Kevin Fiorenzo, Co-Sports Editor Frizzell, Co -Sports Editor Golf, AMCC runner up by Amy Frizzell sports editor This past weekend the golf team reached the "18th hole" of their season. On Saturday the men participated in the AMCC Championships held at La Roche. "We did pretty well," said freshman Josh Hull "Second or third place is what was expected." The Lions were able to meet this expectation when they placed second just after Penn State Altoona with a team score of 329. Hull led the team with a score of 79 placing him fifth overall. Fellow freshman Josh Loaney placed 11, shooting an 82. "We had a strong freshman core this year, with five freshmen on the team," said Hull when asked about the team's strength. Finishing just after Loaney was junior Anthony Pagliari, who shot an 83, walking away with 12 place. Sophomore Kevin Theimen rounded out the last of the Lions with a 17th place finish, shooting an 85. Though the team was able to meet their expectations for the AMCC Championships some members weren't so thrilled about the results of the rest of the season. "We didn't meet expectations, there were a lot of tournaments we had poor finishes in," said Hull. "We need to practice more, and get involved in more tournaments to get ready for next season." Tennis looks to avenge loss Freshman, Mindy Calvert was Behrend's only win against Westminster on Monday, at second singles by Lauren Packer editor in chief Round two of the Westminster rematch wasn't how the Lions envisioned it. In the first meeting of the two teams, Behrend won the match 5-4. The second go-around proved to be a much harder task. Still riding victories over Waynesburg, Frostburg and rival Altoona should have given the team a wave of confidence and power surge in their play. However, the wind was knocked out of the Lions sails by Westminster as they rolled on to beat Behrend 8- I . Thanks to the heroic efforts of Mindy Calvert, the Lions escaped the shutout. Calvert also saved the Lions from defeat the first time Behrend and Westminster met. "They (Westminster) had some different girls in their lineup," said head coach Jeff Barger. "They improved their lineup and we were without one of our regular players, which hurt us. But still we shouldn't win 5-4 and then lose 8-1." However, the Lions rebounded from the defeat, crushing Thiel 9-0 the following day. It was the Housing and Food Service Athlete of the Week PENNSTATE qw Erie Polo refocuses for postseason by Adam Massaro staff writer One would think that with only three regular season games left, and one win to their credit, the men's water polo team would be getting ready to pack it in for the season. However, this is not the case as the team will embark on a new prospect, the southern championships. Each team will start with a fresh slate at the championships and regular season record will only be used to determine pairings. The team will run their own rendition of the Kentucky Derby, consisting of three legs of tour naments. The team will begin with the Cross over tournament at Princeton, move to the Division 111 championships at Johns Hopkins, and con clude with the CWPA championship at Bucknell. The team is looking forward to the postseason play, after rapid improvement in recent games. "We are definitely improving a lot. I don't know where coach thinks we are, but we are definitely a lot further than a week ago," said freshman Jus tin Ryder. "In the mornings we have been swimming a lot more and at night our practices have been more intense, and we are working on a lot of different thingc " To their advantage the Lions are familiar with second time this season Behrend blanked Thiel by the same score of 9-0. With only two games left against Chatham and Penn State Altoona before AMCC Championship on Oct. 18, Calvert explains what her team needs to work on before going to Penn State Altoona for the championship. "Our second time against opponents we plan to pick up play on our doubles," Calvery said. "We are just inconsistent." "We can communicate with our doubles partners better. That would help our doubles play a lot," said Jenna Yankowski. While Behrend continues to work on its inconsistent play, the remaining two matches against Chattam and Penn State Altoona will be critical. The Lions have four players that are close to being seeded No. 1 if they win go undefeated in these final two games. "For the team, it's (obtaining No. I seeds) is important, but I think that for the individuals that can get a No. 1 seed it makes for an easier day. Each player is going to have to play four matches in that day to win," said Barger. "To be a no.l seed in your bracket gives you an easy match in your first match. Not looking past Chatham and Altoona, Barger has his team preparing in practice for the rematches. Behrend lost to Chatham 5-4, but crushed Penn State Altoona 7-2. "A couple of people were upset I thought, by the Chatham players," said Barger. "We're working on some particular things for Chatham, especially in doubles. As far as Altoona, we're not really working on anything for them. They aren't as good as a team as they've had in the past. We're really shooting to beat Chatham just to get back at them for the loss." Behrend hopes to regain the AMCC Championship crown for the first time since 2000. Penn State Altoona has won the title every year since. The Lions placed second last year, losing by only six points. "We've got a lot of talent on the team. We're really working hard on doubles because doubles is the key to winning conferences. Hopefully, we'll peak at conferences," said Christine Leininger. Danielle Bemis 1. T Friday, October 10, 2003 Men's water polo is now 1-13 this season some of the competition they will face in the tour naments after meeting those teams in regular sea son matches. Early on in the season opposing teams were able to take advantage of the Lions' youth and inexperi ence yet throughout the season the complexion of the team hac rhaneed as they have improved "It is more or less stuff we had worked on for the Runners to finish by Kevin Fiorenzo The cross country team exceeded their own ex pectations this past weekend at the Dickinson In vitational with strong performances from the men's and women's team. "We had a hard work week and a six hour road trip to Dickinson. Because of those two factors, I didn't expect us to perform at our best," said head coach Dave Cooper. "Despite that, I thought we had an excellent showing with both men and women." Overall, the men finished 10th out of 40 teams. The women ended up with an excellent result of fourth out of 36 schools. The best individual result came from junior Jes sica Knapp, who finished 11th in the 6k with a time of 23:53.18. The women's top finisher in the 4k was freshman Willa Paterson. She ended up in 20th with a time of 16:03.90. For the men, their best came from freshman Brad Ruffo. Ruffo came in forty-first in the 6k with a time of 28:02.45. Their top runner in the 6k event was junior Mike Barlett, who came in 58th with a time of 13:56.09. Sport: Volleyball Class:Senior bate: Oct. 6 Danielle Bemis (Corry/Corry High School) was named this week's Beacon/Housing and Food Athlete of the Week Bemis broke the 1,000 kills in a career mark this past week, making her the third player in school history to do so. She sports editor games and when we were trying to get down basics," said freshman Marc Walczak. "Now it is time to shine and do our best." Due to their struggles during the regular sea son, the squad will look to creep up on oppo nents, who may have played them in the regu lar season, but will not account for their late improvements. "It will act as a surprise to other teams that think 'Behrend, they are nothing.'Just give us time and they will see what's up," said Walczak. Undoubtedly, the team will be an underdog in the tournaments, but they view this stigma as negatively. "We can use being underdogs to our advan tage, because a lot of teams might take us too lightly and when we play then they won't ex pect that we are going to play as well as we do," said sophomore Brandon Sieber. With a long road ahead of them, the team hopes that with opportune victories along the way they can establish Behrend among the wa ter polo ranks. FILE PHOTO "We will defend our own, and try to make a name for ourselves. It makes us want to play tough, and give the opponent a good run for their money," said Walczak. almost line After their impressive showing at Dickinson, both teams are feeling extremely confident about their chances for success the rest of the season. "For the women, we were originally hoping to finish in the top ten at Regionals. Now that the women have been ranked sixth in the region, I think that they will be shooting for a finish as high as their ranking or better. Winning the AMCCs re mains a 'must do' goal," Cooper said. "For the men winning the AMCC is a goal that must be foremost in their minds. Frostburg edged us out at the Dickinson Invitational so we knov. what we have to do to get the AMCC title Behrend," he said. In order to reach those lofty goals, the team knows what it needs to maintain its success. Stay ing healthy and working hard is vital. Before AMCCs and Regionals, the team still has a few more meets to prepare for. "For the remaining invitationals, it is a challenge to train hard during the week and still perform well on Saturdays, but it's what we must do to be pre pared for the conference and regional meets," Coo per said. had 15 kills and 28 digs in a 3-1 win against Pitt-Bradford. For the season Bemis has 147 kills and 282 digs. The Behrend Lions were 2-0 in conference play last week, and led the conference in digs per game. Next up for the blue and white is an away game against Wash ington and Jefferson on Satur day. Page The Behrend Beacon
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