Lions optimistic despite loss
The Penn State Behrend
Men's Soccer team finished
the week last night with a 4-0
loss to Grove City College.
Earlier in the week, the
Lions tied Washington and
Jefferson 0-0 during
Homecoming festivities.
"We didn’t play well (last
night),” commented Head
Coach Dan Perritano. “More
than that, (Grove City) played
really hard against us tonight."
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L.L. Soccer
by Brian Gregory
Sports Co-editor
The Penn State Behrend Lady
Lions have run into a lot tougher
teams as of late and Saturday they
met another tough team in
Nazareth. The . Lady Lions
dropped their fourth decision of
the year 2-0,
"We
competed
commented
“(Nazareth) has the opportunity
to go to the playoffs and we
competed well. We’ve competed
against everyone (we’ve played).”
Nazareth’s Rita Baitucca and
Cara Perry scored to lift the
Nazareth women over Behrend 2-
0. The loss dropped Behrend to
7-4.
Coach Perrilano
compimcntary of his team’s
performance after the game.
“You have to stay positive about
it. We arc playing better teams
than in the past and we’re not
intimidated. We play very
physical.”
Perrilano went on to say that
you can’t always measure a team
by wins and losses. He stressed
that progress should be measured
by improvement and they overall
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Saturday, the Lions played
to a 0-0 overtime tie against
the Presidents. Goaltender
Phil Gouker came up big with
several good saves down the
stretch.
“Phil has been playing well
this year," said Perritano.
“He's been very consistant."
‘The team played well, but
we gave up a lot ot corner
kicks” said Gouker, “We can't
let that happen in big
matches.”
“In order to be successful
down the stretch, we need to
play much more physical and
aggressive” said sophomore
defenseman Brian Fisher.
“We need to
play much
more physical
and
aggressive. ”
-Defenseman
Brian Fisher
The Lions (8-4-1) are still
ranked tenth in the NCAA
Division 111 rankings in the
Northeast Region.
“We need to have will and
desire to win. We have to play
with emotion” said Mike Gulto
“All of that comes from within.”
They will be back in action at
Laßoche on Saturday, and
they will play at home against
Albert on the 19th.
way the team performs against
the level of their opponent.
Sophomore Kristen Gontcr
agreed with Coach Perritano
saying, “we’re playing well but
in a slump. We hope to get back
on the winning track Saturday
against Laßoche.”
well,”
Perritano.
"You have
to stay
positive
about it."
-Coach Perritano
Gontcr will return to the lineup
after being out only two of the
six weeks for a MCL injury.
Freshman Lauren Arrigo will be
out on Saturday with strcpl
throat. Robin Wholcy is also
still out with a leg injury.
The Lady Lions are back at
home against Laßoche on
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Back fn Action: The Men’s Alumni #eW Saturday as pad of Behrend’s Homecoming weekend. At the
game, members ol the 1971 Men's recognized. Herb Uufter. the Behrend Athletic
director, was the coach ot the team. John Hoge, a member oftheieflm, wiR be inducted Into the Behrend Hall of Fame on October 26th.
Stanko runs to ATW
by Jeff West
Collegian Writer
Sandy Stanko, a Kane High
School grad, was named this
week's Housing and Food Service
Athlete of the Week.
Stanko, who finished in the
top seven in Bchrcnd’s last two
track meets, was especially
present in the last one in which
she finished in the time of 20:12
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to help the Lions to a fourth
place finish out of twelve
schools.
“Sandy is an excellent cross
country runner, but she is better
in short distances,” commented
Coach Drew. “She has a lot of
leg speed.”
This is the first year for cross
country at Bchrend. Last year,
Bchrend had only club teams.
“It’s really great that Bchrend
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decided to get cross country,” said
Stanko. “I was hoping that there
would be a team in my freshman
year, but I’m glad that it’s here
now.”
Stanko, a junior majoring in
Biology, suceeds because of her
hard work ethics.
Teammate Kathy Sheridan said,
“she is a strong team player and
works hard in every practice.”
Coach Drew agreed saying,
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“She docs what everybody does to
be an excellent runner. She
practices all the time, even in the
summer.”
Not only is Stanko
constantly placing at every
invitational, but she is also a
valuable leader to her teammates.
"She is very motivational and
pushes the team hard in
workouts.” said senior Sara
Guthlcbcn.
Justin Ropcle agreed with
Guthlcbcn. “She is always first
in the practices and that pushes
the rest of (us) to work harder.”
Stanko is also shooting to be
an Academic All-American,
which will be announced at the
end of the season.
The cross country team will
round out the year at the Grove
City College Invitational on
October 19th, followed by the
regional race in November.