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Dmen SPORTS TIlffjJr THE M'DANlfL FREE PRESS FEBRUARY14 200B PACE16 VOLUME 9 ISSUE 1 Women's Basketball: In rebuilding year; Terror women 'step up their game' By Chris Ferrlc:k-Manley, challenge," said Martin referring Ashley Lyles in making significant SporillCo-Edltor [Q the team's chances of reaching strides. postseason play. Robbin Gregg, a point guard The 2007-2008 season has been While she considers every re- and the other senior captain on the a rebuilding one for the Green maining game critical, she specifi- team echoes the view that that this Terror Women's basketball team, cally pointed to two road games- ream's youthfulness would make it having lost five seniors from last Dickinson and Gettysburg, keys a rebUilding year. year's 23-4 squad. They stand. at in this year's very balanced confer- "The record shows that every- 11-10 (10-5 in Centennial Confer- ence. one has hadro step up their game," ence play) following a 66-56 win "The students and players are Gregg said. on February 9 against me Ursinus used to us winning 20 games a She believes that the rest of the College Bears. year," said Martin. "It's somewhat year will be challenging and that Head Coach Becky Martin, in disappointing riot to live up to that the [earn will need to win some big her 27th season at the helm, admits expectation." games to make it into the CC play- the team has a way to go to reach Courtney GogoHnski, one of airs. me level of recent years. She points twO senior captains on the team While the team has over twice to their youth and inexperience as also-admits that this season would as many losses.as [hey had last- sea- key reasons rhar the team has been- be-more dlfficuh man last" J=lI"·s. son, both Martin and Gogolinski "taking some knocks." "We knew we were gonna have believe mat they have been cern- "You can't cheat the learning ups and downs this year," Gogolin- peririve in many of the defeats, par- curve," said Martin. ski said. tioularly a rough loss to the Johns Martin is not considering this Gogolinski, who transferred _ Hopkins Blue Jays on January 24. a lost season however as the Terror from lees-McRae in North Caroli- The final home game is Feb- women are in the hunt for one of na before last year, thinks me team ruary 16 against the Washington the final spots in the CC playoffs, has made progress even if they have Shorewomen. Game time is 1 which Martin always considers the not won as many games as they p.m. goal entering the season. would have liked. She specifically :_-Putk~-""'~-I-.-th-.-:dI:-K-"""--'-- "It's gonna be a dogfight to ~ior point ~rd Robin Cregg is ~ding ttw- team in scoring (12.0) ;lind assists pointed to junior forward Lau- at M.:D_JelfreePre ... COM (4.0). the end bur I think we're up for the ren Wyble and sophomore center Multiple contributors propel Terror men toward playoff berth By Ryan eMIl, Sport Co--Edltor Chad Arringron's 8.1 rebounds ing great defense this year, which Many of the members of the Me- a night, has showed each team in set me mark for the success of this Daniel community missed it but the Centennial Conference that team. In their 12 wins this season, fans of the Green Terror men's bas- they can play good team defense the team has held their opponents ketball team still had a lot to look and keep the ball in their offense's to 58 points per game. forward to on the hardwood. hands. The team started out the sea- The team is off to its best Acco;ding to Curley, this son on a good note, winning their start in recent years, as me team is team has learned a lot from Flynn's first six games. Ar the beginning of breaking all expectations this sea- foundation, but that this team is. January, [he ream was c:'ff to a 7-2 son. Under first year coach Kevin also playing well on irs own this start. Momentum was on their side Curley, the Terror are tied for third as they began conference play, but in the Centennial Conference with only a week into January, the [earn was hit with a big injury. :v:;~I.~~ a~dei; :;i:S~ "lf you look at our Arrington, a major part of the ~~7 and Swarthmore last week, they guar- stats, we have 7 team's rebounding shoulder defense, fell to an injured in the :;:~ ~~rd::d~~ning season in or 8 guys who are Terror's 80-73 Joss to Ursinus on cus in the team thing, we are not game. Curley hopes that his team The Terror are led by their contributing, so if one January 12. Arrington would be quire as good," he said. "If you look will continue to see success as the strong upperclassmen, many who guy has a bad night, our until last week's game against at our srats.rwe have 7 or 8 guys season comes to an end and that he Swarthmore, and he may have re- who are contributing, so if one guy can take his team's momentum into ~~:: ;:;~:;;~n~~:e~~ep: the other guy can pick turned earlier than the injury need- has a bad night, me other guy can me playoffs. He also hopes that the decessor,whodiedayearagofrom ,them up and vice- ed to heal. Including the Vrsinus pick them up and vice-versa." students, who have returned from a heart attack in midseason. Senior versa." loss. the Terror went 4-4 without And that formula has worked Jan Term and now know the team Been Poelber, who played for Flynn him down the stretch. all season long, especially in big is doing well, will come out to see ar Cardinal Gibbons High School, Even though the team missed wins for them. But which was [he them play, like at the Gettysburg is leading the ream in scoring with "$0 far, it's been a good year," Arrington, Curley talked about biggest win? Curley mentioned game earlier this season. 11.6 points per game along with said Curley. "A lot of our guys how well his team has played as a twO of his 12 wins in particular, "There were a lot of people at senior Chris Prior's 10.7. Prior's have stepped up and made some team, and how they carry an un- the 85-84 overtime win over Hood that game," Curley said. "It's always average of9.8 rebounds so far this big plays, and .rhat is always nice to selfish, collective nature with them in the season opener and his big- nicer when the students are back." season along with junior forward see." He said that this team is play- in practice and in every ~me. gest conference win at the Hopkins