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Men's soccer loses seven straight
b Dan Zahniser
The Collegian
The Behrend men's soccer
team lost its seventh game in a
row last Saturday.
The Lions were defeated by
State University of New York-
Brockport in double overtime.
Like most of the other losses,
it was a very close game, but the
Lions still came up short 2-1.
"Our record is deceiving, most
of the games have been close and
could have gone either way," said
junior Rick Nese.
The Behrend team took the
lead early in the first half with a
Lady Lions
b Paul Denim
The Collegian
This past weekend, the Lady
Lions softball team participated
in the Second Annual Gannon
Invitational. This fall tourney
produced an extremely tough
field.
The competitions consisted of
Div. I Youngstown State, Div. II
Gannon University, and National
powerhouse Allegheny College.
The Lions finished with a 1-3
record against three solid
programs.
In the first game, Behrend
played outstanding, defeating
Allegheny by a 10-0 mark.
Senior Melanie Dunn and
junior Darcie Bradley paced
Behrend with RBI basehits in the
first. The Lions put the Gators
away in the sixth with six runs.
Saturday's second game had
Gannon upending Behrend 13-0.
Gannon's Judie Bishop spun 5-
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by Steve Moore
Much to the dismay of jousting officials, Sir
Leonard would leap from his steed, run to his
opponent and perform his infamous "skewer
goal by sophomore Rusty Brown
and the assist coming from Mike
Whiteman.
The Lion defense was tough
and held SUNY-Brockport until
late in the first half when they
scored on a corner kick and
evened the score at 1-1.
"They were tough with a lot
of skill and talent," said Rusty
Brown. "As a team, we played
well but we just couldn't take
advantage of the opportunities we
had."
"We definitely deserved to win
but the ball just isn't bouncing
our way this year," added Dave
Moyak.
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In Sunday's opener, the Lady
Lions lost a hard fought battle to
Div. I Youngstown State. The
scholarship program of
Youngstown came up with 3
runs in the bottom of the sixth to
defeat the Lions 5-2.
Freshman Karen Strait led off
the second with a homerun shot
to right center, giving the Lions
a 1-0 lead. Sue Mazur singled,
was sacrificed to second, and
scored on Sue Dyer's 2-out triple.
In the finale, Gannon beat
Behrend 3-1. The lone Behrend
run was plated after Mazur tripled
and then scored on Kathy Kane's
safety squeeze. The 6th inning
again proved to be fatal for the
squad as the Knights scored the
game winner on 2-hits and an
error.
"Overall I am very happy with
the weekend, the kids played hard,
and it (the tournament) served its
purpose," said head coach Brett
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Behrend dominated most of
the game but failed to capitalize
on a lot of opportunities.
The second half was scoreless,
as was the first overtime period.
As the game trudged on into the
second overtime period, fatigue
was a factor on both sides.
There was a defensive lapse
which in turn ended up as the
winning goal for the opponents.
"The loss was difficult," stated
Dave Moyak.
"If we keep playing like we
did today we are bound to be a
force in our remaining games,"
added Rusty Brown.
Banker
The Lady Lions played very
well considering they played
against teams that had their
finalized spring rosters
participating in the tourney,
whereas Coach Banker played
twenty-three different softball
candidates this weekend.
Behrend lost three career .300
hitters from last year's 19-10
team to graduation. The fall
schedule is over for the Lady
Lions as they look forward to
another outstanding spring.
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The Collegian
Thursday, October 3, 1991