Friday, January 30, 2009 Lady Lions basketball defeats Frostburg State 62-61 Senior Nadie Engel &fill& agonst a Flo.stlag Slate opponent continued from front page their way back in front of the Bobcats Behrend sophomore Kelly Nowacinski made a foul shot fol lowed by senior Natalie Engel draining a three-pointer. At 7:42 in the first half. Krankota grabbed an offensive rebound and scored a basket to put the Lions up 16-14. At the half, Behrend had a seven point advantage with the score being 31-24. "We talked about keeping up our defensive intensity." explained Fomari about what the team needed to ck) in the second half. "Boxing out, and continu ing to push the bull up the floor for tempo. We do a good job of wearing other teams down with our style of play and it was work ing for us." The Lions started off the second half by scoring. Krankota scored the first bucket of the half. With 18:08 remaining. Okhch stole the ball from a Frostburg opponent and threw a lead pass to Nowacinski for the wide open layup which made the score 35- 24. Frostburg State climbed back Athlete Spotlight: from being behind and regained the lead. With 7:28 left in the game. the Bobcats were ahead by one point against the Lions :iO-51. Engel made ti \e crucial points when she scored a la\ up and made a three-pointer \\ hick tied the game up at 55 apiece. Engels three pointer \Yas creat ed by a tummer caused by the Behrend Lions ,v~;urming press defense. "Our /one press has become much more effective over the course of the season. - said Krankota. "We \kOrked 011 it in practice until we w. ere ahle to iron out all the wrinkles. and it took us some time below "c' t2.ot to the point where \\,e hecame consis tently effectke in the press. No\\ eve un&rstand not onl \ our indi vidual mles, hut the roles of one another. which has really helped the elfecti eness of the press... The victory against the AMCC opponent provided a good feeling in the locker room after the game, especially since the Lady Lions lost to Frostburg State earlier in According to Fortiori. the man the season. to man press \\ orked \\ ell against Frostburg State and iesulted in Semi n poink. "We hio.r three di licreitt /one presses \ke Use "All three arc ditlerent Drum one another and they tend to t off our opponent \\ hen \\e 11.111 01011 \Veil . On Satuuda . hell \N. e Katie Monoskey mixed it in with the man press. it caused a lot of problems for them. It caused a lot of turnovers and we were able to score off of them." Krankota believes that the team has speed and the ability to stop opponents with their defensive press. "Our team is last enough and quick enough to lock clown an) Learn with the press, so as long ati ‘.‘e work it correctly. it's certainly an important factor in any game said Krankota. With 1:01 remaining. Krankota connected with Oldach on a give and go pass as °latch then made the routine lavup to give the Behrend Lions the lead W-59. Oldach then attempted and made mo clutch free thro‘‘ s with 18.8 seconds to tio. The final score \vas 62-61 in favor of Behrend. "We had a couple short (den- SINC droughts in the latter part of the second half. hut we were able to overcome those by fOrcing a few key turnovers and finishing. strong to pull out the win." said Kmnkota. Behrend's scoring was led hv Engel with 17 points and Olckich \\ ho ackled 15 points. Oldach also contributed live assists and six rebounds. Sophomore Rachel Richardson mad: an impact On the game by grabbing eight steak. Krankota once again took control of the boards as she ended with a total of 13 rebounds tOr the game. They the players' were excit ed to have beaten them." saki Fomitri. - The loss on the road \\ as disappointing. We missed a lot of opportunities and telt like we just couldi't put a run togeth er to Make it happen there. This time we were able to come hack at the end and vk in and in the lock- said Fornari Belfrend freshman Katie Monoskey stated competing in track and field in seventh grade. She continued the sport throughout high school, where she earned four varsity letters and was awarded the District 9 AAA Discus Champion in 2007. In addition to track and field. Monoskey also played volleyball during high school. When asked why she decided to attend Penn State Behrend, Monoskey said, "I liked the size of the campus and it just felt like the right place to be." Majoring in math, she hopes to eventually use her degree to become a financial analyst. In the indoor season, Monoskey competes in the shot put and weight throw events. While in the outdoor season, she does the shot put and discus, whichis her favorite event. In the first indoor track and field meet for the Behrend Lions at Case Western Reserve last Saturday, Monoskey made a state ment that she would be a domi nant tbrce as a freshman by set ting two new Behrend records. In the weight throw competi tion. she broke the record of 10.32 meters as she recorded 10.68 meters. In the women's SPORTS er room the\ talked about ho\\ good that telt. - This week. the Behrend Lions pia) at the Junket - ('enter on Wednesday Jan. 4 against Hilbert at 6 p.m. and at Pitt-Greenshorg on Saturday at I p.m. "In order to prepare for our upcoming AMC(' gi.unes, we need to keep \\ orking and pia) ing as a team. - said Krankota. -When we are live pla\ ing as one. \\e are a verytough team to heat. We need to keep \\ (irking to our strengths: elements such as our tone press. pushing to the hall to wear the opposition aiwn. and quick mm ement of the hall of the offensi \ e end \\ ill help keep us in any game.- According to Krankottt. another important factor for the . \MCC games left in the regular season is to \\mk to impime their weak- Acklitionalh— we illuq irk hard to impro‘ e on our kk eakness es.- said Krankota. 'Eve.r single one of our upcoming games is crucial. and we•ye put oursek es in good position to make a ARA-1g By Christine Newby sports elate) censll.sfiwi),ti eklu shot put event. Monoskey set another record by reaching 10.36 meters "My goals tier this season are to improve and keep getting bet ter each meet explained Monoskev Monoskey put great emphasis and importance in the fact that her teammates are a huge factor in her improvement throughout the sea son. it's great to have teammates that are willing to help you improve and push you further,- said N4onoskey The head coach of the track and field team is Greg Cooper who is in his first year at the p9sition. "Coach has helped a lot with my technique Llnd form. - said Monoskey. . Going from the high school to the college athletic level turned out to he a smooth adjustment. "It was very weird at fiNt espe cially since there is a completely new and different event [weight throwl that we Lk) and we work a lot harder, hut overall it wasn't too dilricult of an adjustment at all, - said Monoskey. "The com petition is haniT and everyone takes it more serious at the colle giate level." lop: Sophomon• Rtkhel RiChMllOll ibibbleS past the Emstbtag Slate (Header Bottom: .S . OphOMOIr Olikich looks up the mar an open teammate. r THIS SPORTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 30 The S \r‘. 1111 learn compete, at Pitt-Bradford \kith ( \C ( \ SATURDAY, JANUARY 31 The Women's (9-8) and Men's (12-6) Basketball team pia\ a liollhkc header against AMC(' opponent. Pitt-Greenshurg. The \\ omen's game stalls at I p.m. 1011 owed the men's at 3 p.m. Fhe Swim team compete, at Mt. L'iii(m at 2 p.m WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 The Women's and Nlen's Basketball team plays another double-header against Hilbert at the Junker ('enter. The women's game starts at 6 p.m. followed by the men's at 8 p.m. home games in bold LAST WEEK' S SPORTS win.\ in italic tot SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 M. Swim: Behrend 93 Washington & Jefferson 134 W. Swim: Behrend 73 Washington & Jefferson 117 M. Basketball: Behrend 75 Frostburg State 71 W. Basketball: Behrend 62 Frostburg State 61 THURSDAY, JANUARY 29 M. Basketball: Behrend 58 Mt. Alovsius 52 W. Basketball: Behrend 79 Mt. Aloysius 58 scores based front Sports Calendar and individual team page results ir is not listed and you reel that it should he, contact cis.sobOut psu.cdu The Behrend Beacon I 7 WEEK'S SCHEDULE at 5 pan
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