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The Behrend Beacon
Men's basketball
maintains perfection
their undefeated record, they know that they will have to work
Senior forward David Hairston had 11 points and eight rebounds in very hard throughout the season to maintain their level of suc
the Lions' 75-67 win over Allegheny on Dec. 10. cess.
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Lady Lions open AMCC play with win over
by Rachel Lyon
staff writer
The Lady Lions have the ball in their court. Win
ning their last four games, including their first con
ference match, puts the team at a 5-3 record, head-
ing into winter break.
Tuesday night, Behrend knocked off Fredonia
after an impressive second half explosion. Last
Saturday, the Lady Lions also defeated Pitt-
Bradford in the game's closing seconds.
On Tuesday, the Lady Lions hosted the Blue
Devils of Fredonia State at the Junker Center, ral
lying in the second half for the 56-39 victory.
Behrend went into the locker room trailing 24-22
at the half. Fredonia's shooting hit a cold spell in
the second half and a tough Lady Lions' defense
held the Blue Devils to only 15 points.
Behrend exploded for 34 points in the second half,
led by freshmen Brittany Mays, who led all scorers
with 14 points and also grabbed nine rebounds, just
missing a double-double. Sophomore point guard
Nikki Pacinelli also had six of Behrend's 12 as
sists.
Despite being out-rebounded 52-35, the Lady Li
ons defense caused Fredonia to turn the ball over
31 times. Freshman Melissa Howlett led the Blue
Devils with 12 points. Tuesday's victory improves
the Lady Lions' record to 5-3, winners of four
straight games.
Earlier in the week, the Behrend Lady Lions trav
eled to Bradford to kick off AMCC ila a. ainst
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Behrend's next game was on Dec.lo against Allegheny. Once
again, the Lions started out strong in the first half, leading 37-
29 at halftime. The Gators staged a slight comeback in the
second half, but the Behrend squad still managed to win by a
comfortabre margin, 75-67.
Sophomore guard Justin Jennings said, "We haven't really
played up to our potential yet. We had an off-shooting night."
Leading the scoring for the Lions was junior forward Jared
Clough with 19 points and four rebounds. Curren also added
15 points to the team's total. The Gators' leading scorer was
Matt Magnusen with 22 points.
The Lions now rise to 6-0 overall, 1-0 in the AMCC. Behrend
is leading the AMCC in scoring defense and field goal percent
age. Individually, Curren is leading the AMCC in points (19.0)
and boards (8.0) per game. Clough is leading the conference in
field goal percentage at .714.
"We're doing a good job of taking care of the ball and de
(ense has always been one of our strong points," said Jennings.
The Behrend squad will attempt to maintain it's undefeated
record on Dec. 13 when it travels to Fredonia for an out-of
conference matchup. Then after Christmas break, the team will
travel to Daytona Beach for games against Skidmore and
Freshman guard Brittany Mays had 14 points and nine boards against Fredonia
Pitt-Bradford. Behrend withstood a Panther come
back late in the second half to hold on to a 61-56
victory. The Lady Lions never trailed until three
and half minutes to go in the second half, 51-50.
Senior guard Erica Mozdy's three pointer to make
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Whitney Marshall WOMEN'S SWIM TEAM,
Friday, December 12, 2003
The men's basketball team opened conference play on Satur
day with a win at Pitt-Bradford to maintain a 5-0 undefeated
record.
The men opened the season by winning the Behrend Tourna
ment and then got two home victories over Grove City and
Westminster. Going into their game with Pitt-Bradford they had
reason to be confident.
The Lions opened the game strongly, jumping out to a 32-19
lead at halftime, but the Panthers managed to stay in the game
throughout the second half. It wouldn't be enough, though, to
overtake the Behrend squad. The Lions came out with a 70-56
victory to stay undefeated.
Leading the way once again for Behrend was senior center
James Curren with 21 points, eight rebounds and three assists.
Also contributing was senior forward Casey Ponsoll with eight
points. The Panthers' leading scorer was Matt Rowles with 12
points.
Hartwick.
While the players are feeling confident about maintaining
"Our coach demands perfection so we're trying to maintain
that," said Jennings. " If we play our game we can't be beat."
by Kevin Fiorenzo
sports editor
it 53-51 was answered by Panther Julia Augustus
to tie the game at 53 apiece. Behrend's Brittany
Mays closed out the game for the Lady Lions by
hitting a three from the corner.
Mozdy led Behrend scorers with 14 points, fol-
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Over the weekend the men's and women's swim team participated
in the four day Wooster Invitational. The invitational proved to be a
learning experience for both men and women, with both teams placing
eighth out of nine teams.
After four days of rigorous swimming, both teams walked away
with record-breaking times and accomplishments. The women's team
had 19 top 10 times while the men's team provided nine top 10 times.
In the men's 500 m. freestyle event, freshman Brandon Thiel placed
10'h, giving the Lions 17 points and shaving 5.24 seconds off his
preliminary time. The Lions also picked up 34 points in the men's
800 yd. Freestyle relay. The lead swimmer, junior Eric Phillips, set
the pace for sophomore Steve Schleicher, freshman Dale Henry and
anchor man Thiel; together they placed 10'h with a time of 7:47.96.
As for the women, freshman Whitney Marshall, who was named
Housing and Food Services Athlete of the Week, placed 10' h in the
100 m. butterfly event, bringing home 17 points for the Lady Lions.
Freshman Alexis Puhala also placed well. She also took 10' h place
in the 1650 m. freestyle event, giving her 17 points to share.
Freshman Brittany Yost, senior Tara Braden, Marshall and
freshman Alison Jaskolski took home ninth place in the 200 yd. medly
relay with a time of 2:02.82, earning 40 points.
Next, Marshall, Puhala, freshman Cara Ludwig and Braden placed
10'h int the 800 yd. medley relay, finishing with a time of 8:53.92
and earning 34 points.
Coming home with record-breaking performances were Jaskolski
in the 50 m. freestyle with a time of 26.79 and Puhala in the 1650 m.
freestyle with a time of 19:28.72. Finally, Marshall came away with
three broken records. She swam the 200 m. freestyle in 2:05.11, the
500 m. freestyle in 5:31.83 and the 200 m. butterfly in 2:32.19.
Though many swimmers had a hard time getting and breaking
into the top, the invitational was still beneficial.
"The last day of competition really showed the biggest
improvement for the team," said head coach Jen Slack. "Which was
coming together as a team, cheering each other on and supporting
each other."
The teams will not compete again until Jan. 16 when they meet up
with Mt. Union, but they won't be slacking off.
"The chance to compete against teams and athletes who qualify
for NCAA Championships was an excellent experience for the entire
team," said Slack. "We are in good shape for the spring semester,
though was have a good month of intense training ahead of us."
Both teams will be traveling to Vero Beach, Fla. where they will
be training at the North County Recreation Center from Jan. 3 through
Jan. 11. Their purpose will be to specifically train for the rest of
their season and also to get out of Erie, have fun and bond as a team.
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by Amy Frizzell
sports editor
Pitt-Bradford
lowed by freshman forward Tenesha Aden, who
added 12 more along with five rebounds.
The conference win gives the Lady Lions a 1-0
record heading into the break. One reason for the
success thus far for the Lady Lions has been Aden.
The newcomer transferred from Edinboro Univer
sity and currently averages 12.4 points per game.
Aden attributed the four game winning streak to
teamwork.
"We're playing together," said Aden. "We were
trying to do too much individually."
Aden also pointed out the increased communi
cation between her teammates.
As for her success so far this year, Aden said,
"Honestly, I don't think I've played my absolute
best."
She said she is counting on her teammates to help
her continually improve, and hopes her individual
contribution in turn helps the team.
She also praises the Lady Lions' defensive ef
forts throughout the past week. The defense forced
31 turnovers by Fredonia State.
Before the Lady Lions head into hiatus for the
winter, the team will participate in the Winter Clas
sic, taking place Saturday and Sunday. Behrend's
first opponent will be Hilbert College, Saturday at
8 p.m. The tournament will conclude the follow
ing night. After break, the Lady Lions will resume
play Jan. 7 at the Junker Center against Hiram.
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