, The Behrend Beacon I 1( • Friday, November 9, 200 ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR Volleyball swept by Altoona in AMCC semifinals ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Behrend's season, the Lady Lions' comeback was stilled 1) . By Matt Waronker : SpOris editor cant advantage for most of the match. The defending ciiillerence .ii. mbwso2B(a psu.edu champions contained an unchtmicteristictill\ dormant Behrend _TA, ~.. ' - • • t• •• o ff ensive attack en route to the 30-23 victor. 'o:t•:••.!:t ~:;.:'• ~ ~ ..:, •.- ..1,• ,, , - •,..u. , ...1"; ••: '. In a rematch of last year's AMCC Championship, the Penn Despite the loss, a handful of pltis ers were recoginied for 'hell I: Jillit7:l V 1.. • , . State Behrend volleyball team once again got the bitter end of the efforts this season. Behrend had four players Millie(' lo the 2007 •. , :k , X„141+,.,••••'•;': . ' '. '' deal against Penn State Altoona, falling in a decisive 3-0 sweep AMCC Volleyball All-Conferencel '. eam. l'he ;ill conference . , 4'11,..'; ..:i . "l• ••• •''—''' -• 4 to the opposing Lions in the AMCC conference semifinals last team, which was announced on Nov. 4. comes tl', vet 1110111C1 . 110 , •- ..••••.•aqV:, .•.;;:. ,'.: ' . , '', . Friday evening at Frostburg State. With the victory. the Altoona hive in what Pisan() believes wits not ti lost season. :1...1••ti,:•• - :41 , •!• ' .•:, • . .' Lions. seeded third, advanced to their second straight AMCC "Right now it's easy to be disappointed. but overall we did .. ,•'°•!,l , 0 i '•l' 1: . .• : .:.t.,.'11..'.',4 •;: • . .:•••• ~ • • . final. while Behrend's season came to an abrupt finish. Although some good things." noted Pismo. ";Although we sn ore y oung. I r. , ...4,•;,1;' , W1,e, •'' .4- •• .; . . . their 8-1 conference record earned them a tie for AMCC regular refuse to use that as an excuse. We phi\ ed atc\k matches this sett .:l; -• -' ;'l,''' ... ..• . , „. ~ .. . season co-champion with Frostburg State, the Lady Lions' 18-12 son really well, but we were simpl\ ine \ perienced. and that Intl \ overall mark was not strong enough to earn the team post season have kept us from going as far as wC l\ anted to. ,Ahoy c all \\ C ~.;•:..t, : :. : .;1. .: ;;Vi. 4it 4. ''' ' ' „_ .. recognition. were able to grow as a team, and \ hopeful .that ss ill translate into •,:.:. ••••-•••• The loss to Altoona in the AMCC tournament came only six next season where we'll hope for a big contribution from our days after Behrend's last meeting upperclassmen. especially those who with the rival Lions. In that match- were selected ss ith AMCC All up Behrend had no problem contain- 44 Conference honors. - ing an explosive Altoona squad, as We played more aggressive Behrend sophomore middle hitter the Lady Lions defeated Altoona three games to one. With the win when we started to get corn- Sheila Ogden Sheila Ogden :I`, 11a111Cd to the AMCC First Team. Ogden con - ''.... • - . • under their belts and a firsthand look fortable during that stretch tributed a team-leading 315 kills and at what Altoona had to offer. led Behrend with a .270 hitting per • • NAME: Adam Cline Behrend entered last Friday's match- but the margin was just too eentage• Ogden ss as all ' lll- C(MICIC 11 " SPORT: Men's Soccer up prepared. However, as head s . ~ honorable mention in 2000. CLASS: Junior coach Phil Pisan() soon realized. b ig. Three other menthe's of the Lads being prepared is only half the battle. Lions \\ ere named AMC(' Iloilo' able DATE: Nov. 5, 2007 "We were confident that we knew — Head Coach Phil Pisano Mentions including junior Brittan\ them," said Pisano. "What we prac- Hennessy and sophomores Brooke Adam Cline (Jefferson Hills/Thomas Jefferson) has been named ticed for is what they did, and unfor- Gallentine and Cal issa Johnston. the ENTERPRISE RENT A-CAR athlete of the week for the week tunately we were very tentative. Ultimately, it didn't matter that Defensive specialist Hennessy led the team ss ith (13-1 digs, an we knew what they were going to show us because we couldn't average of over six digs per game. She is currently second all of Oct. 29, 2007. seem to stop it anyways." time in digs at Behrend with 1.772. which is just lour shy of the made ..1C all-0011.CFCI1CC team In the first game. the lead exchanged hands a number of times, career leader mark. The junior hasll II I On Saturday, the Behrend men took on the Medaille Mavericks in with both squads slow to get a consistent rhythm intact, until each of her three seasons at Behrend. Buffalo, NY for the 2007 AMCC Championships. Cline scored the Altoona eventually pulled away for the 30-28 victory. Gallentine. a setter, finished third in the :AMC( in a ssists as cr game-tying goal with only 19 seconds left in regulation to put the After the Lady Lions jumped out to an early advantage in the aging nearly 10 per game. The sophomore 111)\\ has 2,083 assists second game, Altoona was able to reclaim the lead at 8-7, and in her career, placing her third on the Behrend career leader men into overtime in the AMCC Championship game. Once i n then much to Pisano's dismay. score 17 of the next 24 points to hoard. Gallentine was selected to the all-conference team last overtime, Cline stepped up once again to score with a rocket shot go ahead 25-14. season. only three minutes into the overtime period. The Mavericks had "When Altoona jumped ahead I think we started to relax," said Johnston. an outside hitter. received her i first selection t o the not suffered a loss from an AMCC opponent in the past three years Pisano. "You play more relaxed when you're down by a signifi- all-conference team after tallying 295 kills and recording 108 cant margin, and at the same time Altoona possibly started to let digs. until the defeat by the Behrend Lions. up with such a big lead. We played more aggressive when we With only one senior member on this season's roster. Pisan() is started to get comfortable during that stretch but the margin was optimistic for next season and the strong core of play ers the team The men captured the 2007 AMCC title and will now advance to just too big." has returning. the Division 111 NCAA tournament. The men will play in the first Behrend would return to within a striking distance at 27-24. "Next season we feel we should be set to make ti significant round of the NCAA tournament later this week. Match-ups and however. shortly after Altoona would tally three straight points run." said Pisan(). "Our expectations are that we'll he plaing at game schedules will be posted on the athletics website. for a 30-24 win. this time next year. - In the third game, which would prove to be the final match of Doyou have a love for (~,,,_).NI f "*, ii" i .,, ' '4: . 7 ' ' ''- . ' i .0 i ',. i i R. i '.. N 1 ) sports? UNIVERSITY GATE APARTMENTS Areyou interested in writing? 36NEWAPARTMENTS ARE BEING ADDED TO OUR CURRENT OFF-CAMPUS STUDENT The Behrend Beacon is looking for sports writers LIVING COMMUNITY for the 2007 Fall Semester. If interested, please contact Matt Waronker at mbwso2B@psu.edu or Andy McLachlan at , asmsoo6@psu.edu. - ~ , t 1 #, , , , rpu . , . FI: : .1' C 1 .7•1 a4l 'ph, d's— ,..l.l:, .1 : , ' • N • fi ‘, l ll merioian .__. ~, it:- .•- ....„ • - ~ . . ~. .. 4..: . N i DON'T LOSE ~„ OUT ON DOWNTOWN LIVING! 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