THE BEHREND BEACON
Women's soccer team wins AMCC title
Team advances to ECAC semi-final game
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The Behrend women's soccer team defeated Villa Julie College in double overtime on Wednesday by a score of 2-1. The Lions will battle first seeded Joh h ins
on Saturday at 1:00
by Jessi Dearolf
staff writer
After a successful season came to a
close, the Penn State Behrend Lions came
out as the number one team for the
AMCC championships, earining the
honor of hosting the tournament last
weekend. Number one Behrend kicked
off the championships against number
four Lake Erie.
On Sunday, the AMCC championship
game was Penn State Behrend versus
number three Frostburg, who had de
feated number two La Roche the previ
ous day. Behrend dominated the game,
Cross Country teams place second
at conference championships
by Tim Denial
staff writer
The Behrend Men's Cross Country Team
finished second to Frostburg on a sunny Oc
tober 30th. Dennis Halaszynski, Mark
Suroviec, Tyler Travis, Brian Musick, Greg
Cooper, Clint Altman, Erik Volbrecht, Carl
Alberico, Brian Vallor, Jason Cwynar, and
Terry Brand were the Behrend Men's team
competitors. Halaszynski was the first to cross
the finish line for Behrend finishing 6th over
all with a time of 28:11.0.
The top ten finishers from the race were all
named to the All-Conference Team.
Halaszynski, Suroviec (Second time All-Con
ference), and Travis(Second Time All-Con-
Behrend lacrosse off to quick start
by Craig Hazelwood
assistant sports editor
The Behrend lacrosse club has already
made a name for themselves in their short
period of existence with a stunning 5-4 OT
victory over Slippery Rock. This was the
club's first game ever. It came in the exhibi
tion tournament held at Behrend Fields on
Saturday, October, 30th. The team battled
back from a 4-1, fourth quarter deficit to
force OT in the final seconds. Mike May
played a spectacular game in goal behind
the solid defense of Ryan Averill and Josh
Goetz. Goals were scored by Jon Labayh,
outscoring Frostburg two to zero. Big goals
were scored by Betsy Cummings, making
Behrend the 1999 AMCC champions.
Along with winning the AMCC champi
onship, many of the Lions were named to
the AMCC All-Conference team. Goat-,
keeper Michelle Malittesta l :litedireliler
Katie Giles, and defen I
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and Jill Barbis `'named to the all
conference defender Jill
Yamma w d theconference'4Nost
Valuable P :y 'and freshman forward
Michelle Gutting, who led the Lions in scor
ing this year, was named AMCC newcomer
of the year. Coach Dan Perritano also was
recognized for his achievements, as he was
ference) were among those top ten finisher,
all of them finishing under 28 minutes. Brian
Musick and Greg Cooper fell just shy of the
All-Conference Team finishing 12th and 13th
respectively. "We've worked hard all year and
put forth a good effort." Said Coach Rich
Hoffman. Junior Mark Suroviec was quoted
as saying "against a much stronger conference
than in the past, we ran well as a team. We
feel confident that we will make a strong
showing at Regionals in Frostburg."
Frostburg was the number one team and this
is what Coach Hoffman had to say about the
race: "Frostburg is a strong team and have
been for years. 1 believe we ran hard, They're
just a really sound team. Mike Taye
(Frostburg) is a favorite to win the Nationals.
Mark Schilloni, Chauncey Hartwig, and two
by Bryan Colligan.
Hartwig scored a clutch goal as time ex
pired to cap off a tremendous effort by the
team to tie the game. Just minutes into over
time Bryan Colligan notched his second goal
on a spectacular shot on his way down to the
ground. Before Colligan could stand up his
entire team was on the field to get him to his
feet. He was greeted by pats on the back,
knocks on the helmet and shouts of joy.
The team was pumped after their first vic
tory, but couldn't get too excited. They still
had a tough competitor to face next, Grove
City. Grove City is the top team in Behrend's
SPORTS
NOVEMBER 5, 1999
named ANICC coach of the year for the sec-
and time
With their performance throughout the
season and by winning the ANICC cham
pionship, the Lions earned ok.in the
ECAC tornament which star4.lo past
week. ti Trend's Orst m "'"against
Villa Julk and awed to be an
intense on :vot' ;e fan base, which
include a en's soccer team, Be
h 'Vas ptimpe Up and ready to play.
They came out strong, but Villa Julie
scored the first goal of the game. Behrend
bounced back from the deficit when Betsy
Cummings scored to tie the game up, mak
ing the score one to one. The game went
He is undefeated this tall and was an All-
American last year
The Behrend Women's team also competed
in the AMCC Championship race in the last
weekend of October. They encountered the
same results, finishing second behind
Frostburg. The women's team had five mem
bers named to the All-Conference team.
Among those were Jen Smialek finishing first
for Behrend, 4th overall. Jessie Coe, Kathy
Perky, and Betsy Voigt, were also named to
the All-AMCC team. Having four Women
named to the All-AMCC team is the most in
Behrend Cross Country history. Keri Lowman
and Tina Ruhay also represented Behrend fin
ishing I I and 18 overall respectively.
league, which officially begins in the spring.
They certainly looked like it, dominating Be
hrend 12-2. Behrend had a tough time con
trolling the tempo of the game. After the first
half the team could not get back on track.
Goals were scored by Tim Haring and Bryan
Colligan. The lacrosse team's next game will
be held at the West Virginia University foot
ball stadium for the WVU tournament on
November 13-14. This tournament will be
the last games played by the lacrosse team
this Fall. Play will resume at the beginning
of the Spring semester.
back and forth, NS ith cacti tear► unable to
get the ball past the keeper. Battling Ns ith
the cold weather and the snow, both teams
played hard through a grueling double
overtime. Goalkeeper Michelle Nlalatesta
had an astounding performank v. She made
an awesome dig lug penalty !sick say hich
saved the game for the Lions.
Finally, with only 38 seconds left in the
second overtime. 't my Laßocca came
through big with the game w inning goal,
allowing Behrend to advance to the semi
finals of the ECM: playoffs. 'Fite ladies kick
off their second game of the series on Sat
urday. Game time is at I :WI.
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Tournament on November 13-14. Last weekend they defeated Slippery
Rock in early season action.
Behrend
volleyball
preps for
AMCC
Tournament
'Me women's voile) ball team rapped up
their regular season 1\ londa, night \ l / 4 ith
crushing 3-0 win against Pitt-Greensburg. The
ladies finished with a 6-5 mark in the AMCC
conference and 13-16 overall.
111 Q "ere led Mal% Good
and lan\al)eats. Good finished the night w ith
10 kills and 17 digs. Deals. appearing in her
last home game at B e h cn d, had st \ kills. two
digs and four blocks. "Tanya, the lone ,enior
on the team, placed 19th in Division 11l hit
ting percentage \A ith a .382 mark for her ca
reer. Sophomore Brianne hngelhert added to
her solid season v‘ ith eight kills. nine digs and
two blocks,
ith this Vs in the ream goes on to the
ANICC tournament held the \Neekend of No
\ ember 5 ft The ‘ l / 4 omen need to hying along
the momentum the) e picked up in the last
te \+. peeks to face number .one seeded
Frostburg state. Belnend enters the tourna
ment a- the fourth and final seed looking to
upset Frostburg, ho i,cunentl ranked si th
in the Nlid. \ dantie region. Frostburg ended
the regular season ‘\ ith an AMCC record of a
perfect 12-0 and 34-4 overall. Ty, eto si\ of
the tcani's thim -four wins came as 3-0 shut
outs. In win,. out \ three or their matches \Neill
to Ike
Frostburg senior Shannon Revrode ma\ he
the het volleyball pia\ er in Division 111. The
\ loot Revrode poses a threat in all catego
ries. Site has 654 career kills. 284 career dies
and 243 career blocks. Other standouts on
the team include junior Sara Set - I\A art/'.pith
415 kill., and 212 digs for her career and
sophomore Heather Ahuces icz ith 215 ca
reer kills and 346 career digs. The entire team
is talented and can heat opponents in so man>
The Lad) Spiker.; feel very optimistic about
lacing them. Behrend conies in as the under
dog, but has a lot to prose. The) know what
to expect from this team and has e confidence
thc) can o \ ercome the odds and do all the
little things right to win. Coach Jacobelli
stated. - When we've played Frostburg Ihe
‘.'ores has e been retativels close. vvc just
to hclieve \\ e can heat them. - Bchrend pla)s
I rosthuru on Saturday November 6111. The
inner will pia) the victor of the Pitt
radford-La Roche game for the AMC(' title
by Craig Hazelwood
spt)rt , , t2klitt)i
NEXT WEEK
Results of the 1999
AMCC Championships.
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