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Sports
Lions
battle to Mercyhurst
John Musser
The Collegian
"We played a good ball game,
but Mercyhurst turned it up a
notch to win the ball game in the
Anal innings."
That's how Coach Greg
Guilliams summed up his team's
First game of the fall season, a 7-
2 loss to the Lakers in the
opening game of the Edinboro
Tournament.
The Lions stayed close,
trailing 3-2 entering the eighth
inning despite outhitting the
Lakers seven to five. Then
Mercyhurst's Joel Dombkowski
cracked a two-RBI single off of
pitcher Dean Carr as the Lakers
scored four runs to break open the
game.
Second baseman Reese Wetzel
lead the Lion's offense with a
homer and single.
"Walks just got us. The
pitchers were wild. Plus, the
guys were a little nervous
because it was the first game,"
said Guilliams. "But I can't take
anything away from them,
Mercyhurst has a good ball club."
Despite the wildness, there
were some bright spots in the
pitching. Matt Palison tossed
four innings, yielding only one
run. According to Guilliams, the
defense was another positive
note.
"I was pleased with our
defensive play," said the first year
coach. "We had no errors."
Guilliams was also quick to
point out that the score could
have been worse if not for the
play of his defense.
"Second baseman Reese
Wollenburg brin
experience to tea
Sue Cepicka
The Collegian
The Behrcnd baseball coaching
staff has been overhauled.
Jay Wollenburg has been hired
to assist new Head Coach Greg
Guilliams.
"It was a challenge to come
here and coach," says Woliertburg
who will primarily be working
with the hitters and the infielders.
The main objective of
Wollenburg's program is to
change the attitude of the players
into a conFident state of mind.
"Like anything else in life
you get out of it what you put
into it, therefore, the guys can be
as good as they want to be
through hard work and a desire to
excel," said Wollenburg.
The new assistant coach
stresses attitude, "For the players
to concentrate on performing the
Men's baseball
lose late inning
Wetzel and shortstop Pete Zulick
turned two key double plays in
the first two innings," said the
pleased skipper. "Mercyhurst
would have scored more than one
run if those plays are not made."
This was also the first game
for the Behrend nine with their
new coaching staff.
"Its an adjustment period for
them, getting used to a new
coaching staff and a new system,"
said Guilliams. "I thought the
guys played hard."
Because of the poor weather
conditions, the Lions did not play
the consolation game on Sunday.
Their next game will be a home
double-header on Oct. 7 with
Allegheny College, a perennial
NCAA Division 111 power.
Now that the First game jitters
are out of the way, Guilliams
says he expects his squad to
improve.
"I would expect us to be
aggressive, to steal bases, and to
make adjustments to win ball
games in the late innings. I
would expect that would be more
evident in a week and a half then
in the first game."
If Guilliams sees
improvement, he says fifth year
seniors Darin Wotus and Wetzel
will be the ones to lead the way.
”1 think they have shown our
younger players some direction,
which by spring time will
become evident. Leadership is
everything.
"If you don't have leadership,
you're not going to have
direction. Not having leadership
breeds individualism, and you
can't be successful as a team that
way."
fundamentals and developing
confidence in their abilities which
will in turn hopefully change
their attitude into a winning
attitude."
Wollenburg, a childhood
friend of Guilliams, grew up in
Ohio and attended Newberry
College in South Carolina to
play baseball. During his senior
year, Wollenburg received a
contractional offer to play on the
minor league Pittsburgh Pirates.
After two years he was
released, and left the United
States to play in Australia. Two
seasons later he has bounced to
Behrend to help coach the Lions.
Wollenburg wishes to attain a
communications degree, possibly
while he's here at Behrend
When asked how long his stay
here will be Wollenburg
answered, "I will stay as long as
Greg (Guilliams) stays."
The Collegian
Bad breaks for booters
Team loses two games and starting goalie
Bad day: Sophomore goalkeeper Tom Bajus (center, on gurney) receives
consolation from a teammate before being loaded onto an ambulance. Bajus
fractured three metatarsal bones in his foot during practice last Thursday.
by Brad Kane
The Collegian
Last week was basically an unforgettable one
for the Behrend soccer team.
Not only did the Lions lose both of their
games (5-4 at Geneva and 1-0 at St. John
Fisher), but they also lost two players to injury
during practice last Thursday.
Included in the two injuries was a crushing
blow to starting goalkeeper Tom Bajus. A
sophomore, Bajus broke the third, fourth, and
Fifth metatarsals in his right foot during a drill. It
is not known how long Bajus will be out, but he
should be out for at least four to five weeks.
For the time being, the netminder situation is
being manned by freshman Les Spear, who
started both games last week, including the
Geneva contest when Bajus was still active.
Another freshman, Phil Double, could see
some playing time, however.
"Right now, there is no set plan (to alternate
goalies),” said Lauffer. "Philosophically, I want
some stability in goal. The team functions better
with some consistency not to say that Double's
not going to play, but if we were to play
tomorrow, I'd say that Spear would be our
starter."
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The other injury was to freshman Alexander
Nathan Ebach, who was kicked on the leg by
Bajus, also during a drill. X-rays taken on the leg
turned up negative, and Ebach could return to the
lineup as early as this Saturday for a home match
versus Mercyhurst.
Prior to the injuries, the Lions lost a tough
game to the Golden Tornadoes of Geneva last
Wednesday, exchanging goal for goal until late in
the contest.
The first half saw only two scores. Geneva's
Chris White scored first, before Jeff
Hockenberger hooked in a kick from 25 yards
out, off an assist from Eric Filloon, to tie the
game going into the half.
Geneva resumed the scoring on a Dereck
Wojciecu tally to begin the second half. Vice
Pedraza came through for Behrend soon after on a
left footed shot, tying the contest at two.
Wosciech scored again for the Tornadoes to
give Geneva a temporary lead, but Behrend came
back again. Ron Peterman notched the goal for
the Lions this time, off assists from Mike
DaJzall and Pedraza.
Geneva appeared to put the contest away, as
Jeff Leitzcl and Jeff Houck both scored to put the
Tomar'oes up by two. But Behrend did not quit.
Thursday, September 27, 1990
Playing with an increased tempo the last minutes
of the game, the Lions' Yasser Daoudi scored
after warding off three Geneva defenders to bring
the Lions to within one.
Behrend then almost tallied again in the last
twenty seconds of the game, but a shot off the
post with a rebound and an attempted header
would not fall, giving Geneva the win.
"The team rallied, picked up
the tempo, played
intelligently and with more
patience, and then proceeded
to come back. They could
have given up when the score
was 5-3, but they didn% they
came right back."
"I was impressed with the way the team
answered to come back time and time again," said
Behrend Head Coach Herb Lauffer. "The team
rallied, picked up the tempo, played intelligently
and with more patience, and then proceeded to
come back. They could have given up when the
score was 5-3, but they didn't, they came right
back."
The Lions tried to bounce back last Saturday,
but fell short at the hands of the Cardinals. A
goal by Sean Leahy in the first half-was all St.
John Fisher needed for the shut-out win.
Despite the loss, Lauffer commented that the
Lions played, "maybe the most sound match
they've played all year. They worked the ball
offensively through the midfield third as good as
they have all season and the last 15 minutes were
some of the best they've played all year."
Sports update
• On Tuesday, the women's volleyball team
upped their record to (4-10) with a win over
Case Western Reserve (7-8).
* The women's tennis team (1-6) dropped a 5-4
decision at Fredonia (1-6) Tuesday afternoon.
■ Wednesday night's soccer match ended in a 3-
1 loss for tire Lions.
Schell/77ie Collegian
- Herb Lauffer
Soccer Coach