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The Behrend Lions sit \\ith o\ erull
record of 2-2 and arc 1-0 in the AMC(
conference
Fornari has four assistant coaches
Coach Atm Shanahan enter. her
teenth year as a \ oluntecr assistant coach
and coach Becky Reed k entering her
twelfth season as a \ olunteel
"Not that mangy people get I ha \ c peo
ple around them like that for long
explained Fornari. "I' e been fortunate
to have them
Assistant coach Alanna I)anick begins
her second season for Fortiori and assis-
tant coach Katie Weillold enter. her I'irq
The Behrend hon arc led h‘ the two
senior captains on the team. Natalie
Engel and Ellen Kolo',.
"Nat and Ellen have led the team in
every way possible. - said Fornari.
"They lead by example. both on the floor
and emotionally. The\ are two of the
best academic people on the team.
are two of the hest leaders l \ c had. no
Leading in the direction of the ,ante
goals will help the Blue and Mite
become more qicceful throughout Mc
season
"Ellen and I lead the team \ ()calk. hut
by example too. - said Engel. "\Ne hair
a lot of leaders on our team this \ ear and
everyone plays a different role. but
everyone leading the team to \\ ard the
same goals is going to mater us success-
Communication het ween the coaches
and teammate pia\ a \ ital role in the
captains being success, ill
"Nat and 1 \k (n - 1. \v \I togoller.-
Kolos. "Our main goal
.n _cep c‘(...r.
one on the same pa!!e and keep e‘ en -
one's attitude puniti ve. We communicate
very well with C'oach Fornari and this
Behrend senior Ellen kolos (friends against Mr. ,Aloysius on Wednesdnay night.
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Icad u, to keep the team in check."
For this season, the team has set daily
goals and hopes to reach and surpass
dicir coals
need to accomplish in the game to win,"
said Fornari. "There are more challenges
at this point
one daN, at a time to her team
day h\ day and game by game," said
Fornari. "We will surprise a lot of peo-
pie that way
pht crs on the team
,id% mice to the NCAA tourney," said
top categories such as scoring and
rehoundint! in the conference. We also
want to 2i eas much as we can and leave
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Behrend .sophomore Rachel Richardson dribbles past her opponent.
We ha\ e daily game goals, what we
Fornari stre s ses the importance of tak-
We want to improve on getting better
Winning k crucial and important to the
We want to win the AMCC and
Kolos. "We want our team to be in the
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nothing behind. This year our motto is
"play big", hence we are a very short
team. We give everything we have and
leave it on the floor."
Not only does the team want to be suc-
cessful by winning games, but also enjoy
playing the game.
"We haven't set goals for this season in
terms of how many games we want to
win," said Engel. "We just want to make
sure we become the best team we can be
and the best group we can be, with our
main goal being to enjoy playing togeth
er and have fun doing what we're doing."
According to Fornari, the Behrend
Lions have incorporated a new system
into the way they play, which has been a
challenge at times
"We want to get better every day and
compete with each other to improve on
the new system that we have been run-
ning this year," explained Fornari.
"Because it is new, it has been challeng-
ing, but it also has been extremely fun.-
The Behrend Lions started off the
2008-2009 season with a spark as they
defeated Cazenovia by a score of 90-46
at the Behrend Tip-off Tournament on
Nov. 22.
Behrend senior Natalie Engel scored a
game-high 25 points to help lead the
team to victory. Senior Ellen Kolos
scored 17 points, sophomore Kelly
Nowacinski added 10 points, while soph
omore Rachel Richardson contributed a
double-double with 11 points and 11
rebounds. Sophomore Amy Oldach led
the team with seven assists.
In the championship game of the
Behrend Tip-off Tournament, the Lions
faced Adrian College. Behrend lost by a
close three points, 69-72.
For Behrend, Nowacinski tallied a
game-high 20 points, Oldach scored 16
points, and Richardson added 14 points
along with nine rebounds and four steals.
Oldach and Richardson were named to
the Behrend Tip-Off All Tournament
Focusing on improving as a team and
not worrying about their opponents are
two key components in the upcoming
important conference games.
"We are focusing on getting better at
our defense and offense," explained
Engel. "We're not so much focusing on
what the other teams do as much as we
are focusing on ourselves and things we
can control and change."
Kolos expressed the same need and
desire to stay focused on their team and
to keep improving
"Right now we are focusing on us and
how we are playing and improving on
the aspects of the game that we are strug
gling in," said Kolos. "We are less con
cerned with our opponents beating us,
but rather us beating ourselves."
For their next game, the Behrend
Lions will be traveling to Maryland for
another AMCC matchup against
Frostburg State on Saturday.
rTHIS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5
The swim team travels to compete at the Fredonia State Blue
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6
The Behrend swimmers have their second day of competition at the
Fredonia State Blue Devil Invitational at 10 a.m
The Women's Basketball team travels to Frostburg State for a game
Following the women's game, the Men's Basketball team faces
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7
The swim team has a third match at the Fredonia State Blue Devil
Invitational at 5 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10
Behrend Women's Basketball team plays at Hilbert at 6 p.m
The Men's Basketball team faces Hilbert after
Captain Sidney Crosby is second in the NHL for points with 39
Pens second in Atlantic
Division standings
By Sam Curti
staff writer
srcsl3l Capsu.edu
The Pittsburgh Penguins are starting
to melt the ice as they continue to dom-
mate their opponents
Pittsburgh is currently ranked fourth
among the Eastern Conference teams,
and second among Atlantic Dvision
teams, succeeding only to the New York
Rangers. With 34 overall points as a
team, the Pens record is 15-6-4.
Evgeni Malkin currently leads the
National Hockey League in points (41)
and assists (31)
Not to be outdone, team captain
Sidney Crosby is second in the league in
points (39), trailing Evgeni Malkin.
Crosby is fourth in the standings in
assists
While the "dynamic duo" continue to
lead the way, backup goaltender, Dany
Sabourin is second in the league in goals
against average (GAA), with 1.86.
Marc-Andre Fleury is recovering
from the undisclosed injury he suffered
earlier in November. He was seen prac-
ticing with the team earlier this week
and is expected to be back in the near
Fleury was not the only one seen
practicing with the Penguins recently.
Penguin defenseman Ryan Whitney
has rejoined the team. Whitney has not
yet played a game this season due to a
left foot surgery he received during the
offseason. There has not been any word
as to when he may return, but Penguin
fans are eagerly anticipating his reunion
to the team.
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Devil Invitational at 6 p.m
at 1 p.m
Frostburg State at 3 p.m
the women's game at 8 p.m
versus the division leading New York
Rangers, the Penguins endured two sig
nificant losses to the team.
Forwards Tyler Kennedy and Mike
Zigomanis left the game prior to the
third period due to undisclosed injuries.
As a result of these injuries, the
Penguins recruited Chris Minard and
Janne Pesonen from Wilkes-
Barre/Scranton. For the game against
the Carolina Hurricanes, Zigomanis is
listed as probable, while Kennedy is out.
Recently, the Pittsburgh Penguin's
head coach, Michel Terrien annointed
Jordan Staal and Matt Cook to be alter-
nate captains for the month of
December.
In an article by Sam Kasan, Staal
talked about this honor.
"It's a great feeling, especially with
all the talented players we have on this
team," said Staal. "It's nice to have a
part of the leadership. I want to help
lead this team and be a part of it. On the
ice, I try to lead as an example. I might
not be screaming at guys but Ell help
them out if I see a problem."
Therrien believes that Staal can help
the team in numerous ways.
"This is a guy that we are counting on
for the future," said Therrien. "I like the
way that Jordan is playing. He's respon
sible defensively, good at penalty
killing. You can see that he's got more
confidence that he used to have in the
past, offensively."
The Penguins continue to be a con
tender in the league and with Marc-
Andre Fleury and Ryan Whitney expect
ed to fully recover from their injuries,
the Penguins can only hope to become
stronger.
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