THE BEHREND BEACON Behrend inducts five into athletic Hall of Fame by Matt NNiertel sports editor Penn State Behrend recognized five former athletes on Saturday at the ninth annual Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony. Five individuals were hon ored for their past performances and accomplishments while attending Behrend. This year's class of induct ees includes Bill Breedlove, Lisa Butch, Dave First, Mark Lytle, and Gary Wolfe. Bill Breedlove was a memher of the 1978 Behrend soccer team that was inducted into the Hall last year. He went on to graduate from Behrend in 1983. Breedlove played a key role in the men's soccer team% success dur ing tus years at Behrend. Bill played the stopperhack position and was "critical to the team's success, - said Breedlove's presenter Tony Orlando. Bill "used his skills to his advantage and he played his strengths. - contin ued Orlando. Bill ‘+, as co-captain .is a senior and a two-time Western Pennsylvania In tercollegiate Soccer Conference All- Star for Head Coach Herb Lauller. Breedlove said that he was "honored to be inducted . ' into the Hall of Fame and that his "successes on the field are a direct result from positive influ ences." He continued to say that he benefited from a lot of "good coach ing- and it "had a lot to do v. ith his Volleyball to battle rival Altoona by Craig Hazelwood w, , ,islant spoils editor The Penn State Behrend women's volley hall team fell to La Roche on Wednesday night. The team dropped to b-10 on the season. The Lady Spikeis kept it close, despite losing 34 The team was led by junior Mary Good with 9 kills and eleven digs and sophomore Vanessa Kruse pitched in with 7 kills and eleven die s . o of the three games were de cided by two points. both 16- 14 losses. La Roche presented tough competition. but the women fought to keep it close. "We pla y ed a La Roche team that is a good team in the AMCC, ‘ l / 4 e played well, hut ‘ke just couldn't F in ish," said assistant coach Greg Jacobelli. "lhe team has hick hopes for the second hall at the season. The first hall \vas a little roclo, hut the team akk s plaed solid. "We as a team ha\ e nichcd "di toget h er and see ‘.‘ ill continue to grim as a team as the season proeresses." stated freshman Karen Walters. lie \\omen's tic \ I match is Friday, October I. at home ‘s. Penn state Altoona. Out o The race to the millenium, but not the race of the millenium One year ago, the nation was in awe. Suddenly two new men defined athletics and heroes. The playoff race captivated lam., putting them right in the middle of the race ith them. Race, came down to to the final 2:1111C \Vlth Alllel-it:ails, put baseball at the top of their priorities. Basehall \N, as once ;.wain America's Pas- This the e\citement settled. Americans no‘‘ hold homeruns parallel with such regularities as field goals in football, fouls in World Cup soccer and profanity from the mouth of the Jets' Keyshawn Johnson. The drama of homeruns can he compared to the de creasing fascination of the slant dunk over the past 30 years. At first, it seas I'un to see. But nosy, the frequency that it is done just takes away from the drama. I. quite frankly. get sick of seeing Shaquille O'Neal think he is on top of the world, making a shot in a bas ket that hangs inches above his out stretched arms. And, not to he disrespect ful to the man that put baseball on the map last year, but it doesn't seem surpris ing to see a mammoth man like Mark McGwire smack a hall 400 feet hack in the direction of a pitcher most likely just brought up front AAA baseball the day before. Once something becomes too re petals e, Americans lose interest. And it is quite obvious that America is losing interest in the home run race between last year's gods of athletics. But amongst the regularity of success," Breedlove also referenced the influences from his soccer coach, the late Herb Lauffer. "Herb had the insight to allow us to be us, he let us work to our strengths," commented Breedlove. Lisa Butch is the eleventh female student athlete to he inducted into the Hall of Fame. Butch played both basketball and softball while attend ing Behrend from 1985-89. She is one of only four women to tally over 1000 points in her basketball career, scoring 1062, ranking her second all-time in Behrend history. Lisa also made major contributions to the women's softball program. She was named team "MVP" of the softball team in 1985 and had a .329 batting average as a senior. During her ten ure as a player, the softball team earned their first ever E.C.A.C. bid in 1989, in part to Lisa's contribu tions. Butch said that induction into the Hall is "not something you ex pect to accomplish" and that it "feels great to have accomplished enough to be recognized as a part of Behrend history." Dave First is the first Behrend golfer to ever he inducted into the Hall of Fame. His career scoring average is an impressive 78.6. which is the lowest in Behrend history. First also earned the White Letter Award for being the most valuable player on the Behrend team. He was SIMON SAYS... COME TO THE SPIRIT NIGHT! Penn State Behrend vs. Penn State Altoona Tonight at 6:00 in Erie Hall Chance To Win spirit T-shirts Bounds lion le ill 11S in baseball is the uniqueness of the excitement that fans await every October. It's play off time. Whether records are being broken or not, there is alwayssome playoff race that gets fans geared up for the drama just around the corner. It is as it' there is a slow transi tion from the normal regular season to the upbeat and suddenly meaningful road to the World Series. It might just be my love of the season of fall, but it seems as if the season brings with it a tradition of excitement in the sports world. Even though summer days are tilled with many baseball games, no one really cares to follow the sport umi I now. There's a chill in the air and a chill that runs up and down your spine when you look in the paper and see that your team is actually' scheduled to play in an impor tant game that has some meaning. Al most all baseball fans will finally sit down and watch nine innings of baseball that counts. SPORTS of lame inductees nclude. (from left to right) Lisa Butch, Wolfe. The 1999 First, and the Behrencl ;4011 coach for the Lions from 1987 89, ‘‘ hirh mal e s him only one or tour Indus:tee , ' ho \Ails both a player and a eoach. I am finally. after a summer of bore dom in the baschall world, beginning to find interest. 'File raue in the American L.C:lll.le 111. i ctal wick% hut the race in the Natiomal LeaL2.te Is dead even. Cin cinn.ci Ilot.Non hoth haute for the right to he called NI. Central Division Champs, v. nit the loser of the battle hav ing to hold oil the New York Mets for the wild card spot. The eNcitement in the tiL seems to ex ceed that of the AL, hut that might be working to their ads ;tillage. It is like the "calm before the storm" with just the names of the teams making the playoffs in the AL, creating enough excitement that a playoff race really isn't necessary. Cleveland, Ness York and Texas are all in a race for the best record in the AL, while the Red Sox hope to add to their storied tradition in professional baseball. In my baseball preview column that I wrote last year, I predicted an easy run for the Braves in the NL with the Indians and Yankees battling it out in the AL. My prediction remains the same, with the In dians topping the Yankees and culminat ing this season with a World Series Cham pionship. Homeruns or no homeruns...it's play off time! Time to start following what is really going on in hasehall...not just team standings and homerun races. It's do or die. Win or go home. You know...the fun stuff you can only find when the leaves are turning and the chills are run ning up your spine. OCTOBER 1, 1999 Mark Lytle was a two-year standout at Behrend before transferring to State College. He was named the White Letter Award winner in 1971 due to Behrend's Halaszynki and Perry lead runners at Wooster The Penn State Behrend cross coun try team visited Wooster College Sat urday the 25th of September. The conditions were good with warm tem peratures and sunny weather. Dennis Halaszynski was Behrend's top fin isher, finishing in the top 20. His time was an impressive 28:29.00, which was good enough for I 6th place over all. Behrend finished Bth as a team with 13 teams competing; Wooster was the top team finisher. Mark Suroviec was the next to cross the finish line for Behrend. He fin ished not far behind Halaszynski with a time of 29:02.0. That time placed him 29th out of the whole pack. There were over 150 runners total. Behrend had nine male runners overall that competed last week. Two of Behrcnd's top runners missed this weekend's race due to injury. Be hrend will he glad to have them back when they are 1009 . Coach Hoffman stated "good solid team racing from the whole gang. We ran probably the best race of the year despite a heavy week of running. We lad rood races all the way through; 9ptafit the lititiceee. Noce YOU ARE A WINNER MAYBE!!!...MAYBE... Do you want to WIN CASH this semester'? Well, your name, along with the entire Behrend student hodv, has already been entered into a random cash drawing. The drawing will be held at every fall home athletic contest (men and women's soccer, volleyball, tennis, and cross country). The cash pot will never go under 525. Even though your name has already been entered into the drawing. you can increase your chances of winning at each athletic event. During the first half of every home game, students will he able to enter their name in the drawing again by signing up at the Random Cash Drawing station located by the PEPSI BIN. The drawing station will only take entries before halftime. The actual Cash Drawing will take place during the second half. The time of the drawing is not set, it will vary. You must be PRESENT to win the cash. If the winner is not present at the time of the drawing the cash will roll over into the next athletic contest with an additional $5 added into the drawing. Hope to sec you at our athletic contests!!! SPECTATOR CASH MANIA You should have been there!! On Wednesday, September 29, Robert Ludwig, Ryan Reinhardt, and Joe Hinkle could have won up to $5O at the athletic events. Don't miss out on your chance to win! Sitn up at any of the upcoming athletic events. CRAZY., FUN, AND FREE All students c . .n participate in halftime contests during soccer and volleyball athletic events this fall. There will he a halftime contest at every event, and students will be able to sign up for the drawing during the first half of the game. COME TO CHEER ON YOUR BEHREND LIONS, WIN PRIZES, AND HAVE A.GOOD TIME!!! The winners of this week's Wendy's halftime contests are the following: Wendy's Eggtoss at Soccer Game NV' Kelly Maze, Betsy Cummings Kyle Hood Jill Yamma, Jessica Long Eric Wallo, "Stainer" by Tim Denial staff writer Bill Breedlove, Mark Lytle, Dave an impressive record of 7-1 with a 1.48 earned run averace. "Mark is the best pitcher in Behrend College his tory to this time," stated Marks pre and when we get Greg (Cooper) and Dustin (Halaszynski) hack in the line up we will be that much stronger." The Penn State Be hrend women also ran at Wooster this past week end. Behrend's Kathy Perry moved up in the Behrend ranking from their previous meet, cross ing the line first for Be hrend. Perry's time of 22:05.0 placed her at 58th among all the other run ners. Behrend finished a disappointing 12th out of twelve teams, but they hope to bounce back next week. The Behrend women's team had six runners compete in the Wooster In vite. Jeana Ferilla was the next Be hrend runner to finish the race with a time of 22:54.0. Coach Hoffman said that the team "ran better than the re sults perhaps look" and the team "can still get better." center Roger Sw (ming. "He is mod est about his abilities and achie‘e ments." Sweeting added. Lytle was surprised that he was even nominated and was humbled to he surrounded by such great athletes. Lytle told the story about how he didn't make the baseball team in ninth and tenth grade. But because of his father's encouragement he wem on to further success pla, ing baseball. He continued by saying, "if it wasn't for my father I wouldn't be here''. Gary Wolfe was the final inductee for the Hall of Fame Class of 1999. Wolfe also played on the 1978 N.A.I.A. District 18 Championship team with Bill Breedlove. He played the very important stopper-hack po sition, which was a key piece of the team's defense. In 78'. Gary was named a Western Pennsylvania In tercollegiate All- Star for his superb performances throughout the season. I "just wanted to win. - stated Wolfe in his induction speech. "I expected to have full and 1 learned the mean ing of it while at Behrend - . Wolfe added. This year's group of inductees in creases the total of Hall of Fame mem bers to filly-five. Penn State will honor the year 2000 inductees on June 17. The Behrend women struggle at Wooster this past weekend. They hope to bounce back this week end at the Frostburg Invite. at Volleyball Game PAGE 14
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