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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Keith Yaegle
Men's Water Polo
Freshman
Sept. 24, 2007
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Keith Yaegle (Warren/Warren) has been named the ENTERPRISE
RENT-A-CAR athlete of the week for the week of Sept. 24, 2007.
Yaegle helped lead the Behrend Lions to a 2-3 record on the week
end at the Connecticut College invitational, where he tallied 64
saves on the weekend. He made 15 saves in both overtime wins
against Queens and Connecticut College. Yaegle has tallied 136
saves to date, including blocking six of 12 5-meter penalty shots.
The men's water polo team will host a double header weekend
starting Saturday, Sept, 29. First they will face Salem
International at 11:30 a.m. and then the Lions will play Gannon at
5:30 p.m. in the Junker Center Pool.
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Volleyball undefeated in AMCC
By Matt Waronker
sports editor
mbv, 5028 €i psu.edu
The Penn State Behrend volleyball team opened up AMCC
conference play this past week with a pair of wins against La
Roche College and Hilbert College. The Lady Lions swept both
opponents in three games and improved their overall record to an
impressive 11-5.
Appearing to have positively Freshman Danielle Woods had an out
bounced back from their heartbreaking standing game with seven kills, seven digs,
loss against Grove City just over a and five aces. Also contributing in the
week ago, the Lady Lions have begun team's victory was junior Jenna
to establish themselves as a force in Benzenhoefer with eight kills and three
conference play. The team has made crucial blocks. Sophomore Shelia Ogden
vast strides of improvement on both added ten kills.
sides of the ball, with the catalyst of While the Lady Lions first two con
their game coming most notably from ference opponents weren't exactly a legiti
their unrelenting defensive play. mate test for a growing Behrend squad
Behrend has held their opponent in since combined La Roche and Hilbert have
each match to under twenty points. yet to produce a single conference victory,
Against La Roche, Behrend held the head coach Pisano still feels the wins will
opposition to an average of 16 points have a positive effect on the team.
and in their match against Hilbert, the "Its great we're creating momentum
visiting Hawks were held to a dismal for ourselves," said Pisano. "Although we
average of 13 points per match. weren't faced with any pressure situations
"Our defensive effort has been in these games we feel we're making
excellent," said head coach Phil improvements and we want to continue
Pisano. "We've been very aggressive down that path."
serving and a lot of the time our oppo- The Lady Lions will look to remain
nents haven't been able to get the ball undefeated in conference play as they host
to their setter which took away their Pitt-Greensburg this Saturday at 4 at the
attack." Junker Center. One of the two other teams
By the same token, the Lady Lions KEEGAN McGREGOR
still undefeated in conference play, Pitt-
Behrend volleyball sweeps Hilbert in 3 games.
offensive efforts have played an equal-
ly significant factor in the team's suc- opponent than La Roche or Hilbert.
cess. According to Pisano the team's hitters have been the spark "Pitt-Greensburg is a much stronger team than in the past,"
the offense has been searching for. notes Pisano. "They're a young and quick team. I'm excited for
"Our transition and ability to attack the net lately has been very the match-up."
impressive," said Pisano. "We've had a much better connection
between our setters and our hitters. Our hitters have put the ball
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away very quickly which has been something we've worked hard
on. It's really cut down the chance for the other team to rally."
Against Hilbert this past Wednesday evening, a Hawks rally
wasn't even a possibility. A young Hilbert squad fell behind early
in game one as Behrend sprang to a commanding lead and never
had to look back. Behrend won game one 30-15, and in similar
fashion won game two by a score of 30-17. The Lady Lions con
tinued to dominate and with little surprise captured game three
30-9.
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