Sports
CROSS COUNTRY
XC prepares for AMCC Championships
AMANDA STETZ
staff writer
The men's and women's
cross country team will be host
ing the AMCC Championships
at the Behrend Fields on Oct.
31.
The men will look to win the
team's third consecutive AMCC
Championship.
The women look to be just as
successful as their men team
mates, with a win of their own.
The women won the title in
2007 and expected to win the
AMCC last year.
This year, the women's team
will be looking to not be disap
pointed.
"Not winning the AMCC title
last year was a huge let down,"
said junior Liz Keller. "Not one
of us expected to place as low
as third last year. This season
we are definitely a stronger
team. We have every intention
of going out on a strong note,
and hopefully we win the title."
Both the men's and women's
cross country teams have had a
strong season.
While the team has placed
highly in several of this year's
meets, individuals have conse-
SWIMMING
Swim team takes second at Pitt Bradford Relays
The Lions take
gold in eight out
of 16 events in
first competition
ALEC ITALIANO
staff writer
The Penn State Behrend
swim team kicked off their
2009-2010 season by taking
second place at the Pitt Brad
ford Relay Invitational.
The Lions, with a combined
score of 230 after 16 events, fell
only to Notre Dame who won
by 34 points.
The nearest competitor after
Behrend was Penn State Al
toona with a score of 82 and
MEN'S SOCCER
Soccer team falls to Case Western, 3-0
LAUREN LIEBDZINSKI
staff writer
On Oct. 23 the Penn State
Behrend men's soccer team
faced off against the Spartans
of Case Western Reserve at the
Behrend Fields.
Despite less than perfect
weather conditions, as well as
field conditions, the Behrend
men knew what they needed to
accomplish.
Playing without starting
sophomore center midfielder
Aaron Meehl would be an ob
stacle that the team needed to
overcome to win the game.
Throughout the entire first
half, the Lions certainly had
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soccer game can be
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quently done well.
Going above and beyond ex
pectations this season, the
men's senior captain Kevin
Gorny has placed in several
meets this year. At the first In
vitational of the year, at West
minster, Gorny placed first
Junior Liz Keller hopes for an
AMCC Championship.
ousted teams such as Pitt-Brad
ford and Bethany College.
The Behrend Lions took the
gold in eight of the 16 events.
These events included Mixed
200 Yard Medley Relay, Men
300 Yard Butterfly Relay, Men
300 Yard Backstroke Relay,
Men 300 Yard Breaststroke
Relay, Mixed 200 Yard
Freestyle Relay, Mixed 400
Yard Reverse Medley Relay,
Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay,
and Men 500 Yard Crescendo
Relay.
Junior women's team captain
Danielle Wilson, a first-team
all-AMCC athlete, performed
well in the mixed 400 yard re
verse medley relay to help her
team take the win.
Junior Josh Reish was named
team captain for the men's
team. He swam well in the Men
their chances to put the ball in
the net.
Unfortunately, they could not
capitalize on any of their scor
ing opportunities.
The Behrend men held
strong and stood their ground
until the 27:55 minute mark of
the first half when a Case West
ern player was pulled down in
the box, giving the Spartans a
penalty shot taken by the Spar
tans' Vinny Bell.
Bell was able to put the ball
behind senior goalkeeper
Dustin Walker.
Down by a score of 1-0 at
halftime, the Lions needed to
pick up their game and start
creating scoring opportunities.
Despite their efforts, the sec
ond half of the game saw only
two more goals by the Spar
tans.
Behrend continued to strug
gle to find the net and fell to the
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among the men with a time of
26:52. The men's team followed
suit and placed first at the West
minster Invitational.
The women's team has also
had success this season. Junior
Emily Berry has been a stand
out on the women's team, plac
Andy lams has been a strong
runner for the Lions this season
300 yard breastroke relay along
with Hamilee Cousin, Jake
Sherk and Ben Strunk.
The relay team took first in
the event over Notre Dame by
5.71 seconds and over Penn
State Altoona by 16.52 seconds.
Another swimmer that did
well at the meet was freshman
Jake Desßoches.
He helped the team take first
in the mixed 200-yard medley
relay and the men 300-yard
backstroke relay.
The Lions won the events by
1.57 seconds and 1.65 seconds
respectively both over Notre
Dame.
Sophomore Anne Lawrence
helped the women's team to
win the mixed 400 Yard Re
verse Medley Relay and the 200
yard Medley Relay.
Lawrence is expected to
Spartans by a final score of 3-0.
Walker finished the game
with five saves.
"1 personally believe we were
a better team," said freshman
Danny Poljak. "However, in
less than perfect weather and
field conditions, the better team
does not always win." The ab
sence of Meehl may have also
hurt the Lions.
"Well, Aaron is a great ball
winner and handler in the mid
dle," Poljak said. "Obviously,
we missed him, but we still had
a good amount of depth on the
field. We just need to to bounce
back from a tough game."
The men's soccer team is
currently 7-1-1 in AMCC play.
The AMCC tournament is
coming up for the Behrend
Lions, and they are poised to
win an AMCC Championship
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ing highly at several meets this
season.
At the Behrend invitational,
the men and women placed
third out of 15 and second out
of 12, respectively.
Most recently the cross coun
try team struggled against
some of the better teams in Di
vision 111 at the Oberlin Invita
tional. The men finished 23 out
of 28 and the women finished
23 out of 25. Tanisha Wheatley
led the Lions with a time of
24:49.
After winning three of the
last four championships the
men and women will have high
expectations heading into this
weekend.
Should one or both of the
men's or women's teams win
the title, that respective team or
teams will be four-time AMCC
champions.
"We are looking really good
as a team," Gorny said. "We
have a good shot to win the title
with up to six or seven All-
AMCC runners."
The Lions hope for a good
turn out with the Champi
onship being held at Behrend.
make a few runs at the record
boards during her career here
at Behrend.
The team is led by coach Jen
Wallace who is in her seventh
year as men's and woman's
head swimming coach.
This year the Lions will look
to secure their third straight
AMCC swimming and diving
championship after taking the
title the last two years.
"The team worked well to
gether, and we swam strong,"
said freshman Stefania Pontillo.
"We hope to do better next
week and will be practicing
hard all week for it."
The swim team continues
their season when they next
host Bethany College on Oct.
31.
Behrend shot six times, but only
had one shot on goal.
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BEHREND BEACON
October 30, 2009
www.thebehrendbeacon.com
Athlete of the week
Jon Klein/The Behrend Beacon
Ryan Banks scored three goals in a 9-0 win against Mt. Aloysius.
Ryan Banks has been named
the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Ath
lete of the Week for the week of
Oct. 26, 2009.
Banks exploded for three
goals in an AMCC contest
against Mount Aloysius on, Oct.
24.
Banks' Season Statistics
Goals Assists Shots SOG SOG%
AMCC Sports Standings
As of 10/26
MEN'S SOCCER
AMCC Pts Overall Strk
Medaille 8-0-1 25 14-2-2 WI
Penn St. Behrend 7-1-1 22 12-4-2 WI
Penn St. Altoona 7-2 21 11-5-1 W 4
Franciscan 6-3 18 9-6 W 2
Frostburg State 6-3 18 10-6-1 W 6
La Roche 6-3 18 8-8-1 W 1
Pitt-Bradford 3-6 9 4-12 WI
Pitt-Greensburg 2-6-1 7 3-13-1 L 6
D'Youville 2-7 6 3-14 LI
Hilbert 1-7-1 4 1-15-1 L 5
Mount Aloysius 0-9 0 0-15 Ll 5
WOMEN'S SOCCER
AMCC Pts Overall Strk
Penn St. Behrend 8-0-1 25 12-2-3 W 8
Frostburg State 8-1 24 14-3 W 3
Medaille 6-2-1 19 8-7-2 WI
Penn St. Altoona 6-2-1 19 14-3-1 W 5
La Roche 5-3-1 16 12-6-1 L 2
Pitt-Bradford 5-4 15 9-7 LI
Franciscan 4-5 12 6-9-1 WI
Hilbert 4-6 12 7-8-2 WI
Pitt-Greensburg 1-8 3 2-14 L 7
D'Youville 1-8 3 3-11 L 3
Mount Aloysius 0-9 0 0-16 Ll 6
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
AMCC Overall Strk
Frostburg State 7-0 25-4 W 6
Penn St. Behrend 7-2 17-8 LI
Penn St. Altoona 6-1 13-10 W 3
Pitt-Bradford 6-2 14-4 W 3
Medaille 5-2 18-7 W 2
Mount Aloysius 3-4 8-18 L 8
D'Youville 2-5 8-15 L 4
Pitt-Greensburg 3-4 5-14 W 2
Franciscan 2-7 9-13 WI
Hilbert 1-6 4-16 L 3
La Roche 0-9 2-24 LI I
Most recent sports results
Swimming
Oct. 24 at Pitt-Bradford Relays - 2nd Place - 154 pts.
Men's Soccer
Oct. 23 v. Case Western - Lost 3-0.
Oct. 24 at Mount Aloysius - Won 9-0.
Women's Soccer
Oct. 24 at Mount Aloysius - Won 8-0.
Women's Volleyball
Oct. 24 at Penn State Altoona - Lost 3-2.
Men's Water Polo
Oct. 24 at DII Eastern Championships v. Washington and Jeffer
son - Lost 11-7 (OD.
Oct. 24 at DIII Eastern Championships v. John Hopkins - Lost
23-2.
Oct. 25 at DIII Eastern Championships v. Connecticut - Lost 14-
9.
Oct. 25 at DIII Eastern Championships v. Connecticut - Lost 19-
13.
The Behrend Lions went on
to score a season high nine
goals as they defeated the
Mounties 9-0.
Banks scored one of his goals
in the first period while adding
the Blue and White's only goals
in the second.
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