockton UTH G 8.1
Field Goal Percentage (FGP)
Plaver Team PQS EEG
1 S O’Neal LAL C .577
2 E Brand LAC F-C .530
3 D Marshall UT F .523
4 J Stockton UT G .516
5 PGasol POR F .515
blocking average.
“Defense has been our key for the
entire year,” said Heynes. “We are
successful at having the other team
run down the shot clock and/or
stealing the ball from them.”
The team needs to concentrate on
improving the transition from de
fense to offense, and needs to capi
talize on power plays and the other
team miscues.
In the upcoming Grove City In
vitational, Behrend is facing a new
Bucknell team, and they shall prove
to be a challenge. Behrend also gets
a rematch against W & J, Grove
City, and Mercyhurst.
“We have a shot a beating these
three teams, if we just get out in
front early and often,” said Heynes.
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disadvantage to Behrend.
“We lost four key
women since the begin
ning of the year, and our
bench has decreased in
size,” said Heynes. “This
made our starters play
longer than normal and
put other people in posi
tions they were not quite
ready for. On top of that,
the size of the pool just
wore us out. But, quitting
is NOT an option for us,
even if we have to go to
championships with
eight dedicated polo
players we will have.”
Christine Will-
iams had nine goals over
the weekend. She is now
second in career goals,
and leads in steals for the
season and in a career.
Lauren Packer was
strong defensively with
28 saves and a 47 percent
: reshman Roberta Baker
Blocks Per Game (BPG)
Player Team PQS BPG
1 B Wallace DET F-C 3.50
2 R LaFrentz DAL C-F 2.73
3 A Mourning MIA C 2.51
4 TDuncan SA F-C 2.40
5 D Mutombo PHI C 2.37
Steals Per Game (SPG)
Player Team PQS SPG
1 A Iverson PHI G 2.80
2 RArtest IND G 2.61
3 J Kidd NJ G 2.17
4 B Davis CHA G 2.04
5 D Christie SAC G 2.03
Free Throw Percentage (FTP)
Player Team PQS FTP
1 R Miller IND G .907
2 T Hudson ORL G .887
2 R Hamilton WAS G-F .887
4 SNash DAL G .885
4 C Billups MIN G .885
3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage (FGP)
Plaver Team PQS FGP
1 E Piatowski LAC G-E .478
2 S Smith SA G-F .469
3 SNash DAL G .462
4 J Barry DET G .461
5 M Redd MIL G .458
Golf team opens spring
season after long wait
by Kate Levdansky Petrikis
assistant sports editor
After a long break, the golf team was back on the
course on Monday against Washington & Jefferson at
the Lone Pine Golf Club.
“It was great to get out on the course again after a
long winter and a frustrating spring,” said coach Patrick
Mashuda.
Behrend had a decent outing, finishing sixth out of
10 teams. Scott Bedillion, from Waynesburg College,
won the individual best score with a 74. Albert
Abramovic lead the way for Behrend with a score of
84, with Matt Sack right behind him with a score of
85. Other Behrend scores to mention are Kirk Seth
with 88, Josh Corle with 95, and Jim Vaughn finish
ing at 100.
“The spring is a great opportunity to finally get the
golf season started,” said Mashuda. “Basically, we use
the spring to get the season started. Some of our play
ers will participate in events throughout the summer
months and this allows them the opportunity compete
in April.”
With the weather permitting, Behrend will practice
at the Gospel Hill Golf Course, preparing for the Al
legheny College Tournament, which will be held April
20 and 21.
Sport improvements to use
Tennis - Sometimes watching the
players hit a ball back and forth over
a net can make even someone on
speed yawn, but not when you throw
in a little fencing (with racquets, that
is). After each match point, the
players walk up to the net and starting
going at it with their racquets, like two
fencers in battle. First one to draw
blood wins a second point. Even
during the match, you are allowed one
throw of your racquet at the other
person. Anna Koumikova, eat your
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heart out.
Golf - This one was actually the
easiest one to think about. You hit the
ball towards the hole. Whoopdee doo.
But turn around and aim for the
opposing team, and, well, you have
yourself a golf game (Fore!).
Unfortunately, in order to watch this,
you would probably be in the line of
fire. Or, the players could just take
swings at each other with their clubs
(similar to tennis).
Cheerleading - Watching them
Men’s Tennis
School C.R, Overall
Penn State Altoona 4-0 7-0
Frostburg 4-1 8-2
Penn State Behrend 2-2 6-10
Pitt-Greensburg 1-4 1-8
Lake Erie 0-4 0-5
Professional Golf
World Rankings
(In Millions)
Going Into Masters
April 11-14
Pos. Name Money
1 Tiger W&ods 1.692
2 Ernie Els 1.539
3 Jose Maria Olazabal 1.503
4 Craig Perks 1.354
5 Sergio Garcia 1.325
6 Vijay Singh 1.312
7 Jerry Kelly 1.299
8 Brad Faxon 1.269
9 Chris DiMarco 1.243
10 Kevin Sutherland 1.160
11 Scott McCarron 1.089
12 Phil Mickelson 1.076
13 Len Mattiace 1.011
14 David Toms 1.009
15 Stephen Toms .896
16 Kenny Perry .888
17 MattKuchar .853
18 MattGogel .829
19 Rocco Mediate .776
20 Pat Perez .726
21 lan Leggatt .707
22 Michael Campbell .688
23 Rory Sabbatini .649
24 Retief Goosen .637
25 Fred Funk .636
Anthony Pagliara
make pyramids and shake the pom
poms is fine and dandy, but wouldn’t
they attract a larger crowd if they had
to Jell-O wrestle to support the team?
Every time the team scored a goal or
made a basket, the cheerleaders
would dive into the tub of Jell-O to
cheer on the team. Of course, the
players would probably be too
distracted to actually score any points,
but hey, if it gets more people to the
game, then I’m all for it.
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National Hockey League
Player Team EOS Els
J Iginla CGY RW 95
M Naslund VAN LW 85
T Beruzzi VAN LW 80
J Sakic COL C 78
R Francis CAR C 77
Player Team POS Goals
J Iginla CGY RW 51
M Sundin TOR C 40
B Guerin BOS RW 40
P Bondra WAS RW 39
G Murray OTT RW 38
Goals Against Average (GAA)
Player Team pos gaa
1 PRoy COL G 1.94
2 RCechmanekPHl G 2.08
3 J Theodore MON G 2.11
3 DHasek DET G 2.11
5 J Giguere ANA G 2.14
■Player Team EOS Ass,
1 A Oates PHI C 63
2 J Sakic COL C 53
2 J Allison LOS C 53
4 R Francis CAR C 50
4 N Lidstrom DET D 50
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