To The
Edge
Intramural Calendar
DEADLINES
April 12
Swimming Individual (M and
W)
Swimming Team (M, W, and
Coed)
Behrend
Sporting
Events
April 24
Women's Softball vs.
Bethany 4:00 p.m.
April 25
Men's Baseball vs. Allegh
eny 3:00 p.m.
at Ainsworth Field
April 26
Women's Softball vs.
Grove City 3:00 p.m.
April 28
Men's Baseball Alumni
Game 9:00 a.m.
at Ainsworth Field
Men's Baseball vs.
Fredonia 1:00 p.m.
at Ainsworth Field
Men's and Women's
Track & Field at
Baldwin - Wallace Inv.
10:00 a.m.
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Softball team finishes season at home this week
Senior Meghan Trumbull, is at bat in order to increase Behrend's offensive efforts
Editor's note: This story was filed
before the AMCC tournament.
by Mike Bello
staff writer
The Behrend softball team finished
up its flurry of April games leading
up to the AMCC tournament with a
6-6 conference record, good enough
for fourth place in the league. That
allowed the Lions to host the first
game of the tournament against Pitt-
Bradford, seeded number five, on
Wednesday, April 18 at the Behrend
softball field. Should the Lions de
feat Bradford (6-6, 4-6 AMCC), they
would then go on to play La Roche
on Saturday, April 21 at La Roche for
a chance to qualify for the AMCC
championship game. La Roche, the
number one seed, and Penn State
Altoona, ranked number two, do not
have to play until Saturday, with
Altoona playing the winner of the
Frostburg/Pitt-Greensburg game.
On Wednesday, April 11, the Lions
played a doubleheader at Lake Erie
College. Lake Erie, which has yet to
record a win this season, put up al
most no fight as the Lions went on to
Track & field team sets more records
by Jamie Salapek
staff writer
The Behrend track and field
team's competitive edge and con
stantly improving skills paid off last
weekend at the Western Pennsylva
nia Championship in Beaver Falls,
as eight athletes set new school
records. The stiff competition in
cluded St. Francis, Robert Morris,
Allegheny, Duquesne, Geneva, Pitt-
Johnstown, Carnegie Mellon and
Thiel College.
"We competed well once again,"
said coach Rich Hoffman. "In al
most all the events we entered we
finished higher than we were pro
jected to finish, so that was encour
aging. I don't think we're intimi-
Will
The National Hockey League
playoffs have started and it's about
time. The season seemed to drag on
until Mario Lemieux came back and
then everyone had something to talk
about for the last three and a half
months. However, the season and
playoffs just seem so excruciatingly
long. Is there anything that can be
done to take the pain out of such a
long season?
The season was coming to a close,
pound them 15-2 and 11-3.
In the first game, Cheryl Peterson
was 2-3 with two runs scored and four
RBIs and Mandy Bodnor pitched five
innings, giving up two runs, both un
earned, and six hits while striking out
five to lead the Lions to victory.
Bodnor was also 3-4 at the plate and
scored two runs. Alicyn Haney and
Chrissy Sorenson each scored three
runs and had three hits in game one,
while Kelly Woods had three runs
batted in for Behrend.
In game two, Bodnor was 2-2 with
three runs scored and two RBIs, in
cluding a home run, to pace the Li
ons' attack. Jennifer Pinkhouse,
Sorenson, and Woods each had two
hits in the nightcap while Woods
drove in three runs. Stephanie Co
vert contributed two RBIs to
Behrend's best offensive output in one
day since the first two games in
Florida. Becky Corbin got the win
on the mound, pitching all five innings
and giving up three earned runs while
striking out four.
On Thursday, April 12, the Lions
dated by anyone we go up against.
I think we'll have several more
people knock down some ECAC
qualifiers in the next three weeks.
We're very close in some events."
The women's track team placed
sixth overall, with four new school
records. Tina Rubay placed fourth
in the 10,000 meter, setting the new
record at 44:32.44 and teammate
Heather Efaw placed ninth with a
new record time of 1:11.89 in the
400 hurdles.
The 4x400 relay team of Lindsay
Schulte, Heather Efaw, P 31143(
Gonzalez and Kathy Perry placed
sixth with a new record time of
4:20.44. Schulte placed sixth in the
400 with a record breaking time of
1:01.67, third in the triple jump with
it ever end?
Caught in the Grasp
Douglas Smith
but it seemed like it took
colttimtkt
forever to actually shut the
door on the regular season. The
sportscasters talked about seeding for
the playoffs and that four teams in the
East could end up at the fourth seed,
whet., in actuality the brackets were
pretty much set.
Everyone knows that the New
Jersey Devils will be the number one
seed and play someone not worthy of
the playoffs. In this case, it is the
Carolina Hurricanes and they are
proving to be no match. Everyone
also knows that the Pittsburgh
Penguins will be playing the
Washington Capitals in a very
competitive series. The Philadelphia
Flyers play a very bad series, but will
Sport
came home for a doubleheader against
Pitt-Bradford, their first AMCC tour
nament opponent. In the first game,
Bodnor threw a three hitter while giv
ing up only one run and striking out
eight to lead the Lions to a 2-1 vic
tory. Nichole Spindler and Meghan
Trumbull each had two hits, with
Spindler and Amy Hunter driving in
the runs for Behrend.
In the second game Behrend was
able to put up a few more runs on the
board but could not prevent Bradford
from doing the same as the Lions lost
11-9. Peterson had two hits and two
RBIs and Becky Rishel had two hits
and two runs scored to pace the of
fense. Alicyn Haney and Brandy
Polinick both had two RBIs in game
two. Pinkhouse took the loss, giving
up eight earned runs on four hits in
two and one-third innings.
Then, on Saturday, April 14, the Li
ons went up against arguably the best
team in the AMCC the past two years,
La Roche (20-6, 10-2 AMCC). The
Lions were able to keep both games
very close but in the end could not
a mark of 33-9.5 and qualified for
ECAC, placing fifth in the 200,
clocking in at 27.22.
The men's team placed seventh
overall, with three new school
records set. Kevin Ritzert placed
third in the 10,000, with a new
record time of 34:56.29. Jay Davids
set a new record in the 800, placing
ninth with a time of 2:01.39 and
teammate Tyler Travis set a new
record in the 5,000, placing 11th
with a time of 16:08.90. Dave
Masilunas placed fourth in the 110
high hurdles and Jay Davids also
took fourth in the high jump for
Behrend. The men's 4x400 relay
team of Dave Ober, Greg Cooper,
Jay Davids and Garrett Arndt ranked
fourth at the championship with a
still make it competitive. They always
seem to play Buffalo, so sportscasters
can use the Czech versus Czech in
goal comparison. The Ottawa
Senators play well in the regular
season but fail when the playoffs
begin.
Out in the West the situation
remains the same. Whoever the
Edmonton Oilers play is in for quite
a treat as they usually play spoiler in
the first round. This year the Dallas
Stars are feeling a bit of this wrath.
The Stars, along with the Colorado
Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings,
always make the playoffs, despite
injuries galore in the regular season.
The Avalanche obliterates their first
round opponent also. The St. Louis
Blues and San Jose Sharks make
pretty impacting statements in the
regular season, but both teams seem
to fade away in the playoffs. Luckily,
they are playing each other this year,
so one team has the luxury of moving
PHOTO BY BECKY WEINDORF
generate much offense, losing 3-1 in
the first game and 3-2 in the second.
Bodnor was the starter in both games,
pitching 14 total innings while giv
ing up six earned runs on 18 hits and
striking out seven. Bodnor hit an RBI
double for Behrend's only run in
game one and then launched her
eighth home run of the season in
game two. Woods knocked in the
team's other run.
The Lions finish up their season
with two home games following the
AMCC tournament, against Grove
City (4-6) on Monday, April 23 and
Bethany (19-12) on Wednesday,
April 25. Before those two games
the Lions will be looking for an
AMCC championship trophy to bring
home like they did two years ago.
The Lions have proven they can beat
Pitt-Bradford and can compete with
La Roche, the favorite to win it all.
With some hard work and favorable
luck, the Lions' chances of captur
ing a title are not as distant as their
record would indicate.
time of 3:26.83
"Our long distance runners were
competitive and put forth a nice ef
fort," said Hoffman. "Our men's
4x400 relay continued the tradition
of being in the mix for the top place
at each meet. We had several out
standing performances this meet."
As the track and field team con
tinues to show strength and endur
ance in the events, several Behrend
athletes have earned the honors of
competing in the ECAC champion
ship. The team competed at the
Slippery Rock Open on Saturday.
As the school year draws to a
close, the end of track and field sea
son is rapidly approaching. This
was an outstanding year for the
track season, with a new facility
When the series begins to wind
down and there are only four teams
left most likely the names of
Forsberg, Brodeur and Shanahan are
being discussed. One team always
sneaks into contention with the likes
of Brett Hull or Mats Sundin. Some
people think the Penguins will be that
team since the return of Lemieux.
This becomes the only suspenseful
item in the division series. Luckily,
the Stanley Cup Final is always fun
to watch. Still, by that time the
playoffs are well over a month old
and the feeling is that of just getting
it over with already.
The NBA playoffs start a week or
more after the NHL and yet the two
seasons end around the same time in
the beginning of June or late May.
Boredom strikes when watching the
NHL playoffs because of travel days
and having to start every round of the
playoffs on a certain day. It is hard to
follow your favorite team because of
breaks in the series.
MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2001
Water polo defense
makes great effort
by Bob Palivoda
staff writer
Facing their toughest challenge
yet of the season, the Penn State
Behrend women's water polo team
played in the Southern
Championships on April 6-7.
This tournament decided who
would move on to compete for the
national title in the NCAA. During
the weekend, Behrend faced steep
competition.
The Lions first game was against
Princeton. Behrend had a difficult
time losing, 18-2. Both senior Mary
Good and freshman Sarah
McGarvey had a goal for PSU in the
game.
Slippery Rock was next on the list
for the Behrend women. Facing
strong competition again, Behrend
lost by a score of 18-4. Both Good
and McGarvey made the scoreboard
again with Good blazing two into
the goal and McGarvey with one.
Freshman Hollie Stash also gave
Behrend a point in the game.
After going 0-2 in the
championship, Behrend wanted to
show that it was a team that would
not die. The Lions did just that in
their third game against Salem
International. Losing to Salem by
a score of 18-3 with a little more
than a minute to go in the fourth
quarter, Salem lost two of its
players to ejections. Behrend was
now at a two-man advantage. Penn
State Behrend then made a
statement by scoring four goals in
less than one minute. The Behrend
women managed to close the gap
and the final of the game was 18-7.
In the game against Salem, Cassie
Harris, a sophomore, had two goals.
Lindsay Spiegel, freshman, helped
out the Lions throwing in two goals.
Freshmen Amanda Brown and
Hollie Stash both had a goal along
with senior Mary Good.
Behrend's final game in the
tournament was against W&J.
W&J managed to win the game 9-1
but Behrend was able to make
WATER POLO
continued on page 3B
and many shining athletes setting
new school records, leaving their
mark on Behrend sports.
"The team is all my friends," said
Heather Efaw. "If we didn't have the
chemistry we have, I don't think we
would have been able to do as well
as we did. I think we had a good
season considering we don't have a
track, but the other teams were un
derstanding and very helpful."
"Behrend's track team is slightly
coming around and we are sending
more people into the extended sea
son," said Greg Cooper. "We still
have more... meets and then we head
into the ECAC competition. This
was probably the most successful
season for Behrend so far, because
now it's turning into a real sport."
The NHL can learn a few things if
it looks toward the other sports
leagues. First, allow fewer teams into
the playoffs. At least two fewer teams
would be nice because very seldom do
the two lowest seeds beat the two
highest seeds. The Carolina
Hurricanes are not even giving the
New Jersey Devils a run for their
money. The Vancouver Canucks are
just a joke. They were the best of the
worst in the Western Conference.
Another alternative is to make the
series best of five games up to a certain
point. The first two rounds would go
so much smoother if they were best
of five. Plus, this format would
eliminate the weak teams early.
Maybe I'm just not a fan of
watching so much hockey when it's
supposed to be spring time; then again
it is Erie. Oh well, it will probably
never change.
By the way, go Maple Leafs.