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-
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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-
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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.