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The Behrend Beacon
Behrend
Athletic
Events
Friday
Women's Tennis
vs. Alfred, 3:30 p.m
Women's Volleyball
Behrend Invitational, 4 p.m
Men's Water Polo
@ Grove City Invitational
Saturday
Women's Volleyball
Behrend Invitational, 9 a.m
Men's Water Polo
@ Grove City Invitational
Men's & Women's X-Country
Behrend Invitational
11/11:45 a.m.
Women's Tennis
Behrend Invitational, 9 a.m
Men's Soccer
@ Brockport, Noon
Women' Soccer
@ Brockport, 2:30 p.m
Sunday
Women's Tennis
Frostburg, 9 a.m
Monday
Golf
@ Penn State Altoona, Noon
Tuesday
"'' A'AktoMen't "tennis'
@ Fredonia, 4 p.m.
Men's Soccer
Carnegie Mellon, 4 p.m
Women's Volleyball
La Roche, 6:30 p.m
Men's Water Polo
CO Gannon vs. Grove City
7:45 p.m.
Wednesday
Women's Tennis
Thiel, 4 p.m.
Women's Soccer
Wooster, 5 p.m.
Thursday
Golf
Behrend Invitational, Noon
Women's Volleyball
@ Lake Erie, 6 p.m.
Intramurals
Schedule
Cross Country
Men's, Women's, & COED
Entries due Friday,
Sept. 27
Includes Individual and
Team Competition
Races begin at 6 p.m. on
Monday, September 30
Flag Football
Men's, Women's, & COED
Entries due Friday,
Oct. 4
Games begin Oct. 8
Lions on the prowl, win two of last three
by Lauren Packer
staff writer
The women's soccer team took its
1-2 record on the road to Fredonia this
past weekend. The young squad won
its first contest, beating Buffalo State
2- 1 .
Holly Greiner, freshman forward,
scored Behrend's first goal in the 47th
minute. Sophomore Maria Gahagen
put the Lions up 2-0 with her goal in
the 65th minute, securing the victory.
The women were not as lucky in
the following contest, as they could
manage only one goal, losing a hard
fought battle to host Fredonia, 3-1.
In the second half, the Lions ex
ecuted a beautiful play involving cap
tain Erin Mauer and Jen Baker. Mauer
dribbled down the sidelines and passed
to Baker, who one-touched the ball into
the goal, scoring the first goal for ei
ther team.
However, the Lions lead did not
last long as Fredonia battled back and
scored three goals in the remainder of
the second half. The loss dropped the
Lions' record to 2-3.
The team followed up this hard loss
with an impressive win on Thursday.
The Lions shutout Thiel winning the
non-confrence game 3-0. Freshman
goalkeepers Chrissy Harvey and Col
leen Applebaugh combined to keep
their opponents from scoring. Knock
ing the goals home for the Lions were
Last year, coach Kellie Diehl and the Behrend women's volleyball
team concluded its spectacular season with its first AMCC
Championship. The team finished 22-10 afterstarting the year 2-6.
The Lions also won 16 of their last 18 games.
by Zoe Rose
Sports Editor
It takes individuals functioning as
a team to get wins, right? That's
precisely what the Penn State women's
volleyball needs to do to reach this
year's Allegheny Mountain Collegiate
Conference Tournament finals.
Facing Geneva, Allegheny, and
Oberlin in last week's tournament in
Allegheny, the Lions pulled out with a
4-8 non-conference record. Last
Tuesday, the Lions had another tough
competition against rival Grove City,
going into the Behrend Tournament
this weekend with a 4-9 record.
It wasn't an easy contest at all for
the Lions as they had three close games
against Geneva in the opening round
of the Allegheny Tournament. The
competition was intense with Geneva
winning 30-22, 30-24, and 32-30.
Next up was the host team,
Allegheny, a game which also tested
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Gahagen, Mauer, and AMCC Player
of the Week Heather Crawford.
Crawford earned her honors with out
standing offensive efforts of the past
few games.
The young squad possesses a valu
able quality in its "never give up" atti
tude. The team will try to put the loss
to Fredonia aside and begin preparing
for two tough non-conference games.
The team will face Brockport on Sat
urday and Wooster the following
week. The Behrend women's team has
never faced Brockport in competition.
"We do play tough teams that aren't
in our conference...but they make us
more prepared for our conference
games," said returnee Carrie Smock.
And preparation, especially men
tal preparation will be key. With two
thirds of the team freshmen and colle
giate experience found only in the five
upperclassmen, the team will need to
come together and improve.
"The upperclassmen try to keep
everything going as smoothly as pos
sible, try to keep everyone in focus
Everyone gets along really well and
we have a good time together. I think
we have improved a lot since the first
game. I think we are playing more like
a team." said Smock.
Behrend's capabilities of unifying as
a team. Allegheny ended up with the
win, 30-25, 30-25, and 30-13.
Cooperation as team will be vital
when the Gator's visit Behrend
Thursday, Oct. 3rd.
Oberlin was next, making the
Lions fight for the win in this tough
game. Behrend handed the Oberlin
College the loss, winning three out of
four games, 30-13, 30-25, 29-31, and
30-24.
In their final round, the blue and
white played against Washington and
Jefferson. W&J swept Behrend
pulling out 3-0 in games, 30-27, 30-
23, and 30-22.
Following the Allegheny
Tournament, the Lions faced Grove
City, and lost in three games.
Afterward Junior Lauren Senkevich
said " As a team we need to keep the
mental game at 100% and not let
ourselves get caught up on the
mistakes that we make. None of us
Tuesday Men's Soccer vs.
Carnegie Mellon 3pm
VB vs. Laßoche 6:3opm
Wednesday Women's Soccer vs.
Wooster 5:00 pm
Women's Tennis vs.
Thiel 4:oopm
Fria Women's Soccer vs.
Carnegie Mellon 3:00 pm
Saturday Men's Water Polo vs.
Washington and Jefferson 1:00pm
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Freshman Holly Greiner chases down a pass as the Lions beat
Thiel 3-0 Thursday.
Volleyball
team
almost
ready for
AMCC play
are perfect individuals, but everyone
can do more if we do it together."
Senkevich led the team with seven
kills and five digs.
Commenting on the few
upperclassmen on the team, freshmen
Erin Bennett said, "1 think that the
upperclassmen show a lot of leadership
for the team and they are always willing
to help you improve in any way that
they can."
The amount of freshmen on the
team is a big factor that will determin
how quickly the team can come together
against conference schools.
The Lions hope to improve their
record at the Behrend Tournament this
weekend on Friday and Saturday.
Conference play starts against La Roche
on Sept. 17th, followed by five
conference road games in a row.
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Housing
and
Food Service
Athlete
of the Week
PENNSTAI
Erie
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Mark
Ciyriani
SPORT: Men's Soccer
CLASS: Freshman
DATE: Sept. 7
Mark Cipriani (Erie/
Cathedral Prep) was
named this week's
Beacon/Food
and Housing Athlete
of the Week
Cipriani scored two
goals agains Fredonia
this past Saturday in
the second game of
the Fredonia bays Inn
Tournament. Because
of his offensive
efforts throughout
the tournament,
Cipriani was selected
to the Fredonia All-
Tournament Team.
Housing and Food
Service Athlete of
the Week is selected
by the Sports
Information Staff
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