1919 The Cowl 1992 Established in 1935 Vol. LVI No. 15 Providence College • Providence, Rhode Island February 27,1992 Another Tough One Floyd and Friars Fall Short in 70-68 OT Loss PC Hockey Is by John Raposo season games left, so we have overs, while the Friar defense Sports Editor to go to New York [for the Big held its own forcing eight and East Tournament] and win the holding the explosive Malik Maine-ly Hungry They came back from the whole thing if we want to play Sealy to 1-7 from the field. dead. Well, sort of. in the post season," conceded When the half ended, the once After being buried in a mass Rick Barnes—his heart beating intimidating crowd—remem­ grave somewhere underneath heavily—after the draining ber when?—stood silent. A UConn's Gampel Pavilion, the ame. 'W e just have to get that young girl in section 221 Friars nearly played the role of unger bade" dropped her hair ribbon and it Lazarus, returning to The Land In a game that featured 14 could be heard on press row. of the Living, instead of the ties and 16 lead changes, the No vital signs from the fans. role of Jimmy Hoffa. In the first three minutes, with three No pulse. No heartbeat. Brain vernacular of college basket­ turnovers for each team, death. ball, The Land of the Living proved to be a harbinger for "They put a lot of pressure denotes post-season play, some the remainder of the game. on Malik," whispered the ven­ 64 teams in the NCAA tourna­ Marques Bragg's foul shot erable Lou Camesecca. "All of ment and another 32 in the NIT, made the score 14-14 after eight the defenses are geared to stop­ some 96 spots for 300 Division minutes of play. At that point, ping him. Providence is just One teams. Could the Friars be St. John's massive 6'11" viscious underneath the among the 204 grave markers Shawnelle Scott equaled his boards. They just explode at in the 1992 cemetery? seasonal average with nine you." At 13-15,5-10 in the Big East, points. Troy Brown paced the Simpkins cut that lead to one even those derogatory chants Friars early with 4 points on a with a foul-indudng fallaway of "NIT..NIT...NIT" raining layup and a pretty baseline jumperfromthelowpost. That down from the Gampel faith­ jumper. basket keyed a 17-9 run by the ful may have been asking for Dickey Simpkins, the Friars' Friars as they claimed a 44-40 too much. In Monday's na­ high scorer with 16 points, advantage. Simpkins led the tionally-televised showdown staked PC a 20-18 lead with an spurt with eight points includ­ with St. John's, the Big East's 18 foot bomb with only sec­ ing an alley oop on a lob from hottest team with seven straight onds left on the shot clock. St. Bragg. The Redmen stormed wins, the Friars matched the John's tightened the jaws of its backwith the unlikliest of cata­ Redmen steal for steal, turn­ defense, and they ran off a 9-3 lysts, David Cain, a defensive over for turnover, and elbow run to end the half. Jason specialist who averages only 8 for elbow in an old-fashioned, Buchanan kissed a running minutes a game. His two knock-down, drag-out, rock-n- leaner off the backboard to give layups along with a Sealy, who roll shootout at the PC Corral. St. John's a 31-23, their biggest would end up with 21 points, In the end, though, it was the of the game. A Rob Phelps slashing drive gave the Red­ Friars who were left on the short three and a Bragg free throw men a 49-44 lead. end of a 72-68 overtime thriller. would cut the deficit to four Simpkins again closed the Vital signs below normal. Pulse points. gap to 52-51 when his dribble faint. Heart still beating. Barely. In the first half, the Redmen "We only have two regular defense induced 12 PC turn­ continued on p. 6 Freshmen Craig Darby (#27) and Chad Quenneville (#13) lead the Friar attack against the Maine Black Bears this weekend by Russell Newell 14 games due to a broken Sports Writer wrist. The Terriers tied the Lady Friars "Go For All the Hardware" game early in the second pe­ riod, but Gary Socha slammed Top Seed in ECAC Championships ThisWeekend The men's hockey team sits homea goal on the power play in a familiar position in to give the Friars another lead. by Beth Albertini van and Manning got their Northeastern," said Coach John Hockey East this week. They The Friars then committed Assistant Sports Editor second points of the night from Marchetti. "We really domi­ head into the final week of the two penalties and BU took theassists. Granato scored PC's nated the Brown game, and regular season tied with the over the lead, 3-2, after two It's that time of year again. last two goals, the first from against Northeastern we were University of New Hampshire periods. Brian Ridolfi showed It'schampionship time,and the O'Sullivan and Manning and a little bit nervous in the begin­ for second place after last that his layoff did not hamper Lady Fnars are ready. The the second from Cofran. ning. We were down 3-2 after weekend's loss to Boston Col­ his scoring skills when he women's hockey team closed The Lady Friars headed to the second period, but we re­ lege and tie with Boston Uni­ scored a goal in the third pe­ out their regular season on Boston on the 13th to face the ally, really put on a barrage of versity. The Friars' 11-6-2 riod to tie the contest again. Monday night and head into Northeastern Huskies. The shots in the third period and record in Hockey East give The two teams were not able the ECAC Championships as Huskies, who beat Providence finally one went in. We could them 24 points, two ahead of to find the net in overtime, the number one seed and the earlier thisseason,and the Lady have very easily beaten them BU and six behind league- resulting in the 3-3 tie. Brad host team. Friars battled toa3-3 tie. North­ in overtime, so we overall leader Maine. Mullahy made his eighth On Tuesday, February 11, eastern scored the first goal of played well and out-played Last week the Friars lost a straight appearance and col­ Providence travelled across the game late in the first pe­ them." tough one at Boston College lected 32 saves on the night. town to the Meehan Aud to riod, but Providence netted the Over the break, the Lady on Friday night. Providence The results of last week­ face the Brown Bears. Trailing next two goals. Granato, O'Sul­ Friars were on home ice for ou tshotthe Eagles, 28-18, with end leave the Friars with a 1-0 after one period, the Lady livan ana Manning combined ames against St. Lawrence and goals by Mike Boback and strong chance of maintaining Friars shut down the Brown for the first, with Beth Beagan, rineeton, and away at Har­ Chris Therien, but it was not second place in Hockey East. offense and exploded for six Sara Coan and Laurie Lashomb vard and New Hampshire. PC enough to overcome a third Any combination of PC wins goals in the second to put the getting the second. Northeast­ Friars came away with two period BC rally that sealed the and UNH losses equalling Bears away, 6-1. Stephanie ern came back with two of their victories on the first weekend, 4-2 loss. Brad Mullahy made four points will give the Friars O'Sullivan got Providence on own to end the period with a 3- but lost defender Chris Bailey 14 saves in goal. second place. The Friars the board 1:54 into the period 2 lead. Granato sent the game with a broken arm in the St. On Saturday night, Schnei­ swept UNH 3-0-0 in this sea­ with an assist from Cammi into overtime with 12 seconds Lawrence game. der Arena witnessed a physi­ son's series, so they would Granato. Goals two and three left on a goal from Beagan and Providence got started early cal battle between the Friars take any ties in points. For PC came just 19 seconds apart by O'Sullivan. Although the Lady against St. Lawrence with four and the Terriers. It was also to finish third, the Friars need Kathy Brophy on the power Friars out-shot Northeastern 8- goals in the opening period. the last home game for the any combination of wins and play from Vicky Movsessian at 5 in overtime, they couldn't get O'Sullivan began the roll with seniors. BU losses equalling two 6:00, and Wendy Cofran with the winninggoal across the goal a power play goal 7:46 into the Mark Devine put PC on the points. help from Movsessian and line. game. Coan and Beagan added board first with his fourth goal Providence's remaining Granato to put the Lady Friars "We were probably playing the assists. Coan notched a of the season. His line in­ two games are at Orono, up 3-1. Lynn Manning netted as well as we have played all goal of her own two minutes cluded Brian Ridolfi who PC's fourth goal and O'Sulli­ made his return after missing continued on p.