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The Behrend Beacon
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Athletic
Events
Friday
Women's Water Polo @
W&J, 8 p.m
Saturday
Baseball vs. Frostburg
(DH), 1 p.m.
Softball CO Penn State
Altoona (DH), 1 p.m.
Women's Water Polo
@ W&J
vs. Indiana, 12:30 p.m
vs. Gannon, 8 p.m
Track & Field @ Clarion
Invitational, TBA
Men's Tennis vs. Penn
State Altoona, Noon
Sunday
Women's Water Polo @
W&J vs. Mercyhurst,
1:15 p.m.
Baseball vs. Bethany (DH)
1 p.m.
Monday
Softball vs. Bethany (DH),
2:30 p.m.
Men's Tennis vs. Thiel,
3:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Baseball @ Fredonia (DH),
1 p.m.
Wednesday
Men's Tennis @ Edinboro,
3:30 p.m.
Thursday
Softball vs. Pitt-Bradford, 3
Intramurals
Schedule
Badminton
Men's, Women's, COED
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Softball drops home opener
Captain Cheryl Peterson looks to ignite the Lions' offense. Peterson
earned first team all-conference honors in 2002 as designated hitter.
by Lauren Packer
assistant sports editor
Mother Nature doesn't like to
cooperate with spring sporting
BEHREND SPORTS BRIEFS
BEHREND SPORTS SCENE
Baseball
The Lions are 11-5 overall
and lead the AMCC in
scoring. Behrend averages
over 6 runs per game.
Mitch Reckner leads the
AMCC in hitting and RBIs
Reckner's average is .490
and he has 17 RBIs.
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This past weekend in
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won all of his matches
(Ryan Deimei at both first singles
SPORT.
Friday, March 28, 2003
events, especially those in Erie
After having two away
games against Pitt-Bradford
and Pitt-Greensburg post
poned, the Lions opened up
The Lions open the AMCC
season against Penn State
Altoona on Saturday.
Behrend is third in team
ERA. The staff is allowing
4.46 runs per game.
SPORT: Tennis
CLASS: Sophomore
DATE: March 24
Ryan beimel (Cathe
dral Prep/Erie) was
named the AMCC
Player of the Week.
Softball
Scott Soltis, Sports Editor
Lauren Packer, Assistant Sports Editor
their home season on Tuesday
against Westminster.
In the first game,
Behrend sent veteran Becky
Corbin to the circle.
Westminster hit Corbin hard
and scored nine runs. The Li
ons' offense was cold and
couldn't get started. Behrend
lost 9-1.
Erika Mack put on a de
fensive clinic for Behrend at
third base. Mack knocked
down numerous grounders
and speared a couple of line
drives from Westminster.
When not at the hot
corner, Mack is behind the
plate where she feels more
comfortable.
"I've caught since I
started playing softball, so
I'm much more familiar with
catching. I didn't start play
ing third until last season, so
I put more practice in at
third," said Mack.
"At third, you never
know what's coming at you,
so you have to be prepared
for everything."
In the second game,
freshman Kim Raff kept
Westminster off balance by
using good movement with
her pitches. The Lions' bats
came alive and rallied, but they
fell short again, losing 5-4.
"Offense is such an amazing
part of softball, and as a team,
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and first doubles, help
ing the Lions to a pair
of team wins over con
ference rival Pitt-
Greensburg and non
conference opponent
Waynesburg.
Next up for the Lions
"Ryan has played well will be an away confer
for us, giving us a great ence match Saturday,
player at the number March 29 at noon,
one singles position against Penn State
helps out everyone Altoona.
we have been lacking in that
area. It's amazing what can
happen when we get a few
hits," said Corbin.
Continuing the defensive
clinic started by Mack were in
fielder Charity Marsh and out
fielder Brandy Polinick.
Shortstop Marsh fielded a
ground ball cleanly, stepped on
second, and then fired to first
for an unassisted double play.
Polinick reeled in a ball hit
deep with an over-the-shoulder
catch.
Heading into this weekend,
the Lions open their AMCC
schedule on the road against
2002 AMCC runner-up Penn
State Altoona. Behrend went
0-2 against Altoona last year.
This year, it's anybody's
game. Behrend and Altoona
are ranked near each other in
almost every category in the
AMCC. Behrend is equal with
Altoona in team batting aver
age. Corbin moved from third
to second best ERA, while
Raff shows improvement in
each start.
"Though we've had a rough
start, I still believe we have
what it takes to be very com
petitive in the AMCC," said
Corbin.
"When we play to our best
ability, we can do some amaz
ing things."
Basketball
Academic scandal caused the
else," said head coach
Jeff Barger. "Last
weekend he played with
two different partners
an still won both
matches."