Friday, September 17,2004
Baseball kicks off fall tryouts
By Mike Tomko
staff writer
Even though the spring season is still
six months away, it’s never too early
to talk about our nation’s pastime. With
the start of school, Behrend Baseball
kicked off fall with its first tryouts for
the upcoming spring.
Coach Paul Benim, who is entering
his tenth season as head coach, is com
ing off a winning season, but not com
parable to the 2003 season when the
team went 33-10. He is assisted by
Tyler Wiand, who is entering his first
season on the Behrend staff, Mike Th
ompson, and Butch Kemling, Both are
Sports Information Release
On September 20, 2004, at 8:00 p.m., in
ternationally recognized speaker Rebecca
Butler will present her RESPECT program
to student leaders at during the CHAMPS
programs at Penn State Behrend. She will
return the next morning to speak to the
Behrend Lions coaching staff at 8:00 a.m.
For over five years, Rebecca Butler has
been on the cutting edge of the movement
to stop gender violence. She has given
nearly 200 presentations in 14 states to cli
ents including the Cleveland Browns, the
Cleveland Indians, the Coast Guard Acad
emy, the American College Health Associa
tion and dozens of colleges around the coun
try.
Rebecca goes beyond telling people what
not to do. She teaches concrete, positive
skills that empower women and men alike
to enjoy great relationships and dating ex
periences and dramatically reduce the risk
of violence in their lives. Her goal is to help
students prevent sexual assault and relation
ship violence by teaching healthy relation
ships and sexual respect. For more informa
tion please contact the athletics office at
Behrend (814) 898-6180 or visit
equalconnections.com.
entering their second season on the
coaching staff.
The team hopes to improve on last
season’s record of 20-15. The team has
19 players returning to the line up and
looks to have a leg up in veteran lead
ership on and off the field. With seven
teen new players trying out for the team,
competition will be stiff to make a spot
on the roster.
“Returning players have the edge, but
first-year players can always earn
starting roles,” said Coach Benim.
For many freshmen these words give
hope that if they work hard and come
to practice everyday, anything is pos
Women’s soccer working overtime
Do not look now, but the girl’s soccer team is on fire! With their
steady play and great teachings of Head Coach Patrick O’Driscoll,
the girls are showing signs of a possible championship season.
Since their disappointing loss to Baldwin-Wallace, the girls hav<
turned up the heat with a big win at Westminster and a tie at Grow
City. Freshman Julie Quail scored the only goal in the exciting l-(
overtime victory over the Lady Titans of Westminster, giving them theii
first loss of the season.
“It was a very tough game, but we earned it and came out victori
ous,” said Quail.
The Lady Titans outshot Behrend and also had an advantage in cor
ner kicks, but Quail’s goal in the 91st minute gave Behrend the win
and scored the first goal on Westminster all season (15-0 in their previ-
ous contests)
The Lady Lions played hard-nosed through the whole game and had
outstanding goaltending from Junior Colleen Applebaugh, picking up
her first shutout of the early season. Applebaugh received AMCC goal
keeper of the week honors for her play.
Coming off their big win, the lady lions continued their road trip and
tied a tight game 2-2 against the Lady Wolverines of Grove City Col
lege. Junior Holly Greiner and Quail tallied goals for the Behrend
Lions and the girls played fantastic defense in front of Applebaugh.
Coach O’Driscoll has been doing a great job conditioning our ladies
and is very excited about how his team is progressing. They are giving
the whole campus of Penn St. Behrend high hopes of making a run at
the AMCC title. The women’s soccer team currently has a 2-1 -1 record
and host Thiel on Friday at the soccer field. They then travel to Al
legheny Coll ‘ Lady Gator squad oil September 21.
sible. As many freshmen got cut during
the week, competition to make the team
seemed to be very high. When Stephen
Lumpp, a freshman hopeful was ques
tioned about the competition level dur
ing the first three practices he re
sponded,
“Oh yeah, it was definitely highly
competitive.”
Tryouts for the spring season began
September 10 and continued through
the 13' h . Practices ran from nine in the
morning until approximately four in the
afternoon and consisted of players split
ting up into groups based on their posi
tions and working on individual skills.
By Andrew McLachlan
staff writer
This was followed by scrimmages in the
afternoon where players got to compete
against each other in a live game.
“I wouldn't call them hard, but I'm
not used to it so everybody was sore,”
said Lumpp.
After Sunday practices, the first cuts
were made and the team was down to a
total of thirty-six players for fall prac
tices.
“We will most likely release some
players at the conclusion of fall. They
earned the opportunity to play the rest
of the fall with us and we can get a bet
ter look,” said Coach Benim. “Right
now 36 are in the program, some league
Lions skate another season
Fall tryouts bring high expections
of key player Andy Frizell. Fri/ell was
September 13 th kicked off tryouts for said to be the “heart” of the team last
Penn State Behrend’s club ice hockey season.
team. The Lions, coached by head Over 40 people tried out for the team
coach Derek Gates, was recognized as on Monday. Starting their first prac
an intercollegiate team for the first tice with sprints and shooting drills, the
time last season since the program was team was exhausted and some were
developed. found puking in the corner after their
Last season the blue and white fin- sprints. The team may be broken into
ished the season with a 2-8 record, two; one team an intercollegiate team,
Some of the returning senior leadership while the other will play in an Erie
is hopeful for this upcoming season, adult league.
“I guess the best way 1 can put our Gates will be leading the Lions for
record into words is that it did not re- his third year. Goalie coach, Aaron
fleet the quality of players we had on Patterson, and first year defensive
the team,” said senior Ryan Lang. coach Mike Cook will join Gates.
Returning seniors include Lang, The First game will take place at
Sean Salem, Mike Fritts, and James Mercyhurst (JWC) at 8:00 p.m., Sep-
Wyble. Junior Tim Mcgill and sopho- tember 25 lh . The Lions will be facing
more DJ Craven will also return to the off against St. Vincent College’s Polar
Lions for this upcoming season. Cra- Bear Cats. The Polar Bear Cats ended
ven, the teams star forward, hopes to last season with a record of six wins
have a break out season. and five loses.
Freshmen hopefuls are Daniel Theisen
Women’s soccer assistant
coach is no stranger to the team
All-star athlete returns as staff
By Kim McCray
Staff Writer
The Behrend women’s soccer team started
the 2004 season with a fresh staff. Both head
coach Patrick O’Driscoll and assistant coach
Katie Giles are beginning their first season
with the Lions as coaches.
Assistant coach Giles is no stranger to the
team. Giles was a standout player for the Li
ons, leading them to their most successful
four-year period in the Behrend women’s soc
cer program.
Giles is highly prepared and qualified to
coach the women. As a midfielder, Giles was
a four-year starter and team captain who led
the Lions to four AMCC conference titles and
four postseason bids. While on their AMCC
runs, she received three all-conference hon
ors, which include the Newcomer of the Year
award.
“There are many times when I miss play
ing and wish I could be back out there with
another couple of years of eligibility,” said
Giles. “However, it is truly an incredible op
portunity to be back and a part of the pro
gram again. We have a great team with lots
of potential, and I look forward to working
with them.”
Giles looks back on her years of playing
and hopes that the women she is advising this
year and in the future can have the truly amaz
ing experience she did while being a part of
the Lion’s team. Her goals for the season in
clude winniging the AMCC conference and
Intramural Softball Results
Monday
Juice 12, TKE 2
Juice 16, KDR 6
Project Mayhem 8, Fockers 7
Meals on Wheels 13, Bambinos 11
For future results and intramural picture of the week check out:
pennstatebehrend.psu.edu/athletics/intramurals/IMsoftball.htm
By Brett Pollack
staff writer
earning an NCAA bid. Giles would also like
to help her team establish true team cainara-
“Some of my best memories are from times
spent with my teammates throughout my four
years he;e at Behrend,” said Giles. “I want
the women to take away as much as possible
from their college experience; hopefully they
will gain more than simply playing soccer
from being a part of this team.”
Giles believes she is very lucky to have
experienced what she did during her four
years of playing for the Lions. She is opti
mistic about the 2004 season and is confident
that the women this year have the skills and
desire needed to make it far.
“I was fortunate to be a part of very success
ful teams during my four years at Behrend,”
said Giles. “We were undefeated in the AMCC
conference for four years, and received post
season bids each year.”
Her record shows that she knows exactly what
the team needs to do to achieve their goals.
Giles believes training hard at practice will
allow the girls to reap the benefits of their
hard work. She is confident the women on
her team possess the necessary qualities to be
top contenders in the conference. Giles hope
is to lead the teams she coaches to the same
kind of success she has experienced.
While Giles attended Penn State Behrend
she studied biology and earned a bachelor’s
degree. In addition to helping out with coach
ing of the team, Giles is currently pursuing a
master’s degree in physical therapy.
Tuesday
Crimson Tide 16, Staff Infection 6
Wednesday
KDR 15, TKE 12
Project Mayhem 13, Sig Tau 8
Misfits 18, Corey’s Team 8
Last Run 18, Binder 1
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teams carry that many. We will get the
number down”.
Whether Coach Benim goes with a
roster of all returning players, or some
of the freshman step up and show that
they belong on the field, we can look
forward to seeing the AMCC's 2003
coach of the year improve on last
season’s win total.
This time of year is the least glorious
for a baseball athlete. They get no praise
for a homerun, no media attention for a
no-hitter, all they do is train. While no
body may be watching now. come time
for the regular season, this time of year
will make all the difference.
and Andy McLachlan. The freshmen
will have big skates to fill with the loss