Page 2B The Behrend Beacon Track team ready for start of outdoor season The track and field team travels to Clarion University this weekend to kick off its outdoor season. The team is excited to finally compete in the second half of its sea son. In many ways the indoor season serves as prepara tion for the outdoor portion. The women’s team comes off a very successful indoor season, especially considering their times and numbers. They also took an excellent number of places while they were outnumbered by some very skilled competition. They established new records almost every time they took the track. The men’s team sent several athletes to the ECAC cham pionships and set new records for most of its events. The team is a mixture of talented young athletes and experi enced older athletes who performed well together in the indoor competitions. With all that the teams have going for them, there is one major thing against them. The Lions have a real lack of adequate outdoor training facilities. In fact, the team first ran on an outdoor track this past Wednesday. In or der to do this, they had to travel to Harbor Creek High Tennis team looks to Altoona PHOTO BY MIKE BELLO / BEHREND BEACON Jacob Hillman defeated Greensburg’s Jason Pishney 6-4, 6-1, Saturday to lead Behrend to a 6-3 win. Men’s Baseball School CJI Overall Pitt-Bradford 0-0 10-2 Penn State Behrend 0-0 7-3 Penn State Altoona 0-0 4-6 Frostburg 0-0 3-3 La Rocge 0-0 1-6 Pitt-Greensburg 0-0 0-2 Lake Erie NASCAR 2002 Winston Cup Standings: Race 5 of 36 , Next Race: Food City 500 March 24 Pos. Driver Points 1 Sterling Marlin 825 2 Ryan Newman 726 3 Matt Kenseth 682 Rusty Wallace 677 Jimmie Johnson 667 Jeff Gordon Jeff Burton Ward Burton Mark Martin 638 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 621 Kurt Busch Tony Stewart 604 Elliot Sadler Bill Elliott Ricky Craven Ricky Rudd Bobby Labonte 510 Jeremy Mayfield 506 Dave Balney Terry Labonte MSl'Ak ttinslimrup St'Tit‘s by Scott Soltis staff writer 0-0 0-1 664 650 640 School because Behrend has no outdoor track. Behrend’s first outdoor meet is Saturday, and the Lions were only able to run on a track three days before. This poses a major hurdle to overcome before they even take the field at Clarion. The Lions have faced tough odds in some of the indoor meets, but not having an outdoor train ing facility is probably the toughest obstacle they’ve had to face all season. Despite all of this, the team is very optimistic and excited for the Clarion Invitational. Sophomore Heather Efaw is ready and her sentiments echo that of the team. “The team is pretty pumped about outdoor,” she said. “We tend to do a lot better in this season then we do in indoor, so I can’t wait to see how people do.” She added that although the meet is in Clarion, a few of the girls are from there, so there will be a cheering sec tion for Behrend. Senior sprinter Keith Cerroni is also anxious for out door to kick off this weekend, but realizes it poses some new challenges. “The switch from indoor to outdoor season requires a big mental adjustment,” said Cerroni. “Not only are you moving from a temperature-controlled environment to the freezing cold, but the track is twice as big. For me, 400 It didn’t take long for the men’s tennis team to see the fruits of their labor. After a difficult spring break, when they played two Division II teams and dropped to 1-5, the Lions began their conference season on Saturday with a confidence-boosting 6-3 win over Pitt-Greensburg. More importantly, the win gave Behrend (2-5 overall, 1-0 AMCC) a chance to prepare for Saturday’s match against Penn State Altoona, a stronger AMCC opponent than Greensburg. Although, the Lions believe they already have an advantage. “I think our preparation has been much better than other schools in the conference, which is going to be a big factor,” said senior Sundeep Bhatia. Behrend was the only team that scheduled games in late February and early March. The Lions dominated in singles play, winning five, and nearly the last, of the six matches. Dave Cooper began play with 6-3 and 6-1 wins, and Mike Oey followed up Cooper’s performance with even better results, 6-1,6-1. Brent Carlson then disposed of his Greensburg (0-3,0-2) opponent 6-2,6-1, and in the fourth singles match, Jacob Hillman won a close 6-4 set before cruising 6-1. Andrew Schenck, playing his first set of the year, lost THE BEACON SCOREBOARD Women’s Softball School GJL Overall Penn State Behrend 4-0 4-9 Pitt-Greensburg 0-2 0-4 La Roche Frostburg Pitt-Bradford 0-2 2-2 Penn State Altoona 0-0 1-3 Lake Erie 0-0 0-2 National Basketball Association League Leaders Points Per Game (PPG) Player Team POS PP-G A Iverson PHI G 31.5 S O'Neil LAL C 27.0 P Pierce BOS F-G 26.2 T McGrady ORL G-F 25.7 K Bryant LAL G 25.4 Rebounds Per Game (RPG) Player Team EOS REG T Duncan SA F-C 12.7 B Wallace DET F-C 12.4 D Fortson GSW F-C 12.2 K Garnett MIN F ,11.8 E Brand LAC F-C 11.8 Assists Per Game (APG) Player Team PQS. APG A Miller CLE G 10.7 J Kidd NJ G 9.9 G Payton SEA G 9.1 B Davis CHA G 8.5 J Tinsley IND G 8.4 Field Goal Percentage (FGP) Plaver Team PQS EEG S O’Neal LAL C .576 D Marshall UT F .529 R Patterson POR F .528 D Davis POR C-F .522 E Brand LAC F-C .520 SPORTS Friday, March 22, 2002 by Mike Bello sports editor THE BEHREND SPORTS SCENE Men’s Tennis School GJL Overall Penn State Behrend 1-0 2-5 Pitt-Greensburg 1-1 1-3 Lake Erie 0-1 0-1 Penn State Altoona 0-0 1-0 Frostburg 0-0 2-0 0-0 4-4 0-0 3-3 THE NATIONAL SPORTS ARENA Steve Feder, above, and Russell Phillips, right, are two athletes looking to make a splash at Clarion. meters looks a lot longer on an outdoor track.” The Lions will soon find out how all of the variables affecting the team will translate into their performances at meets. Clarion will be a good starting point for the sea son. If the indoor season is any indication of things to come, the team has a great deal to look forward to out doors. after dominating Greensburg to Greensburg’s Jon Germock 6-3, but the newcomer didn’t back down, winning 6-2 and 6-4 to seal the victory for the Lions. In the last singles match of the day, Sheel Galliara defeated Puneet Mehrotra 6-4 before falling 6- 2. Galliara gave it his all in the last set, forcing Mehrotra into an extra game before falling 7-6. Cooper and Oey partnered up to crush Greensburg’s Mehrotra and Thomas Janicki 8-0 in the first doubles match, stretching Behrend’s lead to 6-1. Carlson and Hillman forced Chris and Bryan Gesinski into an extra match point before losing 9-8, including the 7-4 tiebreaker. Jacob Cornwell and Steve Broussard dropped the third doubles match 8-3. Any early-season matches, no matter who they are against, give the Lions the advantage over such teams as Altoona, which has played one game so far this season. “The more matches we play, the more we know how the players are going to be on the other side,” said Bhatia. “This definitely is a strength because we shall be able to understand how to play such players.” The Lions will count on this and then some against Altoona Saturday at the Pennbriar Athletic Club, starting at 8:30 a.m. Altoona defeated Behrend twice last year, by 5-4 scores, and then finished second in the conference playoffs with 18 points, 14 ahead of Behrend. On Monday, Behrend travels to Thiel (0-1) to take on Major League Baseball Spring Batting Statistics Batting Average (AVG) Player Team PQS AVG P Konerko CWS IF .500 S Halter DET IF .476 M Sweeney KC IF .475 A Ochoa MIL OF .426 P Feliz SF IF .422 Home Runs (HR) Player Team POS E Durazo ARI IF L Gonzalez ARI OF D Minor SF IF E Chavez OAK IF K Mench TEX OF Runs Batted In (RBI) Player Team EQS ESI P Konerko CHW IF 19 R Casanova MIL C 17 E Durazo ARI IF 16 L Gonzalez ARI OF 16 V Wells TOR OF 15 Runs Player Team EQS E Spivey ARI IF A Ochoa MIL OF L Gonzalez ARZ OF B Hill CHC OF J Guillen ARI OF Plaver Jake Boyle 15 19 .452 Lucas Bundy 4 12 .414 Adam Best Anthony Azzato 10 11 .379 Chris Shearer 5 10 .323 Keith Lepionka 6 11 .314 Vince Canzano 4 7 .280 PGA Money Leaders Eos, Name 1 Tiger Woods 2 Brad Faxon 3 Jose M Olazabal 4 Chris DiMarco 5 Kevin Sutherland 6 Jerry Kelly 7 Scott McCarron 8 Phil Mickelson 9 Sergio Garcia 10 Ernie Els 11 Len Mattiace 12 David Toms 13 Kenny Perry 14 MattKuchar 15 MattGogel 16 Pat Perez 17 lanLeggatt 18 John Cook 19 Rory Sabbatini 20 Vijay Singh 21 Cahrles Howel 111 22 Lee Janzen 23 Fred Funk 24 Paul Azinger 25 Cameron Beckman 26 Peter Lonard 27 J.L. Lewis 28 John Daly 29 Bob Estes Runs 18 16 15 14 14 Baseball Stats RBI Hits Ave. 2 12 .387 (In Millions) the Tomcats. Although it may not seem like it, this match is important to the Lions, since they won’t play again until a week-long homestand starting April 3. Through the ups and downs of the early season, the Lions have maintained a positive attitude. “Although tennis is an individual game, I think the attitude of the team off the court was great, where everyone did everything together, which is good for the team." said Bhatia. PHOTO BY MIKE BELLO / BEHREND BEACON Sheet Galliara and company will look for revenge against Penn State Altoona Saturday at the Pennbriar. Behrend lost to Altoona twice last year by 5-4 scores. PENN STATE BEHREND LIONS National Hockey League League Leaders Player J Iginla CGY RW 80 J Sakic COL C 72 M Naslund VAN LW 71 A Oates PHI C 68 R Francis CAR C 67 J Iginla CGY RW 43 M Sundin TOR C 36 D Alfredsson OTT RW 35 B Guerin BOS RW 35 P Bondra WAS RW 34 Goals Against Average (GAA) Plaver Team PQS GAA PRoy COL G 1.91 RCechmanekPHl G 2.06 D Hasek DET G 2.14 JGiquere ANA G 2.17 J Theodore MON G 2.18 A Oates WAS C 57 J Sakic COL C 48 J Roenick PHI C 44 A Brunette MIN C 44 • R Francis & J Allison 43 behrcol!s @ aol.com Points (Pts) Team PQS Pts Goals Team P' Assists (Ass.) Team PQS Goals
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