FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2001 To The Edge Intramural Calendar DEADLINES February 2 - Arena Football (Men's and Women's divisions) Play begins after February 5 February 23 - 4 vs 4 Volleyball (Coed) Play begins around March 13 March 2 - Volleyball (Men's, Women's, and Coed Divisions) Play begins March 19 March 23 - Whitewater Rafting at Ohiopyle March 30 - Swimming Individual (Men's and Women's Divisions) Swimming Team (Men's, Women's, and Coed Divisions) IBehtend Sp,attiag. Euenta January 27 Men's basketball Alumni game 4:00 PM Women's basketball vs. La Roche 6:00 PM Men's basketball vs. La Roche 8:00 PM January 28 JV Men's basketball vs Al legheny 3:00 PM January 31 Women's basketball at Penn State Altoona 6:00 PM Men's basketball at Penn State Altoona 8:00 PM PE) - \ STATE BEHREND LIONS The women's basketball team gets psyched up for their game on Monday against Bethany. Despite their efforts, they fell to Bethany by a score of 57-46. Lions squeak past Bobcats, Win gives Behrend women sole conference lead by Bob Palivoda staff writer After pulling out a nail-biting victory in over time (56-55) against Pitt-Greensburg on Sat urday, the Penn State women's basketball team fell to Bethany on Monday with a 46-57 loss. On Saturday, the Lions hosted a televised conference match up against Pitt-Greensburg (9-6) overall and (4-0) in the conference. Our women went into the game with a (10-4) record overall and an undefeated conference record of (4-0). Behrend went into half-time trailing Pitt- Greensburg by a score of only 20-17. Both teams matched up evenly in the first half. The teams each shot 50% from the free-throw line. From the field, Greensburg had a slight edge shooting 32% to our 19%. Through the second half, Penn State stepped up shooting 80% from the foul line and hitting nearly half of their three point shots. The Li ons outscored Greensburg in the second half 29-26, pushing the game into over-time The contest remained air tight throughout over-time. The Lions own Erin Phillips (11 points, 11 rebounds, 4-4 free throws) ended Pitt-Greensburg's hopes with the go ahead The Men's Indoor Track & Field team is on their way to practice. They are yet another team without a home until the ARC is finished. bucket to give Behrend the 56-55 victory. Win ning this game sent Greensburg back home with their first conference loss of the year and kept Penn State Behrend's undefeated conference record (5-0) alive. The Pitt-Greensburg game was a contest of team effort. Lisa Sanders led Behrend with 15 points. Sanders also hit the deciding shot to put the game into over-time. Coming off the bench to shoot 75% from three-point land was Katie Weigold. She ended up with 11 points on the night. Erica Mozdy came through for the ladies with 9 points and shooting 100% from the free throw line. Second on the team for rebounding was Jen O'Lare pulling down a total of 7. Two days after the Pitt-Greensburg victory, the Lions (11-4) hosted a non-conference game against Bethany (12-4). Penn State was not able to overcome Bethany losing 57-46 to them. After the first half of play, the Lions went into the locker room trailing Bethany by only 10 points. The 10 points would be enough to keep the Lions out of reach as Penn State only out scored Bethany in the second half by 1 point (30-29). Behrend's leading scorers of the night were Kate Costanzo (18), followed by O'Lare (16), and Erin Phillips (10). PHOTO BY BECKY WEINDORF 56-55 Coach Rosalyn Fornari did not let the loss bother her. Instead, she was already focusing on Behrend's conference game at Lake Erie on Wednesday, January 24 at 6:00 PM. The Penn State Behrend women also host a conference game against La Roche on Saturday, January 27 at 6:00 PM. Katie Weigold looks to. pass the ball in Behrend's win over Pitt-Greensburg Shulte led indoor track & field team in debut meet by Jamie Salapek staff writer Behrend's very own Indoor Track and Field team made their debut last Friday at the Baldwin-Wallace Invitational. This invitational was a non-scored event, meaning no school went away as the winner, only the individual athletes collected those honors. Lindsay Schulte was the lone place-taker, walking away with third place in the 300-meter dash for the women. Coach Rich Hoffman stated, "Lindsay ran a fantastic race in the 300 m dash and finished third. She probably had the performance of the night for us, but everyone acquitted themselves well. Keith Cerroni ran a solid 55 meter, and Dave Ober had a good race Temper tantrums in the NBA I find it hard to believe that the National Basketball Association has developed into one of the least respected sports leagues in America. A few years ago Michael Jordan was a class act leading the NBA to the new millennium, but it was indeed time for him to retire. He now owns the Washington Wizards, but must he turning his head in frustration at some of the acts being performed by the high paid superstars of the NBA of today. The gripe began this year when Philadelphia 76ers' guard Allen Iverson released a rap album that contained very explicit lyrics. It caused a commotion, but really should not have been that big of a deal. The commissioner of the NBA, David Stern, even got involved. The album was the center of attention right before this year's schedule began. It was kind of pathetic in argument, simply because Iverson is a professional athlete, although it is all right for Xzibit or Dr. Dre to rap about their life on the street. Those in the controlling offices of the NBA still hold Iverson at a higher standard, so his choice of words hurt the league. The play itself is rather exciting: The 76ers, my personal favorite, are the number one team in the NBA and many teams look like contenders in the west. However, the play has been dampened by injuries to stars like Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Motumbo, Kerry Kitties, and Keith Van Horn. Still we get to witness performances like the one this past Sunday night. Iverson scored 51 points for Philadelphia, but Vince Carter's 39 points and 10 rebounds in Toronto's victory over the 76ers countered that. However, these amazing spectacles are overshadowed by selfish acts that catch the spotlight. NBA Conflicts continued on page 2B Senior Jen O'Lare scores 1000th point of career There was some celebration during the Behrend womens basketball team's loss to Bethany this past Monday as Jen O'Lare marked her spot in Penn State Behrend history by surpassing the 1,000- point mark, at the 16:56 mark in the first half with a driving lay-up. This has not been accomplished at Behrend in eleven years. O'Lare ended the night with a to- tal of 1,012 points and is currently fifth on the all-time scoring list for Penn State Beluend women's basketball. She is ex pected to climb to second before the sea son is over. The senior leads the Lions in points for El the season with . ls.l per game and ranks > ir. l second on the team in rebounds with 5.8, o c° behind junior Erin Phillips. 6 O'Lare will continue to play a major role in the Behrend womens' run for AMCC glory. in the 300 meter.' The Behrend team competed hard and used the opportunity as a building block for the rest of the season. By competing to the best of their abilities, the team will improve each meet to dash past the competition. Hoffman confirmed, "we'll just continue to use these meets as stepping stones, evaluation tools, and a chance to run and compete hard." The team will meet their next contender at the Mount Union Invitational on February 3. Hoffman plans to use some different athletes to give them a chance, exhibiting their skills, to show where they're at in terms of conditioning and fitness. ught in the Grasp Douglas Smith
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