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Lions pitch forward
by Joe Mottillo
Collegian Staff
"They deserve all the credit in
the world," said head softball
coach, Paul Benim after his
team split a pair of games with
15th ranked Allegheny College
on April 6.
Things looked bleak for the
Lady Lions as they dropped the
first game, 9-0.
The Lions committed an un-
Behrend like three errors. Casey
Putteman took the loss on the
mound as she fell to 4-1 on the
season.
Lori Macuga of Allegheny
took the victory as she allowed
only four hits while striking out
12. She's a transfer from the
University of Nebraska.
The second game was a
completely different story.
The score was 0-0 until the
bottom of the second, when the
Lions scored the only run of the
game.
Becky Reed started the inning
when she reached base on an
error. She advanced to second on
Emmy Arnett's sacrifice bunt
and scored on Julie Stocker's
game winning RBI double.
Cherie Varrassa picked up
thearictory on the mound as the
Lions posted the 1-0 win. They
improved to 8-2 on the season.
"We just buckled down,
played good defense and didn't
give up," said Benim on the
difference between game one and
two.
Back on the 30th of March,
the Lions travelled to John
Carroll University for a
doubleheader.
The Lions won the first
game 3-2 on the strength of
Terry Pegher's two hits and
three RBl's.
Pegher started things for the
Lions in the third when she
by Hal D. Coffey
Collegian Staff
The Behrend men's tennis team
rebounded from a rather slow 2-3
start to win their last 5 matches
to improve to 7-3.
The winning streak began with
a road victory over Waynesburg,
9-0. Behrend then returned home
March 30th to defeat Thiel
College at Westwood Racquet
Club.
After a five day layoff, the
team headed to Zelienople, PA
for a tri-match with Geneva
College and Frostburg St.
(Maryland).
Behrend defeated Geneva in
the rust match 8-1. Coach Dan
Gallegos used an adjusted lineup
to give some of his players a
rest. This proved to be a wise
move as the team then hammered
Frostburg only an hour later, 9-0.
Perhaps it was the 8 hour drive
Sports
Amel Seidel/Co Wien Photo Coordinator
Young Guns: Freshmen Julie Stocker, Emmy Arnett and Becky Reed watch as their
team takes on Allegheny College.
drove in Dartie Bradley on a two Karen Strait.
out single. "If we get our games in and
Pegher continued her clutch keep playing the same, this
hitting with another two out could be the best season that
base hit in the fifth when she Behrend has ever had, and
drove in Jenny Young and Behrend has had some great
Bradley, who also had two hits, seasons," said Benim.
to give the Lions the 3-2 The Lions have already had
victory. 12 games postponed, four of
Putteman picked up the win which have been rescheduled.
on the hill for Behrend. The other eight won't be made
The Lions weren't as up because they were in the
successful in the second game as Ferrum Tournament or a
they fell 1-0. doubleheader against St. John
Varassa took the hard luck Fisher.
loss as the Lions managed only The Lions next doubleheader
four hits, two of which were is this afternoon against NAIA
contributed by secondbaseman, school, Geneva.
Netters take last five
for Frostburg or just Behrend's
dominating play.
Gallegos believes that the two
opponents must have been scared
by the "army" of 12 men which
he brought down. Combined, the
other two teams had 15 players.
Would this plethora of matches
drain the team to the point where
they would lose to John Carroll
the next day?
Not only did Behrend keep up
with a John Carroll team that
trounced the Lions last year, but
they beat the visitors, 6-3.
So far this year, the best
singles records belong to
Jonathan Chase (9-1), Eric Liken
(9-1), Eric Good (8-2), and Paul
Young (8-1).
The top doubles
combinations are Good/Chase (7-
1) and Greg Best/Brant Shurie (4-
1). In only 3 doubles slots,
Coach Gallegos has put together
11 different teams with an overall
record of 19-11.
Saturday will be the second
Annual Super-Sport Team Tennis
Tournament with teams from
Carnegie Mellon, Allegheny,
Waynesburg, Alfred, and Behrend.
Penn State will try to break
Allegheny's stronghold on the
title, including two women's
championships. The matches
will begin Saturday at 2:00p.m.
either on campus or at Westwood
Thursday, April 8, 1993
Last season the Lions won
both games by scores of 15-0
and 7-6.
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Lion notes: Cherie Varrassa
has only given up five earned
runs in 33 innings to post a
1.06 ERA.
The Lions are outhitting
their opponents .311 to .280
and outscoring them 68 to 29.
Behrend has seven players
hitting over .300, Bradley is the
leader at .393.
Coach Gallegos believes that,
"a hungry lion hunts best," and
these Behrend Lions are as
hungry as they have been in
yews.
This year's team is only 2
wins away from tying the all
time Behrend men's tennis team
record of 9. They could stupass
it this weekend in the finals of
the Super-Sport.
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