Thursday, October 14, 1993
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by Paul D. Young
Collegian Staff
Despite being comprised
entirely of underclassmen, the
Behrend women's tennis team
still managed to finish the fall
season with a 9-7 record for their
second winning ledger in as many
years.
"They already have a special
place in Behrend sports history,
but can they three-peat?" beamed
a proud Coach Dan Gallegos.
Capping off their successful
year, they traveled to Rochester,
N.Y. to compete in the Cardinal
Tennis Invitational over the
weekend.
Amimarie Faso entered the
tournament as the top seed and
won her first two matches,
defeating Bonnie Parent of Utica
.-0, 6-4 and then stopping St.
dm 'Fishes Katen Hoe* 6-7,
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She met her match in the
semifinals, however, bowing to
serve and volleying Julia Porter
f Division Mercyhurst
College by identical 6-3, 6-3 set
scores. "My passhig shots just
weren't there," lamented a weary,
yet satisfied Faso.
, Holly Olarczuk beat 1.4414,
Betsy Snyder 6-0, 6-2 before"
I.M. starts strong
by Joe Mottillo
Collegian Staff
Now that we're a month and a
half into the semester, Behrend
intramurals are in full swing.
There were two flights in the
men's singles and doubles tennis
divisions.
In men's singles "A" flight,
Sam Bhatt defeated Greg Best 6-
0,6-2 to capture the title.
In doubles "A" flight, Bhatt
teamed up with Ajay Singh to
defeat the team of Best and Hal
Coffey 7-5, 5-7,6-4 to capture the
crown. All participants in both
"A" divisions were members of
Lawrence- Ist east.
In singles "B" flight, Phil
Pascarella will take on Belkin and
MacPherson will play Rusty
Brown of Delta Chi. These
matches are scheduled for October
15.
In doubles "B" flight, Ilia
Belkin and Mark MacPherson of
Kappa Delta Rho, defeated the
team of Scott Musterel and Jason
Bauer of Nasty Assasins of Love
to win the division.
In women's singles, Tracy
ThomPsßn defeated Lacresha Hall
in the finals of women's tennis
which was held on October 8.
Sand volleyball for this year is
an improvement over last year as
the numbers of teams rose. There
were 33 men's teams, 8 women's
finish in
fashion
being eliminated by Kathleen
Moynihan, the second seed from
Nazareth. She also teamed with
Jennifer Puerto to defeat a
doubles team from Wells 7-6, 6-4
only to fall to a tandem from
Nazareth in the next round.
Unfortunately, the lady netters
dropped their final team match of
the season this past Friday falling
on the road to St. John Fisher by
a 5-3 score. Singles victories
were posted by Faso and Rhonda
Dennison, with Dennison also
earning a doubles win along side
Melicsa Barger.
Unfazed by their final loss.
Coach Gallegos said that the lady
aces "brought a warm feeling to
my bean with their all-out effort.
They came to practice, even in
the rain. they worked hard, and
they were mentally tough."
The individual records for the
"super sophomores" are as
follows: Faso (19-3), Olarczult
(9-9), Puerto (10-7), Barger (6-
10), and Dermitam (64).
Freshmen Shelly Pearson (64)
and Melissa Kelly (1-1), who
sprained an ankle early in the
season. natmded out the tineirp.
"It was another record-staktg
year," said Gals. V***
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teams and 7 coed teams.
In the finals of coed, Buttheads
defeated the two-time defending
champions, Country Bumpkins.
In the playoffs of the men's
division, Ballbusters defeated
NAL "D" in one semifinal, and
Sandblasters defeated NAL in the
other.
In the finals, Ballbusters
defeated Sandblasters to capture
the title.
In the women's division,
Weimers Women 3 defeated Perry
Powerhouse Women 2 to capture
the crown.
In cross country, 81 entrants
braved weather that was in the
low 40s with a steady rain to
complete the 3.1 mile course.
Matt Virtue of Sigma Kappa Nu
captured the title for the second
year in a row as he ran it in
18:13, which shaved 32 seconds
off of his time from last year.
John Yasnowski of Sigma Tau
Gamma took second with a time
of 18:53.
In team scoring, Kappa Delta
Rho took both first and second,
with Perry Peckers in third and
Sigma Tau Gamma in fourth.
In softball, Skinforce, Tau
Kappa Epsilon and NAL all
entered the playoffs with
undefeated mcmdg in league play.
See page 12
Sports
by Greg Kristen
Collegian Staff
SOCKED SOX-The Blue
Jays, led by the American League
Championship Series MVP Dave
Stewart, shrugged off the cold
weather and won their second
consecutive A.L. pennant and a
trip to the World Series with a 6-
3 win over the Chicago White
Sox. For the White Sox, Tim
Raines set a new ALCS record
with 12 hits, but it was all for
not because even though he
scored five runs, he was stranded
at third base five times. That
alone could have, and probably
did, cost the White Sox the
series.
ONE MORE!- America's Most
Wanted, the Philadelphia
Phillies, need just one more win
to beat America's Team, the
Atlanta Braves for the N.L.
pennant. The Braves have had
their chances, but their big guns
have not come through. The
Philadelphia Phillies lead the
series 3-2 but that is not a big
lead and that is the most
Major
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important thing. The Braves lead
in batting average, runs, base
hits, less fielding errors and
earned run average. Jeff Blauser
said of the series, "We've had
runners on base, what's been
missing is the big hits." They
need hits now or the series will
be over.
BACKING IN!- The Phoenix
Suns are backing into this season
as the MVP, Charles Barkley fell
during wind sprints at their
Saturday practice. Barkley on the
feeling of his collapse, "I couldn't
lift my legs at all. It scared me to
death." With the retirement of
Michael Jordan the Suns thought
that now they definitely had the
inside track to the championship
until Barkley went down. The
diagnosis is not serious and his
back should be fine for the
season. Don't be surprised if the
Suns win the championship,
Barkley might do what his close
friend did and retire when he was
on top.
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GIANT RISK- T h e
Washington Bullets have a giant
project this year. 7-7 Gheorghe
Muresan was their second round
draft pick. He will not make as
much money as Shawn Bradley
from Philadelphia, but he is a
risk because he had surgery to
remove a benign tumor in his
pituitary gland. Coach Wes
Unseld said, "he is a wait-and-see
project.
A CHANGING OF THE
GUARD- At 5'6" and 220
pounds, Tammie Overstreet is a
17 year-old senior and is turning
heads. She plays left guard for the
Pittsburgh High School Pirates
in Texas.
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