sports
Men's tennis season in full swin
by Pat Schlip
Collegian Staff Writer
Under the direction of third-year
Head Coach Doug Walbridge, the
men's tennis team is back in action
and ready for - action. Coach
Walbridge feels that "with the
talent that he has seen so far, the
tennis team is looking for their best
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Inexperience may hamper the soft bailers
by Angela Papaleo
Collegian Staff Writer
With the weather getting nice first time ever for the women. It
again we'll be observing the transi- will be a round robin elimination
tion from indoor-sports to outdoor - with -approximately 5 games each,
sports. We'll go from gymnasiums weather permitting. Here the girls
to ballparks, from basketball to will be faced against 4 top 20 teams
baseball. The women's softball in the nation, such as: 1 ranked
team will be actively participating. Allegheny College and 2 ranked
Practices began back in January. Ohio Northern University.
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season ever."
The team roster consists of four
freshmen: Eric Armes, Matt
Brown, Russel Rowe, and Dan
Sayer; three sophomores: Howard
Cohan, Raj Jolly and Mike
Veslany; and one junior: Tim
Maus. (Cohan, Jolly and Veslany
are all returning letter winners.)
"They are all good athletes, and
work very hard at practice. We
Thiel College
St. John Fisher
Geneva College
Westminster College
Gannon University
Indiana of PA
Allegheny College
Edinboro College
Malone College
Slippery Rock University
Thiel College here at 2 p.m. The
season will end May 2nd. Probably
the best competition the team will
encounter will be at a tournament
held at Ohio Northern University
on April 24th and 25th. This is the
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have a talented team and we are
much stronger than last year's
team," said Walbridge. Walbridge
feels that Slippery Rock and lUP
will be the two toughest teams that
the Cubs will face this season.
Walbridge is very optimistic about
the season, and feels with the talent
on this year's team they can easily
go over .500.
experience. Aside from the 2 retur
ning varsity players (Sue Holmes
and Lisa Butch), the team consists
of all freshmen. This is also the
first year for coach Ann Burbules
who is a Mercyhurst graduate. She
regrets that she doesn't have an
assistant coach, but hopefully will
next. year. "It's difficult for me to
make a prediction concerning the
team's upcoming season because I
don't know what type of competi
tion we're up against," says the
coach.
The best asset the team has is its
Behrend's Best takes a different twist this issue in honoring first-year
Women's Softball Coach Ann Burbules and first-year Baseball Coach
Michael Bari. Burbules and Ban bring to Behrend a great knowledge of
their sport as well as a tremendous amount of enthusiasm.
Burburles is a 1983 graduate of Mercyhurst College with a Bachelor of
Arts degree in elementary education and a minor in coaching. While at
Mercyhurst, Burbules participated on the women's softball and volleyball
teams as well as being an active member of intramural sports. Burbules
has coached junior varsity gals' basketball at St. John's School and has
sevred as a softball coach for Erie's summer recreation league. She is cur
rently employed as an Adult Education instructor with the Northwest Tri-
County Intermediate Unit in Edinboro. She teaches math and reading to
clients at the Stairways Mental Health Center.
An Erie native, Michael Bari graduated from Mercyhurst Prep High
School and West Virginia Wesleyan College with a Bachelor of Science
degree in health and physical education and a minor in psychology. He
also earned a Master's of Education degree from East Stroudsburg
University.
During his collegiate career, Bari played the infield for the Wesleyan
Bobcats. Bari was an assistant coach for two seasons at East Stroudsburg
and his main job was working with the pitching staff as well as recruiting
new student
.athletes. Bari brings to Behrend a winning attitude and has
high expectations for a very successful campaign. "I know that our team
can go over .500. We are a young team with a . lot of talent," said Coach
Bari.
photo by Wendell Bates
Burbules and Bari will receive a dinner for two compliments of Bar
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defense. "All we need is a few
games under our belt,' states
coach Burbules. So to prepare for
their season the girls have a scrim
mage against Gannon University
on March 25th. The coach's most
important goal is to have the team
play as a unit, not individually. "I
want to make-things-happen,not ,
wait for the batters; they need to
run a lot," she says. Coach Bur
bules wants the girls to be mentally
and physically prepared.
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Men's tennis player Mike Veslany works on his serve.
because of the collision of basket
ball season and baseball. There was
a lapse in time where they were
short some members. Plus the team
has been overwhelmed with in
juries: crutches, broken noses,
black eyes, etc. But the team is
hanging in there and ready to play.
One problem with women'ssoft- - -
ball at Penn State-Behrend is that
they are Independent-that is, they
don't belong to a conference. This
makes it difficult to get a bid in the
play-offs. Playing in a conference
would also give the girls a goal --to
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win the conference title. The
women hope to have a fund raiser
to help pay for new sweat suits and
jackets. This is due to the amount
of money being put towards paying
for the tournament.
The women's softall team has a
difficult • schedule awaiting them.
They must overcome their inex
perience
as well as set a new stan
dard for the team. But there is
much dedication and talent on the
team and they're ready to accept :
the challenge.
Women's softball coach Ann Burbules
Collegian
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