Thursday, October 21, 1993
"resetting" their goals
Mine...!: Junior hitter Carrie Grezjka returns a serve as
Jonelle Curtis, also a junior hitter, backs her up.
Women's
tennis team
learns to
share the
pie
by Joe Mottillo
Collegian Stag`
For the first time in the
history of this award, the Athlete
of the Week goes to a team.
The Belwend's women's tennis
team concluded its second
consecutive winning season with
a mark of 9-7.
'They got the most out of the
talent they have," said Head
Catch Dim Gallegos. "They're a
pleasure to work with."
The netters started off the
season by winning six of their
first seven matches. After
dropping their next two matches,
the team regrouped to defeat
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Waynesburg and Washington and
Jefferson. The Netters collected
their record setting ninth victory
against Buffalo State.
Although their season is over,
the team still has matches to
play over spring break.
The ladies will play in both
the North-South Classic and the
Dixie Classic, which are held in
Hilton Head, South Carolina.
The ladies truly learned that it
is more important to be a lamp
post in New York City than the
mayor of Erie," said Gallegos.
He continued, "Basically it's
more important to contribute to
a large effort than to be a star in
a small effort."
ratents , i
"The level of play
is so different
now...
-Coach Jan Wilson
by Michelle Bauer
Collegian Staff
The Lady Lions volleyball
team has a current record of 12-
16. On Tuesday, October 19 the
Lady Lions took on the Hilbert
College Lady Hawks. The
Lions won this match 15-9, 15-
6, 17-15.
Key players in this game
were: Carrie Grzejka with 18
kills, 50 kill percent; Molly
Samuels with 13 kills, 35 kill
percent; and Amy Stranahan
with 33 kill percent. Grezejka
also had 3 solo blocks, followed
by Jonelle Curtis and Samuels
each with 2.
Coach Jan Wilson
commented, "The team is
playing tough right now. They
have the right chemistry to
finish out the year well. They
are finally supporting each
other."
In the last game the Lions
won 11-15. Coach Wilson said,
"The team was more poised for
this game. They were more
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It's all over: The Behrend tennis courts are empty now that the women's record
breaking season is over. They went 9-7, led by Annemarie Faso's 19-3 record
The team leader in wins was
sophomore sensation, Anne
marie Faso. Faso improved on
her single season singles record
by going 19-3.
"We improved a lot on the
court. The experience of last
year paid off. We all got along
really well," said Faso.
Faso was followed in the win
column by Jennifer Puerto (10-
7) and Holly Olarczuk (9-9).
confident."
On October 16 the team
travelled to Bethany where they
again were successful. The
Lions won 15-11, 15-5, 15-7.
Key players in this game were
Jen Taylor with 100 kill percent,
and Samuels with 43 kill
percent. The team as a whole
had 9 serving aces.
October 12 brought the Lions
to Pitt/Bradford. The scores
were 15-8, 15-7, 15-7. Key
players were Stranahan with 50
kill percent, Jen Leone also with
50 kill percent and Grzejka with
34 kill percent.
Coach Wilson's comment on
this game was, "I felt there was
a nice team effort in this game."
October 9 Behrend hosted the
Penn State Behrend Tournament.
They played Notre Dame, Lake
Erie and Thiel.
In the Lake Erie game the
Lions won 15-4, 15-4. Then
they took on Thiel winning 15-
11, 15-7. Their next opponent
was Notre Dame where the
Lions won again 15-10, 16-14.
They then moved to the finals
against Notre Dame, where they
lost 15-6, 11-15, 13-15 for a
second place in the tournament.
Grzejka and Stranahan received
All Tourney Team honors.
Coach Wilson felt the team
played really well as a whole.
Melissa Bager and Rhonda
Dennison went 11-4 in doubles
play.
"We held our own and we
pulled off wins when we needed
them," said Olarczuk.
With Gallegos at the helm the
last four years, the team has
improved their victory total each
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She commented, "Jen Spencer
played heads ups and real
aggressive. She is a back court
player and had 17 digs and 8
serving aces, keeping the ball in
play. Jen had an outstanding
tournament and led the team."
October 7 the Lady Lions
travelled to Allegheny where
they won 3-15, 15-3, 15-5, 15-
5. Key players were Julie
Stocker, and Samuels. Samuels
had 5 solo blocks and 25 kill
percent.
Coach Wilson stated, "The
kids played real good ball,
hitting well in the first three
games, but in the fourth and
fifth they had a lot of hitting
errors."
Coach Wilson's final
comments were, "In the second
half of the season the team is
trying to reset its goals. They
have really worked hard at
achieving that. The level of
play is so different now from
the start of the season."
The team has improved its
serving aces from an average 1.5
per game to 2.3. They used to
average 13 ball handling errors
and now average 8.6.
According to Wilson, "They
are not giving the ball to the
opponents as often."
The Lions' next game is today
at 6:30 p.m. in Erie Hall.
fall, the netters are set with all
but Faso coming back. "The
question is, can they threepeat?"
asked an eager Gallegos.
During the season, the netters
shut three teams out in the win
column.
"The real proof if the ladies
learned their lesson about team
work is if they can split up the
pizza," said Gallegos.