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Behrend
Athletic
Events
Friday
Women's Volleyball
AMCC Tournament
Men's Waterpolo
CWPA Southern
Championships,
@ Princeton
Saturday
Women's Volleyball
AMCC Tournament
Men's & Women's
cross country
AMCC Tournament @
Behrend, 11/11:45 a.m
Men's Soccer
@ Westminster, 1 p.m
Men's Water polo
CWPA Southern
Championships,
@ Princeton
Sunday
Men's Water polo
CWPA Southern
Championships,
@ Princeton
Tuesday
Men's Soccer
AMCC Tournament
Wednesday
Women's Soccer
AMCC Tournament
M6a►nwals
Schedule
Bowling
Men's, Women's, & COED
Entries due today
Includes Individual and
Team Competition
At Eastway Lanes
Sat. Nov. 9
3 vs. 3 Basketball
Men's and Women's
Entries due Nov. 8
Games begin Mon.,
Nov. 11
5 vs. 5 Basketball
Men's and Women's
Entries due Dec. 13
Games begin
Spring Semester
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PENN
STATE
Lions ready to face some tough
competition at AMCCs
Junior Trisha Adams was a force to be reckoned
with against Pitt-Greensburg with an impressive
13 kills
By Dan Rehmeyer
staff writer
In their final game before AMCC
tournament play arrives, the Behrend
Lady Lion volleyball team looked for
an uplifting win. Before a very large
crowd at the Junker center Friday night,
the women took on rivals Pitt-
Greensburg in their final chance to gain
a high seeded position in the tourna
ment. With a win already under their
belts against Greensburg, the Lady Li
Team co
Behrend will face Altoona in the first round of AMCC tournament at Altoona
withthe Lions losing, 1-0.
by Dan Vidal
staff writer
With, one game remaining in the
Lion's regular season, the team is on a
roll. This season has really been a story
of two tales for the men's soccer team.
Through their first nine games they
were just 1-6-2, they have fought back
to retain a record of 7-8-4 overall.
Not only have they gained
respectibility, they have also become
one of the top teams in the AMCC. The
Lions could have crumbled a long time
ago, but they didn't, and are now ready
to compete for the conference
champiuonship.
Following a 1-0 conference loss to
Penn State Altoona, Behrend picked up
two straight road victories. They
defeated Thiel 2-1 and then added their
fourth conference victory of the season
at Frostburg with a 2-0 shutout.
This now places the Lions in a nice
position for the playoffs. They end the
season with a 4-2 record in the AMCC
and have an opportunity to pick up their
third straight victory of the season in
positioning
"We have been playing great the past
couple of weeks," said head coach Kellie
Diehl.
"We were focused and on point
throughout the matches Friday night
making the win against Greensburg a
smooth and not too difficult one."
Adams had an outstanding game,
tallying a whopping 13 kills to really put
it to the Greensburg team. Katie Butler
ste . sed u . as well earnin . another out-
tes in rematch
the closer at Westminister.
The Lions had the second seed and a
chance for home field taken away after
the 1-0 loss to Altoona. However, the
team has to feel good about how it
finished the season and its chances in
the playoffs.
They are on a tremendous streak as
they finish the season with a record of
6-2-2 in their last 10 game. The squad
was totally manhandled early in the
season.
Part of this turnaround was due to the
great play of junior goalkeeper Jake
Hordych. Hordych has five shutouts this
season. When asked about the early
season slump, Hordych attributed it to
the level of competition.
"For the first part of our season where
it seemed as though we were struggling
a bit, people can look at our schedule
and see why," said Hordych. "Just about
all the teams we play on our schedule
are regionally or nationally ranked, so
to come back like we did was something
great."
The Lions had a strong defense against Pitt-Greensburg, not allowing many points to hit the
Junker Center floor.
ons entered the
Junker Center court
with poise and men
tal focus.
Brilliant
game work and team
passing was the name
of the game as the
Behrend Lions
flowed through the
matches with little
resistance and key
inst Altoona at AMCC tournament
Hordych also said that the team
standing 11 kills, and a solo block at the
middle hitter position.
With the win, the Behrend Lions not
only improved their overall record to 15-
16, but also secured a very respectable
spot in the upcoming AMCC tournament
with a second-place seeding.
In first round play, tonight will set the
match as the Lady Lions are scheduled
to meet Pitt Bradford in what should be
a pretty intense match.
"The No.l seeded team is really our
biggest concern" said coach Diehl. She
also said that playing against No. 1
ranked Frostburg before the tournament
was the closest match we have had all
season, sending the game into overtime
and losing only loosing in a 17-15 tightly
played match.
With tournament play in their minds,
and great season closing action, the
Behrend Lions are looking to win the
AMCC tournament. Team work and big
The two teams clashed last week
learned to play with each other as the
season progressed. Hordych is this
week's Housing and Food Service
Athlete of the Week.
The Lions will play their final regular
season game at Westminister on
Saturday. They will have a chance to
pick up their season-high third straight
victory. The team is on a high now and
really believes that they have a chance
to go far in the playoffs.
To enter the AMCC tournament with
a conference record of 4-2 and playing
gives the team much more confidence.
The Lions have been using these last
couple of games to prepare for the
playoffs and work on things they can
improve.
"We are in sync together right now
because we've been through a lot this
season and we know what we must do
and are really prepared for the
conference tournament," said Hordych
It is now up to the Lions to show that
the first part of the season was a fluke
and that they are ready to contend as
the playoffs begin Wednesday.
plays are the winning combination fo
this Behrend team.
With the right attitude and mental fo
Housing
and
Food Service
Athlete
of the Week
PENNSTATE
Erie
Jake
ri-Cordych
SPORT Men's Soccer
0 ikss arior
DATE: at 28
Jake Hordych (North
East/North East) was
named this weeks
Beacon/Food and
Housing Athlete of the
Week
Hordych recorded his
fifth shutout of the
season in the team's
last regular season
game versus Frostburg
and only allowed one
goal versus Altoona.
He leads the AMCC
conference in saves
with 130 and in
minutes, having
started in all of
Behrend's 19 games so
far this season .
Housing and Food
Service Athlete of the
Week is selected by
the Sports
Information Staff.