l:ady Cavs capture --=>c~homefield advantage

by Jason Jungreis assistant sports editor

With home field advantage for the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference championship game on the line and the weather not helping the situation at all, the women's lacrosse team came through with a very convincing victory, defeating Beaver College by the score of !3.:-6.

The Lady Cavs stormed out to a commanding lead .in the first half, scoring eight i9als before the Knights c'o'u1a"even tally a goal on the board.

Beaver just did nqt;_paN..e_ an answer for the offensiye, display the La?y Cavs put 01 as. they pulled their starting goali6"after the 10th goal was scored.

Halftime found the Lady Cavs on top by a score of 12-2, but the Lady Knights of Beaver went on the attack in the second half, scoring three unanswered goals.

Through it aJJ, the Lady Cavs' defense held up, as they held the Lady Knights to only one more goal following the small run Beaver made. Cabrini would add one more goal for a final score of 13-6.

Sophomore Jessi Valerio led

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Hofstra 's women's tennis team is nationally ranked, both as a team and with individual players and doubles' teams.

Crawbuck's roommate and teammate. first-year student Jodi Holmes, competed as the No. 2 singles player for the Lady Cavs last season, but will also be leaving at the end of the year.

Holmes is still undecided as to whether she will attend St. Joseph's University or Millersville University.

"St. Joe's is definitely my first choice, but it all depends on how much money I get from financial aid and scholarships," Holmes said.

St. Joseph's and Millersville are both nationally ranked in Division I and II, respectively.

"Millersville is really good since they play year round, at least once a week in the off-season, and their season continues for a very long time. If I played for them I would probably be ranked at around four or five," Holmes said.

"St. Joe's has only two players returning from last season, which would give me a lot of competition for a spot," Holmes said.

Holmes also feels that the lack of competition as a Lady Cavalier influenced her decision.

"I didn't want to stay ranked at No. 2 for all four years. It doesn't give me much of a chance to improve on my skills," she said. all scorers with four goals, and sophomore Lesley Kerrigan and junior Donna Falcone each had three goals.

"I don't think Cabrini was the right school for me anyway," Holmes said.

"It does not have a lot to offer in computer science, which I wanted to major in. I did make a lot of friends here, though, and I will really miss them."

Both women said th.at they did have a very good time playing for the Lady Cavs during the past season.

"The girls on the team are all really nice, and we had so much fun at the Hilton Head tournament over spring break," Crawbuck said.

With the loss of their top two players, the Lady Cavs will be counting on their other players to step up.

Sophomore Mandy Seeds and first-year students Carrie Borish and Merrie Lewis aJJ added one goal each to complete the lopsided victory.

With the victory, the Lady Cavs will play in their first PAC championship.

The Lady Cavs ,~iV host the PAC championshiP, i11me on tJ~. Sunday, April 27, ~t __ l p.m. against Cedar Crest College.

"We're really proud of our accomplishments because it's our first year uit~e PAC," junior Theresa McF'a.dden said. "Our ) . • team has ~a lot of talent, and the team's success is based on how well we jntegrate that talent on the field."

The Lady Cavs split the season series 1-1 with Cedar Crest.

Although the team agrees that Cedar Crest is a very good team, the Lady Cavs feel very confident going into the PAC championship.

"This is a brand new experience for me," said first-year student Gilda Zoccola. "My highschool team never went this far, so this is really exciting."