Friday, April 8, 2005
Lions win conference
match, drop two others
By Mike Tomko
staff writer
Last Friday, the squad lost to
Alfred University at home by a
score of 4-5. The team stood at
7-7 following the loss.
"Alfred's a pretty good team,
and we really could have beat
them", said Coach Barger, "we
played well".
In number one doubles fresh
man Miles Boyea and senior
Todd Guarnieri won their match
8-5. In number two doubles
sophomore Brian Espin and
sophomore Matt Meyer were
beaten 8-2, and in third doubles
freshman James Myers and
freshman Trevor Dougherty
won by the score of 9-7.
In singles play Boyea won his
match 6-0, 6-0, and Myers also
was victorious by the score of
6-3, 2-6, 6-4. Espin, Guarnieri,
Meyer, and Dougherty all lost
their singles matches.
On Saturday April 2 the Lion
tennis team won their confer
ence match at home versus
Frostburg 5-4. With the win the
Lions improved their confer
ence record to 2-1, and 8-7
overall.
Tar Heels and Lady Bears
are National Champs
By Chris LaFuria
sports commentary
On the evening of April 5, collegiate
basketball came to an end, with two
new teams being crowned as champs
for the men's and women's basketball
season. On Monday
night, the North Carolina
Tar Heels conquered the
men's bracket by over
coming the late-game
blooming Illinois
Fighting Illini, 75-70.
The following night, the
Baylor Lady Bears halted
Michigan State's run for
its first NCAA title by
destroying the Lady
Spartans, 84-62.
It was a tremendously
sweet victory for UNC's
Roy Williams, who,
before the Final Four,
was labeled the best
coach never to win a
National Championship.
Williams, who took over
the helm of the team after
the departure of Matt
Doherty, led the team
everybody tagged as one
of the best three teams all
year. On the court, the
Heels relied on the mas
sive structure known as
Sean May to lead the
troops. Scoring a game
high 26 points, May
earned the Most
Outstanding Player of the
2005 tournament. Other
contributors to Carolina's
success were Ray Felton, who added 17
points, and Rashad McCants, adding
14.
For Illinois, early shooting troubles
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"Saturday night I was just not
pleased with the consistency.
We went three sets in five of 6
singles matches against guys
that were no where near as good
as the night before", said Coach
Barger
In doubles action Boyea and
Guarnieri lost in a nail biter 9-8.
While the teaming of Espin and
Meyer as well as the team of
Myers and Dougherty won their
matches both by the score of 8-
3.
"We are really kind of play
ing without leadership, we need
somebody to just kind of get the
guys more focused and stuff',
said Coach Barger, "last year
we had a couple older guys that
had been around a couple years
that kind of pushed the younger
guys."
In singles play Boyea lost in
straight sets 6-3, 6-3. Espin and
Guarnieri both lost in three sets.
Winning for the Lions were
Meyer in three sets 5-7, 6-2, 6-
1, Myers in three sets 4-6, 6-4,
6-3, and Dougherty also in three
sets 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
On Wednesday at home the
Lions were beaten by Slippery
Rock University by the score of
prevented the Illini from firing on all
cylinders. The Illini shot 38 percent,
more than half of the field goals being
three-pointers for the game. The Heels
raised the standard for field goal shoot
ing, making a little more than half of
their attempts at 51 percent.
Dominance by Sean May within the key
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Bayloyr's Latoya Wyatt wrestles the ball away from
Michigan State's Kelli Roehrig in the first half of
their 2005 NCAA Division I Women's champi
onship game on Tuesday, April 5 in Indianapolis,
Indiana.
solidified the success of the Heels.
Illinois did not have the proper utilities
to contain such as monster. This lead to
many easy baskets by the MOP.
April 11 vs. La Roche (DH)
3 p.m
Baseball
April 10 vs. Case Western (DH)
7-2 in a non-conference match.
With the lose the Lions drop to
8-8 overall but remain 2-1 in the
conference
"I was looking at our records
the other day, and thinking we
probably should have won like
three more matches that we
lost", said Coach Jeff Barger.
Player of the week honors went
to Behrend Freshman James
Myers for his singles and dou
bles play for the week of March
28. Myers is the first Lion to be
honored with the award this
season. This week Myers was a
runner up for the award because
of his wins in singles and dou
bles play.
"Now everybody is young.
Nobody is willing to kind of
take charge of the team", said
Coach Barger.
The Lions next three matches
are all versus conference oppo
nents. They play April 8 at Pitt-
Greensburg, April 9 at
Frostburg, and April 10 at Penn
State Altoona. The team will
need some leadership to help
win the next three games.
Women's Water Polo
April 9 vs. Washington and Jefferson
4 p.m
Softball
April 9 vs. Frostburg (DH)
1 p.m
April 10 Alumni Game
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After a half time score of 40-27,
Illinois, led by Luther Head's 21 points,
regained some control over Carolina's
dominance and put forth almost the
necessary effort to succeed, but fell
short due to clutch free throws by Sean
May.
On the women's side, Baylor, led by
Coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson, who
took over five years ago when the 7-20
Lady Bears were desperate, defeated
the Lady Spartans of MSU in a one
sided affair. Led by Sophia Young's 26
points, Baylor annihilated the number
one Michigan State. With the victory,
Baylor becomes the team with the third
lowest preseason ranking to win the
National Title. A rank of eight made
most skeptics doubt the validity of the
team, until Tuesday night.
Even though only six players scored
for the Bears, the key scorers made their
presence felt. With Young's 26 points,
Emile Niemann's 19, and Steffanie
Blackmon's 22, the Bears found ample
points from three key players.
Michigan State, who did shoot a decent
41 percent from the field, did not find
the right shots to overcome Baylor. Led
by the 20 points of Lindsey Bowen, the
Spartans attempted to crawl back from
such a huge lead, but only reduced the
lead to less than 20 a few times.
This is the first title game for both
teams and the first win for the lady
Bears.
With exciting last-second shots and
wild comebacks, both tournaments
were ones to remember. Baylor, who
knocked of three top seeds to win the
title and Carolina's deliverance of high
expectations were the highlights of this
year's season. As Dick Vitale said it,
"Are you kidding me? It simply does
not get better than this."
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Lady Lions fight to the finish
By Rachel Lyon
staff writer
The Lady Lions saw a lot of action this past
weekend at the Siena Invitational, picking up a
comeback win against Queens College, while
losing to Division I lona, Maryland, and St.
Francis.
Behrend's first game came Saturday against
lona, which resulted in a 13-3 loss. Freshmen
Amanda Weist punched in all three goals for the
blue and white. Despite the loss, Coach Joe
Tristan said the numbers can be deceiving.
"The first time we played them, we were
down eight or nine goals at halftime," said
Tristan. "This time, we were only down 3-0 at
the half."
Tristan watched Behrend's game from the
stands, serving his one game suspension result
ing from an ejection that took place March 29,
against Grove City.
Later Saturday, the Lady Lions got back into
the water to face the University of Maryland.
The Terrapins scored nine goals in the first half
on the way to their 11-5 win. Sophomore Cara
Ludwig led Behrend with three goals, while
senior Sam Cibula and sophomore Alexis
Puhala each contributed a goal.
"I think the first game drained them," said
Tristan of his team.
Exhaustion set in for Behrend, with a roster
of just 10 players, while Maryland boasts 25
players.
The blue and white returned Sunday to take
on Queens College, and staged a comeback to
grab a 13-10 victory. Ludwig, again, led in
scoring with six goals. Sophomore Brittany
Yost contributed four goals, while Weist,
participants with the
arrival of some season
ably warm weather.
Last Sunday's snow
that dropped
over a foot of snow in
the Erie area, has made
storm,
some people question
whether or not there
would be any more
intramural events. If
you were one of these
people you don't need
to worry because fore
casters predict above
average temperatures
for the next week which
will melt away all of the
snow.
Students interested in
participating in this
year's event are encour
aged to sign up whether
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Intramural track meet tests
students physically, mentally
By Eric Nyberg
contributing writer
The second half of the
spring intramural sea
son begins April 8 with
the individual track
meet. This will he the
third event of the season
and is expected to have
a substantial amount of
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Cibula. and Puhala had one apiece.
At one point in the first half, Behrend found
themselves down 5-1.
"We had to climb out of a hole to get the
win," said Tristan. "It was not our best game of
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Tristan said hi , team came together defen
sively after trailing 6-4 at halftime. In the sec
ond half, the Lady Lions outscored Queens 9-4,
to solidify the comeback, and steal the win.
The final game of the invitational came
against St. Francis College, and the Division I
Terriers got the better of the Lady Lions, 11-8.
After falling behind 4-0 in the first quarter, the
team came together and played what Tristan
called, "The best game I've seen them play so
far this year."
Behrend shut down the Terriers leading scor
er, freshmen Megan Husak, and Tristan was
convinced if his team had two more minutes,
the Lady Lions may have been able to pull out
with a victory.
Ludwig and Yost led the team with four goals
and two goals, respectively. Weist and Puhala
added a goal each. Goaltender, freshmen Missy
Pilewski had six saves, while sophomore goal
tender Colleen Applebaugh snagged four.
While Behrend's overall record is 5-13, the
team remains undefeated in Division 111 play at
4-0. Tristan stresses the importance of this
weekend's game against fellow Division 111
"arch nemesis" Washington & Jefferson. A win
not only means bragging rights, but a possible
number one seed out of the east coast.
With the Western Division tournament loom
ing three weeks away, Tristan says his team is
focused on now.
"We're just taking it one game at a time."
or just someone who
wants to lose that extra
winter weight. The race
is a great way to get out
and enjoy the sunny
weather and a great way
to mold your body for
those summer days lay
ing out on the beach.
Along with the physi
cal advantages of run
ning the race there are
also some mental
advantages to it. It has
been proven that exer
cise is a great stress
reliever and we all
know that with finals
approaching rapidly in
the next few weeks, any
type of stress relief is
essential.
If you are hesitant
about signing up for the
race because of time
constraints with study
ing, you will be happy
to hear that the race is
fairly short and it isn't
even necessary for you
to finish.
Unlike school-sanc
tioned events there
won't be a coach there
hassling you to "give it
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at you for not running
faster. The track meet is
strictly for fun!
The race is also a way
to get out and take in
the beauty of Behrend's
campus. Students who
ran the race in the past
credit the "trail" the
race is run on for their
involvement year after
year. This year's race
will take student's all
over campus from the
Behrend fields and
throughout the student
housing facilities.
James Roberts, 810
07, said, "I am the far
thest thing from a per
son in good physical
shape, but I always run
the race because I love
being outside in the
spring weather, espe
cially on the nature
trails around the
Behrend fields."
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