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Point of no lotum: Lady Lions volleyball team shows its tough defense in a recent match.
Off and runn
by Brin Morrell
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Under the direction of new head
coach, Chuck Keenan, the
women's tennis team is burning
up the courts. The lady nettera
have started the season with a 6-0
mark.
Sunday, die Lady Lions played
an away match against Alfred.
Last year, Alfred defeated the
Behrends ladies 7-2. Fortunately
this year the Lady Lions
ump, set, spike
conqured, winning 6-1.
When conch Keenan was asked
to comment on his best
performing pbyerfs), he replied,
”1 can't pick oat anyone in
particular. The whole team is
winning.”
Keenan is extremely impressed
with his freshman players:
Melissa Webber, Christine
Hughes, Steph Nelson, and
Shanna Cotti, along with the
veterans.
"Our matches are won because
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we are solid all the way down the
line,” Keenan said.
Keenan has high expectations
for his team, considering they
already established the record for
the best start in Behrend's history
of women's tennis, this season.
He wants his team to continue to
play the way it has been.
Apparently, he still wants his
team to improve in a few areas.
The team needs to work on its
volleys and getting up to the net
by Nick Zulovich
Collegian Staff
The Behrend Lady Lions
volleyball team continued their
steady play with convincing wins
over Hilbert and Theil.
With good all-around play from
the entire team, Coach Jan
Wilson said she had an easy
evening. “When they play the
way they can I don’t even have to
think.’’
The Lady Lions won their
match against Hilbert IS-S and
15-13. During the second game,
the Lions were down 13-9 against
Hilbert
The Lions used the momentum
of Carrie Grzejka to come bock
and win the match against
Hilbert. Grzejka holds Behrend’s
record in kills with a current
porting of 905.
Later that evening, the women
had an easy victory over Theil,
winning the match in straight
games 13-7 and 13-1. Jen
Taylor’s serves broke one early
deadlock in the first game and pu t
the first game away. Behrend
also won the second so easily
that seniors Grzejka and Amy
Most of the players are
baseline players, and he would
like to see them become more
aggressive and attack the net
more often. This would be
beneficial for the players while
adding variety to the game.
The women are playing home
on Friday against Frostburg.
Saturday is their first tournament
of die season, the Varsity R.C.
Chase Insurance Classic. A tri
match on Sunday against
Thursday, September 22,1994
Stranahan got a rest on the
bench.
Stranahan, still nursing her
shoulder injury, did get some
playing time in both matches.
"(Last Thursday, Sept IS) was
the first night I played in the
front row. I hope to be playing
all the time by the Alfred
tournament”
Sophomore Molly Samuels,
wearing a large brace on her right
knee, knows what it’s like to
play with a nagging hindrance.
“I hurt my knee a couple of
years ago in Itigh school and. I’ve
gotten used to wearing it So far
this season I have been in pretty
good overall health,” Samuels
said.
In the two matches Samuels
led die Lions in kills with 10,
while Mitzi Carter added 9 kills
and Grzejka 8 Mils. Taylor,
Angela Georg and Jen Leone each
had 7 digs. Taylor also had 3
service aces.
Coach Wilson added, “Credit
isn’t given enough to players
who lead in digs, that is one of
the most important things in
volleyball."
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