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Lady Cavs anxious for PAC playoffs

JASON RADKA STAFF WRITER JNR722@CABRINI

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Don’t be mistaken this Halloween if the Cabrini College Women’s field hockey team shows up at your door not dressed up as athletes but as potential champions. All fingers are pointing to the win column as the Cabrini Woman’s Field Hockey team silences the critics.

In doing so, the Cavaliers have raised their PAC record to a highly respectable 7-2. Undoubtedly, Cabrini’s intense recent doubleovertime victory over Haverford has provided a boost in the team’s ambitions for taking the PAC championship this year. The Cavaliers are thirsty for victory on the weekend’s eve of Halloween.

Cabrini will host an unknown foe next week as the PAC playoffs reach Cavalier territory. Comradery and team closure are only a few of the traits adopted by the women this season.

Allison Sachs, junior business major, had a very simplistic strategy when the topic of being successful comes up.

“Go out and win,” Sachs said. “Give it our best and go play as a team. If we bring our strength and talent we should be able to win.”

As an individual player, Sachs believes if she brings her speed, the “a-game” and 110 percent of her effort to the field, so that she will be helping out her teammates to the fullest of her ability.

There is no “age-slur” that can be placed on the field hockey team this year. Cabrini’s squad this year has a well-balanced mix of underclassmen and upperclassmen. In light of this, the continuity of incoming classes should keep the age dispersal even, therefore never making the team too old or too young. This is key as the seasons progress and future teams arrive at Cabrini.

Field hockey players have a knack for preparing themselves for games mentally and physically. Having a fierce mentality a long with a strong physical body, the grassroots for a solid player is constructed.

“Mentally, If I keep playing the way I’ve been playing, then I believe I’ll do well in the games. As a team if we can play up to our

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