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Busy Week For Baseball
by Michael A. Ciffeli
Collegian Staff Writer
Fatigue has obviously
become a factor in the
Lions' frustrating baseball
season. The weather hasn't
helped much either.
The Lions have had to
put in extra innings the
past week, going 1-7. Poor
weather has forced Mike
Bari's squad to practically
live out of their gym bags,
playing eight games in five
days.
"We've been playing
tired," co-captain Tom
Partridge pointed out.
The Lions picked up two
wins by splitting
doubleheaders with Case
Western and Rochester.
Against Case Western,
Tennis Team Slumps
by John Musser
Asst. Sports Editor
The Behrend Men's tennis
team fell into a slump last week
as they were defeated in three
straight matches, breaking a two
match winning streak and
evening their season record to 6-
6.
The latest defeat was a home
court loss to St. John Fisher
College, with the visitors
prevailing by a 6-3 score.
Winners for the Lions were Bill
Schmitt and Steve Smith and the
team of Schmitt-Shawn Crago in
doubles play.
Earlier last week Behrend
dropped decisions to RIT (8-1)
and local rival Edinboro
University (9-0). Schmitt was the
lone winner for the Lions against
RIT, while the loss at Edinboro
was a total shutout as the hosts
won each contest in straight sets.
Despite the recent string of
losses, the netters have compiled
a successful season when you
consider how they did last year
and after recovering from a slow
start this year. What is the main
reason for the improvement over
last year's one-win seacon?
"I think the big difference
between this year and last is we
have more experience", said Chris
Benton. "And Bill Schmitt."
Its hard to measure just how
much of an impact more overall
team experience has helped this
years Lions, but Schmitt's
contribution is easily evaluated.
Schmitt, who takes on the
number one player from each
team, is undefeated against
Division 111 singles oppenents
and is 9-2 overall. Schmitt has
been so dominating against
Division 111 competition that he
hadn't lost a set to a Division 111
player until last week.
"The reason I win is because I
have more competive training
than my oppenents", said
Schmitt before practice on
Monday. "I've been playing for
12 and a half years and I know
Craig Frisina was busy
with the bat, collecting
four hits. Paul Banner was
the winning pitcher in the
RIT victory.
Behrend suffered three
twinbill sweeps as well,
losing to Merchurst
4), Fredonia (7-6,9-0) and
yesterday to California, 13-
8 and 7-2.
The Lions now stand at
3-24 on the season. Despite
a disappointing spring, the
squad has often played
better than their record
indicates, dropping a
number of one-run games.
"We've lost some close
games on our schedule,"
Partridge added. "We're
better than our record
shows."
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by
Jeff
Majcher Lady Lions Aim For Playoffs
what it takes to win under
pressure."
Before the start of the season,
Schmitt did not have much
confidence. "I thought I'd be
lucky to break .500 overall," said
the freshman ace. Schmitt's
thinking was according to how
some former high school foes
were performing in collegiate
tennis, and seeing them struggle
to maintain a winning record
shook his confidence somewhat.
After getting a few wins under
his belt, Schmitt has never taken
a look back and now has an
outside shot at the Division 111
National tournament.
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The Beherend softball team
has a record of 12-6 with eight
games left in the season.
Hopefully they will play go on
to the ECAC post-season
tournament. Their standings look
good as they prepare to travel and
play their last eight games
hoping to end the season on a
high note.
The team got a little taste of
their own medicine as they
dropped games to Allegheny
College, ranked second in the
nation, last Tuesday and to
Westminister (15-1) on Thursday.
Westminister won 1-0 in the
first game by scoring in the first
inning. Erika Renwick took the
loss for Behrend. The Lady Lions
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Collegian Staff Writer
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loaded the bases in the seventh
inning with two outs, but were
unable to capitalize on the
opportunity.
They needed last week's
competition to show them two
things, "The fine line between
how solid we can be and how far
we have to go to be ranked
nationally", says coach Banker.
Their record dropped from 8-2 to
8-6 in one week.
Approaching the weekend
competition, pitcher Erika
Renwick said, "We need these
four wins."
St. John Fischer (2-10) didn't
show much interest in their
record when they forfitted on
Satuday. As a result, Behrend
racked up two easy wins. The
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Lady Lions then faced Niagara
University (Division I) and swept
them 8-5 and 8-7.
In the opener, 'Behrend scored
seven runs in the second inning.
Erica Scribner drove in one run
and Tammy Altsman drove in
two runs. Behrend scored the
winning run in the bottom of the
seventh with bases loaded when
Theresa Sumner was walked in.
Freshman Cindi Patton pitched
seven innings for her first
collegiate win and Jen Mowers
had three hits.
Everyone is anxious to see the
outcome of the softball season,
especially coach Brett Banker
who says,"We are way ahead of
what I pictured we would be
concerning success."
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