page 10 - The Behrend College Beacon - October 22, 1998 Volleyball completes busy two weeks By Jamie Salapek staff writer Bumping, setting and spiking - some may think that these are the keys of volleyball, yet the Behrend team has shown that there is more to it than that. The Lions have proved that it’s all about the love for the game as well as teamwork. Behrend’s schedule has kept them quite busy the past thirteen days. The team headed to Fredonia for a tour nament on October 10. They faced off with Geneseo, yet reluctantly lost in three games, 15-11, 15-11, and 15- 8. The Lions had also encountered Geneseo earlier in the season at the Allegheny Tournament, but also lost in three games. Behrend’s second match in the tournament was against Fredonia. Fredonia was fired up for their home tournament and beat the Lions in four games, 15-13, 6-15, 12-15, and 11- 15. Despite the loss, Behrend played well as Tiffany Beers and Mary Good each had 16 kills. After those two losses, the Lions rebounded and beat Alfred in five games, 15-6, 15-11, 13-15,3-15, and 1998 Women’s Volleyball team Homecoming and Greek Week Greek Week events off to a good start By Rose Forrest assistant layout editor Behrend Greeks get a chance every year to compete for a trophy as a pre lude to Homecoming Weekend. It is a high intensity battle of strength, speed, teamwork, talent, and who has the big gest mouth. The competition is be tween the fraternities and between the sororities. It is called Greek Week and today is the second to last day. The Interfratemity Council sponsors it and this year Tau Kappa Epsilon’s Mike Studd directed it. Monday morning Behrend is deco rated with sorority and fraternity ban ners. The banners are made with huge sheets of cloth, ie. sheets, and must have all the other Greek organizations, AZA, AZT, O<DA, TKE, ZKN, ZBT, AX, ZTT, KAP. The most “entertaining event” is tonight at the Bruno’s stage at 7:00 pm. It is the Greek Sing - every group has created an eight minute lip sync script. Scores so far have been close so this show is important. The last event is the chariot race Friday at 7:30 p.m. The first event was the marshmal low contest and ice cube tray fill. Each group selected their sister/brother with the biggest mouth because who ever can cram the most marshmallows into their mouth wins. The fraternities went a little crazy. One unnamed brother tossed his cookies. The top marshmal low crammers all had over 35 in their mouths. Sigma Tau Gamma found a brother to smoosh 38 marshmallows in his mouth, taking first. Zeta Beta Tau’s “Homer” crammed his mouth till his face turned red and his eyes watered, winning his fraternity sec ond. Tau Kappa Epsilon took third. -15-13. Behrend played well, yet had their lapses which prevented them from putting away their opponent early. Tiffany Beers was named to the All-Tournament team for her strong play. Next on the agenda was a battle with Frostburg State on October 16. The women struggled in losing 14- 15, 7-15, and 7-15 against the pow erhouse Frostburg squad. Frostburg is 25-1 on the season and undefeated in conference play. On October 17, Behrend traveled to Washington and Jefferson. The day off appeared to have the Lions rusty. Three losses of 8-15, 3-15, and 4-15 ended the match and dropped the Li ons to 7 -16 on the season. Finally, Tuesday night Behrend hosted a dual match against Buffalo State and Pitt-Bradford. The Lions had the crowd on their feet as they were victorious over Buffalo State in three games, 15-11, 15-11, and 15- 13. In game one, Behrend commenced with solid defense and strong serves. Speed and agility by the Lions were the two key areas that helped them outlast their opponents. Hard hits Theta Phi Alphas took first in this event for the sororities with 31 marsh mallows. Alpha Sigma Alpha were two marshmallows behind for second place. Alpha Sigma Tau were a little more dainty but came in first with the ice cube tray fill, a contest which con sisted of filling up 1/2 an ice cube tray with water using a plastic teaspoon. Alpha Sigma Alpha took second again in this event with Theta Phi Alphas taking a super close third. At the end of these events, the sororities’ scores were all tied up at four points each. First, second, and third went to Delta Chi, Kappa Delta Rho, and Sigma Tau Gamma respectively for the ice cube tray fill among the frater nities. Tuesday was the tuffman/ tuffwomen contest. The activities were tire throwing and hanging. The guys threw a heavy car tire. Tau Kappa Epsilon’s Glen Gausman threw it the farthest-59 feet and 8 inches. Zeta Beta Tau took second and Sigma Tau Gamma threw for third. Jen Zimmerman won first for the Alpha Sigma Alpha with over 53 feet. The girls were allowed to use a bicycle tire. She explained, “I was relieved to see the bike tire after watching the guys heave that huge car tire.” Alpha Sigma Tau took second with Theta Phi Al pha placing third. This order was rearranged in the hanging contest, which is a test to see who could hang the longest at a 90 degree angle. Alpha Sigma Alpha came in last and Theta Phi Alpha took second. First place went to Alpha Sigma Tau, putting them in the lead as they went to Wednesday’s event, the tug of war. The guys were very competitive in the hanging contest. A Sigma Kappa were given and taken, yet the Lions prevailed. Game two was exciting from the start as the Lions put the heat on their opponents. Game three was much the same as the women took the lead with much movement and didn’t relin- quish it. Coming off the win against Buf falo State, the women encountered a big match against Pitt-Bradford in the second match of the night. Pitt- Bradford entered the match with an advantage as the Lions were fatigued from their previous match. Behrend’s fatigue enabled Pitt-Bradford to win in four games. In Behrend’s win in game two, they started out slow. Small mistakes had both teams going back and forth, vol ley after volley. Behrend, however, showed signs of emotional fatigue in game three. This enabled Pitt- Bradford to win the third and fourth game, clinching the match. This weekend, the Behrend Lions will be heading to the Juniata Tour nament. Juniata is ranked number one in the nation, so this will be a challenging test for the lady volley ball players. Nu held out the longest with a Tau Kappa Epsilon dropping just before. Kappa Delta Rho won third. By the time they had all dropped their arms were shaking and their veins were bulging. Wednesday’s tug of war had the highest turnout so far. The event in volved a lot of teamwork because there were five people per side and the goal was to make the other side pass the line. It is a test of strength, perse verance, and a supportive anchor. The rainy weather made it fun with mud. The participants could be identified by their muddy behinds. Theta Phi Alpha dominated tug of war among sorori ties with Alpha Sigma Tau taking sec ond, sending them off to Greek sing with 11 and 10 points, respectively. Alpha Sigma Alpha finished third end ing their total score at 9 points. Zeta Beta Tau’s team pulled in for first place among the fraternities. Sigma Tau Gamma fought for second with Tau Kappa Epsilon putting in a good show for third. This event left the fraternities’ scores at first placed tied for 22 points between Tau Kappa Epsilon and Sigma Kappa Nu. Zeta Beta Taus are in close second with 20 points. Delta Chis are slightly behind with 15 points and Kappa Delta Rho, who missed the tug of war are catch ing up with 13 points. Sigma Kappa Nu, who missed Monday’s events, are making it up with 10 points. Event Director Michael Studd is happy with Greek Week. “I think ev erything is going well. This event brings out unity between the sorori ties and fraternities.” The Greeks at Behrend want to remind students that everyone is welcome to come watch the rest of the events. Sports Tiffany Beers spikes the ball while Allison Millet and Jessie Long look on during Tuesday’s match Lions celebrate after a victorious match Homecoming Queen Nominees Maria Colvin is a sth semester MIS major. She is a Lion Ambassador, a member of Commuter Council, Student Programming Council, and tutors computer students. She has been on the Dean’s List, and has been nominated for the Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society. Misty Holt is an Bth semester pyschology major/ education minor. She is presidents of Psi Chi, and secretary of Alpha Sigma Tau. She is also a member of Lion Ambassadors, Alpha Phi Omega Service fraternity, and Alpha Sigma Lambda and Omnicron Delta Kappa Honor Societies. She is a scholarship recipient, has been on the Dean’s List, was chosen for Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, and received the Guy W. Wilson Award for Excellence in Service. Marlene Micco is a 7th semester biology major. She is a member of Omnicron Delta Kappa Honor Society, and is a Teacher’s Assistant for American Studies 105. She has been a member of Newman Association, Lambda Sigma Honor Society, and was an Orientation Leader and a hospital volunteer. She is a scholarship recipient, has been on the college and National Dean’s List, and was chosen for Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. Kelly Pahel is a 6th semester management major/ marketing minor. She is a member of Theta Phi Alpha, Student Government Association, Panhellenic Council, and Society for Human Resource Management. She has also participated in Intramurals for 4 years. She was chosen as Female Athlete of the Year, and 1997 Greek Goddess. Jonna Zizak is a sth semester Psychology major. She is a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha and Matchbox Players She has also been an Orientation Leader for 2 years. She had the highest GPA in her pledge class. Homecoming King Nominees Allen Haywood is a sth semester Electrical Engineering Technology major/ Marketing minor. He is a member of Zeta Beta Tau, Behrend Newman Association, Knights of Columbus, I.E.E.E. and the Bowling Club. He has been an Orientation Leader, was a former president of the Student Government Association on another campus, Varsity Track and Field, and Varsity Baseball. He was Intramural Archery Champ for 2 years, placed 2nd in a Martial Arts competition, and earned a Recognition Award from Penn State Beaver. Kevin Mink is a sth semester Elementary Education and Communications major. He is currently President of Lion Ambassadors, Vice-President of the Joint Residence Council, and is a new member of Kappa Delta Pi. He has received an award for Honorable Lion Ambassador. James Ropar is a sth semester MIS major. He is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon, and was the Interfratemity Council representative for one year. He was also an Orientation Leader. He has received National Merit scholar ships and honor society scholarships, has been on the Dean’s List, and received a 2 Year Honors certificate. Students can vote in front of the RUB Desk in the Reed lobby on Thursday, October 22. omecoming King and Queen Nominees photo by Jamie
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