The Behrend Beacon
en's tennis finishes second at AMCCs
by Mike Bello
sports editor
The Penn State Behrend tennis team
struggled against Frostburg State in the three
regular season matches, including the
Behrend Invitational April 6. But last Saturday
in the AMCC Championships at Frostburg,
the Lions proved history does not always
repeat itself.
Frostburg, the defending AMCC champs,
scored 12 points in the tournament, but
Behrend defeated the Bobcats in all three
head-to-head individual matches as the Lions
racked up 16 points and a second place finish
behind Penn State Altoona (20). Behrend got
sweet revenge for 2001, when it finished third
that year with four points, 14 behind Altoona
(18) and 26 behind Frostburg (30).
This year was different, though. Playing in
the bracket tournament, Behrend had two
singles champions, in the No. 2 and No. 3
seed, as well as a runner-up in the No. 6
singles and No. 2 and 3 doubles. For a team
graduating five of its 10 active roster players,
the showing couldn't have come at a better
time.
"We knew that we could do well in the
AMCCs," said Steve Broussard. "We just
stepped up a notch when it came to playoff
time. The look on Frostburg's faces when we
took the second-place plaque, it was like they
didn't know what hit them. It felt great."
Freshman Michael Oey. in the No. 2 singles,
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I AMCC ALL-CONFERENCE
First Team Singles
Dave Bruno Penn State Altoona
Michael Oey Penn State Behrend
Brent Carlson Penn State Behrend
Yannick Riverti Penn State Altoona
Jarod Ferrara Penn State Altoona
Jim Hofer Penn State Altoona
First Team Doubles
Dave Bruno Penn State Altoona
Scott Kowaleski Penn State Altoona
Yannick Riverti Penn State Altoona
Jarod Ferrar Penn State Altoona
1 AMCC Tournament at Frostburg
'Penn State Altoona 20 points
(Penn State Behrend 16 points
( Frostburg 12 points
IPitt-Greensburg 2 points
'Lake Erie 0 points
Men's Baseball
School C.R. Overall
Pitt-Bradford 9-1 24-6
Penn State Behrend 11-1 28-7
Frostburg 8-4 17-12
Penn State Altoona 4-6 10-22
La Roche 3-9 4-17
Pitt-Greensburg 1-7 8-19
Lake Erie 0-8 0-14
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Standings:
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1 Sterling Marlin 1369
2 Matt Kenseth
3 Rusty Wallace 1212
4 Kurt Busch 1192
5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1178
6 Jimmie Johnson 1172
7 Jeff Gordon 1168
8 Tony Stewart 1138
9 Mark Martin 1137
10 Ricky Rudd 1114
11 Jeff Burton 1072
12 Bill Elliot 1013
13 Ward Burton 1006
14 Terry Labonte 989
15 Ricky Craven 974
16 Dale Jarrett 968
17 Bobby Labonte 958
18 Jeremy Mayfield 926
19 Michael Waltrip 912
20 Jimmy Spencer 908
defeated Penn State Altoona's J.D. Goldstein
for the third time this year before knocking
off Frostburg senior, and AMCC Player of the
Year, Terance Killen 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 in the finals.
Killen was seeded first heading into the
championships and had beaten Oey 8-4 in the
Behrend Tournament, as well as 6-2, 6-0 on
April 13. Oey won the other matchup between
the two 6-2, 6-2 on April 7.
Senior Brent Carlson won Behrend's other
title, in the No. 3 singles, when he beat
Frostburg's Scott Reust 6-2, 2-6, 7-5. Carlson
slid past Altoona in the first round and then
defeated Reust for the first time this season.
Reust had previously beaten Carlson by a
combined 38-26 in three meetings. Altoona
captured the gold in the other four singles
matches, with Frostburg coming in second in
all but the No. 6 singles match.
Despite playing the tournament against
several teams instead of just one. with
different players battling against different
teams at the same time, the Lions saw the
tournament as a total team effort and not an
individual effort on behalf of each player.
"I think that although tennis is played
individually or in pairs, it really was a team
effort," said Oey. "If any one of us had lost
one of our matches, we would not have topped
Frostburg."
Motivation was key to the second-place
finish as well for the Lions, as players
switched back-and-forth from the sidelines to
the courts.
Second Team Singles
1. Justin Stephens Frostburg
2. Terrance Killen Frostburg
3. Scott Reust Frostburg
4. Dave Butler Frostburg
5. Sean Shillinger Frostburg
6. Sheet Galliara Penn State Behrend
Second Team Doubles
I. Justin Stephens Frostburg
2. Terence Killen Frostburg
3. Michael Oey Penn State Behrend
4. Jacob Hillmann Penn State Behrend
Newcomer of the Year
David Bruno Penn State Altoona I
Most Valuable Player
I
Terence Killen Frostbure.
Coach of the Year
Penn State Altoona I
Steve Genter
THE BEACON SCOREBOARD
Women's Softball
School C.R. Overall
La Roche 10-1 20-6
Penn State Altoona 10-2 20-11
Pitt-Bradford 7-5 11-8
Penn State Behrend 6-6 8-27
Frostburg 5-6-1 8-11-1
Pitt-Greensburg 0-9-1 0-16-1
Lake Erie 0-7 0-17
Professional Golf Association
PGA Money Leaders
(In Millions)
Po s. Name Money
1 Tiger Woods 2.685
2 Phil Mickelson 1.987
3 Jose Maria Olazabal 1.772
4 Retief Goosen 1.608
5 Vijay Singh 1.514
6 Sergio Garcia 1.465
7 Brad Faxon 1.427
8 Chris DiMarco 1.404
9 Jerry Kelly 1.364
10 Craig Perks 1.347
11 Ernie Els 1.277
12 Scott McCarron 1.271
13 Justin Leonard 1.268
14 Kevin Sutherland 1.160
15 David Toms 1.110
16 Len Mattiace 1.103
17 Kenny Perry .913
18 Stephen Ames .905
19 Matt Kuchar .895
20 Matt Gogel .838
21 Rocco Mediate .803
22 Jesper Parnevik .760
23 Pat Perez .735
24 lan Leggatt .729
25 Charles Howell 11l .685
26 Rory Sabbatini .649
27 John Huston .645
28 Fred Funk .644
29 Jim Furyk .620
Friday, April 26, 2002
"Some of our best motivation was winning
for the team, - said Oey. "It was important for
the team to cheer for other teammates because
it helps to keep that motivation."
"It's definitely an advantage to cheer on
your teammates," said Broussard. "When you
get to the late rounds, it is possible that you
have played five or six matches (doubles and
singles), so you're tired. With your teammates
cheering you on, it gives that little energy you
need to finish off your match. -
Sheet Galliara took runner up in the No. 6
singles when he fell to Atloona freshman Jim
Hofer 6-0, 6-3. It was the first meeting
between the two, as Hofer spent most of the
year as the No. 5 singles player for Altoona.
Galliara defeated Greensburg in the semifinal
match.
Oey and Jacob Hillmann took second in the
No. 2 doubles match, falling to Altoona's
Yannick Riverti and Jared Feerar 8-2 after
defeating Greensburg's and Frostburg's
second doubles pair. The Cougars won the
only other matchup between the four players
8-4 on April 14.
Goldstein and Hofer then won the last
doubles match 8-3 over Behrend's Andrew
Schenck and Broussard in the first meeting
between the two pairs. Behrend defeated
Greensburg's No. 3 doubles pair in the
semifinals.
Undignified parents ruin youth sports
11-12 year old league, one father began to make
fun of the other team (my team), because we
were losing by 15 runs or more. It's not a
misprint, he was making fun of 10, 11, and 12
year olds. Yeah, that showed real maturity! How
do these people become parents in the first
place'?
Then there was the uproar created when,
before the season started, many parents
complained that my team's soccer nickname
was the "Muffins," (with a bakery as a sponsor)
while other teams were named "Crunch" or
"Stompers." Did a team nickname really mean
that much to parents? Was it more important.
for their kids to have a fearsome nickname than
to have fun? Nobody made fun of us at the end
of the year, though, when we went undefeated.
This overly competitive atmosphere isn't just
invading youth sports either. Have you ever
played basketball with friends and found
THE BEHREND SPORTS SCENE
Men's Tennis
School C.R. Overall
Penn State Altoona 8-0 13-1
Frostburg 6-2 11-3
Penn State Behrend 4-4 8-13
Pitt-Greensburg 1-5 1-10
Lake Erie
THE NATIONAL SPORTS ARENA
Player Team POS AVG
1 K Lofton CWS CF .402
2 T Hunterl MIN CF .398
3 R Sierra SEA DH .393
4 B Bonds SF LF .388
5 A Soriano NYY 2B .379
Plav Team POS HR
1 L Berkman HOU CF 10
2 B Bonds SF LF 8
2 S Sosa CHI RF 8
2 A Rodriguez TEX SS 8
5 Five Plaers Tied At 7
Player Team POS RBI
1 P Konerko CWS 1B 26
2 L Berkman HOU CF 24
2 V Guerrero MON RF 24
4 S HillenbrandßOS 3B 20
4 ARodriguez TEX SS 20
Runs
Player Team POS Runs
1 K Lofton CWS CF 27
2 P Bergeron MON CF 21
3 M Lawton CLE RF 20
3 M Cameron SEA CF 20
3 J Damon BOS CF 20
0-8 0-8
Major League Baseball
Batting Average (AVG)
Home Runs (HR)
Runs Batted In (RBI)
"We definitely knew that we were better
than everyone thought, - said Broussard. "That
was our advantage going in to the matches.
Frostburg and Altoona both thought they
would have an easy time against us. But we
showed up to play."
Dave Cooper won the opening match in No.
I singles before falling to Altoona's Dave
Bruno, the AMCC's Newcomer of the Year.
Hillmann defeated Lake Erie in the No. 4
singles before Riverti sent him packing, while
Schenck lost to Feerar in the No. 5 singles. In
Behrend's other match, Cooper and Carlson
lost to Altoona's Bruno and Scott Kowaleski
in the semifinals. The Altoona duo went on
to defeat Killen and Reust for first place.
"It is a great finish to the season," said
Broussard. "This is the first AMCC men's
tennis plaque to go on the wall. It's a second
place plaque, but we have to start
somewhere.-
Cooper, Carlson, Broussard, Jacob
Cornwell, and Sundeep Bhatia all said
goodbye to Behrend tennis with the
completion of the AMCC tournament on
Saturday. After losing only one starter the
previous year, the Lions will have several gaps
to fill for the 2003 season. Behrend will count
on juniors Schenck, Galliara, and Douglas
Smith to provide leadership next year, along
with freshmen Oey and Hillmann.
ourself caught up in winning that you
completely forgot why you were playing in the
first place? Even pickup games have become
much more intense. In our society today, our
views of others are often determined by their
success or failures, and sports is no different.
Everytime I play a round of golf with
someone else, be it my dad or my brothers or
some friends, I always feel the pressure to
outperform them. This is what often leads to
frustrations in sports, because we are made to
feel like complete losers when we don't come
in first. And as everyone knows, frustrations lead
to anger - just like the hockey dad.
The easiest way to overcome this is just to
forget what the other person or team is doing.
As long as you or your child are enjoying
themselves in whatever sport you/they play, then
there's nothing more you need to do. Let's just
hope those repulsive parents figure it out soon.
Player
Chris Shearer 23 46 .422
Adam Best 16 37 .402
Jake Boyle 31 47 .379
Keith Lepionka 37 40 .364
Jason Karas 30 35 .354
Anthony Azzato 26 32 .333
Lucas Bundy 18 31 .316
League Leaders
Wins
Player Team POS Wins
1 R Johnson ARZ P 5
2 M Buehrle CWS P 4
2 C Schilling ARZ P 4
2 M Morris STL P 4
2 K Ishii LA P 4
Earned Run Average (ERA)
Player Team POS EE
1 A Leiter NYM P 0.38
2 T Glavine ATL P 1.08
3 OHernandez NYY P 1.24
4 R Johnson ARZ P 1.38
5 B Tomko SD P 1.40
Player Team POS OQ
1 R Johnson ARZ P 51
2 C Schilling ARZ P 48
3 R Clemens NYY P 34
4 M Morris STL P 33
5 BDuckworth PHI P 31
Saves (SV)
Player Team POS
1 E Guardado MIN P 8
1 E Gagne LA P 8
3 J Smoltz ATL P 7
3 U Urbina BOS P 7
3 M Rivera NYY P 7
Baseball Stats
RBI Hits Ave•
Strikeouts (SO)
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President's Cup Final Standings
School Points
Penn State Behrend 58
Frostburg 52
Pitt-Bradford 44
Penn State Altoona 41
La Roche 34
Pitt-Greensburg 33
Lake Erie 15
2002 NFL Draft
First Round
Player POS TEAM
David Carr QB HOU
Julius Peppers DE CAR
Joey Harrington QB DET
Mike Williams OT BUF
Quentin Jammer CB SD
Ryan Sims DT KC
Byant McKinnie OT MIN
Roy Williams SS DAL
John Henderson DT JAC
Levi Jones OT CIN
Dwight Freeney DE IND
Wendell Bryant DT ARZ
Donte Stallworth WR NO
Jeremy Shockey TE NYG
Al Haynesworth DT TEN
William Green RB CLE
Phillip Buchanon CB OAK
T.J. Duckett RB ATL
Ashley Lelie WR DEN
Javon Walker WR GB
Daniel Graham TE NE
Bryan Thomas DE NYJ
Napoleon Harris OLB OAK
Edward Reed S BAL
Charles Grant DE NO
Lito Sheppard CB PHI
Mike Rumph CB SF
Jerramy Stevens TE WAS
Marc Colombo OT CHI
Kendall Simmons OG PIT
Robert Thomas MLB STL