Page 12
Fornari
Schlott named tournament MVP
by Brian Gregory
Colktian St
Head Coach Roz Fornari had
high hopes for this year's
version of the Penn State
Behrerd Lady Lions. When the
Lady Lions had won seven in a
row at one stretch, a post-season
tournament seemed to be in
reach. Then Fornari and Lions
found their fate, the ECAC
South Region tournament
Saturday, March 2 and Sunday,
March 3.
The Lady Lions were the
second seed in the four team
field held at Bethany College in
West Virginia.
The Lady Lions went to West
Virginia and came out
champions, defeating Dickinson
81-66 and Misericordia 95-73 for
the ECAC title.
This is the second post-season
tournament in the three seasons
Fomari has been guiding the
Lady Lions.
On Saturday, the Lady Lions
got off to a quick start against
Dickenson, the third seed, as
they took a 36-29 lead at the
half.
The Lady Lions shot 40
percent from the floor and male
10 of 18 from the free throw
line. All this without the
services of senior co-captain
Becky Reed.
"We lost Becky Reed at the
eighteen minute mark,"
commented Roz Fornari. "So
our whole team did a really good
job in picking up the slack."
Women's Boxscores
First Round
Behrend- 81
Dickinson- 66
Lady Lions
Reed 3-7, 0-1, 6 Marini 3-10,
6-8, 12 Schlott 11-22, 8-13,
30 Banas 5-13, 2-3, 14
Delaney 3-5, 1-2, 7 Bohn
3-6, 1-3, 7 Schultz 1-3, 3-5, 5
McCormick 0-0, 0-0, 0 Mack
0-0, 0-0, 0
Totals: 29-66, 21-35, 81
3pts: 2-9 (Banas 2-5, Delaney
0-1, Reed, 0-3)
Rebounds: 41 (Marini 14,
Schlott 12)
Dickinson
Guzek 12-19, 4-7, 28 Muller
4-16, 1-2, 9 Muravchlk 0-6,
0-0, 0 Saadzoi 2-6, 0-0, 4
Grams 1-2, 0-0, 2 Biekly 1-2,
0-0, 3 Labrie 5-9, 3-3, 13
Rakowski 2-6, 1-4, 5 Ely 0-0,
0-0, 0 Knowlton 1-5, 0-0, 2
Tota!s,.2B-71, 9-16, 66
3pts. 1-7 (Biekly 1-2,
Muravchik 0-2, Saadzol 0-3)
Rebounds: 36 (Guzek 14,
Muller 5)
The second half was much the
same as the Lady Lions ran early
and often on Dickenson and
stretched the final tally to 81-66.
Marlesse Schlott was the
dominant player in the paint as
she scored 30 points and pulled
down 12 rebounds in 39 minutes
of action. Melanie Banas had 14
points and Emily Marini had 12
points and 14 rebounds.
"Schlott just dominated them.
It was like we knew that we
could beat them and we just put
pressure on them. Then we
attacked them and rotated and gt )I
some key steals," said Fornari.
The Lady Lions returned to
the hotel at 9:30 p.m. in a
blinding snowstorm,
anticipating a showdown with
Bethany.
"We got back in and got a
pizza and settled in," said
Fornari. "We didn't even find
out who we were playing until
about 11:30."
Then Coaches Fornari
Wittman received the unexpected
news: College Misericordia had
beaten Bethany 99-95 in double
overtime.
"I was surprised that they had
beaten Bethany, but I was more
surprised on the type of game
they played," responded Fornari
who had previously called the
tournament "The Road to
Bethany. They had ninety-eight
possessions in the game...versus
Bethany."
So, the Lady Lions returned to
Bethany to face Misericordia on
Sunday at 1:00 p.m. And the
Championship game
Behrend- 95
Misericordia- 73
Lady Lions
Reed 3-6, 2-2, 10 Marini 2-3, 7-8,
11 Schlott 9-12, 5-11, 23 Banas
9-15, 2-5, 23 Delaney 4-6, 2-3,
11 Schultz 4-4, 4-5, 12
McCormick 1-3, 0-0, 2 Bohn 0-1,
3-4, 3 Madigan 0-1, 0-0, 0 Mack
0-1, 0-0, 0 Mangus 0-0, 0-0, 0
Totals: 32-52, 25-38, 95
3pts: 6-15 (Banas 3-6, Reed 2-4,
Delaney 1-3, Bohn 0-1,
McCormick 0-1)
Rebounds: 40 (Schlott 9, Marini 8)
Misericordla
Deasy 0-5, 0-1, 0 Evans 6-12,
2-3, 14 Zebrowski 3-7, 5-6, 13
Longhi 6-16, 5-7, 19 Hughes
5-12, 3-3, 15 Kopicki 1-2, 0-1, 2
Yocobenos 0-2, 0-0, 0 Reiner
0-2, 0-1, 0 Brominski 2-2, 2-2, 6
Morzen 0-1, 0-0, 0 Fare!! 1-2,
0-0, 2 Rogers 0-0, 2-2, 2
Poploski 0-2, 0-0, 0
Totals: 24-65, 19-25, 73
3pts: 6-18 (Zebrowski 2-3,
Hughes 2-5, Longhi 2-7, Reiner
0-1, Deasy 0-2)
Rebounds: 26 (Evans 6, Deasy 5)
Sports
grasps first title
Lady Cougars came out on fire,
but they were matched shot for
shot by Behrend for the first
fifteen minutes. Then the Lady
Lions put on a charge and took a
41-31 lead.
The Lady Lions shot a season
high 62 percent in the first half
and 57 percent from the line.
"We had to make a few
adjustments," commented
Fomari. "We moved our guards
out and became very versatile."
This title is very
important to 17X3
becasue I brought a bt
of these players in and
it's great for [these
players] because
they've achieved
something they worked
hard for all year.
-Head Coach Roz Roman
The second half showed the
strongest effort of the season for
the Lady Lions. As the
Misericordia coaches argued
more and more with the
officials, the team seemed to
lose their focus in the game.
Then Behrend took control as
Banas took a very vocal role
popping threes and dishing the
ball out to Reed and in to
Schlott for easy hoops. The
Lady lions took the title by a
95-73 score.
Banas and Schlott led the
scoring with 23 points and
Schlott and Marini had nine and
eight rebounds respectively.
"Becky and Marlesse couldn't
have written a better script for
their last games here. They had
so much intensity," commented
and enthusiastic Fornari.
Fomari was very happy on the
ECAC championship. It was
her first as coach of Behrend and
Phob by Eric SmithlCollogian Photognspher
From the outside: Junior guard Kate Delaney looks to
put up the jumpshot from the outside. Delaney and the
Lady Lions won the ECAC South Region championship.
Thursday, March 15, 1996
Behrend's first championship
since the 91-92 campaign.
"This title is very important
to me because I brought a lot of
these players in, and it's great
for [these players] because
they've achieved something they
worked hard all year for."
r,\Oe
s,c\p‘,,