page 12 - The Rehrend College Collegian. Thursday, April 16, 1998 Tennis team drops two by Art Faix staff writer The Penn Slate Behrend Lions ten nis team, coining off a week of near perfection, suffered through a week of misery. "We really struggled this week, we had to play two tough teams, and the wear and tear of the season is starting to catch up with us," noted Head Coach Chuck Keenan. The Netters saw their record drop to 8-7 with losses to both Edinboro and Baldwin Wallace. The team’s only bright spot was the sensational play of freshman Matt Weber. In the Lions 7-2 defeat to Edinboro, Matt re corded the only two victories. He breezed through his singles match and teamed with team captain Art Faix to win at first doubles. "All my hard work is starting to pay oil, I’m playing really well right now, and I feel like I'm getting stron ger every time I set foot on the court.” exclaimed Weber. The win at first doubles was espe cially sweet for Faix. It came against his former high school doubles part ner Adam Bartsch. Fellow Warren native and current Behrend netter Phil Defabto commented on the situation. "It was weird to see Art and Adam on different sides of the net, it seems like just yesterday we were all on the same team in high school,” observed Defabio. With the help of Matt Weber’s re- □ entries: Deadline is Friday, April 17 at 4:00 pm ENTRY FEE: SI.OO charged to your student account for every event entered with 52 00 being the minimum charge and 54.00 beina the maximum charge DIVISIONS: Individual - Men's, Women's, Coed: ' For those individuals who do not represent a men’s, women's, coed or poini system team. You may swim in as many events as you wish. Team - Men's, Women's, Coed: For those individuals who are not participating for a point system team but wish to compete for the team title. Teams will be made of at least 6 people (coed - 3 men/3 women) and may enter up to 2 people (coed - 2 of each sex) in each individual event and 1 relay team for each relay event. However, the same person may only swim in 3of the 5 individual events. Points are awarded in each event to the top 12 finishers. Point System Teams: May enter up to 5 individuals in each individual event and 4 relay teams in each relay event. However, the same person may only swim in 3 of the 5 individual events and both relay events. Points are awarded in each event to the top 12 finishers. The coed relays will not be part of the point system teams events. TYPE TOURNAMENT: There will be 9 events, each of which will have a champion. EVENTS: TIME AND PLACE: Sunday. April 26 at the Eastside YMCA Meet begins at 11 00 am. Check-in and warm-up time is from 10:30 - 11 00 a.m. markable play the team salvaged two wins of nine against Edinboro, how ever the netters weren’t as fortunate against Baldwin Wallace, as the team dropped a 9-0 decision. “We can’t let this defeat get our spirits down, we lost to a tough team today, there will be brighter days in our future," predicted Keenan. The future looks promising for the Lions. Despite the two losses, they are still in prime position to end the season with a winning record for the first time in several years. Their “We can’t let this defeat get our spirits down, we lost to a tough team to day, there will be brighter days in our future.” schedule is clear until a semester end trip to Frostburg State for the AMCC Championships. The Lions are heavy favorites in this inaugural event. “We are going to go to Frostburg and show those kids how to play ten nis, this is our conference and it will be our championship,” boldly stated sophomore Mark Marini. With confidence like that it seems the netters can do no wrong. A win ning season and an AMCC Champi onship seems like a sure thing. Intramural Swimming Entries are to be aimed into the EM Office 50 freestyle 200 medley relay (back, breast, butterfly, free) 50 breaststroke 100 freestyle relay 50 butterfly 200 coed freestyle relay 50 backstroke 200 coed medley relay (back, breast, butterfly, free) 400 tfeestvle head coach Chuck Keenan Lions baseball knocked twice Behrend pulls off four run seventh to pounce Laßoche 7-6 by Dylan Stewart spurts editor The Lions of Penn State Behrend traveled last weekend to their AMCC archrival school of Frostburg State, where they were sent back on their way with two tough losses to drop their AMCC record to 3-2, two games behind first place Frostburg State. Although the first game was a lost cause with the Lions bowing out by a score of 9-1, game two came down to the wire, with the Lions losing on a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh by a score of 3-2. In game two, sophomore pitcher Ryan Frederick fired a gem, striking out twelve in seven innings, while also only giving up only three earned runs on four hits. "Game two against Frostburg was a good college baseball game,” said head coach Paul Benim. “Frederick pitched an outstanding game, but we didn’t score any runs for him. Marc Burchanowski was clutch driving in both runs to keep the ballgame tight,” finished Benim. "Frostburg State has a lot of qual ity hitters in their lineup, and I haven’t seen one of our pitchers dominate a good team like that up until now,” said senior Marc Burchanowski. “Our missing offense, and some lack of offensive execution lost us that ballgame. Frederick deserved the win,” added Burchanowski. Marc Burchanowski carried the Lion offense in game two, going 2-3, with a double and the only two RBl’s. Jeremy Brubaker, Matt Slavonic, Ryan Smith, and Corey Walters each chipped in one hit for the Lion offen sive attack. Although Behrend now stands two Sports games behind Frostburg in the hunt for AMCC supremacy, the Lions will get a chance to even up the score when they host Frostburg within the next few weeks at home. “We are still challenging for the AMCC crown,” said Benim. “We just need to get on a roll and put together a stretch of games where we do ev erything well,” added Benim. Game one of the doubleheader was not a pretty sight as the Lions giftwrapped a 9-1 win for their gra cious hosts Frostburg State. One terrible fourth inning for the Lions proved to be the nail in the cof fin, as they gave up six runs with the help of two fielding errors to fall apart and never again regain composure. Sophomore pitcher Rob Green took the loss to move his record to 4-1, pitching four innings, giving up a to tal of six runsfonly two of which were earned), while also striking out three and walking four. Freshmen David Oldach closed out photo by Jason Blake Freshman third baseman Joe Thompson takes a hack during the Lion’s contest against Laßoche. team gets in Frostburg the final three innings, giving up three runs on three hits, while also walk ing two and striking out one. Once again the Lion offense was a bit stagnant, as they only came away with three hits, while striking out ten different times. “Game one just wasn’t our game,” said freshmen David Oldach. Sophomore outfielder Corey Walters provided much of the offense in game one with two hits, including a double and the only Lion RBI. Jer emy Brubaker had the only other Be hrend hit, going 1-3 with a double. The last game of the week came as a single home game against AMCC foe Laßoche. The Lions reeled off a four run seventh inning to pull off the comeback by a score of 7-6. The second game was postponed because of rain. “It is always nice to win, but we did not perform nearly as well as we expected,” said Benim. “Ryan Smith held Laßoche in check for three in- S-. . <*•<- i * v- > *. .to- • * •* nings and we were fortunate to scrape for four runs in the bottom of the sev enth. Corey Walter’s hit in the sev enth was very clutch to tie it,” fin ished Benim. Corey Walters had a big day at the plate as he smacked a two run single in the bottom of the seventh to help bring the Lions back for the win. Brian Connolly also had a tremen dous day, as he went 2-2, with two stolen bases and one run scored. Michael Thompson was the only other Lion to come away with a base hit on the afternoon. The Lions finish the week at 12-8, and 3-2 in the AMCC. Behrend will next swing into ac tion this Thursday when they travel to take on Allegheny in a nine inning contest at 1:00 p.m. Their next home game will be on Saturday when they host AMCC Pitt- Greensburg at both 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.
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