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Men’s Soccer:
Fall in
by Bryan Harkins
Collegian Staff
Yesterday, the Penn State-
Behrend men's soccer team lost a
close match to long time rival,
Grove City College, by a score
of 2-1.
The Lions got off to a quick
start when Sean Blank managed
to score on a counter attack.
However, the Grove City
Wolverines tied the game up later
in the first half. The Wolverines
slipped the game winner between
the pipes in the 84th minute.
Despite the loss, Penn State
goalie Phil Gouker played a
tremendous game. He attributed
Grove City's winning goal to "a
lack of collective defending,"
something of which Behrend
normally does very well.
When asked what the team
needed to improve, Coach Dan
Perritano responded with,
"Quicker play."
Co-captain Kevin Rinehardt,
attributed the loss to a lack of
quick play as well, but looked to
the bright side of the loss. "We
can take it as a learning
experience for the next time we
play a high pressure team.”
Last Saturday, Behrend tallied
another close loss to Alfred
University. Players agreed that
they could not do much more
than they did in the 3-1 overtime
loss.
"It was a fun game to be a part
of and I'm disappointed in the
result, but not the team,"
commented Coach Perritano
"We adapted to some changes
like playing at night and on turf;
nailbiter
we played a great game and had i
bad break," Ryan Ruta said whet
asked how the game went
The Lion's next game ii
Behrend's Homecoming gam<
against a much improvet
Laßoche College team. Gam<
time is at 1:00 p.m.
Photo by Dan Nowicki
Keep your eye on the
ball: Freshman Chris Nelson
looks to kick the ball
downfield.
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Sports
The battles of October
by Julie Stocker
. Assistant Sports Editor
"Refuse to lose” was their
motto, and that's exactly what the
Seattle Mariners did.
In a standing room only crowd
of 57,000+, the Kingdome was
the cite of great baseball in
October, not to mention where
the Mariners won 16 of their
final 19 regular season games.
Five games and 53 innings
later, we finally have a challenger
for the Cleveland Indians.
If Cal Ripken breaking Lou
Gehrig's consecutive game record
didn't win you back to baseball,
the Seattle Mariner and New
York Yankee series should have.
Seattle spotted the New York
Yankees a two-game lead, and
returned home to the Kingdome
to be rude hosts by winning three
straight to take the series three
games to two.
Edgar Martinez, the Seattle
Mariners’ designated hitter,
carried the big bat through the
first round of the playoffs.
Going 3-for-6 in the final
game, including the game
winning double that drove home
Joey Cora and Ken Griffey, Jr.,
Martinez ended the series with a
.571 batting average.
And the scary thought is, game
five wasn’t even Martinez’s best
performance.
On Saturday evening, Martinez
went 3-for-4 with two runs scored
and seven runs batted in in an 11-
8 Mariners’ victory. Edgar’s
seven RBl’s are the most ever for
a single postseason game.
Griffey, Jr. also made a strong
impact in the franchises first
playoff appearance, as well as his
own. He went 4-for-9 with 2
RBl’s in the last two games of
the series, with a combined
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playoff batting average of 391.
Griffey also hit a record-setting
fifth home run in game five.
Bernie Williams and Don
Mattingly lead the Yankees by
hitting .429 and .417
respectively, in the series.
But the big question in New
York pinstripe land continues to
be the odds of Yank captain
Mattingly and Wade Boggs in the
Bronx next season.
Elsewhere, the Cleveland
Indians made what was supposed
to be a very exciting series, very
boring. The Indians ended the
season of the Boston Red Sox in
three short games.
Mo Vaughn and Jose Canseco
could not figure out the
Cleveland pitching as the three
and four hitters of the BoSox
were held hitless the entire series.
In the first game of the
American League Championship
series Tuesday evening, the
Indians did not take advantage of
the first three batters reaching
base via walk in the first inning.
But Albert Belle struck out,
Eddie Murray popped out, and
Joey Cora made a stellar play to
rob Jim Thome for out number
three.
Twenty-two year old Seattle
rookie Bob Wolcott (1-0)
surprised Cleveland by winning
game one of the best of seven
series.
Wolcott went seven innings,
while scattering eight hits, two
earned runs, five walks, and two
strikeouts. Three of Wolcott’s
five walks came in the first
inning.
Cleveland center fielder Kenny
Lofton carried the big stick for
the Tribe, while going three-for
three. Jim Thome went 2-for
four, while Indian designated
hitter Eddie Murray struggled,
Thursday, October 12,1995
going 0-for-five.
Mariner second baseman Cora
continued his October of
surprising success as he went 2-
for-4. Griffey, Jr. went 2-for-3.
Each team had a representative
hit a home run, as MVP
candidate Albert Belle did it for
the Indians, and Mike Blowers
had a two-run shot off of Indian
starter Dennis Martinez (0-1).
Over in the National League,
the young Colorado Rockies put
up a fight, but could not defeat
the arms of the Atlanta Braves
pitching staff, as they fell in the
series by a score of three games
to one.
Marquis Grissom had a career
playoff evening by going 5-for-5
in the last game of the series.
Grissom crossed the plate twice,
and pushed one across to aid to
the Braves 10-4 win. Grissom
batted .524 for the series.
Fred McGriff went 3-for-5 with
five RBl’s and two round trippers
in game four, as he batted .333
for the series.
In order to play the Braves, the
strongly favored Cincinnati Reds
quickly did away with the Los
Angeles Dodgers by sweeping the
series 3-0.
Big story here: Mike Piazza
had a poor postseason. He hit
.214 for the series, while going
l-for-5 and leaving four runners
on base in game three alone.
In Tuesday night action,
Atlanta and Cincinnati battled in
front of a weak crowd in
Riverfront for 11 innings.
Behind Mark Wohlers pitching
and five defensive double plays,
the Braves took game one by a
final of 2-1.
Ron Gant went 2-for-4 with an
RBI for Cincinnati while Barry
Larkin went 2-for-5.
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