Scott Soltis, Sports Editor
The Behrend Beacon
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Behrend
Athletic
Events
Friday, Jan. 31
Men’s & Women’s
Swimming & Diving
@ Nazareth, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 1
Men’s & Women’s
Swimming & Diving
vs. Grove City, 1 p.m
Women’s Basketball
vs. Altoona, 2 p.m.
Men’s Basketball
vs. Altoona, 4 p.m
Men’s & Women’s
Indoor Track & Field
@SUNY Fredonia
Invitational s "
TBA
Sunday, Feb. 2
Women’s Basketball
vs. Buffalo State, 2 p.m
Wednesday, Feb. 5
Women’s Basketball
@ Pitt-Bradford, 6 p.m
Men’s Basketball
@ Pitt-Bradford, 8 p.m
Intnamunals
Schedule
Arena Football
Men’s & Women’s
Entries Due Friday,
Feb. 7
Games Begin Feb. 11
Swimming
Men’s, Women’s, & COED
Entries Due Friday,
Feb. 21
Meet Date TBA
Volleyball
4 on 4 COED
Entries Due Friday,
Feb. 28
Games begin Tuesday,
March 4
BEH
LIONS
Men swimmers roll on; women struggle
by Amy Frizzell
staff writer
Over the weekend the Behrend swim
team took on Misericordia and Frostburg
State in a two-day battle. The men’s
team took home the win against Miseri
cordia on Friday, 105-77; and then fin
ished off the weekend with another win
against Frostburg on Saturday, 117-112.
“The pool was warmer then normal.
Everyone found it harder to swim in.”
said Carl Ward, freshman swimmer of
Friday’s meet against Miscericordia.
The team was able to work through it,
with first-place finishes coming from
freshman Jeff Howard in the 800 free,
Ward in the 200 free and also in the 100
m butterfly and freshman JR DeLorenzo
in the 100 m backstroke. Behrend also
swept first, second and third place in the
1650 with personal bests coming from
first-place finisher DeLorenzo, second
place finisher Howard and third-place
finisher Ward.
The men then were able to keep up
the pace on Saturday with more personal
bests leading the team. Ward set new
team records in the 200 free and 200 but
terfly. The 200 medley relay team con
sisting of DeLorenzo, sophomore Eric
Lions on fast track to success
by Lauren Packer
assistant sports editor
Intense? Check.
Strong? Check.
Fast? Check.
Record breakers? Double check, triple
underscore, and highlight.
The men and women of the indoor
track and field teams are on a mission
this season. No indoor record is safe with
this year’s squads
“So far, we have broken 10 different
Behrend records. I look for 12 or 13 to
go in the next two meets. We should see
more athletes qualifying for ECACs
also,” said head coach Dave Cooper.
Coming off a spectacular performance
at Fredonia last weekend, the teams
headed into Saturday's meet at Slippery
Rock with a work ethic and intensity
second to none.
“The athletes are very intense. There
BEHREND SPORTS BRIEFS
BEHREND SPORTS SCENE
Men’s Basketball
The Lions are atop the AMCC The Lady Lions are atop the
standings. They are 5-1 in AMCC standings after beating
conference play. previous No. 1 Pitt-Greensburg
Behrend leads the AMCC in Behrend has the second-ranked
free throw percentage with 73.4 scoring defense in the AMCC,
allowing only 59.8 points per
percent
Casey Ponsell is fourth in the
AMCC for 3 point field goal
percentage with 41.8 percent.
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Two Washington and Jefferson swimmers lead a Behrend swimmer (right
Wednesday.
Phillips, Ward and freshman Travis
Kochel also set a new team record.
When asked about the meet Ward re
plied, “It was a tough meet. We feel great
about it. The team has now achieved the
best record we’ve ever had at 8-1”
Despite hard work the women fell
just short of a win on both Friday and
Saturday; falling to Misericordia 117-75,
and then to Frostburg 135-93.
Leading the women’s team were jun
ior Tara Braden in the 1650 freestyle,
freshman Carrianne Carstater in the 50
freestyle; and also the 400 free relay team
is a lot of competition going on in prac
tices,” said Cooper.
“We are seeing improvements in
nearly all events.”
One of the biggest improvements
came from triple-jumper Shane Rock.
The freshman annihilated his jump from
the Fredonia met. Rock unloaded on his
jumps at Slippery Rock to go two feet
further and come within inches of quali
fying for ECACs.
Cooper said four of Rock’s jumps ex
ceeded 42 feet, with Rock’s best being
42-10.
The men’s team is young, but has a
lot of new talent to add to the already
talented team. Rock, along with fresh
man Corey Poulsen, Matt Beckman, and
Jim Kusick add strength and technique
to the men’s squad. Sophomores Donnie
Hackworth and Steve Feder also comple
ment the ability of the older runners.
Poulsen set the Behrend shot put
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of sophomore Jana Bahnak, junior Sa
rah McGarvey, junior Melissa Donnelly,
and freshman Loren Stachowiak.
On Saturday, sophomore Christine
Williams led the way placing first in all
of her events 200 free, 100 m back, and
200 medley. Placing with Williams in
the medley were Carstater, Bahnak, and
Stachowiak. And finally in the 100 free
Carstater took first. The women’s team
record is now 1-8.
“Coach focuses on each person’s in
dividual needs and skills and with his ex
perience he is able to help each swim
mer to increase their skill.” Ward said of
record last week at Fredonia and then
broke it this week at Slippery Rock, with
a throw of 42-7.
Pole vaulters Beckman, Kusick,
Hackworth and Feder all cleared the pre
vious pole vault record of 13-0. Kusick
and Feder didn’t stop at 13-0, they both
went on to top 13-6.
Cooper said the Lions are a work in
progress.
“Track is an ongoing process where
the athletes are hoping to improve all
season long, into the outdoor season. In
the field events, technique is a constant
factor. Or the runners, it is training for
continued improvements in speed and
endurance.”
“On the women’s side, we are thin on
numbers and it causes us to stretch the
runners pretty thin in meets,” said Coo
per.
Whatever the numbers, the women
don’t seem to be slowing down for any-
The Detroit Lions have fired
second year coach Matt Millen.
The team is expected to hire
recently unemployed 49ers head
coach Steve Mariucci.
Brian Trottier was fired in the
middle of his rookie coaching
season for the New York Rang-
The team’s general man
ager has taken over the position
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f &J set many pool
preparation for the team’s upcoming
meet on Saturday, February l s ' at Grove
City College.
The team will also be working hard
to improve its skills for its upcoming in
vitational in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Feb.
8. “The team has been able to pull it
together during hard times. We are just
hoping to focus as a team and help each
other to be more successful in the up
coming meets and invitational,” said
Ward.
Cooper’s philosophy of training for
speed and endurance especially helped
Jessica Sarver and Jess Knapp. Sarver
set the record for the mile and Knapp set
the record for 3000 meters.
The success on the track then contin
ued in the field events for the women.
Pole vaulter Alison Nichols kept up with
her male counterparts and also set a new
record in the pole vault, clearing 9-0.
The Lions head back to Fredonia this
weekend for the second time in three
weeks. With only five days of practice
under their shoes, Behrend broke six
records. Now, with three weeks of prac
tice and two meets left, Cooper is look
ing to shatter more records and more
ECAC qualifiers.
NCAA Basketball
The Arizona Wildcats are the
No. 1 team in college basket
ball according to the latest
ESPN/USA Today poll. Pitt
ranks second.
The Duke Blue Devils are atop
the women’s poll. Duke is
followed closely by Connecti
cut. Both teams boast a perfect
record of 16-0.
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