BEACON SPORTS Question and answer session with head coach Roz Fonari By Keith Golembiewski staff writer krgso2lo psu.edu Keith Golembiewski: How has the Women's basket ball team been doing? Roz Fonari: We are finding our way at the moment. The younger players are beginning to understand what it takes to win. KG: What are your thoughts of this current season? RF: We are working hard to get better. If we contin ue to get better we have a good chance of reaching our goals. We are never satisfied and you'd see that by how we compete on the floor. Whether it is the beginning of the game or the end, we have the same Intensity, regardless of score. KG: What is the current record held by the team'' RF: 6-6 KG: What is different about this year's team? RF: Youth. We are young. We are more talented Jan. 20, Women's Basketball Jan. 20, Men's Basketball Jan. 21, Indoor Track Field Jan. 21, Swimming and Diving Jan. 21, Women's Basketball @La Roche Jan. 21, Men's Basketball @ La Roche Jan. 24, Women's Basketball Hilbert Jan. 24, Men's Basketball Hilbert Jan. 25, Swimming and Diving @ W&J Jan. 27, Women's Basketball Frostburg Jan. 27, Men's Basketball Frostburg Jan. 27, Swimming and Diving Grove City Jan. 28, Indoor Track and Field @ Case Western Jan. 28, Women's Basketball Pitt-Greensburg Jan. 28, Men's Basketball Pitt-Greensburg Jan. 31, Women's Basketball Medaille Jan. 31, Men's Basketball Medaille Students plannin to graduate spring 2006 lir MUST declare an intent to graduate by January 23, 2006 on eLion if they want to reserve commencement. January Sports Schedule tickets for guests at than others expected, and we are going to make some noise in the next month and a half. KG: What will the women's team do differently this year than in previous years? RF: We have a similar work ethic and are doing everything the right way. We are working to win a championship. KG: What players are making the difference? RF: We have a lot of them, actually. We have return ing players doing a great job leading and many rookies stepping up to fill needed roles. We are a good "TEAM." I couldn't ask for a better group of people. KG: How do you encourage and push players to the next level? RF: I am tough on my players. I ask them to be con sistent, to give their best, and to get on one another to give more. It is not easy to have a balance between being too hard on them and too soft. This is a crucial time for us to get better. We have a lot of work still to do. I push them because they have the @ Lake Erie @ Lake Erie @ Slippery Rock Invitational @ Penn State Altoona, Frostburg talent to reach the goals they set out to achieve KG: What things haven't you expected from the team that the players have done? RF: I like our balance. It isn't an individual effort that I am impressed with but how the individual efforts are blending together to make a difference. We are a solid team on and off the floor. I will say that we achieved a 3.24 (GPA) as a team and although I expect us to do well, I am impressed with what they accomplish in the classroom. KG: Do you have any personal opinions about the Behrend team? RF: This team has been one of the best to work with. They listen, they are respectful, they want more, they work hard daily. I want them to win for them. They are a very deserving group. There are few peo ple who expected us to be talented this year. I am proud of how this group is coming together. We have won our last 3 of 4 games and I am excited to see how we finish. We have a ways to go still. Sports Trivia 101 Pittsburgh Penguins Center Sidney Crosby is one of the top 20 goal-scorers in the NHL this year. If he can finish this season by winning the scoring title, at 18 years old, he will be the youngest player in NHL history to win the goal-scoring title. Who is the youngest player in NHL history to win or have a share of the goal-scoring title? Last Week's Answer: Pat Riley (Miami Heat) Correctly answered by Scott McHenry The answer will be posted in next week's Beacon issue. Email your answers to cslsoos@psu.edu. The first person to answer correctly will have their name printed next week. Good Luck! p.m. p.m. P.M. * NAME: SPORT: CLASS: DATE: Anthony Stow (Biradailham, harainningham Seaholm) h bees zonal the Rout* and Pond Services Athlete of the WeeL The sophomore led the Blue and White with's** ele;mittiplateinst'lelt Edinboro last weelL Spoto wan th e me w s 50.y eti i friestyli iiptagt . Mi. Ultigiit 1 time of 23.49. He completed the w<teltead by pingtirst'ili both the tem* freestyle and 100-yard breaststroke event with times - -of 2384 and 1.11 37 y 4 ' and Lion s the Fro Bel"ldstimglLi°Bll' next is SaturdaY' 4'41. ' 2l at ftnil , . 4 ,: tate, . /s ! ,t9(" H . :: :1 • •• Y • ' . Housing and. Food Sauk's ,A of of the Wsek is se b y the Sposts„, • - USING AND FOOD SERV! ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Anthony SP: 4O Men's Swinnning sops Ism 16,2006 The Behrend Beacon I 8 Friday, January 20, 2006 Sophomore guard Julia Andrus looks for action as she scopes out the floor in a Lions' game.
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