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D-tense: Senior guard Wei
against Bethany.
Just win baby
by Bill
ian Sig, Graham
Colleg
The new year has brought
many new things to Behrend.
But the Lady Lions basketball
team is still recording victories.
Led by Behrend's six seniors,
the Lady Lions have a 3-1 record
since the break. This gives
them an overall record of 11-3
through Tuesday night's victory
at Alfred University.
On January 8. the Lady Lions
made the long trip to
Bridgewater State College in
Bridgewater, MA.
Despite getting 23 points and
7 rebounds from forward Becky
Swartz, Behrend dropped a tough
69-67 decision to the Lady
Bears. Even the ride home was a
challenge as they were detoured
and delayed by ice and snow.
Behrend got back on track on
Jan. 12 with a tough 77-72
victory over the Lady Blue
Devils of Fredonia. Even
though the Lady Lions shot 35%
for the same, they put five
players in double digits in
scoring.
Michelle Grover led the way
with 15 points, Anne Bonner
had 14, Swartz and Karen Strait
each had 11 and Wendy Ebinger
netted 10 points.
The first home game of the
year saw the Lady Bisons of
Bethany College visit Erie Hall
last Saturday. Bethany came
into the gams as the seventh
ranked•tetint it►,the MAA Mid..
Atlantic, Region **ever they
were no match for the • Lady
Lions.
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Ebinger toughens up
Behrend raced to a 23-5 lead
nine minutes into the game and
never looked back in cruising to
a 75-52 victory.
Head Coach Roz Fortiori said,
"This was a big win for us,
beating a higher ranked team in
Bethany. It should put us in the
right dilution as we head into
thetough part of our schedule."
On Tuesday night in frigid
temperatures, Behrasi traveled to
Alfred University in a
homecoming of sorts for Croats
Fornmi. She cached there as an
assistant before becoming the
head coach hen at Behead
Neither the cold nor Alfred
stopped the Lady Lions as they
crushed the Lady Saxons 87-49.
Shooting 50%, the Lady
Lions once again had balanced
scoring with Bonner and Heather
Shearer scoring 12 points each
and Swartz chipping in with 11.
Said assistant coach Rob
Wittman, "Everyone contributed
to the victory, it was a total
tam effort."
In the next few weeks the
Lady Lions are going to have
some tough competition.
"We have to play Washington
and Jefferson twice and Buffalo
State who is undefeated,* said
Coach Format "Wp_rmid love
to see the gym pftdeed rind
supporting us to vic' tory._"
Individually mini Of it* Lady
Lions are achieving Wei *arks
on the court Elloimr is dwell-
time leader in assists sad Strait
is the an-time leader in free
throws.
Hebrew, *is Winans , nail's's!,
against Hilbert College.
Up to her
old tricks
by Matthew D. Cisme
Co-&k or
They say you can't teach an old
new tricks. Well, It doesn't
matter if the old ones still
work.
Behrend women's basketball
team's all time assists leader.
senior pointguard Wendy
Ebinger, has been up to her old
tricks.
Ebinger, the Athlete of the
Week, averaged 12 points, five
assists and four steals in two
games last week against Fredonia
and Bethany. Her efforts helped
raise the Lady Lions' record to
10-3 (the Lady Lions defeated
Alfred College 87-49 Tuesday and
are presently 11.3).
Besides dishing out assists and
scoring points, Ebinger continues
to lead the team with her intense
play and constant hustle.
Ebinger was captain last
season, but this season the team
has no official captain. "The six
Back on track
by Jot Mottilio
Calegion Staff
As a new semester begins, so
does a new style for the Behraid
Lions. The Lions won their
second of four games this
semester by defeating Alfred
University, 70-65 on Tuesday
under interim coach Chris
Gilmartin.
Todd Sturgin of Behrend led
all scorers with 19 points and
added 10 rebounds. Byron Thorne
added 17 points and 7 rebounds
to help the Lions outscore Alfred
41-26 in the first half.
"We played pretty well. It was
probably our best defensive
effort of the year and our best
team effort of the year," said
swingman 'Thorne.
On January 15, the Lions
welcomed Bethany College to
Erie Hall. The Lions played
tough as they raced out to a 33-
29 halftime lead. They couldn't
hold that lead though as Bethany
battled back and won 72-71 on a
last second shot by Jon
Blackmon.
Don Plyler had hit what
everyone thought was the
winning three pointer with 22
seconds left that made the score
71-70.
But Thorne could not convert
the front end of a one and one
with nine seconds remaining to
seal the victory or at least a tie.
Blackmon hit the devestating
fade away after that.
Phil Hall of Bethany led all
seniors are all basically captains,
but I still take a lot of pride in
having a leadership role," Ebinger
said.
The Lions have a new coach
this season. According to
Ebinger, the coaching change was
somewhat difficult to deal with at
the start.
She said, "It was hard for the
six seniors and the other
returning players to deal with a
new coach. We had to change
some things we were used to
doing. We did keep our
switching man defense. That was
something we had always worked
hard on and had been successful."
Ebinger's days at Behrend are
almost over. "I would not trade
my four years here for anything.
To come in as a freshman and
win seven games to being a part
of a team that is now respected
around the nation is hard to
believe,"Ebinger said.
Although Ebinger would not
say that winning a championship
Jen Colvin/Colllpian Mob Coondkoor
Break away: Senior guard Donnie Plyler scores in the
home loss against Bethany.
scorers with 20. Plyler led
Behrend with 19. He was
followed by Thorne and Rob
Hunt who eachnetted 18.
Hunt led Behrend in
rebounding wish 14, 11 on the
defensive glass. His efforts
weren't enough though as the
Lions" were outrebounded 45-32.
Thursday, January 20, 1994
is her ultimate goal for the
season, she said that she wants to
end the season with a win.
She added, "the only way to go
out with a win is to win either
the NCAA or ECAC
championship.
The Lady Lions won the
ECAC championship in 1992,
but failed to repeat as champions
last season.
Ebinger said, "I would be lying
if I said that last season was not
disappointing. We were too
concerned about our ranking.
This season we realize that we
need to focus on each and every
game."
Ebinger is graduating in May
with a degree in English
Literature. She hopes to attend
The University of Pittsburgh
graduate school for her teaching
certificate. She would like to
teach and coach at the high
school level. She wants to share
her "old tricks."
On January 12 the Lions made
the trip up 1-90 to Fredonia
State. The Lions Caine up milk
shots end of a 72-70 wore. •
Theme led all storms with 2:5.
Hunt was second for the Lions
with 12 points ithd 8 reboUnds.
The Lions outshot FSU, 53% to
40% for the game.