Pag* 10
The dream
by Greg Kristen
Collegian Staff
"Wc may have ended on a bitter
note, but for the most part of the
season wc did everything that was
expected of us and more,” said
Coach Roz Fomari on her Lady
Lion team losing to the Lady
Crusaders of Capital in the
second round of the NCAA
tournament.
They finished their season with
an impressive 21-6 record, but to
them it was premature.
On Saturday, March S the Lady
Lions played their last game of
this season by losing 96-75 to
the Capital Lady Crusaders.
In the first half, the cagers
Lady
by BUI Graham
Collegian Staff
Behrend’s Lady Lions returned
from Florida this week with a 5-1
record and a promising outlook
for the rest of the season.
After arriving on Sunday,
Behrend had two practices to get
ready for their opening game
against Wheaton College on
Monday evening.
It didn’t take long for the Lady
Lions to get hot as they jumped
out to a 5-1 lead after three
innings. The solid performances
were capped by Terry Pegher’s
solo home run. Pegher’s blast
finished the scoring as Behrend
won 7-2. Cherie Vanassa picked
up the win allowing only five
hits and striking out seven.
Monday night, the Lady Lions
took on St. John Fisher and the
Making amends
by Paul D. Young
Collegia* Staff
The disappointment of last
year’s winless southern trip still
lingering in their minds, the
Behrend men’s tennis team
travelled down to Hilton Head.
S.C. during spring break
determined to make amends.
The netters certainly acquitted
themselves well, finishing the
week with a hard fought 3-2
record.
Behrend opened its season
against Mt. Union of Ohio and
definitely came out swinging.
Coach Dan charges
easily handled their overmatched
opponent by a 9-0 margin.
The team then took a short trip
to Savannah. Ga. to. match up
with Savannah Art A Design.
The mien were simply
overwheMag, winning all of the
seemed a little nervous by
committing seven turnovers on
their first eight possessions and
fouls were also a problem.
Fomari said, "We got in a lot
foul trouble early and that made a
difference."
One of the keys was Anne
Bonner, center for the Lady
Lions. She was in foul trouble
all afternoon and played only 16
minutes of the game. Without
Bonner their inside game was less
effective.
The cagers, playing with fouls
all half, hung tough and only
trailed the Lady Crusaders by 11
at the half, 48-37.
In the second half though,
more foul trouble continued and
Lions
bats came out smoking. Six
straight hits, highlighted by
Marlesse Schlott’s double off the
fence, and Julie Stocker’s two-run
single gave Behrend a 4-0 lead in
the first inning.
They went on to defeat the
Lady Cardinals 6-4. Casey
Putteman got the complete game
victory allowing just five hits.
On Tuesday the team swept
Swarthmore College with the
scores of 11-1 and 8-0. Behrend
received excellent pitching
performances in both games.
Freshmen Julie Chimera and
Shari Robinson combined on a
one-hit gem in the opener, with
Chimera getting the win. Becky
Reed and Karen Strait each had
two hits while Putteman picked
up two RBIs.
In the second game, the
pitching was even better.
18 sets that were played.
Sophomore Brent Dias believes
that the team’s “talent and overall
ability” were the primary factors
in its first two victories.
Next on tap for the Behrend
aces was Ursinus, a team that
defeated diem last year at the
dM? location by a 5-4 margin.
The situation looked bleat
again for the Lions as they
dropped the first four singles
matches by extremely close
scores. They could not afford
another loss if they expected to
prevail.
“I didn’t think we were going
to win,” remarked junior Karl
VanTassell.
Hope was renewed, however, as
the netters took the final two
singles matches, including an
impressive display by freshman
TimMcCaan.
Coach Gallegos’ squad showed
ends
with Bonner getting her fourth in
the opening minutes it put a
damper on their chances.
Other key players were
whistled for hacks, and four key
players fouled out of the game
that sealed their destiny.
Really never getting on track,
the Lady Lions played the game
the best they could with their
unfortunate circumstances.
Leading the way for the Lady
Lions was Becky Swartz who
netted 20, while Michelle Grover
chipped in 12.
In the end they lost, but they
still took pride in their
accomplishment. Fomari said,
"We made our goal and we made
an impression on people."
get hot in Florida
Vanassa and Putteman combined
for a six inning no-hitter. Sue
Mazur chipped in with two hits
and Michelle Carino added her
second RBI.
Thursday Behrend played
perhaps the best game of the
week defeating Malone College
8-0. The Lady Lions got solid
hitting from Terry Pegher (three
hits), Julie Stocker (two hits),
and Karen Strait (three RBIs).
Putteman went the distance
picking up her second win and
was backed by several
outstanding defensive plays.
Behrend’s good fortune came to
an end in their last game,
dropping a 3-2 decision to
Catholic University. The Lady
Lions trailed 3-0 going into the
bottom of the seventh before
rallying for two runs on
PuOman’s triple and a single by
its team unity in the doubles by
sweeping all three of the matches
in stnught sets.
Sophomore Brian Foht and
junior Paul Young clinched the
victory for the Lions with a 6-3,
7-6 thriller.
Behrend avenged last year’s
loss to Ursinus. defeating the
Philadelphia team 5-4.
That eveniug the netters were
on the court again, tangling with
Eastern Menoonite.
A weary Behrend team was
simply out of gas and fell by a
score of 7-2.
Foht gained a victory in
singles, and a doubles victory
was garnered on the rackets of
sophomores Greg Best and Brant
Suhrie.
The team finished its trip with
a tough loss to Wafa* by a 6-3
nuugiri.
To the hole: Senior Becky Swartz tries to go a
Capital defender during the second round of the NCAA
Division 111 Tournament.
Overall, the team had an
outstanding trip. Stocker leads
the club with a .385 batting
average and six runs batted in.
Pegher is close behind hitting
.368, Mazur and Schlott each at
.294 and Strait with .286 has five
RBIs.
Putteman and Varrassa each
have two victories and an ERA of
IM’s on the
stretch run
by Joe Mottillo
Collegian Staff
With close points races in all
but two of the divisions,
intramurals have heated up and
are into the stretch run.
The first event of this
semester was 5 on 5 basketball.
In the men’s competitive
division, Strip Poker won the
championship over JAC’s EFX
to finish the season undefeated.
In the recreational division, Sig
Tau A defeated the Ferry Peckers
22-20 on Rick Kralevich's last
second shot. They also finished
the season undefeated.
Something different in
basketball was that each third
place team was in a third place
playoff. Likewise for all fourth
place teams. Thirty-one teams
entered the men’s divisions and
three on the women’s. Weimer’s
Women won the round robin
tournament to capture that
division.
In street hockey. Skin Force
and Delta Chi Red battled for
three overtimes until Skin Force
prevailed 2-1. The defending
champion, Chaos, lost their
first game in the playoffs.
The latest event was ping
Thursday, March 17, 1994
0.50 and 1.55 respectively.
Chimera has the other victory and
a 1.75 ERA. Combined, they are
limiting opponents to a .174
batting average.
The Lady Lions are tentatively
scheduled to open up the season
this Tuesday at Mount Union
College. They will then travel to
the Femim College Tournament
the weekend of March 25.
pong. 108 men’s singles and 44
men’s doubles entered the
tournament.
Karl Van Tassel defeated
Charles Eckles to capture the
single’s championship. Eckles
teamed with Gary Humes to
defeat Jose Fortuno and Mark
Macpherson of KDR to win the
double’s championship.
The closet points race is for
second place in the fraternity
division. KDR is in first with
1,712 points. SKN, DC, and
STG are only separated by 167
points. In the independent
division Perry Peckers have a
240 point lead over NAL.
Lawrence-Ist East is in
command with a 510 point lead
over their closet competitor,
Niagara 3rd in the residence hall
division. Weimer’s Women has
a comfortable 700 point lead in
the women’s division.
The next events are volleyball
which begins either Monday or
Tuesday, and soccer which will
begin when the weather clears.
Entries are still being taken for,
soccer. They must be turned in
no later then tomorrow
afternoon to Rob Wittman in
the IM office.