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Super Bowl showdown a surprise for most
By Jessica Carlson
sports editor
jlcsolB@'psu.cdu
Feb. 8, 2008
Put a “free beer” sign in a bar window and watch
the college students come crashing through the
door. Put a ball in Tom Brady's hands and watch
the Giants come crashing through the Patriots offen
sive line. At least that’s what they did on Sunday.
Feb. 3 as they battled their way to Super Bowl XLII
victory.
The buzz is still floating about how the New York
Giants put an end to the New England Patriots'
undefeated season when they upest the favored Pats
17-14. And the buzz will most likely contine for
years to come as the game went down as one of the
biggest upsets in Super Bowl history.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins can continue celebrat
ing for another year as they go on to be the only
team to have an undefeated season in NFL history
with a record of 17-0.
The Giants had their game strategy down pat
The Behrend Beacon Athletes
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Behrend soccer teams win AMCC titles
By Andrew McLachlan
co-editor-in-chief
asms(X)6@psu.edu
Nov. 3. 2007
Move over Brazil and Italy, because Erie, PA is
the center of the soccer world. This past weekend,
Penn State Behrend men’s and women’s soccer
teams both took home the Allegheny Mountain
Collegiate Conference (AMCC) titles, which is the
second time
both Behrend
soccer teams
won the
AMCC title in
the same year.
The women
hosted the
AMCC title
game against
Frostburg
State and even
though
Frostburg
grabbed a 1-0
lead in the sec
ond half,
Behr e n d
came back, 2007 Penn State Behrend Women’s Soccer Team
scoring two
goals within
three minutes to win 2-1. With the win, Behrend
jumps over Frostburg State in all-time AMCC title
wins, with six title wins to five.
The now two-time defending champs started off
slow, being out-shot by Frostburg 10-6 in the first
half. Senior Jess Carlson was not happy with the
rough start, but knew that the team could prevail in
the end. “We have been the underdogs all year, so
there was no surprise that we would have to come
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from the start of the game,
all the way through the
final seconds of Super
Bowl XLII. By winning
the coin toss and choosing
to start the game with
their offense, they were
able to keep Patriots QB
Tom Brady off the field
for almost the first 10 full
minutes of the game. The
opening drive lasted 9:39.
the longest in Super Bowl
history, resulting in a total
of 63 yards and a 32-yard
field goal putting the
Giants up by three.
The Giants held the 3-0 |
lead until the end of the
first quarter. The first play
of the second quarter RB
Laurence Maronev took
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Behrend W. Basketball
back again in this game too." This is the first time
since 2000 that Penn Stale Behrend beat Frostburg
State in the regular season and in the playoffs.
For seniors Danielle Demay. Emily Rogan. Katie
Ritchey and Carlson, it was a season that had its ups
and downs, but will be looked back on as a lesson
in never giving up. "With the start that we had. it
was hard to think about winning another conference
title, but we took each game at a time and walked
away with another AMCC title," Carlson said.
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in the first round of the tournament and even with
Wittenberg’s impressive record: the girls, who have
won 10 of the last 12 games, have high hopes in the
match up. “It’s been such a crazy year, so I have no
idea what might happen, but we have what it takes
to win this game,” Carlson said.
The men’s soccer team was the lower seed and
the underdogs in the championship game, but with
heroics from an unlikely hero, the men won 2-1 in
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girls will
travel to
Springfield,
Ohio to take
Wittenberg
University
(17-2-2) in
the first
round of the
NCAA
Tournament.
Last year,
the girls
were
knocked out
seed
Behrend misses nationals, CHE playoff bound
by Jess Carlson
spoi ls editor
jIcSOISCp 1 psu.edu
Feb. 22. 2008
The Penn State Behrend Ice Hockey Team failed
to qualify for the American Collegiate Hockey
Association (ACHA) National Championship, after
going 1-1 in the ACHA Atlantic Regional that was
held in Warwick, Pa.
Behrend needed to go
2-0 to gain a spot in
the championship
series, but were elimi-
nated from contention
after a 7-3 loss to
Farmingdale State on
Saturday. Feb. 16.
After a 2-1 lead late
in the first period.
Behrend let their guard
down by giving up the
next five goals to
Farmingdale State.
Behrend would count
er with a third-period
goal by sophomore
Chris Simanie. but it
would be too little too
late for Behrend.
Simanie finished with
two goals and one
assist in the losing
effort. Freshman Nick
Winarski grabbed a
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goal and two assists i
and senior DJ Craven added three assists.
Sophomore netminder Eric Thiessen was peppered
throughout the game, finishing with 43 saves.
The loss left a bitter taste in the mouths of the
players, but they believe that advancing that far into
regionals is something to build off of. "For a pro
gram that has only been around for six years and to
overtime against Medaille and were crowned the
2007 AMCC champs.
The men trailed 1-0 throughout the game and as
time ticked away, it appeared the men w'ould lose the
title game to Medaille. With 20 seconds left, the men
were awarded a corner kick, which potentially could
have been their last chance to score in the game. A
pinpoint comer kick from sophomore Eric Murillo
was connected by a header from junior Adam
"Sunshine” Cline, which sailed into the back of the
net and sent the
game into over
time. In the
early stages of
the first over-
time period, it
was defender
Cline who
would again
score from out
side the box,
giving Behrend
the win and the
AMCC title.
Cline, who
scored his fourth
and fifth goals
of the year last
i Saturday,
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lown tor
strong defensive play, even though he is fifth in total
points on the season. Cline was named the AMCC
Player of the Week and sophomore netminder Dustin
Walker was named AMCC Goalkeeper of the Week
after their play in the title game. Walker had four
saves in the winning effort against Medaille. Head
Coach Dan Perritano, who won his second AMCC
title with Behrend, knew that his team had what it
took to win the section title. ‘This was a well
the ball into the end /.one
to put the Pats up 7-3.
Not much more would
happen offensively for
either team for the rest of
the first half as well as
through the third quarter.
The Giants defense held
Brady and his no. 1
offense to just seven
points in three quarters.
The Giants sacked Brady
four times and hit him at
least 15 other times.
Despite the sacks and
high pressure. Brady still
connected with his
receivers 29 of the 48
attempts for a total of 266
This weekend,
Behrend will travel to
New Kensington, Pa to
participate in the 37th
Annual College Hockey
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looks for first CHE title w h° * s No. 3 seed in
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another come-from-behind victory when with 2:42
left on the clock Brady connected with Randy Moss
to take the lead 14-10.
Then, the highly unlikely occurred. MVP Eli
Manning took his team down the field in 12 plays
for a total of 83-yards and a game winning 13-yard
TD pass to Plaxico Burress. Manning went 19 of 34
for 255 yards and 2 TD passes. After dodging what
most thought was surely going to be a sack to end
the game Manning completed a 32-yard pass into
the fingertips of David Tyree for the first down.
After a sack and an incomplete pass Manning con
nected with rookie Steve Smith for a 13-yard gain.
Smith ran out of bounds to stop the clock. The next
play sealed the deal when Manning hit Burress for
the touchdown and the Giants went on to become
America’s favorite football team: at least until next
Do not fret sports fans; the football season isn't
over yet. On Sunday, Feb. 10, the NFC will take on
the AFC in the NFL Pro Bowl, which is happening
in Honolulu. Hawaii at Aloha Staduim.
be one game away from going to nationals is awe
some. 1 am just glad I could have been apart of it
and I'm looking forward to this weekend,” says
senior Dan Thiessen.
In their first matchup at regionals, Behrend
played division rival Robert Morris in a grudge
match from the week before. On Feb. 10, Behrend
was upset by Robert Morris 5-1, setting up an inter
<jf: >nd thi ' with the two at regionals.
Trailing 3-1 after one
period, Behrend came
the playotis, wi
sixth seed St. Vincent on Friday, Feb. 22 at 8 p.m
If the favored Behrend squad is victorious on
Friday, they will play Sunday, Feb. 24 at 1:30 p.m.
against second seed Penn State Altoona. The CHE
Championship will be held the following week at
the Airport Ice Arena in Moon. Pa.
deserved win for our team. We stayed focused all
year and it paid off.”
The men traveled to Washington, PA on
Wednesday Nov. 7, to take on Washington &
Jefferson (12-6-3) in the first round of the NCAA
Tournament. Earlier in the season, Behrend downed
W&J in a 6-1 victory. Since the loss, W&J has gone
11-1-3, leading to a Presidents Athletic Conference
(PAC) title.
In a defensive struggle, Behrend knocked out
W&J with a
1-0 win.
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the win,
Behrend will
travel Saturday to New Jersey to face Montclair State
in the next round of the tournament. Montclair State
was granted a first-round bye after posting a 17-2-1
record and winning the New Jersey Athletic
Conference for the eighth time.
The winner of Saturday's Montclair/Behrend game
will move on to play in the Sectional Tournament on
Saturday, Nov, 17 and Sunday, Nov. 18.
back, scoring six unan
swered goals to a 7-3
victory. Leading the
way for Behrend was
Craven, who finished
with four goals and two
assist. Freshman Josh
Horvath chipped in
with two goals and two
assist and Simanic
added four assists for
Behrend. Junior Justin
Duchini scored the
other goal for Behrend.
E. Thiessen finished
with 25 saves in the
Scoring for
Behrend was
so ph omore
Jerry
To rt ell a,
who grabbed
his 17th goal
of the sea-
son, passing
Dennis
Grace for
most goals in
a single sea
for
Behrend.
With