8 I The Behrend Beacon continued from front page lams attributed his success this year to becoming a more stead \ and constant runner. "Personally. I've been working on being a more consistent run ner," lams. "I've been fortunate with no injuries. Coach Cooper's training has been great and has contributed a lot." The cross country team's next challenge is the NCAA Mideast Regional at Wa nesburg University on Nov. 15. "We will be working hard this week to maintain aerobic capaci- DANIEL SMITH / The Behrend Beacon Justin DiPenti and Steven Monnie rlll7 to the flinch line. Intramural s By Sam Curti staff writer st . c.s 1 31 (a psu.cdu At Behrend, intramural sports are an integral part of student life. They feature everything from flag football and basket ball to bowling and dodgehall. There is something for every student. Rob Wittman, intramural director at Penn State Behrend said, "This weekend we ended flag football, we did all the finals on Sunday. We had a Sunday night league thing that was going on for about eight or nine weeks and we 'did'plziycitT. Saturday skik bowling. Alt Thursday. we did one Yuker tournament and this past Monday we did another one. All those three things ended this weekend.- There are many intramural sports that are currently taking place at Behrend, and many that will be starting in the near future. "What we have going on right now is three-on-three basket ball. I have 52 teams. 43 men's and nine women's. We will Beat The Experts NFL Tennessee (0) Chicago New Orleans Atlanta Buffalo @ New England Seattle 0' Miami Baltimore ( c_e Houston Green Bay @' Minn St. Louis @ N.Y.J Jacksonville @ Detroit Carolina OP Oakland K.C. @ San Diego N.Y.G @ Philly Tie-Breaker Indi. @ Pittsburgh Last week: * denotes winner NCAA #3 PSU @ lowa #2O Georgia Tech 02' #l9 N. Carolina #1 Alabama 03) #I6 L.S.U. #9 Oklahoma State @ #2 Texas Tech Arizona CO Wash. State Last week: * denotes winner Season Totals: AMCC Championships tv and then tapering off next week to rest the legs, - explained ( oopei Fatica also realizes that hard work in practice will lead to bet ter results at regionals. "The next two weeks we will continue to work hard. - Fatica said. "Obviously it is the last race so we want to do well. place well as a team. and set personal records.- Not only physically, hut men tally the cross country team is preparing for the next race. "For the AMC(' we adjusted the mileage so our bodies would offer a variety of activities play 200 games, give or take a few, within the next two to three weeks. This Sunday coming up, the 9th at 6:00 p.m., we have a co-ed four-on-four indoor soc cer tournament. It's a one day tournament. it's just a precursor to the big indoor soccer tourna ment that lasts about two and a half weeks.- Wittman explained the differ ence between intramurals last year compared to the current year. "Last year was the first year. I only had eight teams, this year I have about 12 or 13 right now. 'Chat's basically the two things —we- have going on right now. however. is a free-throw shooting contest. While three-on-three basketball is going on. we'll pull a hoop aside and we'll let people do a free-throw contest." There are many more intra murals coming up soon for Behrend students to participate - Next week, I'll advertise a chess tournament that will hap pen on the 17th and 18th, - said Wittman. "Two more events this fall are indoor soccer and Connor Chicago Atlanta Atlanta Buffalo Miami Miami Houston Oakland Carolina Geo. I'. Geo. T. Geo. T. Geo. T. Geo. T. L.S.U. Bama Texas T. Texas T. Texas T. Texas T. Texas T. Arizona A riiona 81-61 92-50 86-56 72-57 be well rested," lams said. "With any long distance, mental prepa ration is huge and we are trying to be positive." The AMCC Championships helped prepare the cross country team for regionals. "It is always good to be in a championship situation," Cooper said. "The men and women faced good competition which should prepare us for upcoming meets." After regionals, the Behrend Lions are hoping to send runners to nationals. According to Cooper, the auto matic bids to go to nationals are the top two teams who finish in regionals and the first seven indi viduals who are not on a qualify ing team. "We have one of the best teams that we've had in a while," Alto said. "We want to perform well at regionals and hopefully send people to nationals." Jams is determined to continue the success achieved at regionals into nationals "Regionals will be some of the team triathlon. We do sign up for five-on-five basketball this semester, but it doesn't start until the spring." T.J. Banas, a freshman at Behrend took part in the intra mural sports by participating in flag football. "It was a lot of fun. It was very well run and organized," Banas said. "I would recom mend it to anyone who wants to have a good time. You meet a lot of new people." There are different ways stu dents at Behrend can sign up for intramural sports. "They can do it on the web," Wittman said. "They can just reply to my e-mails. They can pick up the sheet from the front desk, fill it out and turn it in that way. Or my e-mails also direct them to an online registration, where you can open a word document, fill out the form, and attach it to an e-mail and send it back to me. I try to make it as easy as possible for people to sign up. Because of the variety that Penn State Behrend presents to the students when it conies to intra mural sports, there are many Ryan Rachel Atlanta Atlanta Buffalo Seattle Miami Carolina Carolina San D. San D Philly N.Y.G P.S.U. P.S.O P.S.O L.S.U. Bama Wash. St. Wash St Arizona SPORTS best competition we will see all year," explained Jams. "With the victory this weekend [AMCC], hopefully we can ride the wave of success into regionals." DANIEL SMITH / The Behrend Beacon Sophomore Emily Bern' placed first for the women's team. for students students that get involved. Wittman also explained what the most popular sport has been among students. "If you go by sheer numbers, flag football," said Wittman. "I had 48 teams, but each team probably has anywhere from 12 to 15 people. Almost 600 kids are doing intramural flag foot ball. You get to dodgeball where there are more teams, but you have five to seven people on a team. Three-on-three bas ketball, you have 53 teams but only three to five people on a team." Flag football is the most pop ular intramural sport. "Flag football thy far, but• everything is pretty big," Wittman said. "I had almost 100 people for the one day bowling tournament. I think part of it is that they know it's going to be run right. They know they are going to get to play games, they are going to have fun." For students at Behrend, get ting involved in intramural sports are essential to meeting new people, building relation ships and fulfilling the "college experience." Chris Chicago Cross Country: @ AMCC Championship Behrend Men: AMCC CHAMPS Kevin Gorny - 2nd Behrend Women: 3rd place Emily Berry - sth W. Volleyball:Behrend 3 Penn St. Altoona 0 W. Soccer: Behrend 2La Roche 1(2 OT) M. Soccer: Behrend 5 Pitt-Bradford 0 Swimming: Men: Behrend 153 Bethany 24 Women: Behrend 123 Bethany 89 41 41 0 0 40 0 0 41 41 0 41 40 41 0 41 0 41 0 40 0 041 41 0 40 41 41 41 40 40 GRANADA APARTMENTS 41 a 1 & 2 BEDROOM MOTS • OMILLatEEK MALL AREA_ _ 17 MIN_ FROM BEHREND 41 • a lb I BRING IN THIS COUPON AND 0 • RECEIVE OFF ONE MONTH'S RENT! • •• C A LI. TCCAY pcat DETAIL& • • 814-868-4681 41 • 41 • GRANADA IIOMMANEILAND .013 M 41 40 0 40 41 41 0 0 41 0 41 40 0 41 0 40 0 40 41 41 0 41 0 40 0 41 41 41 111. Miami Houston Detroit Carolina LAST WEEK'S SPORTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Tailgate Party! The Student Athletic Advisory Committee is sponsoring a tailgate party before the volleyball team takes on Pitt-Bradford in the AMCC Tournament. The event will be held at the Junker Center on Friday, November 7 at 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free food, games, and music! r THIS SPORTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Behrend Women's Volleyball (21-8) team plays Pitt-Bradford (15- 13) in the AMCC Tournament in the Junker Center at 6 p.m. The Lion' s swim team faces Buffalo State at 5:00 p.m. in the Junker pool. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 With a win on Friday, the Women's Volleyball team will play in the AMCC Tournament Final at 1 p.m. The Men's Soccer team (13-6-1) plays in the AMCC Tournament at Medaille (13-5-2) at 2:00 p.m. Behrend's swim team competes at St. Vincent at 1:00 p.m The Men's Water Polo (4-12) plays at Princeton in the Southern Division Championships. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 With a win on Saturday, the Men's Water Polo team will continue in the Southern Division Championships. The Men's Basketball team competes in the Junker Center in an exhibition game against Sheridan at 2:00 p.m. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 The Women's Soccer team (6-11-1) plays at the ECAC/NCAA Tournament and the time is TBA. Women's Volleyball team competes in the 1-14- ECAC/NCAA Tournament and the time is TBA All wins in italic text Friday, November 7, 2008 WEEK' S M I M - 1 g "I WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Men's Soccer P.S.B. 1 Frostburg 0 Women's Soccer Behrend 0 Penn StateAltoona 1 (20T)
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