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Women’s soccer
ends season in
quarter-finals of
ECAC tournament
By Brian Battin
staff writer
The women’s soccer team recently con
cluded its 2004 season at the ECAC cham
pionships at John Hopkins University. The
team made the trip to Baltimore, Md. and
ended up just short of the championship
game.
The blue and white opened up the six
team tournament on Nov 10 with a 4-0 win
over AMCC rival La Roche. Advancing to
the semi finals Behrend went up against
Carnegie Mellon on Saturday Nov. 13.
However, the girls could not avenge a loss
earlier in the season to the Tartans and ended
up losing 1-0. Carnegie Mellon went on to
the finals and defeated John Hopkins for
the ECAC crown.
The Lady Lions had a very strong 2004
season. They ended up with a 14-6-1 record,
and were 8-1 in conference play. Under first
year head coach Patrick O’Driscoll, the team
made their fourth appearance in the ECAC
tournament.
As a team the girls dominated opponents
in many statistical categories. They had an
average of 3.49 goals per game and held
their opponents to 0.85 goals per game. The
ladies also out shot their opponents 24.0 to
6.5 shots per game, and had more total as
sists for the year 40 to 8.
Individually a number of players had a
great year. Junior Heather Crawford led the
team with 26 points. Junior Holly Greiner
and Ffeshman Julie Quail were right behind
her with 22 points on the year. Junior Col
leen Applebaugh saw most of the action at
goal keeper this season. Applebaugh re
corded a record of 9-4-1 and had seven shut
outs on the year.
With only two seniors graduating, and a
large junior class, the lady lions should have
another successful season next year and
should again challenge for the title.
Cross Country wraps up season at
NCAA regional meet, ends on high note
By Brooke Dodds
staff writer
This past weekend was the biggest race of the
season for the Behrend Cross Country runners. The
NCAA Division 111 Regional Championships were
held at Allegheny College in Meadville. All Divi
sion 111 teams are allowed to compete in the re
gional meet, but they are only permitted to bring
their top seven runners.
The Men’s team ran the 8K course taking 14th
place out of 41 teams and earned 441 points. This
was best ever for the Behrend men. Brad Ruffo
came in 47 ,h place with a time of 27:22. Eric Diluzio
finished 71' 1 with a time of 27:46, Diluzio made
the all-mideast region freshman team having made
the top 14 freshmen runners. Tim Schultheis fin
ished 89 ,h in 28:08, Craig Davis finished 94 lh in
28:14, Brent Beauseigneur finished in 29:09, Harry
Balwick in 29:25 and finally Andy Marshall in
29:28.
“Not only was this the best Behrend team on pa
pier, I don’t think we have ever had a team so close
and dedicated to reaching our goals. I will really
miss being on a team like this after I graduate,”
said Schultheis.
The men’s team has done better this year than
any other year in school history. The previous was
15" 1 place in 2000. The team should be even stron-
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Basketball teams 'tip-off' season
By Mike Tomko
staff writer
The Penn State Behrend men’s and
women’s basketball teams tip off their
season with the annual Tip-off Tourna
ment this weekend. The men’s team will
take on Carnegie Mellon in their first
game on Nov. 19 at 8:00 p.m. The men
are coached by Dave Niland, who is en
tering his elevnth season as the Behrend
head coach Coach Niland is entering
the season with a positive state of mind.
“I’m excited, we did graduate four
very good players, but we have a strong
core returning that I think will surprise
people.”
The first group of people that Niland
would surprise are the AMCC coaches
who picked the lions to finish third in
the pre-season coaches poll. If the lions
were to finish third, it would be the first
time in seven years they did not take the
one or two spot. Last season the Lions
took home the AMCC regular season
championship, which allowed them to
advance to the NCAA tournament. The
Lions posted a record of 22-4 and led
Division 111 in scoring defense at 52.5
points per game.
Two key players for the Lions this sea
son are senior starters and team captains
Tom Lulich and Jared Clough. Lulich
was an all-conference player at guard
leading the team in three pointers made
and Clough led the team in field goal
percentage and played hard nosed de
fense. The rest of the senior captains in
clude Joe Lucas, Nick Paris and Cam
Mascara.
“I think they will do well, they are
experienced and understand what it takes
to be successful at this level,” said Coach
Niland, “Our seniors are very close and
want to do well. They have been great
leaders to this point. They have the
chance to leave here as the most success-
ger next year returning 8 of the top 10 runners and
a very solid recruiting class being lined up to come
“Despite the injuries we endured, we still ended
up with quite a successful season. Everyone pulled
together and when one person had a bad race, some
one else would step up and take their place,” said
Beauseigneur.
The women’s team finished overall in 13th place
out of 43 teams, with 405 points on the 6K course.
This result is the second best that Behrend Women
have ever done. Last year the girl’s team finished
sixth overall which was the best in school history.
Jess Knapp took seventh place for the ladies fin
ishing with a time of 22:33, this put her with the
best ever Behrend Finish. Leslie Gentile came in
27 lh with a time of 23:42, Claire Manelick finished
105 lh in 25:26, Willa Paterson came in 113 lh place
in 25:37, Leisl Soergel Finished in 26:38 and Sara
Lucas finished in a time of 28:08.
Both Knapp and Gentile were named to the all
region team. Knapp just missed going to the NCAA
national meet by one place, she has earned NCAA
All Mid East Regional team for second year.
“I have had the most fun this year with my team
than all the years combined, we’re all incredibly
close,” said Knapp. “I was very proud to be a part
of this team and I think it has been a great year.”
Melissa Pilewski (Cranesville/Villa
Maria) was named this week’s Beacon/
Food and Housing Athlete of the Week.
Pilewski is starting off her collegiate
career on the right track setting her first
school record this weekend. She set a
new time for the 100 breaststroke at
1:13.61. The record was previously
held by Tara Braden with a time of
1:13.92
The next swim meet will be November
20 at Gannon University at 1:00 p.m.
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ful class ever. That would be a great ac-
complishment.”
However, the teams success will also
rely of the development of younger play
ers. The current Lions have 10 under
classmen players on the team.
“They (underclassmen) will have to
(step up), we have some talented ffesh
man,” said Coach Niland, “it will be a
big adjustment so we’ll see how long it
takes.”
Usually after the off-season coaches
worry about players returning in shape,
but Coach Niland put those fears out of
his mind when camp started.
“The players came back in good shape.
Many of them stayed in Erie over the
summer and worked out together.”
The X-factor of this team will continue
to be the defense. If it plays up to last
year’s level then the Lions will have no
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problem winning the AMCC conference
championship again.
“We have always been a good defen
sive team; we’ll need that to continue to
be successful,” said Coach Niland.
Head women’s basketball coach, Roz
Fomari, enters her 12 lh year of coaching
for the blue and white. Last season she
led the women to their fifth AMCC regu
lar-season AMCC championship title, an
11-1 conference record, (22-6 overall)
and later took the AMCC conference title
at home in the Junker Center. The team
also enjoyed making their third NCAA
post-season appearance in team history.
The AMCC pre-season coaches poll
chose the women’s team to repeat as the
2004-05 AMCC Champions. With the
core of their lineup returning and the
younger players gaining some valuable
experience last season, the recipe for
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success still seems just about right. The
loss of two seniors from last year’s squad
will force some key players into the spot
light.
Senior captains Amber Krumpe and
Bambi Lewis will head up the blue and
white. Krumpe missed the early half of
the 2003-2004 season due to an ACL
injury but bounced back with strong
numbers. She returns healthy this sea
son and will be an inside threat while
Lewis’s sharp three-point shooting will
help on the offensive end.
Sophomores Tenesha Aden and Brit
tany Mays lit up Behrend’s offense in
their freshman seasons. Aden led the
team with 11.9 ppg and 5.6 rpg and Mays
followed closely behind at 10.7 ppg and
5.4 rpg. Aden was named Newcomer of
the Year for her stellar performance
while Mays was named to the AMCC
all-conference team.
"There is a lot of talent in this return
ing class," said Fomari. “We are look
ing for big things from them.”
The women will play Juniata College
at 8:00 p.m. on Nov. 20. Consolation
game starts at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday with
the championship game taking place at
3:00 p.m.
New faces take over roughly half of
the team including a transfer from Divi
sion II West Virginia Wesleyan and five
freshmen. A solid group of returning
players will help guide the lions such
Junior guard Nikki Pacinelli who ranked
fourth in the league in assists and led the
team with minutes played.
“This team should be very competi
tive for us. and we are excited to play
against talent teams,” said Fornari.
The Behrend Lions start their confer
ence schedule on Dec. 3 at home against
Pitt-Greensburg. The women will play
at 6:00 p.m. with the men following at
8:00 p.m.
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