There's no place to call home for Cabrini teams

For the softball team and track teams a home field advantage is non-existent and practice space is something borrowed from Eastern College or Radnor High School. Amid many renovations, the teams wait for their share.

by Jessica Snow and Kendra Clark sports editors

"I ran track last year and it was pretty annoying. To have practice at 12:15 at Radnor and try to get to a I :50 class at Cabrini, it was impossible," Mike Repice recalled.

'Td have to run back or get a ride, if I was lucky," the junior Internet computing major continued, "and go directly to class:'

This plight is typical for members of Cabrini's track teams and softball team.

"I come from teaching and miss half of practice before high school kids kick us off the field. Some of us don't make some practices at all," Linda Costello, a senior and captain of the softball team said. Aside from practice, this problem surfaces during games and meets.

"We have conference champi- onships on April I, at the moment there isn't a track to hold the competition on," Jason Bull, the captain of the men's track team said.

Bull believes that it would be a good idea for the school to use some of the money it has been spending on renovations to build more athletic fields.

"We have tennis courts, soccer, field hockey and lacrosse fields, a basketball court. We even have squash courts, but no team. We do have track teams. We should have a track," Bull said.

"It would be a good selling point for the school if it had more facilities. It makes it hard to recruit with so little to offer," Bull said.

Bridget Baxter, the softball coach agreed.

"It is hard to find people who want to come play for a school that does not have a home field, so I have to recruit from far away."

"A track would end up making money for the school," Bull suggested. "Aside from our meets and championships, we could hold

"We have tennis courts, soccer, field hockey and lacrosse fields, a basketball court. We even have squash courts, but no team. We do have track teams. .We should have a track,"

-Jason Bull, captain of the men's track team high school meets and championships. I would make money and get more runners interested in coming here."

"Rita Horning, a first-year student, reported that the softball players have found themselves driving around looking for a place to practice. Sometimes the field that is found is not in safe condition to have a complete practice. The fields, when regulation size, can have a grass infield with many potholes which makes it dangerous for fielding ground balls, base running and sliding.

''We cope without a field, but it would be very beneficial to have one of our own," Costello said.

Bull reported that the track team does a lot of its running at Eastern College or at Radnor High School. However, since this practice is so inconvenient, the runners often take the less safe option of running around Cabrini's campus through the woods and parking Jots.

"Eastem's track is fine for cross country, but my shins wouldn't hurt so much if we had a nicer track to run on," Repice said about the condition of the facility that the cross country and track teams use often.

All of these teams have proposed solutions to the administration.

"We have bent over backwards with proposals, but they just say, 'ok we will look at it,"' Baxter said.

According to Baxter the softball team often does not know where its home games will be played until the last possible minute. This fact makes it hard to schedule umpires. It also makes it very difficult for parents and other fans to get to see the games.