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Sports
Men*
occer
Lions unbeaten
on home turf
Booters tie Brockport,
defeat Pitt-Johnstown
by Brad Kane
Collegian Staff Writer
The Behrend, soccer team is
unbeaten after their first two
matches this season.
Led by strong efforts from
sophomores Ron Peterman and
Jeff' Hockenberger, the Lions tied
SUNY-Brockport 2-2 on
Wednesday and then came from
behind Saturday to upend Pitt-
Johnstown 2-1.
Wednesday, the Lions started
slowly but gained momentum
towards the middle of the first
half. After some solid Behrend
efforts went by the boards,
Peterman headed in a kick from
Junior Erik Filoon in the game's
21st minute.
Brockport followed that tally
ten minutes later with one of
their own as sophomore Tom
Tallone found the back of the net
The score was set up by a
Brockport comer kick.
The Lions had a chance to
take the lead back late in the half
but junior Vince Pedraza couldn't
handle a pass that would have
sent him in 1 alone on a
breakaway.
The Lions came out roaring in
the second half with two golden
opportunities to score early.
The first chance came courtesy
of Peterman, who barely missed
an open net with a kick in close
from the left post The ball edged
past the opposite support as the
Lions once again missed a perfect
shot to take the lead
Peterman came back just
Soccer team loses co-captain
Two players declared ineligible
The men's soccer team has
lost two players due to academic
ineligibility.
Tony Viola and Mark Bauer
will not play this year due to
credit difficulties.
Co-captain Viola is ineligible
due to lack of credits. Bauer was
"I don't want to leave the guys behind,
because / was ready for the year."
- Sophomore Tony Viola
declared ineligible due to his loss
of credits when he transferred to
Behrend.
Viola was scheduled to lead
Behrend's team in the sweeper
position. Viola is presently
attending all of the scheduled
practices and is I acting as a
student assistant
Viola is not alone in this
effort
minutes later with a drive deep
into Brockport territory down the
left side of the field. Brockpoit's
Tallone, however, upended
Peterman while attempting to
defend the play. After the play
was whistled as a foul, Tallone
threw the ball at Peterman, and
was yellow carded by the referee.
"Hie Lions used the ensuing
free kick to their advantage as
junior Yasser Daoudi headed in a
cross from Filoon to give
Behrend the lead, 2-1.
The lead was short lived.
Mark Cook sewed on a Tallone
pass for the Panther's second goal
just two minutes later.
Both teams had several more
scoring chances but failed to
capitalize on them to end the
game in a tie.
Although he had to juggle his
lineup, Lauffer said he was
pleased with his team's play.
"We had to ask some guys to
do some different things for us
prior to the game and they
responded quite well.
Statistically, we were better off
(Behrend outshot Brockport 22-
10), and I think we did well
considering that we fielded a huge
group of new players while
having our veterans play
positions that were new to
them."
On Saturday, Behrend started
slowly but overcame an early
deficit to record the victory. After
the Panthers put their only goal
on the board in the game's 14th
minute, the Lions scored on a
fluke shot from junior Chris
Bauer is a non-degree student
Both he and Viola were expected
to be team leaders this year and
hoped to be major contributors in
the defensive stance of the team.
I don't want to leave the
guys behind, because 1 was ready
for the year, and have too much
respect for the players, " Viola
said at Wednesday's practice.
Head Coach Herb Lauffer was
unavailable for comment on
Wednesday.
First year assistant coach Brett
Banker commented on the
situation. "They were supposed
to be major contributors," said
Banker.
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On the move: Junior Yasser Daoudi glides down the field as he
looks for an open teammate in Saturday's game with UPJ.
Lions drop road game at SUNY-Fredonia
The Lions dropped a 4-1 decision at SUNY-
Fredonia Tuesday night
The Blue Devils took the lead early on a goal
by Keith Sanborn.
Behrend countered on a tally by freshman
Mike Dalzall, tying the game at one going into
the half.
Fredonia came out strong in the second half,
Filoon.
From about 30 yards out,
Filoon placed a high kick directly
in front of the Panther goal. A
Johnstown defender went up to
stop the kick with his head, but
inadvertently directed the ball
backwards into his own net.
Coming with 13 minutes to go
in the half, the goal ended the
scoring in the first half.
The Lions started quickly in
the second half, netting a goal 10
minutes into the stanza that may
turn out to be one of the year's
finest scores. Peterman nailed a
diving header on a cross from
Hoclcenberger and drove the ball
inside the left post.
The Lions used solid defense
responding with three unanswered goals to
produce the final score.
Eric Cretian, Dan Stall, and Shawn Egan
netted the remaining Blue Devil scores.
The 1-1-1 Lions will host St. Vincent this
Saturday before traveling to Geneva College and
St. John Fisher College next week.
to hold onto their lead and win
their first game.
"We were very pleased with
Saturday's victory,” said Lauffer.
"It basically kept our record
unblemished, but what was
particularly encouraging about
the match was that we came from
behind. We just stayed with it
(when the Lions were down), and
we got a tweak. I think that you
create situations like that, and I
think that we forced that situation
upon Johnstown."
The same Behrend team may
have showed up for both games,
but Lauffer saw a large difference
in the club's play in the two
contests.
"When you talk about
Thursday, September 13,1990
Fredonia outshot Behrend 23-7 in the contest
differences, you can easily say
that we played much bettor with
the lead in Saturday's game.
Wednesday, we handled it poorly
and Brockport recovered nicely.
Against Johnstown, we were
down early but were able to turn
it around and get the go ahead
goal. To our credit, we were able
to hold the lead for a long time."
NOTES: Behrend outshot
the opposition during the week
31-21.... Goaltender Bajus made
nine saves total in the two games
and registered his first collegiate
victory Saturday.... The Lions
played at SUNY-Fredonia
Tuesday night and meet St.
Vincent at home this Saturday.
Game time is 1 pm.
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