Can't Miss- Senior Earl Weedon shot .623from the field to break the HC season recordfor field goal percentage.Above the crowd- Sophomore Rick Mashburnpulls down one of his 6 rebounds against Le-high to get to the Patriot League finals.Up for 2- Chipping in a career high 26 pointsto defeat Lehigh, sophomore Bill Walker pullsback for a jumper.

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69 W. Michigan 7972 at Hartford Tourn. 6955 at Harvard 57105 St. Peter's 8976 Boston College 6990 at Mt. St. Mary's 8096 at Northern Arizona 7762 Dartmouth 6885 Providence 8492 Lafayette 8380 at Bucknell 7891 Assumption 7091 Brown 7171 Army 5571 at Fordham 7894 at Massachusetts 9889 Colgate 7695 Lehigh 9877 at Lafayette 7569 Bucknell 7956 At New Hampshire 7269 at Army 4975 Fordham 72

PATRIOT LEAGUE73 Colgate 6871 Lehigh 8292 Colgate 7495 Lehigh 9081 Fordham 8418-12

Can't touch this!- Enroute to one of his 175 assists,Aaron Jordan demonstrates his dribbling skills.

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Row 1: Coach George Blaney, CaptainAaron Jordan. Row 2: Manager MarianBradshaw, Todd Isaac, Roger Breslin,Seth Barry, David Boyle, Earl Weedon,Kevin Kerwin, John Young, Jim Nairus,Scott Martzloff, Reece Horton, RickMashburn, Frank Powell, Leon Dicker-son, Bill Walker, Derek Farkas, DavidRothstein and Manager Chris Hartnett.

Finishing StrongMen's hoops shows their stuff in League Tournament

In a season of ups and downs ofWhich critics had high expectations,the men's hoops team pulled to-gether for a strong finish. Althoughtheir 18-12 record was not as glori-ous as some had anticipated, theycame together for an impressiveshowing in the Patriot League Tour-nament, before losing in the finalson a last second shot.The 90-91 'Saders got off to a dis-

appointing start with back-to-backlosses to Western Michigan andHartford. These two poorly execut-ed games were answered with spec-tacular victories over Big East foesBoston College (76-69, OT) andProvidence (85-84). In front of ajampacked Hart Center crowd forthe BC game, the Crusaders seemedto be ahead for good with five sec-onds remaining. When a BC guardsuccessfully launched a three-point-er, another dissatisfying loss ap-peared inevitable. In what proved tobe a pivotal point in the season, thecharacter of 24th year CoachGeorge Blaney's purple squad wouldnot allow the momentum to shift inBC's favor, blowing them away forthe 7 point victory.The inaugural season of Patriot

League play began with three vic-tories over Lafayette, Bucknell andthe Cadets of West Point. The win-ning streak ended with a frustratingloss at Fordham. Using that defeat

as their fuel, the Crusaders avengedthe loss with a victory atop Mt. St.James to end the Ram's 14 gamewinning streak (which was the sec-ond longest in the nation). One se-ries that disenchanted the Purplewas two loses to a less skilled Lehighsquad; the Crusaders lost the firstcontest after being ahead by 19.Going into the league tournament,

HC's record was 16-11, borderlinefor post-season play. The Tourna-ment hosts, the Crusaders openedwith an easy win over a scrappy Col-gate squad. Provided with the confi-dence and determination to win, aswell as the added incentive of beat-ing a team that they had lost totwice, HC went aggressively into thesecond round match-up against a

cocky Lehigh team. The Crusadersoutlasted the Engineers in an emo-tion-filled contest to advance to thefinals and keep hopes of an NCAA bidalive. In a nationally televised event,HC showcased their talents, over-coming a 14 point deficit to takeFordham into overtime. Without theexperience of seniors Jim Nairusand Aaron Jordan, who had fouledout, the Crusader squad was out ofsync in the overtime period. Thegame went down to the wire withFordham hitting a last second threepointer to put the game, the cham-pionship and post-season play out ofreach.By Jim Nairus

A veraging

19.6 points

and 8.6 re-

QItUS

bounds, Jirn Nairtis

quietly led his

team to an 18-12

season. The Pa-

triot League

Scho/ar Athlete of the

Year and

GTE First

Teatt) Aca-

dernic

AllArnerican pfed

best gatne of his

careeray

theagainst

Mt. .Mary

's. A versatile

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has a great

range

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finishedcare

With 1,234

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Front Row: Mgr. K. Burke, M. Poska, S.Murphy, Asst. Capt. P. Verrier, Capt. T.Sartorelli, Asst. Capt. Dan Logan, M. Cush-ing, D. Gianoukas. Middle Row: Coach B.Bellerose, F. Graney, A. Tourtelotte, K.Doyle, G. Ross, J. O'Conner, B. Clyne, L.Brady, P. Gately, J. Maltson, B. Shea,"Chooch" Fukuda, M. Kendrot, Coach J.Stewart, Coach J. Doherty. Back Row: S.Murphy, G. Marron, D. Hayden, M. Vergil-hi, B. Kelly, D. Connelly, C. Foley, J. Morin,J. Mortenson, M. Shustack.

Sticking Together__Despite tough schedule, Cruskaters show promise

The 1990-1991 Crusader Hockeyteam had a year to remember! No,they didn't win the league; it wasn'teven a winning season, but thesquad showed lots of promise. Ledby Captain Tom Sartorelli and SteveMurphy, the only seniors, the groupbecame more than a team; it was atight knit unit. Although facing apowerful schedule, the Crusadersplayed extremely well, enjoying a.500 record at semester break.Combining a wealth of young talentwith disciplined senior leadership,H.C. showed tremendous potential.Highlights of the season included bigwins over cross-town rival Assump-tion and St. AnseIm. Perhaps morenotable were the tough overtimelosses suffered at the hands of the

league's elite. Holy Cross enduredheartbreaking defeats to A.I.C. (4-3), Bowdoin (2-10) and Middlebury(4-3), proving that they could skatewith the best in the ECAC. On amore memorable note were SteveMurphy's first two collegiate goals,scored against Colby. He alsoslipped two past Fairfield in his lastcareer game.

Minding the net this year for theCruskaters were three hard-workinggoalies, "Mean" Dean Gianukus,Matt Poska and Mike Kendrot. Deanrecorded a high saves percentage(88%) enroute to five wins. Poaskaadded two wins, while also maintain-ing a high saves percentage."Kendy" posted a shutout againstFairfield for a smashing victory.

Although -he mis

Steve never

sed his fresh-man season due to a knee injury,stopped working toreach his full

potential. An integral

team member, the senior leader scored His first team

colleggoals midway through iate

the sea-son demonsnati trating his

determi-on to

and off succeed. His workethic on

the ice set astandard towards whichYounger team

memberscould aspire.

The hard-pressing team was led inthe scoring category by sophomoreMike "King" Clancy. Joining him onthe top scorers list are co-captainPete Verrier, Matt Cushing, andfreshmen Mike Shustack and SeanMurphy. A strong nucleus of experi-enced defenders maintained an in-timidating presence on the ice. WithTom Sartorelli at the helm, theyworked hard to keep their oppo-nents out of the zone. Helping out onD were Lance "Duke" Brady, Co-Captain Dan Logan, Brian Clyne,George Ross, Andy "Turtle" Tourte-lette, and Doug Hayden.

Joining the defense with formida-ble efforts on the ice were the re-maining forwards on the squad. As agroup, they hustled to win everygame for the Crusaders. These for-wards were Brian Shea, John "Bang-Bang" Mattson, Steve Murphy, Joe"Caddy" O'Conor, Matt "Ice" Po-tier, Dan "Digger" Connolly, Jeff"Can't Be Scorin" Morin, GeorgeMarron, Matt Dudley, Mark Vergilliand Chooch Fukuda. A final vitalmember of the team was ManagerChris Foley, the glue that kept theteam togehter.When all is said and done, the

1990-1991 Cruskaters were a hardworking group of players. Their re-lentless efforts on and off the icemade the season a memorable one.by Tsuyoshi Fukuda

NYE/'Sawa,

taro.

wait'

Fighting for position- Jeff Morin calls for a passwhile cutting the defender out of the play.Waiting for his shift- Senior captain Tom Sartor-elli takes a breather.He shoots . . . He SCORES!- Goal celebrationshows the results of HC teamwork.

END RESULT:5 Salem State 113 at New England 53 American International 46 Assumption 46 St. AnseIm 42 Union 52 at Army 75 Trinity 42 Univ. Conn 59 St. Michael's 25 at Canisius 44 at Hobart 61 at U. Connecticut 43 at Colby 42 Hamilton 66 at Conn. College 84 at Williams 127 Colby 31 Bowdoin 25 Amherst 52 at St. Anselm 55 Univ. of Connecticut 73 at Middlebury 41 at Norwich 61 at Babson 52 UMass- Boston 911 Fairfield 2

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Clearing the zone- tenacious Cruskater defense movesthe puck across the blue line breaking up a Bowdoinplay,

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BIG Smiles - HC divers Brandt, Collins, Han-drahan, Fouche, Furey, Laden, Nepomuceno,Boetter, Lacoste and Coach Kinkel show whythey're known as the friendliest team in theleague.Getting Ready - Laughter abounds as KathyKeating and Laura Molinari prepare for strongshowings in the meet.

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115 LEHIGH 128106 Springfield College 137160 SMITH COLLEGE 13952 Fordham 6244 Army 6985 Univ. of New

Hampshire 158103 UNIV. OF

CONNECTICUT 139110 LAFAYETTE 130131 CLARK UNIVERSITY 89112 Univ. of Rhode Island 128110 Northeastern Univ. 1886th at Patriot League11 of 15 at New Englands

Quick starts-from off the blocks, HC swimmers havewhat it takes to win.Almost there!. Backstroker Brenda Donohue movesahead with half a lap to go.

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Front Row: Heidi Mongavero, Julie Sip-pel, Carrie Flanagan, Laura Nepoma-ceno, Maura Walsh, Heather Fouche.Middle Row: Amy Brayton, AllyssaBates, Amanda Ferry, Laura Boettger,Sara Nail!, Polly O'Brian, Kathy Keat-ing, Laura Mollinari. Back Row: CoachBarry Parenteau, Mgr. Kim Marsden,Jen Laden, Tracey Juan, Laura Hobin,Suzanne Broker, Brenda Donohue, Div-ing Coach Julie Kinkel, Asst. CoachPaul Parenteau. Missing: Jill Addesa,Katie Shumway.

Driven o ExcellenceFor women's swimmers and HC divers, hard work pays

There's more to success than justa winning season. The Holy CrossWomen swimmers proved thisthrough their endurance in a toughseason as the new members of thehighly competitive Patriot League.Despite the challenge presented bythe large size of teams such asArmy, Fordham, and the Universityof Connecticut, the smaller HolyCross Swim Team made waves withoutstanding individualperformances.The team picked up an invaluable

group of freshman this year. Amongthem were Tracy Juan and KathleenKeating, who added depth to theteam's breastroke talents. AmyBrayton, Laura Molinari, Laura Ho-bin, and Polly O'Brian providedstrength and stamina in the free-style events. Also, Alyssa "The Fly-Swatter" Bates established hermark in the 200 yd. fly and BrendaDonohue excelled in the 200 yd.backstroke. Finally, the internationalconnection, Suzanne Broker, fromHolland, contributed substantially tothe team.These swimmers became a part of

the team of talented returning letterwinners, which included distancefreestyler Maura "Daisy" Walsh, andsprinters Sara "The Snail" Naill andAmanda "I've played that before"Ferry. Also, the versatile Laura Wha-len "magically glided" through suchevents as the 200 yd. IM, 100 and

200 yd. fly. Returning second se-mester from the hills of Spain wasthe team's secret "Fly" weapon, Ju-lie Sippel.

After being drenched in chlorinefor two hours a day, swimming50,000 yd.s a week for over fivemonths, it all came down to a roadtrip to Fordham University for theinfamous Patriot League Champion-ship Meet. It was a time for junior JillAddesa, the team's Most ValuablePlayer, to prove herself in the gruel-ing 500 yd. freestyle. With the inspir-ing words of encouragement fromcoach Barry Parenteau, Addesa wasable to claim victory in the stroke forstroke race over her Lafayette com-petitor. Other impressive swims ofthe weekend came from the team's

Most lmpoved Swimmer, Heidi Mo-gavero, who finished in the top eightof the 400 yd. IM, 100 and 200 yd.breastroke. Also senior tri-captainCarrie Flannagan ended an out-standing career by breaking the twominute barrier in the 200 yd. free-style as well as placing sixteenthoverall in the meet.

It was a season filled with teamspirit and enthusiasm which beganon the stairs of the football stadium,continued on the "Hey-La-De-La"road trips, survived wild swimmingfestivities and culminated on thebeaches of St. Croix.byCarrie Flanagen

This two-year

captain formed

the cohesive

link that

held the

tearn together. A

voice ID f ekperi-

ence, Carrie

worked to integrate

the first

year students

into the

swing of things.

Ranked in NeW

England each of her

four years

she was a

constant threat in

distance freestyle

events.

Sorne consider the

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Front Row: Dennis Collins, Kevin Healy,Andy Hammond, Kevin Walsh. MiddleRow: Ed Kubosiak, Jim Shea, MikeShiekh, Kevin Carolan, Casar Sanz,Brain Brandt. Back Row: Asst. CoachBarry Parenteau, Mgr. Kim Marsden,Matt Sweeny, Mike Walsh, Bill Potter,Mgr. Leigh Ann Kennedy, Diving CoachJulia Kinkel, Coach Paul Parenteau.

Pooling Their Talents E Strong individual efforts provide team backbone

11.11141

What a year. What a big, burlyyear. The Holy Cross Men's Swim-ming Team eagerly returned to theHart Center pool and left some oftheir opponents standing on theblocks, while others were found atthe bottom of the pool. The mostimpressive performances by theteam as a whole were its spectacularwins against W.P.I. and Clark Univer-sity. Despite the loss of many valu-able swimmers last year and a toughPatriot League schedule, the teamworked hard in practice and itshowed in individual performances.The team's successes also are at-tributed to the knowledge and dedi-cation of coach Paul Parenteau.The team was led by senior co-

captains Kevin "Ducky" Healy andKevin Walsh. The "Duck", as he is

known to his closest friends, contrib-uted to the team in the sprint free-style events. Personal best swims inthe 50, 100, and 200 freestylepaced the team at the PatriotLeague Championships and the NewEnglands. In addition, Kevin's lead-ership and work ethic cannot beoverlooked. Walsh holds the schoolrecord in four events, he placed inthe finals and consolations in thebreastroke events at both PatriotLeague Championships and the NewEnglands. He also added a personalbest in the 200 I.M. Senior AndyHammond led the Cross in the ex-hausting distance free events, whileat the same time serving as a per-sonal liason between the men's andwomen's teams. Hammond's per-

Kevin WalshA

"consistent team Kevin motivated hims player,"

elf and hisfellow swimmers to potential. Besides realize their

the setting school 00 and 200

records in 1

breaststroke, the co-captain wasa member of the 400 and 200record

-holding medlteams. A leader in thew?ter, on the deck andthroughout training Ke-,vin was known for sup-porting his

team.

sonal bests in the 200, 500, and1000 freestyle stunned many im-pressive opponents.The Most Valuable Swimmer

award went to junior Mike Walsh(who by some stroke of luck is norelation to Kevin, Walsh that is. Ke-vin Healy's relatives are very proud).Walsh shattered three school re-cords in the 50, 100, and 200 free-style on his way to two appearancesat the New Englands. Most Improvedwent to sophomore Brian Brandt,who led the divers in total points andalso added a new one-meter schoolrecord.Juniors Ed Kubosiak, Chris Cote,

and Jim Shea gave new meaning tothe term dedication. Cote and Sheaeach gave their all to the team,knowing that they'd only be here forone semester due to J.Y.A. adven-tures, while Kubosiak slugged it outthe entire year; a vital point-earnerin each of the breastroke events.Sophomore team Bill Potter and hisfriend Kevin/Vinny Carolan got latestarts on the season but were ableto pull it all together for some fan-tastic performances secondsemester.The team extends a very spe-

cial thanks to our trainer, KimMarsden '91, manager Leigh AnnKennedy '92, the queen of graceunder pressure, and of course toCoach.Kevin Walsh Kevin Healy

Taking the Plunge- Senior Co-Captain Ke-vin Healy takes a deep breath before the100 free.Mermaids?- Well, maybe not, but Bill Pot-ter and Kevin CaroIan certainly swam likemermen.

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92 LEHIGH 13393 Springfield College 13843 Fordham 649 Army 10285 Univ. of New

Hampshire 14740 Trinity 55131 W.P.I. 11279 UNIV. OF

CONNECTICUT 13699 Babson 126105 Brandeis 12263 LAFAYETTE 149107 LOWELL 121120 CLARK UNIVERSITY 1017 of 7 at Patriot League15 of 15 at New Englands

Leaves 'em standing in the blocks- Swimmersdemonstrate the art of a quick start enroute to avictory in the 400 free relay.The Dirty Half Dozen- HC's New England qualifi-ers pause with Kim, Coach Parenteau and LeighAnn after a less-than-successful trip to thebarber.

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Back: Manager Moira Burns, Anne Da-

vis, Meghan Sullivan, Laurie Carson,

Amy Ross, Beth Godfrey, Head Coach

Bill Gibbons, Norinne Powers, Carrie

Ramenofsky, Andrea Tucker, Dawn

Hoegh, Assist. Coach Liz Feeley, Assist.

Coach Sheila Harrity. Front: Tr -Cap-

tains Ann Lambiotte, Kris Shields, Mary

Helen Walker.

The Sky's The Limit LLady 'Saders soar to NCAAS with a record 25 wins

Duck walks . . . thigh burningsprints . . mile and a half timed run(ugh!) . . . body fat percentages . .hill runs. . . crunches. . . squats. . .and lots of sweat. For the entirespring, summer and fall of 1990, theLady Crusaders faced these torturesdaily. Although it was tough and wesacrificed a lot, TOGETHER we pre-vailed and loved every minute of it.The secret of our success goes be-

yond our visible athletic ability andcourt skills- it comes from within.The love and togetherness we feelas a team fuels the desire and inten-sity we express playing basketball.This fiery passion for the game cata-pulted the Lady Crusaders into theprogram's most successful seasonever.

Every goal we set during the pre-

season was achieved: we won 25games, the most in Holy Cross histo-ry. With a record of 12-0, we finishedfirst in the Patriot League and wenton to win the tournament. Our teamreceived an at large bid into theNCAA Tournament and won our firstround game. We were ranked 30thin the nation by the AP Final Poll.(Not bad for a tiny Catholic schoolthat everyone thought was a nun-nery!)Two of the greatest highlights of

the season were the 78-67 victoryover #3 Rutgers, who was undefeat-ed at the time and defeating Mary-land 81-74 in the first round of theNCAA Tournament. Both of thegames were held at a packed HartCenter, breaking attendance re-cords for a women's game. Loyal fan

SUPER SADERFourth on HC's all-time scori ng list , Ann

Lambiotte tallied 1,354 points and collect-

ed 411 rebounds whil We

the purple

and white. Ann cae

n do it all, videnced by

her outstanding performancese

on thecourt and room.

her hard work in the dass-The

forward was League's Scholar-Athl

the Patriotete of the year as

well as an All-League first team pick.

Her team leading 15.5 points per

game will be difficult to

replace.

support from the students helpedtrigger both of the wins. (No turtleson this hill!)Much of our success can be attrib-

uted to our coaches: Bill Gibbons,Liz Feeley, and Harrity. Not only didthey teach us offenses and de-fenses, they made us work hard dayin and day out, both individually andas a team. Our success stemmedfrom their care and concern plustheir ability to keep us focused onwhat we were striving to accom-plish.Thanks for all of the memories:

Daylight Footfire, Get one-Get one,Catapult, Catalyst, Fren-fry, Clean?No Clean?! Eee Awh, Franny fromCambridge St., Sima, Cut it up, TIMEOUT!!! Grandma, Hooeegghh, Sar-casm, Dewww, Rosa, Geezz!! TapDrill, Offense-Defense-Rebounding-Free Throws, Are you ready?? To-gether, Lord of Players, Yellow Rib-bons, Circle Passing, Focus, 7weave, Chicken and Pasta, OhBaby!! Lynette, Pop-Pop, 2 in 11,There is only one river, Ball, Ball,Ball, Stick, Stick, Stick, New Year'sEve, From a Distance, Airline Prob-lems, Orange X, Straight up, De-fense enhances Offense, Laterals,Get on loose balls, Help us play thisgame of basketball the way it ismeant to be played ... We love eachother!!Kris Shields '91Mary Helen Walker '91

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Letting one fly- Shieldzy, who led the PatriotLeague and was nationally ranked with a fieldgoal mark of 61% puts up a shot against the6th seeded Terrapins for a first round win.It's up! It's . .- the HC bench waits for abucket. Together, the Lady Crusaders com-piled an .806 winning percentage (the winnin-gest in Division l).

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75 Connecticut 8793 New Hampshire 6569 at Northeastern 4651 at S. Illinois 65102 at Saint Louis 5387 Boston College 6869 at Villanova 4692 Kent State 10081 at NC State 9781 at North Carolina 7779 at UNC Wilmington 6484 at Central Conn. 6665 Lafayette 5378 at Bucknell 5378 Rutgers 6767 Army 5763 at Fordham 5966 Maine 6595 Colgate 7275 Lehigh 5567 at Vermont (0T) 6988 at Lafayette 6194 Bucknell 6863 at Army 5773 Fordham 6283 at Colgate 7287 at Lehigh 5677 Lafayette 6765 Army 5281 Maryland 7458 at Auburn 84

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Stealing the Show- is Mary Helen Walker making onof her career 208 thefts enroute to earning PatriotLeague and team MVP honors.Going Up Strong- Cadets are no defense as CarrieRamenofsky (#35) goes up for 2 in the PatriotLeague Tournament title game.

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