Women's tennis losing top two players

by Laura Casamento assistant sports editor

The women's tennis team expects to suffer a major setback next year as its No. I and No. 2 singles players plan to leave Cabrini and attend higherranked schools in the fall.

First-year student Keely Crawbuck, the team's number one-seeded singles competitor, has been accepted to Hofstra University in Long Island, N.Y., on an athletic scholarship.

Crawbuck, who also played for the Lady Cavs' softball team and worked as a member of the radio station while at Cabrini, says there are many reasons for her departure.

"I made a mistake last year by not applying to a lot of col- leges in time," Crawbuck said. "I wanted to play at a more competitive school, either in Division I or II, but I messed up on my applications for those schools.

"I'm not really supposed to be here. I want to go to a school that has a better science department, since I want to be a coroner," Crawbuck said.

Crawbuck also cited her reluctancy to be seeded No. 1 as a first-year student as another major reason for her decision.

"I was thrown right into the No. l spot as soon as I got here, so there was no room for improvement or competition,"

Crawbuck said. "At Hofstra, I will probably have to start really low, maybe fifth or sixth, and work my way up, which is what