New coach anticipates first season with Cavaliers TENNIS TEAM : REIGNING CHAMPS

MELISSA STEVEN PERSPECTIVES EDITOR MS727@CABRINI EDU

Almost one year later the women’s tennis team is starting its season again and is hoping to be able to regain the title of Pennsylvania Athletic Conference champions.

“It’s our goal to win again,” John Magee, head coach of the women’stennis team, said, “but we did lose half of our team.” Since last year the team has lost five of its 10 members, but they have now gained five new freshman players and one junior.

Caitlin Scott, co-captain, said, “Last year was the first year we won the PAC championship, and our major goal is to do that again.”

Rachel Shore is the other cocaption of the team and describes the team as “one big family.”

Lisa Rodgers, a freshman, won the Delaware county player-of-the-year award for tennis when she was a junior in high school. This will be her first year playing on Cabrini’s team.

“I’m happy to be here and I’m having fun so far,” Rodgers said.

“It’s a lot better than I expected.”

Two-time, all-county player, Dina DiTanto, is another freshman player this year. “We do have some really good players,” Magee said, “and we always

Marywood University is the team’s biggest rival and last year Cabrini beat them 8-1. “We’re expecting to beat them,” Magee said. “As a coach you have your own expectations, but yeah, we want to beat everybody.”

Magee said that he is hoping to help the players improve their mental approach to the game. “Anyone can hit a ball,” he said. “Knowing what to do and when to doit will help them mentally understand the game.”

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Just a few months after being pronounced the Head Coach of the Cabrini Men’sSoccer team, Glen Jaskelewicz is in the midst of sculpting a talented young team to represent the school. The 1993 Cabrini graduate is striving to return the program back to the successful institution it was before.

player has been focused and determined,” Jaskelewicz said. The transition as the new head coach has went quite smooth both players and the new coach agreed.

have a good time.”

“It’s a little nerve racking being thrown into college tennis,” Rodgers said. “I came from apathetic team, so it’sabreath of fresh air to have the ball come back over the net,” she said.

Scott said, “We’re a small team, so we’re all close, are always together,and we don’t have any issues.”

“It’s nice to be playing tennis with friends,” Rodgers said.

Scott and the rest of the team are also hoping that more spectators will come out and support the tennis team. “People don’t give tennis enough credit. The atmosphere is so much better when people are out here and the games are fun.”

The tennis team’snext match will be held away on Friday, Sept. 9, against Neumann College at 3:30 p.m., followed by a home match on Saturday, Sept. 10, against Immaculata University at 1 p.m.

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The young coach was thrown into the mix of the Cabrini soccer world in May of 2005 after the resignation of former Head Coach Doug Meder. Jaskelewicz was left basically with not one minute to recruit for the following season because of this late decision for a new coach.

“The recruiting season was already over when I was named coach. I had to rely of the former coach’s recruits,” Jaskelewicz said. This obstacle, however, has not slowed his strides with the men’s team.

Jaskelewicz himself has had quite a successful past with the school. He holds the record for the all-time leading point scorer in Cabrini Men’s Soccer history.

In response to opinions of the season being one of transition and rebuilding due to the primarily young team, Jaskelewicz has opted to take his season one step at a time.

“First, I would like to make sure the team is a quality bunch of guys both on and off the field,” Jaskelewicz said. So far, it appears that the team has accomplished that first goal according to the new coach.

“Camp has gone better than expected in ALLareas. Every

From the player side, team c aptain Ian McDonald has stepped into the leadership position with the full support of his teammates. “Ian has been the difference in terms of attitude for this team. He’s very positive and all his teammates respect him,” Jaskelewicz said.

The men’s team is in agreement that Jaskelewicz is a definite improvement from the past years and he provides much needed leadership for this young team. With a more physical instructional approach, the team is said to have learned a great deal from the former Cabrini star.

The rivalries of the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) were very present while Jaskelewicz was a Cabrini soccer player as well. Playing teams like Eastern University were huge events in the early 90s and have only intensified since then, according to Jaskelewicz.

As for the upcoming season, McDonald and the Cavaliers are aware of the task-at-hand and claims that the team is ready to fight for a respectable position in the PAC.

“With five seniors on the squad this year,we hope to be competitive. As my senior year, Iwouldn’twant it to be labeled as a rebuilding season, but I hope the team will be successful for the years to come,” McDonald said.