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Thursday, Oct 19 g8 p . m . Poof t ou rne y in th e s tudent sunion. ; ,Friday Oct. 20 \ 3T he L i t t l e T he a t r e p roduc t i on o f^ B e r l i n T o B r o a d w a y W i t h | K u r tW e i l l " o p e n s a t 8 p . m . T h e c a s ti nc lude s t wo ' H u r s t s t ude n t s ; Ka t hyB a k e r , D e b b i e Sc hm id t . . _T h e I l lu s ions o f S t ua r t a n d L or i wi l la p p e a r a t th e Z urn Aud i t o r i um 8p . m .

Saturday, Oc t 21 | |T h e D ' A n g e l o visi t ing art ists pres-e n t s a two-day c ros s -d i s c ip l ina ryA s t a M a g n a A c a d e m y fin Z u r nR eci t a l o n t h e t h e m e o f t h e r e s t o r a |t ion of E ngla nd be g in ing 9 : 4 5 a . m .( se e i ns ide for de t a i l s ) ITh e Lak er {footbal l team ho stsGe ne va a t 1 p . m .T he L a ke r m e ns soc c e r t e a m hos t sA l d e r s o n B r o a d d u s at 11 p . m .T h e L a k e r w o m e n s soc c e r t e a mhos t s Be t ha ny a t 2 p . m .' Be r l i n T o B r o a d w a y W i t h K u r tW e i l l " a l i t t l e t he a t r e p roduc t i onstarts at 8 D.m.Sunday, O ct 22 I. ;Asta- M a g n a A c a d e m y r e c o m -m e n c e s in Zurn reci ta l hal l at 2 : 30p.m. f I(see inside for deta i ls)4 ' B e r l i n T o B r o a d w a y W i t h K u r tWe i l l " p l a ys a ga in a t 2 : 30 p . m^Tuesday, Oc t 24 1 fT hi s we e ks f i lm fo r d i sc uss ion is" O t h e l l o " a nd s t a r t s a t 8 p . m .in the Zurn reci ta l hal l . |Wednesday, Oct 248 p . m . * l Sul l i va n Ha l l Pysc ho logyc l u b m e e t i n g .

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THEWith nine games left* the worn-ens volleyball team's record nowstands at 9-23. "Last weekend the team com-peted at the Slippery Rock tourna-ment. There, they lost to Gannon,who are ranked number one in theAtlantic region. They also lost toShippensburg, Slippery Rock andIndiana University of Pennsylva-nia. Mercyhurst did beat K utztownfor their only win of the two day s.Coach Chuck Fleet said,* Things are still on a positive note:most of the losses have come be-cause the team is young. We will bestronger next year.'*

Golf teamwinds upseason atMalone tourneyMercyhurst's golfers roundedoff their fall season with the two-day Malone College tournamentwhich was held last weekend.Heading the Hurst contingentwas Tom Saccamanno and MikeMcPherson who both produced atwo day total of 161. John Deasyshot 172 and Tony Sartini managed181. : 1The University of Charleston,West Virginia won the tournament

By Nick Ro bertsMerciad sports reporterLast Saturday Mercyhurst'swomens soccer team producedwhat could be described as one ofthe best Iwins achieved since thefoundation of the team three yearsago by virtue of a famous 2-0 vic-tory over Army. /The venue, West Point,N.Y, theoccasion; parents weekend, withArmy standing |junbeaten in 12and ranked number one in theEastMercy hurst is ranked number threein theEast With theband playing toa large crowd,the stage was set foran exhibition of outstanding wom-ens soccer.Right from the start Mercy hursttook the game to the strong and

physical Army side,playing somefine soccer throughout the wholeteam.Showing aggressiveness in thetackle and winning the ball in the air,a unified \ determination flowedthrough the team. The Lakers breakcame just before half-time with afine unassisted goal from ChariseMoore whose shot h it the corner ofthe goal post and deflected in fromthe Army goalkeeper.The second half started, verymuch as the firsthalf had ended withthe Lakers fdisplaying some fineballwork and attacking play. Re-sultingfrom his early pressure theLakers won a corner kick whichKathy Monahan kicked directlyinto the ne t This put the Lakers twogoals up after eight minutes of thesecond half. Determined no t to lettheir lead slip the Lakers keptup the

pressure on an amazinglyfi tArmyside. The girls kept their disciplineto the final whistle for an outstand-ing victory.This was an important result, asit putsthe Lakers back in the race fora place at the N.C.A.Afinals.Thisespecially pleased Andy Roth whocommented, "It proved to the girlshow good they really are.theyplayed a solid game from start tofinish, aggressive and very direct''Team captain Rachele Aultcommented,*'This was the bestteam performance I have ever seen.All the girls wanted to w in. Credit toall the team." *| I $ 1 * 1Starting seniors weregestaticwith the performance. * Joni Con-nelly commented, j " The attitudeand preparation for the game waselectric. It is now important for dieteam to keep this spirit consis-

A C T I O N FROM T H E JV football game against Baldwin Wallace PHOTO BKTOM SMOULDER

By Kevin McHughMerciad EditorThe m en's basketball teamunder second year coach, Dr. BarryCopeland, held a Laker media dayon Friday. Three local televisionchannels sent cameras to interviewthe coach and key players.Copeland said that heexpects his senior players; PatrickOdhiambo, Tom Filipkowski andpccially Dave Quinn to playimportant leadership roles.Quinn says he is well preparedto take on any leadership responsi-bilities. "Everybody likes each

other; the team is coming togetherand I think we will work really welltogether/ * Quinn said."Everyone 's reallyfiredup."Quinn said that with seven in-coming j freshmen, inexperiencewill be the team's main stumblingblock but added that it will only takea co u pie ofgames " to get the enginerunning."Beginning his second seasonunder coach Copeland, Quinn hadmuch praise for the former assistantcoach of Syracuse. "He is strong onfundamentals as any coach shouldbe," Quinn said. "He'san excellentcoach."

A lot is also expected fromsophomore, Dave Constantino,who was one of the top scorers lastyear. Constantino is noted for histhree-point shooting ability. He saidhe enjoys shootingfrom hree pointland because it gets the crowd in-volved in the game.Copeland said he is happy withthe team's progress and is lookingforward to a much more successfulseason than last year when theyfinished last in the Mid-East Colle-giate Conference.The team kicks off the season inthe Edinboro Tournament on Nov17.

tenUy."Fellow senior Renee Dan lkem-per said,"This is the best we haveplayed. We matched fArmy |forfitness,we had problems this yearwinning the ball, especially in theair, but wewere aggressive and woneverything in this game. We havenow proved to ourselves we areserious contenders for theNX! A. Afinals." I l \\ 1With Mercy hurst missing threestarters because of injury it showswhat a strong, unified and goodspirited squad coach Roth andcoach Whelan have produced overthe past three years. The team hasfive games left, none of which canbe lost *Theteam'snextgameisathomeagainst Bethany Saturday. Kickoffis .at 2.00 p.m.

Men'stennissuperb) a tSlipperyRockBy John DeasyMerciad sports editor

Themens tennis team capped analready splendid fall season with asuperb showing at the SlipperyRock Invitational tournament lastweekend. *'j Winning everything mere wasto be won the team wiped out Slip-pery Rock, Grove City, IndianaUniversity, Malone University andAllegheny. ~ *IFreshman Coen Buys destroyedthefield n the class A singles beat-ing h is opposing number in the final6-2,6-3 . Raul Raymundo repeatedthe feat in the class B singles win-ning 6-2,6-3. Pat O Keefe defeatedJason Hervoyavich in an all Mer-cy hurst final 7-6,7-6 to clinch theclass C title. \More of the same thing was thecase in the doubles as Coen Buysand Gordon Quinton captured theClass A doubles. Raymundo*andPhil Clark made it a clean sweep atthe tournament by w inning the classB doubles beating fellow LakersO'Keefefand Hervoyavich in thefinal.