THE BEHREND BEACON New athletic facility to be completed in fall of 2000 by Raechel Kiska staff writer Slated for completion in Novem ber of 2000, Behrend's Athletic Recreational Center (ARC enable students to exercise and en- joy aquatic sports right here on cam pus. The multi-purpose building is currently under construction east of the library, and will actually he di vided into two sections. If facing Jordan Road, the gymnasium will he to the right and the exercise rooms and offices will he to the left. In the future, w e will walk through the building on a walkway that con tinues from the library's main walk way. For the past 30 days or so builders have been clearing the land for the erection of the 73,000-sq. ft. building. So far, a deep Is-ft. cut has been made into the hillside that will encompass the center. The Celli-Flynn Architecture Firm out of Pittsburgh, under the su pervision of lead architect. Toni Celli, designed the $l2 million building. The center will cost over S 12 mil lion by the time the equipment is bought, but the ARC is a state build ing, which means it receives some federal funding out of the Depart ment of General Services. The ARC is the third state building on cam pus following the Nick and the Li brary/Academic buildings. Volleyball team beginning to turn things around by Craig Hazelwood assistant Torts editor The women's volleyball team has played very well of late, compiling a 3-2 record in their last five matches. The Lady Spikers' record stands at 4- 5 in their conference and 10-14 over all. The team notched two wins against Lake Erie, a win against Pitt- Greensburg, a tough loss to natior.- ally ranked Frostburg, and a disap pointing loss to La Roche. The women are beginning to turn things around for themselves in the AMCC Conference. Their team ef fort has greatly improved in the last couple of weeks of competition. "The beginning of the season had a few rough spots, but as a player I believe the team's chemistry has grown and I feel good about the last four games in the conference," stated junior Sarah Fry. On Thursday, October 7th, the Lady Lions rolled past Lake Erie 3-0. The team was led by senior Tanya Deats with nine kills and sophomore Brianna Englebert with seven kills and five digs. The Fredonia Tourna ment scheduled to take place on the weekend of the 9th was canceled. The women then traveled to Pitt- Greensburg and easily defeated them 3-0. The scores of the games were 15-7, 15-6 and 15-2. Junior Mary Good controlled the tempo of the MEE I. • The Penn State Behrend Athletic Recreational Center is scheduled to be completed in November of 2000. The ARC will contain courts and an eight-lane swimming pool. The center will host three lull size, regulation basketball courts, all sepa rated by netting, and bleachers to ac commodate 2,000 spectators. This space will he utilized during special events and graduation. In addition to this, a three-lane track will be built around the courts. In the lower end of the recreational center, a large exercise facility will he built with all new equipment and tele visions to he used free of charge by the university students. Also in this game with 10 kills and 16 digs. Sophomore Brianne Englehert also contributed with 6 kills and 13 digs. The Lady Spikers traveled to Lake Erie on Thursday, October 14th and defeated them again 3-0. Junior Mary Good had eight kills and six digs. Sophomore Sarah Peterson contrib uted with 6 kills and 12 digs. The women then lost to Frostburg, who is ranked 19th in the nation. Despite losing 3-0, the entire team contributed. Four players recorded nine or more kills and five players had double-digits in digs. The team was led by freshman Karen Walters with 39 assists and 7 digs. Junior Mary Good played well with 9 kills and 18 digs and sophomore Sarah Peterson added 9 kills and 11 digs. The women played La Roche last Thursday, losing in four games, 3-1. They held strong for most of the game, but just couldn't hold on. Freshman Karen Walters led the team with 42 assists and 8 digs. Also con tributing were senior Tanya Deats with 11 kills and 2 digs and junior Mary Good with I I kills and 20 digs. The Lady Lions have started to build themselves as a solid team. If they keep up their winning ways for the remainder of the season they can en ter the AMCC tournament with a good chance of winning the title. Their next match will he away at rival Penn State Altoona on Friday. SPORTS area will he large spaces for aerobic classes, locker rooms, Offices and classrooms Matt Winans, ()I Chemistry, com mented, It's going to he a great im provement for the entire university. To he able to have those resources for athletics will he very beneficial. The exercise equipment will improve our athletic programs. The more ad vanced equipment you have readily available for the athletes, the more efficient the players will become.- rbmiUMVlWlMicatiol fithletes ilte LUEEIt Name:Dennis Halasynski Sport: Men's Cross Country Class: Junior Date: October, 11 1999 Dennis Halaszynski finished 24th out of more than 200 runners at the Dickinson Invitational with a time of 27:12. Halaszynski led the Behrend Lions to a 14th place finish out of 28 teams at Dickinson. He has led the charge for most of the season and has improved his personal efforts with` aell outing. ' A.* Halaszynski is a graduate,of McKeesport High School in White Oak, Pa. OCTOBER 22, 1999 itkia One of the most significant addi tions is the eight-lane pool that will he available for student use. In ad dition to general recreation, "I iti will enable us to add a men's and woolen's swimming and water polo team," Provost and Dean John Lilley said. One might think that this would require some additional mon etary funding. hut according to Dr. Jack Burke, senior associate provost and senior associate dean, Penn State received a $60,000 grant from the US Olympic Committee for the cre ation of the water polo teams at Be- "I'm really looking forward to this pool that we're getting. It will provide me with something fun to do in my free time, not to mention that I'll he getting some exercise, - said Jerod Bollard, 03 MIS. Additional staff will he hired includ ing custodial engineers, maintenance workers, a facilities manager in charge of scheduling and at least one faculty ee reg member specializing in aquati sports who will take on coachin "We've done focus groups an surveys with students and we fe that there is a lot of interest in th pool. Obviously right now, the are scheduling nightmares with Eri Hall only being one gym," Burk stated. "I think it's going to be first class facility." PAGE 1
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