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- THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MERCYHURST COLLEGE SINCE 1929A&EChris Cagle toperform atSpring Fest

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Ryan Palm Sports EditorGoaltender Laura Hosier and forward Stephanie Jones try to stop the University of Minnesota at Duluthfrom scoring that crucial game-winning goal.By Ryan PalmSports Editor

In the first meeting between theMercyhurst Lakers and the Bulldogs

of Minnesota Duluth, one of the twoprograms was going to win their firstNCAA playoff game in three years.Unfortunately for the faithful in Erie,the third time was no t the charm for theblue and green, as Minnesota Duluth

edged Mercyhurst 3-2 in overtime onFriday, March 9th.Pkase see Lakers Page 12

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Compiled by editorial staff/from mercyhurat.eduMercyhurst : UnpluggedMusician Jason Levasseur, 2005Campus Activities Music Performerof the year will be performing in theTaylor Little Theatre, Friday, March16, at 10:30. The performance willalso feature Mercyhurst studentsJoey Jablonski, Chris Von Volkcn-burg and Andy Picchotka.SAC has St. Patrick's DayCasino Night *& *The event will be held in the Student Union from 9p.m. until 1a.m.Prizes include an undergroundparking spot, an XBox 360, anIPOD Shuffle, Erie Otters ticketsand a Coventina Day Spa Certificate.Student Forum on the4x1x4 systemVoice your opinion on the prop-scd calendar! the event will be heldMonday, March 19at 8:30p.m. in thePAC. Sponsered by MSG

CNN te rror ism ana lystPeter Bergen to speak atMercyhurstCNN terrorism analyst PeterBergen will provide an insider's viewon "The Osama bin Laden I Know"when he visits Mercyhurst Collegeon Tuesday, March 20.His free, public lecture, sponsoredby the McHale Distinguished Speakers Series and Mercyhurst StudentGovernment, begins at 8:30 p.m.in the Mary D'Angelo PerformingArts Center.

Spring B lood Drive j :Rotaract and Community BloodBank are once again teaming up tosave lives. The blood Drive will beheld Thursday, March 15,from11:30a.m.-4:30 p.m. in the llec Center.Symes called to testify in'suitcase murder ' t r ia lMercyhurst College forensicanthropologist Steven A. Symes,

Ph.D., a leading expert on skeletal trauma, dismemberment andmutilation, is expected to take thestand Wednesday, March 14, as anexpert witness for the prosecutionin what has been dubbed the "suitcase murder" trial of a New Jerseywoman.Symes' unique expertise is in sawand knife mark analysis of bone,and is the focus of a large part ofhis research with the MercyhurstArchaeological Institute.

Alcohol AwarenessWeek: March 12-17During Alcohol Awareness Week,March 12-17, the Division of Student Life, Student Gov ernment, andStudent Activities Council will hostactivities aimed at encouraging students to make responsible choicesabout alcohol consumption.

By Joshua W ilwohlEditor-in ChiefThe Residence Life Office is askingstudents to "Stop the Hate."The second annual "Stop the Hate"poster contest winners were announced

during a ceremony last Thursday.Junior Mitch Phillis took the grandprize award of $500 with his postertitled "Revolution ." Senior BethanyKrowsoski won $200 with her secondplace Mad Libs poster, while seniorMichelle Ellia took home third placeand SI00 for her poster "What goesaround comes around."#Phillis said his poster design wasspontaneous."I just went in one day at the endof the term wh en they were- due and-"sat down and w ent with the flow," hesaid.Krowsoski said her poster came froma brainstorming session."I brainstormed that no matter what

the color your skin is...we're all thesame," she said.|g Ellia said her design is meant to teachpeople a lesson.~lcIt shows the golden rule to teachothers that what goes around comesaround ," she said. "If you spreadacceptance, then you get it in return ."The ceremony also featured BrentwScarpo and Renee Byrd-Mullins, twoof the five celebrity judges for thecontestThe program was put together byAssistant Directors of Residence LifeTrina Williams and Dara Zirkle.Zirkle said the contest submissionsreceived this year were "exceptional."According to Scarpo, the poster program represents a hate-free campus."The number one issue in the newmillennium is hate," he said.. "We mustcommunicate the fact that it ex ists.. .andspeak out about it."

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sports Editor Ryan Palmwins Pa. writing awardThe Pennsylvania Newspaper Association has awarded Ryan Palm,co-editor of Th e Merciad sports section, an Honorable Mention for oneof his sports stories.^The Honorable Mention is for Palm's Dec. 6, 2006, story about thedevelopment of the Mercyhurst women's hockey program.In it, Palm traced the h istory and development of the program largelythrough the eyes of Coach Michael Sisti and through other coaches andplayers. The extensive story ran on the same day The Merciad reportedon the women's hockey team ranking as No . 1 in the nation.Palm is in his third year as sports editor. Now a senior, he has writtenfor the sports section since his freshman year.He is an intelligence studies major and will graduate in May. He isengaged to Sarah Williams. The couple will marry July 7 at Christ theKing Chapel on the Mercyhurst campus."Ryan hasbeen a rock solid member of the Merciad staff since the firstday he started writing for us," said Bill Welch, the newspaper's adviser."His story on the women's hockey team reflects his enthusiasm for thesports program here and his strong writing ability.1'

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PAGE 2 THE MERCIAD March 14,2007NEWS To contact:newsmerciad@mercyhurst.edubrld fBriefsInternational news

Compi led byJessica KocentF r om BBC N e w sEx-Fiji PM facestreason chargeJ Fiji's former Prime MinisterLaisenia Qarase says he is facing possible charges of treasonfollowing a military coup thatremoved him from power.Qarase says he is waiting to b equestioned by police over phonecalls he made to the Australianand New Zealand prime ministers last year.The military government claimsthat during those calls he soughtforeign intervention to preventthe coup.

Qarase denies this, saying hewas seeking information onforeign aid. &Qarase Is charged wi thasking for foreign aid tostop a coup.

BBC fears for Johnston, Gaza reporterThe BBC says it is concerned for the safety of a corresponden twho has gone missing in the Gaza Strip. 4The corporation said it had been unable to contact Alan Johnston, but did no t comm ent on Palestinian reports that he had been

kidnapped*Johnston's car was found abandoned in Gaza City. He has beenthe BBC's correspondent in the Gaza Strip for the past three years.

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Bush tour stop s!in GuatemalaI President George W Bush isin Guatemala for a one-day visit,after a stop in Colombia wherehe pledged his personal suppo rtto its figh t against drugs.He -will discuss security; tradeand immigration with Guatemala's presidentThis is thefourthstop in Bush'stour of Latin America, which hasseen protests at every stage.Venezuela's president, HugoChavez, has used a parallel tourof die region to speak ou t againstwhat he calls the interference ofthe "American empire."Chavez has arrived in Jamaicawhere he started his tour lastweek with a massive anti-Bushrally.

Bush has seen protestsin every stop on his LatinAmerican tour.Thousands r iot in protest in rural China

A protest staged by thousands of rural workers in central Chinaended in violent clashes last week, reports say.Several people were injured as up to 20,000 people clashed with1,000 police in Hunan province on Friday, a local official told Reutersnews agency.The Boxun Chinese news Web site said the clash was sparked byrising public transport costs. A witness told the BBC sporadic incidents continued o n Monday.Rural regions of China have seen mounting unrest in recentyears.

Chirac announced he willnot be seeking reelectionthis term.

Sarkozy signals breakwith ChiracFrench centre-tight candidateNicolas Sarkozy, the frontrun-ner to succeed Jacques Chirac as

president, has distanced himselffrom the Chirac era.He was speaking just hoursafter President Chirac confirmedthat he would not be seeking reelection in April."France is the republic it is no tsomething you inherit," Sarkozytold French radio on Monday.But he also praised Chirac for a"dignified, sincere" speech.

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Rotaract jClubplans springblood driveRotaract and Community BloodBank are once again eamingupto save lives here in the ErieComm unity. A Spring BloodDrive will be held Thursday,

March 15 from 11:30 a.m.-4:30p.m. in the Rec Center.Usually, we are in the StudentUnion but the Iroom was notavailable so Iwould def i nitely like toemphasize thatwe will be setup in the RecCenter.To dona te , |you must beat least 17 years old, weigh atleast 110 pounds and be in general good health (no colds, sorethroats, antibiotics).Donors must wait 56 daysbetween don ations and one yearfrom the date of any piercingsor tattoos received at a tattooparlor.Mercyhurst College is consistently a great supporter of theCommunity Blood Bank, lastyear donating a fantastic 156

units of blood. Organizers hopeto see the whole campus cometogether again for this very important drive.As the weather starts to warmup, mote people are participating in outdoor activities, andthat increases the chance forI accidents. Wh enpeople donate tothe Communi tyBlood Bank, theyare making surethe local commu-nity is safe. .< The CBB is the

Ho f b Irocrdf > a ndblood products tothehospitals and patients in ErieCounty, as well as Elk, Warrenand McKeancounties in Pennsylvania.We are also the preferred supplier of hospitals in Chautauqua,Cattaraugus and Allegany counties in Western New York. Do nating blood takes approximately45 minutes and one donation cansave three lives. Donors shouldeat well before they come in, andphoto ID is required.

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Mercyhurst takes proactive stepsto control new gambling concernT o contact:newamerclad@mercyhurst.eduNews

B y Joshua WilwohlEditor-in-ChiefStudents who enjoy gamblingtoo much may want to hesitatebefore putting the next coin inthe slotAccording to Executive Director of the National Council onProblem Gambling K eith Whyte,two to three percent of the entireadult population has a gamblingaddiction.The opening of Presque IsleDowns and Casino last monthraised concerns about studentgambling addiction with Mer-cyhurst College's Student LifeDivision

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To contact featurewerclad@mercyhur8t.eduHurst students take on Italia ' IX"

B y C he l s ea B oo theCampus living editorEvery spring break O r. RandallHowarth, a professor in the his

tory department, takes a groupof adventuresome students toa country in Europe. Two yearsago it was Greece, and this pastspring break it was Italia.The group of 28 , includingHowarth and Dr. Cindy Nim-

chuk, a new addition to the history department,ventured off tothree great cities: Roma, Napoliand Sorrento.Howarth, who affectionately became the fearless leader,showed the group no t onlythe ancient sites and wondersof Roma, but also taught thestudents how to blend in as apart of Roman culture, in hopes

of obtaining the full Europeanexperience.The first blunders for somewere the different eating customs. Breakfast was a light mealconsisting of a roll or two andcafe. Lunch was also more ofa large snack as opposed to afull meal, perhaps pizza or lightpasta.

| Dinner, however, was a banquet every night with threecourses. Usually it would beginwith anti-pasta such as caprese,which is a mozzarella and tom atosalad. This was followed by atraditional pasta dish and a finalcourse consisting of meat or fishwith a vegetable.To complete the meal a dolce

Photo by Chelsea BoothePlaster body found du ring Pompeii excavation.was ordered, which could be anything from Italy's light version ofice cream, geh to, or a deliciouspiece of tiramisu.Also throughout the mealvino, either rossa or bianco, wasserved along with water, whichcould be served with or w ithoutgus (gas).Quickly everyone began tofall into a European mindsetEspresso was ordered in themorning, not at lunch, and theAmerican tradition of wearingflip-flops was dismissed.It The mom ent the group steppedoff the plane the touting began:the Coliseum, Forum and a mu-|_seum were all seen on the first r"day. T he trip had a very relaxed

atmosphere. If students wantedto participate they did. and ifthey wanted to do somethingon their own they could do th atas well^During the first three days,the group saw everything fromthe catacombs of St. Sebastianto the Circus Maximus to theVatican museum . Some wereeven privileged to be in a crowdof over 500,000 that heard PopeBenedict deliver his monthlyaddress.From Roma the group traveled to Napoli, and the first stopwas a museum that used to be ahunting lodge, and held the esteemed work of Caravaggio andother artists from the Baroque

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OPINION To contact:opinionmerciad@mercyhurst.e duMarch 14,2007

This I Believe: Dr. Thomas GambleThe Dignity of Work I I * !Bjm becoming President in 2006, Dr.. Gamble servedthe Mercyhu rst community as Adjunct Faculty in CriminalJustice and Psychology (1985- 1996); Full-time Facultyin Criminal Justice and Psychology and Director of theMercyhurst Owe Institute (1997-2005); and VicePresident of Academ ic Affairs (2005-2006).Dr.. Gamble states: "I think my avorite aspect of Merry-hurst is the warm and conge nial hospitality, especially withrespect to the nature and quality of the faculty-studentrelationship." i

Nona \vai a mercurial woman given to greatwarmth and tenderness as well as a volcanic temper. She spoke En glish with a heavy Italian accent.She was as innocent as a dove and wily as a snake.I adored her.I remember being a toddler and following Nonaaround the house as she did her chores. In particular I remember her baking bread and makinghomem ade pasta. I was always fascinated watching her in these activities and it wasn't until muchlater that I realized why. The re waselegance in hermovements whether breaking eggs, kneading thefloured dough, cutting the rolled macaroni. Watching her made me feel a sense of well-being andwholeness. Later I understood that this was becauseshe gave herself over to her work so completely,body and mind. She didn't resent having to work

on whatever particular task engaged her. Becauseshe didn't resent her work she didn't withdraw hermind from it and as a result her work was mindfuland graceful.This was my first experiential introduction tothe 'dignity of work' and ever since I have beenintrigued time and again by how this notion echoesdown the hallways of human thought. I catch aglimpse of it now and again in interesting places:in how a monk holds a bowl, an artist his brush, adancer her pose. In ime learned that the Catholicnotion of the dignity of w ork rests in part on thenotion of the goodness of creation and the opportunity for women and men to continue the actof creation. When I recollect the smell of Nona'sfresh bread, the connection between the dignity ofwork and the goodness of creation is immediatelydisclosed.

Work is not just something we do "at work"; itexists whenever we transform the world we sharewith others. Work is the manner of our eneage-merit in the world; it connects our mind, body andspirit to the rest of creation. I believe that the waywe work - how we treat one another and how wetreat the materials of our work is an expressionof who we are, what we value, and our mutualobligations to one an other, to our comm unity andto the Creator.

S p o r t s C e n t e r f o r w o m e n :Caut ion . . . endangered datingThe benefits of College are obvious: independencefrom our parents, new friends, higher education,great parties and unforgettable experiences. Un

fortunately, weVe encountered the apparent negatives as well: the freshman 15, crazy roomma tes,cafeteria food,al l -n igh ters ,Nat ty Lightand 8 a .m.classes.But a major downsideex i s t s t h a treceives littleattention and, -

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Contributing writer.in fact, may have gone completely unnoticed tosome, fc 3 * ^ *$ 'Perhaps the largest negative aspect or college (atleast for the sake of relationships and emotionalsanity) is that college students don 't date.By"date" I mean two things: that we don't go onactual dates and that we don't casually "see" people.

Instead we rush into a relationship with the firstguy who shows some interest, often regardlessof his evident personality flaws, which we eithermake excuses for, pretend not to notice or aredetermined to fix.We are a culture that settles for nothing less thaninstant gratification. Webuy on credit because thenotion of "saving-up" for something is obsolete.Similarly, we date "on credit": I'll rush into a relationship and fix the dam age later.Weneed to slow down, |If the person is really something worth having,we need to use our emotions wisely, not throwthem around like they're disposable. It will makethe little experiences and "first times" with thatperson all the more special, fOtherwise when wemake an impulse "purchase," we find ourselvessaying, "Did I really need this? He looked goodat the time, but now I'm realizing he's not who Ithought he wa s.. ." If w e had just taken it slowfrom the beginning, we would have realized thisand not gotten so emotionally attached. 2In college, however, sex comes before dinnerand a movie, the kiss comes before he asks for ourphone number andflirtingcomes before we knowhis name. Goodbye romance, goodbye.Ladies, much of this is our faul j >

Our expectations of a guy's ability to court ushave sunk to a new low: we now get butterfliesfrom a Facebook "poke,"'jThese low expectations contribute to the impersonal and rushed behavior; we're basicallytelling men that it's acceptable for them to do thebare minimum and still come out o n top. We mustnot forget that long before there was AIM ortext messaging, there were love letters and actualphone callsthat's right: voice-on-voice action.News flash: digitalflirtation s w/the same as thereal thing.Two serious questions arisefrom his unfortunatesituation. First is this behavior limited to college,or does it extend to the twentyrsomething yearsas-well? God-help us all if it exists in-the "realworld." i ifen$n*ni fnlh fSecond does this emotionally destructive behav-ior threaten the future of relationships? As ourtolerance for taking relationships slow decreases,the divorce rate seems to increase. The beauty ofcourtship emotionally "saving up" - is that it willallow us to appreciate our "purchase" much more,think about w hat we're getting ourselves into andultimately make an informed decision.How do we reconcile this situation? Know yourlimits. Don 't ignore that voice in your head that'spleading "Um, hellooo. You're moving way toofast here." fDon't forget the correct order of operations:exchange of names, exchange of phone numbers,actual phone calls, actual dates, then the physicalstuff.Finally don't settle for anything less than whatyou want. If he chews with his mouth open andit absolutely grosses you out, don't make the inevitable excuse to your friends, "Oh , he can't helpit He has an overbite." If you want dinner and amovie and he wants sex, politely (or rudely) turnhim down. Hold your ground.Dating works best when you have a clear conscience and when there's no doubt in your mindthat you've made an informed decision.Be smart.Slow do wn.If he wants to move faster than you do, he's notthe right guy.Period.

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By Joe F idag oContributing writerAnd the winner is...ChrisCagle.This Capitol N ashville recording artist will be our headlinerfor Springfest 2007 , with th eopener still to be determined.Cagl e *s Website offers nostreaming music , but mos tcountry fans will have heard ofhim, even if it's only because ofhis song "Chicks Dig It"Other songs you will want tocheck out are: from his 2001debut "Play it Loud," "My

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Sports Information DepartmentZack Schafer (white) became an Ail-American for the third t ime, finishing seventh.T hree Laker w res t lersf inish as Al l -AmericansM at t J ack s o nSports Co-editor

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Senior wrestlers Zack Schaferand JJ. Zanetta came to Mer-cyhurst in the same recruitingclass in 2003 and have been goodfriends and roommates sinceday one.It seems fitting then that thetwo would end their collegiatecareers the same way as well.Both Schafer and Zanettaearned Ail-American honorswith seventh-placefinishes n theNCAA Division II Tournamentat Nebraska-Omaha.For Zanetta, it was the secondstraight year he had placed seventh while Schafer dropped fivespots from last year's runner-upfinish."It was a little disappointingonly finishing seventh/ ' saidSchafer* "now a th^ee-time,AllnAmerican, "but it was fiice to endmy career on a win and it was agreat four years with JJ- and theother guys/*Schafer nearly missed being

an All-American this year at 174pounds, a weight class up fromlast season.|, He was pushed to overtimeby Newberry's Quinn Tolbertbefore getting the w inning takedown.Schaferfinishedhis career with109 wins; v ? !Zanetta technically finishedhis career with a win as he wasdeclared the winner by forfeit inthe seventh-place match in the141-pound weight class.Prior to that, Zanetta had twotwo-point decisions, including his8-6 win to guarantee he would bean Ail-American."It would have been nice towrestle for that fina l win," saidZanetta, whofinished he seasonwith a team-best record of 32-8."I also would have liked to finisha little higher than seventh, but itwas still a good season"| .-While Schafer and Zanetta wereputting an exclamation mark ontheir highly successful careers, itwas freshman Andy Lamancusawho actually had the highest finish for the team. *

Lamancusa finished 3-2 in thetournament and was pinned inthe final match for a sixth-placefinish.[; Lamancusa finished 22-8 inhis inaugural season as a Lakerand also led the team with fourtechnical falls.pDon Cummings, wrestling at149, just missed becom ing an AU-Ametican for the second time.The junior finished 2-2, butlost to UNC-Wilmington's WillieHilton in the second round ofconsolations.

Also competing for the Lakers were Payne Lint at 125 andHudson Harrison at 157. Bothfinished the tournament 0-2.As a team the Lakers finished15th with 23 points.The Universi ty of CentralOklahoma won the event with124.5 points, 16 points aheadof second-place Nebraska-Kearney.. tjjBt.jCentral Oklahoma finishedwith eight All-Americans, including one national champion andfour second-place finishers.

Lakers fall to Le M oynein battle of na tion's to pranked lacrosse team sJ i m m y M cC an nContributing writer'.The nationally ranked No. 3Mercyhurst men's lacrosse teamput its 3-0 record on the lineSaturday when they played hostto the nation's number one teamand defending National Champion Le Moyne College.Touted by many in the lacrosseworld as what would be the bestgame of the year in Division II ,the game lived up to expectationsand 60 minutes of play was notenough to decide a winner as the

Lakers fell 8-7 in overtime.The two teams spent muchof the first quarter feeling each|other ou t W ith the Lakers down1-0 in the final minutes of thefirst, sophomore Mike Bartlettdodged right to left before tagging the comer of the net to tiethe score at one.The Dolphins scored the nexttwo goals of the game beforesenior Simon Stocks drew theLakers to within a goal to closeout the scoring for thefirsthalf.Just a minute into the secondhalf, senior B.T. Lindner notchedhisfirstgoal of the day to tie thescore at three.After some good back-and-forth action, Le Moyne lookedpoised to regain the lead, butsophomore goalieJason Lashombhad other ideas.Lashomb seemed to stand onhis head as he made two breathtaking, point-blank saves in arow before sending senior AdamMulh erin on a fast break that hetucked into the lower left cornerof the cage, giving the Lakerstheir first lead of the day.That lead, however, was shortlived as just a minute and a halflater, the Dolphins scored thefirst in their string of four goals

File PhotoSoph. Jason Lashomb Vriin a row to take a 7-4 lead withjust 4:09 remaining.A previously raucous crowdwas silenced as the defendingchamps led by three and hadseemingly every whistle fromthe referees go in their favor.That was until sophomore David Osier breathed new life intothe Tullio Field faithful when hedrew the Lakers to within twogoals with 2:41 left to play inthe game.

Whistles continued to h urt theLakers as they fanatically tried toregain possession.After killing off what seemedto be a game ending penalty,Osier took a feed on die goal lineand faked a shof before dishingto Lindner, who promptly redirected the pass into the emptyne tParents, alumni and fans wereall now back at their feverish pitch, urging the Lakers tosomehow find the net one moretime.Le Moyne won the ensuingface-off and looked to kill thefinal 20 seconds. \The Lakers responded by double-teaming the ball carrier andsenior Joe Thon came throughwith the takeaway.With the seconds ickingaway,

Thon threw a desperate heavetoward the other end of thefield, causing a scramble of'Hurst attackmen and Le Moynedefenders 10 yards in front ofthe cage.Lindner seemed to com e awaywith the ball but was strippedimmediately. Senior Scott Jans-sen picked it up and drew thegoalie out of the cage before theball was checked out of his stickand rolled to sophomore MikeThon who netted the game-tying goal with just seven seconds

remaining.When the game moved intoovertime, the Lakers had twounsuccessful attempts at die winbefore Le Moyne took the balldownfield and scored.Lashomb was nothing shortof brilliant between the pipes ashe made 14 saves, while vastlyoutplaying two-time Goalie ofthe YearJared Corcoran from LeMoyne. Also impressive was theeffort of Joe Th on, as he came upwith countless big stops and take-aways from the highly regardedoffense of Le Moyne.In a post-game conversationwith a Le Moyne parent, theLakers drew rave reviews for thedetermination, heart and hustlethat the}* put on display.

To sum up die day from a fanperspective, one needs to look nofurther then the Lemoyne fan'sclosing sentiments when he said"You tell those boys to be proudof w hat they did out there today.We are lucky to come away withthis one and it looks like it will beanother classic when we see youin the playoffs.9'With the loss, the Lakers recordfell to 3-1. They will return toaction this Saturday when theyhost Dominican at noon to openthe conference portion of theirschedule.

Feret lea d s Softball ove r N o. 8 Le Moyn ebu t Lak ers retu rn from Florida at 3-7By Fin ella Ann an dContributing writer

The Mercyhurst softball teamrecently traveled to F ort Myers,Fla., for spring break training.While other Mercyhurst students were busy partying it up,the softball girls managed tosqueeze 12 games into 10 hecticdays. They finished the 10 dayswith a record of 5-7. %"This is our spring break for us.We get to play the game we love,and still get the sun of Florida,so I do n't feel like we are sacrificing at all," said Mercyhurst juniorcatcher Annie Dragolich.The Mercyhurst softball teamopened its season by splitting apair of games in each of its firsttwo days of action. The Lakersrolled past Concordia St. Paul7-1 in its season opener, beforelosing to Alma, 4-1, Sunday.Monday, the Lakers split a

doubleheaderwith Concordia St.Paul, losing 3-2 in eight inningsbefore bouncing back for an 8-4win in the nightcap.[)0en Feret set a standard forherself in the very first gameof Mercyhurst's spring season.She scattered four hits as theLakers beat Concordia St. Paul7-1. The pitcher also struck outfive batters and dodged threeMercyhurst errors in the Lakersfirst game of the season.pIn game two, the Laker batswent quiet as Alma held Mercyhurst to just three hits. FreshmanLisa Nazarenko got the start onthe m ound, allowing seven hits.On the second day of action,Mercyhurst took a tough-luckloss in the opening game againstConcordia St. Paul.Coach Sarah Headley tried adifferent tactic in the secondgame of the day and used fourdifferent pitchers in order totry and unbalance Concordia

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St. Paul. The decision paid offas the Lakers picked up an 8-4VM.win.Senior Kim Griffin saw themajority of the time on themound as she pitched the firstthree innings and allowed onlytwo runs.The early splits were a signof the inconsistency that wasto follow Mercyhurst for theremainder of the spring traininggames."Some days we played to our

potential and looked like a reallygood team, hut other days welooked nervous and didn't playas well as we should have " saidMercyhurst senior Kim Griffin.One of the biggest highs forthe Lakers was a 2-1 win over LeMoyne, the eighth ranked team inthe nation.Jen Feret came up big forMercyhurst,as she continued todo throughout the spring training games. With two outs and

Melissa Rizzo on third, Feretknocked a base hit up the middleto bring home the winning runand stun Le Moyne.[plcWhen other players weren'tplaying to potential Jen Feret really stepped up and won gamesfor us. The rest of the team "hasto follow her lead in order forus to be the success that we canpotentially be this season," saidGriffin of her fellow senior.fi Unfortunately, there were timesduring the training games whenFeret simply couldn't bring outthe win for the Lakers. Feret hadan unbelievable game against Au -gustana as she hit three homersand drove in four runs; however,it wasn't enough as Augustanadefeated the Lakers 14-6.In the remainder of the gamesthe Lakers recorded three lossesagainst Florida Gulf Coast, anarrow defeat to Palm BeachAdantic and an impressive winagainst CW Post

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Laker Sports "Quick Hits" L a k e r S f a l l t O U M D ( O T )This weeks res ults...Women's hockey.. Mar 9, L 3-2 (OT) Minn DuluthMen's hockey. Mar. 10, L 5-4, UCONNWrestling. ....Mar. 9,13 of 34 , NCAA Session I'' Mar. 9,15 of 34, NCAA Session IIMar. 10,19 of 34, NCAA Session IIIMen's volleyball Mar. 9, L 3-0, Penn S tWomen's water polo .................Mar. 10, L 4-2, SienaW ^ s Mar. 10, W14-0, UtlcaMar. 11 , W 7-5, QueensMar. 11 , W11-2, CarthageBaseball Mar. 10, W1 1-8, Salem Intl.

'ki Mar. 10, W11 -5, Salem Intl.Mar. 11 , W14-6, Salem Intl.Men's lacrosse....... Mar. 10 , L 8-7 (OT), Le MoyneWomen's lacrosse.. ....Mar. 10, W11-10 (3 OT), Mlllersvllle

In the new s...A t h l e t e s of the W e e kThe Mercyhurst College Athletic Department announcedMonday that Andy Lamancusaand Angela Schumann werethis week's Athletes of the Week. Lamancusa Isa freshmanwrestler who earned All-Amerlcanstatus by virtue of his sixth-place finish at the NCAA Division II National Championships.His finish was the highest of any Mercyhurst wrestler at theevent.Schumerth proved to be the hero last Saturday when thewomen's lacrosse team edged Mlllersvllle 11-10 In tripleovertime. The game-winner was her third score of the night,which netted her the first hat trick of her career.

Baseball ranked No. 4 In regionWith three wins over Salem International the Mercyhurstbaseball team moved up to No. 4 in the North Central RegionPoll. The team was ranked two spots lower In last week's poll,which Is conducted by the National Collegiate Baseball WritersAssociation (NCBWA).Ranked above the Lakers are three other conference foes inGrand Valley, Ashland and Wayne State. Mercyhurst takes theroad for a pair of non-conference double-headers this weekend.First up is Davis and Elklnson Saturday and another twinbillwith Grand Valley on Sunday.

Men's lacrosse a t No. 3Despite a loss last week against N o.l Le Moyne, the Mercyhurstmen's lacrosse team held onto their No. 3 ranking In thecountry. Last weekend the two battled with the Lakers comingup short in the 8-7 overtime decision. Up next for Mercyhurstis Dominican (N.Y.) for a conference match-up at home onSaturday at noon. Below are complete rankings:

Anderson First Team Al l GLIACThe Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference namedMercyhurst forward Julie Anderson to their First Team earlierthis month. It Is the second straight First Team honor forAnderson, who inishesher career near the top of many all-timerecords. For her career, she inished n the top-five all time Inpoints, rebounds, steals and career free-throw percentage.

Field hockey team honoredThe Na tional Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA)honored Mercyhurst college earlier this month for theirexcellence o ff the field and in the classroom. As a team,Mercyhurst finished fifth in NCAA Division II with a team GPA of3.25, which earled them a National Academic Team Award.

From wom en's hockeyThe women's Ice hockey team would like to extend ahuge thank you to President Gamble and the entire .administration, faculty and staff for all the support yougave us this season.We would also like to thank the Erie Community for allyour support that you gave us In so many ways this pastseason. The spirit club and student body were remarkablethroughout the season. The atmosphere was amazing andso exciting to play In this past weekend.It was a devastating loss for our team In the final 8 game,but we couldn't have been as successful as we were thisseason If It was not for all of you. Thanks again for a ll yoursupport, it Is greatly appreciated! Hope to see you all nextyearlSincerely-The women 's ice hockey team

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Ryan Palm photoMercyhurst struggled to get th e puck past Mlnneosta Duluth goalie Rita Sehaublln, who m ade 44 saves o n Friday.By Ryan PalmSports editor

(Continued from page one)"Two very good teams playedtonight, and the game could ofgone either way," said Universityof Minnesota Duluth (UMD)Coach Shannon Miller."Nobody deserved to lose, andwe've been on the short end j helast two years, so this was thethird time, and the third time wasthe charm."Before a standing room onlycrowd at the Mercyhurst IceCenter, the two teams playedtheir hearts out in the NCAADivision I Quarterfinal game, thefirst of its kind to be ho sted on

the M ercyhurst campus.While the quarterfinal gameitself was familiar for the Lakers,playing that game at home wasa new experience, one that theteam seemed to appreciate."The fans were great' to usall season long, and especiallytonight. They created a greatplayoff atmosphere," said teamcaptain Julia Colizza followingthe loss. On paper the match-up seemedto be very one-sided; Mercyhursthaving its best season ever w ith a

32-1-3 regular season record.On the flip side UMD had anup-and-down campaign, finishing the regular season with a22-10-4 mark.As coaches and players fromboth squads described in post-game interviews, playoff m atchups rarely turn out as the statistics claim they sho uldMercyhurst got off to a hotstart in the contest, scoring agoal late in the game's openingsession.Junior assistant captain Stephanie Jones netted her\ 16th goalof the season onfJa, feed fromsophomore Melissa Dianoski at18:32 on the firstOnly two minutes into thesecond period the Lakers struckagain, this time from the stick offreshm an Meghan Agosta, whose38th goal of the year put Mercyhurst up 2-0 and cranked up themomentum at the MIC.UMD got a late second periodgoal from Michacla Lanzl at17:53 to slow the momentum,with the next 20 minutes ofhockey filled with near missesand great saves.Unfortunately for Mercyhurst,Jessica Koizumi converted in-I or missing at 18:16 orthe third, to stun the boisterouscrowd and tie the game at 2-2.

4 Following an intermission theteam played seven minutes ofovertime hockey before Koizumiput the final dagger in the Lakerdreams, ending the game at 11:16of the overtime period with her20th goal of the year and secondof the night.UMD got stellar goaltendingfrom senior goalie Rika Schaub-lin, who made 44 saves, includingevery Mercyhurst shot during thethird period and overtime.In the pipes for MercyhurstHosier played nearly as well,making 29 saves in her 71 plusminutes on the ice.A stunned Mercyhurst teamstruggled to collect themselvesafter the loss, which is understandable given the dream seasonthey experienced.

Such a negative ending simplycannot diminish the season theteam put together, filled withhighlight after highlight all season long."No t only did theywin anotherleague and playoff championship, they only lost twice all year,and that may never happenagain/' said Mercyhurst CoachMichael Sisd.What both Colizza and Sisdnoted following the game wasthe appreciation they had forthe campus and community all

season long."I think they got this campusand community to fall in lovewith them. You can win a lotof hockey games, but we got somany people on this campus andcommunity to follow us closely.Thatdoesn'thappen overnight; itsays a lot about this team and theteams that came before them,"said Sisd."The support has really helpedus get through many games,part icularly Dartmouth andPrinceton, where the fans reallypushed us to get the win,'; saidColizza. r** ' "iff!Perhaps no words were moreappropriate than those uttered bythe several hundred Mercyhurststudents in at tendance, whowaited 10 minutes for the UM Dcelebration and handshakes between the two teams to yell "Westill love you," for their team.One could list accomplishments for hours and, while thatis deserved, the impact this teamhad on the college communitysays more than how many trophies they hoisted or how manyweeks they spent at No. 1.One can only hope this trendcontinues for years to come, andMercyhurst hockey will developinto the elite tradition it so deserves.

Baseball gets off to hot startBy Ryan PalmSports editorFo r the second time in as manyyears, the Mercyhurst baseballteam is off to a hot start, fueledby a spring break trip to warmsunny Florida.Although they have yet to playa conference game, the teamhas 14 games in the books, 11of which came in the SunshineState.|,*When asked for his opinionof the team's play on the annualtrip, Coach Joe Spano seemed

pleased."The team did very well. If wehad an opportunity to get outsidebefore we;left, we could havedone better and upset some ofthe top Florida schools."It was a lot of physical mistakes that just would have beenfixed if wc had got on thefi< d.We were in every game, hit well;and played really well/* saidSpano.In m ost recent action, Mercyhurst swept a trio of games fromSalem International on March10-11. fOn Saturday afternoon theywon the weekend opener by a

BJunior David Lough File PhotoSanders, David Lough and JoshSchmidt.After starter Eric Drobotij wasroughed up in his three inningsof work, Ryan Schreiber andJames Ludwig combined for fourinnings of solid relief work togive the offense time to bounceback and win the game.Game two of the weekend wasdelayed due to weather condi-tions, finishing the contest onSunday morning.Sanders, Lough and Schmidtagain had a pair of l\its each forthe Lakers, who also receiveda pair from Jamie Walczak andJeff Stoll. >; ' } >Wcs < raig pitched four hitlcss

the process. *&In the weekend's closing game,Spano took advantage of theLaker offense, giving him asizeable lead, and was able toshuffle' his lineup throughoutthe contest. |Six different Lakers reachedbase in multiple at-bats, highlighted by a homerun by Ixnigh.| Six different pitchers put inwork for Mercyhurst, with Adamfray picking up the win goingtwo innings of relief work, striking out five of the six batters hefaced.HAll in all things are looking upfor Mercyhurst, who is handilyoutscoring their opponents at a110-79 clip so far this spring.Additionally the team's battingaverage of .321 is very respectablegiven the little exposure they'vehad to the outside elements andreal hitting situations.Coming off an excellent campaign in 2006, Mercyhurst willseek to build upon progress madelast year.In one of the best years inrecent program history, the Lakers finished 2006 38-15-0, with a23-9-0 conference record.They narrowly missed out ona NCAA playoff appearance,

"We have a lot of po tential, wehave a lot of talent but we onlyhave four seniors. New leaderswill have to emerge, and it needsto go a long way w ith chemistry.It doesn't matter how talentedyou are, you need chemistry tosucceed," said Spano, *With a solid core of hitters,coupled with an emerging staffof solid arms, the regular seasonlooks bright for the baseball program, which is currendy rankedNo. 4 in the region, up two spotsfrom last week.Mercyhurst has four more non-conference games coming up this

weekend before they head intoGLIAC play.On Saturday they will travel toElkina WVa. to take on Davisand Elkins for a pair.On Sunday they will play anon-conference twinbill againstGLIAC powerhouse and the No.1 in the region in Grand ValleyState. WOn March 24-25 the Lakers arescheduled to travel to Detroit,Mich., to open GLIAC playagainst Wayne State University.The team opens up at homethe next weekend, March 31 andApril 1 when Saginaw Valleycomes to town. ^