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Athlete of the Week
Jake Boyle
Jake Boyle has been named this
week’s Housing and Food service Ath
lete of the Week.
Last week Boyle was 12 for 31
(.387) with four home runs, two of
which were grand slams, and 17
RBl’s. With his performance in the
nine games, he is now the all-time
leader in home runs and RBl’s at Penn
State Behrend. He now has 18 career
home runs and 92 career RBIs. Boyle
eclipsed the marks held by former
Behrend Lions stand out Joe Forenear
(’79-82) who hit 15 and drove home
77.
The Behrend Lions (19-15) were
led all last week by the sophomore
stand out. On two occasions Boyle
hit grand slams propelling the team to
victory. Against D’Youville, he was
3-3 with three runs scored and Five
RBIs. In the win over La Roche,
Boyle was 2 for 6 with six RBIs.
Behrend Scores
Men’s baseball
Behrend 17, D’Youville 0
Behrend 4, Pitt-Bradford 8
Behrend 5, Frostburg 9
Behrend 10, Frostburg 14
Up Next...
Apr. 25 @ Grove City 1:00 p.m.
Apr. 27 @ Fredonia St. 3:00 p.m.
Apr. 29 @ Pitt-Bradford 1:00 p.m.
Women’s softball
Behrend 5, Pitt-Bradford 2
Behrend 10, Pitt-Bradford 9
Behrend 21, Lake Erie 0
Behrend 17, Lake Erie 2
Behrend 18, Lake Erie 0
Up Next...
Apr. 26 @ Bethany 4:00 p.m
Apr. 27 @ Grove City 3:00 p.m,
Men’s tennis
Behrend 1, Frostburg 8
Behrend 2, Frostburg 7
Behrend 1, Penn State Altoona 8
Behrend 8. Lake Erie 1
Up Next...
Apr. 22 AMCC Tourney 12:00 p.m.
Track and field
Apr. 22 @ Slippery Rock Invitational
Golf
Apr. 25 @ Mercyhurst Invitational
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ATHLETIC AND REC CENTER
FALL 2000
The Behrend baseball team hopes to avenge last season's falter in the AMCC toui ne? JEFF MILI
capturing this year’s conference crown.
Baseball team enters
AMCC tourney as
fourth seed
by Matt Wiertel
sports editor
The Penn State Behrend baseball team is movn
forward in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Coi
ference (AMCC) Tournament this weekend. The L
ons enter the tournament as the fourth seed, with a
6 conference record.
The men currently are 19-15 overall, and they ju:
completed a grueling stretch of games. Unfortunate'
the team did not play as well as they would have liki
to. They dropped both conference games of a doubi
header against number two seed Frostburg on Apt
15 and these losses dashed any hopes of entering tl
tournament as a higher seed.
However, the Lions are optimistic that they will fai
well against their AMCC rivals during the toumamei
Even though the team has not met all of their e.
pectations, they still have performed well this seasoi
Behrend sophomore Jake Boyle, this week’s Athlete PHOTO BY JEFF MILLER
of the Week, now holds two Penn State Behrend base- Behrend’s Charles Sevin and Keith Lepionka throw
bail records. Boyle, who was selected to the All- OU { a baserunner during a game earlier this month.
American baseball farm team earlier this season, has
the new records for all-time home runs and runs bat- game. That game pitted the number two seed, Frostburg,
ted in (RBI). against the third seeded Pitt-Bradford. The loser of game
To date, the sophomore from Maplewood High one and two faced one another in an elimination game on
School, leads the squad with a .471 bating average, Thursday afternoon. The tournament will continue on
27 walks, and 43 RBIs. Boyle also delivered in the Friday, April 21, with three games scheduled.
clutch last week by hitting grand slams on two occa-
The Lions faced number one seeded Penn State wrap-up and season review will be featured in next week’s
Altoona on Thursday, April 20 and the loser of that issue of the Beacon.
game was to compete against the loser of the second
Softball team looks to repeat
last season’s performance
by Jeff Miller
photo editor
The Penn State Behrend softball
team opened up the Allegheny Moun
tain Collegiate Conference Tourna
ment (AMCC) by pummeling Lake
Erie College 18-0 Wednesday.
The shutout was due in large part
to Mandy Bodnor’s excellent pitch
ing. Bodnor sat down nine Lake Erie
batters and managed only one walk.
Bodnor continued advancing the
Behrend cause by going 3 for 3 at the
plate, bringing four of her teammates
home. Her batting average is now
.494 and she has blasted four round
trippers this season. In addition, she
has 29 RBl’s and 45 hits in 91 at bats.
With her performance this year,
Bodnor has set a new career mark for
RBIs at Behrend with 104 and holds
the career mark for home runs with
18.
Excellent execution allowed the Li
ons to obliterated the hapless Lake
Erie squad in the opening round of
the AMCC playoffs. By averaging
an incredible .625 from the plate,
Behrend was able to compile 15 hits,
two doubles, and one triple.
While at the plate four times,
Lesley Miller swung away with three
hits getting six runs batted in, increas
ing her average to .420.
Stacy Blass had an amazing four
stolen bases out of four attempts.
On the season, several Behrend
players have excelled on the dia
mond. Freshman Rose Boni has been
Sports
At the time of publication, the Beacon was unable to
acquire the results of Thursday's games. A complete
Behrend’s Rose Boni connects with a Pitt-Bradford pitch during a
conference game.
a clutch performer pn the field at from
the plate. Boni has 31 hits in 79 at
bats and 21 RBIs this season
The second round of the AMCC
Tournament continues on Friday,
April 21 at Laßoche. Laßoche is
competing against Pitt-Bradford at
10:00 am and Behrend will take on
■egheny Moun.
April 21, 2000
Frostburgat 12:00 pm. Theßehrend
Lions are entering in the number
three seed with a (9-5) conference
record. The winners of round two
will compete for the championship at
3:00 pm.
:ain Collegiate
Track team sets
several records
in Rochester
Behrend’s track and field teams
traveled to the University of Roches
ter to compete in the Rochester Invi
tational. The weather was much nicer
than their previous meet, and Behrend
took advantage of it. The men’s team
broke 7 school records while compet
ing on a 70-degree sunny day. Keith
Cerroni, Steve Omecinski, Tommie
Stovall, Jay Davids, and Steve Duda
each entered or bumped up their
marks in the record books twice on
April 15th, while Dave Ober, Greg
Cooper, Shawn Furman, Clint
Altman, Nick Peth, and Carl Alberico
made their mark once.
The 4 x IOOm-relay team, consist
ing of Cerroni, Ober, Omecinski, and
Stovall, ran their race in 44.12 to take
a 4th place and set a new record.
Omecinski, Cooper, Stovall, and
Furman all ran in the 4 x 400 m-relay,
placing 3rd with a time of 3:23.93 and
setting a record again.
The 4 x 800 m-relay was the last
race to set a record for the men with
a time of 8:53.85. Their team con
sisted of Davids, Altman, Cerroni,
and Alberico.
Davids’ second record breaking
event was the high jump where he
topped his old record with a jump of
6’4. 5". The jump was good enough
to place him Ist.
“Jay was real close to 6' 6”...and
in perhaps the surprise of the day, Jay
came back and ran a sub 2:04 split in
his first 800 m ever on the 4 x 800
relay,” said head coach Rich
Hoffman.
Duda hurled himself into the
records once again with throws of
42’3. 25" and 131’3" in the shot put
and the discus.
Men’s tennis heading to
conference tournament
Behrend’s mens tennis team
wrapped up their season this year at
Thiel with a 3 p.m. match on April
20th. As of the AMCC weekly sports
update issued on April 17, 2000,
Behrend’s team was in third place in
the AMCC with a 1-4 AMCC record
and a 6-9 record overall behind first
place Penn State Altoona and second
place Frostburg. Behrend will be
heading to the AMCC Tournament
which will be held on April 22nd.
The AMCC tournament will be the
last games for Seniors Todd Beddick,
John Bloom, and Dustin Broussard.
Behrend cross country
members earn Academic
All-America honors
Members of the Penn State
Behrend cross country teams recently
were honored for their performance
in the classroom.
The Penn State Behrend women’s
cross country team was named to
Academic All-America by the NCAA
Division 111 Cross Country Coaches
Association.
Coach Rich Hoffman’s women’s
team earned a team grade point aver
age of 3.21. Members of the team
also earned individual All-America
honors for their achievements.
Three members of the women’s
team were able to excel in class in
addition to putting forth outstanding
performances on the field. Junior
Tina Rubay, junior Krissy DiMarzo,
and freshman Jen Smialek, all earned
individual honors.
Terence
by Tim Denial
staff writer
by Mike Frawley
managing editor
by Matt Wiertel
sports editor
Peth took second in the javelin,
with a throw of 174’01". This throw
would be the last record to be set by
the men’s team that day.
Although he didn’t break a record,
Tim Linden put forth a good effort in
the triple jump leaping 40-ft even.
Even though they did not set as
many records, the women’s team was
extremely competitive. With several
players nursing various injuries, the
team placed well in several events.
Pilly Gonzalez paced Behrend with
4 top ten finishes in all of her events.
Gonzalez finished 3rd in the high
jump with a jump of 5' 1.75" which is
only .25" shy of the existing record.
She also competed in the 100 m dash,
long jump, and the shot put, showing
she is an extremely versatile athlete.
Lynn Herrmann was the top thrower
for the women. Herrmann threw the
javelin 91’ 6" and tallied a fourth
place for her efforts. Tina Rubay may
have her name in the record books for
her performance in the 10,000 m run.
At this point, Coach Hoffman is await
ing the official time.
After the meet, Coach Hoffman
commented on the team’s perfor
mance. Hoffman praised several ver
satile runners. “Dennis Halaszynksi
ran tough in the double, running both
the steeplechase and the 5K,” Coach
Hoffman said.
For the women distance runners
Hoffman said, “Betsy Voigt just keeps
getting better and better and is run
ning super. Jessie Coe ran a good race
in the 3K and looks to be getting back
into form.”
The Behrend hurlers will travel to
the Slippery Rock Invitational this
weekend. At the meet, the squad
hopes to improve on their current
times and possibly set some new
school records.
The rest of the team is made up of
Junior Matt Sudak; Sophmores Adam
Antonis, Kenny Mitchell, Doug
Tommasone, and Bill Weisberg; and
Freshman James Sheen.
In the tennis teams most recent
matches Behrend lost to Baldwin-
Wallace 0-9 on April 10th, lost to
Frostburg twice 1-8 and 2-7 on April
15th, lost to Penn State Altoona 1-8
on April 16th, and won against Lake
Erie 8-1 on April 18th.
The men’s tennis team is coached
by Jeff Barger. Barger has coached
the men’s team for the past two sea
son. He is a 1984 graduate of
Fredonia State.
On the men’s squad, junior Mark
Suroviec and senior Eric Volbrecht,
both achieved Academic All-America
recognition.
In order to be recognized by Aca
demic All-America, the cross country
members needed to achieve a GPA of
3.50 or above for the fall semester. In
addition, all recipients needed to par
ticipate in a regional cross country
meet.
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