Sports

Senior year can be difficult for any regular student, and especially for an athlete trying to win the conference championship again. English and communications major Tim Gordon did just that this winter and succeeded. The men's basketball team stole the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference championship after being seeded fourth in the conference tournament.

The Cabrini women's basketball team will be losing a four-year starter this May. Senior Erin Crawford will be leaving the school to pursue her master's degree at Widener University. Crawford, a human resources management major, has been playing the game of basketball since she was five years old.

With spring right around the corner and warmer weather in the past couple of weeks, many people around campus are hitting up the tanning salons. Before leaving for that exotic destination for spring break last week, the campus looked like people had already been on vacation.

Men's Lacrosse On Feb. 27, men's lacrosse started its season with an upsetting 14-3 loss to Franklin and Marshall. March 2 brought around a close game, but the end result was a 17-14 loss to Western Maryland. March 6 proved that the Cavs still have their power when they won against Dickinson, 15-7.

Leaving the gym incredibly sore is pretty much the standard. Walking out of the weight room feeling like "the man," or "woman," after the best workout in the history of exercise is a rewarding feeling. The next day, it's normal to be sore. But a few days later, what if your arms hurt? Or what about your lower back? Chances are, you are doing something wrong.

Q: How long have you been playing tennis? A: Since eigth grade, so that's eight years. Q: In the eight years, where was the most curious place you've been hit by the ball? A: I've been hit, but I can't really remember. I hit the coach at practice. He was hitting balls over the net at us and I hit one right back at his stomach.

The golf team is ready to begin another season. "We just came back from Ocean City, M.D., where the golf team has been getting ready for the upcoming season," Dr. Tony Verde said. Verde, the team's head coach, traveled to Ocean City with the team where he has been helping his player's fine tune their skills for this season.

Jab. Cross. Hook. Upper Cut. Jab. Cross. Hook. Upper Cut. Knee. Knee. Kick. Kick. Last semester, Tracey Greenwood, fitness director, hired Lisa Kuesal-Tryanor to instruct members of the Cabrini College community in kickboxing. She taught step a few years ago during the Dixon Centers' freshman year, but took time off to heal an injury.

After two weeks of scandal and controversy, the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics came to a close on Sunday. The closing ceremonies gave us memorable performances by acts such as the rock group Kiss and Christina Aguilera, who was showing a lot of skin despite Utah's cold climate.

Orders reverberated off of the dirt, while ivory colored sticks cut through the crisp air. The players were running like maddened soldiers, their eyes focused on the movements of the white careening ball. The temperature was low but the players didn't complain.