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Women’s soccer
Behrend vs. Thiel 4:00 p.m
Sept. 18
Men’s and women’s
cross country
Behrend Invitational w.oo a.m.
Women’s Tennis
Behrend vs. John Carroll i .00 p.m.
Men’s soccer
Behrend vs. W&J i.oop.m.
Women’s volleyball
Behrend at Richard Stockton tournament
Women’s tennis
Berhend vs. Penn State Altoona i .00 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s golf
Behrend at Pitt Bradford i.oop.m.
Sept, 20
Women’s tennis
Behrend at Fredonia 3.00 p.m.
Sept. 21
Women’s tennis
Behrend at Hiram 3:00p.m.
Women’s soccer
Behrend at Allegheny 4. 00 p.m
Men’s and women’s golf
Behrend at La Roche 10. 00 a.m.
Men’s socccer
Behrend at Grove City 4. 00p.m.
Men’s water polo
Behrend at Mercyhurst 7.00p.m.
Women’s volleyball
Behrend at Daemon 7.00 p.m.
NAME: Elaine Voltz
SPORT: Volleyball
CLASS: Sophomore
DATE: September 13, 2004
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SPORTS
Men’s soccer finds its groove
By Colleen Applebaugh
staff writer
The defending men’s soccer AMCC cham
pions were victorious over Fredonia 1-0
Tuesday. This is the first victory over
Fredonia in Behrend men’s soccer history.
Spencer Frank, a freshman forward put one
past Fredonia's keeper to secure the win.
“Spencer’s goal was sick, right over the
keep’s head," said sophomore goalkeeper
Matt Zimsak. “We just played brilliant, we
finally came together as a team.”
Thanks to the recent win, men’s soccer is
back on track for the AMCC championship.
taking over the close match. The Lions went on to defeat Bethany and improve their tourna
ment record to 3-1.
Pisano and Vensel take team in new direction
By Emily Hannah
staff writer
The Behrend volleyball team placed third at
their invitational held Sept. 10 and Sept. 11, in
which eight different teams participated includ
ing Behrend Other teams that competed were
Geneva, Pitt-Bradford, Meadville, Bethany,
Fredonia State, Shenandoah, and D’Youville.
Geneva placed first with a 4-0 record and
Fredonia placed second with a 3-1 record.
The two top performers overall during the
tournament were Elaine Voltz and Ashley Ordy,
the team captain. Ordy is a senior defensive
specialist while Voltz is a sophomore middle
hitter for the team. Voltz was named to the All-
Tournament team, and received AMCC volley
ball player of the week honors.
Including these two players, the other start
ers for the Lions are Amanda Evans, Lisa
Wagner, Karla Murray, Paige Payer, and
Amanda Butta.
Their only loss at the tournament was to a
much more experienced Geneva squad. Coach
Pisano said that the team was especially pleased
with getting two wins on Saturday after having
seven talented teams participate in the tourna
ment over the weekend. He also remarked that
the improvement that should stand out the most
about this team is that they have a strong focus
on their defense.
They play an intense style of defense in which
they go after every ball that comes towards them
and are always diving on the floor in an attempt
to keep the game going in their favor. He ex
plained that the fans will not see too many other
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Housing and Food Service Athlete of the Week is selected by the Sports Information Staff
“Players recognized how to win games;
we’re starting to find our game,” said head
coach Dan Perritano.
The team looked to make adjustments af
ter a two game losing streak prior to Tues
day. They accomplished just that. The men
stand first in the conference with a 3-2 record.
Frostburg is close behind with a 3-2-1 record.
In the game against Westminster, the team
was beaten again in a 0-2 loss. The game was
intensely physical, as proven by the red card
earned by sophomore forward Herbert Obeng.
The men scored a goal in the first half, but it
was revoked based on an offside call.
The team fell to Alfred last Thursday but
teams that are committed to the same effort that
they are currently committed to. That should
be the first thing that stands out when you see
the Lions represent Behrend.
Some of the team’s goals this year are to im
prove individually and as a team each day.
AMCC competition is always on the front
burner. They want to focus on outworking all
of their opponent and begin building an elite
program.
The Team also has a new addition, Gerry Vensel,
the assistant coach. She brings much talent to
the team as she has a higher level of experience
to offer the girls.
Assistant coach Vensel happens to be coach
Pisano’s aunt. She is the person who trained
him as a player, coach Pisano has been around
the sport of volleyball for a while with his aunt
being a previous coach. She and coach Pisano
have been working volleyball camps and clin
ics together since Coach Pisano had finished his
high school career.
The coaches have similar coaching philoso
phies and opinions on training athletes and both
are very competitive people. This will be one
asset that will benefit the team. Coach Pisano
said that with her addition, there was an enor
mous boost in the teams training this year.
“We are excited about the effort and improve
ment the team has displayed so far, and plan to
continue taking steps towards building an elite
program at Behrend,” said coach Pisano.
The Lions are currently 4-2 and are traveling
to Richard Stockton College in New Jersey to
participate in a tournament Saturday and Sun
day.
Athlete of the week
Elaine Voltz (Saxonburg/Knoch H.S.) was named
this week’s Beacon/Food and Housing Athlete of the
Week.
Voltz helped the blue and white to a 3-1 weekend
during the Behrend Invitational, finishing third out of
eight teams. She led the Behrend Lions in kills
throughout all four games, including a high of 26
against Bethany College. For the week, Voltz totaled
80 kills.
Next up the team will travel to Buffalo State on
Sept. 14 before heading to New Jersey for the Richard
Stockton Tournament on Sept. 18.
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Friday, September 17, 2004
the score does not justify the play.
“We have a relatively experienced team;
we’re just figuring things out,” said
Perritano.
The team strives to retain its title as the
AMCC champions. In doing so, Coach
Perritano believes that not giving up
chances and putting forth a full 90 minute
effort will guarantee their success.
Individual leaders included junior central
defenders Dan Bash and Brian Blaszczyk.
“They’re playing very strong this year,”
Perritano said.
The blue and white return to the field
against Washington and Jefferson at 1 p.m.
Saturday.
Men’s water
polo topples
Grove City
By Kyle Woodside
staff writer
Coach Joe Tristan is taking his Lions’ progress
ine week at a time. They seem to be making his
veekly evaluation more and more positive thanks to
jeat team play and a love and heart for the game.
After a respectable tournament two weekends ago
it the Navy Open, Behrend arrived for the Bucknell
nvitational pumped and ready to play.
In the first match, the Lions caught Grove City off-
guard with a 13-3 pounding. In the past, Grove City
was victorious against the blue and white with one to
three goal margins of victory. However, the Lions pre
vailed against the Wolverines for the first time in
Behrend men’s water polo history.
Behrend was in control from start to finish. After
the first quarter, the Lions were up 5-1 and never
looked back in route to victory.
The second contest of the tournament was an exhi
bition game against non-NCAA sanctioned Toronto
University. Behrend fought hard from a 6-1 deficit at
halftime but came up short, 9-5.
“We were within two goals but then errors cost us.
It was a good effort like the first game,” said Tristan.
The third match was the most anticipated for the
Lions. Long-time rival Gannon won by a score of 15-
“We felt we could have made the game a lot closer.
We defeated ourselves by making bad passes,” said
Tristan.
The fourth and final match, which was also an ex
libition game, pitted the Lions against the host,
lucknell’s “B” team. Similar to the Navy Open, the
Tons’ conditioning caught up to them by the end of
he tournament as Bucknell B managed to win, 16-
“Overall, it was a great tournament. The guys came
together and realized that their goal is to have fun
and act as a team,” said Tristan. “If we are going to
do something wrong, I hope we do it as a team.”
Andre Pranckevicius led the offense with 11 goals,
Anthony Spoto netted 8, and Vincent Brewer chipped
in with 2. Spoto leads the team with 19 goals this
season and Pranckevicius is right behind him with
18.
The team is looking forward to the return of sopho
tore Justin Ryder, last seasons leading scorer. He
dll rejoin the lineup as Behrend hopes to get even
dth Gannon at their Cameval Athletic Pavilion this
reek.
“With Justin in the water, we should enhance the
iffense a lot,” said Tristan
Behrend is also looking ahead to games against
Washington and Jefferson, Slippery Rock, and
Mercyhurst for chances to repeat the element of sur
prise that was undertaken playing Grove City dur
ing the September 11-12 tournament.
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