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Men's basketball coach: Joe Shapiro
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win first
match;
Drop next three
by Mickey Rathers
Collegian Staff
The Bchrend Men's soccer team
boasts many new faces on their
1993 roster including first year
coach Dan Perritano.
Despite the apparent lack of
experience, the squad is high in
enthusiasm with good reason.
Coach Perritano is a proven
winner.
While with Monroe
Community College near
Rochester, NY, he was part of
two national championships.
Along with this valuable
experience he has also managed
to mesh well with his new
players, leading to a positive
attitude throughout the team.
The booters showed their zeal
in the season opener against
Laßoche College, blanking their
opponents by a score of 2-0.
Coupling a sterling defensive
performance with goals by Andy
Lafferty and Pat Millard, the
Lions thoroughly dominated the
game. The score did not reflect
the explosiveness of the offense
as they put 32 shots on goal,
while Behrend goalie Dave Stohr
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Rooters
managed to keep the back of the
net clean in the shutout.
The Lions were not able to
maintain their winning ways in
their next three matches,
however.
Against Fredonia, they were
turned away 4-1 with Lafferty
posting the lone goal in the loss.
The team traveled to SUNY
Brockport next for tournament
play.
They were flat in a 4-1 loss to
Nazareth College with Lafferty
once again knocking in the only
goal. They rounded out the
tournament with a 2-0 defeat at
the hands of St. John Fisher.
Although they have suffered
three straight setbacks, optimism
remains high among the players.
Junior sweeper Brian Hurley
commented, "Even though we're
young and relatively
inexperienced, we have a lot of
enthusiasm and talent. On top of
that, we have a great coach who
definitely knows how to win."
The Lions hope to build on
these traits and get back into the
win column soon.
Motivator
hopes to instill
professionalism
by Greg Kristen
Collegian Staff
A new era will begin this fall
for the Behrend men's basketball
team as new head coach Joe
Shapiro takes over the helm.
Shapiro, a native of
Connecticut, was an assistant
coach at West Virginia Wesleyan
last year, and head coach of a
high school team in Hartford,
Connecticut before coming to
Behrend.
He was working at a basketball
camp in Pittsburgh this summer
whcn he found out about the
opening position here at Behrend.
He applied for the position and
3 weeks later he received a phone
call from Sports Athletic Director
Herb Lauffer for an interview.
Two days later he was offered a
contract.
Shapiro said the reason he
chose Behrend was because, "I
have always loved western
Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh
area." He also thinks that there
is a tradition being built here.
Shapiro is a positive motivator
and will instill professionalism
in his team. He feels that his
positive attitude will make it
enjoyable for the players on the
court and for the fans in the
stands.
He teaches four classes a
semester in the exercise science
program, and feels he can bring a
great deal of experience and
professionalism to his programs.
In his spare time he enjoys
working on his new home that he
just bought and spending time
with his fiance, Debbie. Sports
wise, he likes to play a lot of
basketball and racquetball, and he
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