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Swept the other way
by Bill Graham
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In a season of doubleheader
sweeps, the broom finally swept
the other way for the Lady Lions
softball team.
Behrend has now dropped its
last four games to nationally
ranked teams Buffalo State and
Allegheny College. The losses
snapped the team’s nine game
winning streak, which was a new
softball record for consecutive
victories.
On Tuesday against Allegheny,
the Lady Lions ran into the best
pitcher they will face this season.
Laurie Machuga, an All-
American last year, threw a two
hit, twelve strikeout gem at the
Lady Lions while Allegheny
pounded out ten runs to complete
the 10-0 whitewash.
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Kmp your hood up: Athlete of the Week Dave Shrock tries
to cheer up teammate Andy Erwin.
Shrock soars
by Joe Mottillo
Colltgian Staff
The strength of any good
baseball team is up the middle.
Behrend is no different.
Their strength starts with
catcher, Dave Shrock, this week's
Athlete of the Week. The
sophomore catcher went 10 for
20 with five RBIs and three
doubles in the Lions' 2-4 week.
"Dave's a competitor," said
Lions' coach Dan Peritano. "He
comes to play everyday. He’s got
a hot bat and he's seeing the Ml
welt"
"We're developing a better
relationship on the field," said
Shrock of the young Lions. "We
have a lot of potential. These
guys are more athletic and have
more baseball ability then teams
Karen Strait and Terry Pegher
managed the team’s only hits,
which were two more than
Machuga’s last outing.
In the second game Behrend
came out with some fire, but
Allegheny, ranked 4th in the last
Division 111 poll, was again too
much. Despite a solo home run
by Mariesse Schlott and a couple
hits by Julie Chimera, Behrend
dropped a 13-6 decision to the
Lady Gators.
Last Thursday the Lady Lions
took on Buffalo State at home
and treated everyone to a thriller.
Behrend fell behind early and
looked out of it until the sixth
inning when they scored four
runs to pull dose at 6-5. In the
seventh, the Lady Lions pushed
across the tying run to force extra
innings.
In the extra frames, the Lady
IVe played with in the past"
For the season, Shrock is
hitting .341 with 15 hits and 9
RBIs. He also leads the team in
doubles (4) and at-bats (44).
“He’s been doing a real good
job hitting the ball and handing
the catching duties,’’ said senior
rnptain Bill Weimer. “He’s been
a solid ball player.’’
Shrock kept up his hot bat
during two victories against Thiel
on April 19. In the twinbill,
Shrock went 3 for 5 with two
RBIs, a double and two runs
scored.
Shrock, an accounting major,
played four years of baseball at
Conneaut Lake High School. He
didn’t {day his first year here at
Behrend and sat out most of last
season with dwiHw problems.
Bengals scored one run to make it
8-7 going to the bottom of the
11th inning. Behrend loaded the
bases with only one out but
couldn’t score the rest of the way,
losing by an 8-7 mark.
The second game got worse for
the Lady Lions as Buffalo State
took advantage of four Behrend
errors and routed the Lady Lions
10-1. This day proved to be the
first sweep in over two years
against Behrend.
Despite the setbacks, the
outlook remains positive for the
Lady Lions. Behrend has reached
number two in the region and
remained 16th in the last national
poll.
It’s a busy week for the Lady
Lions as they went to
Westminster yesterday, play John
Carroll at home today and travel
to Waynesburg on Saturday.
Lions starting to roar
by Gres Kristen
CoSapm Staff
The Behrend Lions baseball
team had a productive wed: of
hardball as they went 4-4 in their
longest homestand of the season
against opponents Thiel,
Bethany, Fredonia and Hilbert
On Tuesday, the Lions roared
past Thiel as they got off to a
fast start with three runs on three
hits in the first inning. Derek
Haynes led the charge with an
RBI double.
Dan Shrock led the cagers as he
had another strong performance
on the mound, mowing down 13
Tomcats on the way to his
second win.
Tom Gardner had the hot bat
going 2-4 with two runs scored.
Behrend dominated the whole
game and in the end came out
with a 9-3 victory.
In game two, Tom Gardner
started where he left off in game
one as he knocked in two runs in
the first inning.
The Lions then collected three
more runs on eight hits. They
also received a strong combined
pitching performance from
Gardner who pitched five strong
innings, while Bob McLaren
came in and closed the door on
the Tomcats. The end result was
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Ha Behrend men's Mania team
served up a sixth place finish in
the season-ending Marketplace
Tournament held this past
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The event was held in
Rochester, NY and was hosted by
Nazareth and Sl John Fisher
Coach Dan Gallegos’ squad
finished its up-and-dbwn
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The hot spot: Junior third baseman Sue Mazur crouches In
anticipation for a shot down the Nne.
a close 5-4 victory which upped
the Lion's season record to 6-12.
Lion captain Bill Weimer said,
"Things are looking up. We're
going to try and reach 10 wins."
Last weekend die Lions had a
less than stellar performance as
they dropped consecutive double
header outings to Bethany and
Fredonia on Saturday and Sunday.
On Sunday, the Lions lost
game one 8-6, while game two
was an 11-1 loss. Both games
were lost by the lack of defense
by the Lions.
Head Coach Dun Perritano said,
"We didn't make die [days we had
to defensively. We made some
timely errors that cost us some
runs and I think a strength of this
team at times has been our
defense."
Lions pitcher Dan Schrock
commented about their 8-6 loss,
"As far as earnced runs go, it was
a 2-2 game and the rest of their
runs were imeamed."
He added, "I think we have our
ups and downs because some
innings we're together and other
innings we're not"
The Lions lost the other
double-header on Saturday, but
their hitting was starting to come
around. Perritano said, "Our
hitting has improved and our
Thursday, April 21, 1994
team average has improved
tremendously. Guys are really
hitting the ball at key times and
through the order the guys are
really starting to hit the ball
well."
The verification of his team
starting to hit well is the fact that
Tom Gardner went 3-6 and scored
three runs in the twin-bill.
Last Thursday, to start off their
homestand, the Lions swept
Hilbert College, 5-3 and 8-4.
In game one Dan Schrock
pitched well enough to allow the
Lions to get their third win of the
season. They pulled out two runs
in the bottom of the sixth to pull
out the win.
Perritano said, "We were really
consistent against Hilbert and we
definitely got key at bats when
we needed them."
In game two the Lions got off
to a slow start, but in the fourth
inning their hitting came alive as
they exploded for five runs on
five hits. Justin Uhron led the
explosion with a leadoff double,
while Andy Erwin, Quinn
McGuire, Gardner and Dave
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Today the Lions finish their
five game homestand against
Westminster College with first
pitch scheduled for 1:00 p.m.