April 26, 1979 Tennis Team Drops Tough Match Last Friday, April 20, Behrend dropped a varsity tennis match to a tough Indiana State of Penn sylvania team, losing by a score of 6-3. The Cubs won the first three singles matches, Mark Baginski, Steve Pappas, and Gary Gaspericii all recording wins, but lost the last three. The team needed to win two of the three doubles matches, but ended up losing all three. Mark Baginski is still un defeated in singles, but the number one doubles team suf fered its first loss. Indiana raised its record to 4-0 as Behrend dropped to 3-3, with tough mat ches coming up. The Cubs face Mercyhurst today, a team that has been extremely tough in the last few years. The day before Behrend had dropped another' tough match to Slippery Rock (4-0) by a score of 7-2 The Cubs' only victories were one singles and number one doubles. Gary Gasperich and Jim Brennan (number three and four singles) both lost their matches in three sets. On Tuesday April 17 the tennis team defeated Gannon by a score Oldtimers win Volleyball Decided On Wednesday and Thursday, April 11 and 12, championships in all three divisions of the Intramural Volleyball League were decided. Wednesday night the women's championship was decided as the Merry Perry Peons, second place finishers during the regular, league schedule, upended Perry Powerhouse, the first place finishers. Merry Perry Peons won the championship in three straight games. In the' coed league cham pionship decided that Thursday night, Over the Hill Gang con tinued its domination of the Pounders, pounding the Poun ders by a 3-0 score. The student team, despite some fine players, could not 'overcome the overall balance of Over the Hiilfl Gang, a team made up largely of faculty and staff. Over the Hill Gang dominated the league all season of 9-0, only two of the matches going to three sets. Behrend vs. Indiana Mark Baginski vs Kevin Kelly Steve Pappas vs. Tom VanZandt 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 (B) Gary Gasperich vs. Craig Smith Jim Brennan vs. Jeff Fetherston Jeff Hockersmith vs. Chris Hall Bill O'Brien vs Doug Kegerreis 6-1, 6-3 (I) Baginski-Gasperich vs. Kelly-Featherston 7-6, 6-3 (I) Brennan-Hockersmith vs. VanZandt-Smith Pappas-O'Brian vs , Hall-Leuschel 7-5, 7-5 (I) Gasperich vs. Bartos Brennan vs. Seltzer 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 (S) Baginski-Gasperich vs. Eckendorf-Bartos 6-1, 7-6 (B)' Pappas-O'Brien vs. Patridge-Seltzer Calhoun-Brennan vs. Vietmeier-Kerchinski 6-1, 6-0 (S) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 (S) Champs long, losing only three games. In the most exciting of the championship matches, the Degraders came back from a 2-1 deficit to edge by the Scroc ckersers, who had been the regular season champions. The two teams had split a pair of matches during the regular season, and the championship games were nearly all close, the fifth game being decided by a 15- 13 margin. The Degraders, also a faculty-staff team, defeated Scrockers last year by a 3-2 margin. Degraders barely made it into the championship match as they had to overcome a tough team, the Old Squad (the volleyball club), in the semi-final on April 10. Degraders won the match 3-1, but had to overcome 11-2 and 10-1 margins the last two games in order to qualify to meet the Scrockers. Record Now 6-4 Behrend This past Tuesday, April zs, Behrend's varsity baseball team swept a doubleheader from visiting Gannon College by scores of 8-7 in the first game and 10-4 in the second. The Cubs improved their record to 6-4 with the vic tories. After dropping a twinbill to Indiana State to begin the season, Behrend has won six of its last eight games. Victory did not come easily in the first game against Gannon. The Knights scored three runs in the first, Behrend getting two back in the bottom of the first. Behrend went ahead in the Cheer Your Hall To Victory! The Lawrence Hall Soccer Club has challenged the Niagara Hall All-Pro Team to a soccer match on Sunday, April 29, at 2:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to the game; admission is free into the Erie Hall gym. Coach Herb Lauffer will referee as such Niagara stars as Jeff DeLatch and Mike Oliu try to take on Lawrence heroes Mike Charlene, Pete Forster, Bob Lawrence, and others. • See you there! 7-5, 6-3 (B) 6-1, 6.2, (B) 6-1, 6-1 (I) 6-3, 6-; (I) 6-1, 6-1 (1) 6-1, 6-1 (S) Intramural softball season is off to a grand start, with several very good student teams looking to dethrone the Degraders, perennial Behrend softball cham pions. Pictured above is pitcher Bob Hostetler, the key to the success of the Degraders, a faculty and staff team. But lest any upstart student teams look to upset the champions, they should be aware that the faculty can sometimes field and hit, too. There have been rumors that the Nadlees, featuring no hit specialist Tom "Tug" Miller, ex pect to go all the way. They perhaps are counting on the moral support of their cheerleading squad. The Collegian suspects, however, that the only hope Nadlees have is to put the cheerleaders on the field and have the men lead the cheers. Behrend Collegian RTS. IM Softball Begins Sweeps Twinbi I I fourth, scoring three more runs. John Klochak's single was the crucial blow in the rally. But Gannon tied the game in the seventh. However, in the bottom of the seventh Joe Mack doubled, and Bill. Baughman drove him in with a single to win the game. Joe Breski, in relief of John Greulich, earned the win. The second game was no con test. Rege Powers hit a two run homer in the second inning, and Joe Fornear added a three run blast in the fifth. Behrend added four runs in the sixth as John Klochak was credited with the win, allowing just six hits as he went the distance. On April 10 Behrend split a doubleheader with Mercyhurst, winning 4-3 in the contest at Mer cyhurst and losing the second game by the same score. Behrend next played at Clarion State, once again winning the fir st game, 9-7, but dropping the second by a 4-3 score in eleven in nings. Then last Saturday Behrend en tertained Houghton at home. The Cubs were rude hosts, bouncing an outclassed Houghton team by scores of 15-4 and 10-0. Baiting State As Of April. 23 Won 6 Lost 4 Name Pos. Yr. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Avg. Mike Mixon 3b So. 33 12 10 4 0 0 7 .303 Gerry Simon c So. 35 8 15 4 0 0 7 .429 Joe Fornear LF Fr. 37 9 12 1 0 1 7 .324 Dave Bressanelli. cf Fr. 32 4 9 3 1 0 6 .281 John Klochak ... lb So. 28 4 8 3 0 0 8 .286 BiliPaughman ss Fr. 30 11 12 4 0 0 2 .400 Bill Strain dh So. 13 2 4 1 1 0 5 .308 Rege Powers . 2b So. 26 4 5 0 0 1 4 .192 Joe Mack rf Sr. 18 3 6 1 0 0 1 .333 TEAM TOTALS 293 68 94 15 5 2 61 .321 Coach Stoner is very pleasantly surprised with the hitting of the team. The team batting average is a lofty .321. Even the batters with lower averages, like Dave Bressanelli, are hitting the ball very well, but sometimes right at •fielders. Coach Stoner is especially pleased with the balan ce in the attack, with six batters hitting better than .300. There has also been contribution from many players in RBl's, as seven players have driven in from four to eight runs. The control of the pitchers, a problem early in the season, has also improved, and the defense is stable. The pattern so far has been to give up runs early in the game, but then for the pitching to firm up and for the batting to bring the Cubs back into the game, often to victory. As the weather has improved and the Behrend attack come around, the games have provided the kind of fun Coach Stoner feels should be a part of college baseball. Yesterday the Cubs were to travel to meet a tough Westminster team that figures to be one of the chief competitors with Behrend for post-season District 18 play. Page Three
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