14 The Beacon Sports October 1, 2009

With 8 fouls and one yellow card, the Beavers showed de-termination as well as plenty of anger in their quest to beat the Pilots.

“They did everything in their power to try and keep the ball out of there and they did a great job,” sophomore Charney Burk said. “We anticipated a hard fought battle and that’s what we got.”

At 54 minutes and 58 seconds,

connected, breaking the half-long stalemate.

With a long run down the

and a cross to RS-junior Kendra Chandhoke,

Burk managed to gain posses-sion and score. Gaining posses-sion of the ball after the keeper blocked Chandhoke’s attempt, Burk set herself and from 12 yards out buried it into the lower left corner of the Beavers’ goal.

During the course of the night, new freshmen recruit Ken-dall Johnson was also able to get some playing time.

With several games under their belt, Smith thinks that the

with the team. However, Smith also thought that it was unfortu-nate that Friday’s game didn’t al-

This solitary goal would be the only one Portland would need. With their signature de-fense, the Pilot women prevented any large plays to develop, only

goal to the Beavers. Winters attributes some of

this defensive prowess to the pre-season workouts.

“On Wednesday, he (Smith) did our usual one v. one defense

tonight,” Winters stated. “We re-ally played well on defense, we put them under pressure, and they weren’t able to handle it.”

Although this win moves the Pilots to a 9-1-0 record for the season, the Pilots have run into some recent trouble with the Tex-

Despite the fact the Pilots have beat many squads this sea-son including such teams as UC Berkeley, University of Oregon and the University of Illinois,

a 3-1 loss at the Aggies Soccer Stadium.

that the better team of the night won,” Smith stated. “Obviously

nitely a learning lesson in mid-season.”

Smith continued that games

the team’s growth. Playing teams like that allows the team to get more exposure, Smith thought, preparing the team for the tough-er games in what’s left of the sea-son.

“And we expect the rest of the season to be tough,” Smith said.

Their next game is tomor-row, where they will be battling against the 2-7 University of

thon with a time of 3 hours and 35 minutes. He was sequestered in the medical tent for over an hour with the beginning stages of hypothermia. Banet hopes that this year’s marathon will end dif-ferently, without the need of med-

Banet plans to make a time under 3 hours and 10 minutes, which is

time. Although some runners like

Banet are serious about their qualifying times, other runners are running in the marathon for the experience.

Senior Ashley ran cross country and track in high school, is one runner who is just excited to be involved with the process. After studying

found that she had a more free time then previous summers.

“I have always wanted to train and run a marathon, but never had the time or drive to actually do it,” said.

Although nervous about the

the 26.2-mile run. “I know I can

bad it will hurt,”

participants, Farris and Ba-net, along with junior Jayme Schroeder, have all been training and helping each other while liv-ing in the same house.

“We don’t run with each other, but there is healthy com-

petition,” Banet said. “It’s cool because there are three people in the house supporting each other with training.”

Although runners usually be-gin their training in early sum-

Schroder is the exception to the rule. Schroder signed up for the marathon in early August at his housemate’s urging. Schroder’s main objective is to “show Nate that I could run with him.”

Now Schroeder, who previ-ously ran a half marathon in

hours. Schroder, unlike Banet and , has never been a competitive runner.

“I never did cross country in high school,” Schroder said. “I just liked running because it was a release from school.”

It is through support and in-tensive training that the runners become ready for the brutal run through Portland. Banet went to his former cross country coach for help, devising a training schedule for the summer while Farris, who studied abroad this summer, started her marathon training while abroad in June.

burg because I had to get my 12-mile runs in,” said Farris. “It was weird because I had no idea where to run.”

students has not come easy with other responsibilities at the be-ginning of the semester. Between balancing homework, labs and studying, the students have found

life while training.

“Since school started, I feel tired all the time and can’t wait for the marathon to be over so I can get some sleep and have more free time,” said.

Preparing for the marathon not only takes up time, but re-quires multiple training strategies to obtain the best results on race day. Banet’s routine for train-ing consists of 18-mile runs, and stretching and strider routines with occasional weight lifting on the side.

“It takes up a lot of my time,

ing to make to reach my goals,” Banet said.

Another vital part of the training process is the diet the runners must maintain for their daily runs. Banet, along with his housemates, consume “glorious amounts of pasta, cereal, and produce.” With the race fast ap-proaching, eating mostly carbohydrates and proteins to stack up on the energy the 26.2-mile race will require.

The past month of training has produced some interesting stories from the runners that in-clude almost getting hit by cars and unfortunate run-ins with poison oak. According to Banet, running in the local North Port-land community has led to some humorous comments and weird looks from homeowners and even their children.

“The kids I pass always yell at me saying I’m wearing booty shorts,” Banet said. “This hap-pens quite regularly.”

is on Oct. 4 and begins at 7 a.m.

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SOCCER: Power

Pilot defense

Erica Ellingsen | THE BEACONJunior Nate Banet heads out for a jog as a part of his 18 week train-ing program for his second time running the Portland marathon.

RUNNING: Balancing training, schoolContinued from page 16

The Beacon 15October 1, 2009 Sports

This weekin sports

have fun,” Lampe said. “Kick-ball is one of those sports where you don’t have people who have played for years.”

Kickball and Bocce serve as an introduction to the intramu-ral program for athletes, but they also serve as an introduction to

ees.Because of the similarities

between kickball and softball,

games are simultaneously pre-paring themselves for the softball

Players are expected to abide by the same standards upheld by other intramural sports, includ-ing the Spirit of Game System. At each game, referees rate the

If they’re good sports and are respectful of the other team and referees, they are permitted to compete in the playoffs.

“Yelling at the other team or at the ref means they are not able

said. “It doesn’t happen very of-ten, but it does happen.”

The Spirit of Game System helps keep bad attitudes in check and was put into place as a way to ensure good sportsmanship across the intramural program.

Another reason the program exists at UP is to build commu-nity within residence halls, ac-

sports are not only available for students, but also for faculty and staff.

One staff member who took advantage of the opportunity to build community outside of the classroom is Web and Adminis-trative Systems Director Jenny Walsh, who played futsal soccer with a team of other staff mem-bers a few years ago.

She was approached by a group

of social and behavioral sciences faculty and was surprised to dis-cover that intramurals at UP are not just for students.

“It was great to get to do something different on campus,” Walsh said. “It’s really fun play-ing with or against students you see around campus.”

This year the process of sign-ing up for each intramural sport has changed. Rec. Services has adopted the use of Athleague, a Web-based service that enables students and faculty to start teams, join an existing team or sign up as free agents.

This is the biggest change

ally makes it easier for people to

easier for us to schedule.”

the program formulates game

their classes.“It automatically gives you a

schedule that doesn’t necessarily coincide with your class sched-ule,” Banet said.

Despite this challenge, the games go on — usually resulting from substitute players, who are permitted to participate in intra-mural sports.

Lampe remembers a kickball game in which only two team members showed up to the game.

“I got on my phone and start-

Lampe said. “And we won! It was ridiculous.”

Intramural activities are stag-gered throughout the year, en-

quate playing space and enabling students to participate in multiple sports.

Banet, who played bocce, plans on later participating in in-tramural soccer and basketball. “Anyone can play kickball and bocce,” he said. “It was a good way to get the ball rolling.”

Aaron

O’Connell

StaffCommentary

son play for the National Hockey League begins today, and if you aren’t excited, you’re missing out on one of the most entertaining experiences around.

of the United States pays almost no attention to professional hock-

reason why. It could be the poor reputation from which hockey suffers.

Perhaps that it is often typi-

and violent.

These sort of critiques are indicative of the intensity with which the athletes play.

semen for the Boston Bruins, traded checks and blows against rival player Billy Couto in prac-tice. Later, the two collided in a primitive, testosterone fueled surge to assert dominance; Shore stood the victor, Couto lay crum-pled on the ice, unconscious.

Shore was left with most of his ear torn off. Although most professionals recommended com-plete amputation, he found a doc-tor willing to sew it on, and, for some reason (maybe mistrusting

the physician), refused anesthetic and insisted he held a mirror in order ensure his ear was stitched on property. Following the proce-dure Shore immediately resumed play.

Sidney Crosby of the Pitts-burgh Penguins was checked in the face by Darian Hatcher in a rivalry game against the Phila-delphia Flyers. Some of his teeth were broken and he received four stitches.

No big deal. He went back out on the ice and scored the game-winning goal in overtime.

Although all sports boast players of uncommon toughness and heart, this implied and ste-reotypical nature of hockey of rough and dirty is not an insult. It’s a compliment which encap-sulates the intensity professional hockey players play with.

But there are countless other ways in which hockey differenti-ates itself.

team has to be in uncommonly athletic condition.

Skating is awkward. Anyone on skates has to balance on a surface with reduced friction on blades about a centimeter wide. And ice is not a forgiving surface on which to fall.

In order to function, most people have to learn to run or at least walk. Hockey requires something different.

In addition, on a hockey team, every member of the team does the same core work: all players skate, handle the puck, shoot and check.

And due to this nature of

hockey, it is a sport where obese persons are not successful. If you are on the ice, you are an athlete: you aren’t merely gifted with un-

2. People get intense, compet-itive and violent when they play sports. Hockey embraces this. And the risks involved make the game more entertaining.

What happens when a bas-ketball player or a football play-er punches someone else in the

What happens when a hockey player hits an opposing player in

a victor and afterwards (usually) the combatants only punishment is time to sit in a box and think about what they’ve done wrong.

And although the violent na-ture of the sport isn’t necessar-ily why you should watch, it is considered an integral part of the game and adds a different sort of depth. As does the hitting.

It’s a different sort of hit when two players collide on ice (which

moving at speeds sometimes in

Not only that, but each play-er wields composite or wooden hockey stick, which is useful for scoring, passing and incapacitat-ing enemy teammates.

blades attached to every players foot. These skates are certainly not meant to be used at weapons, but lacerations from them are not uncommon. Buffalo Sabre’s

throat slit by one. Don’t worry, he recovered.

It is not possible to watch this movie without getting pumped about America (and hockey). The U.S. hockey team beat the Sovi-ets in a match-up which was far more than just a game.

4. The shockingly few amount of self-absorbed players.

Putting aside Patrick Kane’s momentary indiscretion this summer (he may or may not have beat up a taxi driver over a sum of less than a dollar), the press is not constantly riddled with the crime, steroids and massive egos of the professional hockey com-munity.

A hockey player has not been found guilty of steroid use since 2006 (shame on you Sean Hill), and their off-camera shenanigans

news on a regular basis. Although hockey is some-

times perceived as a collection of the athletic miscreants of privi-leged society, their egos seem to be some of the smallest, and their antics certainly don’t top the charts.

Hockey is a sport people around the world partake in and view, and the most prestigious league in the world starts today in America.

Go Bruins.

Aaron O’Connell is the Sports Editor of The Beacon. He can be contacted at

oconnell11@up.edu

Check out hockey this year

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Erica Ellingsen | THE BEACONSenior David Thompson winds up during an intramural softball game. Bocce and kickball are other intramural sports which have already concluded their seasons.

SPORTS: Variety of o! erings

West Coast Conference Standings:Women’s Soccer

1) #4 Portland (5-0)2) #20 Gonzaga (5-0)3) Portland (4-1)4) San Diego (4-1)5) Santa Clara (1-4)6) Pepperdine (1-4) 7) San Fransisco (0-5) 8) LMU (0-5)

Women’s Basketball

1) Gonzaga (5-0)2) LMU (3-2)3) San Diego (3-2)4) Portland (3-2)5) Saint Mary’s (3-2)6) Pepperdine (2-3)7) San Fransisco (1-4)8) Santa Clara (0-5)

Portland went 1-2 on the week, dropping games to the University of Oregon 55-64 and to LMU 43-64. The Pilots won against Pepperdine 59-56.

(Courtesy of WCCsports.com)

Men’s Baseball

Recently signed four new recruits out of High School.

Chris Johnson- RH Pitcher

RH PitcherChet Thompson- Outfeilder

Men’s Tennis

Currently 3-1, 1-0 WCC

Still missing men’s no.1 singles Joel Kincaid, out on injury.

Won 5-0 against UTSA Roadrunners on Sunday

Upcoming home match against U.C. Davis on Jan. 30.

Women’s Tennis

Currently 1-3

Lost 1-6 against University of Oregon on Friday

West Coast Conference Standings:Women’s Soccer

1) #3 Portland (9-1-0)2) #11 Santa Clara (8-3-0)3) LMU (7-3-1)4) San Francisco (5-1-5)5) Pepperdine (6-3-0)6) #25 San Diego (6-3-1)7) Gonzaga (5-3-1)8) Saint Mary’s (7-5-0)

Despite coming off a 3-1 loss from Texas A&M, the Pilots held off rival no. 22 Oregon State Beavers 1-0. The Pilots play Montana tomorrow at 7 and then Washington State this Sun-day at 2:30.

Men’s Soccer

1) #18 Portland (5-1-1)2) Saint Mary’s (4-1-2)3) #20 LMU (5-3-0)4) San Diego (4-3-0)5) Gonzaga (3-2-2)6) San Francisco (3-3-1)7) Santa Clara (2-4-2)

The Pilots are now ranked, hot off the heels of claim-ing the Husky Fever Classic title with a win over no. 17 Creighton. The Pilots begin conference play tomorrow at Santa Clara at 7, and then at St. Mary’s at 2:00 p.m. Sunday.

Volleyball

1) Saint Mary’s (8-3)2) #20 San Diego (8-3)3) Santa Clara (10-5)4) LMU (9-5)5) Peppredine (7-5)6) San Francisco (6-7)7) Gonzaga (4-8)8) Portland (4-11)

The Pilots beat Seattle 3-1 in the Chiles Center last night,

Sept. 9. The Pilots now look to face Gonzaga in Washing-ton at 7 to kick off confer-ence play.

Golf

The Pilot men, with two

at the Guistina Memorial Classic.

by sophomore Mckennon O’Rourke.

(courtesy WCCsports.com, portlandpilots.com)

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October 1, 2009

Intramurals get the ball rolling

Pilots barely beat Beavers 1-0

In the midst of the season, the Pilot women once again chalk up a win versus the Oregon State

the loss did not break the Pi-lot women’s spirit. Continuing

shots on goal, women’s soccer continues to stun players.

As the Pilot women took the

game for Pilot women in two weeks.

Fueled by the drum beats echoing from the Villa Drum Squad, raucous dedication of the

University of Portland student body and support of the local Pi-lot alumni, the no. 4 Pilot wom-en won the Friday game versus northwest rival Oregon State 1-0.

With a volley of 21 shots with eight on target throughout the course of the game, the Pilot

-erful offense, struggled to score a

“After the game, Garrett

(Smith, head coach) took us aside and said they played out of their skins to keep us out of the net,” junior and U-20 National Team player Keelin Winters said. “We had a couple of times where the ball was actually on the goal line and we honestly couldn’t buy a goal.”

a powerful offense, the Beavers battled for every possession.

the scoreboard still showed a 0-0 tie.

However, the collision of both wills and players continued into the second half as Oregon State continued to foul Portland play-ers.

For junior Carolyn Farris, the

jumping board into her new ca-reer as competitive runner.

“I couldn’t even run a mile on a treadmill two years ago,” Farris said. “Next thing I knew, people were calling me a runner.”

Farris, along with other UP students including two of her housemates, has been training for

scheduled on Oct. 4 and consists of a 26.2-mile course through lo-cal Portland streets. It is open to both runners and walkers.

During the 20th mile of the race, the runners pass by the UP campus, a grueling uphill stretch. Junior Nate Banet, who ran the marathon last year, recalls how challenging it was to pass cam-pus during the race.

“I was running great through

passed UP, it was all down hill, ” Banet said. “People are expected to break down around the cam-pus area.”

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Nicholas Slepnikoff Staff Writer

slepniko10@up.edu

Roya Ghorbani-ElizehStaff Writer

ghorbani11@up.edu

See Running, page 14

Erica Ellingsen | THE BEACONSophomore Kassi McCluskie takes the ball from the Beavers during Friday’s game at Merlo Field. Despite coming off of their first loss of the season, the Pilots played solid defense against Oregon State University to hold the Beavers scoreless, making the lone Pilot goal enough to notch a win.

See Soccer, page 14

Students train for

marathon

-yards and playgrounds to the UP campus, bocce and kickball prove that it’s never too late to learn a new sport.

The Department of Recre-ational Services is offering a variety of intramural sports at UP as a way to get involved on campus outside of the classroom. In hopes of recruiting beginning players and serious athletes alike, Rec. Services is presenting stu-dents, faculty and staff with both traditional and unconventional intramural activities this year.

Bocce and kickball seasons have already concluded, but their popularity shows students’ will-ingness to try new activities.

“I really like (bocce and kick-ball) as part of our program,” said

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make people come out and play.”While some intramural sports

tend to attract students with years of experience, it is rare that a stu-dent enters the university with

competitive bocce or kickball ex-perience.

“They’re kind of like gateway

“They’re non-threatening and they give the common student a spot to play sports.”

Though players’ skill levels vary, bocce is not a game that necessarily requires a great deal of athletic prowess for the two-player team.

level,” said junior Alec De-vereaux, who played bocce on team Weapon X this fall.

Although bocce is a simple game to pick up, there are mo-ments when the game can be-come rather intense.

“It’s the easiest game,” junior Nate Banet said. “You can get re-ally competitive in this game that is really just a game of luck.”

Students who participated in kickball tend to agree that it, too, is an entry-level sport that almost anyone can play. Teams consist of a minimum of eight people, and they are co-recreational, meaning that the male-female ra-tio must be roughly 50-50.

Sophomore Jacob Lampe, who played kickball for the Just Kickin’ It team this fall, believes one of the reasons kickball is so popular is because it’s not taken so seriously.

Lisa McMahan Staff Writer

mcmahan11@up.edu

Erica Ellingsen | THE BEACONThe Leinweber’s Brian Carter hits a fly ball during a Monday night softball game. Softball is one of the intramural sports at UP.

See Sports, page 15

Student intramurals begin as a chance for students to compete in new and familiar sports