Lady
Coach Fornari finally has a
reason to smile. And her thirteen
players have a reason to be tired.
After three straight sub-par
performances in which Behrend
only played twenty strong
minutes, the Lady Lions whipped
the Lady Yellow Jackets in all
parts of a 65-50 win and returned
last night to wipe out Laßoche
85-55.
"This was one of our best team
games," said Head Coach Roz
Fornari. "We shot well, defended
well...and did the things we
needed to do.
Last night the Lady Lions
pulled out all the stops against
Laßochc. They led 41-30 at the
half and blew out Laßoche 44-25
in the second half for the thirty
point win.
Tiffany Buck had 22 points,
Carrie Nestor played strong again
with 18 points, and Nikki Schultz
had a game high 25. Emily
Marini had nine boards, and
Schultz added seven.
"This game was well played by
everyone," smiled Coach Fornari.
ATW
Freshman Katie O'Donnell was named
this week's Housing and Food Services
Athlete of the Week. Look for more
information on O'Donnell performance in
next week's Collegian.
O'Donnell led the Lady Lions to a two
and one record last week. The two wins
gave Behrend seven wins on the year.
During the last three games the
freshman has averaged six rebounds per
game while scoring eight points per
game.
O'Donnell's big performance came in
Behrens:l's 65-50 victory of Waynesburg
College. In the contest she made four
three-pointers while scoring 14 points.
She also added six rebounds and two
steals in the winning cause.
Look br O'Donnell and the Lady Lions
to finish their year strong as the team
continues to improve with each game.
SELLING QUALITY PREOWNED ITEMS AT LOW COST
Lions finish week 2 and 1
Un Monday, the Lady Lions did
the same against Waynesburg.
"We played a complete game,"
said Head Coach Roz Fornari.
"We played a good team game."
As usual the Lady Lions played
a good first half, keeping the
Yellow Jackets at bay through
most of it and taking a 28-25
halftime lead.
Freshman Katie O'Donnel
keyed the first half run for the
Lady Lions. She knocked down
three three-pointers in the first
five minutes of the game. She
finished the half with 11 points.
But the difference was the
second half. The Lady Lions
executed their offense and built
an eight point lead with under
three minutes to go.
Enter Carrie Nestor.
"They started to foul us," said
Fornari. "And we played...to get
Carrie the ball...and she just kept
"This was one of our best
team games. We shot well,
defended well...and did the
things we needed to do."
--Coach Fornari
going and going (to the free throw
line."
The freshman from McDowell
was 14-17 from the line as she
helped Behrend expand their lead
to fifteen where it stayed as time
expired.
Nestor finished with 21 points
and six rebounds. Nikki Schultz
finished with sixteen points and
five boards, and Katie O'Donnel
had 14 points and six boards.
HRIFTY SHOPPER
Behrend wins,Bs-55
"This was a really good team
game," responded Fornari. We
got a lot of people in the game.
Nikki had a nice game, Maria
(Madigan [4 points, 2 rebounds])
had a good game off the bench,
and Katie O'Donnell played all
forty minutes."
On Saturday, February 15th, the
Lady Lions did not have as much
luck. They lost another battle,
this time to Allegheny, 49-39.
The Lady Lions once again
stayed close in a hard-played first
half. When the buzzer went off
they trailed the Lady Gators by
just one point, 26-25.
"We played a really good first
half," said Coach Fornari.
Behrend shot almost 40% as
Tiffany Buck had eight tallies and
Emily Marini added five points
and eight boards to pace the
team.
But, the Lady Lions once again
slumped in the second half. With
Allegheny shooting just 8-30 from
the floor, the Lady Lions
responded by shooting just 5-25.
"The second half was a real let
down," said a frustrated Fornari.
"We just weren't executing."
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Break to the right: Carrie Nestor plays defense against La Roche in last night's game. The Lady
Lions crushed La Roche 85-55.
Plagued by bad shooting and
turnovers, Fornari had to make a
change for better or for worse. So
with five minutes to go, and the
Lady Lions losing by double
figures, she yanked all the starters
but Nestor and let the reserves
take their shot at the game.
They played even to Allegheny
the rest of the way as Behrend
had a season low 14 points in the
second half and fell by ten, 49-39.
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"I was proud of (our reserves),
they kept it close," said Fornari.
High scorer for the Lady Lions
was Tiffany Buck, but all of her
points were in the first half.
Marini had thirteen hoards, and
seven points.
With two games to go, Fornari
hopes the Waynesburg victory on
Monday and the Laßoche kill last
night will fire up her team for the
last week.
"Hopefully the win will help us
a lot. The team is ready to end
on a good note...and set a pace for
next year," said Fornari. "It's
always good to go out on a good
note.
The Lions battle Notre Dame
on Parent's Day this Saturday,
and close out the campaign next
week against the Lady Tomcats
of Thiel. All games are in Erie
Hall.