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Seniors to purchase piano as annual projectBy Karen TrapolsiMerciad S taff Reporter

In past years, the senior classes haveleft beautiful gifts to the college thathave been great contributions to the d e-cor that enhances our campu s. Lookingback three years ago, the class of 1990left the stained glass window in SullivanHall, the class of 1991 left "Big Bill,"the clock in Garvey Park that keeps us all"in time," and last year's class left thecollege the Gazebo that sits behind theUnion, overlooking the g rotto.

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On Thursday, February 11, in theChrist the King Chapel, the Carpe DiemLuncheon Se ries continued with "Peopleof Faith: A Black Perspective."The three panel mem bers were BettyDamper, director of Project 101;Charlene Glispy, the director of humanecology; and Isa Henderson, a musicstudentDamper talked about the impact civilrights has had on black theology. Glispytalked about the history of black tradi-tion in religion. 5Henderson gave per-sonal reflections of the rituals since sla-very.A theme of the luncheon centered onthe uniqueness of black religion becauseit gave blacks a freedom while still inchains.Christianity for the blacks started inEgypt, traveled to Africa, and was

brought to the Americas on slave ships.For the religious slaves, faith and beliefwent beyond the chains. The first be-nevolent slave order came when slaveswere allowed to practice religion. Shortlyafter 'his order was enacted, there was aban on practices. Because of this ban,blacks created underground churches andpracticed in private.The first official Baptist church wasstarted in South Carolina in 1773. TheBaptists gave the biggest push of blackreligion after the Civil War.Following the Civil War, blackchurches* grew. By 1870, there were500,000 members. The Baptist faith wasthe largest black religion.In the 1950's and '60's, there weremany changes in black religion. JamesCore wrote a book, "For My People:Black Theology and the Black Church."His book touched on the organization ofthe church.Martin Luther King, Jr. took the Bible

that had held them in chains and used itto push freedom and integration.Malcolm X encouraged black national-ism.There was a coming together of blackpreachers. Joseph Washington and otherblack preachers did not think that therewas reason for another Gospel.Henderson talked about'lyrics andlooked at the hope within them in orderto express themselves and the fact thatthey were children of God. She said thatthere was hope, personal toughness andfaith in God.Black theology is a theology that givesblack 1 ibera tion, saysno to white oppres-sion, and says that Jesus is the Savior. Itsays that freedom is the Gospel, that ithas nothing to do with slavery, arid thatblacks are free. Black theology affirmsblack humanity.'There's only one theology. There'sonly one God ," said Damper.

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By Megan CircleMerciad S taff ReporterChallenge Week in SAC ChairpersonMark Ko rein sky's eyes was a big suc-cess. Not only was there no snow, butbetween the "loosechange night," phone-a-thon and school participation, approxi-mate! y $1000 was raised, in which $500will go to the United Way, and $500 willgo to the Erie Mission. Korcinsky feelsthat this week made everyone more awareof the problems of homelessness anddisability. He believes that "the school isreally making an effort to change inorder to better accommodate the physi-cally challenged."Cass Shimek, Union director, alsoplayed a big part in Challenge Week.She acted as the advisor, and even tookher turn in a wheelchair for a day. Thisexperience was very "eye-opening" toher. During her day, she actually got

stuck in the elevator. When the elevatorstopped, it was uneven with the floor, soshewas unable to getout in a wheelcha ir."I knew," Shimek said, "that if no onecame to my rescue, I could stand up, pick

up the chair, and get out of the elevator.Physically challenged people hardly havethis luxury."Shimek also felt that the event was"Continued on page 2

Fans jsjtorm courtFive years of agony,fiveyears of heartbreak,fiveyears of setbacksall vanished withthe remarkable sound of a "ssswissshhh" from a 12footset shot, and a mere secondemaining on the clock. Anxiety rapidly shifted to excitement, excitement to all outpandemonium. Ml \|lt|vasn ijust another victory, it wasTH E VICTORY! Throw records out the window,put the losses in the past. It was time to lace up the shoes and rock the arena for fortyminutes! This was Gannon! Period. |It all)happened so quick. "Mercyhurst leads!" Yet, Cannon fought right back. Whocould ever forget the final minute of play-the defense, the^hustle, the coaching, thescreaming, the emotions Jthe?deafening roar of the Mercyhurst faithful, the?buzzer.LAKERS WIN ! LAKERS WIN!" Thiswas what college athletics were all about!Thiswas awesome! |For more details, seepage 8. |

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M SG: Bruno stresses member involvementBy Anne L. McNelisA&E and Features Editor

The first decision made at theMonday, Feb. 15 Mercy hurst Stu-dent Government (MSG) meet-ing was to cancel the upcomingmeeting scheduled for Monday,Feb. 22. President John iBrunothen broughtup h is concern aboutthe dwindling participat ion on thepart of MSG representatives."We're starting to lose track alittle bit here," said Bruno, citingthe fact that many members areskipping meetings without validexcuses. He suggested MSGplan"some kind ofmotivational thing"for after S pring Break. He askedfor activity ideas, saying, "I'mopen to anything." Due to mini-mal response from those present,it was decided to discuss the planmore after break.

Vice-President Nick Robertsannounced that letters of intentfor next year's MSG executiveboard are due in the MSG officeon Monday, March 22 at 6 p.m.Roberts added that there are anumber of qualifications for Ex-ecutive Board members, includ-ing a minimum QPA of2.25. Anyquestions about elections shouldbe addressed to Roberts.

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MSGis participating in the plan-ning of a Cultural AwarenessMonth during March. HeatherHeid, secretary, said, "We had aCultural Awareness Week! lastyea r/' and the idea has been ex-tend ed for this y ear. A number ofactivities have been planned, in-cluding a visit to the Veteran'sHospital, a '60s dance and pre-sentations about social discrimi-nation and non-tradit ionalcouples. Heid said the activitycurrently has a budget of $5,000.but is in need of $500 more. Theyare hoping to obtain the addi-tional funds from the MSG lec-ture fund. This idea will be pro-posed formally at the next MSGmeeting and voted on at that time.Howard Paul of the BusinessDepartment and Cass Shimek,director of he StudentUnion, arethe advisors for the activity.SAC Chairperson MarkKorcinsky brought up ChallengeWeek, saying, "We raised ap-proximately $1,000 (and we ) stillhavemore coming in."He thankedeveryone wh o participated in theweek's activities and said al-though the num ber of participantswas not tremendous, it was "bigenough to set a standard for nextyear."

Korcinsky also discussed theneed to improve the surface of hevolleyball court.4Bruno said hehad previously heard of this issueand that he feels the job will notbe too difficult to achieve. It wasturned over to the facilities com-mittee for tfurther investigationSUCCESS with a report a n t i c iP a t c d at thenext meeting.

surveillance cameras on campuswas re-opened. Bruno said heplans to "write up a little letter"concerning the representation offaculty mem bers on the commit-tee to decide exactly how the cam-eras should be used. He also saidthat it has not yet been decidedwhether or not the committee'sdecisions would b efinalconcern-ing the use of the cameras.

William Kennedy , dean of stu-dent services, said the main pur-pose of the cameras is as a "safetyfeature...a personal property pro-tection system...We're not look-ing for petty problems...(we're)looking out for" property of theCollege and students. Brunopointed out that "A map of wherethe cameras are is in Bud Dever's(director of security) office. I don 'tthink he'll mind if (students) stopin to see it" Kennedy added thatGannon University has had suc-cess with the same system. Hesaid, 'It's not a perfect system,"but stressed that it should help theCollege to discover the identityof vandals as well as aid in pre-venting vandalism.Roberts brought up the' recentSenate meeting, where it wa s de -cided students will no longerhavethe ability to challenge an unlim-ited number of course grades. Aproposal to limit the number ofchallenges to two classes waspassed at this senate meeting.MSG meetings are open to theMercy hurst com munity. Thenextmeeting is scheduled for Mon-day, March 8 at 8:30 p.m. in theGovernment Chambers of he Stu-dent Union.mThe issue of the uses of the

(from page 1) worthwhile. Shenoticed as the week progressed,there wasmore participation fromthe stude nts and faculty.* Sheseems to think that many people.were not aware ofwhatwas goingon in the beginning. This won'tbe a problem next year, however.The mayor signed a proclamationat a luncheon here at Mercy hurst ;declaring the second w eek in Feb-* Sruary Challenge Week. Thus, inthe future, they will be able topublicize early, and hopefully geta lot more p articipation.Colleen Kinney, RachelSchiefer and Rebecca Whittenoreare three freshmen who partici-pated in Challenge Weekby sleep-ing outside one night They wentout at midnight and*stayed outuntil seven. They said that it wasa little uncomfortable and verycold, but they had fun doing it.They got very little sleep, butkeptoccupied by playing cards. Theyall felt that most people's reac-tion:was positive. Kinney said,"I'm now a lot more appreciativeofwhatl hav e." Schiefer has plansto donate a bag of clothes to thehomeless.All in all, most people wereimpressed by the effort and verysupportive of all who participated.Hopefully with each passing year,awareness will increase on ourcampus*

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OK Seniors...thrce months un-til graduation, righ t? What liesahead in your future? What ifyour degree and the dreams andambitions you aspire for take youright back to your alma mater?That was p recisely the case withJames McKeever, associate di-rector of enrollment atMercyhurs t McKeever graduatedwith Mercyhurst's class of 1989with a major in HRIM. Steppingout into the real world, his firstprofessional job began in a man-agement position at Red Lobster,lasting only five months.McKeever commented that RedLobster, "wasn't for me." JSince Red Lobster wasn't theideal job and McKeever lackedonly a few credits to complete amarketing degree from his daysat the Hurst, he returned to finishup. While McKeever wa s attend-

ing school, Dr. Garvey consultedwith him, informing him of a po-sition opening in the enrollmentdepartment. McKeever couldwork whilefinishinghis degree.Accepting thejob, McKeever nowhas a dual maior in HRIM and

Marketing, and has been withMercy hurst ever since.As the AssociateEnrollment, ^ ^ ^ ^ ^daily office procedures and as-sists people with problems astheyarise. His schedule is busy all

year long. In the fall, he is a re-cruiter for the New England por-tion of America. He also acts asthe liaison between the athleticrecruitsand admissions. His win-ters are filled with interviews andmore interviews, making toughdecisions on who is to be ac-cepted and not. In the spring,McKeever does a lot of "behindthe scene planning" such as plan-ning the sleepover.iHis job're-quires much interaction withpeople, talking to them aboutMercyhurst. ^Since McKeever likes to travelgoing from city to city is one ofthe most enjoyable parts of his

job. He hakes sa t i s fa c t io n^"working with the families thatvisit and answering their ques-tions."Besides all the' fulfillmentMcKeever's job supplies himwith, there are times when hedoes feel a bit overwhelmed. "Ifyou asked anyone in the office, I

have a bit of a problem withstress," states McKeever.I "I love any kind of sports," com-ments McKeever. His actionsback this statement as he com-petes with and rides along as theteam advisor of the "Mercyhurstcycling team. He rowed with thecrew team while he attended theHurst and plans to pick itup againsoon. McKeever can alsobe foundon the ice, defending the 7-0 win-ning record of the Clams, the in-tramural hockey team he playson.Though McKeever would liketo someday move to theeast coast,perhaps to Boston or Washmg-tonjD.C., to do the same type ofwork that he is involved in, fornow he seems content and happywith his position at Mercyhurst."I stayed with Mercy hu rstbecauseof the people. It's such a friendlyatmosphere and we're a big fam-ily.M G o o d r e a s o n .

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m The Blue LineBy Craig Rybczy nskiMerciad Sports Editor .

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Everyone h as dreamed aboutbeing in the spotlight and mak-ing the game-winning pointLaker basketball player TerryBush got his chance Thursdaynight, at the Mercyhurst Ath-letic Center.The game had seen each teambattle back and take the lead.The Lakers looked in control of the game, then suddenly the gamewas tied. Gannon had the ball and was looking for the game winner.However, Mercy hurst *s Jeff Faflikstole the bal 1 and sprawled on thefloor to recover the loose ball. H is steal gave the Lakers time to winthe contest.

With five seconds left on the clock, theball was inbounded to Bushwho drove in to attempt the game-winning basket as time expired.The official called a foul and put 1.5 seconds back on the clock. Thepressure and the school's pride went to the line with Bush. He nowhad a chance to erase the years of defeats to the Gannon GoldenKnights.With one fling of the wrist, he knew he would be a hero..If hemissed bothfree hrows, it would be a night he would n't soon forgetBush stepped up to the line with the capacity crowd of over twothousand fans hinging on the flightof the ball. The first shot sailedthrough the air and bounced off the rim. Bush now had one chanceto win the game for MercyhurstThe Gannon fans expressed their relief in the failed attempt^However, Bush stepped to the line again, this time with confidence.Bush put up the second shot and it fell through the net and in. TheLakers had a one point lead. Bush, the Mercyhurst fans and histeammates leapt with joy. Then after Gerry Battle intercepted theinbound pass, thegym erupted. The Lakers had beaten Gannon, 71-70. ?3 ; f" $ 1 IWMCE play-by-play announcer Keith Courson shouted, "L ak-ers win! Lake rs win!"This night would be one to live in the minds of all those inattendance forever. W ith the win , the Laker faithful stormed thefloor, resembling;a scene out of ESPN's coverage of collegebasketball's March Madness. Bush was hoisted on the shoulders ofa teammate in the middle of the fan-demonium. Bush had beenelevated to hero status with his winning free throw.After the game, all color commentator Jeff Hutchinson could sayabout the game was, "Awesome." Gannon coach Bob D ukiet wast just as shocked as Hutchinson. The Lakers had just defeated histwelfth-ranked Division II team. With the surprising loss to theI Hurst, Gannon dropped to twentieth in the polls. The o vertime loss to Gannon a week earlier was forgotten. The

Lakers were the number one basketball team in Erie on this night.The 5-21 overall record against Gannon only was brought up thoseGannon fans who tried tofindsome positive aspect in Mercyhurst'supset victory. Terry B ush, on the other hand, w as the man w hosenamewill forever becom e-part of Laker folklore. For the junior fromEuclid, Ohio, the winning point was his only basket of the game.How ironic that was the only chance he had to play, and tha t he madethe most of it* *.What made the moment so special was the large fan turnout theLakers had. Those who w ere not in attendance missed the biggestvictory in school history. Fans beating drums and leading chants. Itmade me question if I was at Mercyhurst. Hell, they were doing thetomahawk chop, and I wasn 't even at Florida State U niversity.Traditionally, the hockey games have a high attendance, but notbasketball games. Imagine the impact it would have on the playersif fans attended every game like this. It shouldn't require the teamto play Gannon for more than one hundred fans to show up ,Players always seem to play better when they have the homecrowd behind them. The intensity and the enthusiasm motivatesathletes to play well in order to not disappoint the fans. The Lakersproved this point with;thc triple overtime victory, over EastStroudsburg University and the win over Gannon. The Lakers haveuhad a successful 1992-1993 campaign. With more fan support, thisi would push them to play every gam e like the one against Gannon.With the term and the winter season coming to a close, rememberthis column the next time someone asks you ifwant to attend a game.All the athletic teams need everyone's support. So, go out and showoff the school spirit we only see in the admissions video when weI come to the college. ^ tAlso, remember to have a happy and safe spring break and look forKeith Courson's NCAA basketball tournament preview in the March 18issue. M i I J t

Laker icers lose to KhniraBy Craig Rybczy nskiMerciad Sports Editor

The high-powered Mercyhurst'Laker hockey teanvbrought itseight-game unbeaten streak intoElmira, NY, on Friday night. Butthey were not treatedas welcomedguests by the Soaring Eagles. TheLakers suffered their first defeatof the new year, 6-4.Mercyhurstfinished heir three-game road trip with a 2-1 record.The L akers, despite their loss toElmira, are still ranked numbertwo in Division II hockey. Com-ing off the loss to the SoaringEagles, the Lakers defeatedHobart? College 5-3, Saturdaynight On Tuesday, Mercyhurstwon a close game inlFredoniaState, 5-4.With the low goal output, CoachRick Gotkin summed up his con-cern with the three games. Hesaid, "Anytime you have four orfive breakaway opportunities, andyou come up with nothing, youcan't expect to win. We have tostart putting the puck in the net ifwe want to go anywhere."On Friday night, the blue andgreen faced their arch-rivals forthe third time this season. The lastgame was decided by a goal. Thisgame promised to be just as tightchecking. However, this time, theLakers would fall behind earlyand never be able to catch Elmira.They lost despite,scoring -fourpower-play goals.Mercyh urst forward RobMadialed the team, as he figured in allfour goals. He had one goal andthree assists. The Lakers did openthe game with a goal by CraigMacDonald with assists going toiMadia and Tom DeCoteau.

Elmira showed the Lakers that 1 Thomas and Jon Johnson. In thethis game would notbe as close asthe last one. They scored jfourstraightgoals aga inst goal ic MirkoPellizzari. The Lakers answeredback with another power-playgoal by Art Thomas. The SoaringEagles increased their lead to 5-2,before the end of the second.In the third, Elmira extended itslead toifour goals when JeremyBaker scored Elmira's secondshort-handed goal of the game.Mercy hurst tried to fight backwithgoals by Madia and KevinMcKinnon, but 6-4 would be theclosest they would get. 1

On Saturday, Mercyhurst re-turned to their winning ways, asthey downed the. Hobart States-man. M cKinnon keyed the Lakervictory with two goals and twoassists. Bryce Bohun also chippedin with two goals and PaulCa pizza no added one.In goal, Scott B arber extendedhis unbeaten streak to six games.Barber turned away 28 shots inthe win. Once again, the Lakersallowed two short-handed go als.The Lakers have now allowedeight short-handed this season,which are six more than last sea-son..During this game, unlike theElmira loss, M ercyhurst explodedfor an early lead and held on towin. They tallied three times infirst period. McKinnon scored thegame's opening goal at*1:17.Bohun finished the period by sco r-ing twice. McKinnon assisted onBohun's second of the game.Hobart fought back with twoshort-handed goals to narrow thelead to 3-2. McKinnon answeredback for M ercyhurst with his sec-ond of the game. Assists went to

third period, with the score 4-2,Capizzano scored early in theperiod to give theLakers a three-goal lead. Hobart would add an-other goal by Rob M antrop, be-fore the end of the game.The Lakers won their secondgame of theroad trip at FredoniaState. Coach Gotkin knew thatthis game would b e a tough onebecause they had n't won there inover two years.McKinnon once again ledMercyhurst in scoring with twogoals. Craig MacDonald, Madiaand DeCoteau a lso tallied for theLakers. For the second straightgame, McKinnon opened the scor-ing for the blue and green. TheLakers increased their lead asDeCoteau's fourth of the yearmade it 2-0.

In the second period, FredoniaState tied the game at two as for-ward Eric Cieplinski beat goalieScott Barber at 6:50. Madia andMcKinnon lifted Mercyhurst toanother two goal lead in the sec-ond. For McKinnon, it was histwenty-second of the season.Mercyhurst put the game out ofreach when Craig MacDonaldscored the fifth goal of the gamefor the Hurst Fredonia Statewould add another late goal, butMercyhurst once again held onfor the victory.The L akers return to action onFridaynight, February 18, againstBrockport State. The game willstart at 7:30 PM atthe MercyhurstIce Center. This is the final regu-lar season for the Lakers beforethe ECAC playoffs. The^Lakersbring a 17-7 overall record and aECAC record of 14-3 into thegame.$ 1 ML mLady Lakers crush Westminster

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The Mercyhurst Lady Lakershave continued to play determinedbasketball down the stretch thisseason. Mercyhurst, now 13-10,took nationally-ranked ^Pitt-Johnstown (19-3) to thefinalhornbefore bowing out 70-66 androuted Westminster by a 70-45count in the past week.Pitt-Johnstown, currentlyranked as the top squad in theeastern region, had the Lady Lak-ers down throughout much of thecontest, but allowed Mercyhurstto pull to within two points with aminute remaining. However, theLady Mountain..,Cats remainedstanding at thehorn with the four-point triumph.The Lady Lakers, though, put ascare into UPJ.|#,We knew wedidn't have anything to lose,"commented high scorer TeresaSzumigala. "They're a good teamthough, and turnovers probablyhurt us in the end."The Mountain Cat fans mayhave also influenced the outcomeof the contest "Their fans were

one of the worstscrowds we'v e back in dramatic fashion lastBMonday evening by trouncingWestminster College on the road,70-45.

played for this year." Jg |The sophomore forward ledMercyhurst with 21 points and 12boards. Julie McChesney netted16 points and racked up 10 re-bounds to give Mercyhurst twodouble-doublejperformances onthe night Karin Salem shot for 16

points for the Lakers.Much like Coach Bill Morse'smen 's program, the Lady Lakersmust learn how to take control atthe end ofba 11 games. "Foul shoot-ing is important, and we need tocontrol our unnecessary shots,"Bsaid Szumigala.rude," said Szumigala. "It^was However, Mercyhurst bounced

With the score relatively closeat the break, Mercyhurst used a14-0 spurt early in the secondstanza to put the game out ofreach. While Szumigala paced theLakers in scoring for the secondstraight night, defense was thekey to the win. "We played muchbetter defense in the second half,"she said.McChesney checked in with 16markers on the night. Krista Kiviloand Karin Salem each closed withten points.KSzumigala, pacing Mercyhurstin scoring in more than half of theLakercontests this season, doesn'tnecessarily take that leadershiprole onto the court "I think Icould become a better leader,"she said. Szumigala, though, con-tinues to lead her way,with herperformance on the hardwood.The La dy La kers va ult back intoaction on Sa turday w hen they hostWisconsin-Parkside in the firsthalf of a double-header at theMercyhurst Athletic Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 PM.

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M e r c y h u r s t 7 1 , G a n n o n 7 0 . . . ' N u f f s a i dBy John DanknichMerciad Asst. Sports Editor

Rivalries have always been abig part of all sports. College bas-ketball is no exception. Neither isErie. This is wha t made lastThurs-day night so special.After losing f eleven straightgames to cross-town rivalGannon, the Mercyhurst men'sbasketball squad finally defeatedthe Golden Knights by the slim-mest ofmargins, 71-70, thanks, toone free throw from the most un-likely hero, back-up point guardTerry B ush.What made the victory evenmore special was that it came infront of a standing-room onlycrowd of over 2,000 at theMercyhurst Athletic C enter.

The victory did not come easilyfor the Lakers. The GoldenKnights rushed to a five-pointhalftime lead on the strength of63 percent shooting.'With the Lakers up 4-2 early,Gannon went on an 11-0 run totake a 13-4 lead that it would notrelinquish for the rest of the half.The Lakers hung tough thanks toa strong showing from seniorJamie Houston. His 13 first-halfpoints kept the Knights from put-

ting the game away early. Withseven seconds left in the half,Houston 's turn-around lay upandsubsequent free throw left theLakers with a five-point deficitgoing into the locker room.Despite being down at the half,the Lakers stayed in the gamewhen they could have easily fa Henapart. Also, leading scorer RasheReviere was limited to only eightpoints in the first half and wasready for a big secondhalf. A bigsecond half is exactly what bothReviere and the Lakers had.The Hurst came out blazing atthe start of the secon d half, scor-ing the first 13 points. The explo-sion started innocently whenReviere hit two free throws. Thenext trip down the court, Revierenetted a trey. AfterGerry Battle'sinside hook, the Lakers had takena 47-39 lead over the GoldenKnights. The stifling Laker de-fense held Gannon scoreless forthe first four minutes of the sec-ond half.

Flannery's pull-up jumper,pulled the Knights to 70-65. Mo-ments later, Reviere committedhis fifth foul, leaving the gamewith 27 points and 19 in the sec-ond ha 1 f.Shannon G rant's lay up cut theLaker lead to 70-67. Then, with1:55 to go, point guard RahsaahRoland fouled Jason Stitcher ashe attempted a three pointer. Threefree throws later, and the gamewas tied, '70-70. Roland's foulwas his fifth, and he was replacedby Bush.With less than a minute to go,Bush worked the ball inside toHouston. Houston drove to thehoop for what might have beenthe winning basket. The ball rolledin the cylinder, and then spun outwith the Knights claiming the re-bound and a chance to hold for thelast sho t However, the Knightswould not even get a shot off.An inspired Laker defensiveeffort denied Gannon any sort ofshot. Stitcher lost control of the

down the leftside of thefloorand "i wanted this one bad.The victory meant a lot to all of

the Lakers, especially Houston."It feels incredible," he said rightI after the game. "Talk about some-give the Lakers an incredible vie- thing you wish for, you plan for

put up an errant shot. Time ex-pired. However, on the shot, Grantfouled Bush, sending him to theline for two shots and a chance to

The Lakers kept the pressure on b a l1 -A scramble ensued with JeffGannon and took a twelve-pointlead with 12 minutes to go afterReviere's driving lay up. The na-tionally-ranked Golden Knightskept clawing back thanks to pointforward Matt Flannery.

Faflik coming up with the steal.After Bush called time out, fiveseconds showed on the clock.The Lakers would have time forone last shot. The' ball w asunbounded to Bush who drove

tory.The referee put 1.5 seconds backon the clock as Bush stepped to

the line. Bush said, "Everyonetold me to just go up there andshoot it "The irstfree hrow clanked offthefrontof the rim. The Gannonfans yelled their approval. Bushthen hit all net on the second asthe M ercyhurst crowd erupted.The Knights still had \5 sec-onds to attempt a last shot Thecrowd held its breath as theKnights heaved the inbounds passto half court Battle swiped thepass and time expired.^TAKERS WIN! LAKERSWIN," yelled WMCE basketballannouncer Keith Courson. Stu-dents rushed onto the floorof theMAC, mobbing the team.'Bush, the unlikely hero, wasraised up onto the shoulders of histeammates. He said, "After Imissed the first one, I knew had toput the second one in. I relaxedand it felt good when it left myhand. I'm very happy. We really

and you work for, for three years,and it escapes you every year. Wefina lly got them, and it feels bet-ter than I could even imagine."The Lakers played their game,slowing the tempo down whennecessary and getting the ball in-side to Houston and Battle.Battle's twelve points were a bigfactor in the second half.Commenting on the victory,Laker Coach Bill Morse said,'This is our best win since I'vebeen here because of the rivalry."The victory, which raised theLakers' record to 14-7, shouldprovide the team with a push forthe rest of the season. "Our guysneeded this one for their mentalhealth," said Morse.The Mercyhurst/Gannon bas-ketball rivalry hasbeen one-sidedsince its inception. A turning po intmay have been reached lastThurs-day when Terry Bush's ree hrowhit nothing but ne tBush may have only scored onepoint, but one point is all that isneeded to win a basketball gam e.

G o t k i n e s t a b l i s h e s a w i n n i n g t r a d i t i o n a t t h e H u r s t

Coach Rick Gotkin yells encouragement to his players fromthe Laker bench. Photo by Joseph LeglerBy David J. KosobuckiMerciad Sports Writer

Mercyhurst hockey coach RickGotkin doesn't rebuild theMercyhurst hockey team eachyear. He reloads it After losing[ ranchiseplayer Scott Burfoot tograduation, it seemed thatMercyhurst might strugglethrough a season or two beforereaching playoff caliber again,butthat just wasn't the case.[Mercyhurst sports an impressiveoverall record of 17-7 enteringFriday's game against BrockportState and a conference-leading14-3 record.Gotkin however, does feel that/ it is players like Burfoot that havehad a trickle-down effect on thisyear's team. "The word hasspread," Gotkin sa id. "M ercyhursthas ga ined the reputation of beinga strong Division II hockey pro-

gram. Great players come here sothat they can play for a contender."Contender might not even be astrong enough word to describe'the Lakers, who are currentlyranked second in the latest Divi-sion II poll. IEven when Gotkin came herefive years ago, he saw the ingredi-ents for success. "When I first gothere," he said, "I saw a huge com-mitment from the administrationand the people here atMercyhurst." Proof o f this is the1.4 million dollar Ice Center thatopened in the fall of 1991.

Win or lose though, Gotkin feelsthat his real job is to prepare bisplayers for life. Gotkin feels thathe has been blessed with greatpeople who are also great players.This makes things easier forGotkin. 'The best thing about ourprogram are the guys in it," hesaid. "We?all work together tomake ourselves better as people

and as players. The road has some-times been bumpy, but we learnhow to work through it to makethings run smoother."One thingt that Mercyhurstseems to deal with at the begin-ning of eachjfceason is a rockyrecord. Gotkin feels that there aremany factors that are attributed tothis. "We play tougher competi-tion early in the year. Some play-ers are new and they have to lea rnthe system," he said. Oddlyenough, these early season grow-ing pains may be the Lakers keyto success. Playing and beatingDivision Ifteams does a lot foryour morale. Unfortunately, theirschedule may change.

"The Division I teams are be-ginning to shy away fromMercyhurst. They have nothingto gain'and everything to losewhen they play us," Gotkin said.

Even though Mercyhurst may notbe given as many opportunities toshine as they have before, theycould receive a more favorableschedule.The Lakers, who play about70% of their games on the road,will most likely get to play moreat the Mercyhurst Ice Center. Thisspells trouble for opponents be-cause the Hurst holds a 14-3 recordat the MIC, including 8-0 thisyear.

More home games means moreexcitement for the Laker fans. Italso means less travel ing and morevictories for the Lakers in theirfriendly confines. Even with allthe departures this* season, theLakers are right on sched ule ac-cording to Gotkin. "I am veryimpressed with our record thisseason," he^said. "It has comeagainst a tough schedule. I feel

that we are peaking at the righttime." '* \That time being playoff time.And it seems the Lakers are in-deed on cruise control right nowheading into the ECAC Playoffs.The site of this four-team tourna-ment has not been determined yet.Coach Gotkin feels that the com-mittee will either chooseMercyhurst or Elm ira Elmira hasmore seating capacity,i butMercyhurst has more victories inthe conference. "I hope we will bechosen as host team for the play-offs," Gotkin said. "I think wedeserve to host it, but that's notmy decision."If the Lakers do indeed host theplayoffs, it would be to their ad-vantag e. Whatever happensthough, it will certain that RickGotkin will keep the Lakers sail-ing in the right direction.

By John DanknichMerciad A sst. Sports EditorThe Mercyhurst men's basket-ball team experienced a letdownafter last Thursday's emotionalvictory over Gannon. A tired andemotionally spent Laker squadwas defeated by EdinboroWednesday night at the MAC,84-75. The loss dropped the Lak-ers' record to 14-8,The Lakers came out strong inthe first half, racing to an 11-3lead with senior Jamie Houstonscoring al 11 points. The Hurst'sshooting then went cold, allow-ing Edinboro to go on an 11-0 run

and take a 14-11 lead.The lead would change handsseveral times in the first half.Rashe Reviere's one-handed slamtoward the end of the half helpedstake the Lakers to a 40-39 half-time lead. 2

In the second half, the lead onceagain would change hands sev-eral times before Edinboro beganto pull away. Philip M elton's layup with ten minutes left gave theFighting Scots a 64-62 lead thatthey w ould not relinquish.Plagued by poor shooting, theHurst could not mount a come-back and swee p the Scots for thefirst time since the 1978-79 sea-

son. The game was marred by theover 40 fouls called by the refer-ees. Both teams went to the line acombined 68 times.Houston led the Lakers with 20points, but only seven in the sec-ond half. Kerry Baker scored 17,but struggled from behind thethree-point arc. Reviere electri-fied the crowd with six slam dunksand 15 points before fouling outwith 5:06 to go in the game.Mercyhurst will try to reboundSaturday night against Wiscon-sin-Pa rkside in the second half ofa double-header at the-MAC.Game time will be at 8:00.