Friday, April 17, 2009
Tennis team's nine match win
By Shawn Annarelli
contributing writer
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As an athlete, coach, or just a
fan it is always difficult to take
a loss. It can be argued that
losing time and time again is
the most heart breaking, but
what about when the team and
its fans feel like the wrong
team lost. Those are the losses
that are the most difficult to
take in most cases but, not
these Lions.
In their final r' lar season
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Sophomore Jon Henderson returns the ball to his opponent.
Koerbel and Fyffe named
AMCC
By Christine Newby
sports editor
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Senior pitcher David Koerbel
and junior shortstop Josh Fyffe
were named the AMCC per
formers of the week.
Koerbel earned the pitcher of
the week honors and Fyffe was
named the player of the week.
"Holding the all time wins
[record] at Behrend definitely
means a lot to me," Koerbel
said. "There were big name
pitchers that I surpassed. But
it is more of trying to get back
to regionals for me."
Koerbel won his 24th win of
his career in the first game of
the doubleheader against Pitt-
Greensburg on Saturday, April
11. He is already the pro
gram's leader in strike-outs
and complete games. Koerbel
currently leads the AMCC in
wins with six and strikeouts
with 43.
"The first two years I just
showed up and played,"
explained Koerbel. "But the
last two years I put forth a lot
more effort in the offseason
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match the Penn State Behrend
men's tennis team (12-7, 8-0)
hosted and lost to the Notre
Dame Falcons (4-9, 0-4). Head
coach Jeff Barger and several
players do not appear to be
concerned over the defeat.
Rather, they are looking ahead
to competing in the AMCC
Championships on April 19 at
the Oxford Club in Wexford,
PA.
"I'm not concerned. Notre
Dame was a very good team,"
Barger said. "I thought we had
our chances, but just didn't get
performers of the week
and these have been my best
two years." Head coach Paul
Benim has seen Koerbel grow
as a player throughout his
career at Behrend.
"David has evolved into a
complete pitcher," Benim said.
"He is a mentally tough kid
and he deserves credit for what
he has done."
As Koerbel was dominating
at the plate, Fyffe took over at
the plate. Fyffe went 9-for-12
(.750) on the week with four
extra-base hits (double, triple,
and two HR) and drove in nine
runs as the Blue and White
swept Franciscan and Pitt-
Greensburg. He also con
tributed to the team through
his base running as he was 3-
for-4 on stolen base attempts.
Fyffe played solid defense with
three assists and three putouts
while committing no errors.
The Behrend Lions play a
home game on April 17 against
Fredonia at 2 p.m and then
travel to La Roche on April 18
for a doubleheader at 1 p.m.
On April 19 the team travels to
play Wooster and is back at
home against Hilbert to play a
doubleheader on April 22.
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Indians vs.Ylmkees (4-18)
Padres vs. Phillies (4-18)
Orioles vs. Red Sox (4-18)
Tigers vs. Mariners (4-18)
Cardinals vs. Cubs (4-18)
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it done. We had a couple of
players playing with injuries
and illness and I sat out one
starter. For the most part we
played hard. We will keep
doing what we have been
doing, the guys will respond."
Senior captain James Getty
said, "Fm not really concerned
about the loss against Notre
Dame, it was a close match
that could have gone either
way. We just had an off day and
it cost us the match. Even
though we didn't play as well
as we could, it was good warm
up for the tournament. [Notre
dame] is a pretty good team."
The Lions lost 6-3 and it
ended a month long undefeat
ed streak from March 13 to
April 13.
Sophomore Elliot
Blackstone, who is a favorite to
be named AMCC player of the
year for the second year in a
row, barely lost in the top sin
gles and doubles match. He
got off to a slow start in his sin
gles match losing the first set
6-1 to Notre Dame's Jimmy
Goodwin. He came back in the
second set to edge out a small
victory of 7-6. In the tiebreak
er, he lost by the same score he
had won. In the top doubles
match, he teamed with fellow
sophomore Jon Henderson and
the pair lost 9-7.
"I played very poorly in sin
gles and doubles, I made so
many errors in the singles
match, but it was still pretty
close," Blackstone said. "I
really feel that I could have
won both of those matches. I'm
not worried about that match
at all. It was played outside in
had conditions."
Behrend did win the second
and third singles matches, as
well as, the second doubles
match. In the number two sin
gles match, sophomore Erkin
Nasirli defeated Notre Dame's
Andy Sherman. In the number
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three singles match, junior
Shane Mosier defeated the
Falcon's Kyle Roche while los
ing just one point. The Lions
paired the victorious duo of
Getty and Nasirli in the num
ber two doubles match.
Getty and fellow senior
Brian Kaleta are ending their
careers when the AMCC
Championships are over.
Kaleta contributed greatly in
his first three years at Behrend
before an injury derailed his
career last year. He made a
return this year, but he has
only been able to play sparing
ly.
"Its kind of bitter sweet,"
Getty said. "I am definitely
excited about playing in the
tournament again. I haven't
played my best at the tourna
ment in previous years, so I am
looking forward to getting
another chance to play in it. At
the same time it will he the last
time I will play tennis as a part
of a team. I've had so much fun
being a part of this team, and I
will miss everything about it."
The Lions are the favorites to
dominate this year's AMCC
Championship's as they have
gone undefeated against their
AMCC rivals this season. Getty
is confident the Lions will
maintain their superiority in
the AMCC Championships.
"I really want to win the
tournament," Getty said. 'And
there is not a doubt in my mind
about us winning the tourna
ment. I have all the confidence
in the world in this team. We
have been playing well and we
all have been working hard
throughout the season, win
ning the AMCC Tournament
would be a great way for us to
end our season. I want to leave
this team on a positive note by
starting a streak of AMCC
Championships."
Junior Josh Fyffe at the plate
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SATURDAY, APRIL 18
The Men's and Women's Track & Field compete at the
The Lady Lions Softball (20-5) team plays a televised
DH against La Roche at 1 p.m.
The Golf team plays at 11 a.m. at the Carnegie Mellon
The Women's Water Polo (0-12) team competes at the
CWPA Western Division Championships at Indiana
University at TBA.
The Baseball team (21-5) plays a DH at La Roche (12-11)
at 1 p.m.
SUNDAY, APRIL 19
The Women's Water Polo team continues the CWPA
The Men's Tennis (12-7) team plays in the AMCC
Tournament at the Oxford Club in Wexford, PA at 9 a.m
The Softball team plays a DH against Frosburg State
(20-9) at 1 p.m.
The Baseball team travels to Wooster (26-7) for a DH at
1 ..m.
MONDAY, APRIL 20
The JV Baseball team plays Mercyhurst-North East
at 4 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
The Baseball team plays a televised DH against Hilbert
at 1 p.m.
The Men's and Women's Golf team competes at the
Behrend Invitiational at Pean-N'-Peek at noon.
The softball team plays
-11-1- Washington & Jefferson (13-5) at 3 p.m.
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Indians
Red Sox
Cardinals
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All scores based from Sports Calendar and indiN idual team page results. If )our sport
98-71
Senior James Getty gets ready to serve
SPORTS SCHEDULE
home games in bold
Westminster Invitational at 10 a.m
Western Division Championships
The Golf team competes at the Carnegie Mellon
Invitiational at 11 a.m
The Softball team travels to take on Hilbert for a
3 p.m. game
THURSDAY, APRIL 23
LAST WEEK'S
SPORTS
All wins in italic text
SATURDAY, APRIL 11
Baseball (DH): Behrend 2 Pitt-Greensburg 0
Behrend 7 Pitt-Greensburg 1
Softball: Behrend 11 Pitt-Greensburg 1
Behrend 13 Pitt-Greensburg 2
MONDAY, APRIL 13
Men's Tennis: Behrend 3 Notre Dame 6
TUESDAY, APRIL 14
Baseball (DH): Behrend 11 Allegheny 0
Behrend 3 Allegheny 7
Softball (DH) : Behrend 1 Westminster 0
Behrend 2 Westminster 5
THURSDAY, APRIL 16
Baseball: Behrend 13 Thiel 7
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