Kevin Fiorenzo & Amy Frizzell
Sports Editors
On Deck
Behrend
Athletic
vents
Saturday
Men's Soccer @ AMCC
Championships
TBD
Friday.
Men's & Women's Swimming
& Diving @ Fredonia State
5 p.m.
Club
Schedule
Saturday
Men's Hockey vs.
California University of PA
8:15 p.m.
Sunday
Men's Hockey vs.
Carnegie Mellon
7:45 p.m.
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Schedule
Men's & Women's 3 vs. 3
Basketball
Games begin Nov. 16
Men's, Women's & COED 5
vs. 5 Basketball
Entries due Dec. 12
Water polo ends season
Team hopeful for next year and
In the eyes of head coach Joe Tristan, the men's water polo team
graduated this season—from middle school, that is.
"From day one till now, we have gone from first grade to high
school," said Tristan.
As a first year head coach of the Lions, Tristan was faced with the
daunting task of rebuilding a program from the ground up. The team
only had one senior (Dario Kis) and over half the roster consisted of
incoming freshman.
The players had to learn on the clock, as Tristan continued to teach
them the basics of the sport in season. Toward the end of the season,
the players had grasped the basics and began to play the sport at a
more advanced level.
"It takes about three to four years to rebuild a program. As these
guys return next year and the new recruits come in, these guys are
going to know what we are working on," said Tristan. "The new
recruits will then learn from them and then we can start pushing
things forward much quicker."
The team concluded its season last weekend at the CWPA
tournament, where it placed eleventh overall.
As expected, the team faced Grove City in a crossover game. The
by Adam Massaro
staff writer
Hockey team
ooks to improve
The hockey team hopes to improve in it's up coming games against California Univ. of
Pennsylvania and Carnegie Mellon this week. The team's current record is 1-3.
by Greg Smith
contributing writer
Coming off its first win of the season a week
earlier, the Behrend men's club hockey team suf
fered two tough losses this past weekend.
On Saturday, the Lions came out strong in the
first period against Pittsburgh's Division 111 team,
but played a poor second period and lost the game
5-1. Junior James Wyble scored Behrend's only
goal, and goalie John Stull made 25 saves on 30
shots.
On Sunday, Behrend again came out strong,
dominating the first period against Edinboro. But
once again, the men faltered in the second, allow
ing five goals on their way to an 8-3 loss. Wyble,
John Romanelli and Josh Smith each tallied for
Behrend in the loss.
"We played six periods of hockey this weekend
and just had two really bad periods, the second pe
riod in both games," said senior captain and center
Mike Fritts.
"We dominated Edinboro in the first period and
just blew it in the second," said Wyble of the team's
mid-game troubles.
The Lions, whose record fell to 1-1 in the Col
lege Hockey East North Division and 1-3 overall,
are now looking forward to this weekend's games.
On Saturday, they'll face off against California
Lions stood within striking distance, trailing the Wolverines 3-1 after
the first quarter and 5-3 after the second.
"Our six on five was probably the biggest thing throughout the
tournament. Against Grove City we drew five ejections and only
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University of Pennsylvania at the JMC Arena at 8:15
PM. Cal and Behrend were both provisional mem
bers of College Hockey East last year and formed a
bit of a rivalry as they split the season series 2-2.
"The Cal game is going to be close," said Coach
Dan Fritts. "They didn't lose too many players from
last year, but 1 feel we're a bit stronger than we
were last season."
Mike Fritts said, "Cal is a pretty hard-hitting team,
they have speed and they move the puck well.
They're a well rounded team and I'm expecting a
good game."
While the Fritts brothers were a little more can
did about the game, Wyble offered his own predic
tion, saying confidently that, "if we come out strong
in the first period and stay tough throughout the
game, I have a good feeling we're going to destroy
these guys."
The Lions are pitted against Carnegie-Mellon for
Sunday's 7:45 p.m. game at the Mercyhurst Ice
Arena. This will be the first meeting between the
two teams and Behrend is unsure of what to ex
pect. Coach Fritts has been monitoring Carnegie-
Mellon's results so far, and he thinks that this is a
team that the Lions should be able to defeat.
If the Behrend men can shake their second pe
riod blues and put together two games of strong,
hard-hitting hockey, then they have an excellent shot
at pulling their record back up to the .500 mark.
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scored on one of them," said Tristan. "In the past, if we drew five
ejections we scored on four of them."
Grove City finally put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter,
beating the Lions 12-6. The Wolverines took advantage of timely
Lion ejections in the fourth quarter and countered with effective
scoring drives
Physical fatigue was another factor the Lions fought, as Grove City
could more effectively use reserves to keep the starters rejuvenated.
After suffering an emotional loss to Grove City, the Lions finished
the season on a high note, beating Mercyhurst 12-9 for third
consecutive time this season.
"We feel that we accomplished about as much as we could, and
that the progress is coming along well," said sophomore Brandon
Sieber. "It seems that we're going to get a lot better."
p_ With a year under their belts, the players look to the future with
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cL uj "I think were going to get a lot better for next year. We have a lot of
it people returning who are going to be used to playing together now,
and hopefully we will be getting some recruits that will bring some
new talent," said Sieber.
Kis, the only member of the team to have played since the program
began at Behrend, finished atop the career assists mark with 35. Kis
is also tied for all time career kick-outs with 41.
The Behrend Beacon
Volleyball
falls to
Altoona in
first round
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by Amy Hiles
staff writer
The volleyball team finished out its season on
Friday against Altoona in the AMCC tournament
The tournament was scheduled for Friday and
Saturday; however, the Lady Lions took a loss of
3-1 from Altoona, ending their tournament a little
sooner than planned.
The Lady Lions finished the season 17-17 over
all. The women have been working and playing
hard and for the most part, they all agreed that the
season went very well.
Head Coach Kellie Diehl was unable to be at the
women's final tournament because she was unable
to travel due to her pregnancy. This was a bit of a
discouragement for the players but they still man
aged to play as a team even without her being there.
Junior Ashley Ordy said, "Our head coach
couldn't make it; however, our assistant coach took
over and he did a great job."
Sophomore outside hitter Trisha Adams said,
"Even though our head coach couldn't be there, ev
eryone still played their hearts out."
As for the tournament, even though they came
out with a loss, the girls all agreed that they played
a great game.
"It was a good game and we definitely played
our hardest," freshman middle hitter Elaine Voltz
said.
"It was tough because we had some injuries go
ing into the tournament so we didn't have some of
our starters," said Ordy. "It was a really disappoint
ing loss. The girls gave it all they had and it was
the first time in a long time that it didn't work out
for us."
The women were also disappointed because they
were unable to pull out a victory in what turned out
to be the seniors' final game.
Senior middle hitter Katie Butler said, "For the
three seniors on the team, this was our fourth year
showing up at the tournament. One of our team
goals was to capture the AMCC title, however,
making an appearance at it was something to be
proud of as well.
"We have a young team and I think that it is great
that they were all able to experience this level of
competition their first year. And even though we
didn't make it past the first round, I feel it was still
well played," she said.
Even though the season ended on a down note,
the team is optimistic about its chances next year.
Butler said, "I feel that we have many accom
plishments to be proud of throughout the season;
we rounded out the season with a winning record.
I feel that the program will make strides next year
because of the talent that will be returning and I
wish them the best of luck next year."
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