Abigail Keefe

The continuous battle to make the playoffs haunts the men's soccer team again this Halloween season. A recent painful double-over-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.

The men's roller hockey team kicks-off its fourth season next week. To students oblivious of this team: brace yourself because the sport is rapidly growing. Four years ago, there were very few colleges involved in this sport. Recently, it has spread all over the country.

How do our teams pay for that? Cabrini sports teams, like most college teams, often travel for tournaments and spring break practice, sometimes at great distance. The men's basketball team has traveled to California. The softball team ventured to Florida just to practice.

The athletic department has acquired a new trainer in the Dixon Center this year. Jennifer Langley of Drexel Hill, Pa., has filled the position left by, Meeghan Roth. Langley graduated from the University of Virginia. This is her first full-time position out of school and she is extremely excited about her new position.

West Nile virus is something many have heard about, but few give much thought to. First identified in 1937 in eastern Africa, West Nile virus was not identified in the US until 1999. The virus, transmitted by mosquitoes, which are thought to have obtained the virus when biting an infected bird, "is a type of organism called a flavivirus and is similar to many other mosquito-borne viruses," according to Yahoo! Health.