Lady Cavs fall to Arcadia

BRITTANY MCLEOD STAFF WRITER

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The women’s soccer team evened their winning percentage to .500 on Saturday after falling to rival Arcadia University by a score of 3-2.

The game opened with a goal by sophomore team scoring leader Sabina DeGisi less than two minutes in. The assist came from junior Chrissy Regan off a corner kick.

After a number of penalty kick attempts, Kat Kraemer of the Knights finally connected at the 41:37 mark with a shot from the left side into the top right corner of Cabrini’s net.

With the score tied, the Cavaliers fought back and DeGisi scored for the second time on an unassisted breakaway 51:29 in.

Ten minutes later, Arcadia’s Samantha Calhoun beat her defender to once again even the score.

As the game continued, freshman goal- ie Cheyenne White made an outstanding save during a penalty kick that ricocheted in favor of the Knights, resulting in a controversial goal by Jamie Bradford.

The Cavaliers registered three shots on goal and seven corner kicks. White finished with 13 saves in the net.

With the loss, the Lady Cavaliers are 5-5 overall and remain 3-1 in the conference.

After the game, junior co-captain Brittany Shields said, “Today we came out strong knowing that this team was tough and was going to fight until the last minute. We worked hard at every position but we just couldn’t come out with the win. Our goalie especially helped us stay in the game. All we can do is learn from the tough loss and use it for the PAC games.”

The Lady Cavs look forward to the next PAC games. Being huge games, the team plans on working hard at practice and come out to show they deserve to win the title this year.

As the waving rally towels cast a flood of white in the stands, veteran Jamie Moyer, a Philadelphia native, walked to the mound to start the game. Moyer, 13-12, couldn’t believe he was on the mound for this game. He could remember skipping school and going to Philadelphia City Hall to cheer on his Phils in 1980. Now it was time for the fans to return the cheers in his favor according to SI.com.

As the game progressed and the Phils showing why they deserved to win the championship, word came in that the unthinkable happened and the Mets went 5-12 in their last 17 games and lost to another division team. It all came down to the Phils to pull out the win.

With an all-around strong game from the All-Stars, the win looked to be within reach. In the top of the 9th, pitcher Brett Myers was the chosen one to be in the limelight to register a win for Moyer. With a strike-three curveball thrown past the watching Wily Mo Pena, the awaited 13year long celebration began. It brought the squad running to the mound with champagne and beer to douse one another with and a celebration that lasted well into Monday, Oct. 1 where the team was warmly welcomed by the fans at City Hall in Philadelphia.

The Phils will now have home field advantage against the Colorado Rockies in the National League Divisional Series on Wednesday, Oct. 3 and truly prove that they can be called the “Phitan Phils.”