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22 million dollar woman
KaHh FMif CoKeghm Photograph*
Scoring touch: Lara Herrmann is the leading scorer on the women’s soccer team. She also
scored the first goal for the team in the school's history
Unstopable
by Nick Zulovich
ColUfim Staff
Using the tremendous play of
the whole squad, die Behrend
Lady Lion volleyball team
continued its torrid play,
winning the Alfred Tournament
Sept. 23-24.
In the preliminary rounds of
the tournament, the Lady Lions
started with a victory over
Russell Sage 15-2 and 15-11.
They continued preliminary play
with wins over host Alfred 15-0
and 15-1 and then over Nazareth
15-4,8-15 and 15-6.
On the second day of the
tournament, the Lady Lions
opened with a quarterfinal
victory over RIT 15-3, 14-16
and 15-8. They continued with a
victory over Sage in the
semifinals 15-3 and 15-10 before
Early going
by Brian Stadler
CoUtgim Staff
Penn State-Behrend’s baseball
team participated this past
weekend in the annual Erie
County Pall Classic held at
Edinboro University.
On Saturday the Lions were
pitted against the Gannon
Knights.
Sophomore pitcher Bob
McLaren took the mound and
threw his best stuff for six
innings.
The third inning proved to be
the decisive inning of the game
with the Knights scoring four
runs on three hits and one walk.
Senior Mike Kriuda pitched
the final three innings allowing
only two hits and two runs
defeating RIT once again 15-5
and 15-7 to capture the title.
Carrie Grzejka continued her
record setting pace with 31 kills,
22 blocks and 13 service aces
during the two day tournament
Mitzi Carter also had an
outstanding tournament with 31
kills and 16 blocks.
Coach Jan Wilson was
delighted with the entire team’s
effort ”Our whole team has
practiced hard, and in the Alfred
Tournament everyone got to
play. It allowed me to rest some
players during the tournament
and kids like Melissa (Fishel),
Erin (McCormick) and Kim
(Vollmer) gained valuable
experience.’’
With the use of the bench,
many other Lady Lions compiled
big numbers during the
tournament Molly Samuels had
along with four strikeouts.
The Lions made it interesting
the final three innings by
scoring four runs on five hits.
Freshman Ricky Bowers led
the comeback with a double and
two runs batted in. Bowers led
the lions with three in four hits
at bat and Pitt transfer John
Matson contributed a double and
single in four plate appearances.
The Lions lost 7-5 to Gannon.
On Sunday in the consolation
game the Lions played the
Mercyhurst Lakers. Though the
final score was 17-1, it does not
indicate the unearned runs scored
by the Lakers.
The Lions were stung early
and mental errors cost them
eight runs.
Assistant Coach Matt Palish*
Snorts
train
24 kills, 14 digs and 8 service
aces. Jen Taylor had 18 digs and
9 service aces. Jen Leone added
14 digs, while Angela Georg
racked up 73 assists.
Coach Wilson commented on
the play of Georg. “She really
had a tough weekend. I played
her in every game and she played
great.”
Freshman Amy Good did not
play in the tournament due to
injury, while senior Amy
Stranahan continues to play but
not at 100% due to her injury.
With their outstanding
tournament play, the Lady Lions
raised their record to 14-6. With
matches against Hiram and
Grove City this week, they hope
to be included in the NCAA
regional volleyball rankings.
remarked, M The errors we
committed early on in the ball
game affected our play
throughout the game, just as the
case was Saturday when the
opposing team had one big
inning that we were not able to
come back from.”
Senior shortstop Derrick
Haynes had the lone run batted
in when he doubled in Quinn
McQuire, who had just stolen
second tooso*
Though the Lions had a rough
weekend Coach Palisin foresees
a great season in the spring.
“There is a lot of improvement
at all the positions since last
year and I can expect to see the
team blend together as they play
together more.”
Freshman captures
Athlete of the Week honors
by Brian E. Gregory
CoUtgia i Staff
“She’s a deceiving finisher
with 22 million dollar shoes,” is
Coach Nese’s characterization of
Athlete of the Week, Lara
Herrmann, and her magic feet
Herrmann is a freshman striker
for the new Penn State-Behrend
women’s club soccer team.
“Her greatest strength is
finishing,” said Coach Nese.
“Anywhere from 12 to 14 yards
she knows how to put the ball
into the net.”
So far this year she has done
just that. In the team's opening
game against Allegheny College
Herrmann had a hand in three of
Behrend’s four goals.
Twelve minutes into the game
she scored the first official goal
in Penn State-Behrend women’s
soccer history. Then she
contributed two more assists in
Behrend’s 4-1 win. She had
seven total shots.
“She really runs the offense
well,” said Coach Nese. “(We)
have everybody behind her kick
balls at her feet and she finishes
the play.”
Coach Nese was not the only
one to give {Raise to Herrmann.
Teammate Julie Stocker said,
“She's a very disciplined and
unselfish player. She really
plays smart.”
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Thursday, September 29,1994
The element of Herrmann's
game that makes her a smart
player is that she “thinks soccer.”
“I have a desire to score and win.
I think about my next move
before I make it,” she said.
“Thinking soccer” has made
Herrmann a real threat up front
this year.
“We use her as a target
People concentrate on her skills
and that allows other people to be
open to score,” said Nese.
In the future, Herrmann will
have to use these skills to help
lead the team to success. When
asked how he would go about
doing this Nese said, “We just
need to make her a little meaner.”
Before coming to Behrend
Herrmann played four years of
soccer for McDowell High
School in Erie. She is a DUS
major but says she is leaning
toward Education.
The 22 million dollar shoes is
an inside joke that refers to her
new pair of spikes. Coach Nese
joked that, “she shines them
before every game. She even
refuses to walk on the concrete
with them. When I asked her
how many goals she would score
(in them), she said, ’Around 22.’”
Judging by her first game
Herrmann is well on her way to
reaching this goal.
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