8 I The Behrend Beacon
Women's soccer team victorious over Hilbert r THIS WEEK'S 111
The Behrend Lads' Lions ate
the Hilbert Hawks for dinner
during the soccer game on
Wednesday at the Behrend
Fields. The score was a sturdy
2-0 with Behrend ahead during
the first half and add five goals
to total seven. At the end of the
game the score was 7-0, which
left the Lions with a spotless
victory.
The Lions worked well as a
team, and at times their passes
almost appeared choreographed.
"That's kind of our philoso
phy," said senior Nikki Frisbee.
"Get the ball and play to the
white jersey. - she also said that
during half time they decided
that they needed to come togeth
er as a team more than in the
first half. This frame of mind
earned them five more goals
against the Hawks.
The cheers coming from
teammates of both teams were
abundant, from both the side
lines and on the field.
Hilbert appeared fired up in
the beginning. They warmed up
with strides and passing exercis
es, but when the game began to
progress, their confidence was
Niagara 33 dominates
Behrend intramural flag
football k in full swing.
Niagara iti ranked
fourth
Zhrteinj of Penn State
Behrend.
If ‘ou were to walk
through the hall of the sec
ond floor of the Niatiara
Dorm, you would most
likely hear the sounds of
students saving, "oh. we'll
go live. - speaking of Halo:
or. maybe. "Look what's
on HBO!"
But lately. much of the
talk has been directed
toward the Niagara 33 flag
football team. Intramural
flag football at Penn State
Behrend is one of the
major e\ ents On campus,
especially for the kids who
played football in high
team
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Murphy
The Magna 33 team plays flag football on the Behrend Fields.
By Emily Reichart
staff writer
ecrso6B(a psu.edu
replaced with discouragement.
A member on Hilbert's team
was heard scolding her team-
mates not to give up during a
play.
The Behrend Lions tepped
up their game as it progressed.
"We were playing at their
level in the beginning and then
we played ours at the end,"
states Frisbee. "They [Hilbert]
didn't give up. They were play
ing hard throughout the whole
game."
Freshman
Steinsdoerfer scored two goals.
Four out of the seven goals
scored were by freshmen.
Steinsdoerfer says that the new
team members arc looking
strong. "All freshmen have got
ten field time, - she said.
Sophomore Caitlyn Elser
planted the second goal. She
kicked the ball and it appeared
almost certain that Hilbert's
goalie would block the shot but
the ball slipped past her fingers
and flew into the net.
Frisbee's goal started the sec
ond half off with a bang. There
were several close attempts to
get the ball into the Hawks net.
flag footbal44:
school and are unable to
continue to excel in it
The Niagara 33 team
k lead by its captain Joe
Drelick.
Joe started the team in
hope to make some friends
on the Niagara second
floor. Not knowing what
his team was going to
accomplish, Drelick began
his quest for a team by
going door to door asking
the many students if they
wanted to join the hall
He didn't have much
luck. being that most peo
ple had their groups of
friends who had already
signed up for teams
However, the last day
before the deadline, the
remaining students of the
Lindsey
Senior Nikki Frisbee looks clownfield for a teammate.
The field looked like a pinball
machine, the ball bouncing off
the goalie and back to the Lions,
but it wasn't until Frisbee
kicked it and the Lions scored.
She also added an assist to sen
ior Beth Manganaro's goal soon
after.
Other newcomers that added
to the final score were Heather
Klimuszka, scoring the sixth,
and Glennis Robash who added
the "cherry on top" with the
By Tj Banas
stuff writer
tjhs2l7@psu.edu
hall who were unable to
find a team, and wanted to
represent Niagara. decided
to sign up with the team.
"Finally we had enough
names on the roster to
make a team, - said
Drelick
The Niagara 33 team was
now complete, and began
its one day preseason.
"What did I get myself
into." asked Jason Kurvic,
a new member of the team.
As the team finished it's
first and only practice,
they seemed to only
accomplish each others
names, and began learning
who could play where.
As the team began to
walk together back through
their hall, they were stared
down by the other kids
who had their "stacked
teams," and "dynasties."
But the Niagara 33 team
stayed positive as they
went into their first match
against a number ten
ranked team from last year,
Victorious Secret
Getting embarassed in
the first half, Niagara did
n't give up as they
switched their formations
and began to turn the ball
over less and score.
With five minutes left in
the game, Team Niagara
took the lead and held it,
to finish the game with
their first victory.
The team then had
another game just days
later, in which they faced
L2F, a team that was previ
ously ranked number six.
"Now with a win under
the teams belt, they came
out faster than ever." said
SPORTS
Now with a 4-1 record,
Niagara 33 looks ahead to
their playoff games with
much determination and
hope of coming out with a
manager Kevin Flag Football
final goal.
On Oct. 25, Behrend is sched
uled to go against Penn State
Altoona, who according to
Frisbee, is ranked first in the
AMCC.
"Hopefully this [game] will
build up for that," said Frisbee
Altoona's current standings are
6-0-1 while Behrends is 5-2.
According to the 2008 schedule,
the game will take place on the
Behrend Fields at 1:00 p.m.
A strong first half of 22
to 0 in favor of Niagara,
lead to a solid second half,
finishing the game 50-0
with another Niagara
Victory.
The team was now 2-0,
and moved up to forth in
the rankings where they
"opened many teams
eyes." said Mike DiLuzio.
In the second week of the
season, team Niagara
found themselves in a very
tough game against Sig
Tau.
"This game was a back
and forth game," said Jim
With ten
seconds left on the clock
Sig Tau had the ball on
Niagara's 30 yard line with
fourth down and ten yards
to go.
Barber
They decided to throw
the ball deep into the end
zone, which was swatted
away by the Niagara
defense.
"My heart was racing as
I jumped up with the
opposing teams player to
knock the ball down for
the win," said Barber of
team Niagara 33.
Niagara 33 finished out
their regular season play
against The Dream, who
won in a very well per-
formed game.
They then faced
Mongolian Beef, a team
that decided to drop out
late in the season giving
Niagara another win to add
to their record.
Championship
HOME SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
Behrend's Women's Soccer team (6-9-1) will host
Penn State Altoona(l4-0-1) on the Behrend fields at
1:00 p.m.
Following the women's game, the Men's Soccer
team(lo-6) will face Penn State Altoona's Men's
Soccer team(4-8-4) at 3:00 p.m.
Behrend's Women's Volleyball team faces Mt. Aloysius
The swim team begins their season as they travel to
Pitt-Bradford at 3 p.m.
The Men's Water Polo team plays at the Division 111
Eastern Championships.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27
The Men's Water Polo team plays at the Division 111
Eastern Championships.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28
Behrend's Women's Soccer team will play their second
match of the week at home, facing Medialle (9-8) on the
Behrend Fields at 1:00 p.m.
Behrend's Men's Soccer team will face Medialle's
Men's Soccer team (11-5), also on the Behrend Fields,
at 3:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29
Behrend's Volleyball team will face Pitt-Bradford (14-
10) in the Junker rem* at 100 p.m.
All team re, or,i, found ul rime 0 1 rifhlwat,,,
LAST WEEK'S
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
M. Water Polo
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
Behrend 3 Grove City 6
AMCC Championships
AMCC Champions
W. Tennis
Cross Country: @ Oberlin Inter Regional Rumble
Behrend Men 23/30
Andy Lams 104th
Behrend Women 23/27
Jenna Fatica 117th
M. Soccer: Behrend 1 Frostburg 2
W. Soccer: Behrend 0 Frostburg I
W. Volleyball: Behrend 3 Frostburg 1
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21
W. Volleyball: Behrend 3 Medaille 0
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22
W Soccer: Behrend 7 Hilbert 0
M. Soccer: Behrend 3 Hilbert 0
Golf: @ La Roche invitational
Behrend 1/7
All scores based from Sports Calendar and individual team page results. If your
sport is not listed and you feel that it should be, contact cisso6o@psu.edu
Friday, October 24, 2008
at 1 p.m
Home games in bold text
SPORTS
All wins ill italic text
Behrend 7, Gannon 14