Men's team 1-1 for week; anticipating win against Marymount University Rolling toward number 1

CHERYL WAGSTAFF SPORTS EDITOR

On Sunday, March 23 Cabrini's roller hockey team defeated Philadelphia University 8-6. The Cavaliers came back from a twogoal deficit in the third period to move into a tie for first place with Lehigh University.

The game started out with Philadelphia University scoring the first two goals. The Cavs fought back and took the lead early in the third period. Mike Casey, defenseman, led the team with three goals and scored the first goal that put Cabrini in the lead.

The fans made their presence known to the team when there was a highlight. A number of fans traveled to the Marple Sports Arena to cheer on the team. "It is nice to

The roller hockey team moved into a tie for first place with Lehigh University, on Sunday,March 23. know that the people on campus want to see us play. We really appreciate it. It gives us a boost," Ethan Peiffer, junior goalie, said.

This win brings Cabrini's record up to 11-4 and Philadelphia University's down to 9-5. With this win the probability of the Cavs facing Lehigh for the third time this season against whom they are winless. The last time that the two teams faced each other the game was lost by Cabrini due to an over abundance of penalties. "I really feel that the team has grown since the beginning of this semester. Now I think that we can beat them by three or four goals," Rich Dematteo, sophomore forward, said.

JACKIEFREESE ASST. PERSPECTLVES.EDITOR

Going from one extreme to another is not an easy transition, but Cabrini's men's lacrosse team has handled it well.

On Wednesday, March 19. the Cavaliers trounced DeSales University on the Bulldogs turf 19-3. However, the Cavaliers were dealt ablow on Sunday, March 23, when Ohio Wesleyan, the tenth ranked team in the nation, defeated Cabrini 19-7.

In the DeSales game, junior attack Mike Piccoli had three goals and four assists and freshman attack Matt Campbell had four goals and one assist.

"The game against DeSales was very intense and we played well," senior defenseman Tom Grosse said.

"Everyone had a chance to play in that game," Cabrini head coach Steve Colfer said. "Everyone did really well."

On Sunday, in front of a crowd of close to 400 people, the Cavaliers headed into halftime down by goal with a score of 4-3. It was not until the third quarter when Ohio Wesleyan started to dominate the game.

"It happened at the end of the third quarter." Colfer said. "It started to snowball from there; we lost our emotion."

"We had one of the best first half's we've ever had," Grosse said. The loss, however, was not a total downfall for the Cavaliers. According to Colfer, the team now knows what they have to work on.

"We have to work on the fundamentals," Colfer said. "We have to work on being sound between the boxes, face-off plays-all the boring parts of the game."

The game against Ohio Wesleyan is the beginning of the Cavaliers playing top-notched teams around the country.

"We want to play teams like Ohio Wesleyan," Colfer said. "They are good athletically and academically-we want Cabrini up there."

Cabrini's next game will be on Saturday, March 29 at home against Marymount University at 2 p.m.

"There is no time to feel bad," Colfer said. "We need to tum a negative into a positive."