pin ;<■ 10 - The Behrend College Beacon - November 12, 1998
Cross-country teams
Regionals
head to
Jason Snvder
spoils editor
The Behrend men's and
women's cross-country teams will
tra\cl to Allentow n. PA this week
end to compete in the Regional
meet in hopes of extending their
season for Nationals. Both teams
come off of two weeks ol training
and preparing mentally in hopes of
running their best races of the year.
The Regional meet will host
about 300 of the region's top run
ners with the goal of qualifying for
nationals. Coach Rich Holtman
commented on the importance ol
the meet saying, "this is the meet
of the year for most of these teams.
And for the lop teams, this is their
ticket to nationals, soeveryone will
be competing intensely."
The men's team will send their
top seven runners and three alter
nates. Brian Gaines. Adam
I)/uricky. Dennis Halas/ynski,
Mark Suroviee. Tyler Tra\ is. Jason
Saegcr. and Matt Heidecker will till
compete in the race as Dave
Rhoades. Greg Cooper and Tom
McCall will back-up those runners.
Men’s Soccer finishes second
at AMCC championships
Jason Sn\der
sports editor
The Behrend men's soccer team
ended their season this past week
end with a second place finish at
the Allegheny Mountain Colle
giate Conference Championships.
The men finished the season with
a I 3.q record, breaking the Be
lli end men's soccer record tor w ms
in a Noason
11 ns past Saturdav. the I.mils
Basketball tip-off November 21
Behrend
Frostburg
La Roche
Lake Erie
Pitt-Bradford
Behrend Scores
Behrend 0 Franklin and Marshal
Frostburg
Behrend
Pitt-Bradford
Pitt-Greensburg
La Roche
Lake Erie
Behrend Scores
Behrend 2 Pitt-Bradford I
Behrend 0 Frostburg 4
Upcoming Behrend Meet
November 14 Regional Meet @ Allentown
The men will be competing against
three nationally ranked teams: College
of New Jersey (12), Haverford (16), and
Carnegie Mellon (23). Allegheny is
ranked fourth in the Mideast Regional
Rankings. "We've raced Allegheny two
times and have been fairly close. They
have a tight pack but I think we can run
with them," said Holtman.
The women's team, although small in
number, hopes to have a positive show
ing this weekend. They will be sending
Ahby Crilley. Keri Lowman, Tina
Rubay, Amy Bednar. and Robin Suhrie.
The women will also compete against
three nationally ranked teams: Carnegie
Mellon (5), College of New Jersey (9),
and Moravian (18). Holtman. optimis
tic for the future said, "we are not in
position to challenge these teams this
year, but we are laying the groundwork
to do it in the future." He added, "they
have been working very hard, very dili
gently and have shown a tremendous
enthusiasm lor improving and compet
ing. They' do their runs, they hit their
training times correctly, they get in the
weight room, and they are taking care
of the means to the end. They have made
great strides all season and 1 am looking
forward to them having a terrific re
battled Pitt-Bradford in the semifinals of
the tournament. Chris Kennedy put Be
hrend on the board first with a goal in
the 19th minute of play. The Lions were
able to hold on to the win as David
Snook punched in the game winner in
the 40th minute of play to give Behrend
a 2-1 win and a shot at the champion
ship the next day.
On Sunday, the men laced AMCC
powerhouse and eonterenee rival
Frostburg Slate. The Bulldogs showed
their AMCC supremacy by blanking the
Women’s Soccer
Overall Record
15-3-3
11-6
13-6
13-8
8-11
Men’s Soccer
Overall Record
16-5
13-9
7-12
7-9
7-
8-
Cross Country
gional race.”
S coreboard
AMCC
6-0
3-2
2-4
1-4
1-3
AMCC
7-0
Having such young teams, Hoffman
is aware of the challenge that lies ahead.
"It can be a challenge. But the guys
have been in big races before, and know
what it takes. Our sophomores have
been through regionals before and
know what it’s like. The underclass
men will need to take a cue from them."
Both the men and the women have
had two weeks since the AMCC Cham
pionships to prepare for regionals.
Hoffman’s goal in the training was to
"make our previous race pace more
comfortable and bridge the gap into the
ability to maintain a faster race pace,
and to be able to respond to pace in-
creases
Entering the race on Saturday, both
the men and the women know how they
plan to attack. "Our mentality is that
we’ve done our work. We have the
ability to do well and now all we have
to do is go out and run our best and
allow our ability and hard training to
shine through." said Hoi I man. He con
cluded. "it's all about the process of
preparing and seeking out what we can
do. We need to concentrate on the
means - the end will take care ol itself
Lions 4-0 en rout to the championship.
Steve Hemke scored two goals for
Frostburg as goalie Walker Boyd re
corded the shutout.
Despite the second place finish. Be-
hrend had three of their competitors
named to the All-AMCC learn.
Midfielders Travis Lang and Josh
Castillo were awarded with such rec
ognition along with delendcr James
Martin.
Women’s Volleyball
Overall Record AMCC
35-3 H-0
Pitt-Bradford 18-11 7-5
Frostburg
La Roche
Behrend
Pitt-Greensburg
Penn State Altoona 8-14
Lake Erie
Behrend 0 Frostburg 3
Sports
Name: Travis Lang
Sport: Men’s Soccer
Class: Senior
Date: November 2 - November 9
Travis Lang, a senior midfielder on the men’s soccer team, has been named the Hous
ing and Food Service Athlete of the Week. Playing in the final home game of his career Lang
scored both goals in Behrend’s 2-1 overtime victory over Allegheny.
“Travis really stepped up for us against the Gators,” said head coach Dan Perritano.
“He has been a consistent scorer for our program.”
Lang finished his soccer career at Behrend with his name scattered throughout the
record books. He is the all-time assist leader for the Behrend Lions and nearly broke the
career points record for the college. He has also competed in 70 soccer contests, one less than
the school record.
Behrend Scores
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Behrend Students
Housing and Food Service
Athlete of the Week
lame of basketball photo by Ayodele Jones
Read the Beacon next week for
our Basketball Preview
BASKETBALL
FAN JAM
November 13th
7:30 p.m.
Scrimmages, priz.es
arid pizz.a!
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