Scott Soltis, Sports Editor The Behrend Beacon WE ARE PENN STATE Behrend Athletic Events Friday, Jan. 31 Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving @ Nazareth, 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving vs. Grove City, 1 p.m Women’s Basketball vs. Altoona, 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Altoona, 4 p.m Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field @SUNY Fredonia Invitational s " TBA Sunday, Feb. 2 Women’s Basketball vs. Buffalo State, 2 p.m Wednesday, Feb. 5 Women’s Basketball @ Pitt-Bradford, 6 p.m Men’s Basketball @ Pitt-Bradford, 8 p.m Intnamunals Schedule Arena Football Men’s & Women’s Entries Due Friday, Feb. 7 Games Begin Feb. 11 Swimming Men’s, Women’s, & COED Entries Due Friday, Feb. 21 Meet Date TBA Volleyball 4 on 4 COED Entries Due Friday, Feb. 28 Games begin Tuesday, March 4 BEH LIONS Men swimmers roll on; women struggle by Amy Frizzell staff writer Over the weekend the Behrend swim team took on Misericordia and Frostburg State in a two-day battle. The men’s team took home the win against Miseri cordia on Friday, 105-77; and then fin ished off the weekend with another win against Frostburg on Saturday, 117-112. “The pool was warmer then normal. Everyone found it harder to swim in.” said Carl Ward, freshman swimmer of Friday’s meet against Miscericordia. The team was able to work through it, with first-place finishes coming from freshman Jeff Howard in the 800 free, Ward in the 200 free and also in the 100 m butterfly and freshman JR DeLorenzo in the 100 m backstroke. Behrend also swept first, second and third place in the 1650 with personal bests coming from first-place finisher DeLorenzo, second place finisher Howard and third-place finisher Ward. The men then were able to keep up the pace on Saturday with more personal bests leading the team. Ward set new team records in the 200 free and 200 but terfly. The 200 medley relay team con sisting of DeLorenzo, sophomore Eric Lions on fast track to success by Lauren Packer assistant sports editor Intense? Check. Strong? Check. Fast? Check. Record breakers? Double check, triple underscore, and highlight. The men and women of the indoor track and field teams are on a mission this season. No indoor record is safe with this year’s squads “So far, we have broken 10 different Behrend records. I look for 12 or 13 to go in the next two meets. We should see more athletes qualifying for ECACs also,” said head coach Dave Cooper. Coming off a spectacular performance at Fredonia last weekend, the teams headed into Saturday's meet at Slippery Rock with a work ethic and intensity second to none. “The athletes are very intense. There BEHREND SPORTS BRIEFS BEHREND SPORTS SCENE Men’s Basketball The Lions are atop the AMCC The Lady Lions are atop the standings. They are 5-1 in AMCC standings after beating conference play. previous No. 1 Pitt-Greensburg Behrend leads the AMCC in Behrend has the second-ranked free throw percentage with 73.4 scoring defense in the AMCC, allowing only 59.8 points per percent Casey Ponsell is fourth in the AMCC for 3 point field goal percentage with 41.8 percent. DOMINO’S PIZZA IS LOCATED ONLY MINUTES AWAY AT 3303 BUFFALO RD. CALL FOR LUNCH, DINNER OR A LAfE NIGHT SNACK WE OPEN AT 11AM DAIIY ANDS CLOSE AT IAM SUN-THURS AND 2 AM FRI AND SAT SPORTS Friday, January 31, 2003 Two Washington and Jefferson swimmers lead a Behrend swimmer (right Wednesday. Phillips, Ward and freshman Travis Kochel also set a new team record. When asked about the meet Ward re plied, “It was a tough meet. We feel great about it. The team has now achieved the best record we’ve ever had at 8-1” Despite hard work the women fell just short of a win on both Friday and Saturday; falling to Misericordia 117-75, and then to Frostburg 135-93. Leading the women’s team were jun ior Tara Braden in the 1650 freestyle, freshman Carrianne Carstater in the 50 freestyle; and also the 400 free relay team is a lot of competition going on in prac tices,” said Cooper. “We are seeing improvements in nearly all events.” One of the biggest improvements came from triple-jumper Shane Rock. The freshman annihilated his jump from the Fredonia met. Rock unloaded on his jumps at Slippery Rock to go two feet further and come within inches of quali fying for ECACs. Cooper said four of Rock’s jumps ex ceeded 42 feet, with Rock’s best being 42-10. The men’s team is young, but has a lot of new talent to add to the already talented team. Rock, along with fresh man Corey Poulsen, Matt Beckman, and Jim Kusick add strength and technique to the men’s squad. Sophomores Donnie Hackworth and Steve Feder also comple ment the ability of the older runners. Poulsen set the Behrend shot put Women’s Basketball game ENN STATE BEHREND STUDENT SPECIALS FROM DOMINO’S PIZZA ON CAMPUS DELIVERY OR CARRYOIJT WITH STI IDF.NT TT> EARLY WEEK SPECIAL* 1 LARGE PIZZA W/CHEESE and 1 TOPPING FOR ONLYSS.99 4 VALID MON, TUBS AND WEDS ONLYI LIMIT 2 PER CUSTOMER! NO COUPON REQUIRED! of sophomore Jana Bahnak, junior Sa rah McGarvey, junior Melissa Donnelly, and freshman Loren Stachowiak. On Saturday, sophomore Christine Williams led the way placing first in all of her events 200 free, 100 m back, and 200 medley. Placing with Williams in the medley were Carstater, Bahnak, and Stachowiak. And finally in the 100 free Carstater took first. The women’s team record is now 1-8. “Coach focuses on each person’s in dividual needs and skills and with his ex perience he is able to help each swim mer to increase their skill.” Ward said of record last week at Fredonia and then broke it this week at Slippery Rock, with a throw of 42-7. Pole vaulters Beckman, Kusick, Hackworth and Feder all cleared the pre vious pole vault record of 13-0. Kusick and Feder didn’t stop at 13-0, they both went on to top 13-6. Cooper said the Lions are a work in progress. “Track is an ongoing process where the athletes are hoping to improve all season long, into the outdoor season. In the field events, technique is a constant factor. Or the runners, it is training for continued improvements in speed and endurance.” “On the women’s side, we are thin on numbers and it causes us to stretch the runners pretty thin in meets,” said Coo per. Whatever the numbers, the women don’t seem to be slowing down for any- The Detroit Lions have fired second year coach Matt Millen. The team is expected to hire recently unemployed 49ers head coach Steve Mariucci. Brian Trottier was fired in the middle of his rookie coaching season for the New York Rang- The team’s general man ager has taken over the position CALL 898-8400 NATIONAL SPORTS NEWS Coaching Changes f &J set many pool preparation for the team’s upcoming meet on Saturday, February l s ' at Grove City College. The team will also be working hard to improve its skills for its upcoming in vitational in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Feb. 8. “The team has been able to pull it together during hard times. We are just hoping to focus as a team and help each other to be more successful in the up coming meets and invitational,” said Ward. Cooper’s philosophy of training for speed and endurance especially helped Jessica Sarver and Jess Knapp. Sarver set the record for the mile and Knapp set the record for 3000 meters. The success on the track then contin ued in the field events for the women. Pole vaulter Alison Nichols kept up with her male counterparts and also set a new record in the pole vault, clearing 9-0. The Lions head back to Fredonia this weekend for the second time in three weeks. With only five days of practice under their shoes, Behrend broke six records. Now, with three weeks of prac tice and two meets left, Cooper is look ing to shatter more records and more ECAC qualifiers. NCAA Basketball The Arizona Wildcats are the No. 1 team in college basket ball according to the latest ESPN/USA Today poll. Pitt ranks second. The Duke Blue Devils are atop the women’s poll. Duke is followed closely by Connecti cut. Both teams boast a perfect record of 16-0. Page
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