Men's soccer team captures another PAC title

by Brian O'Connell sports editor

The men's soccer team has just finished one of the most memorable seasons in Cabrini history. The team captured the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference title and for the first time in _<:;abrinihistory, the team played in the NCAA tournament.

In terms of the season, the team could not be any happier.

"The season was very productive," junior goalie Eric Lukach said.

In terms of the expectations, the team felt they met what was expected of them.

"Our objective was to win the PAC," senior Bill Hocker said. 'The rest was just a bonus."

Now with this memorable season under their belt, men's soccer team can look forward to next year.

"Our goal is to do the same thing we did this year, win the PAC and go to the NCAA tournament," Lukach said.

Entering this season, the team had a familiar face at a new position. Doug Meder was named head coach moving up from the ranks of assistant coach for the 1999 season.

"We felt Doug did a great job," Lukach said.

"He had some big shoes to fill with Duncan leaving, but he got the job done."

After winning the PAC championship, the team received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

"We made history," Hocker said. "We had never been to the NCAA tournament and a big part of the team's success was the fact that everyone got along."

The team was unable to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament, falling to Vassar College in New York. The team Jost by a final score of 2-1 in overtime. However, the team was very happy to be there.

"It was just incredible to be able to play in the tournament," Lukach said.

"It was a great feeling to make it to the tournament because we were one of the smaller schools there," Hocker said.

The men's soccer team loses six of its players, but returns much of the team for next year. Their hope is to repeat this year and keep making history.

Cross-Country team comes up short at NCAAraces

by Gabrielle Beltran staff writer

This past weekend at Frostburg State University the 1999 NCAA III Mid-East Region cross-country championship took place. For many runners on the cross-country team, it was a laid-back, lowpressure race after the victory of winning the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Championship the previous weekend. However, the lead finisher for the Cabrini College men and women's team had different motives.

Lauren Dean, the captain for the women·s team, was trying to qualify for Nationals. She ran an impressive 19:10 on a relatively flat course of 3.1 miles. Dean fin- ishes in eighth place overall, and missed nationals by seconds. She was really happy with her season, as were most of the runners for the men and women's team. Jason Bull also was trying to qualify for Nationals and ran a really impressive race. He clocked in at an awesome time of 28:04. Patrick Hutton also ran a great race, although his back went out in the middle of the race, and he still finished with strong talent. Nationals would have been in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at Fort Fredrick St. Park next weekend. Four out of the top seven runners for the Cabrini women's team ran personal best for the season, which also was something for them to celebrate as a team. mately 300 runners from Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The women's race went off at 11:00 a.m, and the men ·s race was held at 12:00. Cabrini's runners had great weather, because the temperature was m the 60s, the sun was shining and there was no wind.

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