Associate sports editor Jeff Dooley must have watched one too many Colts games this season, because, like the pragmatic Peyton Manning, Dooley is calling an audible at the last possible moment.

p. As frequent readers may recall, Dooley wrote an NFL predictions column at the outset of the season. In this well-crafted work, Dooley made both a bold and wise prediction by picking the Indianapolis Colts to win Super Bowl XLI. So, when Indianapolis cornerback Marlin Jackson intercepted the Patriots’ Tom Brady’s pass guaranteeing the Colts a berth in Super Bowl XLI, I immediately assumed, generous and caring friend that I am, that it would only be just that Jeff could pick the Colts for this week’s column, because, well, he had “dibs.” Much to my surprise, when we met to debate who would pick the Colts, Dooley eagerly volunteered to pick the Bears. At first I was both thankful and grateful for Jeff’s generosity, but then I began to speculate … maybe there’s something in this for Jeff. Then it dawned on me. With flip-flopping antics rivaled only by John Kerry, the wily Dooley is attempting to craft a win-win situation for himself. If the Colts win the game, he will say that he knew it all along. If the Bears prevail, he will claim that he called the upset of the year. Dooley’s cleverness aside, here are the top five reasons the Indianapolis Colts will vanquish the Chicago Bears and win Super Bowl XLI.

p. 5. Rex Grossman — Without doubt, the strength of the Bears’ offense is their power running game anchored by a sturdy offensive line and the bruising tailback Thomas Jones. Look for Tony Dungy and the Colts’ defense to pack the box in order to neutralize Jones, hence challenging the inexperienced Grossman to beat them through the air. After only managing only 11 completions in 24 attempts against a porous Saint pass defense, there is no chance that the inconsistent Grossman will be able to do much damage against the stout Colts’ start pass defense featuring ball-hawk strong safety Bob Sanders.

p. 4. Tarik Glenn — In order to achieve any kind of offensive continuity, the Colts must be able to resist the relentless pressure of freakish Chicago Bear pass rushers Adewale Ogunleye and rookie Mark Anderson. Luckily for the Colts, their beastly left tackle Tarik Glenn is just the man for the job. At a massive 332 pounds, Glenn possesses incredible agility for his colossal frame, making him the best pass blocker on either team. With the help of Glenn’s pass protection, Manning should have plenty of time to pick apart the Bears’ defense.

p. 3. Dallas Clark — With Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne, Manning possesses one of the most dangerous and reliable wide out tandems in the league. More important to the Colts’ success will be the performance of unheralded tight end Dallas Clark. Clark, who leads the team with 17 receptions for 281 yards in the postseason, gives Manning a viable option over the middle of the field. If the sure-handed Clark can draw attention away from the Colts’ talented receivers by getting open and gaining tough yardage between the hash marks, look for Manning to open up the passing game by hitting Harrison and Wayne on big plays over the top.

p. 2. Jeff (X-Factor) Saturday — Sorry, Peyton; I know that you are instrumental to the success of the Colts’ offensive unit, but center Jeff Saturday is the secret weapon in the Colts’ arsenal that the Bears really need to be worried about. An offensive force felt around the league since recovering a fumble for a touchdown in the AFC championship game, Lovie Smith will be scratching his head in bewilderment in an attempt to find a defensive scheme that can contain the sleek and elusive Saturday. Look for Saturday to score at least one touchdown in the game.

p. 1. Adam Vinatieri – Although the Bears possess the NFL’s most explosive return man in Devin Hester, I still give the Colts’ special teams unit the edge because of one man: Adam “Iceman” Vinatieri. Eleven for 11 on field goal opportunities thus far this postseason, when it comes to pressure situations, Vinatieri simply does not miss. Look for the clutch Vinatieri to add one more Super Bowl clincher to his impressive resume as the Colts take down the Bears.

p. Prediction: Colts 26, Bears 24.

We look ridiculous, jumping up and down on the edge of these metal benches like this. Any sane person would be sitting comfortably inside, a warm beverage on the side table, watching TV and putting off the 200 pages of reading every professor has assigned for the first full week of classes. Instead, we’re out on Busch Field. Our crystallized breath hangs in the nighttime air, and soon enough a small fog has enveloped us — we have become lost in our own individual worlds of silent labor. On the field beside us, the women’s lacrosse team toils through a seemingly endless set of drills, and beyond that the stands sit, imposing and empty, like a long-forgotten ghost town.

p. Conversation ceased ages ago, probably set adrift in our milky cloud of exertion. The entire group faces the field, watching the lacrosse team in silence, looking like a pack of prairie dogs strung out on speed.

p. We, the Ultimate Frisbee team, that is, have been doing a program called Air Alert — a series of exercises that guarantees to increase a person’s vertical leaping ability by nearly a foot. Consequently, we spend three nights a week hopping and bounding in place, looking like a group of escaped patients from Eastern State who, in a desperate attempt to fill the time previously spent counting the tiles of nondescript white rooms, have started their own sadomasochistic jazzercise class.
Just then, at that crazy, prairie dog/jazzercisistic moment (and the award for the most ridiculous mixed metaphor of all time goes to …), it struck me — the lengths to which athletes go to behind the scenes to be successful is astounding. Everyone, of course, loves the glory of the competition, the feeling of warmth when the spotlight swings in your direction. But one watching the action rarely thinks of all those hours which, when piled upon each other like bricks in a wall, transform into a momentary flash of perfection.

p. Athletics — 95 percent of it anyway — is self-flagellation with a purpose. Says I, at least, which may explain my frustrating inability to break into the refrigerator magnet industry. In an effort to find a quote slightly more inspirational (or at least refrigerator magnet-worthy) and that may or may not conjure up images of fanatics whipping themselves into a bloody pulp, I decided to do some thorough journalistic research, the kind of hard work that we reporters thrive on and that the general public simply can’t understand. So, of course, I typed the phrase “practice quotes” into Google, and waited for the magic to happen. I knew that I was but a few quick clicks away from glory. Goodbye Flat Hat, hello Pulitzer. Just as I began thinking about who I would thank at the awards banquet, the computer returned with the answer to my query. Eagerly, I opened up the first page, a quote by some guy named Edward Jenner, which said: “I hope that someday the practice of producing cow pox in human beings will spread over the world — when that day comes there will be no more smallpox.”
Excellent. I knew very little about this so called “cow pox” — or its seemingly sinister brother “small pox” — but at least now I did know that on some level it was one of the key ingredients to athletic success. The second page I opened held a slightly different sentiment: “Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.”

p. Well, obviously that one’s garbage.

p. Finally, I found the quote that I was looking for. Martha Graham, the famous modern dance choreographer, once said, “Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.”

p. What she captures, more perfectly than any of the pseudo-philosophical musings listed above, is the underlying factor at work any time a runner gets up for an early morning run, or a soccer player takes corner kicks into an empty net by himself: the intense and persistent desire to better oneself.

p. Suddenly, in light of this new thread, our repetitive calisthenics began to look slightly less ridiculous. I jumped higher and higher, getting lost in that feathery vapor and blurring the edge that separates earth from air. The empty stands still sat across from us as before, but now promising a day when the spotlight would shine in our collective direction and repay every drop of sweat and lactic acid with the type of glory made possible only through athletic endeavor. Until then, we had to satisfy ourselves with the solitary glow of the stadium lights, lending effervescence to our unforgiving efforts, and forming a scene that I can only describe as senselessly beautiful.

p. The men’s tennis team had a busy first week of classes with four matches in five days, finishing the four-match home span at 2-2. The last two matches played both went to the Tribe, giving them momentum as they head into this young season.

p. All four matches were played at the McCormack-Nagelson Tennis Center, with the first match taking place last Wednesday against no. 8 University of Virginia, and ending in a shutout against the College. The U.Va. doubles teams swept the opening play, earning the first team point from the doubles match, giving them the early lead. Senior Colin O’Brien lost to his nationally-ranked singles opponent 6-3, 6-0. Following him in defeat were sophomore Marwan Ramadan, who was defeated 6-0, 6-0, and freshman Keziel Jeneau, who also lost his match 6-1, 6-2. After those losses, Virginia had already claimed the win, but there were still close matches going on with nationally-ranked junior Alex Cojanu, who nearly forced his opponent into a third set but instead fell at 6-3, 7-6(2), and junior Kavi Sud, who lost in the third set 7-5, 2-6, 10-6.

p. The next nationally-ranked team to play the Tribe was no. 13 University of Notre Dame, who also did not allow the Tribe to earn any points in the match, ending the contest 7-0 Saturday. Notre Dame swept the doubles play, forcing the Tribe once again to attempt to overcome an early lead. Cojanu, ranked 49th in the country, went up against an opponent ranked 30th and lost after three sets, 7-6(3), 3-6, 10-5. Sophomore Alex Zuck lost a close match next, falling 6-4, 7-6(6) final score, followed by freshman Richard Wardell, who also lost a set in a tiebreaker and then fell in the second set as well, 7-6(1), 7-5, sealing the win for Notre Dame.

p. The next match, played the following Sunday against the University of Richmond, took a 180-degree turn in the Tribe’s favor, as they handed the Spiders a 7-0 defeat. The Tribe swept the doubles play, with O’Brien and Cojanu improving their season record to 16-6, after a decisive 8-3 win in the top doubles spot.

p. The doubles team of Ramadan and Wardell and the team of Juneau and Sud both won their sets as well, with identical scores of 8-4. Sud swept his opponent in singles, finishing him off 6-0, 6-0, and Wardell was not far behind with a 6-0, 6-1 victory of his own.

p. O’Brien, Cojanu, Juneau and Ramadan all won their singles matches and none let their opponent earn more than four points in a set.

p. The Tribe’s winning streak continued later that day against East Carolina University, allowing ECU only one team point on the scoreboard, winning 6-1. Once again, the Tribe swept doubles play with Ramadan and Wardell starting it off with an 8-3 win, followed by Juneau and Sud sending their opponent home after an 8-5 final score. The 30th-ranked team of O’Brien and Cojanu fought hard for their 9-8(4) victory over their ECU opponents. Zuck made quick work of his singles opponent, with a final score of 6-0, 6-1. Wardell followed in a similar suit with a 6-1, 6-1 victory, but Sud was the next one to finish his sets, losing 6-2, 6-4. Juneau clinched the Tribe win, coming out on top of his opponent, 6-3, 6-3, with Cojanu and O’Brien winning their matches as well, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0, and 6-4, 6-1, respectively.

p. This weekend, the Tribe faces off against no. 24 Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. Saturday, then goes up against no. 1 University of Georgia in Athens, Ga. Sunday. The team returns home again Friday to the McCormack-Nagelson Tennis Center to take on the University of Michigan.

Football

p. Mike Tomlin, ’95, a former three-year varsity starter at the College, was named head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers last week. While Tomlin excelled on the field, accumulating 2,053 yards as a wide receiver — including 20 touchdowns — it was clear that his calling was on the sidelines as a coach. Upon graduating from the College, he worked for a number of small schools before landing the job as defensive backs coach at the University of Cincinnati in 1999. Two years later, Tomlin earned his first coaching job in the pro ranks when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hired him as their defensive backs coach. He won a Super Bowl ring with the Bucs in 2003. In 2006, the Minnesota Vikings hired Tomlin as their defensive coordinator. After an extremely successful season that saw Tomlin transform the Viking defense into the league’s most efficient run-stoppers, he interviewed for the head coaching job at Pittsburgh and Miami, ultimately being hired by the Steelers. At 34 years old, Tomlin stands as the second-youngest head coach of any major sports franchise in America.

p. 2004 Walter Payton Award winner Lang Campbell ’05 signed with the Cleveland Browns for the last week of the NFL season. Campbell, whose 2004 All-American season led the Tribe within one game of the Division I-AA championship, was invited to Cleveland’s training camp the last two years but failed to make the team. Campbell’s signing makes him the sixth former Tribe player to currently hold a place on an NFL roster.

p. Basketball

p. Adam Hess (’04) was voted to the starting lineup of Germany’s Budesliga All-Star game. Hess averages 20.7 points per game, tops in the Budesliga and has led his team, the Artland Dragons, to a 10-5 record midway through the season. The 6’7’’ forward received 29 percent of over 40,000 All-Star votes cast in his first season playing for Artland. After attending Eastern Michigan University as a freshman, Hess transferred to the College, where he went on to become the Tribe’s sixth-most prolific scorer, averaging 17.6 ppg, and placed 10th on the College’s all-time points scored list.

p. Field Hockey

p. Gina Cimarelli’s postseason accolades continue to grow as the senior forward has been awarded second-team All-State and second team All-Region honors to go with her first team All-CAA selection. Cimarelli led the Tribe with 21 points while finishing fifth in the CAA with seven assists and fourth in the conference in game-winning goals. Her selection to the Virginia Sports Information Directors’ All-State team is the 18th in school history, while her selection to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-South Region team marks the 58th time a woman from the College has made the team.

Men’s Basketball
UMBC W, 70-58 Dec. 22
Hampton W, 72-67 Dec. 28
Richmond W, 61-53 Dec. 31
George Mason W, 67-63 Jan. 3
Northeastern W, 60-57 Jan. 6
Georgia State W, 57-43 Jan. 8
Virginia Commonwealth L, 77-88 Jan. 10
Delaware L, 62-77 Jan. 13
George Mason L, 63-76 Jan. 16
Hofstra L, 69-77 Jan. 20
Old Dominion L, 44-59 Jan. 24

p. Women’s Basketball
Norfolk State W, 73-58 Dec. 21
Radford W, 54-47 Dec. 29
Duquesne W, 69-54 Jan. 2
Drexel W, 48-43 Jan. 4
George Mason W, 47-46 Jan. 7
UNC Wilmington W, 60-50 Jan. 11
James Madison L, 76-51 Jan. 14
Delaware L, 68-55 Jan. 18

While other College students relaxed over winter break, the Tribe men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams trained hard and finished their regular seasons against tough competitors.

p. “This year, William and Mary was the team to beat … our team stepped up and many individuals were able to put up some unbelievably fast times against our opponents,” sophomore Jason Brisson said.

p. The men’s team defeated the College of Charleston 122-105, improving to 6-1 and securing a winning season. Sophomore Jeff Collier and junior Brandon Paster recorded dual wins. Both the 200-meter free relay team of freshmen Joe DeBiase and Kevin Gallagher, junior Alex Jendzejec and senior Nick Duda, and sophomore Shawn Matthews grabbed wins.

p. The women’s team dominated, winning 152-80 and improving to 6-2.

p. “We hadn’t even been back home after ten-day standard training in North Palm Beach. They did a great job with racing,” Head Coach McGee Moody said.

p. The 200-m medley relay team, consisting of junior Meredith David, senior captains Kelly Reitz and Marnie Rognlien and freshman Erin Welshofer, began the meet with a two minute, 3.31 second victory. Marina Falcone finished with two wins, in the 200 free (2:07.93) and 400 free (4:29.17), as did freshman Katie Radloff in the 50 (27.11) and 100 (57.89) freestyles.

p. Also victorious were David, Welshofer, Reitz, freshmen Jill Hamilton and Suzanne Figuers, Reitz and the 200 free relay team of Radloff, sophomore Sara Fitzsimmons, David and junior Christina Monsees (1:52.13). Junior Meg O’Connor won the 1-m in diving with 202.42 and sophomore Samantha Greenwood took the 3-m with 190.57.

p. In the Jan. 20 competition against the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, and Davidson College, the men were defeated by the Seahawks, 110.5-187.5, but tied with Davidson at 147 to improve to 6-2-1. Brisson, named CAA Swimmer of the Week, totaled five victories, defeating both schools in 200 breast (2:10.72) and 400 IM (4:13.52). Duda earned three wins against Davidson in the 200 free (1:46.10), 50 free (21.84) and 100 free (47.76), while Collier won against both opposing teams in the 500 free (4:44.65).

p. The women’s team fell to UNCW 145-155 but snatched a decisive win from Davidson, 216-83, improving to 7-3. Radloff, named CAA Swimmer of the Week, led the Tribe with eight victories in four events, taking wins against both teams in the 50 free (24.06), 100 free (51.59), 100 back (58.66) and in the 400 free relay with Fitzsimmons, Falcone and Rognlien (3:31.42).

p. “I don’t think there’s anyone of [Radloff’s] caliber anywhere else in the conference. We’re very lucky to have her,” Coach Moody said.

p. Falcone, Rognlien, David, Reitz, Welshofer and freshman Courtney Alles all finished with additional wins.

p. The women faced the University of Richmond but lost to the Spiders 146.5-153.5. Collecting dual wins were O’Connor, Radloff and Falcone. Freshman Tage Waite earned the ninth-fastest time in school history in the 1,000 free (10:40.07) and Figuers took the seventh-best time in the 400 individual medley (4:36.19).

p. The final home meet, against James Madison University, ended in a 137-152 loss for the Tribe (6-3-1), the emotional event marking the last meet ever for the long-time rival JMU men’s team. Collecting wins were Collier in the 1,000 free (9:47.64) and 500 free (4:46.67), Brisson in the 100 breast (59.53), Matthews in the 200 back (1:54.39), Duda in the 200 free (1:45.04), DeBiase, Gallagher, Duda and Matthews in the 400 free relay (3:12.10), senior Peter King in the 200 fly (1:59.41) and Brisson and David Mangini tied for first in the 400 individual medley (4:17.12).

p. “There were a few very close races in the sprints that if they had gone our way, could have led to a different outcome,” senior captain Joey Peterson said.

p. The women trumped JMU 180.5-109.5 in the final meet, improving to 8-4. Radloff was victorious in three events, the 50 free (23.75), 100 free (51.42), and 200 free (1:51.63). David, Reitz, Welshofer and Rognlien took the 200 medley relay (1:48.67) and David took the 100 back (59.36) and 200 back (2:07.14), while Reitz swept the 100-yard (1:05.85) and 200-yard (2:22.56) breaststrokes. O’Connor, Alles, sophomore Whitney Pezza and Falcone all finished with wins.

p. “This year, both the men’s and women’s teams have a chance to do something that has never been done before. We are both in great positions to have some awesome swims and take home some medals,” Brisson said.

p. Both teams will be back in action at the CAA Championships Feb. 14 to 17.

This weekend, the women’s tennis team, ranked no. 26 in the nation, took on two worthy opponents, East Tennessee State University and the University of Virginia. The Tribe reigned victorious over the Buccaneers and the Cavaliers, both on our home court at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.

p. Saturday, the Tribe took on East Tennessee, whose record prior to opposing the Tribe was 2-3. All three of our doubles teams were victorious. The doubles team of senior Megan Moulton-Levy and sophomore Katarina Zoricic, ranked no. 1 in the nation, crushed East Tennessee’s Masha Ilina and Yevgeniya Stupak. This triumph raised the Tribe duo’s season mark to 20-1.

p. Freshman Lauren Sabacinski only dropped one game on her quest for a win over Vita Moskaliova, with a final score of 6-0, 6-1 at the no. 6 position. This is Sabacinski’s fourth straight victory, upping her record to 12-3 for the entire year. At the no. 1 position, Moulton-Levy, who is ranked fifth nationally, gained a victory. She won with the same final score as Sabacinski, raising her yearly record to 14-4 overall. Kasztelaniec, Tribe’s no. 3 player, won her match with a little less ease. Ranked 58th nationally, she split the first two sets with her opponent, Ilina, but won the third in a tiebreaker, 10-4. This is Kasztelaniec’s 14th win of the season.

p. Sunday’s match against the Virginia Cavaliers brought the Tribe even more success. U.Va., who is ranked 25th, lost to the Tribe by a final score of 5-2. This marks the sixth straight victory over the Cavs. The recent triumph also marks the team’s ninth victory over a top-25 nationally ranked team in Coach Kevin Epley’s tenure at the College.

p. The Cavaliers are not only an in-state rival of the team, but both schools have the top two freshmen recruiting classes in the country, according to the Tennis Recruiting Network, who slotted U.Va. at no. 1 and put the Tribe in the second position. The Tribe freshmen backed up their high ranking with impressive play, as the doubles team of freshmen Ragini Acharya and Magdalena Bresson won both their doubles and singles matches. At the no. 4 ranking, Acharya won her first two sets, 6-1, and 6-2, gaining a victory over Virginia’s Maggie Yahner. Bresson, Acharya’s fellow freshman and doubles partner, won her match at the no. 5 spot. She beat the Cavaliers’ Lindsey Pereira, 6-0, 6-3, upping her record to 13-7 overall.

p. Moulton-Levy, the no. 1 positioned player, beat Virginia’s Brintney Larson, winning the first set, 7-5, and then the second set 6-1, for her 15th victory this season.

p. The team will now travel to the mid-west for three matches. The Tribe plays the University of Illinois Feb. 9 and seventh-ranked Georgia Tech Feb. 10. Both of these matches will be played in Champagne, Ill. The College will end their road trip by battling no. 40 Purdue University Feb. 11 in West Lafayette, Ind.

Behind hot-shooting junior guard Nathan Mann, the Tribe held off James Madison University to win 62-59 Wednesday at Kaplan Arena. With the victory, the Tribe improved to 12-10 overall and 5-7 in the CAA. Mann reached a season-high 21 points on eight of 11 shooting, including a career-high tying five three-pointers.

p. “He was pretty good, wasn’t he?” Head Coach Tony Shaver said.

p. “It is nice for him to have a ballgame like that.”

p. Mann connected on six of the Tribe’s 11 field goals in the second half and capped a key second half run for the College. JMU had cut the deficit to four with 16 minutes and 6 seconds left, but the Tribe answered with two hustle plays. Sophomore forward Alex Smith lunged across the lane, gathered a rebound and dished to senior guard Adam Payton, who laid the ball in and completed an old-fashioned three-point play.

p. On the other end of the floor, freshman guard David Schneider hit the floor for a loose ball and tipped it to Mann. Mann delivered a perfect pass to Payton who slammed it home. On the next possession, Mann connected on a three-pointer and the Tribe found itself up by 12 with 14:33 left.

p. “Those were the plays of the night,” Shaver said. “We need to make more of those effort plays to make me happy.”
In addition to Mann, junior forward Laimis Kisielius and Payton reached double figures with 13 and 16 points, respectively. Moreover, Schneider matched his best floor game of the season with six assists and just one turnover.

p. For the second time in a week, the College bounced back from tough road losses with home victories.

p. Prior to Monday night’s game at Virginia Commonwealth University, Shaver said, “we’re going right back into the fire [of the CAA].”

p. He was right. VCU scorched the Tribe with its superior speed and dead-eye shooting. The result was a 68-90 defeat for the College.

p. VCU shot 55.7 percent from the floor and a sizzling 50.0 percent from three-point range as they hit 12 three-pointers. The College shot the ball well, too, at 48.1 percent, but it was not enough to keep up with the Rams.

p. The Tribe jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead on Schneider’s three-pointer and Kisielius’ jumper, but after two straight VCU three-pointers the lead was gone and the Rams never looked back. VCU enjoyed a 12-point halftime lead and stretched it to as many as 27 late in the second half.

p. VCU’s defensive pressure forced the College into 16 turnovers, which led to 21 points off turnovers for the Rams. The Tribe had only two points off turnovers and could not slow down VCU’s talented backcourt of Eric Maynor, B.A. Walker and Jamal Shuler. The trio combined for 59 points and hit all 12 of the Rams’ three-pointers.

p. The Tribe’s two leading scorers — Kisielius and Payton — continued to produce for the College as Kisielius notched a season-high 22 points and Payton added 12 points.

p. In last Saturday’s home game against Georgia State University, the Tribe put on an offensive clinic en route to defeating the Panthers 81-65. The College shot 60.9 percent and had 18 assists on 28 made baskets (including 13 assists for 15 scores in the second half).

p. “We got great shots. In the last two weeks we haven’t made these [shots],” Shaver said.

p. The Tribe put an end to its five-game losing streak with the win.

p. “I thought [the victory] was huge,” Shaver said. “This basketball team didn’t feel like we were coming off a five-game losing streak. We didn’t feel we’re playing bad ball. I was so excited with the energy and excitement on the court.”

p. The College took the lead for good on Schneider’s three-pointer with 6:29 to go in the first half. The Tribe began the second half with a six-point advantage and extended the lead to 11 by the 18:40 mark. Georgia State would only get to within seven points the rest of the way as the College’s offense ignited and its lead grew to as many as 24.

p. The team’s energy led to a stellar performance that included sophomore forward Chris Darnell’s baseline dunk. Darnell converted his free-throw for the three-point play and finished with eight points in eight minutes.

p. Payton and Kisielius led the Tribe in scoring with 17 apiece and sophomore forward Peter Stein chipped in a season-high 12 points.

p. The College hosts the University of North Carolina, Wilmington tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Kaplan Arena.