Page 14 A Quest For .500 Yet another freshman soccer playeif: Behrend midfielder Mike Maiello from Library, PA demonstrates some fancy footwork during practice. Golf finishes over by Alice Lingo Collegian Staff The Penn State-Behrend men's golf team finished out their fall season last week. On October 5, they headed to Meadville for Allegheny College's fall tournament. With Kevin Orlosky heading the Lions with an 80, the team finished in tenth place out of 17 teams. Steve Seidler shot an 84, Jamie Baker and Keith Camp both had 85s, and David Koster rounded out the scores with a 90. The overall team score was 334. Thursday, October 7 was the ECAC qualifier at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY. Behrend finished 11th, with 22 teams in the running. Head coach Herb Lauffer stated, "We had our best finish in that par tournament ever." He also noted that the weather conditions were favorable with temperatures ranging in the 70s. Medalists for this tourney were David Koster with an 83, Jake Nasits and Jamie Neumeier had 84s, and Kevin Orlosky had an 85. Lauffer expressed that, "We were about team average for this tournament, our expectations were higher, but they certainly played the way they have been and recorded good scores." Cornell and Canisius Colleges both finished behind Behrend in the tourney. Lauffer added, "We averaged approximately 334-335 this season, and it was the best fall (season) we've ever had. The guys are awaiting the spring season, and so am I." 9PO D = Season comes down to final four games by Keith McFall Sports editor Yesterday the Behrend men's soccer team took on Grove City College in a well deserved home match after two tough road losses. The booters won the game by a close 3-2 score, with freshman star Andy Lafferty scoring all three goals. "This was a character win for this group of young men. We played to the end and didn't give up," said Head Coach Dan Perri tano. The third goal by Lafferty tied the school record for goals in a season at 15. He will have a chance to break the record on Saturday against Carnegie-Mellon University at 1:00 p.m. in front of a home crowd. The team was coming off of Not real "weak" Junior weak side hitter is Athlete of the Week by Ilia Belkin Collegian Staff This week's Athlete of the Week comes to us from the Lady Lions' volleyball team. Junior Amy Stranahan helped the Lady Lions take second place in the tournament this weekend surprising many doubters of the Stranahan is a 5'7" Junior from Corry, PA. She has been playing volleyball for seven yeas -Y now and just loves the sport. Stranahan from Cony, PA, levilatesmihe ball fortheamlera . -• On the learn. she . is the Weak . side hitter who is very mobile at . • . all times. • In her free time, Amy loves to play other sports like , basketball and softball, and she loves to hang out with her friends. Through all her hard work in sports, she has still managed to keep up a respectable grade point two road losses in which they only scored one goal. "This game showed that we can rebound from two tough road losses and come back and win," said Perritano. On October 9 they took on Washington and Jefferson and lost 0-5. On October 4 the team visited Allegheny and landed a 4-1 loss. Lafferty scored the only goal for the Lions. A key turning point in the season for Behrend came on October 2 when they took on Waynesburg in a Saturday afternoon Homecoming game. Behrend blew otit visiting Waynesburg 5-0 and reached the .500 mark at 5-5. Kenyon Sweene scored two goals and Rusty Brown had two assists to lead the Lions. _ Lafferty, Arbrri average as an engineering major. When asked about her team this year, /tiny said, "This is definitely the best team I have ever played for at Behrend. We really have a chance to do big things, and it will only get better Thursday, October 14, 1993 and Jeff Keene added one goal a piece, and Sean Tucker and Neal Freshcorn each had an assist in the match. Another key to the Lions' success this season is Chris Trejchel, a midfielder on the team. He leads the team in assists with five, which is close to tying a school record. "Chris is a tremendous play maker in midfield and can really distribute the ball effectively," commented Perritano. The Lions now own a 6-7 record with four matches left in the season, the last three of which are on the road. They are looking to finish above .500 for the first time in several years. next year." `, Amy will return to'Behrdnd her senior dear to play volleyball for the Lady Lions. Her lifetime 'goal,= however, is still, to visit Elkland, Pk, Just ask her teammate.% -
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