BEACON SPORTS
Women’s lacrosse look to improve in ‘OB season
fix Jessica C arlson
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With two games underway, the Penn State Behrend women's
l.iei osse team holds a record of 1 -1. Their first game resulted in
i loss 10 Kent Stale on March 5 by a score of 14-6. The women
lollouvd up with a victory against Slippery Rock on
Wednesday March 26 h\ a score of 8-4.
I lk' team is comprised of 26. players ranging from experi
enced lo first-\ear participants. Senior Emily Rogan decided to
ploy for the team after encouragement from roommate and
friend Danielle Demay. Despite the fact that Rogan has never
play eel lacrosse competitively prior to this year, she says she
decided to join the team for "fun and to stay in shape.”
Much like the Behrend hockey team, the women have to come
up with iheir own funding for equipment, food and means of
iraveling to the away games. When asked where they get the
luoiiev to pa\ for the necessities of the season, sophomore Sasha
\ 1. 11 tine/ said "lots and lots of fundraising.” Each player also
must pay >4O at the beginning of the season. The long-term plan
foi the team is to eventually became a varsity sport, however,
the rules for Division 111 NCAA lacrosse are "complicated.”
according to senior captain Danielle Demay.
Leading the women are seniors Danielle Demay, Emily
Rogan and Katherine Redington. Redington is the Vice
hcsidcnt of the team. Rachel Cleary. Erin Nussbaum. Laura
I ukusik and Lindsay Miller are the juniors on the team. Miller
is the other captain along with Demay. Five women make up the
oplioinoie class.including April Glasser. Jessica Laube.
Mi; belle Quail. Lacey Stroud and Abby Zehe. The freshmen
make up the largest number of players on the roster. Sara
( ummarata. Laura Cammarata. Chelsea Demay. Ashley Delosh.
Rachel Merry. Whitney Cline. Lauren Bram, Marla Whitney.
Brutanv Card. Ava Antosinini. Erin Caffertv and Krvstal Kovach
Track and field moves season to the outdoors
By Jessica Carlson
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I he I’enn Stale Behrend track and field team moved their
indoor season lo the outdoors over spring break. They traveled
to Florida and My rtle Beach during the w eek of March 9 to open
up then outdoor spring season. They began their training in
I lorida for a lew days, then traveled north to Coastal Carolina to
, ompete in the schools annual invitational. "It was an awesome
time, s.ad sophomore runner Kevin Gorny. "The weather was
uullv nice and the training went reallv well."
lb th the men and women got off to a strong start with a hand
1u 1 o| runners already qualifying for EC AC Championship in
Slav, as well as selling a few new school records.
Standout runners for the men were Kevin Gorny.- who broke
In. own school record and qualified for the ECAC
Championship in the steeplechase event, which is an event
where runners must clear hurdles and water jumps. Mike
I ci taro and Doug Stevenson tied in the 100 m with a record-set
ting nine of 11.10 seconds. Ferraro also had a notable perform
ance in the 200 m. A new record was set in the high jump event.
I he new height was set by freshman Bryson Hartzler at 6-4 3/4
inches putting him in No. 6 for the competition.
I-it the women. Amanda Wehrle made a mark in her first out
dooi meet when she set a new 400 m record with a time of 60.95
seconds. K\lie Swanson broke the pole-vaulting record when
she vaulted 9 1/4 inches. Virginia Rodgers-Owens had a strong
i'ei lormanvc in both the 100 m and 200 m. w hile Dana Turley did
well m the 400 m hurdles.
Head coach (ireg Cooper leads the track and field team.
Cooper is entering Ins second season as head coach of the out-
As'i -e;ts.>n. He was appointed the head coach position on Jan.
Prior to beine head coach, he served as assistant
. aeh io the learn for five years. He worked under his father.
1 1,0. e ( ooper. As well as being the assistant coach for track and
! icld. ( ooper also assisted the cross country team for two years.
I other ami son switched roles in the 2007 season when Greg
t ooper became the head coach and Dave Cooper became the
eso -lanl
| 'ilicr assistant coaches include Mike Palmer, who focuses on
ilia tumpers. Joe Sanford, who helps coach the pole-vaulters,
( mi \ Vino, w ho has been the javelin coach for the last six
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The Penn State Behrend women’s lacrosse team enters their
third season of competition for the 2007-2008 year.
are the 12 freshmen on the roster.
The women’s schedule is short with seven games and only
one of them will be played at home. Their next game is Friday,
March 28 when they travel to Grove City to take on the
Wolverines, followed by a match at Carnegie Mellon on
Saturday, April 5. Their one and only home game will be played
on Monday, April 7 against Slippery Rock University.
The team is part of the Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse League
(WCLL). The WCLL is a club sports league of 39 teams cover
ing areas of the eastern United States from New York to lowa
and is the largest lacrosse club league in the nation. The league
is entering its fourteenth season this year.
The Behrend women’s lacrosse team began in the 2005-2006
school year by Behrend graduate Heidi Brackbill.
The women will take on the Wolverines at 7:30 p.m. on
March 28, at Grove City College.
years, and shot put and discuss for the last two seasons; and
Doug Stratton, who focuses on the high jumpers for the Blue
and White.
Next up on the schedule for the Behrend track and field is the
Bill Van Horne Invitational at Wheeling Jesuit University in
Wheeling, W.Va on Friday, March 29. Following will be the
Mount Union Invitational on April 5.
On May 2-3 the Blue and White will travel to Christopher
Newport University for the Mason Dixon Championship meet.
“This years freshmen are really good and I think that the team in
general is as good if not better than we were last year," says
Gorny, who expects a number of the runners to qualify for
ECAC Championship.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Sophomore runner Kevin Gorny broke his own record over
spring break at the Coastal Carolina Invitational
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ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
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Penn State Behrend’s junior pitcher
Andrew Chrobak (New Castle/Laurel)
was named the ENTERPRISE RENT-A-
CAR athlete of the week for the week of
March 24, 2008.
Andrew helped the Behrend Lions to a 6-
2 record over spring break competition in
Port St. Lucie, Florida, winning in two
starts against Ursinus college and Mt. St.
Vincent.
Chrobak beat Ursinus by pitching six
innings with five strike outs and three
walks, while scattering five hits. In His
second outing of the week, he pitched
eight innings allowing one unearned run,
no walks and struck out 11 in the victory
over Mt. St. Vincent.
“Andy made two quality starts for us in
Florida,” said head coach Paul Benim.
"He is an integral part of our program's
success and will be relied upon to contin-
uing doing his thing all spring."
The Blue and White will be back
action on Wednesday, March 26 when
they travel to Medaille College for their
first AMCC conference game of the sea-
The double header is set to begin at
son.
1 p.m.
The Behrend Beacon I 10
Friday, March 28, 2008
Andrew Chorbak
Baseball
Junior
March 28, 2008