Scott Soltis and Zoe Rose, sports editors ,w, behrcolls@aol.com Lions fighting to stay afloat Returning senior Dario Kis has started slowly this season, scoring on three of 18 attempts by Lauren Packer assistant sports editor Heading into this past weekend's tour nament, the men's water polo team knew it had a long, hard day ahead.. An an ticipated rematch with Grove City at 10 a.m., a strong Washington & Jefferson team at 1 p.m., and Gannon at 9 p.m., ( 12 hours after the Lion's day began), rounded out Saturday's action. The last time Grove City and Behrend battled, Behrend hung with Grove City through the first three quarters, suffer ing a fourth quarter breakdown that lead to a 16-10 defeat. The rematch showed the same results, including the same 4th quarter letdown by the Lions, as Grove City defeated Behrend 15-9. "I felt very prepared going into the Grove City game, - said head coach Josh Heynes about the rematch. He had high expectations of a Behrend victory against Grove City and commented that the scores of the past two games have not really reflected their closeness. "Fourth quarter mental shutdowns have happened both times we have played them. GCC should he a team we heat on a consistent basis, - added Heynes. One bright spot for the Lions during the Grove City rematch was the perfor THE BEACON SCOREBOARD Men's Soccer School C.R. Pitt Greensburg 2-0 La Roche Behrend PS Altoona Frostburg Lake Erie Pitt-Bradford NASCAR 2002 Winston Cup Standings Thru Race 28 of 36 Next Race Protection One 400 September 29, 2002 Driver Points Mark Martin Jimmie Johnson - Tony Stewart Sterling Marlin Jeff Gordon Rusty Wallace Ryan Newman - Mat Kenseth Bill Elliott Ricky Rudd Dale Jarrett Kurt Busch Jeff Burton Dale Earnhardt Jr. -' Michael Waltrip -• Ricky Craven - Jeff Green Bobby Labonte - Dave Blaney Robby Gordon IsASCAR I‘lllStfin Cup Series mance by Carl Ward. One of many tal ented freshmen on the squad, Ward made 56 percent of his shots and scored five goals. Ward currently has 23 goals for the season and is two goals behind the pace of former player Andy Hanhauser and his record for most goals scored in a season. Fellow freshman J.R. Delorenzo had two goals in the Behrend loss and senior Ben Atkins continued his impressive performance by racking up five steals. Following the Grove City loss, Behrend had to face a strong Washing ton & Jefferson team. "They have the recruiting class of the year. They are beating Di vision II schools. They are just way too fast, strong, and experienced." Heynes said. Washington & Jefferson wasted no time unloading, useing their strength and speed to unleash 14 goals on Behrend and swim-away with a 14-3 victory. Ward scored only one goal for Behrend but had four steals for the game and goalie Nick McGrady managed 11 saves during the offensive onslaught. After the two tough losses, the Lions still had to travel to Gannon, where an other strong opponent awaited. In the first quarter of play, the Lions were dealt a crushing blow. McGrady suffered an injury to his shoulder during a defensive Overall 8-0 6-3-1 2-6-2 5-1-2 2-4-2 0-9 3-5 2-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 Rank M. 2. Phil Mickelson USA 3. Ernie Els SAF 4. Retief Goosen SAF 5. Sergio Garcia SPA 6. David Toms USA 7. Davis Love 111 USA 8. Vijay Singh FIJ 9. Padraig Harrington IRE 10. Jim Furyk USA 11. Nick Price ZIM 12. David Duval USA 13. Michael Campbell NZL 14. Justin Leonard USA 15. Chris DiMarco USA 16. Bob Estes USA 17. Colin Montgomerie SCO 18. Rocco Mediate USA 19. Darren Clarke NIR 20. Angel Cabrera ARG 21. Robert Allenby AUS 22. Rich Beem USA 23. Scott McCarron USA 24. Kenny Perry USA 25. Jerry Kelly USA Women's Soccer C.R. Overall 3-0 7-1-1 2-0 4-1-3 School La Roche Frostburg Behrend 1-0 Pitt-Greensburg 1-1 Lake Erie 0-1 Pitt-Bradford 0-2 PS Altoona 0-3 THE NATIONAL SPORTS ARENA Professional Golf World Rankings (Going Into Ryder Cup) 1. Tiger Wood Friday, September 27, 2002 struggle in front of the cage, forcing the Lions to put a substitute in the goal. "With McGrady possibly out for the rest of the year, it will definitely put a dent in what we are trying to do," said Heynes. The Lions could never fully recovered from the loss of their starting goalie and eventually ran out of steam, losing to Gannon 16-5. The Lions dropped all three-tournament games and are now on a six game losing skid. However, the Lions are not counting themselves out of contention. "We just need to keep working hard in practice and play the same in games. Little mistakes are killing us," said se nior Ben Atkins. Hard practices and eliminating mis takes seem to be a key area of focus for the men so far. Heynes agrees that the little things are killing his team and looks to eliminate mental errors. With a break in the schedule until Oc tober, the Lions will crank up the yard age and work on eliminating the little mistakes in order to remain competitive. Next up for the Lions will be October I' l at Washington & Jefferson facing Gannon. THE BEHREND SPORTS 4-6 5-3 0-9 4-5-1 2-5 Player Team POS AVG 1 B Bonds SF LF .369 2 M Ramirez BOS LF .347 3 M Sweeney KC 1B .344 4 L Walker COL 1B .340 5 V Guerrero MON RF .335 Countr Player Team POS HR 1 ARodriguez TEX SS 57 2 J Thome CLE 1B 50 3 S Sosa CHI RF 48 4 B Bonds SF LF 45 5 R Palmeiro LA 1B 43 Runs Batted In (RBI) Player Team i) RBI 1 ARodriguezTEX SS 140 2 M Ordonez MON RF 132 3 L Berkman HOU CF 128 4 A Pujols StL LF 126 5 M Tejada OAK SS 125 Player Team POS Rumor s 1 A Soriano NYY 2B 127 2 A RodriguezTEX SS 121 3 S Sosa ChC RF 120 3 D Jeter NYY SS 120 5 J Damon BOS CF 118 Women's Volleyball School C.R. Overall La Roche 2-1 5-8 Behrend 2-1 9-10 Frostburg 1-0 11-3 Pitt-Bradford 1-0 4-5 PS Altoona 1-1 6-6 Lake Erie 0-2 1-7 Pitt-Greensburg 0-2 2-15 Batting Average (AVG) Home Runs (HR) Runs Golf team has sub-par performance at Pitt-Greensburg The Behrend Lions men's golf team traveled to Pitt-Bradford Saturday to participate in a nine-team invitational. The Lions, who received an excellent performance from freshman Daniel Russo, finished a modest fifth. Russo, the team's top performer, shot a career best 80, and was the one bright spot for the Lion's. Jeff Black, a star sophomore golfer for the Lions, was displeased with his own performance "I did not shoot too well at Bradford. It was a rough day and the course was not in the best of shape because they are getting ready for winter," said Black. "It was just one of those days where nothing really goes your way, and you can't get in a groove of any kind. I shot an 81, which is not one of my better per formances." The Lions have struggled to get con sistent performances, they believe that is holding them back from becoming an excellent group of golfers. "We have played OK, but not as good as we can," said head coach Mark Murphy. "If we can get all our guys to play well at the same time we could be good." Women's netters struggle in doubleheader by Leacy Sauer score of 9-0 the women still remain staff writer hopeful that they can come back next In a much anticipated rivalry matchup week with a vengeance. this past weekend against Penn State One bright spot for the team is the play Altoona, the women's tennis team fell of Lennys Redondo and Amber short of a victory. Playing last Saturday Weckoski, the top two players on the afternoon, the Lions lost 8-1. ladder. They are undefeated in the first Winning the only match against doubles spot for the year. Altoona was the doubles combo of Ever encouraging of his team, coach Lennys Redondo and Amber Weckoski Jeff Barger believes this past weekend in an eight game pro-set, 8-4. Other is only a temporary set back. matches played in the doubles rivalry "We need to pick it up against them included Christine Leininger and Becky this week [Penn State Altoona] and set Snyder (8-6), Margaret Venema and Amy a tone for the conference championships Frizzell (8-1), all falling short of victory. in a couple of weeks," said Barger. In singles play, the most intense "We had some close matches that matches were those fought by Leininger could have gone either way so if we play (5-7, 6-1, 6-3) and Snyder (4-6, 7-5, 7- better we should be ok." 6), who both lost in hard fought, three The Behrend women's tennis team set battles. continues play this weekend, with a Also matching up against the women's team later on that Saturday afternoon was John Carroll of Cleveland. The team was unable to bring up a win. With a final SCENE School Behrend Frostburg P. S. Altoona La Roche Major League Baseball League Leaders Player Team P__Qa Wins 1 C Schilling ARZ P 23 2 R Johnson ARZ P 23 2 B Zito OAK P 22 4 D Lowe BOS P 21 5 P Martinez/B Colon P 20 Earned Run Average (ERA) Player Team POS ERA 1 P Martinez BOS P 2.26 2 R Johnson ARI P 2.40 3 D Lowe BOS P 2.58 4 G Maddux ATL P 2.64 5 B Zito OAK P 2.78 Player Team P SO 1 R Johnson ARZ P 326 2 C Schilling ARZ P 315 3 P Martinez BOS P 239 4 M Clement ChC P 215 5 K Wood ChC P 208 Player Team POS _U 1 J Smoltz ATL P 53 2 E Gagne LA P 51 3 M Williams PIT P 46 4 J Mesa PHI P 45 5 E Guardado/B Koch 43 by Justin Jennings staff writer Women's Tennis C.R. Overall 1-0 5-3 1-1 5-8 0-1 0-4 0-0 0-0 Wins Strikeouts (SO) Saves (SV) The Behrend Beacon The Lions expects to get better and finish the fall season with improved per- formances "I expect the team to come together these last few matches and compete for a few wins. We have a great bunch of guys that can all play," said Black in an interview Monday. "We have a younger team, so we will be very competitive the next few years." Black also went on to explain hrs ex pectations for himself and the rest of the group at the last few matches. "I expect to be very competitive in the next few tournaments this fall, I think my game is coming together so it should be interesting," he said. "ECAC's are this week and we should do well in them. Also we have the AMCC conference championship coming up, which I think we can win with a few good rounds.", he added. The Lions, who will travel to La Roche Monday, will look to come away with a solid performance, giving them momentum going into the AMCC Championship on Oct. 7. The Cham pionship will be held at the always chal lenging Peek n' Peak golf course. match against Frostburg on Saturday. They will face rivals at Penn State Altoona once again on Sunday. Big Ten Football School C.R. Overall Wisconsin 0-0 5-0 Minnesota 0-0 4-0 Ohio State 0-0 4-0 Penn State 0-0 3-0 lowa 0-0 3-1 Michigan 0-0 3-1 Michigan State 0-0 2-2 Purdue 0-0 2-2 ESPN/USA Today Football Coaches Poll Rank Team Record 4-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 4-0 4-0 3-0 1. Miami 2. Texas 3. Oklahoma 4. Florida State 5. Virginia Tech 6. Ohio State 7. Georgia 8. Oregon Florida Notre Dame Tennessee Penn State Washington 10. 11 12 13 Michigan 15. NC State 16. Wisconsin 5-0 17. Kansas State 4-0 18. Washington St. 3-1 19. Nebraska 3-1 20. LSU 3-1 21. lowa State 4-1 22. USC 2-1 23. Colorado State 3-1 24. Oregon State 4-0 25. Auburn 3-1 Page 13 4-0 2-1 3-0 2-1
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