Friday, November 3, 2006
Cross country runs away with second place
By Matt Waronker
staff writer
Heavy rain, blistering winds and even a few Team members say they will do well at the
hail stones fell last Saturday. These circum- tournament. “We expect everyone to perform
stances wouldn’t appear to be the most inviting well at Regionals,” said Gorny. "The team has
conditions for any outdoor activity, let alone an been having good practices and everyone has
eight mile race, but this less than ideal weather been working hard and staying consistent so
couldn’t stop the men’s and women’s cross coun- given the right conditions I think we'll be able to
try teams from earning a second place finish in run very competitively ’
the AMCC Championships held
at Lake Erie College.
“The course was basically a
swamp,’’ said freshman Kevin
Gorny. “But even with the terri
ble conditions everyone pulled
through and ran extremely well.”
Leading the men’s team was
senior captain Brad Ruffo who
placed second overall with a time
of 28:38. Also finishing with
strong performances were Gorny
who finished in seventh place
with a time of 29:23, and fresh
man Andy lams who finished in
tenth place with a time of 29:37.
Ruffo, Gorny and lams each
received All-Conference honors.
As a team the men earned 46
points which placed them second
in a field of ten teams. Frostburg
State placed first with 31 points
and captured the AMCC champi
onship title.
Not to be outdone by the men’s
team, the women’s team placed
four runners in the top eleven.
The women were led by sopho
more Jenny Bailey who placed
first overall. Bailey was followed
by juniors Willa Patterson and
Leisl Soergel who finished sixth
and seventh respectively.
Freshman Lisa Brozewicz placed contributed photo
eleventh overall. The women s B rac j R u ff o kick S hard to finish stremg at a reC ent inyitational.
team finished with 39 points,
enough to make them the run
ners-up behind first place Frostburg State. Whether the heavy ram and blistering winds
Frostburg State finished with 34 points and cap- will stay at Lake Erie remains to be seen, but the
tured the women’s championship title as well. team members will continue to compete full
With the regular season now finished, both heartedly
teams will begin to prepare for the NCAA
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be held at Waynesburg College on November 11.
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Behrend ice hockey turns up heat on Alfred
The Penn State Behrend men’s ice hockey team
looks to continue a good start to its season this
weekend against Robert Morris University (RMU).
Behrend has started out with an overall record of 6-
3, although all three losses so far have come in their
league, the North Division of the American
Collegiate Hockey Association.
Behrend fell to Case Western last Friday by a final
score of 5-4. Despite two goals from forward D.J.
Craven, the Lions were unable to overcome the
offensive performance of their opponents. Forwards
Chris Simanic and Brian Hammel both added goals
in the losing effort.
The Lions roared back from the loss in a big way
by defeating Alfred State College (ASC) on the road
18-1. The team turned in an overwhelming offen
sive performance, doubling its highest goal total of
the season which also came against ASC. Forward
Dan Thiessen led the onslaught with four goals and
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By Tommy Phillips
staff writer
The Behrend Beacon I
three assists in the game. Craven added a goal and
six assists. Forward Andy McLachlan scored three
goals, while forwards Jon Romanelli, Brad Alayon,
Max Polinski and Simanic all tallied two goals.
Goalie Pat Laskey and the defense stifled the Alfred
offense, only allowing one goal.
As the Lions try to defend their North Division
title from last season, they will need to continue to
get good performances from their leaders. Craven
leads the team with 17 points, with seven goals and
10 assists on the season. Alayon has scored the most
goals on the team with his nine goals so far this year.
Craven, Simanic and Thiessen are not far behind
him with seven goals apiece so far this year. If
Behrend’s offense continues to have a good season,
the team should be able to come back from their 0-3
start in their league. They will try to take the positive
momentum from the last game in their next game
against RMU. The game is at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday
at Mercyhurst College.
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