its o e4tent) Sports MEN'S & WOMEN'S SOCCER Caitlynn Elser and Kyle McKinney have both played huge roles in the Lions success this season. While both play in the defensive position, both teams looked to Elser and McKinney to anchor the defensive line, leading to a successful season that took them to their respective AMCC final matches. Both teams will host ECAC tournament matches Wednesday, Nov. 10 at the Behrend Fields. AMCC HEARTBREAK Men's and women's soccer teams both lose in finals MIRANDA MCCORMICK stall reporter It just was not the year for the Behrend Lions soccer pro grams. Both the 2010 men's and women's soccer teams made it to the AMCC cham pionship game facing their biggest rivals: Medaille and Penn State Altoona respec tively. Sadly, neither team could come up with a win. CROSS COUNTRY Athletes run to second place Senior Liz Keller ran a com mendable 19.24 at the AMCC final. Behr end Cll4 :Vil r CAA 41 Bayhawks host clinic for locals in Erie hall. Full story on Both teams played hard, but could not get the final push to gain a NCAA bid. The men's soccer team went into the tournament as the top seed. The Lions faced La Roche in their first game of the tournament on Wednes day and won 5-0. They faced Medaille in the AMCC finals on Saturday. Penalty kicks would be the deciding factor in this battle. The Lions fell The Men's and Women's Cross Country teams have one key ingredient to their success. This success has de veloped from constant consis tency and effort up and down their respective lineups. This year at the AMCC Champion ships at Schenley Park, Beh rend finished a respectable second place behind confer ence rival Franciscan. PSBLions.com The men's side, even though they ended their fourth consecutive cham- Page B 4 "A result in PKs does not define the better team in the game of soccer." SEAN NEELY senior reporter pionship reign, went on to have eight individual runners take home All-AMCC honors. Leading the way for the men was senior mechanical en gineering technology major Justin DiPenti. DiPenti, the school record holder of the 1500-meter. "Our drive to compete and constantly better ourselves has lead to our success. Our expectations for this year were to win our AMCC Championship, as well as to achieve our best overall team finish at our regional meet," said DiPenti. see Athletes on page B 2 November 9, 2010 BRIAN BODNAR SENIOR MIDFIELDER Bottom JOE PATERNO Joe Paterno wins his 400th game. Another reason to stay? Full story on 5-4 in the end. This was the second time in AMCC history that a championship game would be decided by penalty kicks. "Sometimes through all the hard work we put into the season, it does not always go our way no matter how bad you want it," said senior midfielder Brian Bodnar. 'But we couldn't have asked for a better season. A result in WO MENS VOLLEYBALL Ladies come up short in AMCCs Red hot Behrend volleyball team falls to rival Penn State Altoona 3-0 in the finals held in Bradford last weekend After an 11-game winning streak, the Lady Lions fell to Penn State Altoona in the AMCC Semi finals. The AMCC play offs begun in the Junker Center last Tuesday. Behrend faced sixth-seeded Mt. Aloysius. The Lions shut out Mt. Aloysius 3-0. Behrend got off to a slow start in the first game, the team was down seven points at one time during the match. The Lions ended the 25-20 game with a block from Jessica Woods. "We showed that we can work our way out of a hole and come together as a team," said freshman Chelsea Magnusen. "I think that we need to work harder and use our talent on the court to win and play well." PKs does not define the bet ter team in the game of soc cer. We hope to continue our momentum and remain beck to back ECAC champions." The Lions have had to face Medaille in the champion ship the past four years. They hoped the outcome would be different this year. Senior, Jerry Tortella predicted that the Lions would face Medaille in the finals at the beginning KAELA BISHOP senior reporter see Ladies on page B 2 Line Llia , lA . E4 . i&i , L . & , lAiu Danielle Woods helps lead volleyball team. Full Story on Page B 3 Dan Smith i The Behrend Beacon of the season. He said that it always seems to be these two teams in the finals. It just wasn't Behrend's turn to take the crown. The women's team hoped their outcome would be dif ferent. After receiving a first round bye, the Lady Lions went on to face La Roche. They were victorious and see AMCC on page B 2 Junior Stefanie Kelly and fresh man Kelly Tresser go up for a
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