Page 14 Lady Lions lose cat fight Jen Co Hirt/Caspian Photo Coordinator Double pick: Puling a combined effort, forward Kim Landes (right) and center Haley Locher (left) try to stop a Hilbert guard from driving to the hoop. Sturgin leads Lions by Keith E. McFall Co-Sports Editor "Heartbreaker." That's the word Head Coach Roz Fornari used when asked to describe the Lady Lions' 90-89 loss to Buffalo State last Monday night. "We had an opportimity to win and we didn't get it," said Fornari referring to Wendy Ebinger's last second baseline shot that fell inches short at the end of over time. In what was described by Assistant Coach Rob Wittman, as one of the best and most exciting games in Erie Hall in a long time, the Lady Lions were in control for most of the game as they jumped out to an early 16-3 lead. Though they trailed at half time 35-33, the laCcagers never let the undefeated (14-0) Lady Bengals take control. "I think we were the better team and were more disciplined. I told the team that it would be a dog-fight the whole game," said Fornari. "We knew before the game that it would come down to the last couple of minutes." The game was knotted at 75 at the end of regulation and with three of the Lions' starters fouled out of the game, Fornari called upon her bench to finish the task. "It was a great team performance. We have people that played that have never been in that situation before and they handled the pressure very well," said Fornari. Due to a knee injury suffered by junior Megan Musante in practice, senior Wendy Ebinger was forced to play the entire game. The only rest she had was thirteen seconds when she had to come out to have a cut on her knee bandaged. Ebinger took on the challenge though, and scored 30 points hitting 10-18 (2-4 three-pointers) from the floor. by Mk Gaon stigy Once spin, this week's Athlete of tile Welk moo to es fiom the men's belkabsil Went. Junior center Todd Sonia kd the men's haskedidl teem to an impassive 2.0 week with two velY small Peon" We s tied hii season-high total of 19 points in both contests this past week While taxing all those points, hest on to make 16 of 30 shots far 53.3%. When asked about his peeformance thin put week, &min said, "I'm ,bat glad that the team finally won a couple of games. It was also really vital that I finally Inks out of dds year long drought. My iamb= and play have not Ml* been too hot. mid I haven't: been helping the team that much r On the floor: Wresting for the ball, Becky Reed helps Karen Strait get a jump ball call from the referee. Senior Michelle Grover played the entire 45 minutes with no breaks, chipped in six points, and grabbed a team high 10 rebounds. Senior Anne Bonner played only 21 minutes due to foul trouble but still had 26 points before fouling out late in the game. She hit 10-14 from the floor and 6-9 from the foul line. "This game was a total team effort and everybody performed to their potential," said Wittman. Junior Karen Strait said, "It was a tough loss, but this game helped us and showed us what kind of team we are. It also showed other teams we don't just have six players that can play," referring to the solid bench play in overtime. Fornari said, "I told the team after the game that 'A good team cannot overcome a loss like this one, but a great one can,' and we will." In a not so close and pressurized game last Thursday in On the season. Sim& is amagiag mangy thin ass bit* a game. avenging 8.8 points a malgiOang 43 Mon& per paw Head C om b a i d s 0 said of St's- - mts les* hippy with . ,s defensive pweenee. His pity st center really did ntaket4. a differeme in changing the lentit's gime plan, Todd CM continue bis gm*, from hereon in to the eeml sesson." Sturgis. a narr altamded,6 i „ •, whoolivisio Years* Mir dlitt 104.4 1 0.4 t Peaa Stme4ansupalipiipes *year theta. - stamial She' season hoe Itayins Thursday, January 27, 1994 Erie Hall, the Lady Lions played host to Hilbert College. The game was close until the tip-off as the ladies crushed 97-18. Everyone got into the scoring column in the balanced attack led by Banner's 18 points. Strait was second high for the game with 15 marks and senior Becky Swartz added 13. Sophomore Haley Locher put up career-high numbers with 11 points and a team high 13 rebounds. Questions were raised as to whether this gigantic win could have affected the Lions' play against Buffalo State. Fornari said, "We have a gnaw of starting seniors that want to win and obviously know how to win and know how important it is. It doesn't take much to get them ready for a big game, and the Hilbert win did not play a part in Monday's loss." that if Sunk coerce**. his great phey, the meal buktaltdi team can °MY get better as shown in their inquetive we& Editor's note: Th e Lady Lions defeated the Washington and Jefferson Lady Presidents last night 92-79. W&J is ranked sixth in the ECAC Atlantic Region above Behrend who is ranked seventh. No other information was available at press time.
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