Lady Spikers dominate in conference opening win by Dylan Stewart wegkin Staff The Penn State-Behrend women's volleyball team has a new lock this yam• Sporting a new coach, new offensive and defensive systems, and a new conference championship to shoot for, the Lady Spacers have quite a challenge ahead of them for the 1997 season. New head volleyball coach. Cindy Jacobelli. is looking to lead her squad of six freshmen, one sophomore, one junior, and four seniors to an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) championship this year. Although the team would undoubtedly like to win the conference title and move on to the play-offs. Coach Jacobelli says that the main goal of the team this year is to play their best every night aid to simply "do well". The new A.M.C.O consists of five teams besides Penn State- Etehrend. These teams include Pitt- Greensburg, Lake Erie, Pitt- Bradford. Frostburg State. aid Laßoche. The starting six of the volleyball team consist of one freshmen, one sophomore, and four seniors. Included in the starting six are senior co-captains, Amy Good axl Angie Georg. Behrend Score 358 Matt Curry 89 Chris Donalies 87 Bill Grady 90 Jody Vincent 92 Rob Cooney 92 Top Three Team Finishes Allegheny Ashland Mercyhurst singles Gabby Carroll JoAnn Fabrizio W Emily Rubin Becky Davis Jaime Brubaker W Christian W .dosixles CarroLVFabrizio W Rubin/Davis Brubaker/Chan W The first challenge of the year far the Lady Spikers came against Frostburg State when they visited Beluend on September 3. Using a seven man rotation, the Lady Lions defeated Frostburg in three straight games. "Frostburg was one of those teams we weren't sure what to expect from," coach Jacobelli said. Leave your heart on the floor. "Although we won in three straight games, they are a pretty good team. We are still expecting quite..othalleiirs when we go to visit Prosiburg her in the year. I think a* via ha wait we received, greatly helped us in our victory," Jacobelli added. The Lions returned to action when they traveled to the Cortland Tournament in New Mir. The team finished, with an overall maid Of 3-2 in match play. One of the standouts of the tournament was senior co ca ptain Angie Georg. Georg'sonal play earned her all-to^matt KC P g 310 319 319 WOMEN'S TENNIS BEHREND VS. LAKE ERIE Coach Jacobelli ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • WOMEN'S SOCCER HERB LAUFFER MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT sunday PSB/Baldwin Wallace PSB/John Carroll Jackie Spaziani 6-4,5-6,6-2 Michelle Marshall 6-1,6-0 Melissa Mortiner 6-0,6-0 Natalie Stein 6-0,6-0 Tina Waller 6-0,6-0 Cara Rowan Spaziani/Marshall 8-3 Mortiner/Stein 8-0 Weller/Rowan 8-0 honors. Her performance also helped her gain the A.M.C.C. Player of the Week award. Next up for the Lady Lions was an independent match at Buffalo State. The Lady Lions were simply too much as they defeated Buffalo State in three straight games. Heather Learch had a standout day as she finished with eleven kills. Most recently. the Lady spikers traveled to a tournament at Baldwin Wallace. This trip was anything but a vacation. The team lost four straight matches. dropping their record to 5 - 6. Coach Jacobelli called the tournament, "a good learning experience and a wake up call." "It is better for something like this to happen early in the season. That way we have the rest of the season to learn from our mistakes". In spite of the rough showing at the tournament, Coach Jacobelli is looking to a "fresh start", when they get back into action. Coach Jacobelli has a simple motto fa her players to follow each and every game. "Leave your heart on the floor". If the Lady Spikers follow that motto, don't be surprised to see them competing for an A.M.C.C. title. The Lady Spikers will return to action on Sept.lB, when they host Fredonia at 7:00 p.m. 6-0,6-1 Set met Angie Georg sets a ball for a teammate, as she prepares for the kill Lions beat John Carroll, 3-1 by Matt Pllzga Spats Ec Nor The Penn State-Behrend men's soccer team continued its fast start to the 1997 season with a 3-1 victory over John Carroll. John Carroll got into the scoring column first when they scored in the fourth minute of the game. Freshman James Martin answered for Behrend as his pressure caused the Blue Streaks goalie to miss play a ball allowing the tying goal at the sixteen minute mark. "When you play direct, balls will be in the attacking area and other teams will make mistakes," said coach Dan Perritano. Mother freshman, Josh Castillo, put the Lions ahead for good when he scored in the 30th minute on a pass from junior co-captain Travis Lang. Behrend scored seven minutes before the half, again using pressure defense. Sophomore Chris Kennelly gave the Lions the 3-1 lead by putting a loose ball past the John Carroll goalie. Students and employees of Penn State Behrend are invited to submit a free classified ad in the Collegian. Types of ads may include personal messages and items for sale. Maximum classified length is 25 words. Persons who submit ads must state their affiliation with Behrend. Classifieds are meant for individual use. Official notices and group events should be submitted to the Calendar editor. Businesses must pay regular advertising rates. The Collegian can .not guarantee the publication of all classifieds submitted for space purposes. Classifieds should be sent to the Classified editor at the Collegian, Reed Building or dropped off at the Collegian offices. Deadline for submission for publication in that week's paper is Monday at 5:00 p.m. To the mystery man- The Blue Bus will not be the same without you. Looking forward to a. good semester. -B Nice job with the deco tape. Doe- Thanks for the P.J. -Oz "Our high pressure defense enabled us to capatilize on their errors," said Lang. Entering the half with a two goal lead all seemed to be going well for the Lions, but tragedy struck in the 39th minute of the second half. After making a leaping save of a shot by a John Carroll player, freshman goalie Graham Rudolph lost his balance in a collision with another player. Rudolph landed haul on the ball, jarring his kneck and shoulder. Rudolph layed motionless in the goalie box for some time before an ambulance arrived to transport him to the hospital where he had virtually no feeling in his lower body. Fortunately for Rudolph, his family and the entire Beluend community he regained feeling and movement of his legs and feet a short time after arriving at the hospital and is expected back on campus soon. Despite that scary moment, the Lions used the momentum from the first half to hold on to beat another good opponent. FUR i ffrFM . WAWIaM Thursday. September 18 - The Behrend College Collegian - page -Felix "John Carroll was ranked eighth in their region, this was a quality win for us," said Perritano. The victory gave the Lions record of three wins and one loss and propelled them to 9th place in the NCAA Division 111 Northeast Region Ranking. Perritano said, "Our effort, intensity and depth" were the keys to the Lions success all year. "Last week's tournament wins gave us a chance to see how well we played together, and it carried over to the John Carroll game," said Kennelly. Behrend will travel to Keuka for a Saturday afternoon meeting this weekend. Not only will the match be important in the regional rankings, but it will also feature an interesting coaching match-up. Former Behrend assistant Rick Nese will face his former boss Dan Perritano for the first time in the head coaching ranks. "He has a program that he will put a stamp on, hopefully not against Behrend," said Perritano of Nese's head coaching position.
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