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WOMEN'S SWIMMING
Ladies startin
KAELA BISHOP
senior reporter
The women's swimming
season has begun. The season
kicked off at Pitt-Bradford
where Behrend competed
against five other teams. The
women's 500-yard freestyle
relay team finished first with
a time of 5:10.28. The team
consisted of Meghan Ste
fanko, Anne Lawrence, Hill
ary MacManus and Rachel
Regen.
"The season is starting off
well because we all push each
other especially when we're
tired," MacManus said. "We
need to take on race at a time
at meets to come and clear
our mind of other races. It is
really important that we keep
on each other about having a
positive attitude."
The 300-yard relay team
was composed of Stefanko,
Lawrence, MacManus and
Mary Ellen Spooner. The team
finished in 3:15.51. Ragen,
Lawrence, Spooner and Julia
Pfund also competed in the
mixed 200-yard relays. The
Lions finished the meet sec
ond out six.
"I think the season has got
ten off to a good start," Pfund
said. "I think how everyone
cheers for one another is a
very positive effect. Also all
the hard work we put into
practices definitely help us
out in the long run."
Behrend Baller takes
his talent to the Biglo
to live in the gym, and was constantly playing
basketball in summer league.
"I got involved with every summer league
that I could," Colella said. "Then basically be
came a gym rat. It was basketball 24/7."
Colella continued this work ethic at Uni
versity Park as he practiced with the Nittany
Lion's women's team. When he was not doing
that or in class, Colella
was once again work
ing out in all his spare
time.
By the time try-outs
came around, Colella
did what he felt he
needed to, but was left
waiting for a call to see
if he made the team.
"I felt like I played
good fundamental bas
ketball," Colella said.
A few days after the
try-out, Colella got a
call while he was (not
suprisingly) at the
gym.
After meeting with
the coaches, he found
out he had made the
15-man roster. Now
He was dis- after all the time and
missed from the effort Colella put into
team for reasons achieving his goal, he
not specified later will be looked to pro
in the season, but vide depth in the Nit-
Colella had goals tany Lion back court
that were more due to his solid ball
than he could ac- handling ability and
complish at Beh-
PSBLions.com his defensive pressure.
rend. He wanted to Nick Colella in his sophomore season at Behrend. And while many
play D 1 basketball. people like to write off
Just a year ago, Nick Colella could be found
shooting hoops in the Junker Center with
his Behrend teammates. This year, though,
Colella has made the step up to a bigger court.
While he still will be suited up for the Blue
and White his new
home will be Bryce
Jordan Center at
University Park.
Colella, a 6'3
guard from New
Castle, spent his
first two years at
Behrend. He was
a large part of the
success seen by
the Lions as they
went 21-8 last sea
son. An Academic
All-Conference se
lection, Colella saw
time in 16 games
off the bench as a
sophomore aver
aging 8.2 points
and 4.4 rebounds a
game
Colella, a physical education major, trans- fairy tale endings as they get older, Colella
ferred to University Park the fall semester of sure gives people a glimpse of what can re
-2010. But his training took place way before ally happen if they refuse to give up on their
he stepped foot onto campus. dream.
All summer, Colella worked out, seeming
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The women got their meet
win in Bethany. Behrend
started off the meet capturing
the win in the 200-yard med
ley relay. Swimming on this
team was Spooner, Brittany
Tanilli, Lawrence and Julie
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Cook who finished in 1:59.68. a time of 2:49.26. Cook also
Later in the meet, Spooner, earned a second place spot
Tanilli and Lawrence each tal- in the 100-yard freestyle in
lied an individual win. 1:01.37 while Pfund followed
Pfund earned the best time just behind with a time of
for the Lions in the 200 IM, 1:09.71. MacManus swam the
coming in second place with 200-yard freestyle in 2:11.33
November 15 2010
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MEN'S WATER POLO
Freshman Brian Shapter helped lead the Lion's to their best season yet, due to his previous experi
ence between the posts while playing polo in high school at McDowell.
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It looks like the men's water polo team is
changing pace; they have recently set a new
school record for wins. The team seems to be
turning things around and moving in the right
direction. Improvement is the number one fac
tor for this team, and that's exactly what they
are doing. Everyone has been stepping up
their game, and they have also been working
together as a team a lot better. This was a huge
factor in this team's success.
"I couldn't have asked for a better season
this year than the one we had," said team cap
tain, Chris Dunleavy. "We were just fortunate
to have a good group of guys with a lot of
and earned first place. Ragen
collected four straight wins to
open the meet. Behrend fin
ished 120-86 over Bethany.
"My times aren't where
I want to be, but with more
hard practices to come I
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know my times can easily
be improved," Pfund said. "I
feel like just getting back into
shape is our biggest problem
since we haven't been in the
pool since March."
The team traveled to Bald
win-Wallace for their third
road meet. Katie Van Epps
and Ragen were double win
ners for the Lions during the
meet. Van Epps and Ragen
were also on the winning 400
free style relay team with
MacManus and Stefanko. The
team finished the relay first
with a time of 3:57.63.
"Each swimmer has very
high expectations of them
selves even early in the sea
son which really contributes
to our performance at ev
ety meet," MacManus said.
"Teammates who come to
practice and meets with con
fidence make it easier for the
rest of the team to feel the
same way."
Spooner finished with the
best time in the 200 yard back
stroke with a time of 2:26.39.
Tanilli swam it in 2:44.90 and
Cook followed her finishing in
2:45.33. These times weren't
enough to get the edge over
Baldwin-Wallace though, and
fell short 129-93.
"My goals are to get my
times where I want them to
be and just to do my best and
have fun with it," Pfund said.
"Also getting everyone just to
do their best."
chemistry in and out of the pool, which really
allowed for us to have the best season that we
could this year."
He is very proud of his teammates for all
of their accomplishments this season and has
said that their success would not be possible
without every person on the team. Coach Joe
Tristan agrees with his team captain. Tristan
was impressed with what his team brought to
the table this season and hopes to see it con
tinue in the future.
"We had a great group of guys that want
ed to play and be a part of a growing team,"
Coach Joe Tristan said. "We had a great fresh
man class come in and that really helped our
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