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very slim in any given year, [but] we have done well enough in the past to be in the top ten of the CTC teams. That is much harder to do than it may seem. The competition is very tough," O'Hora said.

O'Hora also hopes for his athletes to make it to the ECAC meet. The only way that Cabrini track runners can make it to the ECAC meet is by meeting cerchampionship in tain standards the works.

Coach Tom O'Hora said, "This has a way of putting a damper on those who work so hard to represent Cabrini College so proudly. Some of the very best athletes to attend Cabrini College have been on the track and field team in their regular meets throughout the season. also an

With two and six tenths of a second left on the clock. The score is 57-56 Neumann College. Sophomore Dan Clemens is fouled and goes to the line. As the Cabrini fans sit in dead silence, the Neumann fans yell, scream and make cat calls at Clemens as he takes his shot. Swoosh! The score is tied 57-57 and Clemens still has one more shot left.

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It is hard for the men's and women's track teams to train on campus or compete in anything because they do not have a track of their own to practice on.

"Despite great support from the athletic department, we still have a problem that is out of their control. We don't have our own track to practice on. It is most unlikely that we will have one soon-if ever," O'Hora said.

Although the teams are not part of the PAC, they are part of a conference known as the Collegiate Track Conference. There are approximately 50 teams that take part in the CTC and one-third of them are Division 1 schools. Two CTC championships take place indoors and outdoors. T~ indoor one is in the winter and the outdoor one is held in April.

"The chances of winning the championship of the CIC are big meet," O'Hora said. There are more Division 1H schools in the ECAC meets than there are in the CTC; approximately l 00 of them. Throughout Cabrini's years in track and field years, there have been a few athletes that have had the honor of competing in the ECAC.

O'Hora said. '·We graduated two athletes last year who made All ECAC. Thus far, there's no one to replace them."

Coach O'Hora sees this is as a rebuilding year for Cabrini. He looks forward to recruiting new athletes and seeing new faces.

"Most good track and field people want to go to a college where they at least have a track of their own to train on. We are working very hard to build our team up to the level of the past few years when Cabrini did very well at all the meets," O'Hora said.

A barrage of Neumann fans rush over to the Cabrini side of the Nerney field house to taunt Clemens as he prepares for his next shot. As he took his shot, fans from both Cabrini and Neumann held their breath waiting for what was sure to be a heart-stopping finish. And sure enough, Clemens made his last shot, giving Cabrini a 58-57 victory over Neumann in a Pennsylvania Athletic Conference game on Wed. Feb. 5.

The win was bittersweet in more ways than one. Of course there is the rivalry between Cabrini and Neumann after last year's PAC championship game, but it also gave head coach John Dzik his 450th career win on his birthday. The win gave the Cavaliers sole possession of first place in the PAC and improved the Cavs record of 13-6 overall and 82 in the PAC.

Senior Brian Wood said that he was hyped up for the game all day. "During the game, we played with so much emotion because the first time we played Neumann, we didn't play well at all. This time, we had our crowd behind us, s~ we were confident we would play well," Wood said.

The Cavs traveled to Misericordia on Sat. Feb. 8 to battle against the Cougars and allAmerican Willie Chandler. "The momentum of the game went back and forth throughout the entire game," said Wood. With 14 seconds left on the clock, the Cavs were down by one point. "Coach

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called a play, and we ran it. Ty Teasley was able to get off a pretty good shot, but missed. We fouled them, and they managed to make their foul shots with 1.5 seconds left on the clock. We ran another play and I threw the ball the length of the court, and we got off a great shot but unfortunately missed," Wood said. Although the Cavs lost 69-66 it was the type of loss that "everyone can live with," Wood said. "We all worked hard towards the end." The loss put the Cavs in second place in the PAC behind Neumann.