Thursday, March 28, 1996 Team needs consistent effort Eight players return from fall by Bryan Gomolchak Collegian Staff The spring semester portion of the Penn State-Behrend men's golf team is about to begin. Their team will begin play at the New Castle Country Club in the Westminister College Golf Tournament on April Ist. Coach Herb Lauffer is waiting to get a fast look at how his golfers will perform this spring. He has all of his fall golfers returning and hopes that they can play as well or even better than they did in the fall. The fill season for the Etehrend men consisted of eight team members in which only seven were eligible. Freshman Josh Phillips was not eligible to play lir the fall, but will be around to Oval* !film anaireeMafeethii spirt. The team was highlighted by the play of Dave Koster ; a junior who averaged 79 strokes per round and Chris Donalies who carried an 80 stroke average. In the fall, the team of eight members shot fairly well. Coach Lauffer seemed to be satisfied with the progress of his team during the fall season. "Overall, we played fair, 'as well as we had expected. There were a lot of good individual performances which were very good and proved to be consistent." 3e,llinifcau(stasodd viticioutilitent effort from all eight membc. , rs of the club is needed. "The highlights were Dave Koster [junior] and Chris Donalies [sophomore]. This spring I hope for a little more IT'S HAPPENING! consistency to improve our chances. After these players had finished, the team's play dropped off and they tended to finish in the middle of many tournaments." So far this spring, the team has only been able to get out a couple times to the course because of the varying weather conditions. Their practices have Coach Herb Lauffer is anxious for the weather to get better for his team to get out on the golf course. e \. C.„6,011 scio AY .------ , -----. I N N -- ------- 5. ,1 , . . 0 Taro ‘\,- or - - .11, Spoils mainly been halted to practicing only at Country Greens in Girard and local sites on campus. Coach Lauff& hopes to be able to get out to Gospel Hill so the players can work on their games. When asked what he expected this spring from his golfers, Coach Lauffer said, "I hope to (kr a lot better than the fall. We need to get our numbers [scores] down and be focused to meet that end. I know the guys feel that way and hopefully we will achieve IL" This Spring the golf team will play in a number of tournaments toll-free. Tax questions? Call TeleTax for recorded information ,„,, x „,,„ ~,,,,,‘: :o p,n,about 1.5(2 tax topics, 24 hours a day. r f.l, Department of the Treasury iliA TeleTax ,„,-.4 Internal Revenue Service http://www.ustreas.gov 1-800-829-4477 including: the Westminister College Tournament, the Pitt- Bradfoni Tournament, the Thiel College Invitational, and are looking forward to hosting their own Penn State-Behrend Invitational on April 27th at Riverside Country Club. Coach Lauffer is looking very forward to this tournament in l a te April. "It will be a small tournament, but we hope it will grow. I have had a lot of cooperation with the people at Riverside and look forward to this invitational." ... .... ..e•_ _SSI .1.11 : 114 0 14 lo tlarlill:71.1i l f:111° : °"..."114 cot* *II * -- ..rtigic W ki c t "c o moulab l 2 s ll l 6 lll sdes Sw - onw • -°- v otes 3 1 -., ... -- ro , coupon of wets. ~,,,, ... -- Vio o s counts _ .... .0. °met . ..... --, Orr,, itiotkt ~,t o ~,,.• tktAsi li k " r4 't S'Ao ove ~,,,,, se oeN \ , InatAe Vsj‘ th , , k : Wets 6 1 1 : 11 c: co e ou e u -rty- n 1 t u 5 '°° " 0...1 . 1 0 1 .... 14 er5 ° ... 1 C - .. .„ ° :" At) ... tes 3121196 " .. ..... 4 , 4 , OM., woo"' e u.kw. wto 4 11 "T a"s $ 29 for toe seoct blnao‘o Nffit, ~,,i , , sw ,c. ,4 0, cool _ 8 3 , 25 ,96 w het .... 19 coupon ~ 6 ,,,,,,5. exp. : . ... .... ~ ,l'A Discounts - ... .. „„,„. .... -- % .......0. -- t .;< I~~~~* *~,;~ ~F,~° ~"` NOW FEATURING FULL SERVICE NAIL SALON FULL SET OF ACRYLIC NAILS JUST $25 Women split BEHREND- The Penn State -IBehrerki Women's Softball team split its two games against Mout Union yesterday. The Lady Lions won the rust game 5-4. The second game was shortened to five innings due to darkness and Mount Union received the victory 7-2. No other details about the games were available. Today the Lady Lions host Geneva college for a 3 p.m. first pitch. Behiend then takes on local rival Gannon University Tuesday, April 2. Page 11