Friday, October 15, 2004
Cross Country looks
to AMCC competition
by Brook Dodds
staff writer
The Cross Country Invitational was
held at Carnegie Mellon University in
Shenley Park, which is located in Pitts
burgh. The weather was once again a
nice sunny, cool day for the blue and
white.
The men’s team finished fifth out of
16 teams that completed. The invitational
included 141 male competitors.
Brad Ruffo finished seventh with a
time of 27:07. Eric DiLuzio came in 33 rd
place at 28:19, Tim Schultheis finished
34 lh in 28:22 and Harry Balwick came in
56 th in 29:27.
Other Behrend compietitors included:
Andy Marshall, Joe Wilcher, Reuben
Smith, Brent Beauseigneur, Mike Barlett,
Brett Pollack and Rick Holzworth.
The women finished third out of 17
teams. Strong runner, Jess Knapp, took
third place out of 128 women runners.
Knapp’s time was 18:46 for the sk.
Leslie Gentile finished eighth with a
time of 19:34, Claire Manelick finished
22 nd in 20:21 and Willa Paterson finished
Men’s soccer breaks Pitt
By Colleen Applebaugb
staff writer
The blue and white defeated the Pitt-
Bradford Panthers on Tuesday in a 5-0 vic
tory. The team was scoreless going into the
half. Junior midfielder Brian Blaszczyk
found the back of the net within minutes of
the second half.
Herbert Obeng and Stan Kaweesi, both
sophomore forwards, each had a goal. Jun
ior midfielder Justin Reese and freshmen
forward Spencer Frank snuck one past
Bradford keeper Michael Ruffino.
The win Tuesday brings Behrend to a 3-
25 ,h with a time of 20:27. Leisl Soergel
and Sara Lucas also ran in the invita-
The hard practices have played a big
role in the success of the blue and white.
Coach Cooper has the men running 6-
13 miles, and the women running 5-11
each day.
Unfortunately, injuries have plagued
some of the Behrend runners. These in
juries have set the team back in some as
pect.
“It’s just a matter of working through
these injuries and getting back in the sea
son,” said Cooper.
The cross country team has been run
ning against some of the top teams in the
region at each invitational they have gone
to this year, such as Carnegie Mellon
University and Allegheny College.
So far, the Lion’s have split the con
ference with Frostburg State.
The men have the challenge of beat
ing Frostburg at the AMCC meet. The
match against Frostburg at AMCC's
makes or breaks the season.
“A top ten regional finish would add
frosting to the cake,” said Cooper.
2-1 regular season record and an B^4-1 over
all standing. They are fourth to Pitt-
Greensburg in first, Penn State Altoona in
second and Frostburg in third.
The men currently have 141 shots on goal,
17 goals, and 46 points total. Sophomore
goalkeeper Matt Zimsak has 47 saves, only
11 goals against and leads the conference in
shut outs with six.
The team lost Saturday in an intease game
against Pitt-Greensbuig. The final score was
4-2.
The game drew one of Behrend’s larger
crowds. Although the game resulted in a
loss for the men, a few fans enjoyed the game
SPOjITS
Volleyball sweeps la Roche
Improves to 3-1
By Alyssa Peconi
staff writer
During the past week, the Lady Li
ons volleyball team has stayed local,
playing five consecutive matches on
home territory. While the stands of
the Junker Center have been filled
with supportive Behrend fans, the
women’s volleyball team has im
proved their conference record to 3-1
and stands at 10-10 overall for the sea
son.
On Oct. 7, the ladies hosted
Fredonia on their home court. How
ever, the home advantage did not
prove to be lucky, as they could not
defeat their opponent. Fredonia won
in four matches, 1-3, leaving the Li
ons overall record at 9-10.
The ladies did not let this tough loss
keep them down and remained fired
up for the upcoming weekend match.
On Oct. 9, the women played their
fourth conference game this season
against La Roche College at 1 p.m.
for more than the pure pleasure of good
athletics.
“Those guys are so aggressive and tal
ented.” saidjunior Brittany Charles. “They
make soccer look so intense, but easy.”
The men have stepped up their play and
are still optimistic for the remainder of the
season
‘Til be back for more Behrend soccer
for sure; nothing could keep me away from
these guys!” said Charles.
Next up for the men is a trip to Mary
land to play Frostburg this is a huge game
for the team. The next home match will be
on Oct. 22 against Case Western Reserve
at the Behrend fields.
in AMCC
The lions won in three games, sweep
ing the competition in a very impor
tant match in 3 games.
After the match, the ladies’ impres
sive performance evened their over
all record to 10-10 and secured a cru
cial victory to improve their confer
ence record to 3-1.
The women’s head volleyball coach
Phil Pisano said that their hard work
is paying off in games against tough
competitors like La Roche and he
hopes that their effort will continue to
lead the team to victory throughout the
season.
“We are continuing to work hard ev
ery day, and are hoping to continue
gaining ground on the best teams
around,” Pisano said.
The Lady Lions upcoming sched
ule will remain pretty busy with four
matches in the next week.
On Wednesday at 7 p.m. the ladies
will conclude their home stand with a
match in the Junker against Lake Erie
College. This will be the fifth AMCC
Senior captain Christie Leinginger
has lead the team to a successful
regular season finish. She will be
looking to add to her first team all
conference honors at the AMCC’s
on Saturd
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match of the season for the lady li-
Thursday the ladies travel to Pitts
burgh to play Carlow College at 7 p.m.
Over the weekend, the women’s
team will also travel to face Pitt-
Greensburg for their AMCC match
this season. The match is scheduled
for 1 p.m. on Saturday.
The lions will get a few days off to
prepare for their next match on Tues
day at home. The ladies will face off
against Allegheny College at 7 p.m.
in the Junker Center.
At this point, the women’s volley
ball season is well under way and they
continue to improve each match. The
next few games are very important be
cause they are a huge factor in deter
mining the lady lions’ playoff future.
“How we handle the next few weeks
will have a big impact on our seeding
at the conference playoffs.” said
Pisano.
Women’s tennis
expected to win
conference
championships
The women’s tennis team completed
its regular season on Wednesday with a
9-0 win over Thiel and a 6-3 win over
Westminster on Tuesday. The lady
lions are currently 14-3 and 6-0 in the
conference.
The ladies are favored to win this
year’s conference championships and
will enter tournament holding a
number one seeds in every singles and
doubles flight. Frostburg will host
AMCC’s at Penn State Altoona on Sat