Cv%/\ vif n Behrend Beacon I 1 I 1 I I October 9, 2009 A www.thebehrendbeacon.com VOLLEYBALL Volleyball team defeats Pitt-Bradford SHEILA OGDEN RECORDS CAREER KILL 1000 ALEC ITALIANO staff writer The Penn State Behrend Lions (11-5) hosted the Pitt- Bradford Panthers (11-2) for a volleyball match filled with lead changes, lengthy volleys, and powerful kills on Oct. 7. It was a rough start for head coach Phil Pisano and his Lions as they went down 7-1 before calling a timeout in the first game in a best of five series. They were able to tie it up at 11-11 before Pitt-Bradford was forced to call a timeout. Behrend took their first lead at 14-13 after a series of spikes by sophomore Lauren Dalton. After about four more lead changes the Lions were able to take the first game 25-20. Senior Sheila Ogden had a strong game contributing a number of blocks and spikes to help the Blue and White to the first game win. Ogden went into the match three kills away from reaching PSU FOOTBALL TE Andrew Quarless coming fell circle SHAWN ANNARELLI sports editor Tattooed on tight end An drew Quarless' left tricep is GODS, and tattooed on his right tricep is GIFT. GODS GIFT? Well, Mr. Quarless, let s not exaggerate the truth here, because the truth is he has taken a regrettably long, high road to get anywhere near that label. A promising prospect in 2006, Quarless played in every game as a true freshman, was fifth on the team in catches and earned First-Team Freshman All-Big Ten accolades. As a sophomore, Quarless took his first step in the wrong direction as he was suspended for the team's first two games of the 2007 season for underage drinking. He played in the last ten games of the season, but the incident was a foreshadow ing of his drop in production as a receiving tight end. Despite a rough second-year campaign, Quarless was ex pected break out as one of quarterback Darryl Clark's fa- MEN’S SOCCER Soccer shutout by W&J, 2-0 RACHELLE THOMPSON staff writer The Behrend Lions men's soccer team Jost a tough non conference match, 2-0, to the Washington Jefferson Presi dents on Oct. 7. The field conditions of the af ternoon game played a factor on both sides of the ball. Behrend had several oppor tunities within 10 minutes of the start of the first half when sophomore Kyle McKinny had a penalty shot 40 yards from the net. The chip shot went just wide of the left post. Another was when junior NFL Pittsburgh @ Detroit Atlanta @ San Francisco San Fran. Atlanta New England @ Denver Cincinnati <g Baltimore NCAA #1 Forida @ #4 LSU #l4 Penn St. @ E. Illinois Penn St. Penn St. Penn St. Penn St. Penn St. Penn St, NHL Pittsburgh @ Toronto Washington (« Detroit Season Totals: a benchmark one thousandth kill in her college career. She achieved this goal halfway through the second game and was greeted by a loud applause by fans and teammates after her third kill of the match. “I was really excited to reach that milestone and I hope to get even more,” Ogden says. The Lions were able to clinch the second game with less frus tration, and a final score of 25- 16. Although Pitt-Bradford was able to tie it up at 13-13 at the halfway mark, Penn State Behrend’s serve was deadly, chalking up six aces in the sec ond game, topped off by two spikes from Freshman Mary Sperry. The third and final game of the series started out in Pitt- Bradford’s favor as they jumped out to a 3-0 start and built a 17-12 lead over the Lions after Behrend’s second timeout of the game. The Lions were able to settle Tight End Andrew Quarless is second on the Nittany Lions with 16 recetions this vorite targets last season. Ex pectations were shattered and promise was broken in the off season when he found himself in trouble with the law, again. On March 2, 2008 Quarless was arrested and charged with a DUI, underage drinking and failure to obey traffic signals. A judge ordered him to a 15 month rehabilitation program, and head coach Joe Paterno suspended him from spring Jerry Tortella was fouled right outside of the box and was also awarded a penalty kick. Junior Brian Bodnar chal lenged the Presidents’ goal keeper Brandon Kern with a header, but it went wide of the net. The Presidents had several chances at goal when Sean Maddock crossed the ball into Behrend's defensive end of the field rebounded it was Presi dents player Mike Pappas, shot was saved by Behrend goal keeper, Dustin Walker. Also the Presidents’ junior Chris Skovira had a hard bouncing shot at Walker, which he saved. 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As the teams went volley after volley late in the match, the Behrend Lions were able to clinch the last game 27-25 and took the Panthers in three straight games. “I think our defense played good, we played hard and were as tough as nails,” freshman Lexy Weissinger said. “We wanted this match very badly and they were a rival in our conference which made the win that much sweeter.” The Lions are playing in the Cortland Tournament this weekend and do not play an other home match until Oct. 17 against Mt. Aloysius. training acuities Six months later, Quarless was on his way to climbing out of Paternos doghouse when marijuana was found in his apartment on Sept. 2, 2008. Paterno suspended him in definitely the next day. Follow ing a police investigation that revealed Quarless could not be criminally charged with any crime Paterno, lifted the sus pension. The Presidents would take the lead at the 36 minute when sophomore midfielder Dan Hart put one in the back of the net with a through ball from Skovira. Behrend would have other close chances to tie the game from penalty kicks, all blocked by the Presidents’ defensive wall. Cory Hamilton also had a shot at the 20 minute mark, which went wide of the post. The Presidents would put the game away from a penalty that occurred inside the box. Hart would take the shot and score to seal the win. Shawn Christine Dan Mike San Fran. Atlanta Atlanta Florida Detroit Senior Sheila Ogden recorded her one thousandth career kill on Oct. 7. Despite being back on the team, Quarless' struggles off the field put him in Paternos doghouse for the season as he watched teammate Mickey Shuler Jr. takeover as the start ing tight end. Quarless' receiv ing statistics continued to drop from season to season in uni son with a substantial decrease in playing time. Following Penn State's loss to the USC Trojans in the Rose Bowl, Quarless vowed to the nation he would show who he “really is” in his senior year. So far, so good on that promise. Most importantly Quarless has won back his starting job and claims he has not had an alcoholic beverage in over 18 months. He is also Clark's second fa vorite target after five games in the 2009 season, catching 16 passes for 153 yards. Quarless is now considered to be one of the nation s top tight ends and will most likely be considered as a candidate for the Mackey Award, given to the nation's best tight end at the end of the season. The Lions had many opportunites to score, but tailed to capitalize. Atlanta Florida Detroit Detroit 22-20 29-13 Athlete of the Week Jacob Bernstein played a major role in his team's first victory of the season. Behrend senior Jacob Bern stein has been named the En terprise Rent-A-Car Athlete of the Week for the week of Octo ber 5, 2009. Bernstein made 35 saves over the weekend at the Claremont Invitational, including a game saving five meter penalty save during the Cal Tech game. The win against Cal Tech put AMCC Sports Standings MEN’S SOCCER AMCC Pts Overall Strk Medaille 4-0 12 10-2-1 W 2 Laßoche 4-0 12 6-5-1 W 4 Franciscan 4-1 12 6-4 W 4 Penn St. Altoona 3-1 9 7-4-1 LI Pitt-Greensburg 2-2-1 7 3-8-1 LI Penn St. Behrend 2-1 6 7-3-1 LI Hilbert 1-3-1 4 1-11-1 LI Frostburg State 1-3 3 5-6-1 W 1 Pitt-Bradford 1-4 3 1-10 W 1 DYouville 1-4 3 1-11 LI Mount Aloysius 0-4 0 0-10 LlO WOMEN’S SOCCER AMCC Pts Overall Strk Laßoche 4-0 12 10-2 W 7 Frostburg State 3-1 9 9-2 W 5 Medaille 3-1 9 5-6-1 W 1 Franciscan 3-2 9 4-6-1 LI Hilbert 3-2 9 6-4-2 LI Penn St. Behrend 2-0-1 7 7-2-2 W 2 Penn St. Altoona 2-1-1 7 9-2-1 W 2 Pitt-Bradford 2-3 6 5-6 W 2 Pitt-Greensburg 1-4 3 2-10 L 3 Mount Aloysius 0-4 0 0-12 LI2 D'Youville 0-5 0 2-8 L 5 WOMEN’S TENNIS AMCC Overall Strk Frostburg State 7-0 10-2 W 5 Penn St. Behrend 7-1 11-4 W 1 Penn St. Altoona 5-3 5-3 W 3 Laßoche 2-5 2-5 L 3 D'Youville 1-7 2-8 W 2 Pitt-Bradford 1-7 1-12 W 1 WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL AMCC Overall Strk Frostburg State 4-0 17-3 W 7 Penn St. Behrend 4-1 12-5 W 4 Medaille 4-1 12-2 W 3 Penn St. Altoona 3-1 10-10 LI Pitt-Bradford 3-2 11-4 L 2 Mount Aloysius 2-2 7-9 W 1 D'Youville 2-2 5-10 LI Pitt-Greensburg 1-2 3-12 W 2 Franciscan 1-4 6-10 LI Hilbert 0-3 2-10 L 4 Laßoche 0-6 2-17 L 4 Cross Country Oct. 2 at Lehigh Invitational - Men 34/38 Women 17/32 Golf Oct. 4 at AMCC Championships - Day 1 score Oct. 5 at AMCC Championships - Day 2 score Total Score • 617 and AMCC Champions. Men’s Soccer Oct. 7 v. Washington and Jefferson - Lost 2-0 Women’s Soccer Oct. 6 at Westminster - Tie, 1-1 (20T) Women’s Tennis Oct. 7 v. D’Youville - Won, 9-0. Women’s Volleyball Oct. 7 v. Pitt-Bradford - Won, 3-0. Men’s Water Polo Oct. 2 at Claremont Invitational v. Occidental - Lost, 16-5 Oct. 2 at Claremont Invitational v. Cal Tech - Won, 13-12 Oct. 3 at Claremont Invitational v. Le Verne - Lost, 18-4 Oct. 3 at Claremont Invitational v. Cali. Lutheran - Lost, 19-4 the Behrend Lions into the win column for the first time this season “Jacob had an outstanding weekend," head coach Joe Tris tan said. "He made a lot of great saves and the five meter penalty shot that he blocked to save the win against Cal Tech was by far the play of the week end."
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