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panded role this season
On Wednesday, the Lions looked to
get back on the winning track against
Washington and Jefferson. They played
a hard- fought game, but lost a close one,
59-57.
Washington and Jefferson's leading
scorer and a member of the preseason
All American honorable-mention team,
Nolan Larry, made a last second shot to
put the game away. Behrend held Nolan
under his season average of 17.9 and
allowed him only nine points, but he
came through when he needed to.
The Lions were down by three late in
the 4 quarter when sophomore guard
Tom Lulich connected on his second
three-pointer of the night. That tied the
game with 10 seconds left, and led to
Larry's game winner. James Curren
paced the home team recording a
double-double with 13 points and 11
rebounds. He was followed by Casey
Ponsoll, who had 12 points and Jared
Clough who fell one point short of his
own double double with nine points and
10 rebounds.
The team was hindered by many
costly turnovers down the stretch as well
as poor free throw shooting throughout
the game. They shot 8-17 from the free
Duke is still the team
to beat in Carolina
By Tom Sorensen
Knight Ridder Newspapers
GREENSBORO, N.C. _ Guess what? There's
another team in the ACC. It played in Greensboro
on Tuesday. And it's pretty good.
See, some of you are so excited about North Caro
lina that you forgot about Duke. This is understand
able. Your Tar Heels came into the season unranked
and unloved and in a mere two weeks have leaped to
the cusp of the top 10.
You are convinced that college basketball's natu
ral order has been restored and your team returned to
its rightful place.
Alas, for most of the past 16 years, that place has
been beneath Duke. And while the Tar Heels so far
have impressed, surprised and entertained, Duke has
quietly done what it always does - win.
After a slow start Tuesday against Ohio State, Duke
ran to a lead of 27 and handled the Buckeyes 91-76.
The Blue Devils are now 4-0, and while their fresh
men have not been as spectacular as North Carolina's,
they haven't had to be. They have help.
Do you guys even keep up with what the Tar Heels
are doing? "We know they're winning, which is good
for the conference," says Duke senior Dahntay Jones.
"But we have our own race to run."
Ever take time from your own race to check out
North Carolina?
Guard Daniel Ewing, who scored 18 Tuesday and
might be the best talent on the Duke roster, won't go
so far as to say he has seen the Tar Heels play.
"I heard they're doing good," he says.
To compete with the Blue Devils, they have to. Only
12 miles separate the campuses, but 66 points sepa
rated the basketball teams last season. Duke beat
North Carolina by 29, 25 and 12.
The Blue Devils are where the Tar Heels aspire to
be. That's one difference between the programs.
Here's another: If North Carolina had played in
Greensboro Coliseum on Tuesday, sections 201, 202,
203, 204, 205 and 206, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221,
222, 223, 224, 225 and 226, and 235, 236, 237, 238,
239 and 240 would not have been 90 percent empty.
True, the cheapest tickets were $25 and the fans
that sat on the baseline paid $lOO for their seats, prices
that preclude most students.
But there are - theoretically - thousands of adult
fans that can't get a ticket to see the Blue Devils at
Cameron Indoor Stadium. They finally get an oppor
tunity to cheer for their team live, rather than from
their living room.
Where were they? They couldn't all be buying
bread and milk at Harris-Teeter or staying home to
watch the Tar Heels on ESPN2.
Greensboro Coliseum accommodates more than
23,000 fans, and had the Tar Heels played the Buck
eyes, there still would have been plenty of good seats
available
But there wouldn't have been plenty of good sec
tions. Attendance was announced at 16,064. It wasn't.
Fans missed the opportunity to see why the Blue
Devils again should be special. They're deep, they
guard people and they're selfless. In other words,
faces change. There are six freshmen on the roster
but the style does not. They're still here.
throw line in the game, making only
47percent of their attempts. Senior guard
Steve Merrill played well defensively and
had three steals, in at attempt to make up
for Behrend's mishaps.
Washington and Jefferson was led by
Tony Franz and Chris Hauser who scored
15 and 12 points respectively. Behrend is
now 2-2 while Washington and Jefferson
got this first win and has a 1-3 record.
The team will continue this season when
it opens up AMCC league play on
Saturday at home against Pitt-Bradford.
This game should he one with lots of
intensity and will give the lions indication
of how Behrend will fair in the league this
year.
"Bradford is one of the more fun games
to play," said Hairston. This year we just
have to play our game, intense and smart.
Physically and talent wise we match up
very. well with Bradford."
The team is looking forward to
competing in the league and expectations
are high.
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Friday, December 6, 2002
Track and field getting ready for indoor season
With all this lousy snow on the
ground, one would assume that a sport
like women's track and field would be
just a tad out of season. That's not quite
so, thanks to women's indoor track and
field.
Here in the middle of this snowy holi
day season, the women's indoor track
team is hard at work practicing for their
first meet, the Fredonia Invitational,
which takes place on Jan 18. Accord
ing to head coach Dave Cooper, train
ing and competing indoors isn't all that
different from being outside.
"For us, we train pretty much the
same. Our runners train outdoors all
year long. The event options are dif
ferent. No javelin, discus, or steeple
chase indoors. The hurdles and sprints
are shorter indoors," said Cooper.
Even though some events are not
possible to conduct indoors, the team
is bringing back many runners from last
year and will compete in most of the
events.
Some of the returning runners are
Jess Sarver, Jess Knapp, Claire
Manelick, Brandi Napenas, Sue
Szafran, and Amanda Van Tassel. One
of the women who competed in throw
ing events, Missy Mong, is also return
ing.
The Behrend team is also welcom
ing some talented newcomers to the
squad.
" Staci Banaszek and Erica Sitter
give us great jumpers in all three
jumps,"said Cooper.
"Alison Nichols and Anne Urbansky
give us strength in the pole vault.
Bethany Crooks, Brooke Dodds,
Nicole Minweaser, and Nina Zinger
will add strength to the running team,
with Nicole also taking on the 400
hurdles."
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Sophomore Jessica Sarver hopes to continue her cross country
success in women's track.
Now that there is a solid amount of
talent in this group of women, lofty
expectations are running rampant.
"I expect our women to compete in
nearly all events, something we were
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"Additionally, I think we will rewrite
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