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"~~~i\V:~-: .-~~ ~ Wednesday, September II, 2()()2- Page 10 SPORTS GREG LEDERER GREG LEDERER Sports Editor early as forward Eric Blosser scored two sports Ediror It has been a strong start for the McDaniel quick goals in the first minute the contest. The McDaniel College cross country The Women's team finished third out of College Men's soccer team as they are off to The Green Terror would respond with a team has started their season with many new 14 schools at the race, and were led by jun- 4th place finish with a time ior Jen Pullen's a2-1 start. goal from Kane, but were unable to muster faces. of20:55. Coach John Plevyak's squad is building any other offense, falling 2-1. Kahuda kept The graduation of standout runners Jill Pullen, was senior Following off a school record 15 win season, and the the team close with five stops on the net in Krebs and Diana Pool on the women's side ompson in 2)st place and freshman Holly Th- Natasha ingredients are in place for a run at the Cen- the loss. and the addition of many new freshman on Young in 28th place with times of23: II and tennial Conference crown in 2002. Despite the loss, the team is very confi- the men's side has changed the teams a fair 23:29 respectively. "Our goal is to win the Conference title," dent that they will have a strong conference amount, but the they still have many talented On the Men's side, the team finished sixth says junior Matt Wolfe. season. runners capable of making the season suc- out of the 16 schools and were paced by In their most recent game, the Green Ter- With a mix of strong upperclassman and cessful in 2002. ror exhibited their wealth of talent against promising young talent, the Green Terror are What the men's team lacks in experience, freshman Paul Hugus's 18th place finish with by a time of 29:23. He was later followed non-conference opponent, Lancaster Bible looking to cap off their first season as they expect to offset with talent. They be- freshman teammates Gary Marlde and Matt College. McDaniel College with a championship tro- lieve that their five freshman are good for Jackson. The team scored early and often as they phy. Will they top the 15 wins from a year the future of the program. "With the top three on our team all being piled up eight goals in the contest and played ago? If this mix of outstanding talent is any "We have a good number of freshmen and freshman, I think that it gives us a solid base tough defense to cruise to an 8-0 victory. indicator, then chances are very favorable. with the returning players we have coming for the future of the program," said fresh- The opposition was only able to attempt back this year, we should better than in past man Gary Marlde. one shot in the contest as the defense made .12 years," said freshman Paul Hugus. Both squads compete next at home team life easy for freshman goalie Andrew wu. When it looked to be finally over, Most , the team competed at the in the Green Terror XC Challenge on Sep- Wu is one of many young freshman play- ers on the team this season. While they are McDaniel came up with a miraculous by a costly fueled comeback 15 yard inexperienced, the team sees them as an as- roughing the passer penalty on the Eagles. set. The team was able to attempt a last "We have a lot of freshman, which means that we have to come together as a team and second field goal but unfortunately, the snap was high and with the play blown we will get there," said Wolfe. the holder found Jason Hartman alone on The team began their season August 31 st the right side of the field but he was on the road against non conference foe, pushed out of bounds at the 17 yard line B.ridgewater College. as the clock expired. Despite the heart- The contest was a stalemate as neither team was able to gain an advantage through breaking defeat, the Green Terror came in- out of the game with many positives, the regulation time. In the overtime period, Green Terror sophomore forward Thomas cluding the realization that the-y can play in the nation. with anybody Kane ended the tie with the winning goal on "We should won that game," said se- an assist from senior Ryan Tenens. Senior nior running back Jemei Johnson. "We goalie Brent Kahuda had six saves in the can't have turnovers and mental overtime victory. .Mcljaniel looked to pick up another road win the next day against Eastern Mennonite University. The opposition jumped out of blocks Westminster's Island Green Practice Facility UPSCALE DRIVING Heated & Covered Expanded Lunch Special for McDaniel Students (9 a,ID.-4 p.m.) Lunch special •• ~ includes sandwich, chips, 20 oz. drink and $6.00 bucket of range balls All For $6.00 2 Miles.West ofWestminstcr on Rt. 140 (near Baugher'S Orchard)