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Lady Lions on the Prowl
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Lions Get First
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by John Musser
Collegian Staff Writer
"I don't think our record tells
what kind of team we have", said a
frustrated Michael Ban, Behrend's
Men's Baseball team head coach,
who so far have compiled a 1-12
record.
The Behrend nine have had a
tumultuous spring so far,
suffering from bad weather, which
has kept practices indoors,
injuries, and a schedule that has
the Lions mostly playing against
Division II and NAIA schools.
The inclement weather has
moved baseball practice indoors to
Erie Hall. "I think we have had
five or six practices outside", said
Bari. The weather may have also
had an affect on their record.
"Because of the weather, we've
missed four home games and two
road games. Those six games
(against Division 111 teams) we
probably would've won."
Injuries to key personnel have
also been a factor, something the
talent poor Lions can ill afford.
According to Bari, "Our best
pitcher has a bad back, our starting
second baseman has a bad ankle,
and our catcher has been banged up
with a bad knee and elbow."
The schedule has also been
unfriendly for the Lions. "We
played our first 10 games against
NAIA schools, and their combined
record is 48-13." Bari pointed out
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Win of the
Fredonia
that while NAIA schools can give
out scholarships to their players,
somthing Behrend can not do. In
other words, NAIA schools can
attract quality atheletes more
easily than Behrend.
In their eleventh game, Behrend
lost a close game (7-4) to a
nationally ranked Allegheny team.
Allegheny, a Division II team, has
a 10-3 record.
All eleven losing efforts were
away.
Over the past weekend, the
Lions finally found the win
column against SUNY-Fredonia.
After dropping the opener 9-7,
Behrend came back to take the
nightcap, 10-8. Freshman Chris
Kolivoski bagged the fast win for
the Lions. "He shows a lot of
promise. He's been doing it at the
mound and at the plate (.333 BA)
for us," said Ban.
Other bright spots for Behrend
are freshmen _ Frank Luchowski,
shortstop Pete Zulich, and catcher
Greg Kotcamp. Luchowski leads
the team in hits and has a .345
BA.
Lions' captain Tom
Partridge (left) is ready
and waiting at first.
photo by Richard Cain
The Lions next six games are
at home, including West Virginia
Wesley (17-3) who has already
beaten Behrend three times.
According to Coach Bari, "We
hope to do some damage" in the
upcoming home stand.
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The Collegian Wednesday, April 12
by Missy Mace
Collegian Staff Writer
"We are playing very well
lensively", says coach Brett
:er of the girls softball team.
This explains their present 3-1
;ord as opposed to their 8-16
:ord last year. The team has had
cancellations due to weather
and therefore they will be playing
eight to ten games a week from
here on out. Fifty percent of their
opponents are Division II schools
such as Clarion, and upcoming
)ponents Mercyhurst and
Gannon.
Their first doubleheader, after
several cancellations, was against
Geneva. They split the games,
winning the first game 6-0 and
dropping the second game 6-3. In
the opener, pitcher Erika Renwick
pitched a five-hit shut out. She
also had a three run double with
the bases loaded.
In the nightcap, Geneva
jumped to a 4-0 lead with four
walks and two errors. Behrend got
close in the fifth inning with the
The Lady Lions' Tammy Altsman makes contact
against Mercyhurst on Tues. April 11. The results of
this match-up were not available at press time.
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resulted from a combination of too
many walks and not making
enough of plays. They had a total
of three errors in the game.
On April 9, Behrend faced
Clarion in a doubleheader.
Renwick (2-0) pitched a three-hit
shut out. Renwick has walked
only one batter in 10 innings and
has yet to give up a run. The Lady
Lions scored all four of their runs
in the fifthe inning. Behrend
successfully bunted four
consecutive times. The Lady
Lions ran aggressively, forcing
Clarion to make mistakes, and
took the first game 4-0.
In the second game, freshman
Beth Balizett had her first
collegiate win, 3-2. Behrend scored
all three runs in the fourth.
The Behrend softball team
"finally understands" what coach
Banker wants. Banker summed up,
"As long as they understand what I
want and what our strategy is, we
will do very well, despite the fact
that we play mostly Division II
schools."