Friday, December 5, 2008
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Amy Oldach
Women's Basketball
Sophomore
Dec. 1, 2008.
Amy Oldach (Erie/Villa Maria) has been named the ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR ath
lete of the week for the week of Dec. 1, 2008.
Oldach led the Behrend Lion offenses dishing out three assists in a 77-82 loss to the
Fredonia State Blue Devils. She also tallied 18 points against the Blue Devils to lead
the team. Oldach began the season earning a place on the Behrend Tip-Off All
Tournament team. Oldach leads the team with 3.7 assists per game and third on the
team with eight steals and 13.7 points per game.
The Blue and White will open AMCC play on Wednesday, December 3 starting at
6:00 p.m. on the Junker Center hardwood. The matchup with the Mt. Aloysius
Mounties will be televised on Image Sports in the Erie area. Behrend enters the game
with a 1-2 record while the Mounties are 0-3 on the year. The Behrend Lions will con
tinue league play on Saturday, December 6 at Frostburg State.
ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
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SPORTS
Lions take a bite out of the Mounties
in their AMCC confernence opener
There is no doubt that the win-
ter season is upon us here in Erie.
Not only does that bring cold,
snowy weather to the campus of
Penn State Behrend, it also brings
another season of Behrend Lions'
basketball.
On Wednesday night. the Blue
and White hosted the Mt.
Alyosius Mounties in Behrend's
Junker Center in their first
AMCC game,of this early season.
Lions' coach Dave Niland set a
game plan so that his team could
emerge successful against the
Mountaies. "Take good shots
Lions' Pat Sr. Andrews goes hard
and try to limit [Mt. Alyosius'l
top scorers, - Niland said.
Mt. Alyosius came out of the
gates with the momentum early
in the game. They made a few
three-point shots early in the
match that seemed to give them
an early advantage.
It did not take long however for
the Lions to settle and get into a
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rhythm. The Blue and White
made some shots of their own
and slowly started to take control
of the game. The score was close
at halftime. with the Lions win
ning 39-30.
'The Mounties came out in the
second half looking to take con
trol of the game themselves.
They unleashed a half court
trap on the Lions that seemed to
he turning the tide. Although the
Blue and White had built a lead,
it was slowly slipping away.
The Lions reacted to the trap
and were able to heat it. "We did
not handle it well at first, but
once we saw it a few times. we
spaced it out and the guys did a
good job of executing. - Niland
The Lions played well on
defense as well as offense. The
team created I 8 turnovers
throughout the span of the game
and Niland was pleased with that.
"We were very active." Niland
said. "Tom Newman and Drew
Seker were very aggreyi e
Once the Lions got the game
hack tinder control, they were
able to roll on to victory. The
final score was 79-64.
Top performers for the Blue
and White included Adam Potter.
Toni Newman. Drew Seker and
Adam Kaiser
Potter was the Lions' leading
scorer, producing 21 points in the
contest. Newman and Kaiser
also put up double figures in the
win. Newman had 16 points and
five assists, while Kaiser netted
14 points.
The Blue and White also per
formed well from the free throw
line, making 19 of 28 free throws
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on the night
Not only was it important for
the Lions to eel their first confer-
ence win. but it was also impor-
tart to get a win at home.
"You need to get all of our
home games. - Niland said.
With a big conference win at
home. the Lions' are looking for
ward to playing well this season
as they look to defend their
AMCC Championship.
- We have to wurk hard e v ery
day. have fun and enjoy the
process, - Niland said.
Anthony Capizzi ,t;oes around a
defender to the basket.