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[ Monday, April 21, 2003 ]

Women's Frisbee dominates state sectional tournament
Isis turned in its second strong showing in as many weeks, defeating Swarthmore yesterday to win its first state sectional title.

For The Collegian

Two weeks ago, the Penn State women's club Frisbee team, Isis, dominated its competition en route to the championship at Penn State's Spring Phling tournament.

This past weekend, the stakes were higher, but that didn't affect the team's performance, as it cruised to victory with a commanding showing in the Pennsylvania Sectional tournament, held yesterday and Saturday on the Flower Gardens fields on the Penn State campus.

Isis beat out teams from the University of Pennsylvania, Haverford-Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore, Carnegie Mellon-University of Pittsburgh, and Bucknell to claim its first-ever Pennsylvania Sectional title.

Penn State defeated Swarthmore in yesterday's championship game, 15-11.

After winning Saturday's preliminary rounds against Haverford-Bryn Mawr, 15-3, and Penn, 15-1, the women claimed a 10-point victory over Bucknell in the semifinal round yesterday morning.

"It was a little breezy," Penn State co-captain Sarah Lahm said, "but we played good defense and we cleaned up our offense as the game went on."

The reorganization of the offense was the key to the Swarthmore victory for the women as they were forced to recover from a two-point deficit with a 6-0 scoring run to gain the lead, which they never again relinquished. Also of benefit to the team was its home-field advantage.

"We had a lot of fans here at this tournament," co-captain Karen Schulte said. "And it was nice to sleep in your own bed."

The Pennsylvania Sectional tournament was the first step on the road to nationals and qualified five of the six teams in attendance for the Metro East Regional tournament, to be held on the campus of Princeton University May 3-4.

Teams from the Upstate New York, Metro New York, and Colonial sections will join the Regionals qualifiers from the Pennsylvania Section.

Isis will go into Regionals as the No. 1 seed, as it has not lost any games to any teams in its region so far this season. However, the women expect to face difficult competition, even from teams they have previously handled this season.

"[Swarthmore] has improved a lot this season; every time we see them they get better," Lahm said.

"Delaware has been improving as well, so Regionals is going to have some good, competitive teams."

To prepare for Regionals, Isis plans to continue to work on re-organizing its offense, making sure that every person on the team is comfortable with her throw, and further tuning-up its defense.

At Regionals, the stakes will be higher still, but Isis will look to continue its trend of domination.

 



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