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The Behrend Beacon
Swim teams capture gold, silver, bronze at ECAC
by Ed Dearolf
staff writer
Thirteen swimmers from Penn State
Behrend competed in the ECAC champion
ships last weekend at Rowan University in
New Jersey.
"This was an excellent achievement for a
second-year team," said head coach Josh
Heynes. "We were excited to have 13
swimmers qualify, and do very well against
top Division 111 performers."
The men placed eighth while the women
placed 15th. The men's 200 medley relay
team won the ECAC championship and also
won the 400 medley relay. The team was
made up of Casey Doody, Lucas Dushac, Jon
Harding and Justin Lucas. The team also had
other good finishes including Doody's two
second-place finishes in the 100 and 200
backstroke, Dushac's second-place finish in
the 200 breaststroke and two third-place
Notre Dame no longer
by Andrew Bagnato
Chicago Tribune
As Notre Dame athletic director Kevin White
launches his search for the next Fighting Irish
football coach, he must contend with two
powerful opposing forces.
One is history.
The other is reality.
History demands White find a fitting heir to
Notre Dame's honor roll of coaches - a list that
includes Rockne, Leahy, Ara and Lou, coaches
so big they needed only a single name.
But reality indicates Notre Dame is no longer
one of the nation's top coaching jobs.
That's why White, who fired Bob Davie on
Sunday after five seasons, is not merely going to
be able to hang a "Coach Wanted" sign outside
his office and wait for a line to form.
He will have to do some serious recruiting.
Forget the media myths about Notre Dame's
place among football's fabled programs. The
reality is that the university's tough academic
standards, coupled with its relatively low pay for
coaches, have reduced its appeal among many
Women's Basketball
C.R. Overall
0-0 4-2
0-0 4-4
0-0 2-0
0-0 2-5
0-0 1-5
0-0 0-5
0-0 0-7
School
Penn State Altoona
Penn State Behrend
La Roche
Pitt-Bradford
Lake Erie
Pitt-Greensburg
Frostburg
National Basketball Association
League Leaders
Points Per Game (PPG)
Player Team POS PPG
P Pierce BOS F-G 27.6
A Iverson PHI G 27.2
K Bryant LAL G 26.5
S O'Neal LAL C 25.9
N Van Exel DEN G 25.8
Rebounds Per Game (RPG)
Player Team POS RPG
D Forston GS F 13.2
T Duncan SA F-C 13.1
K Garnett MIN F 12.6
D MutomboPHl C 12.3
L Wright MEM C 11.3
Assists Per Game (APG)
Player Team POS APG
A Miller CLE G 10.7
J Kidd NJ G 10.4
G Payton SEA G 9.2
J Tinsley IND G 9.0
J Stocketon UT G 8.9
Field Goal Percentage (FGP)
Player Team POS FGP
D Marshall UT F .594
C Williams DET F .583
S O'Neal LAL C .558
D Davis POR C-F .557
R NesterovicMlN C .541
finishes in the 100 hreast and 200 individual
medley, and Elarding's third-place finish in the
100 flv.
In just its second season as a varsity sport
at Penn State Behrend, the men's and women's
swim teams hope to make a big splash and
send a message to other Division 111 team s .
The swim teams are coached once again by
Heynes, who also heads the men's and
women's water polo teams, along with
assistant coach Jennifer Slack. So far the
men's team has posted a record of 1-I with a
win at Buffalo State on Nov. 6 and a tough
loss at home against (iannon on Nov. 20. The
women have opened the season with a record
of 0-2.
With 15 men and eight women on the teams,
top swimmers for the men include Doody,
Dushac, and Harding. The top women are
Samantha Cihula, Rollie Stash, and Christine
Williams.
Fhe team has already greatly improved from
front-line coaches
There is also the matter of Notre Dame's
schedule as an independent. At most schools, the
coach picks his non-conference schedule. At
Notre Dame, the entire I I -game slate is set for
him. And even though the schedule will almost
always he among the toughest in the nation, he
will be expected to win nearly every game
because this is, after all, Notre Dame, which has
eight Associated Press national titles, though only
one sinc;! 1977.
Many coaches will he intrigued by the job, hut
White must discern between the truly interested
and the opportunistic. In the latest trend on
campus, coaches are becoming richer by flirting
with big-name outsiders, then staying home.
Gary Barnett used Notre Dame's interest to his
advantage when the Irish sought him to succeed
Lou Holtz in 19%. Barnett, who had produced
improbable hack-to back Big Ten titles at
Northwestern, was widely rumored as a Notre
Dame candidate. But he issued a statement that
essentially said he had a better deal in Evanston,
and that statement made a big splash with the
Wildcats' prospective reel-this.
Men's Basketball
School C.R
Penn State Behrend
Frostburg 0-0
Pitt-Bradford
Lake Erie
Pitt-Greensburg
La Roche
Penn State Altoona
Points (Pts)
Player Team POS
J Iginla CGY RW
B ShanahanDET LW
E Lindros NYR C
C Conroy CGY C
6 others tied with
Team POS
Player
J Iginla CGY RW
P Bondra WSH RW
B ShanahanDET LW
M Parrish NYI RW
P Demitra STI. RW
Goals Against Average (GAA)
Player Team POS Yds
B Boucher PHI G 1.50
T Conklin EDM G 1.62
J Hackett MTL G 1.80
P Roy COL G 1.81
I Bryzgalov ANA G 1.88
Penalty Minutes (PM)
Player Team POS PM
K Sawyer ANA LW 123
D Lambert ANA LW 92
P Worrell FLA LW 87
D Bi.c,;iear VAN LW 84
J Weimer FLA C 82
4 . 11 i'
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SCOREBOARD
Overall
4-3
2-2
2-3
2-4
2 -4
0-3
0-4
0-0
0 0
0 0
National Hockey League
League Leaders
Goals
Goals
23
19
17
17
17
Friday, December 7, 2001
last year. While only losing Adam Demarco
and Betsy Voight to University Park and
Lindsay Spiegel to Mercyhurst College from
last year's team, the swimmers are more
competitive and have more well-rounded
teams.
"You name the event we have swimmers
available to do it, which is a large step from
last year when we only had a few people who
could swim any event other than freestyle,"
said Heynes
The season runs from October through
March, consisting of about 12-16 matches,
and can run even longer if the swimmers
qualify for the NCAA championships. As of
right now, the team is not technically in a
conference. Of the other colleges in the
AMCC, only two have swim teams, but the
others will most likely have one sooner or
later. Because of this, the swimmers do not
have any main rivals just yet. The closest
thing is any Division 111 school in
rates as one of top coaching jobs
A lot of local Irish fans insisted Barnett was
making a big mistake. They may have noticed
that Barnett led Colorado to the Big 12 title and
a Bowl Championship Series berth Saturday
night.
Barnett is not considered an Irish candidate
this time. He already has a better job in Boulder.
It is difficult for die-hard Domers to believe
coaches would be leery of the Irish post. That
doesn't matter. White, a consummate athletics
professional who is not a Notre Dame graduate,
understands the stark difference between history
and reality.
"At this point I can't stand in front of you and
tell you that we've got a program on the verge
of competing (for) and hopefully winning the
national championship," White said at the news
conference called Sunday in South Bend, Ind.,
to announce Davie's dismissal. "We don't have
that kind of program at this point."
The next coach will be expected to develop
that kind of program.
Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden, said to
be among White's top targets, is an interesting
candidate. Also an unlikely one. Gruden works
BEHREND SPORTS
Men's Basketball Stats
Player PPG RPG
Steve Merrill 10.4 3.1
Casey Ponsoll 10.0 2.9
Randy Conley 9.9 4.9
James Curren 9.3 7.3
Marty Timm 6.6 1.4
Dave Hairston 6.0 3.4
Matt Keith 4.6 2.7
NATIONAL SPORTS
Assists (Ass.)
Team POS Ass
Player
A Brunette MIN LW 21
R Francis CAR C 20
C Conroy CGY C 20
M NylanderCHl C 20
A Oates WSH C 20
Bud Light Plus/Minus (+/-)
Player Team POS +/-
T Fleury NYR RW 20
M York NYR C 20
J Iginla CGY RW 19
E Lindros NYR C 19
3 tied with 18
Save Percentage (%)
Player Team POS %
B Boucher PHI G .943
J Hackett MTL G .940
T Conklin EDM G .939
K Weekes TB G .937
N KhabibulinTß G .935
Shots on Goal
Player Team POS Shots
A Macinnis SM D 94
R Blake COL D 87
N Lidstrom DET D 85
D Quint CBJ D 78
2 others tied with 78
Pennsylvania, including Grove City, Penn
State Altoona, and Washington & Jefferson.
The teams had planned on taking a trip to
Florida to train over winter break, but
unfortunately the trip was cancelled. The
teams will return to campus on New Year's
Day and train for the rest of the week. They
will resume the season on Jan. 12 when they
host Alfred University.
PHOTO BY KRISTIN RODGERS
Sophomore Tara Braden enjoys a relaxed swim at the Junker Center pool. Braden
and the rest of the women finished in 15th place at the ECAC championships last
weekend at Rowan University.
for Al Davis and probably wouldn't be available
for two months, if then. Notre Dame has to move
faster. The same timetable could rule out San
Francisco 49ers coach Steve Mariucci, who
presents strong credentials.
In the college ranks, Oregon's Mike Bellotti is
seen as a candidate. White would be smart to call
Ron Turner, who is a hot commodity after leading
unheralded Illinois to an outright Big Ten title.
Turner may be tired of being the warm-up act at a
basketball school. If Turner goes 10-1 at Notre
Dame, he isn't going to play his regular-season
finale in a half-empty stadium.
"You always have a short list," White said. "I
think people who have done this over time and
have had any success, that tends to be how they
operate. So there are always people that you're
kind of paying attention to."
One of those people could be Harvard coach
Tim Murphy, who worked for White at Maine.
At 44, Murphy is relatively young, but he's been
a college head coach since he was 30. Murphy
produced a turnaround at Cincinnati before
moving on to Harvard, where he recently led the
Crimson to its first perfect record in 88 years.
Women's Basketball Stats
Player PPG RPG
Erin Phillips 14.6 7.8
Kate Costanzo 11.9 3.6
Erica Mozdy 9.3 5.9
Christine Charnock 7.8 2.8
Danielle Bemis 7.5 1.8
Crystal McGarvey 6.0 3.9
Carly Cochran 5.1 3.1
NFC Statistics
Passing Yards (Yds)
Player Team POS Yds
K Warner STL QB 3342
B Favre GB QB 2892
A Brooks NO QB 2790
J Plummer ARI QB 2722
J Garcia SF QB 2631
Rushing Yards (Yds)
Player Team POS Yds
R Williams NO RB 1014
A Green GB RB 969
G Hearst SF RB 900
S Davis WAS RB 895
M Faulk STL RB 752
Receiving Yards (Yds)
Player Team POS Yds
D Boston ARI WR 1171
T Owens SF WR 1042
J Horn NO WR 984
K Johnson TB WR 976
I Bruce STL WR 889
Player Team POS Sacks
M Strahan NYG DE 15.5
K Biamila GB DE 12
C Clemons NO LB 11.5
P Kerney ATL DE 10.5
L Little STL DE 9
National Football League
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The teams' normal practice schedule is very
busy. They practice Monday, Wednesday,
Friday, and Saturday mornings, while
continuing practice on Monday and Friday
afternoons. Anyone interested in joining the
swimming teams with prior competitive
experience can contact coach Heynes at
jdhls@psu.edu or stop by and visit him at
the pool.
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After recruiting talented players to Harvard,
Murphy would be unfazed by Notre Dame's
demanding admissions policies. Unlike many of
the glossier names, he wouldn't be insulted by
Notre Dame's pay scale.
But White shouldn't delay if he's going after
Murphy, because Murphy is said to be on the
Naval Academy's short list.
Irish fans may roll their eyes at the notion of
hiring a Division I-AA coach. But Ohio State fans
had much the same reaction when the school hired
Jim Tressel from Division I-AA Youngstown
State last January. Ten months later, Tressel took
a short-handed Buckeyes team into Ann Arbor
and denied Michigan a Big Ten title.
When was the last time Notre Dame won a
game that big?
White declined to discuss his list of candidates,
but he said it would be "shorter than longer."
"We are different and unique, and we have to
find somebody who fits Notre Dame and fits our
particular situation," White said. "I think that it's
fairly small."
What he meant was, this place isn't for
everyone
PETS STATE
BEHREND
LIONS
AFC Statistics
Passing Yards (Yds)
Player Team POS Yds
P Manning IND QB 3019
R Gannon OAK QB 2626
T Green KC QB 2557
B Griese DEN QB 2453
D Flutie SD QB 2390
Rushing Yards (Yds)
Player Team POS Yds
J Bettis PIT RB 1072
C Martin NYJ RB 1070
S AlexanderSEA RB 981
P Holmes KC RB 978
L TomlinsonSD RB 956
Receiving Yards (Yds)
Player Team POS Yds
R Smith DEN WR 1029
M Harrison IND WR 1023
J Smith JAC WR 966
Troy BrownNE WR 944
Tim Brown OAK WR 925
Sacks
Player Team POS Sacks
J Abraham NYJ DE 11
M Wiley SD DE 10
J Kearse TEN DE 9
R Johnson SD DE 9
3 tied with 8
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