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SOFTBALL
Lady Lions sweep Thiel in double header, 6-3
SEAN NEELY
staff writer
The Behrend Lions swept the
Thiel College Tomcats Tuesday.
In game one, Behrend de
feated Thiel by the score of 6-3.
In game two, Behrend won 2-1
It was a true pitchers dual.
Game one had plenty of ac
tion. Thiel put pressure on
starting Lions’ pitcher Brooke
Tarasovich right off the bat,
who had to deal with runners at
first and second base with two
outs.
Behrend avoided early trou
ble as Thiel’s first basemen
Elise Moore would line out to
the Behrend shortstop.
Behrend would also leave
runners stranded in the bottom
half of the first inning.
With the bases loaded and
one out, Behrend could not put
up runs early in the game.
However, they put up a three
run third inning.
With runners on every base,
sophomore third baseman Ash
ley Gruber hit a bases-clearing
triple to give Behrend a three
run lead into the fourth inning.
“I had all the faith in the
MEN’S TENNIS
Behrend defeats Alfred St., extend win streak to 6 games
KAELA BISHOP
The domination continues on
the courts for Penn State
Behrend’s men’s tennis team.
The team has increased their
winning streak to 6-0.
The team defeated Alfred 5-4
during a non-conference match
-up. The Lions won four of six
matches.
Elliot Blackstone went 6-3
and 6-2 at No. 1 singles match,
and Chris Galvin went 6-3, 4-6,
6-4 during the No. 2 singles.
“Despite some setbacks,
world in my team today,” Gru-
ber said. “I just wanted to pitch Thiel’s Melissa Rankin fin- Penn State Behrend’s “I tried to relax with everyone
in.” ished off the inning with a two- Marissa DeMino brought in on base,” DeMino said. “I
Thiel would answer their run single to add on to their three runs with her inside the wanted to do this for my team."
deficit in the top of the fifth in- previous run scored, to tie the park homerun in the bottom of Thiel did not have an answer
Shane [Mosier] and Kelly
[Manning] being injured, we
have been playing strong and
pulling out the wins,” Galvin
said. “Our future will look
much better after we get those
players back.”
staff writer
Manning and Brad Nagel
each finished their singles
matches with a win. Blackstone
and Galvin made up the dou
bles team, winning their match
8-5.
The Lions swung past Frost
burg State to an 8-1 conference
victory. Blackstone continued
to bring in the wins with a 6-3,
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Freshman Kessi Osborne ducks away from a high and inside pitch. Osborne went 3-4 in the double header against Theil.
6-2 match in the No.l singles.
Galvin also defeated his oppo
nent during a N 0.2 singles, 6-1,
6-4.
Manning and Nagel each
contributed a winning singles
match. The team also prevailed
during all three doubles
matches.
Galvin has played consis
tently well during his freshman
year. He has made a large im
pact on the team. With Shane
Moiser and Manning injured,
the team will need his talent.
Galvin’s capabilities were
strongly demonstrated during
game at three,
the matches mentioned,
Both at home, and at their in
door facility,
The West
wood Racquet
Club, Galvin
recieved more
of an edge
over his com
petition
“Our future will look d !o
much better after
we get those
players back.”
Chris Galvin
freshman
“I prefer
playing in
doors rather
than on out
door courts
because the elements are con
stant,” Galvin said. “The sun
the sixth inning.
and wind affect your play a lot
more than most people think.”
The Blue and
pick up another
AMCC confer
ence win, 8-1.
Traveling did not
affect this team’s
poise, boosting
their streak to 6-
0.
The Behrend
Lions are now 12-
5 overall and 7-1 in conference
play. The team has not let the
orts
and 2-1
to Behrend’s late-game show
ing, as the Lady Lions would go
on to win 6-3.
The second game turned out
to be a defensive struggle.
Behrend jumped out to an
early lead as freshman Kessi
Osborne singled home Mary
DeMino.
Thiel would not answer until
the fifth inning, when they tied
the score up at 1-1.
But, yet again, Gruber would
come through in the clutch with
another timely hit.
She singled in Amy Greene,
who sat on third base. Gruber
would finish the day with four
runs batted in.
It was a successful day for
Behrend as they swept the
Thiel Tomcats and improved
their overall record to 6-6 on
the year.
“We came out to play ball
today. The focus was here, and
we played hard,” said head
coach Stacy Pondo following
the game. “We want to continue
this type of play.”
Behrend will now focus on
their upcoming game against
Pitt-Bradford, AMCC Confer
ence rivals.
injuries affect their success.
The Lions have enough talent
to fill in the gaps and motivated
players to step up.
In the AMCC conference, the
team still has to face Pitt-
Greensburg, Penn State Al
toona, Frostburg State, or
D’Youville. Behrend has played
each team already, the only
loss was the Penn State Altoona
during a 5-4 match.
The Blue and White are con
fident this time and will look to
maintain their winning streak
during the four remaining con
ference games.