Cavs near season'send undefeatedin PAC~

by Brian O'Connell sports commentator

The Cabrini men's basketball team is on a roll so far this season and things only look to get better for the unbeatable Cavaliers.

At the beginning of the season, the men's team had a difficult time establishing chemistry due to the arrival of five first-year students. The team started the season out 0-2 losing their first two games to Wilkes University and Widener University. The team then won four in a row and opened people's eyes around the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference. The women's team was already struggling and the men's.team suddenly started to improve. The team would only drop two games to York College and Richard Stockton College before going on a 12 game winning streak. The Cavs were rolling right through the PAC and are currently holding a 13-0 record in the conference.

The team was finally together and playing some great basketball. One great game was a home PAC game versus rival Eastern College. The Cavaliers blew the game wide open and never looked back humiliating the Eagles by a final score of 85-47. Another exciting game was on Feb. 2 at the Dixon center against Neumann College. The defense of Neumann halted the Cabrini offense from flowing smoothly and took advantage of poor Cabrini defense to take a double-digit lead. However, the Cavaliers are not one of the best teams in the region for no reason. The Cavaliers used half-time to gather themselves and went on a huge run to retake the lead. The team would eventually up their lead to as many as 16 points enroute to a victory.

The team should be feeling confident about their chances for another PAC title and a trip to the Division III NCAA tournament where they should do pretty well. The success of this team is due to the tremendous coaching efforts of head coach John Dzik. Dzik, who is responsible for the formation of the PAC, is in his 20th season of coaching at Cabrini and should feel great about the season.

The team itself really came together pretty quick due to the leadership of seniors Tun Anderlonis, Jim McTamney, Tom Gorman, Ron Realer, "Big" Randall Sims and junior Mark Hentosh. The group of seniors has had some great days here at Cabrini and are probably enjoying their best season since arriving at Cabrini.

A huge credit also goes out to the significant impact the first-year students in the basketball program. With this group, the future looks very bright. Kareem Brunson has shown it all. He has the ability to grab the big rebound, take a big shot and play very smart defense. Then there is the acrobatic Laval Pinckney who can leap right out of the building to grab a rebound. He also has the unbelievable

Second half clinches Neumann win

by Bernadette Smith

staff writer

The men's basketball team scored one of their victories last Wednesday night keeping them still undefeated in the PAC.

The Cavaliers defeated Neumann College 86-76 at home on Feb. 2. The victory did not come easily. Teamwork was the key to defeating Neumann. During the first half of the game the Cav's zone defense was poor leaving gaps everywhere for Neumann to score. The main scoring for Cabrini came mostly from foul shots especially by senior Randall Sims who contributed a total of 13 points to the game. The referees gave Cabrini many calls which aggravated one Neumann fan.

''The refs were one-sided tonight, letting Cabrini get all the foul shots," said Lee Lepera, father of Neumann player Laik Lepera. The team managed to keep the score tied during the first half, but was trailing by seven at half-time, despite the reported one-sidedness of the calls.

As the second half began one could see a great improvement in the team's defense, and its offense was incredible. The team got a good jump on Neumann, keeping the Cav's in the lead the entire second half. Neumann tried desperately to recover and take back the lead by taking advantage of the three-point shot as often as they could, but were unable to get ahead of Cabrini.

As the game neared the end there was no way for the opponent, trailing by 10 points, to recover. The victorious finish by Cabrini was a result of the immense effort the team put out during the second half. Lepera felt that Cabrini's victory was deserved since since the second half included very few calls from referees.

Tiger Woods sets more records at Pebble Beach

by Jessica Snow

talent to take the ball to the hole on a fast break. It seems he still has some skills to develop, but with bis work ethic on the court, fans and opposing teams should watch out for this up and corning star. Taking on the point guard role is little Kris Pittman. Pittman appears to have a great sense of the position, but will improve during bis years at Cabrini. He is a very quick player who can handle the ball very well and is never afraid to take the ball to the hole no matter the size of the opponent.

Finally there are juniors Gabe Hargrove and Tramai~ White down low. Hargrove is a monster rebounder or a "chairman of the boards". He never gives up and usually out-muscles his opponent White has some great inside moves and can usually score the ball close to the basket and also has a nice little jumper inside the lane.

If you add all of this up, you have the number one team in the PAC and one of the best teams in the region. The Cavs are preparing to round out the season with two home games versus Alvernia College and College Misericordia. After those home matches, they can focus on the playoffs one game at a time. But, for right now, fans can just sit back and relax because it appears the men's basketball team is going to bring home another PAC title to Cabrini.

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With seven holes left to play a golfer found himself seven strokes behind the leader. Luckily, Tiger Woods is no ordinary golfer. On the eleventh hole a par shot put Woods 10 under par for the course and seven strokes behind rookie Matt Gogel.

Then the momentum changed when Woods shot an eagle that ended with a 97 yard wedge shot that spun around the hole before going in. This showing was the lowest final round in the 53-year history of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California and Tiger's sixth consecutive P.G.A. win. Woods is now tied with Ben Hogan who had a six win streak in 1948. Byron Nelson's 1945 record of 11 consecutive P.G.A. Tour victories is being called "untouchable" by many, such as the Philadelphia Daily News' Mike Kem. Woods, at 24, shows no signs that he will stop trying.