Kevin Fiorenzo & Amy Frizzell,
s I orts editors
Behren 1
Athletic
Events
Saturday
Women's Basketball @
Frostburg
2 p.m.
Men's Basketball @ Frostburg
4 p.m.
Wednesday
Women's Basketball vs.
Lake Erie
6 p.m.
Men's Basketball vs.
Lake Erie
8 p.m.
Thursday
Men's and Women's
Swimming & Diving
@Grove City Invitational
Friday
Men's and Women's
Swimming & Diving
@Grove City Invitational
TBD
Club
Schedule
Men's Hockey
@ St. Vincent's College
2 p.m.
Intramural
Schedule
Men's, Women's and COED
Ping Pong
Play begins Monday
Men's and Women's
Arena Football
Play begins Feb. 15
Men's, Women's and COED
Swimming
Entry deadline Feb. 20
4 vs. 4 COED Volleyball
Entry Deadline Feb. 27
TBD
unners set new sc in recor I s
by Amy Frizzell
sports editor
On Saturday the men's and women's indoor
track team traveled to Case Western Reserve
University for an invitational. Even though
scores were not kept the teams were still able to
record broken records and personal bests.
Collectively the teams took 10 first and sec
ond places and set six new school records. Se
nior Jessica Knapp took first place in 5000 m,
setting a new school record at 18:29.1.
Senior Jessica Sarver was right behind her
taking first place in 1500 m at 5:02.38, and sec
ond in the 800 m with a time of 2:31.12.
Sophomore Staci Banaszek dominated the long
jump also setting a new record at 16 feet 4
inches." She also took first in the high jump,
jumping 5 feet.
Freshman Jordan Gray walked away with first
place in the triple jump, with a distance of 43
Swimmers prepare for ECACs
by Samantha Cibula
staff writer
The men and women's swim team completed their
last regular season meet at home last Friday against
Nazareth. The women found themselves outnum
bered as Nazareth out scored them 135-79. The men
concluded their regular season meet with a 108-101
victory.
Leading the ladies was freshman sprinter Alison
Jaskolski. Jaskolski won the 50 yd freestyle, 100
yd freestyle, and swam a leg on the record breaking
Hockey team falls short against Case Western
Behrend player checks opponent through glass
Behrend got a minor penalty for having too many men on the ice. Case
Western took advantage of the power play and scored on junior goaltender,
Jon Stull.
The Behrend club hockey team was defeated in a matchup against Case
Western by the close score of 2-1. The game was played on Saturday at the
Cleveland Heights Arena.
Behrend played strong throughout the entire game.
"We're coming together better," said junior Ryan Lang. "We've improved
over the year."
That was the kind of battle that Saturday was when one line was going out
and playing every other line change.
As a matter of fact, Behrend was working so hard that Behrend's Daren
Douglas put a guy from Case Western through the glass, shattering it.
Behrend drew first blood, scoring 11 minutes into the second period when
senior Fritts managed to travel around two opponents and roof it past Case
Western's goaltender.
Fritts' goal would stand as the only one until just two minutes later when
SPORTS
Friday, February 6, 2004
season strong wi
by Amy Hiles
contributing writer
feet 7 inches. Junior Isiah Meek took first in
55m HH with a time of 8.06. Junior Mike
Barlett ran away with second place in the 800 m
in 2:01.95.
Junior Donnie Hackworth vaulted 13 feet 6
inches to take second place in the pole vault.
Taking second place in the long jump was
freshman Jon McKinney with a jump of 19 feet
10.75 inches.
Freshman Brad Ruffo set a new school
record when he took fifth place in the 5000 m
with a time of 16:17.0.
"I just performed the best that I could," said
Ruffo of his new record.
Sophomore Jason Kuntz, Meek, senior Brian
Pratt, and sophomore Shane Rock set a new
record running in the 4x200m relay. They ran
with atime of 1:36.96 to set the record and take
fourth place.
"It's awesome that week after week we can
continue to break the top records," said sopho-
iZail
wins in
800 yd free relay. "I'm just starting to feel good and swim well,"
The 800 yd freestyle relay was made up of the said Phillips.
. ,
freshman quartet of Jaskolski, Whitney Marshall, The guys who started 22 points in. the hole bc-
Brittany Yost, and Alexis Puhala. The winning com- cause they couldn't match Nazareth's pair of divers
bination broke the pool record with a time of 8:41.07 ended winning the meet by seven points.
missing the team record by 1-_ seconds. "It was a team win once again and every race
Along with the relay record Marshall also won the counted," said Ryder.
100 yd butterfly breaking her old record by one one "We almost won every event and scored many
hundredth of a second. places," said McKee and sophomore Steve
The swim team also recognized seniors Tara Schleicher. "It was great win that finalized our regu-
Braden, Sarah McGarvey, and Carrie Smock. lar season."
"It was an emotional meet for Tara as her swim-
ABOVE: The men's soccer team was honored during the men's basketball game on
Wednesday for receiving its first ever bid to NCAAs. Athletic director Brian Streeter
presents team members with plaques as head coach Dan Perritano and assisstant
coach Eric Kunzinger look on. LEFT: The men's club volleyball team beat Case
Western University on Jan. 24th in its season opener. Senior DuWayne Stainbrook
serves up an ace as freshman Millington Adkins looks on. The team will next travel
to John Carroll University on Saturday.
Case Western's goal tied the game at 1-1 and would remain that way for
about the next 14 minutes.
Things were not looking too good for Behrend when Case Western took
over and scored another goal with 7 minutes remaining in the third period.
This goal from Case Western proved to be the game-winning goal as the
Behrend players struggled to pull themselves up to at least a tie with Case
Western.
Behrend out-shot Case Western in the game, 35-26 . Stull was in goal for
the entire game and allowed two goals while making 24 saves.
"I thought the guys really stepped up and everyone played a really great
game,"said Fritts.
Behrend will resume action with another away game on Sunday when they
travel to Pittsburgh to tangle with St. Vincent at Center Ice.
"When we play St. Vincent, we are playing with a short bench so we are
going to need more people to step up in the game," said Joe Antantis.
The Behrend Beacon
more Nicole Mineweaser, a current Behrend out
door record holder.
The team has had to change its training sched
ule due to harsh weather conditions and poor
maintenance of the sidewalks which some feel
may hinder the teams ability to keep up their
stamina.
"I felt satisfied with my finish but I'm not quite
where I'd like to be," said senior Dave
Masilunas, who took fourth in the 55m HH. "I
also think that goes for the team as well, but due
to weather conditions and the absence of a proper
track we don't feel we're competing to our full
potential."
The team will travel to Fredonia to partici
pate in its third invitational of the season.
"In talking to the team there has been a lot of
anticipation. There's only going to be four teams
there that we know of, so our chances of win
ning this meet are very good," said Masilunas.
ming career is coming tc a close," said head coach
Jen Slack. "Tara swam for Gannon as a freshman
and has swam her last three years for us." "Sarah
and Carrie each have different sports to compete in
which will be emotional for them as well."
"It's scary to think that I'm going to be done with
swimming after doing it for so long," said Tara
Braden
"It was nice to be recognized as a senior," said
McGarvey. "I was able to generate that energy and
swim two of my fastest times in front of a home
crowd and my parents."
The men didn't have any seniors to recognize but
focused on a team win. The men jump started the
meeting winning the 200 yd medley relay and the
next four events. Freshman Kent McKee, Justin
Ryder, junior Eric Phillips, and Joe Deely swam the
winning medley relay.
Phillips, Ryder, and freshman Brandon Thiel each
posted wins in their individual events as well.
Phillips who has become a dominant and versatile
swimmer is looked up to and respected on the team
as one team.
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