MD – MIAA | Archive | April, 2008

LACROSSE: MCDONOGH SOARS PAST ARCHBISHOP SPALDING, 16-8

 Sophomore Tyler Frederick scored four goals and assisted on five others, Sam Greenberg and Pat Sartory scored three goals each, Connor Rockerfeller and Pat Toohey each had a goal and an assist, with one goal each from Brian Hess, Kyle Rice, Ben Sataloff and Sam Eby as McDonogh, ranked fifth in the DigitalSportsTop 20, vanquished Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference rival Archbishop Spalding on Friday, 16-8.

Tyler Fiorito made 14 saves for the Eagles, who are 3-3 in the league, and, 11-4 overall. The Cavaliers slipped to 3-4 in the league, and, 7-6 overall.

McDonogh


Greenberg 3 goals

Fredrick 4 goals 5 assist

Sartory 3 and 1

Toohey 1 and 1

Hess 1

Rice 1

Rockafeller 1 and 1

Sataloff 1

Eby 1

Fiorito 14 saves

Woods 1 save

 

Archbishop Spalding

May 3 goals

Polter 1 assist

Burke 2 goals

B. Cooper 2 asists

K. Cooper 1 assist

Thomas 1 goal

Mckroy 2 assists

Borrebach 1 goal

Scalley 1 goal, 1 assist

 

Powell 10 saves

Meredith 2 saves

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CARDS BEAT FRIARS 4-2, MAINTAIN FIRST

by Joe DiBlasi

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It was the critcal moment of a tense, well played baseball game between the area’s #1 team and one of its nearest challengers, yesterday at Calvert Hall’s Crispino Stadium.  And, as has happened so often before during Calvert Hall’s recent reign over the MIAA A Conference, someone stepped forward to lead coach Lou Eckerl’s club to victory.

Trailing 4-2 entering the top of sixth, third-ranked Archbishop Curley mounted a threat as Brandon Franke singled and Matt Wilson was hit by a pitch to
give the Friars runners at first and second with nobody out, with the heart of its lineup coming to the plate.   Enter Cardinal junior Mike Trionfo, a fire-balling right-hander who had
fanned nineteen hitters in ten innings of work on the year, who was summoned into the contest by his skipper.

Trionfo delivered.

He started by getting Brad Waltman swinging for the first out.  The dangerous Sean Thompson, who already had two RBI with a single and a solo home run, then came to the plate and, after Trionfo fell behind in the count, 2-1, Eckerl ordered an intentional walk to load the bases.  Trionfo was up to the task as he calmly fanned clean-up hitter Mike O’Neil and
got Norm Cushing to ground out to first to end the Curley threat.  He then struck out the side in the seventh, as the Cardinals notched their
tenth MIAA A Conference win of the year against one loss.
 
“We hung with them, but we just couldn’t get that clutch hit when we needed
it,” lamented Curley coach Jack Thomas.
The Friars out-hit the Cards 7-4 and had five hit batsman and four walks,
but as Thomas said, they just couldn’t cash in, as they stranded 13 runners on the day.

“We had lots of chances,” said Thompson, “we just couldn’t get that big
hit.”
 
Calvert Hall ace Mike Dillon got his sixth win of the year, as repeatedly pitched out of trouble before getting the the helping hand from Trionfo.  Calvert Hall (18-5 overall) moved to 10-1 in the A Conference where it remains in a virtual first-place tie with Archbishops Spalding, which defeated McDonogh, 8-1, yesterday, to move to 11-2 in the league.  Curley (15-5 overall) slipped to 9-3 in the league and is now 1-1/2 games off the pace.

Yesterday’s offensive star for Calvert Hall was Kevin Lingerman, who had a triple and a double and scored two runs, while right-fielder Greg Bryant drove in two in the first inning on a clutch
line single to right.

The Cardinals scored two more runs in the fourth
off Curley right-hander Kieth Fritz, one on an infield error and the other on a
sacrifice fly.

The Cardinal keystone combination of shortstop Pat Bair
and second baseman Patrick Fitzgerald made a big contribution to the win
in
the top of the second, when the Friars had two on and two out.  Waltman hit a
grounder that appeared headed for left field for an RBI single, but Blair back-handed it deep in the hole and flipped to second.  The low toss squirted away from Fitzgerald, preventing a force, but the talented second baseman chased down the ball and delivered a perfect strike to the plate to gun down Curley’s Jon Sobczynski, who was attempting to steal a run.

Plenty of work still remains for the Cardinals, who will visit Curley on Tuesday, to makeup an ealier rain out, and then return home, on Wednesday with for a huge showdown with Spalding.

Curley, which also play John Carroll and streaking Loyola next week, still has one more game with Spalding as well, so it remains alive in the race for first, but the Friars must also contend with Loyola (8-4) and St. Paul’s (7-4) who have each moved within striking distance of third place.

 
Calvert Hall 4, Archbishop Curley 2
AC   001 100 0 –   2  7  2
CH   202 000 x –   4  4 
0

Fritz, Franke (6) and Waltman; Dillon, Trionfo (6) and
Sawyer
2B: AC-Sobczynski; CH-Lingerman.
3B: CH-Lingerman.
HR: AC-Thompson
WP Dillon   LP   Fritz
 
 
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FRIENDS OUTSCORES PARK & ST. MARY’S 28-10 TO WIN FOURTH STRAIGHT

Friends, currently ranked #20 in the DigitalSports Baltimore area baseball poll, moved into sole possession of first-place in the Black Division of the MIAA B Conference, with a pair of big victories this week.

On back-to-back days, Friends outscored Park and St. Mary’s by a combined margin of 28-8 to stretch their current winning streak to four games.  The Quakers (12-2 overall) are now 7-2 in the league and lead second-place St. Vincent Pallotti (5-2) by one game in the battle for the top seed in the division.  The two teams will square off next Friday in Laurel.

On Wednesday, the Quakers slugged their to a 13-5 road victory at Park School.  Starting pitcher Wick Eisenberg continued his dominance on the mound striking out 10 in six innings.  With the game tied, 4-4, going into the fourth, the Quakers went on top with a pair of runs and followed with four in the fifth and two in the sixth to provide Eisenberg with all the support he would need.  

Every single Friends player reached base safely in the game with multi hits from Austin Lasky, And Van Dusen, Eisenberg and Matt Frost.
 
On Thursday, St. Mary’s was looking to avenge a 6-4 loss to Friends, from the previous week, but the hot Quaker bats responded for a 15-5, five-inning rout.

Frost made the start and got the win, as the Quakers batted around in the bottom of the third and scored seven runs to take control.  The rally was aided by a series of key walks and hits from Kelly Dayton, Jerry Donabedian, Austin Ritter, Frost, Lasky and Mike Meshulam.

Friends then added four more runs in the fourth, highlighted by a two-run stand up triple by Lasky.  It was his fourth three-bagger of the season.  

The Quakers will continue their quest for a division title on Monday, when they travel to Essex to face Mount Carmel.

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LACROSSE: ST. PAUL’S SENIOR DAY MARKED BY 21-7 VICTORY OVER FRIENDS

The St. Paul’s varsity
lacrosse team delivered a resounding 21-7 victory over Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference rival Friends on its “Senior
Day” Tuesday, rising to 3-3 in the league, and winning its ninth game in 16 outtings.

On a beautiful, sun-drenched day on Tullai Field, the Crusaders erupted for six, second-quarter goals for an 11-4 halftime lead, then rattled off eight more goals in the third period for a 19-6 advantage heading into the fourth.

Ty Feeley scored three times and had two assists, Peter Smyth and Adam Johnston each scored three times and assisted on a fourth goal, goals and assisted on a fourth among the 13 different Crusaders’ players who scored goals.

Cliff Larkin scored a goal and assisted on four others; Pat Powderly had two each in goals and assists;
Taylor Michel scored one of his two goals from behind his back; and Jeff
Fountain contributed a goal and two assists.

Scoring one goal each were Alex Chay, Jeff Clements, Chris
Wilson, Zach Linkous, Tim Gaines and Drew Berger, with Jake Shipley contributing an assist.

Smyth and Mike Faby dominated
the faceoffs, winning all but 10 of 31 draws.

Three different Crusaders’ keepers manned the nets, with four saves from Dimetri Hajimihalis, three from Jake Springer, and two from Nick Loverde.

 The Crusaders allowed “every single player quality minutes in the
victory,” said coach Rick Brocato.

Before the game, 16 seniors and their parents were recognized.

The seniors were Drew Berger, Jeff
Clements, Ty Feeley, Henson Ford, Jake Fradkin, Peter Gurny, Dimetri
Hajimihalis, Andrew Hanson, Adam Johnston, Cliff Larkin, Matt Lunnen, Scott
Matthews, MIke Shipley, Peter Smyth, Chris Wilson and Peter Windsor.

Ranked 11th in the DigitalSports Top 20, the Crusaders visit third-ranked Calvert Hall (4-1, 11-1) on Tuesday.

Goals: SP – Smyth 3, Feeley 3,
Johnston 3, Michel 2, Powderly 2, Fountain 1, Larkin 1, Chay 1, Linkous 1,
Wilson 1, Clements 1, Gaines 1, Berger 1. F – Miller 2, Herzog 2, T. Goldman 1,
D. Goldman 1, Desmit 1.

Assists: SP – Larkin 4, Powderly 2,
Feeley 2, Fountain 2, Johnston 1, Smyth 1, Shipley 1. F – Miller 2, Desmit 1,
Starr 1. Saves: SP – Hajimihalis 4, Springer 3, Loverde 2. F – Wells 10.


Half: SP 11 – 4.

 

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FOOTBALL: SCOTT RIPLEY TO COACH AGAIN AT ALMA MATER CARDINAL GIBBONS

Former Cardinal Gibbons football coach, Scott Ripley, is just that, once again.

Ripley, who guided the Crusaders’ program through a winning stint for four years through 2001, has returned to that program after spending time as an assistant at thriving, Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference powers, Loyola, and, Gilman, over the past few years.

Ripley was the head coach of the Crusaders from 1998-through-2001, guiding his team to an MIAA B Conference title in 2000

“We are pleased to have Coach Ripley back at his alma mater and very excited about the future of Gibbons football,” said Crusaders’ athletic director Jeff Cheevers of Ripley, a 1987 graduate.

“Being an alumni, it feels like I’m coming home. This past year at Gilman was the best experience of my coaching career. Coach [Biff] Poggi and his staff are no doubt the best in the state,” Ripley said. “I hop to model the Gibbons program around the ‘Building Men for Others’ philosophy.”
 

 

History:
Cardinal Gibbons Alumnus- Class of 1987

 

 

 

Head Coach at Gibbons from:

1998- 2001              Record: 24 – 17

2000 MIAA “B” Conference Champions- 8 –
3

 

*Involved in the Gibbons
Football Program for 12 Years- JV Head Coach- Varsity Assistant

Served as Co-Athletic
Director in 1999

 

Star Players coached at Gibbons:

Hassan Muhammad
current RB at Towson State University- 
Rushed for 1737 yards breaking Vaughn Hebrons record in 2000- Scored 55
touchdowns.

 

Chris Stimmel
LB- Central Connt. State
University-

                     Possible NFL Free Agent
this weekend

 

Gerrick McPhearson  RB/DB- University of

                          Maryland- NFL- Played
for

                          New Giants

 

Mitchell “Rocky” Brown

                          WR- Towson State Starter

 

 

 

Coaching Background:

 

Loyola Blakefield- 2002-2006-

*5 Years:  Record: 41-14

Defensive Coordinator-
Defense ranked in the top 10 each year- Massay Rankings.

Won 2 Championships while at
Loyola 

 

Gilman- 2007- 1 Year:         Record 4 – 5

Defensive Back Coach and
Running Back Coach,

Recruit Coordinator.

 

 

Baltimore Touchdown Club Information:

2nd Vice President
of the Baltimore
Touchdown Club:

Runs the Annual Senior
All-Star Game.

 

Awards: 2000 “Building Men for Others Foundation-

                                Coach of the
Year.”

 

              2003- Baltimore Touchdown Club
Hall of

                     Fame inductee- Service to
Football

 

              2004- Arbutus Golden Eagles Football

                 Association Special Achievement

                                  Award Winner 
   

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OWLS EDGE PANTHERS, 4-2, BEHIND BARON

by Joe DiBlasi

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It might not have been Sean Mosley going against Brandon Greene, when the St.
Frances Panthers visited the Towson Catholic Owls, on Thursday at the Pine
Grove Middle School Field in Parkville, but it was, never the less, a
great match-up between TC’s Kevin Baron and the Panthers’ Darrel “Boom”
Anderson in a baseball duel that pitted the Owls freshman right-hander against
the St. Frances sophomore standout  The Owls would prevail 4-2, in a game that
was played in 90 minutes to remain in the playoff hunt in the MIAA C
Conference.

“Boom” would live up to his nickname when he blasted a
solo home run to deep left field in the bottom of the first, and he added a
double in the sixth. Anderson also scored twice and went all the way on the
mound for coach Brian Boles, surrendering just four hits.  But Baron, a
ninth-grade phenom with great promise, also had two hits, a double and a
single, and he scored two runs.  On the hill he scattered six hits and held
the Panthers to just two runs, en route to his first complete game win for coach
Jesse Thomas.

Even more impressive about both young hurlers was their
control. Baron fanned twelve and walked one, and through the first four
innings, he had ten strikeouts.  Anderson fanned seven and only walked one,
but he was the victim of two unearned runs that made the difference in the
game.

With the score tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth, TC would
score twice, once on an RBI single by Joe Kelly, and again on a
perfectly executed ******* squeeze. Thomas sent pinch-hitter Ed Wunderer to
the plate with Kelly on third, and Wunderer laid down a perfect bunt as
Kelly dashed accross the plate.  The Panthers answered with a run in the top of
the sixth, to make it 3-2 when Anderson doubled and Devin Hill singled him
in, but the Owls got an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth when Baron
doubled, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored on an infield
out.

Antwan Crawford led off the seventh for the Panthers with a single,
but the visitors had their hopes dashed when Baron snared Kris Dixon’s bunt
attempt in the air, and quickly doubled Crawford off first.  Baron then got
Jerome Awkward to pop to short to end the game.

“I had good stuff today,
and got great support from my teammates,” said Baron. 

Thomas, in his second
year with Towson Catholic, started six freshmen and two sophomores, while his Panther
counterpart started four freshman and three sophomores.  Both
schools are building baseball programs that are rapidly becoming
competitive.

“We’re very young, but we’re developing a solid program,”
said Thomas, who with Towson Catholic athletic director Jeff Palumbo started baseball last
season at the Towson school.  Boles, who is assisted by his brother Mark, is
also preaching fundamental baseball to his young players.  “We play hard and
try to minimize our mistakes,” said the fourth year coach.

We can look
for good things from both of these programs in years to come, as the
underclassmen gain experience and maturity under
great leadership. 

Towson Catholic 4, St. Frances 2
SF  100 001 0 –  2    6   2
TC  100 021 x –  4    4   0

Anderson and Wallace; Baron and
Beckwith
2B: SF-Anderson; TC-Baron.
HR: SF-Anderson.
WP Baron   LP  Anderson

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ZACH COLLINS NAMED GILMAN’S NEW ICE HOCKEY COACH

 From Tim Holley,
Gilman’s athlectic director

    It is with great pleasure that I officially announce the appointment of  Zach Collins as Gilman’s new varsity ice hockey coach.  Mr. Collins succeeds Will Perkins, who served as our head ice hockey coach for past two seasons. 

Coach Perkins will remain on the varsity staff in the capacity of associate head coach.  As a veteran coach in our hockey program for over a decade, Coach Perkins’ presence will continue to have the steady impact it has for so many years. 

As head coach, Coach Perkins led the Gilman’s varsity team to the B Conference finals in 2007.  His dedicated service to the ice hockey program, the athletics department, and the school continues to be greatly appreciated.

    Coach Collins is no stranger to Gilman or our hockey program.  He has served as our varsity assistant for the last two seasons.  Coach Collins played his high school hockey in Massachusetts and is a graduate of Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. 

Currently he teaches in the Baltimore City Public School System.  Please join me in congratulating Mr. Collins on his new position and wishing him much success.
      

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CARDS DEAL AWAY MOUNT ST. JOSEPH

by Alejandro Danois

Top-ranked Calvert Hall College bounced back from last weekend’s loss to Malvern Prep (PA), routing 19th ranked Mount St. Joseph, 13-2, in a MIAA A Conference contest at Carlo Crispino Stadium in Towson Wednesday afternoon.
    
Cardinals senior Kevin Lingerman overcame a shaky start, pitching five strong innings and surrendered only two hits.  After giving up a single to the Gaels’ Derek Buehler with one out in the top half of the first, Ryan Kemp crushed a Lingerman fastball that easily cleared the centerfield scoreboard, putting Mount St. Joseph’s ahead.

“Kevin gave up a good pitch to Kemp, he got the ball over the plate a little too much, and he hit it out,” said Cardinals coach Lou Eckerl. “Kevin’s a battler, he’s never going to give up and he’s going to keep us in every ballgame. I felt confident that we were still in the game there and we weren’t going to give up just because we gave up two runs on a home run.”

“I wasn’t hitting my spots early, was a little wild in the first inning and threw a fastball right down the middle,” said Lingerman. “Ryan took a hold of it and that kind of fired us up a little bit.”

Calvert Hall (17-5 overall, 9-1 in MIAA A) answered right back in the bottom half of the inning as sophomore Patrick Fitzgerald led off with a single. After junior Patrick Blair’s single sailed through the right infield gap, senior Brooks Rothschild stepped to the plate with runners on the corners.

On a 1-0 pitch, Blair attempted to steal second, but Gaels’ catcher Kirby Riehl overthrew second base, allowing Fitzgerald score. After Rothschild walked on four consecutive pitches, Greg Bryant singled in another run, knotting the score at 2-2.

After Mount St. Joseph (9-8-1, 3-6) pitcher Tommy Miller walked Michael Dillon loaded the bases, Joe Roback’s single up the middle scored two more runs for Calvert Hall. Lingerman found his groove, retiring seven straight batters before Nick Caddick lifted a single into the left field gap in the top of the fourth.

“Kevin did a good job and had his breaking pitch in there that kept them off balance,” said Eckerl. “Besides the home run, he did a nice job keeping runners off the bases. We knew that Kevin was going to keep us in the game so we just had to take our time and scratch back into the game, which we did.”

“I knew my team had my back and I started to hit my spots,” said Lingerman. “Our defense was making plays, we pulled together as a team, started getting hits and called it a day after that.”

The Cardinals offense added four more in the second and five more in the bottom of the fourth before Lingerman closed the door in the top of the fifth.

“We played good defense, hit the ball extremely well today and scored plenty of runs so that was a pretty good game for us,” said Eckerl.

Bryant led Calvert Hall’s offensive surge, going 3-for-3 with three RBI. Every Cardinals batter managed a hit in the game, collecting 13 total.

Calvert Hall 13, Mount St. Joseph 2

Mount St. Joseph  200 00-2 4 3                 
Calvert Hall           440 5x-13 13 1   

Miller, Schenk (4) and Kraska; Lingerman and Sawyer. 2B: MSJ-Alagna; CH-Bryant, Lingerman. HR: MSJ-Kemp.

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LAKERS HOLD ON TO BEAT PALLOTTI 6-5

by Joe DiBlasi

Boys Latin captured their eighth-straight
win on Wednesday behind left-hander Reese Hale, but the undefeated senior gave coach Mike Bordick some anxious moments in the last inning when a talented
St. Vincent Pallotti squad would bat around in the top of the seventh and
score five times, to make the game close.

Hale and his mates took a 6-0
lead into the last inning and he was cruising along with a five-hit
shutout.

Adam Goodman and Corey Matheson would start the seventh with
singles for the Panthers, putting runners on first and second, before Mark Brady popped to short for the first out of the inning. Then Lino
Cressotti grounded to third, on what looked like a routine out, but the throw to
first pulled first-baseman Josh Winters leaping off the bag.  Cressotti
collided with Winters on his way down the line, and the ball sailed over the
firrst-sacker’s head.  Winters fell to the ground, and with all eyes focused on
him, both Pallotti runners would race all the way around to give the Panthers their
first two runs of the day against Hale.

With Cressotti on second, Pat Macnaught singled, and then
P.J.Martindale hit a sinking liner to center that looked like it would drop.
But, Laker centerfielder Huntley Mitchell made a spectacular shoe-string catch to
help thwart the rally.

“I went all out to get it, and  knew I’d have to dive,”
said the fleet outfielder.

With two on and two out, slugging Kieran
Flannery caught a Hale fast ball and whacked it 320 feet over the left-centerfield fence, and, suddenly, a 6-0 lead was diminsihed to
6-5.

“He kept giving me the same pitches, so I sat on a fast ball and got
my pitch,” said Flannery.  It was his fourth circuit clout
of the
season.

Bordick would leave Hale in, even after catcher Kevin Hughes
singled to center, to put the tieing run on.

Hale got Sam Stefanelli to
fly to left to end it, and the Lakers had their eighth win in a row. The Lakers improved to 9-1 in the MIAA B Confernece, as they continue to lead the Red Divison. 

“It
was a tough battle today,” said the former Oriole shortstop.  “Fortunately we
got to their pitcher first.  We have great
senior leadership, and solid
defense, and we were able to hold on to beat a very good team.”

The Lakers turned four double-plays and got timely
hitting.  A two-run homer by Winters in the fifth turned out to be
the difference in the game.

Pallotti coach Pat Courtemanche’s Panthers fell to 5-2 in the Black Division of the conference, dropping into a tie for first with up and coming Friends School.

Boys’ Latin 6, St. Vincent Pallotti 5
SVP   000 000 5 –  5  9 
0
BL     003 120 x –  6  9   2
Stefanelli and Hughes; Hale and
Schoanfeld
2B: BL-Mellinger, Mitchell.
HR: SVP-Flannery; BL-Winters.
WP: Hale    LP: Stefanelli

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CRUSADERS UPSET FRIARS BEHIND STATON, 10-1

by Joe DiBlasi

Cardinal Gibbons right-hander Ryan Staton did
it again.

Two weeks ago, the big senior right-hander pitched a complete
game win over #1 ranked Calvert Hall. Tuesday, he fired a four-hiter at #3 Archbishop Curley
as Gibbons defeated another top ranked team, routing the Friars, 10-1.

The Gibbons offense, as it did in the win over Calvert Hall, really backed Staton, as the Crusaders got a three-run home run from catcher Andrew Parker, to key a big first inning.

“I had good stuff, and the guys hit well today,” said
Staton, who now has eight wins on the year. “We can beat anybody on any given
day.  Now we have to work hard to be sure we make the playoffs.”

Staton
needed only 85 pitches against coach Jack Thomas’ squad.  The Friars loss was
only their second in the conference this year.

Center-fielder Blake
Thompson was 4 for-4 at the plate for Gibbons, with a two-run homer, two doubles, three runs
scored and three RBI.

“I was seeing the
ball real well, and we played with a lot of confidence,” said the speedy junior.

The Crusaders scored in every inning but the second on their way to
another huge win over a top ranked team.  Last Friday, they also gave #2 Archbishop Spalding a
scare, before falling at home to the Cavaliers, 7-5.

“We need to play this way every
time out,” said coach Lee Schwarzenberg. “Lately, I’m just not sure which team
will show up.

“When Staton is on the mound, we are capable of beating
anyone.”

Curley now turns its attention to #1 Calvert Hall, who it visits on
Friday.  The teams will also play again next week, at Curley, in a make-up of an earlier rainout.  The Friars and Cardinals, along with Spalding, all remain in strong contention for the top-seed for the post-season tournament.  Gibbons, despite its marquee wins, is a long way yet from the playoffs.  It will look to improve those prospects when it entertains John Carroll on Friday.

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