Thursday, September 20,1990
Men's assistant
hoops coach hired
Fairview's Thompson comes to Behrend
by Tony Viola "Adding Terry to the staff
Collegian Staff Writer this year is a coup," Coach
Paulsen said. "His abilities,
Men's basketball Head his familiarity with western
Coach Fred Paulsen's search Pennsylvania, and his
for a new assistant coach has philosophy, are attributes
ended. which mesh well with the
Terry Thompson will be situation here."
assisting Paulsen in the As a player at Clarion,
coaching of the men’s Thompson was a four-year
basketball team this year. starter. He was co-captain
"With Jim Hamilton for two years, and was
retiring from Behrend and named to the N.A.I.A. First
Thompson leaving Fairview, Team All-District two years,
the timing couldn't have Thompson was also named
been better," said Sports Honorable Mention All-
”Adding Terry to the staff this year is a
coup. His abilities, his familiarity with
western Pennsylvania, and his
philosophy, are attributes which mesh
well with the situation here.”
Information Director Brett
Banker. "He's a fine coach
and will help the team out"
Since 1983, Thompson
has been the boy's basketball
coach at Faiw.e.w -High
School, where he complied a
122-41 record with the
Tigers. Fairview won
seventeen games or more the
past five seasons under
Thompson.
The new assistant coach
had also led his former team
to five Erie County League
titles and won a state
championship.
The former Clarion
University basketball All-
American has also coached
in the Dapper Dan Roundball
Classic, which is held eveiy
year in Pittsburgh.
- Fred Paulsen
Basketball Coach
American two years. He
holds the record at Clarion
for most points in a game,
which is SI against Grove
City College.
Thompson was also head
coach for Butler High
School in 1981 -1983. In
the 1982-1983 season,
Butler was 19-7 and reached
the W.P.I.A.L. Playoffs as
well as the P.I.A.A. State
Playoffs. He then transferred
to Fairview the next year.
Before his tenor at Butler,
he coached at Knoch High
School for nine years
starting in 1972. Their
record was 137-73, winning
the section championship in
1976 and 1981, Knoch was
also a P.I.A.A. State
Quarierfinalist in 'Bl.
The Collegian
Booters drop first home match
Vincent topples Lions, 4-1
by Brad Kane
Collegian Staff Writer
Last Saturday, the Behrend
soccer team dropped a 4-1
decision to St. Vincent, falling
below the .500 mark for the first
time this season. The loss was
also the first home defeat for the
Lions (1-2-1).
St. Vincent's Tim Meszar
scored just six minutes into the
game to put the Lions down
early, 1-0. The score remained
that way at the close of the half.
St Vincent's Dan Wright and
Mike Parker continued the
scoring in the second half, both
scoring just four minutes apart.
A fourth St. Vincent tally, by
Chris Harskowitch, came with 15
minutes to go, knocking the
Lions out for good. Only a score
by midfielder Eric Filoon with
6:40 remaining in the game, off a
pass from Jeff Hockenbergcr,
averted the shutout. It was
Filoon's first goal of the season.
This was the second 4-1 loss
by the Lions, the first against
SUNY-Frcdonia last Thursday.
After having gone unbeaten in
their first two contests, the Lions
seem to have stumbled upon hard
times.
Head Coach Herb Lauffer,
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however, is not about to press
the panic button.
"We've still got a lot of soccer
to play (16 games)," said Lauffer.
"If we can keep our focus and if
we can continue to be
enthusiastic about each match,
we'll be okay. This is not the
time to say that the bottom's
going to fall out. The coaching
staff will not let that happen. I
think the guys need to collect
themselves - they haven't given
up at all."
"We're within reach (of
winning), but all of a
sudden we break down
and allow the goals to be
scored."
-Herb Lauffer
Soccer Coach
Keeping motivated is not the
only problem. In the past two
matches, the opposition has been
scoring in flurries to break open
the game.
"We have been plagued by
giving up goals in a short period
of time," said Lauffer. "We're
within reach (of winning), but all
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of a sudden we break down and
allow the goals to be scored."
"The same scenario beat us
Saturday,” said Lauffer. "We're
down by one at the half, and
we're fighting back sufficiently.
Then, they come out and within
four minutes they make it a three
goal deficit. Now the game has
turned into an uphill battle for
us."
Mental mistakes are another
worry for Lauffer.
"I think that if we can be a
little stronger mentally, the
physical side will be all right.
Physical mistakes are acceptable,
mental ones are the problem.
We're still believing that we can
win, but by making good
decisions."
After all, according to Lauffer,
things are not all bad for the
club.
"Even in two losses, we
showed some consistent play out
of some people, and we haven't
played badly as a team."
NOTES: The Lions are on
the road this week, visiting
Geneva College Tuesday night
and traveling to St John Fisher
Saturday. One of the Lions' three
victories last season came against
Geneva.
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