Kevin Fiorenzo & Amy Frizzell,
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On Deck
Behrend
Athletic
Events
Saturday
Men's and Women's Indoor
Track & Field @
Case Western Reserve
9 a.m.
Women's Basketball @
Penn State Altoona
2 p.m.
Men's Basketball @
Penn State Altoona
4 p.m.
Wednesday
Women's Basketball vs. Pitt-
Bradford (TV GAME)
6 p.m.
Men's Basketball vs. Pitt-
Bradford (TV GAME)
8 p.m.
Friday
Men's and Women's Indoor
Track & Field
@ SUNY-Fredonia
9 a.m.
Intramural
Schedule
Men's, Women's and COED
Ping Pong
Play begins Feb. 9
Men's and Women's
Arena Football
Entry Deadline Feb. 6
Club
Schedule
Men's Hockey @.
Case Western Reserve
8:30 p.m.
Housing & Food Service
Athlete
of the
Week Jessica Knapp
en's basketball team maintains
unbeaten conference recor
by Ray Immekus
staff writer
The men's basketball team extended their win
ning streak to nine games with wins over Oberlin,
Pitt-Greensburg and an overtime victory against
Laßoche last week.
"We come in every day working really hard and
no matter how many games we win, we'll always
be at a high working level. We never slow down or
slack off. We're always at a fast pace," said fresh
men center John Katsiadas.
Senior center James Curren was named to the
AMCC's Best of the Rest list after recording 19
points and 11 rebounds in the overtime win over
Laßoche.
He followed that game up with a 16-point, seven
assist, five-rebound performance versus Oberlin.
With the win over Laßoche, the Lions are now
2-0 in overtime games this season. The first win
came against Goucher College in the Behrend Tour
nament Championship.
Katsiadas said,"No matter what kind of situation
we're in, whether it's a close game or a blowout,
we're always supporting the team no matter what."
Junior guard Tom Lulich had 16 points and four
rebounds and senior forward Casey Ponsoll added
13 points and four boards. Behrend managed only
25 . oints in the second half blowin I a 12 I oint
Men and women swimmers
race through competition
by Samantha Cibula
contributing writer
Last Friday the Behrend swimmers saw a spark
as they raced through the water against Penn State
Altoona and Frostburg State University in a double
dual meet. The men and women both beat Penn
State Altoona. The men won 39-33 while the
women posted a 53-42 victory.
The victory for the women jolted a spark as they
posted the third season win, which is the most wins
for the women's swim team.
"Three wins might not seem like many, but we
are swimming
against teams
who have es
tablished pro
grams," said
head coach
Jen Slack.
"This win
shows an ac
complishment
for the team
and the pro-
gram."
Freshman
Whitney
Marshall led
the way for the
ladies with
two individual
wins.
Marshall won
the 200 yd
freestyle and
the 100 yd but
terfly.
Senior cap
tain Sarah
McGarvey also had a sound meet, swimming her
best times in the 100 yd freestyle and the 50 yd
freestyle.
Carrie Smock and Whitney Marshall have been key
parts this year of the women's swimming team
"We had many top season swims at the meet,"
said Slack. "The times showed that good things
are coming for the Grove City invitational."
The guys swam strong under the leadership of
junior captain Eric Phillips, who won the 200 yd
IM and 200 yd breaststroke and was part of the win
ning 200 yd medley relay. Following his lead with
two individual wins was sophomore Steve
Schleicher and freshman Brandon Thiel.
"We are all feeling a little tired in the water but
are swimming good times," said Phillips. "This just
reinforces to us that our hard work will be paying
off."
SPORTS
Friday, January 30, 2004
five boards in Wednesday's win over Pitt-
Greensburg.
halftime lead. However, they finished strong in
overtime to secure the victory.
Following the Laßoche game, the Lions re-
Schleicher captured first in the 500 yd freestyle
and 1,000 yd freestyle while swimming best times.
Captain Joe Deely had an outstanding perfor
mance in the 100 yd butterfly.
"I swam a very good time in the fly but my body
felt like crap while I was swimming," said Deely.
"It's weird to be swimming fast but not feeling fresh
in the water. I think the whole team is excited to
see how we do when are bodies are rested."
Frostburg beat the men and women but brought
heat to the pool as they pushed the Behrend swim
mers in close competition. The men lost 77-28 and
the women were defeated 62-45.
divers who tal
lied a combination of 22 points. Currently Behrend
has one female diver, but she is not ready to com-
"Not having a diver really hurts us since swim
ming and diving are scored together," said fresh
man Alexis Puhala. "If we would have divers a lot
of our meets could have turned out differently for
us because we could have earned more points."
Hypothetically, if Frostburg didn't have divers
the Behrend women would have won by three
points.
The women and men hope to improve their
records when they take on Nazareth this Friday. The
team will also be honoring seniors McGarvey, Tara
Braden and Carrie Smock as they compete for the
last time in their home pool.
SPORT: WOMEN'S TRACK
AND FIELD
CLASS: SENIOR
DATE: JAN. 26, 2004
IN THE SEASON OPENER
OF INDOOR TRACK AND
FIELD AT SLIPPERY ROCK
BROKE HER OWN PREVI
OUS RECORD FOR THE
3000 METER RUN. SHE
SET THE NEW SCHOOL
Five Lions scored in double figures, and the team
shot 55.8 percent from the field for the game. Se
nior forward Casey Ponsoll led the team in scoring
with 26, Curren and Lulich had 17 and 16 points
respectively, senior forward David Hairston added
12 points and seven rebounds and junior forward
Jared Clough had 10 points and five rebounds.
The Lions next travel to Penn State Altoona on
Saturday, and then host Pitt-Bradford on Feb. 4,
for a televised conference match-up.
Hockey team
skates past
Altoona
Penn State Behrend's men's club hockey team
competed in its first tournament of the season
against Penn State Altoona at Galactic Ice Arena in
Altoona on Saturday.
Behrend skated hard during all three periods, kept
the pressure and level of play up the entire game
and managed a strong win of 2-1.
The first goal was from DJ Craven and was as
sisted by Brad Rzepecki and Mike Fritts. The sec
ond goal was scored by Josh Smith with an assist
from Josh Grumski.
"It was great to
see some head to
head competi
tion," said Slack.
Phillips had
two close races
with Frostburg's
Ben Marrapodi
being just out
touched in both.
Marrapodi beat
Phillips in the
200 yd breast
stroke and 200
yd IM. Phillips
was beat in the
IM by .38 sec
onds and by .40
seconds in the
breaststroke.
entire game," said Fritts.
Craven managed to finish out the game even
though in the third period, he was slashed and lost
the end of his pinky finger.
"I was going to shoot at the net and I was slashed
and when I took off my glove, I saw bone," Craven
said.
Goalie Jon Stull played a great game with a total
of 24 shots and 23 saves on goal.
"Our goalie played very well behind us and he
definitely came through for us," said Fritts.
"Overall, I am proud of the team and how well
we all played."
"We knew we had the ability to beat them and if
we played hard we could win the game" said Cra
ven.
The women,
lacking adiver,
fell short to
Frostburg.
Frostburg had
Behrend was not fortunate enough to come out
with a win against Penn State West in the second
game of the tournament. The game against Penn
State West was at the Galactic Ice Center on Sun
day.
two women
Tim McGill had the first goal for Behrend with
an assist from John Romanelli and Joe Persang had
the second goal.
Stull started the game, but Zach Marapese was
sent in for a part of the game. Stull returned shortly
to his place between the pipes.
The Behrend players did not come into the game
with their heads up as they were tired from the night
before, but they gave it a good effort.
When they did start to pick it up. it was a little
too late as the game was already slipping out of
their hands and heading downhill.
"Overall we had a good tournament," said Cra
ven. "Sunday's game wasn't what we had planned
but we had a good run at it. We came as a team and
played like one."
The Behrend Beacon
mained undefeated at home this season with a 61-
41 win over Oberlin College on Monday. Behrend
controlled the game from beginning to end, shoot
ing 46.9 percent from the field, including 47.1 per
cent from three point range. The Lions defense al
lowed Oberlin to connect on only 32 percent of their
shots.
Junior guard Joe Lucas had 14 points and two
rebounds in only 14 minutes of play, and Lulich
pitched in with eight points, five boards and five
assists. Oberlin was lead by Chris Ikpoh with nine
points, 11 rebounds and three assists.
On Monday night, the Lions concluded their un
defeated week with an 81-66 conference victory at
Pitt-Greensburg. Behrend actually trailed by a
point, 31-30, at halftime, but in the second half the
Lions came alive, scoring 51 points to secure the
conference win.
by Amy Hiles
contributing writer
"The freshmen were really strong throughout the
RECORD WITH A TIME OF
10:48.30 TAKING FIRST
PLACE IN THE EVENT.
KNAPP'S OLD RECORD
WAS 10:59.30 WHICH
SHE SET IN 2003
NEXT UP FOR THE BLUE
AND WHITE WILL BE THE
CASE WESTERN RESERVE
SPARTAN RELAYS ON
SATURDAY AT 9 A.M.
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