2008 Woodie Awards
What you missed over break...
Pat Pickens
Issue date: 3/15/07 Section: Sports
Welcome back everyone. Hope your spring break was one joyous occasion.
For all those of you out there who were either: a.) too busy sitting by the pool getting tan, b.) drinking your face off while sitting in the sun and getting tan, c.) sitting in the hospital from drinking your face off, or d.) braving the elements up here (for those of you I truly sympathize), a lot has happened over the past two weeks.
Here's what we've learned…
First, we've seen that Sacred Heart men's basketball has the potential to rope any and all students, faculty, and fans into its run at the NCAA tournament. The Pioneers basketball team completed an impressive run to uncharted waters by winning their first two NEC Tournament games.
We also found out why Javier Mojica is the NEC player of the year, and also why SHU hasn't won at Central Connecticut St. in over nine years. Mojica had 25 points in the championship game, and despite trailing by as many as 10 in the second half, the Blue Devils and their boisterous crowd were too much to overcome.
We also found out this week that even though Sacred Heart can be in a tournament championship game on ESPN2, the Pioneers still don't get any love. With the entire telecast surrounding the wonderful story of Mojica, and Howie Dickenmann's plaques, it was enough to make a Pioneer fan sick.
We confirmed this week that Amanda Pape has enough power to almost single-handedly overcome obstacles. She scored half of the team's 50 points in the semi-final win over Monmouth last week, and sparked SHU from a nine point, second half deficit to a four point win.
We also found out that Pape's power can only do so much. After an eight-hour trip from hell to Moon Township, Pa. and after trailing by 13 at halftime, the Pioneers struck back, and when it was time for SHUperwoman, Pape to deliver, she almost did. Dishing a nice pass when hung up in traffic for the apparent game-tying layup.
We also found out that breaks were not on the Pioneers' side all week. Pape missed the subsequent layup off of the timeout and SHU lost 68-66. This goes along with Jarrid Frye fouling out on a questionable call with three minutes to go in the men's game as the realization that some dreams must be put off.
For all those of you out there who were either: a.) too busy sitting by the pool getting tan, b.) drinking your face off while sitting in the sun and getting tan, c.) sitting in the hospital from drinking your face off, or d.) braving the elements up here (for those of you I truly sympathize), a lot has happened over the past two weeks.
Here's what we've learned…
First, we've seen that Sacred Heart men's basketball has the potential to rope any and all students, faculty, and fans into its run at the NCAA tournament. The Pioneers basketball team completed an impressive run to uncharted waters by winning their first two NEC Tournament games.
We also found out why Javier Mojica is the NEC player of the year, and also why SHU hasn't won at Central Connecticut St. in over nine years. Mojica had 25 points in the championship game, and despite trailing by as many as 10 in the second half, the Blue Devils and their boisterous crowd were too much to overcome.
We also found out this week that even though Sacred Heart can be in a tournament championship game on ESPN2, the Pioneers still don't get any love. With the entire telecast surrounding the wonderful story of Mojica, and Howie Dickenmann's plaques, it was enough to make a Pioneer fan sick.
We confirmed this week that Amanda Pape has enough power to almost single-handedly overcome obstacles. She scored half of the team's 50 points in the semi-final win over Monmouth last week, and sparked SHU from a nine point, second half deficit to a four point win.
We also found out that Pape's power can only do so much. After an eight-hour trip from hell to Moon Township, Pa. and after trailing by 13 at halftime, the Pioneers struck back, and when it was time for SHUperwoman, Pape to deliver, she almost did. Dishing a nice pass when hung up in traffic for the apparent game-tying layup.
We also found out that breaks were not on the Pioneers' side all week. Pape missed the subsequent layup off of the timeout and SHU lost 68-66. This goes along with Jarrid Frye fouling out on a questionable call with three minutes to go in the men's game as the realization that some dreams must be put off.
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