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AQUINAS I THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, ZOOS SPORTS 11

Eagles Not So Super ROYAL SPORTS CALENDAR sluggish first quarter and a 7-0 deficit and By JASON WITLOCK eventually took control of the game. KRTCampus Branch and Brady were the big stars. Branch, the . game's MVP, caught a Super Saturday, February 11 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - , Tom Bowl-record -tying 11 passes for 133 yards. Brady, , and Brady completed 23 of 33 passes for 236 Terrell Owens deserve every bit of the yards and two TDs. Brady and the Patriots praise they'll receive over the next few days, also hurt the Eagles with screen passes to 12:00 p.m. • Wrestling years and decades. On the flip, Dillon and Faulk. deserves the criticism he'll receive in Crennel, New England's defensive coordi­ Royals vs. Gettysburg/SUNY/Maratime/Wilkes Philadelphia throughout the offseason. nator, is expected to be appointed head These , winners of coach of the develand Brpwns this week. three of the last four Super Bowls, can't be Hi~ ~inal piece of work in New England was overhyped. And neither can T.O., the brilliant. New England's already-injury-rid­ 1:00 p.m. • Women's Basketball vs. DeSales Philadelphia receiver who claimed God dled secondary took another hit in the first healed his injured ankle and who then went half when safety Eugene Wilson left out and played like it during because of an injured ann. Early in the XXXJX. Reid, coach of the Eagles, can't be game, Philly couldn't neutralize New 3:00 p.m. • Men's Basketball vs. DeSales second-guessed enough for his end-of-game England's blitzes. The Eagles couldn't run. strategy that ruined any chance of a Philly Brian Westbrook produced 44 yards in 15 comeback. carries. Having stripped the. Eagles of a We'll never forget New Englands 24-21 ground attack, the Pats teed off on Donovan Sunday, February IJ victory over the Eagles on Sunday. We'll McNabb and forced the Philly QB into sev­ never forget what it symbolized-the eral mistakes. The Pats intercepted McNabb cementing of the Patriots' dynasty, the three times. cementing of Belichick's reputation as a Belichicks star is so bright that his assis­ 4:30 p.m. • Ice Hockey vs. Drexel modern-day Vince Lombardi and the tants will be remembered as stars no matter cementing of Brady as the new Joe how they fare as head coaches. Belichick, Montana. Crennel and Weis are more revered than We'll also never forget Owens' courage. Brady, Dillon and Branch. Tuesday, February IS Less than two months after what should've Maybe that will be the trend in this era of been season-ending ankle surgery, Owens free-agency and salary caps. Assistant scoffed at his critics and promised to take coaches certainly didn't outshine , the Alltel Stadium field and be much more Paul Hornung and Ray Nitschke; or Terry 6:00 p.m. • Women's Basketball vs. King's ~an a decoy. Owens delivered, catching Bradshaw, Joe Greene and ; or rune passes for 122 yards. Even in defeat Joe Mof!-tana, and Ronnie Lott; or Owens' pregame bravado and game-day , and Michael performance should go down in Super Bowl Irvin. 8:00 p.m. • Men's Basketball vs. King's lore right next to 's Super Bowl Or maybe we in the media need to take mguarantee. another look at the New England players. Had Owens' coach followed T.O.s daring They have to be better than we're giving lead, the Eagles might have pulled the them credit for. Brady obviously is getting upset. Trailing by 10 points with five min­ well-deserved acclaim as an all-time great utes, 40 seconds to play, Reid never put his QB. But he can't be New England's lone Hall Lady Royals In First offense in hurry-up mode. The Eagles fool­ of Fame-caliber player, can he? challenged Drew on Saturday. ishly huddled after every play. Phillys final Branch, with back-to-hack double-digit­ By RICH BARRABI Sophomore guard Allison Matt had 18 scoring drive erased nearly four minutes off catch Super Bowls, is on his way to being Staff Writer points and Mellody contributed 13 as the the clock and took 13 plays to go 79 yards. the next , another receiver who Lady Royals defeated Drew University 72- saved his best work for football's biggest The time-consuming drive forced the Eagles It was a good week for The Universitys 43. into an onside kick. When the Pats recov­ game. The University led 40-24 at halftime, and Middle linebacker is under­ Lady Royals Women's Basketball team. ered the kick, the game was basically over. After decisive victories against division continued their dominance in the second Reid's strange strategy once again high­ rated. Bruschi had an interception and was half, holding Drew {12-10/ 4-7) to only 19 instrumental in stopping Philly's run game. rivals Lycoming College and Drew lighted just how good Belichick is. University, an ESPN/USA Today poll dated points. New England's coaching staff, despite So was defensive end , Feb. 8 ranked The University as the top 'I}rpical of their style of play, the Royals plenty of off-field distractions, put together who also got his arms around McNabb for a out hustled their opponents and played sack. And Dillon is definitely putting up Division mteam in the nation. another flawless game plan. Weis, New The Lady Royals, who earned six out of superior defense. They converted 25 points England's , will now Hall of Fame numbers. off of turnovers and held Drew to 34 per­ It's a short list with plenty of holes. eight possible first place vptes, boast a 19-1 take over as Notre Dame's . His overall record, including a league leading 10- cent from the field. f~~ piece of ~ work was masterly. Belichick, Crennel, Weis and Brady 1n a testament to their depth, the Lady deserve the hype. And let's not forget T.O., 0 Freedom Conference mark. Mixing the runrung of and The Lady Royals made the decision easier Royals' bench outscored Drew's bench 22-2, with the passing of either. on voters by outscoring their opponents led by junior guard Kelly Lewandowski's to , the Patriots shook off a 146-59 in two games during the week of Jan. eight points. 30-Feb. 6. The University has held their last three Lycoming traveled to the John Long opponents to under 50 points, and has done 4nl BIENNIAL TRAVEL SEMINAR TO Center on Wednesday hoping for their sec­ so in 13 of 20 games this season. ond conference win of the season, but they NOTES: Despite their impressive record, ITALY, 2005 fell behind by double digits in the first half the Lady Royals lead the MAC Freedom (JUNE 3-u;. 2005) and never recovered. Conference by just one game. King's . Sophomore guard Taryn Mellody scored 16 College is 9-1 in Freedom Conference play, Jad·l· R.onw and the two teams square off at the Long Ja.aeU-17 flv•H ~ints and had eight rebounds in just 20 mmutes of action, and junior guard Erin Center on Feb. 15 in a game that could Balepa .Joa•lS-2!. Healy added 10 points of her own as the decide the division ....The Universtiy's head (VIIIlal, Rawana. MilD-. Pdu) Lady Royals defeated Lycoming College 74- coach Mike Strong now has 599 victories, .lau 23-15 Milo 36. and is just one shy of becoming just the of trip· The Lady Royals scored 24 points off of third coach in Women's Division ill basket­ Approximate cost turnovers, and outscored Lycoming {6-13/2- ball history to eclipse the 600 plateau ... the $3500.00 (not for credit) 7) 31-6 in the paint. Lady Royals will go on the road to play Lycoming shot just 23 percent from the DeSales on Saturday, Feb. 12. $3500.00 + 1/3 tuition ($517.00) (for credit) field, and did not manage a trip to the free throw line in the first half. Rich Barrabi is a sophomore communica­ You can earn· credit in: Hoping to continue their winning ways, tion major from East Medow, NY. the Lady Royals took to the road when they ARDJ 22j (CAJ W. D) Painted Chambers ofltalv Professor Dunn Gr-anteed's Pizza & Hoagies ARIZ~ The grandaddy of pizza serving the U of S for almost 40 years. 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