Thursday, September 17, 1992
Athlete o
Faso Proves Invincible
Tim Bair/The Collegian
Uuuhhh! Annmarie Faso, undefeated tennis
player, positions herself for the serve.
It's better to be
a light post
N\C than the
Erie mayor'
The Collegian
The 1992 Womens Varsity
tennis team is expecting bigger
and better things this season.
They have set goals for their
team and are working hard to
achieve them.
On Wednesday Sept. 9 the
lions beat Fredonia with a score
of (5-4). It was a tough match
and a well deserved victory.
The ladies are currently two and
one. They defeated Buffalo State
(8-1) on Sept 3. Winning all of
their singles matches was the
highlight of the match.
Unfortunately, the team opened
the season a little shaky and
suffered a loss to Fredonia (4-5)
on Sept. 2.
Coach Gallegos is extremely
pleased by the hard work put
forth by the ladies. He looks
forward to continued success.
Although the ladies are young,
(seven of eight starting players
arc freshman) what they lack in
experience they make up for in
dctciminatiom
The leapt bas set three goals
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Captain Karen Major is very
ootimisiic. about the season os
the
well. She is one of two seniors
on the team, and she knows that
freshman girls have lot of
adjusting to do. She expects to
see great progress in all the girls
throughout the season.
Among the teams most
promising players is Annmarie
Faso who has won all of her
matches. Her singles scores
against Fredonia were (6-0) and
(6-0); and against Buffalo State
(6-1) (6-0). Faso has been
playing tennis since she was four
years old. In high school she
went to the National USTA
tourney. Here at P. 5.8., she
even defeats some of the male
players. When asked about her
personal goals for the season,
Faso replied. "I want to have fun
and win!"
Coach Gallegos considers all of
his ladies veiy talented *hd plans
to give them all the chance to
succeed, but he doesn't expect
tennis to be their whole life.
He says, The girls are
beginning to learn that it is
belter to be a light post in the
City of New York, than the
mayor of Erie."
The Ladies Tennis Team's,
next home match is on
September 17 against Tketl at 3
pjn.
The Collegian
The Collegian
This year once again the
Collegian is honoring an athlete
of the week. The athlete of the
week is a person who has shown
outstanding effort in his or her
respective sport. He or she is
voted on by all of the coaches at
Bchrcnd based on their
performances during the previous
week.
This weeks athlete is
Annmarie Faso, a freshman
tennis player. In ten matches
this year she is undefeated in both
number one singles and doubles.
Annmarie is from Wexford,
PA, and attended North
Allegheny High School. While
there she posted undefeated
seasons in all four years.
She was a ranked United
States Tennis Association player
as a Junior and played in the
national tournament in Cherry
Hill , NJ that year.
Coach Dan Gallegos saw
Annmaries name on a recruitment
flyer and sent her a letter. She
came to visit behrend last year,
SATURDAY
Penn State vs. Eastern Michigan
Kickoff: 1:00 p.m.
in Play
and after passing up offers to play
at Notre Dame and the main
campus of Penn Stale she chose
to come here.
Annmarie has that extra
effort that a team needs.
" She can kick it in to an
extra gear when she needs to, is
encouraging and polite to other
"She can kick it to
an extra gear
when
she needs to..
team members, and is a definite
team player", said Gallegos.
Annmarie's goals for the
season are to have fun while on
the team.
She wants to play hard and
to the best of her ability each
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On The Lion Hotline
Thursday's at 6:05 p.m.
Monday Night Football!
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match, and help the team to a
winning season this year. She
also wants to continue to
improve as the season goes on.
Being only a freshman ,
Annmarie is in the Division of
Undergraduate Studies.
She is undecided on whether
she will spend all four years here
at Behrend or transfer to mam
campus
Annmarie wants to for,) i.fe
in perspective and have a v; li
rounded and balanced exp--n. nee
while here.
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