Trif ecta propels Lady Cavs to victory

by Brian O'Connell sports editor

The women's soccer team is on a roll, winning their last three contests in a row and locking up first place in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference. An added bonus is home field advantage throughout the playoffs.

The Lady Cavs defeated Eastern College 1-0, Wesley College 1-0 in double over- time and finished up the shutout fest with a 3-0 victory over Catholic University.

"The team really pulled together in these last three wins," junior goalie Jess Huda said. 'The team really dominated the opponent."

Huda credited sophomore Ellen Casiero in helping to ensure the wins.

"She was a key player in the PAC wins against Eastern and Wesley," Huda said.

Casiero scored the lone goal in the Eastern victory and dished out the assist for the winning goal in the double-overtime win over Wesley College.

Senior captain Erin Barney felt the team gave their all against Eastern.

"The team really gave it a 100 percent effort for the win," Barney said. "We put so much into the game that we were so exhausted afterwards."

One might wonder how the team was able to get up for the next two games after Eastern.

"The last two games, the team played really well." Barney said. "Our adrenaline was really flowing."

"Coach knew we were tired because of the Eastern game and we do not have a lot of substitutes. But our game against Catholic University was one of our bestplayed games in a while."

Coming out of this successful season, the Lady Cavs have one more Pennsylvania Athletic Conference game to focus their attention on before they take on the task of bringing a championship home to Cabrini.

"We have one more game left in the regular season against Marywood," Huda said.

"We know we can not take that game lightly."

Upon entering the playoffs, the Lady Cavs know they have one advantage above all the rest that might propel them to the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference championship.

"Our goals for the playoffs is to play as well as we have all season and take each game as they come," Huda said.

Barney feels the team is ready to go out on the playing field and win a championship.

"We feel very confident going into the playoffs," Barney said.

"The home field advantage will help any team that makes the playoffs in any sport, and we want to use that to our advantage the best we can."

"We want to take the playoffs one game at a time."

Barney stated that the team does have a tendency to get too excited before big games. Buts she realizes the Lady Cavs have to get past Marywood before taking on the rest of the teams in the playoffs.

"We can't overlook Marywood, because we know anything can happen at that game," Barney said.

"But when the playoffs come, whoever we play, we will be ready."

Playoff Schedule

Oct. 27 PAC Semifinals TBA

Oct. 30 PAC Finals TBA

All games played at Cabrini