Sara Kamber and Laura Spencer
intramural page editors
5 vs. 5 Basketball
Recreational Champs
Women's League Champs
Senior Spotlight
Dave Masilunas
"My favorite moment was this past fall when
we (Wet N Wild) played T&A in the champion
ships. I really enjoyed that game because the
girls played great, and it was so much fun. It
was a close game and during the second half
T&A was trying to run the ball back and either
try to tie it up or come ahead, and I intercepted
the ball, and ran it back down the field for a
touchdown and ended the game. It's definitely
one of my top moments during intramurals."
Masilunas, far right, has been an integral part of each
of his flag footballteams, in addition to the numerous
other intramural sports.
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Straub's
Friday, February 27, 2004
As the weather heats up,
so does the competition
Some people may think intramurals is a care-free,
easy-going extracurricular activity meant to relieve
stress and build friendships; those people obviously
have not participated in the cut-throat, die hard compe
tition that has become Behrend intramurals.
With the "no guts, no glory," attitude most teams and
players have taken, the intramural fields and courts have
become somewhat of a war zone at times. Where does
this heated battle stem from? The coveted point sys
tem race, where only one team takes the gold, or the T
shirt rather, after a year's worth of hard work.
This year the top contenders in the men's race are
T&A and Fockers, who have joined forces with Straub's
to become a force to be reckoned with. When T&A
entered into the point system, this continued the his
toric battle between the top two ranking teams in the
point standings.
Focker's team member Adam Hovanec said, "T&A
have not impressed me, they don't win any of the ath
letic sports, only the sports that I would consider a hobby
or a 'gym rat' sport. They get their points from their
numbers, not from their athletic ability."
When Scott Cleavland from T&A was asked about
the rivalry between Fockers and his team he said, "We
invite competition. It motivates me to do better, but I
think there are too many emotions when it should be
more fun."
Not only are the men dueling for the No. I spot, but
the Focker's have passed on their competitive spirits to
their good friends of the Wet N Wild team who want to
carry the competitive nature of the point system onto
the women's side.
At times is has become an ugly battle as some par
ticipants have been assaulted during the activities.
"Let's settle down, girls," intern Michelle Hermsdorf
found herself warning the girls of T&A and Wet N Wild
this past Sunday in a heated pingpong match.
The coed competion is another opportunity to gain
bragging rights. The men and women combine forces
to prove who has the all-around best team. It will be
neck and neck for all of the divisions to gain their re
maining points with only five events left to go this sea-
Point System Standings
Fraternity
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Sigma Tau Gamma
Kappa Delta Rho
Delta Chi
Independent
T&A
Juice
Fockers
Bad News Behrends
Super Delta Five
Straub's
Gladihators
Skins
Men's Residence Halls
Perry
Ohio
Almy
Lawrence
Niagara
Women's
Wet N Wild
T&A
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Theta Phi Alpha
Coed
Wet N Wild
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Coed Champs
Anderson and Welsch defend Title
During last Sunday's ping pong playoffs, Chrissy
Anderson and Chris Welsch defended their title as
Coed Champs for the second year in a row. The
championship game came down to teammates Laura
Spencer and Dave Masilunas who tried to break their
winning streak but were unsuccesful in the third
round.
"Anderson and Welsch were tough competitors,"
said Spencer. "It was enjoyable to play against them;
they both had really positive attitudes. But look out
for next year because we won't let them be three
time champs!"
Also taking home the champions t-shirt were Andy
Laver and Jeff Pasilla for men's doubles, Bill
Pikoulas in men's singles, Stacey Mosier in women's
singles, and Somer Stankey and Laura Spencer in
women's doubles.
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"My favorite moment happened during my
sophomore year. It was during the champi
onship game of coed softball. Our team was
down by 10 or more runs to Bare-End's Best.
They thought they had the game locked
away, but little did they know Crack's Ad
dicts would come back the way we did. In
the bottom of the seventh inning, our team
rallies and wins. I cleared the bases with a
grand slam that went into the sand pit. It
was glorious."
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Packer, with billiards partner Silas Kotsopodis, has been
an active participant in intramurals since her freshman
Senior Spotlight
Lauren Packer
The Behrend Beacon
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