Thursday, September 13,1990
Women's vnllevhall
Lady Lions drop three
of four matches at
Cortland tournament
Team loses in consolation finals
by Steven R. Smith
Collegian Staff Writer
The lady spikers left the
Cortland Volleyball
tournament last weekend a
little older, a little wiser, and
as consolation round
finalists. However, they
were anything but satisfied
by the results of their first
tournament
"We knew who we were
up against," says Coach
Wilson, commenting on their
first-round draw of Ithaca
College. "They were
regional champs last year.
We didn't come in with a lot
of confidence."
The Lady Lions gained
"It seemed that every time we got back
into a game we'd start putting serves
into the net."
some confidence though as
the team gave Ithaca a scare
with some good serving and
general teamwork early on,
but tournament experience
turned out to be Ithaca's
strong suit
"The first game was close
(won by Ithaca, 13-15), but
they were in great shape,
they ran us down,” said
Wilson.
hhaca wait on to win the
second game 15-8.
Behrend's next match was
against Plattsburgh College,
where they simply met a
better team and lost the
match in two games.
The loss dropped the
team into the consolation
rotmd which ups played cm
Saturday. There they met
New Paltz College, and
showed it was a new day by
picking up their first Win of
theseason.
"It was a close one, but
Kelly (Jordan), Pam
(Allshouse), and Erica
(Scribner) all played well for
us," said Wilson.
The win over New Paltz
sent Behrend into the
consolation finals against
Keuka College.
The Lady Lions lost the
first game to Keuka quickly,
but played tough in the
second and third games not
Score one for the environment:
Recycle
wanting to bow out quickly.
Good serving by freshman
Lori Connick and some
quick kills by Scribner kept
it close, but Keuka prevailed
in three games (15-8,15-11,
16-14).
The loss ended the lady
spikers' first tournament
together, but their coach
believes that this is a team to
watch out for in the future.
"We showed that we have
talent," says Coach Wilson.
"This year's team has one of
the most balanced offenses
I've ever had, but we played
like a young team, like
freshmen."
That inexperience was
shown in some of the
• Freshman Lori Connick
statistics for the weekend.
"The team served well,
we had 37 aces, but we also
had 37 service errors. It
seemed that every time we
got back into a game we’d
start putting serves into the
net,” says freshman Lori
Connick.
The team's attitude about
their next contest, a dual
match with Buffalo State and
Nazareth, shows that they
know they can improve.
Veteran Brica Scribner
said, "We can win both of
them if things come
Coach Wilson agrees fltat
they will be competitive in
both of the matches, but says
that her satisfaction would
be in seeing the team
improve.
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NOTES: The Lady
Lions will travel to Meadville
tomorrow night for a
volleyball tournament at
Allegheny College. The lady
spikers will play Grove City
College (4 pm) and
Waynesburg College (7 pm).
On Saturday, the Lady uons
are scheduled to play
Carnegie Mellon University
(9 am), Ohio Northern
(11; 15 am), and Marietta
College (12:45 pm).
The Collegian
Sports hall
of fame
planned
With the renovations almost
complete at Erie Hall, talk has
turned from new additions to the
facility to the prospect of
establishing a Behrend sports
Hall of Fame.
Originally discussed about
three years ago among university
officials, the project was delayed
due to the pending renovations.
Now that the latter plans are a
reality, a Hall of Fame should be
in place by this spring.
Athletic Director Herb Lauffer
recently pointed out the need for
such a facility saying, "Over the
last 30 years of Behrend athletics,
there have been some athletes
who not only have performed
well on the field, but in their
lives after they were done at
Behrend, and die time has come
for them to be recognized for
their efforts."
At this point in time most of
the preliminary plans for the Hall
of Fame have yet to be laid.
Lauffer believes that it will be
located in Erie Hall's Main
Lobby. "There’s an alcove above
the stairwell that we're looking
at," he said.
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