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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.
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taxing all those points, hest
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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=
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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."
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pressurized game last Thursday in
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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."
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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.