Page 15 The Lion’ S Eye a Marth 17, 2010 REFER ) 3 Z BERR % j RATRSRRAE 1 7 SH on Sports “The Magnificent 3 PSL Brandywine Lady Lions Basketball Photo Courtesy of Justin Park By Sean O’Connor — Lion's Eye Sports Editor — smo5084@psu.edu Penn State Brandywine’s Lady Lions have clawed their way through the regular season into the postseason. The ladies are enjoying one of the most successful seasons in recent memory. They finished the regular season with a 15-8 overall record, including a blazing 13-1 in the PSUAC. Their domination over the fellow schools of the PSUAC was rewarded when the ladies were crowned the division champs. The Lady Lions are composed of a “Magnificent Seven” who have to play unbeliev- able minutes to compensate for the lack of substitutes. The string of victories is due in no small part to the talent, but also the cohesiveness of this team. Says Coach Larry Johnson “the last 2 and half weeks as a whole we’ve been step- ping it up. Overall, this group gol along better than any other i in my career here and it’s leading to success.’ . The girls charged into the national tournament, the USCAA tournament, and took out Saint Mary of the Woods in the first round 48-45. They led most of the game but had to survive a late rush by St. Mary’s to move on to the next round. "The Lady Lions were led by Amber Chandler, who recorded 14 pois and 18 re- bounds. Hopefully Ms. Chandler and the team can continue their success and put togeth- er some sort of run in the USCAA tournament. | Dear Campus Community: Penn State Brandywine’s Lady Lions, our “Magnifi- cent 7”, won their first playoff game in their quest toward the USCAA Championship. ***Penn State Brandywine (48) vs. Saint Mary-of- the-Woods College (45)*** Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 2:00 p.m. In a game highlighting two great defensive perfor- mances, Penn State Brandywine escaped with a 48-45 win over Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, which trailed most of the game, evened the score at 42-42 with four minutes left on two Chelsey Barron free throws. A Brandy- wne three pointer from Bobbi Caprice gave Brandy- wine a three point lead. After Brandywine stretched their lead to 48-45, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods was unable to convert at the buzzer as randywine escaped with the victory. Amber Chandler contributed 14 points and 18 re- bounds for Penn State Brandywine. Brandywine will advance to play Talladega at 8 p.m. on Thursday. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College was led by Chelsey ~ Barron with 16 points and eight rebounds. *** We play tomorrow evening (Thursday, March 4th @ 8PM) against Talladega College. For further information, please visit: http://theuscaa.com/sports/wbkb/index Thank you, Matthew Shupp Director of Student Affairs Returning from New York, Brandywine Falls Just Short of Nationals By David Hoffer - Lion s Staff Writer - deh508@psu.edu The PSU Brandywine ice hockey team . returned home last weekend dejected and disappointed that their season will not end with the team headed to Estero, Florida for a chance at the National Championship. Heading into their 2 game road trip to Albany, NY for Regionals, the team needed to sweep their brief road trip to qualify for Nationals. Unfortunately, they returned home with 1-1 record, losing their second game. The weekend started off promising with Brandywine facing off against Southern Connecticut State on Friday afternoon. After trailing by 2 goals after one period, Brandywine erupted in the 2nd scoring 6 goals on 23 shots, including two goals from SEN N STA p Kirk Llewellyn and Pat McCun- _ ney each finished the game with 1 goal and 2 assists. Following an over 24 hour layoff, Brandywine faced Fredonia State on Saturday night. Fredonia struck first just 34 seconds into the game and held the 1-0 lead after one period. Brandywine struck back when Anthony Carnesi tied the game early in the 2nd but Fredonia added 2 ~ more to enter the 3rd period leading 3-1. Down by 4 -1 in the middle of the 3rd, Brandywine attempted a comeback as Matthew Green nar- rowed the deficit to two goals, but Jim Donohue. Adding two more goals in the 3rd, they downed Connecticut 8-4. ICE HOCKEY were unable to strike again falling by the score of 4-2.
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