Mike Bello, Sports Editor
The Behrend Beacon
Calendar of
Events
Behrend
Athletic
Events
Saturday
Women's Tennis
Penn State Altoona
Behrend Tennis Courts
10 a.m.
Men's and Women's Golf
@ Pitt-Bradford
12 p.m.
Men's Water Polo
Slippery Rock
Junker Center
5:30 p.m.
Water Polo
Washington & Jefferson
Junker Center
8:30 p.m.
Men' and Women's
Cross Country @ Slippery
Rock Invitational TBA
Sunday
Men's Water Polo
Gannon
Junker Center
9 a.m.
Men's Soccer
Elizabethtown
Beh rend Fields
1 p.m
Monday
Women's Soccer
Grove City
Behrend Fields
4 p.m
Wednesday
Men's Soccer
@ Pitt Bradford
2:30 p.m.
Women's Tennis
@ Fredonia
3 p.m.
Women's Soccer
@ Pitt-Bradford
5 p.m.
Women's Volleyball
La Roche
Junker Center
7 p.m.
Sept. 28
Women's Soccer
Alfred
Behrend Fields
3:30 p.m
Women's Volleyball
Penn State Altoona
Junker Center
7 p.m.
Men's Water Polo @
Grove City Invitational
Intramurals
Schedule
Friday Sept. 28
Cross Country Invitational
Men's and Women's
Cross Country Team
Men's, Women's, and
Coed
Fantasy Hockey League
Friday Oct. 5
Flag Football
Men's, Women's, and
Coed
All entries must be at the
intramural office
by 4 p.m.
on the scheduled date
Men's water polo team begins season with first win in team history
by Jason Snyder
staff writer
The Behrend men's water polo
team won its first ever game this past
weekend, knocking off Mercyhurst
College, 23-9. The only problem is,
you would never know it given the
Lions' attitude entering another tough
weekend of competition Saturday.
"It was an expected win, because
they (the Lakers) are in the same boat
that we were in last year," said
Behrend head coach Josh Heynes.
Mercyhurst is in its first year of com
petition, as the Lions were last sea
son.
"Our play against Mercyhurst was
a little off. My guys knew they would
win and were a little too excited in
the first quarter," said Heynes.
The Lakers jumped to an early 4-0
lead, before the Lions rallied for the
23-9 win. "I wanted the margin to be
a little bigger, but I'll take what I can
get," said Heynes.
Behrend also had games this past
weekend against Grove City and
Washington & Jefferson. The Lions
lost to Grove City, 20-9 and to Wash
ington & Jefferson 17-4.
Behrend was led by some all
around play from Andy Hanhauser,
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Dan Falk has played a major part in Behrend's impressive 6-1 start.
Falk not only leads the team with nine points, but plays the demand
ing position of midfielder, who covers more ground than any other
player.
Volleyball team completes Ist Behrend Tournament with 3-2 recori
by Jamie Salapek
staff writer
This past weekend the Behrend
women's volleyball team hosted the
first Behrend Volleyball Tournament,
which was held in the new Junker
Center. The tournament was made up
of seven opponents: Nazareth,
D".(ouvill.:, Fredonia, Hiram, Pitt-
Braciford, Capital and the hometown
Behrend Lions. Wooster had been
scheduled to play but decided not to
participate in the tournament due to
last week's terrorist attacks in New
York and Washington D.C.
Behrend kicked off the tournament
with a three-game rally over
D' Youville, putting the Lions' record
at 4-6. The scores reflected the close
ness of the matches: 30-26, 30-20, and
finally 30-26.
Behrend's second match, against
Fredonia, proved to be a little more
work, resulting in four games. With
tight matches, there was little room
for mistakes. Behrend's teamwork
and raw skill pulled off another vic
tory, as the Lions improved to 5-6.
Hiram shut down Behrend's of
fense in game three, preventing the
Lions from creeping ahead in the tight
matches. Hiram prevailed by close
scores of 30-24, 30-24, and 30-27.
The Behrend women bounced back
in game four against Pitt-Bradford.
After Behrend won 30-25 and 30-27,
Friday, September 21, 2001
PHOTO BY KRISTIN RODGERS
The men's water polo team gets off a shot against Grove City on Saturday. Although they lost that
game, the Lions defeated Mercyhurst later that day for their first win in team history.
who combined for 17 goals, seven as-
sists and 26 steals in the three games. and opening our eyes up to the entire The Lions will need to do a lot of
Heynes realizes that the Lions need pool, not just the goal. The guys "small things" this ‘‘eekend, as they
to continue to improve to win more know what to do. They just need to welcome three tough opponents in
games in the future. "We have to work calm down and use the clock to their Slippery Rock, Washington &
they dropped a 30-25 set before rally
ing with a 30-20 win.
The final showdown of the tourna
ment was between Behrend and Capi
tal. Behrend's relentless efforts to fin
ish out the competition with a win
failed as Capital pulled ahead in three
matches for the win. Behrend ended
the tournament with a 6-8 record.
Behrend's Jessica Niedermeyer re
ceived all-tournament honors, as she
was voted one of the top eight players
of the tournament. Teammate Danielle
Bemis was named the AMCC player
of the week for her outstanding per
formance last weekend.
After an action-packed weekend on
the volleyball courts, coach Kelly
Diehl was pleased with her team's per-
formance
"We played 100% better this week
end than last weekend at the Carnegie
Mellon Tournament. The difference
between the two weekends was how
we reacted when we were down in a
match," said Diehl. "This weekend we
never gave up. We believed in our
selves that we are good enough to beat
anyone."
The Lions then played at Buffalo
State on Tuesday. The teams were
evenly matched for the first two sets,
as Behrend won both by 30-25 scores.
They also won the third set 30-23, im
proving their record to 7-8, a far cry
from the 2-6 record they had after the
Carnegie Mellon Tourney.
With much cheer and support from
on the small things -- better passing advantage," said ileynes
Dan Falk : 'White Chocolate' wants
nothing less than an NCAA postseaso
berth for men's soccer team
by Kate Levdansky Petrikis
assistant sports editor
Dan Falk, a senior soccer player at
Penn State Behrend, is nicknamed
"white chocolate" due to his rare white
soccer shoes.
Falk began to play soccer at age 3,
continued to play at Baldwin High
School, and still plays. As a
midfielder, his job is to attack the ball
and shuffle it to his forward
teammates
"Of course," said Falk, "midfielders
also try to score goals."
Falk credits ninth-year head coach
Dan Perritano and assistants Nathan
Wiley and Travis Lang for
encouraging them to think on their
"Our coaches have always taught us
they have nothing to do with the game.
It is the team who has to perform.
They have to make decisions to help
the team. The coaches have always
come across with a positive attitude
and (encouraged) the team to present
ourselves well at other locations and
around campus."
The Lions are 6-1. Falk leads the
team with nine points, but you
wouldn't know it by his attitude.
"1 am one of the mellow players on
the team," said Falk. "I do not really
get pumped up. I just go out and play.
PHOTO BY KRISTIN RODGERS
Sophomore Lauren Senkevich, left, junior Danielle Bemis, second from left, and junior Rose Boni (#l2)
watch as senior Sarah Peterson (#6) completes a dig. Senior Brianne Engelbert, right, gets ready to set.
The Lions improved their overall record to 6-8 after finishing the Behrend Invitational on Saturday. On
Tuesday, they defeated Buffalo State to climb to 7-8.
the crowds, the Lady Lions hoped to Penn State Altoona on Sept. 28. matches before they return home on
generate another two wins when they After hosting Frostburg on Sept. 2q, Oct. 23.
play La Roche on Wednesday and the Lions will play seven straipht road
So far the team is looking pretty good.
We are coming up to our mid season,
and it is a hard stretch of games. If
vve come out on top of those games.
then we are going to do real good this
"Last year we made it to ECM's.
hut this year we want Behrend to take
the next step and make ourselves
known in the region. We are probably
looking at making the NCAA
tournament for the first time."
Practices are held 3: I to 5:30 p.m
daily, unless it is a game day or kl hen
the team gets a day oft rollo%\ ing a
"Time is not a problem. - said Falk.
"There is time to accomplish work on
bus trips and three hours a day does
not really affect studying. The only
problem is we sometime miss classes
for games.'' Falk usually hangs out
with the team on their off nights.
Falk's biggest influence is his
father.
"My father always pushed me, hut
was willing to let me choose v hat I
wanted to play or pursue... Falk, a
mathematics major, plans on
teaching. "Aker graduation I ‘•
hopefully get a job at an area high
school in Pittsburgh and take up a
coaching position in soccer."
The Behrend Lions next game is
home against
Sunday
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Jelicp;on and local rival Gannon
Slippery Rock and Gannon are hoth
Division I schools, and "very physi
cal - according to Heynes. Slippery
Rock is one of the only schools on
the Nast Coast to have competed in
the NCAA Championships in years
past. "They , will he extremely tough
to hang with, - said Heynes.
Gannon will offer another tough
challenge for the Lions. "We know
this team very well. We practice with
them and scrimmage with them. We
know each other's tendencies," said
1 leynes.
Washington & Jefferson will return
to Behrend Saturday after defeating
the Lions handily last weekend. "1
would like to have a better showing
against them this time, than last week
end," said Heynes.
This weekend's action will begin on
Saturday as the Lions will play Slip
pery Rock at 5:30 p.m., followed by
Washington & Jefferson at 8:30 p.m.
Behrend will host Gannon at 9 a.m.
on Sunday.
Ileynes hopes the Lions can pick
up another win this weekend by play
ing "hard nosed water polo. good of
fense and great defense."
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THIS WEEK'S
HOME EVENTS:
Saturday, September 22
Men's Water Polo vs. Slippery
Rock @, 5:30 pm
Men's Water Polo vs. W & J
8:30 pm
I Sunday, September 23
Men's Water Polo vs. Gannon
@ 9 am
Men's Soccer vs.
Elizabethtown @ 1 pm
I Monday, September 24
I Women's Soccer vs. Grove
City @ 4 pm
I Wednesday, September 26
I Women's Volleyball vs. La
Roche @ 7 pm
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