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Lions nationally ranked in Division 111
Winning streak at five as
Perritano wins #lOO.
by Brian Gregory
Sports Co-editor
The Penn State Lions are off
to their best start in years.
They finished off an
exceptional week by defeating
Buffalo State 5-0. The victory
improved their overall record to
7-2. On Saturday they defeated
Keuka 3-2.
The Lions led 1-0 at the half
against the Bengals on a goal
by Ryan Schank. They
exploded for four goals in the
second half as Ryan Ruta and
Matt Kapral scored early to
extend the lead to 3-0 en route
to the 5-0 shutout.
Saturday, the 3-2 victory
over Keuka was especially
special for the Lions because
with the victory the Lions were
ranked in the latest NCAA
Division 111 Regional poll.
The Behrend Lions were ranked
tenth in the northeast region.
“Being regionally ranked is a
step in the right direction' for
the program,” said Perritano.
“We are receiving strong
leadership and play from our
upperclassman.”
Behrend hammers way to victory
Take this ball and shove it: Erin McCormick blocks a
swept the match
The win over Keuka was
also special because Dan
Perritano, the fourth-year head
coach at Penn State-Behrend,
picked up coaching win
number one-hundred.
Perritano began his coaching
career at the University of the
Redlands in California where
he was 7-10-1. Then he earned
1992 Region II Coach of the
Year honors at the Monroe
County Community College.
Perritano’s women’s teams
went 50-10-3 under Perritano
In his four years of Behrend
Lions soccer, and two years as
head coach of the Lady Lions,
Perritano has compiled a 43-
31-3.
The Lions offense this year
offense has been strong. Matt
Kapral leads the team with
seven goals. Kevin Reinhardt
has four goals, and Ruta has
four goals and three assists.
The defense has also been
great all year. Goalkeeper Phil
Gouker has been outstanding
allowing only fifteen goals for
a solid 1.88 goals against
average.
Keep Rollin’ On: Matt Chamock prepares to hurdle over
Behrend win Wednesday. Chamock and the Lions improved
Ashley NowhouseJCotagian Photographer
by Matt Plizga
Co-Sports Editor
After a Jong, difficult road
stretch the Lady Lions volleyball
team returned to Erie Hall
Tuesday night for some
homecooking and an easy win
over Pitt-Bradford.
“The crowd really got into the
game, we fed off of the crowd and
played very intense” said Coach
Sharon Gregory.
Powered by freshman Heather
Lerch the Behrend front line
dominated the young Bradford
squad. Lerch recorded 12 kills
while both Jen Leone and Erin
McCormick contributed 8 of the
teams 44 kills.
“The second match was our
best hitting game of the season,
giving us a high kill percentage”
Gregory said.
The Lady Lions had a season
high 42 percent hitting
percentage while averaging 14.7
kills per game.
Another aspect of the match
that Behrend dominated was
service aces, where senior Jen
Leone recorded 6 of the teams 16.
“We played very well. Our
serves improved tremendously
and we hit the ball with
authority” said outside hitter
Amy Beckner.
“Last year Pitt-Bradford only
had six players, but this year they
had a new coach. We didn’t
know what to expect” said
sophomore Jessica Brody.
“We knew we had to execute,
so we went out and took care of
business" stated co-captain Angie
Georg.
“We changed our receiving
pattern to four back. This helps
us start our offense quicker” said
Coach Gregory.
Since implementing this new
strategy in the Case Western
match the Lady Lions have really
become more efficient
offensively.
Thursday, September 26,1996
a Buffalo State player in the 5-0
to 7-2 with the victory.
Your next chance to see
Behrend in action will be next
Wednesday versus rival
Allegheny, in a crucial match for
both teams. The Lady Lions also
kick-off homecoming festivities
next Friday against Hiedelberg.
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