THE BEHREND BEACON
Lions upset Frostburg
for AMCC soccer title
by Matt Wiertel
sports editor
For the second time in the three
year history of the Allegheny Moun
tain Collegiate Conference, the Penn
State Behrend men's soccer team
captured the conference champion
ship. The Lions prevailed over
AMCC rival Frostburg State on the
road by a score of 2-1.
Frostburg was looking to defend
their 1998 championship and they
scored early at the ten minute mark.
The Frostburg State Bobcats' Greg
Patti netted the goal and propelled
FSU to the early lead. Behrend's
leading scorer Chris Lightner tied the
game at one in the twenty-fifth
minute of the game. Chris Kennelly
scored the AMCC game winning
goal with five minutes left in regu
lation to lift the Lions to victory.
Goalkeeper and co-captain, Tommy
Seig, anchored the Lions' defense
and made several key saves from he-
tween the pipes.
For their outstanding plays this
season several players from the Penn
State Behrend team were named to
the AMCC All-Conference squad.
Behrend defender Rob Paredes, for
ward and leading scorer Chris
Lightner, and midfielder James Mar-
Powerhouse Bobcats sweep Lions
Craig Hazelwood
assistant sports editor
The Penn State Behrend women's
volleyball team ended their season
with a 3-0 loss to Frostburg State in
the semi-finals of the AMCC tourna
ment on Saturday. The Lady Spi kers
finished the season with an overall
record of 12-16 and a mark of 6-7 in
their conference. Regionally ranked
Frostburg coasted to their shutout vic
tory with scores of 15-5,15-4, and 15-
9. They continued solid play through
out the tournament to win the AMCC
title for the third year in a row. Be
hrend played well as a team, but
couldn't match the power of
Frostburg. Junior Mary Good, the
team's most consistent player, led the
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Name: Mark Szewczykowski
Sport: Men's Soccer
Class: Sophomore
Date: November 12,1999
Mark Szewczykowski has been named this
week's Housing and Food Service Athlete of
the Week. Szewczykowski was a major con
tributing factor in Penn State Behrend's win
over Frostburg. With the win, the Behrend
Lions captured the 1999 Allegheny Mountain
Collegiate Conference Championship for the
second time in three years.
Szewczykowski is a graduate of Cathedral
Prep High School.
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Behrend's Anthony Pollack fires a shot during the season, on the way to the AMCC Championship.
Lions with 10 kills and 20 digs.
Freshman Karen Walters and sopho
more Brianne Engelhert also hart p )(Id
matches. Walters had 31 assist- and
7 digs, while Engelhert contributed 6
kills and 14 digs.
The women ended the
season with a disappoint
ing loss, hut the team has
a lot of promise for nes,t
fall. Only one senior.
Tanya Deats, will he leav
ing the team. The hole
that Deats' absence cre
ates will be tough to fill, hut the team
is lucky to he losing only one star
player. The rest of the team has had
time to get to know each other's play
ing styles as the season progressed.
Behrend showed great improve-
nte•nt throughout the \ e;tr. This was
e\ !deuced nt 13ehrend•, I hth match of
the ~ ett.on. In thi, match the women
detettcd Penn State-Altoona in
three t].ante, ou the road. Seven
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matches into the season. Hein end heat
Altoona at home, but it vv ;is a tough
3-2 hattle. This definitely showed
growth ilia] improvement of the team
Statistics show that the team ma
tured \\ ith each match they played.
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During the first half the Lions posted
a .137 hitting percentage, 365 assists
and an average of II digs a game. The
second half totals were greatly in
creased. The Lady Spikers second
half stats showed a .258 hit
ting percentage, 475 assists
and an average of 20 digs a
uaine. "We showed a lot of
maturity from the first to sec
ond half. We've grown
throughout the year and it
will show next season. Our
recruitins!, class looks very
promising, we are setting our sights
high f o r next year," stated third year
coach, Cindy Jacobelli.
The team's individual statistics this
season were very impressive. Junior
Mary Good led the team with 264 kills
PHOTO BY JEFF MILLER
The women's basketball team hopes to repeat as AMCC Champions
in 2000.
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tin all were selected to he on the All-
Conference team. In addition, Mar
tin and Behrend's Matt Saunders
were tabbed as the AMCC's Co-
Most Valuable Players.
With the win of the AMC(' cham
pionship, Penn State Behrend im
proves to 2-1 in the AMCC finals.
Last season, the Lions set a school
record for wins by completing the
season with an impressive 13-9
mark. The Lions then opened the
AMCC tournament with a 2-1 vic
tory over Pitt-Bradford in the semi
finals. Frostburg then cut down the
Lions' hopes of winning the AMCC
title in two consecutive years by
defeating Behrend. Two years
ago, Behrend claimed the inaugural
championship by defeating the Bob
cats 1-0, after completing a solid 12-
M season.
Men's soccer head coach Dan
Perritano has experienced a multi
tude of success this past week. The
women's soccer team, which he also
coaches, advanced to the h('AC
semifinals after capturing the AMC('
championship for the third consecu
tive year. Perritano has led the
men's team to 48 \vins during the
past four seasons and has 191 career
coaching \A ins het\ cell both pro
tlrams ON Cral 1.
and 3.32 digs. Good finished the sea
son with a career mark of 1,083 digs.
only 5 shy of the Behrend record held
by her sister. Amy. Senior Tanya
Deals finished her final year \A ith 205
kills and 47 blocks. Freshman Karen
Walters had 808 assists this season,
averaging over ti assists a game.
Walters ranked fourth on Behrend's
all-time list for assists in a season.
Sophomores lirianne Engelhert.
Jessie Long and Sarah Peterson all
averaged over three digs a match.
Two players trom the team received
honors from the league. Co-captains
Deals and Good were named to the
all-conference team. Both are repeat
recipients of the honor.
AMCC
illegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
Women's
soccer falls
short in
ECAC
playoffs
by Matt Wiertel
sports editor
The Penn State Behrend women's
soccer team closed out their bid for
an ECAC hid on Saturday. The Be
hrend Lions faced number one seeded
Johns Hopkins in the semi-final
matchup.
The Lions advanced to the semi-fi
nals by defeating Villa Julie by a score
of 2-I. Amidst tumultuous weather
conditions, the Lions held off the
Mustangs. Villa Julie's second lead
ing scorer, Kerri Harman, scored the
first goal of the game and her thir
teenth of the year in the thirty-ninth
minute. Bethany Cummings an
swered for the Lions in the second half
by scoring in the sixty-ninth minute.
The first overtime dealt no scoring
opportunities to either side and the
game moved on to another overtime
period. The game winning goal came
off the foot of Behrend's Amy
Laßocca with 38 seconds remaining,
propelling the Behrend Lions to vic
tory. Keeping the game tied for the
Lions was goalkeeper Michelle
Malatesta, who made an incredible
save just before Laßocca's goal that
saved the game
Following the victory versus Villa
Julie, the Lions moved on to play
Johns Hopkins in the semi-finals of
the Li:CAC playoffs. The Johns
Hopkins Blue Jays, coached by Leo
Weil, came into the match-up with a
14-5-I record. The Centennial Con
ference champion Blue Jays featured
seven seniors, four juniors, six sopho
mores, and eigtitli&Oimen. They
were led by Jill Minger, who led the
Johns Hopkins squad by scoring eight
goals and five assists, Kathleen
Ilanlon, who tallied seven goals and
five assists, and Rachael Abelson,
who scored seven goals and compiled
two assists. In addition, the Blue Jays'
goalkeeper. Kate Cushman, recorded
a 0.63 goals allowed average in six-
teen games played.
Johns I lopkins and Penn State Be
hrend matched up well against each
other. The Behrend squad was led by
AMCC Newcomer of the Year
Michelle Gutting, who had amassed
eighteen goals and seven assists go
ing into the game. Lauren Arrigo,
who scored nine goals and assisted on
four inure, helped the Lions' cause in
conjunction with ECAC game one.
heroine Amy Laßocca, who had
seven goals and as many assists. Be
hrend goalkeeper Michelle Malatesta,.
who has anchored the Lions team:
from between the pipes. came into
Saturday's game with a 0.90 goals al
lowed average through twenty games.
Even though the Lions matched up
well with Johns Hopkins on paper, the
Lions couldn't match the Blue Jays'
effort on the field. The Lions were
consequently shut out by the Blue
Jays by a score of 3-0. Nevertheless,
the Lions closed another exciting sea
son and look forward to defending
their AMCC title next season.
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