Walk-on takes shot at men’s basketball

JILLIAN MILAM STAFFWRITER JGM726@CABRINI EDU

Kevin Moore, a sophomore trying out for varsity basketball, counts down the days with anticipation for the arrival of Saturday, Oct. 16: the mark of the beginning of try-outs.

basketball career and felt like I needed to accomplish more,” Moore said. “Cabrini is a good place to improve myself because of the great players that they have here.”

In addition, Moore’s experience as a junior varsity player during high school instigated his desire to move forward with his Cabrini basketball career, and to maintain old friendships while creating new ones. “I played junior varsity last season and made a lot of tight friends. For the future there will be a lot of memories to look back on,” Moore said.

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The continuous battle to make the playoffs haunts the men’s soccer team again this Halloween season. Arecent painful doubleover-time loss to Widener University crushed the team’s morale. This was an all-too-common game for the Cavaliers.

The game in itself was an absolute war. Both teams played with extreme intensity. The excitement was at its peak towards the end of the second half. The battle was tied at two goals a piece, with Cabrini’s goals scored by seniors Nick Fenton and Jay Catagnus.

With 20 seconds left in regulation, starting goalie Andrew Brady received a red card and was ejected from the game. Brady’s ejection resulted in a penalty shot. Adrastic decision was made to put senior goal scorer, Jay Catagnus in as goalie.

“I was a little nervous because

I haven’t played goalie since I was a sophomore in high school,” Catagnus said. Both team benches roared with support for their teammates in anticipation of the penalty shot.

Diving to his right, Catagnus made a phenomenal save to send the game into overtime. However, this save would not be enough for Cabrini to pull out with a win.

Widener would score in double overtime and put an end to Cabrini’s fight.

These are the type of losses that Cabrini has had to deal with all season. This is the fifth game that Cabrini has had to settle in overtime. Two games ended in losses and three in ties.

The team’s 3-5-3 record may not seem too promising. The fat lady has not sung yet, however. There is still a chance that this team will make the PAC playoffs.

Nick Fenton, a senior forward on the team, has expectations of still entering playoff competition.

“We need to win the rest of our PAC games,” Fenton said.

The three remaining teams Cabrini plays are Neumann, Eastern and Arcadia.

“We’re a team of adversity. We’ve had a lot of injuries and problems with suspensions, but we will definitely push through them,” Fenton said. Head coach Doug Meder and senior captain Sean Dugan both addressed the team’s problems.

“We haven’t played one game with a full roster,” Dugan said. Meder quickly followed, “We’ve been unlucky and hopefully we can start to gel together.” The team mentioned that controversy and injury are the signs of a young team.

“When the season started, we didn’t know what to expect because of all the freshman players,” Dugan said. The team has 14 freshman players on the roster. It is uncertain where their season will end. The team assured Cabrini fans that one thing is certain; they will not give up.

Cavaliers go to double-over-time with Widener 6;) StAC Staff Advisory Council

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The thing that is different about this year, he said, is that there are going to be a certain amount of actual cuts. Last year, all basketball player aspirants would try out for varsity, only to get put on the junior varsity team if they did not make the cut. This year, there are a handful of men who will not be chosen for either team, considering there are about 40 some contenders, in which case only 15 players are essentially needed on a team.

Being a walk-on player, as opposed to being recruited for the team, is another nerve wrecking factor that adds to the suspense of try-outs this season for Moore. With about 25 recruited players already in the mix, the anticipation for him and walk-ons alike surely is heightened.

However, his background and experience in high school basketball, as well as being a player for Cabrini’s junior varsity last season, gives Moore a great foundation. “I am going to try and do everything the coaches ask for and focus on playing solid team ball,” Moore said. “I know that the coach is looking for people that listen, follow directions, buy into the system, and they are, of course, looking for talent.”

His basketball-playing days at Lansdale Catholic, the high school in which Moore graduated, not only gave him a good basis. It also gave him the motivation to advance towards college basketball and succeed in doing so. “After high school, I did not feel satisfied with my

While Moore desires to maintain his athletic and social standards, he also set certain goals for himself academically. In regards to athletic aspirations, he plans on playing to his potential and wishes to receive respect from coaches and team mates. He; moreover, seeks to academically stay on top of his schoolwork in the midst of everything.

In order to play to his potential, Moore kept himself active over the summer. He did “drills and played pick up games.” He said, “When tryouts come, you have to be mentally prepared, as well as physically.”

Moore has been attending the pre-season work-outs Cabrini has been holding. From this, as well as his experiences last year, he noticed that “the coaching staff works hard on bringing as many talented players as possible so that everyone realizes they have to stay on their A-game all the time.”

As the pre-season work-outs come to an end and the suspenseful try-outs commence, Moore realizes what he has to do and what goals he needs to set for himself. “It has been really intense and everyone is extremely hungry for a spot.”