Behrend track and field officially begins
by Jason Snyder
sports editor
Al ter a promising showing at the
Slippery Rock Relays this past
February, the Behrend track and
field team officially opened their
inaugural season this past Saturday,
March 27 at Clarion University. The
event gave the Lions a chance to
perform strong individually as no
team scores were kept.
Coach Rich Hoffman said, “this
is the first time our athletes have set
foot on a track all year, so to do as
well as they did, I think they should
be commended.
The men’s team saw many
individuals place well. Jarrod Hart
took first place overall in the pole
v ault, with a vault of 13.0 feet. Also
having a big day was Scott Nicklas
who placed second in the long jump
and third in the triple jump. Nicklas
cleared 21’2.5" in the long jump and
42 feet in the triple. Also placing
third on the men’s side was the 400
meter relay team of Keith Cerroni,
Chris Schlosser, D. Obcr and Steve
Omecinski who crossed the line at
:45.4. Cerroni also ran well in the
100 mcLcr dash with a time of 11.4
seconds, good for sixth overall. He
then teamed with Omecinski,
Shawn Furman and Tom McCall in
Softball
team
dominates
by Jessica Tucci
associate editor
The Behrend softball team
roared into Allegheny Mountain
Collegiate Conference play this
past week. After dropping two
games to Mount Union, the Lions
have gone 5-1 in conference play
and 10-4 overall. They are coming
off two very convincing wins
against Pitt-Greensburg. ‘'The
girls arc ready for a challenge,' ’
says head coach Cindy JacobcHi.
Their first two games after
returning from Florida occurcd on
March 20th against Mount Union,
Tilings did not go as smoothly for
the women as they would have
liked. The team lost both games
of the doublcheader. The first
game was close with a score of 3-
4, but the women fell 0-7 in the
second game. Miller contributed
with a double and Haney had two
triples, Bodnor pitched eleven out
of the fourteen innings, and had
two strike outs.
I he next games occurcd only
four days later on March 24th, In
the first game, (he team triumphed
against Laßochc with a score of
9-b. Bodnor pitched the entire
game and had eight strike outs.
'I he team totaled eleven hits,
Miller, Vasser, and Angelo all
contributed two a peiceaodWxxlS
and Heidt both added three. In the
second game, the team came up
short with a loss of 2-4, Once
again Bodnor pitched the majority
of the game. She had six strike
outs and hit a double offensively.
The following opponent was
Pitt-Greensburg on March 28.
Penn State reigned supreme in
both games. In the first game, the
score was 34-1. The Lions then
trounced the Bobcats, 49-0 in the
second game. True to form,
Bodnor pitched both games and
had 15 huge strike outs. The team
was enormous offensively also,
Miller had a total of ten hits*
Woods had eight, Heidt recorded
six, and Rischei added live with
two home runs.
The next victim to the winning
streak was Lake Erie College. In
the first game the team won 20-2
and in the second 18-5, Not
surprisingly, Bodnor pitched both
games in their entirety. She had
eight strikeouts and hit two home
runs. Haney had six hits with a
triple, and Miller added four hits.
The team totaled 28 hits on the
The Beh rend womens next
game will be April 1 against Pitt-
Greensburg at home, They will
then travel to Buffalo Statu oo
April 2 and Allegheny College on
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the 1600 meter relay to finish fourth,
with a time of 3:35.2. Omecinski,
Furman and McCall also came up big
in the 400 meter run, crossing the line
within one second of eachother for a
3rd, sth, and 6th place, respectively.
In the distance events, Mark Suroviec
placed fifth in the 1500 meter run with
a time of 4:18.6. Dennis Halaszynski
performed well in the 3000 meter
Steeplechase. He ran the event in
10:47.2 for a fifth place finish.
On the women’s side, Lynn
Herrmann placed second in the javelin,
throwing it 111 feet. Hoffman said of
Herrmann, “I think she will surprise
some people this year.” Jenny Detelich
finished third in the 800 meter run with
a time of 2:28.65 and Tina Rubay
finished highest among the Behrend
distance runners with a fourth place
finish in the 5000 meter run.
Coach Hoffman said of the first
official meet, “we did an excellent job
against primarily NCAA Division II
competition. I was exptremely pleased
with the performances of our athletes.”
He added, “they have done a very good
job of preparing and overcoming a lot
of obstacles to achieve what they did.”
The Lions travel to Geneva College
Thursday, April 1 to compete in a scored
five team meet. Hoffman concluded,
“1 think we arc off to a good start and
hope to keep the momentum.”
Lions a hit in Tennessee
Baseball team plays season’s first home
by Jason Snyder
sports editor
The Behrend baseball team took their
6-3 record to Maryville, Tennesec this
past weekend. The Lions went 2-2 in
their two doublcheadcrs against teams
from Chowan and Maryville. The men
then returned home to play their first
home games of the seasofr ort
Wednesday, March 31, where the Lions
swept Oberlin.
The Lions faced tough competition
in their second southern trip of the
season as they challenged 16-4
Chowan. Entering the weekend,
Chowan was carrying a six game
The Lions sweep their home opening doubieheader vs. Oberlin on March 31
Keith Cerroni hands off to Chris Schlosser at the Clarion Invitational
winning streak. In Game one, Behrend
fell behind 4-0 through two innings and
6-0 after five. They could only muster
up two runs in final two innings to fall
6-2. Chowan out hit Behrend, 11-7.
In Game two of the day, Behrend
took on host Maryville (7-6). The
Lions gave up one nm in the second
inning and trailed early. However, the
third and fourth innings saw the team
score six runs to tie the game at six
entering the sixth of seven innings.
Behrend tacked on two in the sixth
inning to take the game 8-6. The Lions
were led by Corey Walters with three
RBl’s and one steal.
The second day of competition saw
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the Lions fall one run short of
snapping Chowan’s winning streak.
The team took an early 3-0 lead
through three and a 6-1 lead into the
final inning. Chowan scored five
runs in the fifth to tie the game and
sent it to extra innings. Behrend’s
Ryan Smith pitched six strong
innings of baseball until he slowed
up in the seventh. Chowan then went
on to score one in the eighth to pull
out the victory. Behrend finished
with 12 hits, three doubles and 2-2
steals.
The Lions continued to play well
in the final game of the trip against
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game after trip to Tenn.
Maryville again. The team got good
pitching from Ryan Frederick, who
gave up only six hits in seven
innings. He struck out two and
moved to 2-1 on the year. Six
different Behrend players earned
runs as Jeremy Brubaker led the team
with one double and one triple. The
8-4 win moved the Lions to 2-2 on
the weekend and 8-5 on the year.
The men returned home and
hosted their first games of the season
against Oberlin this past Wednesday.
They opened the game with a 3-1
lead after one inning and would not
relinquish it. The Lions added two
photo by Jason Blake
more runs through the fourth and fifth
innings to take the contest, 5-1.
In Game two of the doubleheader,
the Lions’ bats loud as they put up 13
runs off of 18 hits. Behrend pitching
held Oberlin to only two late runs to
give the Lions a convincing 13-2
victory: The win moved the men to
10-5 on the season.
The baseball team will travel to
Penn State Altoona to open their
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate
Conference play on April 3. They will
then return home to host a
doubleheader against AMCC
opponent Pitt-Greensburg.