its o e4tent) Sports
MEN'S & WOMEN'S SOCCER
Caitlynn Elser and Kyle McKinney have both played huge roles in the Lions success this season. While both play in the defensive position, both teams looked to Elser and McKinney to anchor the defensive
line, leading to a successful season that took them to their respective AMCC final matches. Both teams will host ECAC tournament matches Wednesday, Nov. 10 at the Behrend Fields.
AMCC HEARTBREAK
Men's and women's soccer teams both lose in finals
MIRANDA MCCORMICK
stall reporter
It just was not the year for
the Behrend Lions soccer pro
grams. Both the 2010 men's
and women's soccer teams
made it to the AMCC cham
pionship game facing their
biggest rivals: Medaille and
Penn State Altoona respec
tively. Sadly, neither team
could come up with a win.
CROSS COUNTRY
Athletes run to second place
Senior Liz Keller ran a com
mendable 19.24 at the AMCC
final.
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Both teams played hard, but
could not get the final push to
gain a NCAA bid.
The men's soccer team
went into the tournament as
the top seed. The Lions faced
La Roche in their first game of
the tournament on Wednes
day and won 5-0. They faced
Medaille in the AMCC finals
on Saturday. Penalty kicks
would be the deciding factor
in this battle. The Lions fell
The Men's and Women's
Cross Country teams have
one key ingredient to their
success. This success has de
veloped from constant consis
tency and effort up and down
their respective lineups. This
year at the AMCC Champion
ships at Schenley Park, Beh
rend finished a respectable
second place behind confer
ence rival Franciscan.
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The men's side, even
though they ended their
fourth consecutive cham-
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"A result in PKs
does not define the
better team in the
game of soccer."
SEAN NEELY
senior reporter
pionship reign, went on to
have eight individual runners
take home All-AMCC honors.
Leading the way for the men
was senior mechanical en
gineering technology major
Justin DiPenti. DiPenti, the
school record holder of the
1500-meter.
"Our drive to compete and
constantly better ourselves
has lead to our success.
Our expectations for this
year were to win our AMCC
Championship, as well as to
achieve our best overall team
finish at our regional meet,"
said DiPenti.
see Athletes on page B 2
November 9, 2010
BRIAN BODNAR
SENIOR MIDFIELDER
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5-4 in the end. This was the
second time in AMCC history
that a championship game
would be decided by penalty
kicks.
"Sometimes through all
the hard work we put into
the season, it does not always
go our way no matter how
bad you want it," said senior
midfielder Brian Bodnar. 'But
we couldn't have asked for
a better season. A result in
WO MENS VOLLEYBALL
Ladies come up short in AMCCs
Red hot Behrend volleyball team falls to rival Penn State
Altoona 3-0 in the finals held in Bradford last weekend
After an 11-game winning streak, the Lady Lions fell to
Penn State Altoona in the AMCC Semi finals. The AMCC play
offs begun in the Junker Center last Tuesday. Behrend faced
sixth-seeded Mt. Aloysius.
The Lions shut out Mt. Aloysius 3-0. Behrend got off to a
slow start in the first game, the team was down seven points
at one time during the match. The Lions ended the 25-20 game
with a block from Jessica Woods.
"We showed that we can work our way out of a hole and
come together as a team," said freshman Chelsea Magnusen.
"I think that we need to work harder and use our talent on the
court to win and play well."
PKs does not define the bet
ter team in the game of soc
cer. We hope to continue our
momentum and remain beck
to back ECAC champions."
The Lions have had to face
Medaille in the champion
ship the past four years. They
hoped the outcome would
be different this year. Senior,
Jerry Tortella predicted that
the Lions would face Medaille
in the finals at the beginning
KAELA BISHOP
senior reporter
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of the season. He said that
it always seems to be these
two teams in the finals. It just
wasn't Behrend's turn to take
the crown.
The women's team hoped
their outcome would be dif
ferent. After receiving a first
round bye, the Lady Lions
went on to face La Roche.
They were victorious and
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Junior Stefanie Kelly and fresh
man Kelly Tresser go up for a