BEACON SPORTS
Question and answer session with head coach Roz Fonari
By Keith Golembiewski
staff writer
krgso2lo psu.edu
Keith Golembiewski: How has the Women's basket
ball team been doing?
Roz Fonari: We are finding our way at the moment.
The younger players are beginning to understand
what it takes to win.
KG: What are your thoughts of this current season?
RF: We are working hard to get better. If we contin
ue to get better we have a good chance of reaching
our goals. We are never satisfied and you'd see that
by how we compete on the floor. Whether it is the
beginning of the game or the end, we have the same
Intensity, regardless of score.
KG: What is the current record held by the team''
RF: 6-6
KG: What is different about this year's team?
RF: Youth. We are young. We are more talented
Jan. 20, Women's Basketball
Jan. 20, Men's Basketball
Jan. 21, Indoor Track Field
Jan. 21, Swimming and Diving
Jan. 21, Women's Basketball @La Roche
Jan. 21, Men's Basketball @ La Roche
Jan. 24, Women's Basketball Hilbert
Jan. 24, Men's Basketball Hilbert
Jan. 25, Swimming and Diving @ W&J
Jan. 27, Women's Basketball Frostburg
Jan. 27, Men's Basketball Frostburg
Jan. 27, Swimming and Diving Grove City
Jan. 28, Indoor Track and Field @ Case Western
Jan. 28, Women's Basketball Pitt-Greensburg
Jan. 28, Men's Basketball Pitt-Greensburg
Jan. 31, Women's Basketball Medaille
Jan. 31, Men's Basketball Medaille
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KG: What will the women's team do differently this
year than in previous years?
RF: We have a similar work ethic and are doing
everything the right way. We are working to win a
championship.
KG: What players are making the difference?
RF: We have a lot of them, actually. We have return
ing players doing a great job leading and many
rookies stepping up to fill needed roles. We are a
good "TEAM." I couldn't ask for a better group of
people.
KG: How do you encourage and push players to the
next level?
RF: I am tough on my players. I ask them to be con
sistent, to give their best, and to get on one another
to give more. It is not easy to have a balance
between being too hard on them and too soft. This
is a crucial time for us to get better. We have a lot of
work still to do. I push them because they have the
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talent to reach the goals they set out to achieve
KG: What things haven't you expected from the
team that the players have done?
RF: I like our balance. It isn't an individual effort
that I am impressed with but how the individual
efforts are blending together to make a difference.
We are a solid team on and off the floor. I will say
that we achieved a 3.24 (GPA) as a team and
although I expect us to do well, I am impressed with
what they accomplish in the classroom.
KG: Do you have any personal opinions about the
Behrend team?
RF: This team has been one of the best to work with.
They listen, they are respectful, they want more,
they work hard daily. I want them to win for them.
They are a very deserving group. There are few peo
ple who expected us to be talented this year. I am
proud of how this group is coming together. We
have won our last 3 of 4 games and I am excited to
see how we finish. We have a ways to go still.
Sports Trivia 101
Pittsburgh Penguins Center Sidney Crosby is one of the top 20 goal-scorers in the
NHL this year. If he can finish this season by winning the scoring title, at 18 years
old, he will be the youngest player in NHL history to win the goal-scoring title. Who
is the youngest player in NHL history to win or have a share of the goal-scoring title?
Last Week's Answer: Pat Riley (Miami Heat)
Correctly answered by Scott McHenry
The answer will be posted in next week's Beacon issue. Email your answers to cslsoos@psu.edu.
The first person to answer correctly will have their name printed next week.
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Friday, January 20, 2006
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