O'Lare looks to lead women's team back to playoffs by Jeanine Noce staff writer Jen O'Lare is a s'B" forward for the Behrend Lady Lions Women's Basketball Team. This senior is one of sixteen players for the Behrend team. O'Lare, a communications major, has played for Behrend during all four years of her college experience. The Lady Lions record thus far is 5 - 2, and she is hoping to help the team advance to the champion ships in their conference. Being part of the team is a great experience for O'Lare. She says that she loves being a mem ber and that her coach Roz Fornari is very helpful. This year she has already been awarded two prestigious awards. The first was during the Tip-Off tourna ment. Here, she was named Most Valuable Player (MVP). She was also named to the All-Tourna- ment team and hopes to continue with her successes. Her favorite PHOTO BY DOUGLAS SMITH Jen O'Lare (22) has been one of a few constants for the Penn State Behrend Lions women's basketball team this year. Here she is fouled during a shot against Mount Aloysius. ATTN: All Behrend Students! Behrend home At all paraphernalia will be given to students. prizes include spirit T-shirts s hats and like Bruno's pizza. experience with her coach and teammates thus far was during her freshman basketball season. In that particular year, the Lady Lions competed in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) playoffs. The team was in the top four of the region and played exceptionally. This is O'Lare's 12th year of playing basketball. She came to Behrend from Bethel Park, Penn sylvania, where she lettered on the basketball team during all four years. The Lady Lions prac tice during the weekdays from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. and also on Saturday and Sunday morn ings. The tournaments are prima rily on the weekends; the games are held mostly during the week. O'Lare hopes to obtain a posi tion as a sports information direc tor after college. She believes that it is difficult to juggle basketball and school. She said, "it is tough to balance the two, but it forces me to manage my time better and sporting events, it also helps my grades." O'Lare is also involved in other activities besides basket ball. She is the team representa tive for the Student Athletic Ad visory Council (SAAC). With this committee and basketball, all of her time is accounted for. Over Thanksgiving break, O'Lare and the Lady Lions trav eled to Tennessee. There they played two games in the Kiwanis Classic Tournament. The first game they were defeated by one point by Thomas Moore. How ever, in the second game, the Lady Lions defeated Greensboro College from North Carolina. The next women's varsity bas ketball game will be tomorrow. Their opponent will be Altoona at 6:00 p.m. O'Lare is an experi enced senior to watch in this and each other game this season. food, °)F ORT. I NM wwr r- w 11111.111111111111 IMINIIIII 111111111111111111111 - w miimmonik Swimming team still looking for their first real bright spot This past weekend the new Penn State Behrend swimming team traveled to Indiana University of Pennsylvania to take part in the Indiana Christmas Invite. It was a three-day tournament that only showcased three teams. This gave Behrend a good chance to compete, but unfortunately the expansion swimming team is still learning. Both the men and women placed third out of the three teams. The men's team has twelve individuals competing. Many of these swimmers already took a shot on the water polo team that completed their first season earlier in the semester. The women have eleven members trying to bring a title to Behrend. Among the top finishers were Hollie Stash and Dana Williams in the 500- meter freestyle placing seventh and eighth respectively. Stash, Lyndsey Boor, Betsy Voigt, and Amanda Brown placed second in the 200-meter freestyle Indoor track added to sporting possibilities The Penn State Behrend Athletics Department has announced the addi tion of men's and women's indoor track for the 2000-2001 year. "As our cross country and track and field programs continue to grow, it is only natural to give these student ath letes the opportunity to compete on a year round basis," said Director of Athletics Brian Streeter. "In addition, the new Athletics and Recreation Cen ter will provide indoor training facili ties which will support the addition of our Indoor Track programs." In the fall of 1996, Penn State Be- spirit Such BASKETBALL ACTION... Spirit Drive Bring in canned food and receive free fries from Wendy's Halftime Sponsored by: WENDY'S OLD FASHIONED HANIBEJRGERS Penn State Altoona vs. E3ehrend Women's Team 6:00 p.m Penn State Altoona vs. Behiend Men's 8:00 p.m. interested column behrcoll2@aoLcom. It should and should deal with sports or here at at the national level by Douglas Smith sports editor by Douglas Smith sports editor BEHREND SPIRIT Saturday, December 9, 1000 Men's & Women's Basketball Televised Live by Image Sports Free Wendy's Fries to first 250 Entering Game "What's In The Box" Contest Halftime Consists of: Dance Team Cheerleaders Pep Band 3-Point Shoot-out Anyone in writing a sports semester can send next sample column to between 600-800 Behrend. relay. Brown also finished sixth in the performance in the 100-meter tly with 100-meter fly. a time 1:14.08. The final team record Many of the top finishers were new set in Indiana was the 400-meter team records. There have only been three freestyle relay that finished in a time of meets, but seven events saw new records 5:10.36. The relay team includes set for the team. Hollie Stash was included in five of them. Stash finished with a time of 28.8 in the meter freestyle, 1:02.69 in the 100-meter freestyle, 6:04.86 in the 500-meter freestyle, 2:32.33 in the 200-meter backstroke, and helped the 200-meter freestyle relay set a record of 1:57.78. Another record was hrend competed on the varsity level with men's and women's cross coun try for the first time. Then in the spring of 1999, men's and women's track and field became an addition to the sport offerings. With indoor track being added, the Behrend Lions will field 21 varsity sport teams. "The addition of indoor track is a great advancement of our program," said Head Coach Rich Hoffman. "Given the climate in the area, it re ally allows us to prepare more effec tively and on even terms with our competitors. I believe it will signifi cantly and positively impact our over all program." During this past season, numerous FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2000 Williams, Neela Dey, Nhien Nguyen, and Brown. The swim team has another meet this weekend at Clarion. They then have a big rest, not having to compete until January 20 in the Edinboro Invitational and January 24 at Washington and Jefferson. Brown's school records were established as Coach Hoffman's track & field squads made positive strides in their second year of varsity competition. "Our ath letes continue to demonstrate their ability to perform at a high level not only athletically, but academically," said Hoffman. The track & field teams earned na tional attention and were ranked in the dual meet rankings this season. Both of the cross country teams excelled and finished second in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference meet to nationally ranked Frostburg State. words
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