Friday, April 29, 2005
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Women’s soccer looks to conquer AMCC’s
By Samantha Baldensperger
from the Oct. 29 issue
The women’s soccer season might be winding
down but these girls sure are not. Last Thursday
they played (9-1-3) Carnegie Melon and lost 0-3.
Then, last weekend (11-4-1) Behrend blanked
(13-1) Mt. Aloysius 12-0. This week they play
(7-9-1) Medaille here at home. Then finally on
Saturday they begin the Allegheny Mountain
Collegiate Conference championship tourna
ment.
Last Thursday Oct 21 the Lady Lions fell to
Carnegie Melon. They were shut out with a score
of 0-3. In the end they ended up with four shots
on goal to Carnegie Melon’s 25. The team quick
ly rebounded with a 12-0 shut out of Mt.
Aloysius.
Coach Patrick O’Driscoll said of the shut out
game on Saturday, “We handled Saturday’s game
in a very professional manner...we played to our
level and had a lot of positives for the game.”
During the game Behrend had sixty one shots on
goal to Mt. Aloysius’ zero. Top scorers were Jen
Quail, and Holly Greiner with two and Jen Baker
with four. Greiner said that “.. .even though their
record is not comparable to ours, we still had to
play our hardest.” During the game Mt. Aloysius
even scored a goal on themselves in minute fifty
seven.
This Thursday the Lady Lions faced Medaille
here at Behrend. The ladies ended up with a 5-0
shut out. Behrend has thirty seven shots on goal
compared to Medaille’s 1. Michelle Newland
Freshman soccer player
Men’s soccer strives for excellence on field
At the season finisher, the Behrend boys beat Medaille 3-1. The team fought forcefully for the victory;
the “W” allows the men to advance to the AMCC playoffs. Junior central midfielder Brian Blaszczyk put
the men ahead in the minute of play with a header to the upper left comer of the net. The Medaille
tp-am was able to place a shot by sophomore goalkeeper Matt Zimsak in the minute. Junior Justin
Reese, scored both the tie breaking goal and the third goal of the game.
The blue and white were victorious over Thiel on Oct. 19, with a 2-1 win. The men played their game,
intense, aggressive, and intelligent. The success brought the team to a 9-5-1 record. In essence, this game
started the Behrend men’s winning streak.
The victory over Thiel boosted the men’s confidence from a loss to conference opponent Frostburg State.
“We had a very good start to the season,” said senior forward Eric Nyberg. “We have just had a bad ran
of luck."
The loss put the team 3-3-1 conference record, but those men want more.
“I think losing some games has opened our eyes, and we are better prepared now for the post season,”
said Nyberg.
Victories that followed for the men included a 2-0 win over Case Western Reserve Oct. 22 and a 13-0
hashing of Mt. Aloysius Saturday. Their streak has improved to four wins, bumping the men’s overall
record to 12-5-1. The team is ranked fifth in the conference with a 5-3-1 record.
“The tpam i s really starting to play its best soccer of the year,” said sophomore marking back Josh Serafini.
The blue and white put up a forceful fight, but could not find the back of the net. “We have had some tough
losses in the conference, but it will be a whole new story in AMCC playoffs,” said Serafini.
The player standout for this 3-0 week is sophomore forward Herbert Obeng. Obeng scored four goals,
two being gamp, winners. Obeng’s oustanding performance on the field follows a season of strong play.
Obeng has been an essential asset to the team’s offensive and will be called upon in the next series to cre
ate plays for the blue and white.
The mpn have the AMCC tournament to look forward to now and fully intend to extinguish any rumor
that states their defeat.
“As defending champions, we are still the team to beat,” said Serafini.
“I would not want to face us in the playoffs,” said Nyberg. “If we stick to the game plan and work hard,
then there’s no reason why we shouldn’t win the conference championship.”
Men’s tennis takes second in AMCC
By Mike Tbmko
from the April 18 Issue
Last Sunday, the Behrend tennis team traveled to
Pitt-Greensburg to compete in the 2005 AMCC
Conference Tournament. The blue and white fin
ished with nine total points, good enough for second
behind Penn State Altoona who had ten.
In number one singles, freshman Miles Boyea
lost to Jared Feetrar of Penn State Altoona in
straight sets 3-6, 2-6. Gary Lyst of Frostburg State
came out of the bracket in first beating Jareed
Feetrar.
Sophomore Brian Espin took first place in the
second singles field, beating Rob Pulcini of Pitt-
Greensburg in straight sets 6-1,6-2. Then Espin beat
Alex Chang of Penn State Altoona in three sets 6-4,
4-6 and 6-2.
In fourth singles, sophomore Matt Meyer won his
first matph against Payton Mullin in straight sets 6-
0,6-1. Meyer fell in the finals to Pat Cooper of Penn
State Altoona in three sets 6-3,0-6, and 5-7.
Freshman James Myers came out victorious in
the fifth singles bracket winning both of his match-
and Heather Crawford scored a goal a piece in the
first period. Then in the second period Kacie
Bums, Emily Miller, and Kari Struski each con
tributed a goal in the victory. This was the final
regular season game before the AMCC champi
onships begin on Saturday.
Going into this coming weekend’s AMCC
championship tournament the Lady Lions are
seeded number two. This means that they will
have a chance to play their semi-final game here
at Behrend. Coach O’Driscoll expressed confi
dence in his team, “I think we all know that we
have a talented enough team to win the champi
onship... we just have to have confidence in our
ability as a team.”
“We are working very hard in practice, and try
ing to practice as if they were playing in the
championship.” Greiner said about preparing for
the AMCC championship. They want to keep
there level of fitness up as well as their attitudes
and try and stay positive.
As for their expectations for the tournament
they plan on going out and giving it everything
that they have. They feel that in some of the
games that they lost this year they were the better
team. If they were given the chance to play them
again Greiner said, “We would be sure to let them
know who should have won the first time we
played.” When asked Greiner added “We expect
to all come out with a victory and win the confer
ence championship.” In order to win Coach
O’Driscoll feels that “It is just a matter of execut
ing on game day.”
By Colleen Applebaugh
from the Oct. 29 issue
es. Myers won his first match against Matt
Duermeyer in straight sets 6-0, 6-1. Myers won his
second match against Chris Schoenbaur of
Frostburg State in straight sets 6-0, 6-1.
In sixth singles freshman Trevor Dougherty won
his opening match over Matt Stephens in straight
sets 6-3, 6-2. Doughetry fell in his second match to
Andy Brunhuber of Penn State Altoona in two hard
fought sets 5-7, 2-6.
In number one doubles, the team of Boyea and
Guamieri won their opening match over Adam
Dearborn and Duermeyer of Pitt-Greensburg 8-1,
but the pair fell in their final match by the score of
8-6.
In number two doubles the team of Espin and Meyer
won their opening match 8-1, but fell in the finals to
Cooper and Change of Penn State Altoona 3-8.
In third doubles, the Lions had the some result.
The pair of Myers and Dougherty won their opening
match 8-4, but failed to win the final match, instead
losing to Brunhuber and Dolansky of Penn State
Altoona 3-8.
KJ Margraff/Behrend Beacon
Women's hoops prepare for Frostburg
By Sara Kamber
from the Feb. 25 issue
The AMCC defending
champions are ready to take
on Frostburg State, the num
ber one seed in the confer
ence, and head into the game
on a seven game winning
streak.
After sending Pitt-
Bradford packing on
Tuesday night in the first
round of the AMCC tourna
ment, the blue and white took
one more step in the way of
the taking this year’s champi
onship crown.
It was a pretty even offen
sive attack for the Lion’s.
Sophomore Tenesha Aden
and senior Amber Krumpe
both posted 12 points.
Krumpe also posted four
assists with Aden grabbing 7
boards. Sophomore Rachel
Slomski scored 9, freshman
Jessica Serafin put up 8 and
junior Nikki Pacinelli and
sophomore Brittany Mays
had 6 a piece.
As a team, Behrend shot
42 percent from the field and
81 percent at the line. The blue
and white out-rebounded Pitt-
Bradford 37-25 in the 64-43 victo
ry. Pitt-Bradford was single hand
edly led by Brittany McLean who
scored 30 of their 43 points.
When Frostburg traveled to the
Junker Center earlier this season,
the Bobcats took the decision by a
bucket. More recently thought,
Frostburg embarrassed the Lion’s
by totally manhandling them in the
42-69 Behrend loss.
“We didn’t play near our poten
tial in the two meetings this sea
son,” said Head Coach Roz
Fomari about the Frostburg
games. “They have some good
players as do we. We need to go to
our strengths and understand what
it is going to take to beat the
team.”
A lot has changed in the last few
weeks for the blue and white.
Every one is healthy and shooting
well and the team is playing like a
real force on the court. But how
do you prepare for playing the best
team in the league in the semifi
water polo continues to make a splash
By Kyle Woodside
from the Sept. 29 issue
Have you ever been
used to something and
then all of a sudden
had to change your
ways? Well, that’s
good. Now you know
how the men’s water
polo team felt last
week when they had to
face Gannon.
Gannon’s pool is
about 10 feet shorter in
width than the pools
Behrend usually plays
in. To further compli
cate things, there is a
wall instead of an open
“Spirit Against Cancer” raises $7,000 for charity
Penn State Behrend's fourth annual Becky Hubler Decker Dance and Cheerleading
Competition, held Feb. 12, generated $7,000 for the American Cancer Society with more than
2,000 people attending this unique event in the Junker Center.
48 teams participated in the competition that ran from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dance and cheerlead
ing teams from middle school, junior high, junior varsity, high school varsity, collegE and all-star
(open) squads participated winning awards in several categories.
"Spirit Against Cancer" was crea—ted in memory of Becky Hubler Decker. Her commitment
to the community, serving as dance coach at Penn State Behrend, cheerleading coach at Edinboro
University, she was captain of the Invaderettes dance team and a member of the Buffalo Bills
(Jills) dance team. All proceeds from this special event will benefit the American Cancer Society.
Sophomre Tenesha Aden shoots over two Pitt-Bradford defenders. Aden
and Krumpe (right) led the team with 12 points apiece.
nals after they slaughtered you in
the last meeting?
“I really don’t have to say much
to motivate this team; sometimes
it’s what you don’t say that is more
heard,” said Fomari. “This is a
great chance to beat a team that we
are as good as and just didn’t play
well against last time. We have
seen our share of upsets and the
home team not making it to the
championship. I am confident that
we can not only compete, but have
a good chance at beating
Frostburg, we just need to play
very well.”
Some would think it was a bad
luck of the draw having to play
Frostburg first, but the women
seem to be even more motivated
by taking them on first. With so
much recent change, the team
feels they have a lot to prove and
what better way to do that then
knock off the one seed on their
home court?
“I am pumped to play Frostburg
first. They stole the first game
from us on our home court and
space where the out
of-bounds line is.
Thus, when expecting
to be able to use the
whole pool, Coach
Tristan’s Lions hit the
wall at times, literally.
It threw off their pass
ing attack.
Despite the skewed
pool dimensions and
facing a tough Gannon
squad at their place,
the Lions played as
best as they could in
the 19-6 defeat.
“We forced 18 shots
and lost control of our
game plan,” Tristan
said. “They had lots of
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then pretty much embarrassed us
on their court, so it's payback time
now,” said Krumpe. “Wc need to
cut down on our turnovers this
time around and concentrate on
executing our offense. As always,
our defense will win this game for
us and we really need to step up
our pressure."
In their latest meeting at
Frostburg, Mays led the charge
with 10 points and 7 rebounds.
Besides Mays though, the Lion’s
had a below average night. Aden
had 8 points and 2 rebounds, both
below her average. Krumpe and
Slomski were also relatively quiet
with 3 boards apiece. When each
of these girls has a solid game,
there is no stopping the team.
They will need every member of
the squad to be on point this Friday
to make it happen and, lately, that
has not been a problem.
“We are simply executing better
and know our strengths a little bet
ter,” said Fomari. “I like the way
we are understanding strategy and
our focus is better.”
energy and we got
intimidated physically,
but we still played OK
mentally.”
The score was 6-1
after the first quarter
and the Lions were
forced to play catch-up
after that. A potent
offensive attack and a
mediocre
enabled Gannon to
referee
dominate
Charles Doane, a
phenomenal player for
Gannon, controlled the
“2-meter” position for
the Knights. He fin
ished with seven
goals, four of which
came in the first quar
ter. A 2-meter is paral
lel to a center in hock
ey or basketball; he
camps in front of the
opposing goal and
tries to outmuscle the
opposing defender!s).
“We used three dif
ferent guys on Doane
to try and stop him,
but they couldn’t.
Water polo is more
about being a smart
player than getting in
the ‘zone’. Doane saw
our defense and knew
immediately how to
score on it,” said
Tristan. “Next time we
face a tough 2-
try to change up
the defense a bit
in hopes of bet
ter results.”
Anthony
Spoto continued
to shine as he led
Behrend with a
hat trick. Justin
Ryder, Brandon
Sieber, and
Steve Schleicher
contributed with
one goal apiece
The team fin
ished 6-17.