7 lacrosse seniors go for third PAC title

by Gabrielle Beltran staff writer

This year's women's lacrosse team is lead by seven seniors, head coach Jackie Neary and assi'stant coach Melissa Michaels. Cabrini's record so far is 6 and 4, and the girls are 3 and O for the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference championship title. Coach Jackie said that "it is always hard to lose seniors, and I will miss them deeply, because they are my first freshman class that I recruited. I hope to have a great season because it is their last chance for being part of Cabrini's women's lacrosse team."

Merrie Lewis, a captain, mid-fielder and an All-PAC award winning player, will miss playing lacrosse for coach Neary. Mertie has been playing for the last 10 years and is looking to leave Cabrini with another PAC championship. Lewis will also miss "Patty," Christine Malone, our junior goalie, and "Cathy, the really nice lady that works in the Wigwam." Lewis will also miss "the rats," our coach's kids and Dukes' karaoke in Florida. Merrie also says that she "will miss the excitement of a new season, the thriJls, the victories and the agony of defeat." She feels that coach Neary is like a family member of hers, because she has been coaching Merrie since high school. Lewis also plans to continue her education and go to graduate school for sports management. Merrie Lewis sees the team in the future clinching yet another PAC title this year, and there is no doubt in her mind that Cabrini lacrosse will only come out on top.

Karen "Obs" Hassel plays goalie and wiJI miss her friends and playing on the team when she graduates. Hassel will graduate with a liberal arts degree, and she plans to move back to her home state, Delaware to find a good paying job. Hassel will not only miss Coach Neary's husband, Jody Neary, telling it like it is, but she will also miss Coach Neary's personable qualities. Hassel will also miss all of the bruises that the women's team gave her. She says, "I'll miss Christy Malone not only as a person but also as someone who taught me a lot about being a good goalie."

Megan Hyde, a mid-fielder and one of the most comic people on the team, will miss "free McDonalds on the way home from our away games." Megan will not only miss her friends when she graduates, but she will also miss "crushing teams and scaring players on the field." Hyde will miss Coach Neary and maybe her husband Jody, and "Miss Mainline Melissa, and her fake classes." Hyde plans to continue her education and go to graduate school for human resources because "she doesn't want to work yet." Megan will also miss screaming "Bang Bang" in the middle of the

Gilda side the Dixon Center upon arriving at Cabrini after the team's

4. (Christine Aldorasi not pictured) games and Coach Neary's speeches when she says, "What's that word I am looking for?" Hyde will also miss Dukes' in Florida and slaughtering Eastern last year in the 1999 PAC championship.

Gilda Z<x:cola,a team captain, and a right wing defender believes that she will miss being a part of the team the most. Zoccolo will also miss her independence, because she is moving back to Maryland when she graduates. Gilda hopes to become a strength and conditioning coach at a Maryland college, and she believes that "without a doubt the Cabrini women's lacrosse team will win PAC championships." Zoecola will never forget her freshman year on the women's lacrosse team, when they initiated her. The seniors made her go and steal underpants from a baseball teanl''lhat was staying in the same hotel and wear them on her head. "I was the only one who actually did it," she said. Zoccola feels that "Coach Jackie was not only a coach but a friend, and she treated us like her own daughters." Zoccola will also never forget playing miniature golf with her sister and "the rats" in Florida this year.

Christine Ream, a mid fielder, will miss Cabrini's small atmosphere and close-knit community.

Ream will also miss the competitiveness that Cabrini lacrosse offers and the Otis Spunkrnire chocolate chip cookies that they sell in the Wigwam. She will miss "working hard and having fun." Ream will also miss Coach Neary because "she is great at getting us pumped up. She encour- ages us to do our best." Ream is a biology/pre-med. major and plans to continue her education and go to medical school to be a "DO." Ream believes that the team "will win the championship again and get the recognition that it deserves."

Angela "Coop" Cooper, a first home offender, a mother and a future teacher, will miss being part of the team the most. She was originally not going to play because she gave birth to a baby girl named Kaitlyn Milo. However she played anyway, because she knew that she would regret it. Cooper will miss playing against her sister that goes to Widener and all the pJlStvictories. Cooper will also miss Coach Neary, because "Jackie cares about us as people, not just players. She is always there for you if you need someone to talk to."

Angela Cooper wishes to be a kindergarten or. first grade teacher. Her ideal dream is to own her own daycare, and teach young children.

Christine Aldorasi, a point defender, a future teacher and the final senior for the women's team will miss "bonding with the girls" and the Education department. Aldorasi plans to teach in an elementary school in Delaware County. Aldorasi will also miss "Coach Jackie tremendously, because Jackie has been coaching me since high school." Aldorasi will always remember "being a Cabrini Cavalier athlete and Coach Jackie's attitude and presence."

Go If team started off season well, considers itself lucky

by Kate Pelosi staff writer

Although the golf team is often cursed with a short season, the·team, along with its coach Dr. Tony Verde, always produce a good season.

Since golf is not designed to be a spectator sport, you might be unaware of Cabrini's golf team. However, the golf team is a very active and impressive part of Cabrini's athletic program.

The golf team usually practices on Sunny

Brooke Golf Club's driving range. However, when Dr. Verde wants the team to play an J8 hole course, the players consider themselves fortunate to be able to play at Spring Ford Country Club or St. David's Country Club.

Practicing at these country clubs not only gives the members a better variety of courses to practice on, but it also attracts more members to join the team.

The team usual)y practices about once a week on Mondays, and the members usually seek out driving range practice on a more regular basis.

The golf team usually competes against other small colleges such as Neumann, Albright, Allentown, Elizabethtown, Gywendd-Mercy, Misericordia and Alvernia. The team usually tends to choose more local meets.

At the first match at Torresdale/Frankford Country Club against Holy Family College, Swarthmore College and Widener University, Cabrini's golf team won with a combined score of 449.

At a usual match, the team is required to have a six person team.

Dr. Verde is pleased with the performance of all the members, especially seniors Jeremy Dombroski and Brian Casey, two new transfers Alex Butz and Brian Mouse and freshman Anthony D' Aleo.

The team's next match is on Wednesday, April 12 against Widener.

Dr. Verde is hoping to start up the golf club's spring break trip to Pine Hurst in North Carolina in the upcoming years.