WOMENS SOCCER
Mens and womens soccer teams earn tournament wins
The Behrend Lady Lions are starting their sea
son off strongly this year with a 3-0 record and a
home tournament win in the Herb Lauffer Me
morial Tournament under their belt.
This weekend, Behrend competed on Saturday
and Sunday and won in the championship game
against the Baldwin-Wallace Yellow Jackets in
overtime on Sept. 6, by a score of 2-1.
The first goal of the game was scored by the
Yellow Jackets Noelle Fox during the 16th
minute of the first half. The Lady Lions had sev
eral chances against the Yellow Jacket goalie, but
came up short.
The game would remain a battle on both ends
of the field, through the heat, until 24th minute
of the second half.
Behrend sophomore Glennis Robash put one
into the back of the net with the assist from Va
lerie Wagner.
“Scoring the tying goal was very exciting and
1 couldn't have been even happier,” said Robash.
“Valerie gave me the perfect cross and there was
no way it wasn't going in. Valerie is such a great
player and assets to the team just like the fresh
man class. She’s been a hard worker all through
press season"
The game continued with both goalies having
close shots just missing the net on both ends of
the field to end in regulation.
While in overtime, junior Caitlin Elser had a
throw-in 25 yards from the Yellow Jackets net.
Finishing the shot was freshman Kourtney Gas
parovic to win the tournament for the Lady
Lions.
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Bottom: Freshman Heather Klimuszka tees up a shot.
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MENS SOCCER
The Nittany Lions men's soccer team defeated
the Geneseo Blue Knights 2-1 for the Herb Lauf
fer Memorial Championship, a four-team tourna
ment hosted by Penn State Behrend.
Behrend's senior goaltender Dustin Walker re
ceived the Most Valuable Player Award for his in
credible performance in each of Behrend’s
games.
“He kept us in the game against Lebanon Val
ley on Saturday," said head coach Dan Perritano.
“He definitely deserved MVP”
Behrend barely advanced to the Championship
game. They were forced into a shootout with
Lebanon Valley after scoreless play during regu
lation and overtime in the semi-finals.
The men were in for a tough contest against
Geneseo in the championship match. The Blue
Knights played a disciplined game and had al
most complete control of the ball for the first 10
minutes.
Afterwards, the Blue Knights played more ag
gressively, creating a scoring opportunity when
senior goaltender Dustin Walker was caught out
of the net. Luckily, freshman defender Danny
Poljak was in the area to ward off the Blue
Knights attack.
Nittany Lions junior midfielder Lance Sabol
scored the game-winning goal, assisted by junior
forward Jerry Tortella, to put Behrend up 2-0.
Geneseo came out in the second half and con
tinued pushing the pace of the game with more
physical play.
“I felt that the team handled themselves well,
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Penn Stale routs Akron, 31 -7
Coach Joe Paterno returned to the sidelines for
his 60th straight season as a Penn State coach,
44th as the head coach and for the first time
since Sept. 27, 2008.
The Nittany Lions’ first-half 31-0 run marked
the start of season with a lot of potential. Even
then, Paterno was not completely satisfied in a
quick half-time interview.
“ We re not playing good enough, and we re not
i consistent (on offense]said Paterno. “We had
! some’great catches and sbtne drops. The defense
j is playing well.”
The defense stonewalled the Akron offense, al
i lowing only eight total yards of offense and no
j first downs in the first half.
The return of graduate linebacker Sean Lee
| helped to spark the defense's dominating per
j formance. It was the first time Lee has played
j since being named the Most Valuable Defensive
| Player in the 2007 Alamo Bowl, before he tore his
i ACL in the summer of 2008.
“I know [Sean] Lee,” answered Paterno in his
; post-game conference when asked what he
j thought of Lee's performance. “I'm more likely to
I watch [back up sophomore linebacker] Nathan
j Stupar or a (new to starting] defensive back.”
The two other standouts on the Nittany Lions
i defense were tackles 01 lie Ogbu and Jarred
i Odrick. Who provided a relentless pass rush and
i run stopping performance in the Zips backfield.
j The Lions offense was led by the strong per
j formance of senior quarterback Darryl Clark,
i Clark completed 29 of 40 passes for 353 yards,
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as well as the environment of the game when it
got a little more physical, which is important
down the line,” said Perritano.
•Half writer
The Lions were able to keep their composure
and not make any mistakes until the Blue
Knights senior defender Jeff Rahmlov scored
with 10 minutes left in regulation to close
Behrends lead to 2-1.
Geneseo's players pushed the Lions team to
the limit with extraordinary physical and skilled
play in the waning minutes of the game, but
Behrend's men held off the onslaught to win the
game and the tournament.
“We played good enough to win,” said Perri
tano. “We have had good practices, which trans
lated into having good games.”
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Senior Dustin Walker makes a big save tor the Lions.
three touchdowns and an interception.
Back up Nittany Lions quarterback Kevin
Newsome got some playing in the fourth quarter
and completed three of four passes. The two
Penn State quarterbacks spread the ball around
to 12 different targets for 379 yards.
Nittany Lions receiver Chaz Powell led the
game in receptions with seven catches, and his
fellow Lions wideout Derek Moye led the game
with 138 receiving yards.
“I thought we had good timing [in the passing
game],” noted Paterno in his post-game confer
ence.
Akron's defense did a decent job of concentrat
ing their efforts on stopping the run. Penn State's
Evan Royster was held to 61 yards on 14 carries
and the first score of the game off of a five yard
run.
The second half belonged to Akron, as they got
their only points on the board and held Penn
State scoreless.
Akron got their first of eight first downs on the
second play from scrimmage in the first half.
The Zips later got their only score on a 40-yard
pass from Chris Jacquemain to Daryn Bowser
with 6:07 left in the third quarter.
Penn State's defense rotated their first and sec
ond string players in the second half and gave up
178 yards. For the entire game they gave up 186
yards, which only 28 of those yards were gained
off of 30 carries.
For next week's game against Syracuse, Penn
State will need to improve in run blocking and
protecting the ball for a more balanced, techni
cally sound offensive attack.