page 12 - The Behrend College Beacon - October 22,1998 Women’s Tennis are AMCC champions By Will Jordan news editor On Sunday, October 18th, the Behrend women’s tennis team hosted the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference tournament at the Westwood Country Club. At the end of the tournament, Behrend had won the championship with 14 team points. Frostburg was a close runner-up with 13 team points, while Penn State Altoona finished in third place with 9. This was the women’s second consecutive AMCC title and their first with first-year coach Jeff Barger. The day before, on Saturday, Oc tober 17th, Behrend also had a competition against Frostburg. The Rested Lions ready for regionals By Jason Snyder sports editor Approaching the conclusion of the 1998 cross-country season, the Behrend runners continue to im prove and prepare for the chal lenges they will face in the upcom ing weeks. This past weekend, the Lions completed their regular sea son at the Pitt-Bradford Invita tional. The men’s team finished second in the meet as the women finished in fifth. The men’s team used the meet at Pitt-Bradford to prepare them selves for the AMCC Champion ships this weekend. Coach Rich Name Sport: Class: Position Date: Kristen Gonter, a senior defender, has been named the Housing and Food Service Athlete of the Week. Gonter has aided the Behrend Liona to a 2-0 week and their second straight AMCC regular season championship. “Kristen played exceptionally well this week,” said head coach Dan Perritano. “De fensively she led our defense that was able to post back-to-back shutouts.” Penn State Behrend defeated CMU 1-0 in overtime in Pittsburgh and then beat AMCC foe Frostburg State (9-3) 3-0 to secure the regular season title. The hooters will now host the AMCC Tournament on Saturday, October 31st and Sunday, November 1,1998. Gonter is a graduate of Holland Central School in Holland, New York. Women’s Soccer Overall Record Behrend 12-1-2 Frostburg 9-4 Lake Erie 9-6 La Roche 11 -4 Pitt-Bradford 6-9 Behrend Scores Behrend 1 Carnegie Mellon 0 Behrend 3 Frostburg 0 Upcoming Behrend Games October 24 Brockport 3:30 p.m. October 27 @ Buffalo State3:oo p.m Overall Record Frostburg 25-1 Pitt-Bradford 15-6 La Roche 12-13 Behrend 7-16 Pitt-Greensburg 3-14 Penn State Altoona 6-12 Lake Erie 0-22 Behrend Scores Behrend 3 Buffalo State 0 Behrend 1 Pitt-Bradford 3 Upcoming Behrend Matches October 23-24 @ Juniata Toum. TBA October 26 Pitt-Greensburg 7:00 p.m. October 28 Laßoche 7:00 p.m. women battled the strong team from Frostburg and won overall, 5 matches to 4 matches. After Saturday, the women’s tennis team final regular sea son record was 8 wins and 9 defeats. Their conference record was 6 wins with only 1 defeat. After the AMCC championship, Joann Fabrizio, a sophmore from Sewickley Academy, was named first team all-con ference in AMCC Ist Flight Singles, winning her final match against Kristin Fergusse from Penn State Altoona. Behrend teammate Angela Albertson, a freshman from Villa Maria, was first team all-conference in AMCC 4th Flight Singles, wining her final match against Kathy Gercke from Frostburg. The Behrend Lions dominated the second team with Jamie Brubaker, Emily Rubin, Hoffman said, “we held out our top three plus several others in our top ten to rest them a bit for next week and our AMCC Championships.” The men still finished second behind Mercyhurst College. Tyler Travis and Jason Saeger led the Lions finishing fifth and sixth respec tively. Adam Dzuricky and Tom McCall also finished together in tenth and elev enth. Rounding out the top five for the Lions was Erik Vollbrecht who finished in 22nd. The men’s team finished the regular season with a 52-17 record. The women’s team enjoyed a lift from Abby Crilley, who finished in 16th place with a time of 18:00. This was Abby’s first race at the collegiate level. She was followed by Keri Lowman (24), Tina Housing and Food Service Athlete of the Week Kristen Gonter Women’s Soccer Senior Defender October 12-October 19 Women’s Volleyball and Jen Morton. Christine Chan earned second team honors in singles action. Brubaker and Albertson also made the second team in doubles action. Jamie Brubaker, 03 Biology, said, “Overall we had a successful weekend. Saturday night we fought hard against Frostburg and in the end prevailed. Our doubles teams played well but it was the singles matches which made the dif ference. On Sunday, we won several key matches which earned us many honors for the conference, not to men tion narrowly squeaking by Frostburg to capture the championship for the second year in a row. As back to back champions in the conference, we are even more determined to defend our title in next year’s battles.” Rubay (31), Amy Bednar (32), and Robin Suhrie (42). “We are getting bet ter as a team each week,” said Hoffman. “Overall I thought we competed well, and now we will be getting ready for the AMCC Championship next week at Behrend.” The teams will now have the chance to meet their goals this Saturday on their home course. Behrend will play host for the AMCC Championships this year, as the gun will sound at 11:00 a m. for the women and 11:45 a.m. for the men. The start and finish lines will be at the soccer fields, and fan participa tion is strongly encouraged. Scoreboard AMCC 4-0 2-1 1-3 1-2 0-4 AMCC 5-0 5-1 2-1 2-3 1-4 1-5 0-9 Sports Men’s Soccer Overall Record AMCC 11-3 9-7 5-7 5-10 3-11 8-10 Frostburg Behrend Pitt-Greensburg Pitt-Bradford La Roche Lake Erie Behrend Scores Behrend 0 Frostburg 4 Behrend 2 Keuka 1 Upcoming Behrend Games October 24 Brockport 1:00 p.m. October 29 Buffalo State 3:00 p.m. Women’s soccer clinches title; Men go 1-1 , . _ . , , . . photo by Andrea Zaffino A member of the Behrend women s soccer team runs toward the ball. By staff writer The Penn State Behrend women’s soccer team continued their domi nating season by posting a 3-0 win at conference rival Frostburg this past Saturday to clinch the AMCC regular season championship. “Great defense played a major role in the win,” assistant coach Melissa Eging commented. “Their two great forwards, Amy Foote and Erin Forbes, were contained the entire game. But all eleven players on the field did a great job.” Goals for Behrend were scored by Bethany Cummings, Laura Ferko, and Katie Giles. Michelle Malatesta recorded the shutout in net. The win assured that the women will host the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference tournament, which will The Beacon needs sports writers Call 898-6488 for more information take place on Saturday, October 31, and Sunday, November 1. Their record as of last Saturday stood at 12- 1-2 overall, 4-0 in conference. Eging continued, “Our goal was to win the conference, and we have ac complished that. Now we’ll just take it game by game and keep playing hard.” After a game yesterday, the women will next play at home against Brockport on Alumni Day, this Sat urday, October 24. The Behrend men’s soccer team played a pair of games this past week, suffering their first conference loss at Frostburg 4-0 on Saturday, then re bounding for a win at home against Keuka 2-1 on Tuesday. Saturday’s loss at Frostburg was a hard fought game against their conference’s top ranked team. Behrend Frostburg Pitt-Greensburg La Roche Penn State Altoona Lake Erie Behrend Scores Behrend 5 Frostburg 4 AMCC Championships - Ist Place Cross Country Behrend Results The Behrend men finished in second place at the Pitt-Bradford Invitational The Behrend women finished in fifth place at the Pitt-Bradford Invitational Upcoming Behrend Meet October 24 AMCC Championships at Behrend 11:00 a.m, "We had chances to score, but we just couldn't capitalize,” assistant coach Chuck Baranich said. “We played hard, but it just didn’t work out in our favor.” Behrend looks for revenge when they travel to Frostburg for their Al legheny Mountain Collegiate Confer ence tournament, taking place on Sat urday, November 6, and Monday, No vember 7. The Behrend men sent Keuka Col lege home with a loss on Tuesday, thanks to goals by Josh Castillo and Dan Falk. Travis Lang and Aaron Pent?, assisted on the goals. A Keuka goal late in the game prevented the shutout. Behrend’s record is 8-7 over all, 4-1 in conference. The men’s next game is at home against Brockport on Alumni Day, this Saturday, October 24. Women’s Tennis Overall Record 7-8 13-3 3-11 3-10 i 5-3 1-9 AMCC 6-1 9-1 3-7 3-8 1-5 1-5
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