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Bolters Bring Borne AMCC CBampionship
Loaney earns runner's-up honors
By Jenna O’ Block
staff writer
The golf team just had its last match of the
season at Pine Acres Golf Course in Bradford.
Pitt-Bradford was the host of the AMCC men’s
championship.
Only five guys that played in the AMCC
championship. Josh Loaney, Josh Hull, Kevin
Grignol, Jeff Black and Tom Ohmer. Loaney
carded a 75 and tied for first place individual
medalilst.
After a sudden death playoff Loaney came
away with runner’s-up honors. Grignol recorded
an 80, Hull recorded an 82, Tom had an 85 and
Black carded an 88.
The other guys who rounded out the team are
Anthony Pagliari, Dan Whitty, David Kostanich,
Mike Rakieski, Kevin Thieman and Gary
Dilliman. All of these men contributed to the
successful season that the golf team had.
“These guys have come along way,” said as
sistant coach Bowen. “Their hard work and dedi
cation paid off in bringing home the AMCC
title.”
“It was very exciting to get a win down in
Bradford to cap of an outstanding year for
Behrend Golf,” said sophomore Josh Hull.
This year the blue and white has had one of
the most successful years in team history.
“It was also nice to get this win for our co
captains Jeff Black and Anthony Pagliri, who
will be leaving us at the end of spring semester
on such a positive note to end their athletic ca
reer, and I am proud to help them achieve their
goal of winning AMCC’s,” said Hull.
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Loaney was the runner-up at last
weekend’s AMCC Golf Championships.
Loaney and Penn State Altoona’s Kevin
Lazzarro tied during regulation with a
score of 75. Lazzarro defeated Loaney
in a sudden death match, but Loaney’s
scored aided the Behrend Lions in tak
ing their first AMCC Championship
title in the history of the program.
The men’s golf team will start up their
spring season on April 8 at the Gannon
Invitational.
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“I credit and send out my thanks to each indi
vidual on this team for making it the most suc
cessful season in Behrend golf history,” said
Black.
This year the team had six new freshmen, and
two of them have played in every match.
“This year my co-captain Black and I were
excited from day one,” said Pagliari. “We all
hung out and had a blast this year. It was the
most fun I have had within team competition.”
“My goal since I have been golfing for
Behrend has been to win the AMCC champion
ship,” said Black. “It’s a great feeling to stand
there with your best friends and be honored with
this title.”
From the perspective of the girls’ team, this
fall season was a short one for them since they
only had four girls on the team, although they
have quite a few matches planned for the spring.
“The main focus of our team was to always do
the best we could at the matches, while con
stantly working to improve our game,” said Hi
lary Neal. “We had a fun season, and we hope to
recruit a couple more girls for the spring!”
The other women who played are Shelly
Leonard and Brittany Gray. Leonard placed first
in the Pitt-Greensburg tournament reaching a
milestone and became the first woman to have a
first place finish in a golf tournament.
“I feel that the both teams had a good season
overall,” said Bowen. “Both the men and women
teams are looking forward to the spring season.”
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Jeff Black made a big contribution on the green as the Lion’s made history, contributed photo
Women's soccer eves two
By Kara Schmienmann
The women’s soccer team is making every ef
fort to win the conference title this year.
Coach Patrick O’Driscoll said, “Our record cur
rently stands at 10-2-1 and 6-0 in the AMCC. We
are playing very well. Our goal is to win the con
ference title. We have a big game against Frostburg
on Saturday; they are one of our biggest rivals in
the conference. I think we have a good enough
team to go all the way.”
On Tuesday the women had a victorious con
ference game against Pitt-Bradford.
“We did well in executing our style of play and
came out strong in the first half leading 6-0 at half
time,” said senior Carrie Smock. “We finished the
game strong with a 10-0 win over Bradford.”
The girls are more than ready to win against
Frostburg.
“After Pitt-Bradford we’re playing Frostburg,
the defending AMCC Champions,"said junior Col
leen Applebaugh. “Let me be the first one to say,
we want to conquer and destroy this team. Our
goal is to technically and physically dominate this
game. We are completely capable of traveling
down to Maryland and showing them a thing or
two about soccer.”
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“Everyone has worked so hard this year and it’s
obvious that we all want to accomplish the same
goal,“said sophomore Kara Struski. “ Our pre-sea
son was probably the hardest it’s ever been and
we have kept our conditioning up throughout the
season and will continue to do so as the season
progresses. One of our team goals is to be the fit
test team in the conference and as of right now, I
believe we are.”
The Lion’s are in the right mindset to get the
job done. They are working together and coming
out strong. Their record thus far is an impressive
one. No matter how well they are doing, the Lion’s
seem to be ready to work harder and come out
even better then before.
“As a captain, I think our success has a lot to do
with the team chemistry and the fact that we had a
lot of freshman step up and play for us,” said jun
ior Kacie Bums. “It is a key factor that the team is
so close and it is helping to strengthen the team.”
“This season has been a great success because
of our closeness on and off the field. We look for
ward to accomplishing a lot as a team this season
and seasons in the future,” said sophomore Nicole
Reges.
With the team’s combined skill and work ethic,
the Behrend women’s soccer team is headed in
the right direction.