The Behrend Beacon Men’s tennis team hopes to learn from early-season struggles by Mike Bello sports editor Early-season experience can be vital to a team’s success as time runs on. The men’s tennis team hopes the results of this past weekend won’t reflect the results two months from now. Behrend, playing against Division II Mercyhurst and Division 111 powerhouse Allegheny, dropped every one of its matches in losing by identical 9-0 scores on Saturday. Behrend’s first two matches of the season showed the Lions where their weaknesses are, which they believe will allow them to get better. “This was our first game of the season and a few of our players were playing a match for the first time on Behrend’s team,” said senior Jacob Cornwell. “Now that we have played a match, we can see where our strengths and weaknesses are and what we need to concentrate on to play better. “I think we need to be more focused on playing,” he added. “The team can play well but we need to focus on playing smart and setting our goals high on winning.” Dave Cooper led off the match against Allegheny with 6-3 and 6-2 losses to Gabe Higgs-Horwell, who owns a 39-15 record in singles play. Mike Oey dropped 6-1 and 6-0 decisions in the second match to Chris Howell, 36-16 in his singles career. Behrend’s next four players, Jacob Hillman, Sundeep Bhatia, Sheet Galliara, and Jacob Cornwell, all dropped their matches by identical 6-0 scores. Cooper and Oey lost the first doubles ‘This gives us an advantage,” said senior match 8-1 to Higgs-Horwell and Howell. Atif Chaudry. “When you face a team that Hillman and Bhatia dropped the second is better than you are, it allows you to play match 8-0, and Cornwell and Steve with more confidence against teams that Broussard fell 8-3 in the last doubles match, aren’t as strong.” “On Saturday the team definitely was “The score may not show it, but the disappointed at the loss,” said Bhatia. “It experience that we are getting is quite affected all of us as a team. So the strength**- '-valuable to future matches that will matter, 4 ’ here is that everyone is very much a team said Broussard. Women’s Basketball school QJEL Overall Penn State Altoona 10-2 17-6 Pitt-Greensburg 10-3 13-13 Penn State Behrend 10-3 14-12 La Roche 6-7 13-11 Pitt-Bradford 5-8 8-18 Frostburg 3-10 7-18 Lake Erie 1-12 3-22 National Basketball Association League Leaders Points Per Game (PPG) Blocks (BLK) Piaver Team PQS PPG Player Team EOS BLK 1 A Iverson PHI G 30.6 1 B Wallace DET F-C 167 2 P Pierce BOS F-G 26.3 2 RLaFrentzDAN C-F 153 3 SO’Neal LAL C 26.1 3 TDuncan SA F-C 146 3 K Bryant LAL G 26.1 4 A Mourning MH C 118 5 V Carter TOR G-F 25.5 5 DMutomboPHl C 137 Rebounds Per Game (RPG) Steals (S) Piaver Team PQS BEG Piaver Team PQS S 1 T Duncan SA F-C 13.1 1 A Iverson PHI G 123 2 D Fortson GS F 12.3 2 J Kidd NJ G 114 3 B Wallace DET F-C 12.2 3 K Malone UT F 104 4 K Garnett MIN F 11.8 4 K Anderson BC G 100 5 DMutomboPHl C 116 5 DArmstrongOßL G 99 Assists Per Game (APG) Free Throw Percentage (FTP) Piaver Team PQS AEG Player Team PQS ETE 1 A Miller CLE G 10.8 1 T Brandon MIN G .988 2 J Kidd NJ G 10.0 2 R Miller IND G .917 3 G Payton SEA G 9.1 3 R Hamilton WAS G-F .903 4 J Tinsley IND G 8.7 3 C Whitney WAS G .903 4 B Davis CHA G 8.7 5 S Nash DAL G .892 Field Goal Percentage (FGP) 3-PL Field Goal Percentage (FGP) piaver Team EOS EEG Player Team EOS EGE 1 S O’Neal LAL C .572 1 S Smith SA G-F .503 2 D Marshall UT F .558 2 S Padgett UT F .494 3 D Davis POR C-F .541 3 W Person CLE G-F .477 3 R Patterson PTB F-G .541 4 W SzczerbiakMlN G-F .465 5 T MacCullochNJ C .526 5 M Redd MIL G .455 player, but it’s each individual’s weakness that needs to be looked at to improve our game.” “We definitely have some bugs to work out,” said Broussard. “This is why we are playing a bunch of matches before the conference matches start (March 16). We played hard on Saturday. There are a lot of strong players on our team. We just were playing against a better team.” Against Mercyhurst, a school that can offer athletic scholarships unlike Behrend, the Lions showed poise. But they were unable to gather momentum for their match at Division 111 Baldwin-Wallace on Saturday at 7 p.m. Cooper led off the singles competition with 6-2 and 6-0 losses, and Oey followed it up with 6-1 and 6-4 losses. Hillman and Bhatia then lost all but one set in the next two singles matches, and Galliara followed it up with 6-4 and 6-0 losses. Doug Smith lost 6-2 and 6-0 to finish out singles play. Cooper and Oey put up a fight but dropped the opening doubles set 8-3. The next two teams, Hillman/Bhatia, and Comwell/Broussard dropped their matches 8-0. Mercyhurst, a one-time national champion, defeated Allegheny 6-3 on Saturday. The Lakers played six matches before Saturday’s game and have already participated in singles and doubles tournaments this year. The loss gives the Lions confidence knowing Mercyhurst is one of the best teams Behrend will see all year. THE BEACON SCOREBOARD Men’s Basketball School CJEL Overall Pitt-Bradford 11-1 21-4 Penn State Behrend 10-3 18-7 Frostburg 10-3 15-11 Pitt-Greensburg 6-7 9-16 La Roche 3-10 8-18 Penn State Altoona 3-10 4-22 Lake Erie 2-11 8-19 SPORTS Friday, February 22, 2002 The Behrend track and field team does not know the concept of being rusty. The last time the Lions competed was two weeks ago at Slippery Rock. This weekend, they travel to Mount Union to take part in an eight-team invitational. The teams competing are Clarion, Corner stone, Mount Union, Muskingum, Otterbein, West Liberty, Walsh, and Behrend. The meet will be non-scored, and the Lions will try to set new records in as many events as pos sible. “We are hoping to qualify more athletes to the ECAC championships in Boston,” said coach Dave Cooper about this weekend’s events, He shares the sentiment of his team that there will not be any rust from the week off. “A week off provides time to work out and rest some of the injuries and illnesses,” he said. The team is anxious to be involved in competition again, but is glad for some rest time. THE BEHREND SPORTS SCENE Final Women’s Basketball Stats Player EEG BEG Erin Phillips 17.5 7.5 KateCostanzo 13.8 5.1 Christine Chamock 9.5 3.7 Erica Mozdy 9.2 5.0 Crystal McGarvey 5.9 3.8 Katie Weigold 4.0 2.1 Carly Cochran 4.0 2.6 THE NATIONAL SPORTS ARENA Division 1 College Basketball Team 1 Connecticut 2 Stanford 3 Oklahoma 4 Tennessee 5 Duke 6 Louisiana Tech 7 Vanderbilt 8 Baylor 9 Purdue 21-4 667 10 South Carolina 21-4 604 11 lowa St. 19-6 543 12 Kansas St. 22-5 536 13 Colorado 19-7 497 14 Texas 16-8 392 15 Florida 17-8 381 16 Colorado St. 20-5 324 17 Texas Tech 15-9 314 18 Boston College 19-5 294 19 Minnesota 20-5 290 20 North Carolina 21-6 279 21 Old Dominion 19-5 185 22 Georgia 16-8 149 23 Cincinnati 21-4 127 24 Virginia Tech 17-7 121 25 Wisconsin 17-8 120 OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES TCU 72, LSU 47, Notre Dame 43, UNLV 42, Florida Inti 38, Mississippi St. 25, Geo Wash. 22, Creighton 19 Track and field enjoys two weeks off, anxious to compete again by Scott Soltis staff writer “A weekend off, however, is good for the legs,” said senior sprinter Keith Cerroni. Cerroni has been nursing sore hamstrings the past few weeks. He is also quick to point out that every meet the team can get is im portant. “We have very few meets in college, so you want to have one every chance you get,” said Cerroni. Freshman Mike Barlett, on the other hand, does not enjoy the time between meets. “I would prefer more competition,” he said. “I love to race people and I can only do that through the meets.” He mentioned that racing not only helps him physically but also intellectually. “Racing helps me out mentally, because if I lose, it makes me want to work harder in practices so that the next race I am in better shape,” said Barlett. Despite his enthusiasm to break his own records week after week, Barlett is also glad to get a little rest time for aches that was not possible with two or three meets per week APTop 25 Women’s Basketball Record Points 27-0 1000 26-1 947 22-2 907 22-3 859 21-3 854 780 763 668 19-3 22-6 21-4 Sophomore Lyndsay Schulte, left, freshman Chris Ober, center, and freshman Josh Carmichael practice their footwork on the mats at the Junker Center. in high school The women’s team has mixed emotions as well. Sophomore Heather Efaw is glad the team gets some time off, but also wishes they could compete more. “It is nice to have a week off for the fact that you can do work and go out and not worry about rushing to get everything done,” she said. The indoor season is a great way for the team to get ready for the outdoor season. Because their primary focus is outdoor, the Lions don’t get as many indoor opportunities. Efaw wishes there were more chances for the team to com pete in indoor competitions. Final Men’s Basketball Stats Plaver PPG RPQ James Curren 14.8 7.8 Casey Ponsoll 11.4 3.3 Steve Merrill 10.5 3.6 Dave Hairston 8.5 6.7 Randy Conley 6.3 3.5 Matt Keith Tom Lulich Points (Pts) Player Team PQS J Iginla CGY RW J Thornton BOS C M Naslund VAN LW K Tkachuk STL LW B ShanahanDET LW Goals Player Team PQS J Iginla CGY RW B Guerin BOS RW M Sundin TOR C B ShanahanDET LW M Modano DAL C Goals Against Average (GAA) Plaver Team PQS GM T Conklin EDM G 1.62 I Bryzgalov ANA G 1.88 JStorr LA G 1.89 D Aebischer COL G 1.92 PRoy COL G 1.96 Penalty Minutes (PM) Plaver Team PQS PM P Worrell FLA LW 247 BFerence FLA D 194 K Sawyer ANA LW 187 A Nazarov PHX LW 184 D Lambert ANA LW 173 PHOTOS BY MIKE BELLO / BEHREND BEACON Freshman Steve Feder completes a successful jump during practice as pole vault coach Joe Sanford watches. The Lions head to Mount Union this weekend for their last meet before the EC AC Indoor tournament March 2 and 3. “I think if we are going to be competi tive, we need to go to as many meets as we possibly can,” she said. There are advantages and pitfalls to time off, but the team hopes to come flying out of the blocks either way. Their competitive drive sometimes pushes them to run on empty, but this week they had time to fill their tanks, and get some tune-ups. Although last weekend was one less time they could have ran, they will take advan tage of every opportunity to compete. The Mount Union Invitational in Alliance, Ohio is just one more opportunity to seize. 4.6 1.5 4.0 2.0 National Hockey League League Leaders 64 1 61 2 61 2 58 3 57 3 Goals 35 32 31 30 29 behrco!ls @ aol.com “We have very few meets in college, so you want to have one every chance you get." -senior Keith Cerroni m STATE BF.HRF.ND LI 0 NS Assists (Ass.) Team PQS Ass. Plaver A Oates WAS C 46 J Thornton BOS C 39 J Roenick PHI C 39 AZhamnov CHI C 37 J Sakic COL C 37 Bud Light Plus/Minus (+/-) Player Team PQS ±L C Chelios DET D 40 S Gagne PHI LW 32 J Roenick PHI C 30 G Murray BOS RW 28 K Draper DET C 27 Save Percentage (%) Plaver Team PQS °A T Conklin EDM G .939 J Theodore MTL G .929 P NurminenATL G .928 D Aebischer COL G .928 M Legace DET G .928 Shots on Goal Team PQS Shots Player B Guerin BOS RW 258 B Rolston BOS C 254 PBondra WSH RW 252 M Naslund VAN LW 228 P Kariya ANA LW 227 Page
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