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The Beacon sports
staff would like to
congratulate all
Behrend athletes on
another successful
year. We would
especially like to
extend our
congratulations to all
athletes who were
recognized as A thlete
of the Week
during the year.
Behrend Scores
Men’s baseball
AMCC TOURNAMENT
Behrend 2, P.S. Altoona 6
Behrend 6, Pitt-Bradford 3
Behrend 4, Grove City 1
Behrend 13, Grove City 0
Up Next...
Apr. 29 @ Pitt-Bradford 1:00 p.m
May 12 ECAC Southern Regional TBA
May 19 NCAA Region Tourney TBA
May 26 NCAA Championships TBA
Women’s softball
AMCC TOURNAMENT
Behrend 18, Lake Erie 0
Up Next-
End of Regular Season
Men’s tennis
AMCC TOURN
Finished 3rd
Up Next-
End of Regular Season
Track and field
Apr. 22 ©Slippery Rock Decathlon
Apr. 29 (g)Baldwin Wallace Invitational
May 6 @ Buffalo State Invitational
May 15 @Baldwin-Wallace Decathlon
May 19 @Baldwin-Wallace Twilight
Qualifier
May 25 ©'NCAA Outdoor Nationals
©Naperville, FL
Bold type denotes AMCC opponents
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ATHLETIC AND REC CENTER
FALL 2000
Behrend
at AMCC
by Matt Wiertel
sports editor
The Penn State Behrend baseball
team competed in the Allegheny
Mountain Collegiate Conference
Tournament on Thursday, April 20.
The Lions hoped to avenge last year's
loss in the championship game to
Frostburg by going the distance in this
season’s tournament.
Unfortunately, the men were unable
to defeat Penn State Altoona in the
opening round of the tournament.
Penn State Altoona defeated the Li
ons by a 6-2 margin.
In the second game of the tourna
ment, Behrend was matched up
against third seeded Pitt-Bradford.
The men continued their dominance
of Pitt-Bradford by scoring a 6-3 vic
tory. With a 13-0 shelling of the Pan
thers earlier this month, the Lions
continued their dominant play.
With the win, Behrend secured a
third place finish in the tournament.
No official championship game was
played to determine the AMCC cham
pion this year because inclement
weather suspended the game. By vir
tue of their 7-1 regular season AMCC
record, Penn State Altoona was
awarded the championship and
Frostburg finished second in the tour
nament.
Several Behrend players continue
to excel for the Lions. Jake Boyle
continues to light up the scoreboard,
and he has added to his all-time
records for home runs and RBIs.
Currently Boyle has 47 RBIs, 10
home runs, and has a .390 batting av
erage.
Senior Jeremy Brubaker also has
compiled impressive numbers to date.
Brubaker has plated 26 runners and
has a .372 average from the plate.
On the mound, senior Ryan
Frederick continues to excel.
Frederick has only allowed a stingy
1.11 runs per game through 19 innings
pitched. Freshman Kevin Dubyak has
pitched six great games and holds a
4-0 win/loss record. Dubyak has a
1.45 ERA and has 31 strikeouts to
Softball wraps up season;
looks to contend next year
by Matt Wiertel
sports editor
The Penn State Behrend women's
softball team finished up their sea
son on Wednesday April 26. The
women finished the season with an
overall record of 14-17, and they ad
vanced to the second round of the
AMCC playoffs after defeating Lake
Erie 18-0.
Although the team was unable to
repeat as AMCC champions, the
women played extremely well, con
sidering how young the team is. The
Lions compiled an impressive 9-5
conference record, which was good
enough for third place in the confer
ence at the end of the season.
Due to inclement weather at the
tournament, the final games were
cancelled. The AMCC champion
then was determined according to
conference record, resulting in La
Roche claiming the championship by
virtue of their 15-1 AMCC record.
The women will have a strong core
group of players returning next year.
Pitching ace Mandy Bodnor and first
base woman Lesley Miller will be re
turning next year for their senior sea
sons, and the team will only lose one
senior this year to graduation.
A talented group of underclassmen
will lead the Lions next year in the
hopes of reclaiming the AMCC title.
Freshman Rose Boni ended the
season with an extraordinary batting
average of .378. Boni had 21 runs
batted in (RBIs) and had 31 hits in
82 at bats.
Junior Mandy Bodnor led the Li
ons on the mound and from the plate
Sports
baseball falters
tournament
PHOTO BY JEFF MILLER
The Penn State Behrend baseball team competed in the AMCC Tournament last weekend. The Lions
finished the tournament in third place after losing to the tournament champions Penn State Altoona in
the semi-finals.
date. Thomas Aldrich,
freshman from
Sheffield High School
in Tiona, has started 10
games for the Lions this
year. In 47 innings
pitched, Aldrich, has 54
strikeouts and a 2.53
FRA.
The men will he los-
ing several players to
graduation this year.
Seniors Ryan Frederick,
Jeremy Brubaker,
Corey Walters, Shaun
Headley, and Dave Wil
liams will be leaving the
squad due to gradua
tion. This group of Li
ons led the baseball
team to unmatched suc
cess last year. The 1999
squad won a school
record 26 games and
earned a hid to the East
ern Conference Athletic
Conference Southern Regional Tour
nament.
(he regular season on a new baseball several new amenities like dugouts,
diamond that is to be built over the press box, concession stand, and
Next season the Lions will open up summer. The new field will feature warning track in the outfield.
PHOTO BY JEFF MILLER
Behrend’s Amy Hunter connects with a pitch during a game earlier this month. Hunter is one of seven
freshmen who will be returning to play for Behrend next season
this season. Bodnor led the team with
a .468 batting average and had 4
round trippers throughout the course
of the season.
Lone senior Stacy Blass excelled
in her final season for the blue, red,
and white. Blass stole nine bases and
averaged .393 from the plate. She
also had 5 doubles in 61 at bats.
Next season, the Lions are plan
ning on improving on their AMCC
record and their overall record. With
a young team and a strong coaching
staff, the Lions’ future is extremely
bright.
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The Lions excelled at the plate and on the field this season. Behrend only
committed 61 errors through 38 games, while their opponents had 79 errors.
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Behrend
to induct
five into
sports
hall of
fame
bv Matt Wiertel
sports editor
Penn State Behrend will be induct
ing five new members into the
Behrend Lions Athletic Hall of Fame
on Saturday, June 17.
The Hall of Fame currently has
sixty members, and ten teams also
have been inducted over the years.
The Hall was established in 1991 by
the college, and the class of 2000 will
be the tenth group inducted since the
Hall’s inception.
William Hildenbrand excelled on
the soccer fields under longtime head
soccer coach Herb Lauffer.
Hildenbrand played on the 1981 Penn
State Behrend Commonwealth Soc
cer Championship team which is ar
guably one of the greatest sports
teams ever fielded at Penn State
Behrend. Hildenbrand wrapped up
his career later in 1981 before gradu
ating from Behrend in 1982.
Michelle Madison-Glover, 1990
Penn State Behrend graduate, was
one of the greatest basketball players
ever to play in Erie Hall. Madison-
Glover holds several women’s bas
ketball offensive records. She has
scored the most points of any female
basketball player with 1,409, and she
earned the most career rebounds with
768. Madison-Glover also holds the
number one spot in the record books
for points in a season with 457,
points-per-game with 14.4, scoring
average for a career with 19.0 points,
field goals made in a career with 607,
and field goals made in a season with
205 in one season. In addition to all
of these achievements, Madison-
Glover also was the female athlete of
the year in 1990.
A 1982 graduate of Penn State
Behrend, Michael Powell was a
dominant force for the Lions on the
hardwood during his four years at the
college. Powell was a key compo
nent of the ‘Big 5’ championship
team in 1981. That season Powell
was tabbed the ‘Big 5’ player of the
year, due in part to his impressive
performance on the court by averag
ing 15.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg, and 4.8 apg.
Powell currently is in the top tier of
standout players that have attended
Behrend. He is second all-time in
assists with 361, and eleventh all-time
in points with 1,002, and rebounds
with 768.
Paula (Skaggs) Woodyard is a 1987
graduate of Penn State Behrend.
Woodyard was a basketball standout
for the Lions during her two years at
the college. Her name appears sev
eral times in the record books for her
outstanding defensive prowess on the
court. Throughout her career,
Woodyard pulled down 420 re
bounds, eleventh all-time, and aver
aged 10.5 rebounds for her career,
which is good enough for second all
time. Woodyard also holds the record
for the most steals in one game with
12, and she was named Penn State
Behrend’s Female Athlete of the Year
in 1987.
The final inductee of the class of
2000 is Gary Zang. Zang, a 1988
graduate, played in Erie Hall for two
seasons. As a senior, Zang was
named team MVP after averaging 17
ppg and 7 rpg. He was a clutch
shooter from the field, making 52%
of his field goals, good enough for
eighth all-time. During the 1986-87
season, Zang scored 432 points, and
snatched 58 steals. These accom
plishments are good enough to place
him thirteenth and fourth respec
tively.
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