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The Behrend Beacon
!Penn State football
;off to a roaring start
by Scott Soltis
sports editor
The Penn State Nittany Lion foot
ball team is off to a much-improved
3-1 start to the season. The team suf
fered a tough 42-35 loss to a talented
lowa flaw keyes on All-University day
last weekend.
The Nittany I ,ions scored 22 points
in the last 5:53 of regulation to tie lowa
and send the game into overtime.
In overtime, Penn State had two cm
cial calls go against them, one helping
lowa to a touchdown, one stopping the
.ions from scoring. As the game
ended, legendary head coach Joe
Paterno chased down one official and
grabbed him by the arm.
After the game, Paterno was sure to
say that it was his guys' fault that they
lost. not the refs.
"I have never blamed officials for
losing a game or what have you so I
don't want to get into that now,"
Paterno said Tuesday.
September intramural wrap-up
Intramural champions for September
Golf
Rob Wittman .
Jeff Webster
Chuck Burchard
Nlen Tcam
James Bowen
Men's Medal - James Bowen
Women's Medal -Kristin Ardillo
Sand Volleyball
Men's- Monkeys With Guns
Spencer Robbins
Mike Skellie
Mike Landy
Brad Dolhi
,:- Women's - Alpha Sigma Alpha
('oed - In 'lite Net
Brian I cianic
Adrian Rhodes
Ross Lutz
Robin Sampogna
Water polo shows
signs of
In Lauren Packer
resistant sports editor
)spite its current losing streak, the
water polo team showed
inipio‘ mew in its most recent match.
team traveled to Washington &
Jettcr.an College Tuesday night and
laced ( ;;Inimn in a Doc Hunkler Series
I he \ ari ride to W& J and the week of
(lo n time, in which the Lions did not
a single game. did not seem to
Mother the squad. In fact, it proved the
opposite as the team came off the wall
rong ;tild showed no signs of rust dur
ititl the
Mthough the Lions dropped the
s2,:ime 12-4, the improvement shown by
ilk team will contribute to the future
suck:ess of the Lions
"It w.as our best showing against
Gannon this year," said coach Josh
Ileynes
Behrend has played Gannon two other
times this season and has allowed
Gannon 16 and 15 goals, respectively.
Dropping three goals off the final score
against shows Behrend has improved af
ter a not quite mid-season slide plagued
with mental errors and fourth quarter
hreakdow ns.
Defensively, senior Ben Atkins had
three steals, while Dario Kis and Carl
Ward each had two steals. Goalie Nick
MeGrady recovered from his shoulder
injury suffered against the same team a
week ago to play the entire game and
record nine saves.
Offensively, the Lions saw four dif
ferent players score goals. Carl Ward's
goal puts him two ahead of the pace for
Behrend's record of most goals in a sea-
The fact that the team allowed 23 un
answered points in the first half, 13 com
ing off turnovers, is what killed the Li
ons. The kind of day that the Lions had
can be summed up in one play in the third
quarter.
The team drove downfield and got
stuck on the 1-yard line. Paterno decided
to pound it over the pile, and Larry
Johnson flew over defenders and the goal
line for the touchdown. Mere moments
later, the Hawkeyes blocked the extra
point attempt and returned it for two
points.
This play is very rarely seen, but il
lustrates very clearly the shifting emo
tion of the game. When Penn State
scored 22 points in the fourth quarter,
what was left of the 108,000+ fans that
attended the game went absolutely ber
serk.
The crowd stayed excited into over
time, just to have their hopes deflated on
a sloppy fourth down play by Penn State.
The Lions were doomed by the start
Cross Country
John Still (Ist)
Dave Scannell (2nd)
Ryan Sunseri (3rd)
Women-Jen Smialek (Ist)
Courtney Bliss (2nd)
Amy Cabaday (3rd)
Men's Team- TIE
TKE
Matt Martone
Men -
Mario Cionni
Buddy Crappio
Sig Tau
Matt Henderson
Steve Smolen
Chris Laugelli
Mark Bryner
Coed Team-
improvement
of the season for the Lions. Atkins, a
defensive force, was also strong on of
fense, assisting in two of the four goals
scored by Behrend.
The Lions appear poised and ready to
make a comeback on the remainder of
the season and Heynes agrees.
"I have twelve focused men who show
up to all practices, morning and night,
and give 100 percent effort each time.
They go into a game knowing anything
can happen. They have good communi
cation and are conditioned better than
ever before," said Heynes.
All of this improvement comes just in
time. The Lions have one final
homestand on Oct. 8, where they will
host a trio of games in the Doc Hunkler
Series, and then head to the Division 111
Eastern Championships at MIT.
The Lions will play the final game of
the three-game series for the night.
Game one features the Lions' rival
Grove City College and game two has a
heated Division II rivalry between Slip
pery Rock and Salem International. The
Lions take on W & J at 9 pm in the last
game of the Doc Hunkler Series.
Behrend will closely follow the Grove
City game as it anticipates a possible
rematch against the Wolverines at the
Eastern Championships.
MlT's pool is regulation size and all
deep water, which means Behrend loses
its comfort of having a pool with a shal
low end. They also lose the comfort of
having a small pool to defend.
To combat this, Heynes said his team
would swim more yards in preparation
for the pool at MIT, which is 30 meters
long and 25 yards long.
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Curt Klugh
Derwyn Hollobaugh
Jen Smialek
Courtney Bliss
Friday, October 4, 2002
of their game. It was a great come
back, but should not have been nec-
essary for a win.
Quarterback Zack Mills was quick
to realize that the first quarter is
where his team lost. "We came out
flat and it showed," said Mills, who
earned Big Ten Co-Offensive Player
of the Week honors with his 3QO
yard, four-touchdown day.
The Lions travel to Wisconsin for
their second Big Ten game of the
year. Last week's loss dropped the
team's ESPN/Coaches Poll Ranking
from 12th to 20th. Wisconsin k a
perfect 5-0 and ranked Igth in the
nation.
Penn State will head into Badger
territory as underdogs, and need to
prove the oddsmakcrs wrong this
week. It is still early in the year. hut
if Penn State can bounce hack Irons
a devastating home loss to heat Wis
consin, their season will quickly he
back on track.
Points System
Standings
FRATERNITY
1. Sig Tau Gamma 530 Points
2. Tau Kappa Epsilon 280 Points
3. Kappa Delta Rho 185 Points
INDEPENDENT
1. Monkeys With Guns 415 Rants
2. XXX Men 185 Points
3. No Shame Soljaz 170 Points
RESIDENCE HALL
1. Almy 150 Points
2. Niagara 20 Point',
WOMEN'S
1. Theta Phi Alpha 185 Points
2. Alpha Sigma Alpha 115 Points
COED
1. Almy 190 Points
2. Delta Chi/ASA 100 Points
3. FUBAR 80 Points
confidence,
and plenty of time to shower before calculus.
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Lions golf team
clinches spot
ECAC Championship
The liehrend Lions golf team had a
spectacular outing at the ECAC
Regional Thurnamcnt last Thursday at
ersit \ Park. The Lions finished
SL'ollltl out MI seven participating
team , ' t,‘ ith an overall score of 315, just
three shots off the leader.
With the strong showing at the
rq , iondk. Behrend qualified for the
lA'AC CiLimpionship, \villa will be
held this weekend in Brockport, NY.
the ‘Vity for the Lions were
jumot Kirk Seth and sophomore Jeff
l k. Both Seth and Black shot
!minds of 7$ and were very pleased
tl►eir performances.
"Ihr lront nine didn't treat me too
well hut I played really well on the
hack nine.' said Black. "1 think I was
trying too hard on the front nine, so on
the hack nine I calmed down some and
thing turned around for me."
On Monday, the Lions traveled to La
Roche College to participate in an
in\ national. Due to conflicting class
schedules. some of Behrend's top
golteis could not participate. This left
room for ,onre of the youngei players
to show what they can do in the
spotlirht.
iehnhin. Kevin Thieman stepped
up and shut a team best 83 and led the
to an exceptional team
pctiolllllllCC
"1 \\ impressed with the round
Kevin shot today, - said head coach
Mark Murphy. "With some of our guys
ont. v.e needed someone to step up.
"loda‘, Kevin was the guy...
The (.ions hope the great finish at
the FCAC Regional will give them
some momentum going into the
AM( `C' Championship on Monday at
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by Justin Jennings
staff writer
Man \ of the players are very
pride, [gr iti
pretty jialier ging stuff. Stitt that huilos
uni - intior imiscies !ri this class, you'll learn that
110 N: to thi:lP, yc),Jr feet and be a good
optimistic about the upcoming
championship.
"I think our team can come out with
a win if we all play well. We have
some guys that can score low, and
Peak n' Peak can help with that. If
we finish with five guys in the 70s then
we should be right in the hunt," said
Black. Behrend's star sophomore.
Anthony Pagliari, another top golfer
for the Lions, is anxious for the
AMCC Championship to get
underway.
"As for myself at the AMCC
tournament I expect to win. I'm being
confident in that statement, because I
have to be. I played well last year in
this tournament taking third with a
75," said Pagliari.
"At our tournament, which was also
held at Peek n' Peak, I shot a 71. I
expect to do the same or better at the
AMCC. I am very excited for it and
we should do very well."
Murphy said, "If we can be
consistent like we were in the ECAC
regional tournament we will finish
well. I don't think we have any one
great individual but if everyone plays
consistent we can compete with
anyone."
The Lions will finish up their fall
season next week after the ECAC and
AMCC Championships
completed. They have
had an excellent fall with their young
team and expect only greater things
to come. Behrend hopes to finish well
and gain a lot of enthusiasm and
momentum going into the spring
season