THE BEHREND BEACON Lady Lions finish Behrend women move to 6-3-3 with by Jessi Dearolf staff writer Kicking offa new season. the Penn State Behrendwomen's soccer team has already proved they are the team to heat. Combining old seasoned tal em with newcomers, the Lady Lions have already upped their record to 6- 3-3. Taking On improving competi tion, the women's team must prove they have what it takes to become the AMCC champions. Players to keep an eye on this year will he senior Jill Yana and juniors Katie Giles and Laura Furko, all of whom earned themselves All-AMCC honors. Along with that, Furko also obtained the 1998 Co-MVP of the conference. Sophomore goal keeper . Michelle Malatesta grasped the 1998 co-newcomer of the ‘, ear award and should prove to he unstoppable. Freshman Michelle Gutting thus far has caused quite a commotion \\ ith her numerous goals and her antai - Mg speed and agility. The \\ omen's team is well-balanced both offen- sively and delensi‘ely and threate teams with the talent corn thebe. I Ainllis.hrig their opponents is their game plan, something the,the Behrend women get set to score in their 1-1 tie against the Gatorc of Allegheny. quite \ e Cross country teams finish in top 20 at Frostburg by Tim Denial staff writer The Behrend's men's and women's cross country team traveled to Frostburg on October Ist and 2nd. The conditions were great for this grassy rolling course. The tempera ture was a refreshing 68 with an un obstructed sun. The men's team fin ished in the middle of the pack fin ishing in 16th place as a team. With over 200 runners in this meet it was very competitive. Behrend's own Dennis Halaszynski was a top finisher with a 24th place overall and an impressive time of 27.12.0. Also running for Behrend was Tyler Tr .vis. He finished 2nd for the team with a time of 28:13.0. Mark Suroviec was just 7 seconds behind Travis and was Behrend's third fin isher. Dustin Wilcox and Greg Coo per got back into the swing of things in this meet after being out of com petition for the past few weeks. It was good to have them hack into ac tion. The women's team finished just one place behind the Men with a 17th overall finish. Kathy Perry finished first for the Lions once again but was a disappointing 95th finisher out of Lacrosse introduced to Behrend T by Craig Hazelwood assistant sports editor The Penn State Behrend lacrosse team 'will begin its inaugural year this Spring semester. Practices have already begun to prepare for the upcoming season. Exhibition games have been scheduled to be gin at the end of October. The la crosse team will begin as a club sport, meaning the expenses must be paid by the players. Club teams receive little or no money from the school. Behrend will he joining the Na tional Collegiate Lacrosse League, which includes only club teams. Members of the NCLL include Slippery Rock, Grove City, WVU, and Allegheny. The only other la crosse teams in the area are Mercyhurst, which is Division 11, and Gannon, which is Division I. The Behrend athletic director, Brian Streeter, has been very enthu siastic about bringing this sport to PHOTO BY JEFF MILLER LEADING THE PACK: Behrend cross country takes on the competition. the 200 plw, v, omen rtioncp, Not I . trlvhind Coe \ A ith a time of 21 minutes and tont \— seven seconds. 'rile \\ omen onl\ hid Behrend. He has \‘ (irked hard to help this team develop. The idea is to spark interest V, ithin the area for more teams and lacrosse leauties. Fifty-percent of the team has prior experience. Meaning many of the members ha \ e noer picked up a la crosse stick hefore. The outlook on the season, however. is optimistic. Two lacrosse players face-off at practice on Thursday night. SPORTS six runiicrs coilipk:tc - With the experience \‘e already hare. the team will develop quickly," stated treasurer Keith Jensen. The depth of experience of ihe players has helped tremendously with the otinger plaers. The team plays \\ idiom a coach, so the players learn from one another. Although the season doesn't begin until the Spring, the team is looking for more players. Practice held every, day, in the Northwest corner of the Rehrend fields from 4-6. If on are in terested in playing contact President Mike May at 898-6637 or show up at the field for practice. No cuts are being made, and there are no tryouts. If you are interested in play ing you will get the opportunity , OCTOBER 8, 1999 tied after double OT 1-1 stalemate Learning lacrosse through blood, sweat and tears About a month ago I was walking out of the Reed Union Building and I noticed a sign on the door about a Behrend lacrosse team limning this year. 1 figured I'd give it a shut. I didn't have much to lose. I decided to jinn the team for a few reasons. Most of all because lacrosse is in Inv blood. Both or my brothers played in high school and my oldest brother went on to play at Bowling Green State Uni versity. He was quite successful, so I figured some of it would rub off on me. When 1 was just a child, he put a lacrosse stick in my hand and taught me how to catch it my stick. It can he a little intimidating. One of the first times I ever played catch with my brother was memo rable. He lofted the ball to me, and I was rarely able to catch it. Once in awhile, miraculously the ball would find the netting in my stick. After some time I began to get a feel tor it. 1 11 ['HUD.) FiY Kf VIN HF3UNER pit He, Craig Hazelwood I l et 4i, -44 i, .51 - RP, Iv ii fr. 4 \',iiii ',.11:4 41 Vc\ 11(074 hill. t I 1 i lik l 4 v 1'.::, : i 1 I1!I ‘l' 1 I 1110LIlli I 11.1 d `2( , 11(11 k.,10t)(1. Nk) I \Lamed hillitt) , l;11 . 11;11t)NA 111!' the hall Lind hi, i r. llc Ct)IIII/11Cd \L Ith a tO\ALIiII lii hall. I .!1,01,:k.:(i It) fl)110\‘. !HMI(' Ii \ \Cif t,tring dire.:ll) into the ' , Lill \\ and 1 lost the kill. Needless to sad the hall didn't lose inc. ft came out of the >un like it \\a, shot out of a cannon, hitting nic tlireetl in the nose. It \\ shoekc.l inc. hut the last that \ I C,R1111`.2 iht2 \ 0‘,1,...11 1):l11 1 ) ,2111i,1110an i u,i,li %I ll\:\nn R111 ) 1 1 . lt,lllo h:!. 1)0211 \\ !ill the liClll42lld 0111C11 ., 'Nt),.:LCI iC,IIII 101 illl2 r,1,1 Cal .11111C11),Ili• .1110t11C1 Jt 2:31) \VCd- feFlli Il.lhCNonlClldonli.. IlLilid the lint hid!. ' , col mg one goal ;Intl controlling the h;111 for the ina writ \ of the hall. Alter the halltnne acri%itie, \\ hICh 11“,:ialcd a Vs:end, Lo iner ,occer kick. the AAl A llen once again took ihe I ield hoping to ak.h.l on to their lead. Deyite \ ing Malatesta. Alleghen \ managed to ! , ,COre a goal with 1 7 :38 remaining in the hall'. As the hall \‘. 11Und doWn to an end. the Lad \ Lions tried desperatel\ to regain the lead. .\lier an intense final ty% o 111111 Mes, WC ~ ;.1 111e. [Ilk! Vlas fled I- I. loicing a duLible ci time 1.141in , 1 the game \\ ith a tie. Be- In en(' ,ho\\ell Ile,lrt an(.l &termina tion , ILI , Ai n,t time ll\ ,d anil Ixnv eel tllev ha\ e \\ hat it takes, to , eon mine their rein It the ANICC. I,IIIICI \\ ill hr km (he kcit(l. Elle \+, ill tta cl to lituLkiß)ll 1)1,i . (, 11 tidluidav at 1:00 , a/c had ~ t) much 1)lood in hint. I 1 \••a, rkiLLlant to c catch I u, IoL I put that tt,ide and got 1t.,, k out there ',lnd gto.t... it a nother V‘e illtted lka in Ill\ 110111C hought gttal, and gaill ,led equipment lot . games. It -et:nted like \ CIA kid in the borio came Out to phi \at itt, hothte on the \\ cekend, Although pltt>ed plent t2,tuic, lit the hael \ wilt I ne\er had no. ol'l.llll/01 Osse Whell I \ Id elloUgh pla\ school Inv 1:111111\ out of lo\\ n. \Vt.' \ eel to a to\\ n that had nee er heard of lacrosse. I \ e harel picked up a lacrosse stick since then, until about a month ago. Our tcam has formed and v‘e'\,e already hcgun practices. \\c arc in the p 1 Less (irking out the kinks in t)iir 2:,111)e Lacrosse coot inueo page 14; PAGE 13
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