Field Hockey team s~ffers playoff loss, stays positive

M"TONIO MASONE STAFF WRITER

The final game of the Lady Cavs' post-season came in the form of a 6-1 loss to College of Misericordia on Saturday Nov. 2.

The game was close up to its midpoint. Misericordia scored its ,_,,. first goal four minutes into the game. Cabrini answered baek with a goal only seven minutes later scored by sophomore right halfback Julie Smith. The first half ended with Misericordia up by one goal.

Senior left inner, and tri-captain of the squad, Megan Chipman said; "It was a great first half, we played so well. As the second half started it seemed ,._ we all went our separate ways and stopped playing as a team."

In the second half, Misericordia freshman Kim Daniel scored two goals in two minutes, giving them a 4-1 lead. "After they scored their fourth goal, coach called a time out intending to motivate us," Chipman said. Following the to the school teams and they could also get injured having a meaningless game of fun. Budweg said, "Plus a basketball player could get injured playing in intramurals and that could hurt the school's team, which is who he or she is really playing for."

There.were no women involved in intramural basketball. Corcoran said, "We ran the intramurals for both. It was marketed towards everybody. Only men came out. There was probably no interest on the women's part."

Budweg said, "I actually heard that some girls signed up, but not enough for a league. But if Kate [Corcoran] said that no one has interest, then she is right."

The intramural basketball league offers students a chance to come out to enjoy themselves and have a friendly game of basketball. There are no hard feelings in intramurals, just plain old fun.

Men's soccer team misses shot at championship with loss to Arcadia

time out, Misericordia scored their final two goals in the remaining minute of play.

Smith said, "Not once during the game did anyone give up, but it was noticeable that as they were scoring, our momentum was lost." The team feels it was a hard fought game although they agree that the scoreboard does not reflect that.

Junior mid-fielder, Jody Sodano said, "They scored most of their goals on fast breaks, and their second to last goal was on a penalty.shot."

The Lady Cavs have a very positive outlook on next year. The team is graduating two seniors and returns nine out of 11 starters.

Smith said, "We could not have had better leadership from our two senior captains, Megan Chipman and Colleen Connor. We all started the season off slow, but they were there to pick things up. And our freshmen girls are great. They have such tremendous talent and bring so much to the table."

The men's soccer team ended its season in a five penalty shootout against Arcadia in the semi-final PAC playoff game on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

LAUREN MINEO STAFF WRITER

The fate of the men's soccer season flashed before its eyes when it came down to a shootout between Arcadia University and Cabrini College in the semi-finals game of the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference playoffs on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Cabrini's season and chance for the PAC championship ended abruptly when the team missed two of its five penalty shots.

To make it to this spot in the semi-finals, Cabrini beat Gwynedd-Mercy College in the previous game. Chris Roach, assisted by T.J. Dougherty, scored the first goal. The second goal came from Sean Dugan, assisted by Anthony Pepe, to win the game in overtime, 2-1. Sophomore goalie, Brad Rink, said, "It was a big win for the team and it got us ready for the playoffs. It's always good to head into the playoffs with a win."

In order to play in the semifinals, Cabrini had to win the remainder of its PAC Tournament games because they lost to Arcadia, Eastern University, and College Misericordia in the regular season. If they wanted at least the fourth seed, they had to beat Gwynedd-Mercy. They accomplished this and took on first-seeded Arcadia University.

"[Arcadia] came out strong in the second half to tie I -1," sophomore forward, Dougherty, said. The remainder of the second half amounted in no goals for either team. After holding off Arcadia for two 10-minute overtimes, the game went to penalty kicks. Missing two of its five, Cabrini lost the game to Arcadia. "We almost won," Dougherty said. "We played our best game of the year," Rink said. "We had lost to them 4-1 during the season so .to take them into a shootout shows how hard we played."

"It was a highly emotional game because of the seniors," Rink said. "We're losing eight, so everyone will have to step up next year."

In the first half, Dugan scored, with an assist by Dougherty.

The Cavs would have gone to take on Misericordia after its win over Eastern, also in penalty kicks. However, it is Arcadia to play Misericordia for the PAC Tournament championship.