Back in the swing of things

AMANDA POPOVITCH STAFF WRITER

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Spring has arrived and with it the Cabrini golf team has already kicked off a phenomenal season. This year’s team promises to put forth a tremendous effort, and hopefully, the results will make it all worthwhile. With an impressive season, opening first place finish and a second place finish at their most recent match, the golf team looks to be already on their way to an impressive season.

The team started off the season with a win against Holy Family,finishing three strokes ahead of their opponents. Most recently, the team finished second out of six teams in their match at Swarthmore, finishing a mere 15 strokes behind first place team Swarthmore. Both of these matches bode well for the rest of the season, in which the team hopes to beat out longtime Pennsylvania Athletic Conference rivals, Wesley College.

Last year,the team came in second in the PAC championships, and with new freshmen Tim Harner and Mike Dunphy, as well as staple juniors Brian Prospero and Matt Paris, the team looks to be perfectly placed to possibly clench the PAC Championship.

Harner marked his debut with the team by leading them to their first victory this season against Holy Family, while fellow freshman Dunphy has been hot on his heels, finishing close behind in both matches. Meanwhile, Prospero, who finished eighth overall inthe PAC Championship last and an impressive showing at the PAC Championships. Prospero and Paris are the only returning players, and they take their roles as captains seriously. “We do our best to bring a sense of leadership to the team,” Paris said.

Both captains are also trying their best to lead the team to live up to the expectations of Verde.

“Coach Verde is expecting big things from us this year and the team as a whole will be disappointed with anything less,” Paris said.

He was diagnosed with arthritis in his shoulder in 2001 but continued to play. This made his condition increasingly worse with each throw he has made. Bagwell is a very dedicated player who has devoted his career to making the Astros a better ball club. Bagwell leads in Astros’history for home runs and RBIs. He is contemplating surgery, but only if he will be able to play again once it is complete.

Flyers get fourstraight wins

The Philadelphia Flyers are proving that they deserve to be a contender for the 2006 Stanley Cup. They have won their last four games with their last and most recent opponent being the Ottawa Senators. The Flyers won with the final score of 6-3 and goalie Antero Niittymaki saving 33 shots on goal.

The Flyers hit a rough patch towards the middle of the season because so many teammates had been faced with injuries.

year earning him all-conference honors, has continued his impressive career this season with a fourth place finish in the match against Swarthmore out of a field of 30 golfers.

Head coach Tony Verde seems confident that this year’s team will do well. Verde said, “This year’s team is approximately 10 to 15 shots better than last year’s team.” Verde also set an impressive overall goal for this season’s team, which is “Toaverage 13 shots better than last year’s team per 18-hole competition,” Verde said.

The junior captains, Brian Prospero and Matt Paris, also appear confident that this year’s team will have a banner season

The team will be focusing this season on their three main invitational events, the Lebanon Valley Invitational, the Widener Invitational and the Wesley Invitational. Then, of course, they always have their sights on a first place finish at the PAC Championship. Hopefully, this year’s team will bring Cabrini a PAC Championship and a notable place in the local collegiate golf world.

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After this game, the Flyers reached a very important benchmark, reaching their 40th win this season. They have done this in nine out of their 10 past seasons as well.

Dana dies in practice drive

On Sunday, in Homestead, Fla., Paul Dana, an international racing league rookie and star, passed away due to a crash on the track.

While streaking around the Homestead-Miami Speedway oval during a warmup session, Dana failed to notice that another car had spun to a stop, slamming into it at close to 200 mph. Two hours after his shattered car came to a rest, the 30-year-old Dana was pronounced dead at a hospital, according to Sports Illustrated.

Many people in the racing world were affected by his passing because he was so young and known for being such a family-oriented person. When authorities notified his wife, she was sitting in mass praying.

Sports Illustrated said, “Dana, who began his career in Formula Fords and worked his way up through the ranks, was known as a strong self-promoter. He got his new ride by bringing the Ethanol sponsorship to the Rahal Letterman team over the winter.”

Including Dana, only three racers have died in racing-related accidents over the past 10 years in the Indy Racing League. This is a record that the organization is proud to say they have, but at the same time, they mourn those they have lost.