Friday, February, 11, 2005
Coach Fornari celebrates
200th career victory
-By Annie Sevin
staff writer
Women's Basketball Head
Coach Rosalyn Fornari cele
brated her 200th win last
Saturday against Penn State
Altoona. This is Fornari's 12th
season at Bchrend as head
coach; she has compiled a
record of 200 wins and 116
losses.
"A long time ago this was
one of my goals...just to get to
this point in my career where
you're winning more than los
ing and you're creating some
thing really special," said
Fornari.
She recalled that her 100th
win was six years ago at a con
ference championshi
It's time 'fer anothah'
Boston Championship!
Quarterback Tom Brady lead his team to their third Super Bowl in four years
By Chris LaFuria
sports commentary
Upon the completion of two gruesome seasons
in two different professional sports, Chowda
Heads finally have something to rub in the faces
of the rest of the country. After the city's dia
mond demons overtook the hated Yanks and the
rest of Major League Baseball, Bostonians
began to celebrate a successful year. When the
New England Patriots topped the Eagles in
Super Bowl XXXIX, people started to wonder
how powerful the city actually is.
The most recent madness transpired Sunday
when the Patriots won their third Super Bowl in
four years as they slipped past the Philadelphia
Eagles by a score of 24-21. The Pats matched
the Steelers of the seventies and the Cowboys of
the nineties to be the only teams to win three
Super Bowls in one decade.
Led by an efficient quarterback performance
by Tom Brady, a reception-record-setting dis
play by Super Bowl MVP Deion Branch and a
defense that forced four turnovers, the dynastic
Pats brought the Vince Lombardi trophy back to
Boston. Furthermore, it solidified the Patriots as
the first dynasty of the twenty-first century and
of the salary cap era.
While the staff of the Eagles spent two weeks
planning to stop the schemes of New England's
offense and defense, the Pats spent the last few
weeks commencing the end of a staff of genius
es. Much of the methods for the Patriots mad
ness came from offensive genius Charlie Wies
who is set to depart for a new coaching job at the
University of Notre Dame. Defensive coordina
tor Romeo Crennel has just accepted the posi
tion as Cleveland Browns head coach. This all
leads to the question of whether or not a fourth
championship is feasible.
In Sunday's win, the Pats relied on their cus
tomary approach of defensive twists and offen
sive wizardry. With a healthy core of lineback
ers and a strong secondary, the Pats took advan-
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"That was my sixth year and
now six years later I get my
200th win, oddly enough, and
hopefully maybe there'll be
some significance to it,"
Fornari said.
"I think that, for me, if we
had a 20-win season it would
be a lot more important to me
than a 200th win," she said as
she explained that as a coach it
is slightly awkward to be rec
ognized for this accomplish
ment because she has tried not
to promote individual recogni
tion.
Fornari says that she's
always being challenged and
that helps her to keep going and
improve herself as a coach.
"It's a long season ...coaching
ame. basketball covers the whole
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year...that's for the players too.
but mostly coaching you're
always recruiting, you're just
always busy..." she says.
Fornari credits the experi
ence with her players as high
lights in her career. "We travel
a lot as a group [and)... the
players...get you through the
bad times and they create so
many good memories," said
Fornari.
She say that celebrating her
200th win is a nice milestone
and she hopes to have more at
Behrend.
"I would like to get to my
300th [win] it would be inter
esting to do that and hopefully
it won't take me six years to do
it," said Fornari.
tage of each of the four turnovers that the Eagles
committed. Bill Belichick credits the win to the
containment of Donovan McNabb who posed
danger for the Pats "D."
"We just felt like we had to pressure McNabb.
You watch them on tape, and there are times he
just sits back there in the pocket, patting the
football and waiting for a receiver to come open.
We weren't going to let that happen. We want
ed our best rush people on the field and we got
that with the defense we used," Belichick said.
Now the only thing left for the Patriots to
worry about is maintaining the most complete
roster in football. With David Patten, David
Givens and Adam Vinatieri being free agents,
rumors of Tom Brady looking for a home else
where, and teams in the hunt to revamp their
lineups, Pats player can succumb to a deal lead
ing away from Bean Town. Sustaining the cur
rent roster may be the key to another successful
season.
Whether you watched the game to witness a
battle of best quality teams in the NFL, to enjoy
a timeless classic such as Paul McCartney per
form such hits as "Baby You Can Drive My Car"
and "Hey Jude" or if you just thought that the
chimp sticking the Whoopie Cushion on the
guys chair was simply hilarious, everybody
appreciated the Super Bowl. A defensive battle
and an immense offensive exertion made the
game itself one of the most evenly matched and
competitive games of the century.
It also gives Bostonians bragging rights over
the rest of the country. If the jittery and strug
gling Celtics can stay atop the Atlantic Eastern
Division, a Triple Crown may be in store for the
city. Additionally, if the Bruins of the NHL can
maintain their...oops...sorry, I forgot.
Anyway, it's been one hell of a year for Bean
Town. Conquering the present day sports'
world, filled with million dollar contracts, sign
ing bonuses and players following the mega
bucks, is almost impossible. Hats off to Boston.
POPT
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Head Coach Rosalyn Fornarie celebrated her 200th win last Saturday.
Track teams on record breaking pace
With three meets down, the men's and women's
track team has managed to accomplish more than
expected. This weekend at the Mount Union
Invitational, the team broke seven Behrend records
and had seven members qualify for ECAC's.
"This is definitely the best start ever for a Behrend
team, and we expect to get better through the indoor
season right through outdoors," said Head Coach
Dave Cooper. Both the men's and women's
team finished fifth of seven teams.
The men's team broke two records. Senior Isiah
Meek broke the record with 7.84 in 55m hurdles
along with senior Shane Rock breaking the triple
jump record jumping 44'2.75".
The women's team produced five new Behrend
records. Freshman Becky Gonzalez broke the 55m
hurdles record with a time of 8.915. Freshman Leisl
Soergel set the 500 m record at 1:23.00, junior Staci
Banaszek took the triple jump record to 36'
_". The
4x160 relay team of Gonzalez, freshman Erica
Smith, junior Nicole Mineweaser and Banaszek set
a new record of I :30.30, while the 4x400 team of
Smith, Mineweaser, senior Claire Manelick and
Soergel set its record at 4:22.50.
"We were really excited about setting the record,"
KRT Campus
Behrend Beacon: What are your plans for after
graduation?
Nick Paris: I will be moving back to New
Castle, PA where I will be working as a Quality
Control Manager at International Plastics
Equipment Corporation.
BB: What will you miss most about Behrend?
NP: I will miss the bonds and friendships I made
with my teammates and roommates.
BB: What is your favorite memory from your
sport?
NP: My favorite basketball memory is making it
to the NCAA Division 111 tournament. The
atmosphere in the gym was amazing and the
feeling I got from participating in that game was
a dream come true and will last a life time.
BB: What is your most embarrassing moment or
funniest memory?
NP: My funniest moment was when our team
was swimming around like dolphins in the
Mediterranean Sea during our basketball trip to
Spain.
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By Amy Frizzell
managing editor
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT
Nick Paris
Basketball
said Mineweaser of the team's 4x4()0 relay record.
"It's been a goal we've been trying to work tbr and
our hard work has finally paid off."
Along with the team's great success comes the
ambition and stress to keep it going. Due to lack of
suitable indoor training facilities, the team has been
training outside even in harsh weather conditions.
"It's one thing to have running related injuries,
but to have athletes hurt from slipping on ice is a bit
much," said Cooper.
Despite injuries and dampened workouts, the
team has managed to qualify seven athletes for
ECACs on March 4 and 5. Both Meek and
Gonzalez qualified in the 55m hurdles, along with
Banaszek in the triple and long jump. Soergel qual
ified in the 500 m. Finally, Rock and sophomore Jon
McKinney qualified in the triple jump.
"Everyone is doing a great job. So many people
are doing so well early in the season that there's a lot
to look forward too," said junior Dennis Scheuer.
Both teams will take two weeks off before return
ing to Mount Union for its next meet Feb. 26.
"I think this will be a good break. The injured
will get a chance to get healthy and we'll get more
practice in," said Scheuer.
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Behrend Beacon: What are your plans for after
graduation?
Bambi Lewis: After graduation I plan on getting
a job doing social work or working with chil
dren.
BB: What will you miss most about Rehrend?
BL: I will miss my five friends, my roomies,
family fun time, the hoop squads and all the fun
times we had together.
BB: What is your favorite memory from your
sport?
BL: Winning the AMCC tournament last year,
going to NCAA's and traveling to Italy this past
summer with my BFFS.
BB: What is your most embarrassing moment
or funniest memory?
BL: My most embarrassing/funniest moment
was getting hit in the head with a basketball at
practice, you all know what I'm talking about!!!
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"A long time
ago this was
one of my
goals... just to
get to this
point in my
career where
you're win-
ning more
than losing
and you're
creating some
thing really
special."
Bambi Lewis
Basketball
- Coach Fornari