Thursday, October 10, 1991 Women's basketball holds pie throw b Br an Chaffee The Collegian The Lady Lions basketball team held a pie throw on Tuesday to raise money for a tournament held in the Bahamas. Three whipped cream soaked sponges were available for one dollar. The victims ranged from basketball players and coaches to faculty and professors. David Shields, Assistant Dean of Student Services, and Jenepher Banker, Women's basketball coach were just some of the highlighted targets. Becky Swartz, a third semester psychology student and team member, said that "it felt great." "We were going to go to the Bahamas next year, but since it costs so much, we have to wait until 1994," added Swartz. "The players thought this entire thing up and it has really worked out great," said Coach Banker. wyr.iiliii:iii Women's b Matt Cissne The Collegian The Lady Lions volleyball team lost a heartbreaker Tuesday night, 6-15, 15-3, 12-15, 15-9, 12-15 to Fredonia State at Erie Hall. The Lions played poorly in the first game. They made errors returning serves, they did not pass well, and they could not put the ball away on offense. The second game was a complete turnaround from the first one. The Lions started strong and took a quick two point lead on Kellie Jordan's serve. Fredonia won the next three points and seemed to be taking control of the game when they committed a costly error. The Lions took advantage of the error and behind Aisha Norflett's serves, the Lion's won eight straight points. Behrend got serve back when Alexis Pasteur smashed down a crushing spike. After the spike, the Lions never looked back and cruised to a 15-3 win. The final point came on a tremendous kill by Bridgett Nelson. The Lions continued to play tough and took an early 3-0 lead in the third game. Fredonia came back to life, however, and tied the score at 6-6. The game was evenly played until Fredonia took the final four points to win 15- 12 Behrend played well in the fourth game and won 15-9 to even the match - score at two games apiece. In the fifth and final game, Behrend came out with all their guns firing and stormed to a 10-1 lead. Unfortunately, they cooled NOON THE LOGAN WINTERGARDEN SERIES The Collegian volleyball loses to Fredonia Greg Geibel/The Collegian Bump and run: Junior Lori Nadolny sets herself to bump a serve from Fredonia State. The Lady Lions put up a tough fight, but couldn't hold out for the victory. off quicker than they had heated up and lost 12-15. The collapse occurred because Behrend had trouble returning serves and their passing went from outstanding to horrendous. The highlight of the evening was Jordan's four serving aces. These improved her career total to 145 which is the new Behrend record. However, the loss was extremely upsetting because the team was hoping to erase the bad memories of this weekend's Juniata tournament. Behrend BRING STATE- ENJOY IN AN dropped four matches to some of the toughest Division 111 schools in the nation. Although the Lions were not able to win a single game at the tournament, Coach Jan Wilson chose to remain positive. "The tournament was beneficial because I was able to substitute quite a bit," said Wilson. "Some of the players on the bench, like Pam Torelli and Bridget Nelson, played pretty well and got valuable experience: added Wilson. THE PERCUSSION GROUP ciilafing, WHl_)Nll'Bl.l l Lir, C)G1'()131?.12 1 6 YOUR LUNCH TO THE PENN IJEIIREND WINTERGARDEN AND WORLD-CLASS CHAMBER MUSIC INFORMAL SETTING PEN N STATE PM Erie Page Il Wilson was also pleased with the team's serving. "Our serving errors were down and we were serving much more consistantly." Wilson and her team will try to take the positives into this weekend's matchup against Grove City and Westminster at Westminster. They are hoping that their positive attitudes will help to break the chains of their losing streak. The Behrend College
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