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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."
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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
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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.% -