Page Four
Monentum Needed To Spark Turnaround 4
Cub Eye Win Streak
The Behrend soccer team is in
need of something (no, not new
uniforms) and if they get it, it
could turn their season around.
"We need to get some
momentum going," said Coach
Lauffer straight-forwardly. We
can still finish second or third in
our division, but we need back-to
back wins." So far, that's been a
tough order for Behrend to fill. In
fact, they've yet to come up with
consecutive wins in what has been
a hot and cold, up and down
season thus far. The coach points
out their dilemma. "We're at
.500. then one game above, back
to .500, then one game above." In
other words, as the saying goes,
"Somethin's gotta give."
However: if the results of the
past games are an indication, it
certainly won't be the Behrend
defense. It has proved to be the
most effective and consistent part
of the Cub game and has kept
them in contention in every game
to date. Conversely, the offense
has been sporadic. It has sput
tered at times and been
devastating on other occasions..
That's the picture right now; a
strong, reliable defense and a
somewhat upredictable offense.
Last week the combination of the
two produced some interesting
results, though not entirely
favorable.
On Wednesday the team was at
Alliance where they dropped a 1-Ce
decision. In the following game
versus Youngstown, the Cubs
pulled an abrupt turnaround and
ran away with a 5-1 victory.
Against Alliance the Cubs
experienced one of their most
frustrating afternoons of the
season. The Behrend offense was
in virtual command throughout
the first half and repeatedly
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moved the ball downfield against
their opponent. However, they
failed to finish strongly in their
attack and most of their ad
vances were continually stalled
near the goal, often times with a
defender kicking the ball away.
When they did get a shot away,
they just couldn't seem to zero in
on the goal, a perfect example of
this being one shot which barely
missed. hitting the crossbar in
stead. "We just couldn't put the
ball in the net." said Coach
Lauffer in summing it all up.
All totaled. Behrend sent 22
shots flying at the Alliance goal,
many of them deep inside their
opponent's territory, and allowed
only 12 shots defensively. Alliance
got their only goal on a shot by
their left halfback with 30
minutes remaining in the second
half and it stood for the
remainder of the game. The goal
came on a corner kick and fooliing
at this statistic, it becomes
evident that, for the Cubs, it just
wasn't their day. They had a
grand total of 12 corner kicks and
couldn't capitalize on any of them
whereas Alliance had but three
such kicks but cashed in on one
for what proved to be the winning
goal.
A corner kick comes about
when the ball goes out of bounds
after last touching a defensive
player. The players then pack
themselves in front of the goal
and await the inbounds kick
which comes from the corner and
is booted just in front of the goal.
The offense must shoot quickly if
it is to take advantage of this
close-in opportunity and the
defense must clear the ball out as
fast as possible to avoid
surrendering an easy goal. To the
novice soccer fan, this mass of
people crowded together,
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bumping and pushing one another
in a frenzied attempt to get to the
ball, bears a definite resem
blance to a mugging or a taffy
pull, perhaps.
Coach Lauffer was a bit
disappointed with his squad's
performance. feeling they could
have had the game well in hand
by half time. "We should have
had a comfortable lead of two or
three goals at the half. We had a
number of scoring opportunities
in the first half." he said.
"Statistically, we dominated. But
that doesn't assure us a victory."
The Behrend head soccer man
explained that his team fell apart
for a while but once they gained
their composure, made an ex
cellent comeback attempt.
"After Alliance scored their goal,
we had a spell where we
panicked. We played rather
sloppy ball for a while. We
seemed to forget that we had
thirty more minutes in which to
score. Finally in the last fifteen
minutes we played some very
good soccer; we just couldn't
score." Three outstanding saves
by the Alliance goalie in those last
15 minutes also put a damper on
any Behrend hopes.
In Youngstown, the Cubs fared
much better in pummeling the
host school, 5-1. "They're not as
bad a team as the five to one
score indicated. They had
potential; they just couldn't put it
all together." stated Coach
Lauffer.
Such wasn't the case with
Behrend as they put on an im
pressive showing throughout the
day, despite playing on a terrible
playing field.- which was shorter
and narrower than average and
displayed a tree with branches
hanging only a few feet above the
goal. They moved to a 2-0 half
time lead on the strength of goals
by Paul Peet and Mark Rudolf. In
the second half, Jeff Leonard and
Paul Newman found the net and
Rudolf added his second score.
"Both of those goals were picture
goals," remarked Coach Lauffer
on Rudolf's contributions.
Rudolf was also on the other end
of one goal as he chipped in with
an assist. Steve Motycka, who
"did it all," according to Lauffer,
had two assists as he moved the
ball quickly downfield and set up
shots to the middle. John Fleming
also had a productive day.
coming up with two assists, also.
The Youngstown goalie put in a
hard day's work, too. He had 35
shots sent in his direction and
made 18 saves. Behrend goalie
Mickey Brosius had things a little
easier as his teammates held
Youngstown to a paltry total of
eight shots.
In the remaining game'l. Coach
Lauffer is banking on student
support to help things along. He
points to the fact that this years
team is fast and exciting, and at
times, explosive. The home game
against Edinboro is one the coach
and his players are particularly
anxious about playing. "They're
right down the road from us so.
of course, we really wanna do it to
'em" Behrend's soccer team has
been full of surprises all season
long and most likely will have a
few more to unleash before they
call it quits. Come see for
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Women's Racquet Squad
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The women's tennis team had a
bad week, as they played three.
matches and lost all three.
Wednesday, they played Edin
boro. who defeated the Cubs by a
score of 8-1. But worse scores
were to be seen in the upcoming
weekend. The only girl to score a
win against Edinboro was Donna
Gugie, who played fifth singles.
Friday - , the women traveled
down to Grove City, to be
defeated by a score of 5-0.
Saturday morning, the team
traveled down the road to Slip
pery Rock and suffered the same
defeat, as the previous day. 5-0.
Talented Roster Leaves
Cubs Striving For 20
The Behrend Cubs' 1974
Basketball season will be opening
against Roberts-Wesleyan
on Nov. 30, on the Wesleyan floor.
This year's team boasts returning
lettermen, and seven very
promising freshmen. Practice
began on Oct. 14, and the first
scrimmage will be played on the,
Cubs' floor on Oct. 26, at 3 pm.
Other pre-season games will
include two more bouts at home
on Nov_ 2, and Nov. 4. However,
no time has yet been set for these
games.
The trio of Junior players is as
follows: Larry Szoszorek at 6'4".
He finished with an average of 9
points per game last season. Jeff
Gillette. also 6'4", is currently at
main campus for the fall term.
however he will be eligible to play
just in time for the third game,
which will be against Thiel. He
will be working out with the Cubs
on weekends, and off days. As a
two-year veteran in his third-year
at State. he is no stranger to the
Behrend Court. Paul Ruland,
6'3", completes the trio of
Juniors. A pivot man, he's known
for his pick-and-roll ability.
The sophomores are Fred
Bartonicki, Jim Davis, Larry
McAleer, Jack Weber, and Jack
Nill. McAleer led the Cubs in
scoring last season, while Davis
took top rebounding honors.
The teams depth is sup
plemented by seven promising
freshmen. John Kennedy from
Harborcreek is an impressive
6'6". Mark Chesk, 6'4", is from
Girard. Rusty Cunningham, 6'3".
hails from North East High
School, and Jack Gordon. 6'2'.
comes from Iroquois. Eddie
Evans, 6'2", played for Academy
in the 72-73 season. Chip Murchez,
6'4", from State College, and Pat
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Since the matches were
scheduled so close together, the
girls were able to make it an
overnight trip. Many of the girls
were able to visit their friends at
Grove City. while others took in a
movie. The - following morning.
they went to Slippery Rock and
played their match. The match
was followed by lunch and then
the girls took in a volleyball and
field hockey game.
Even though the tennis games
were not victories for Behrend,
the weekend visit to the two
colleges proved to be quite in
teresting and entertaining.
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Gahr, 6'l", from Elk County
Christian Team complete the list.
Coach Sweeting rates this
year's group of freshman as the
best since the 1968 season, when
the Cubs tallied 20 victoriese
optimistic coach has this to say.
"I'm real happy with the group
we have to work with this year.
It's the best group of freshmen
we've had."
The RobertszWesleyan game
should be interesting, since the
Cubs scored a victory over them
last year. RW will certainly be
looking for revenge.
Westminster is next on the
schedule. The Cubs will play
them here on December 4.. , The
toughest team that the Cubs must
face, however, is Edinboro.
Coach Sweeting emphasized.
"We definitely have to be tougher
this year. I don't think we'll be
embarrassed. The biggest
problem we have is chosing the
best five players to compose the
starting line-up."
With a team that boasts eight
returning lettermen and seven
outstanding freshmen, how can
anyone afford not to be optimistic
this season? Behrend has been
plagued the last two seasons by
the transfer from Junior College
to Senior College competition.
With the experience and depth
of the team, we should be able to
look for a winning season,
possibly a repeat of the 20 victory
season in '6B.
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