Forwards Juwan Justice (Jr., Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic) and Shahad Abdur-Rahkman (So., Allentown, Pa./William Allen) were the game's high scorers, but the Warriors dropped their season finale to West Chester, 79-66.

Justice scored 22 points on 8 for 18 shooting from the floor and 5 of 8 from the foul line. He finished the season with 429 points for an average of 16.5 points per game. He now has a career total of 979 points and should become a member of the school's 1,000-point club early next season.

Rahkman had his first double-double of the season with 21 points and a career-high 13 rebounds. He was 8 for 14 from the floor and made all five of his foul shots. He had a season total of 346 points for an average of 13.3 points per game. He now has 824 career points in only two seasons and also should reach 1,000 next year.

The Warriors finished with an 11-15 record, a five-game improvement over their final 1999-2000 mark of 6-20.

Forward Dana Thompson (Fr., New Egypt, N.J./Allentown) had an startling final-game performance with a team season-high 16 rebounds and 12 points as the Warriors battled to the final minute against highly-favored West Chester before bowing, 73-66. The team finished with a 5-21 record.

Thompson had not scored more than seven points or grabbed more than five rebounds in any game this season. She played only 19 minutes against the Lady Rams, but made them count with ten defensive rebounds and six offensive boards. She didn't miss a shot, making her three field goal attempts and all six of her foul shots.

Another freshman, guard Heather Wolfe (Fr., York Haven, Pa./Red Land) also saved her best performance for last as she scored in double figures for the first time with 13 points. She made 3 of 6 shots from the floor and 7 of 8 free throws.

Forward Kelly Hutchison (Sr., Reading, Pa./Exeter) closed her college career with her sixth double-double of the season on 12 points and ten rebounds. She finished with 330 points for an average of 12.7 points per game and 184 rebounds of 7.1 per contest.

Guard Stephanie Kuhn (Sr., Columbia, Pa./Lancaster Catholic), the team's only other senior, hit three 3-pointers for nine points in her finale. She closed the season with a team-leading 21 3-pointers.

Heather Clouser (Jr., Wyomissing, Pa./Wyomissing Area) set three school backstroke records, Mikaela Thorne (Fr., Elkins Park, Pa./Cheltenham) bettered a 28-year-old school breaststroke record and freestyler Donna Gebhard (Sr., Spring City, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) sprinted to the school's best conference finish in 13 years in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Swimming Championships.

The Warriors placed sixth, their highest finish since 1987 with 126 points. That was 51 more points than last year when they were ninth in the PSAC meet.

Clouser was on a record tear all weekend. She shattered her 50-yard backstroke record with a time of 29.33 as the leadoff leg on the 200-yard medley relay team Friday. She also shattered the 100-yard backstroke record at 1:01.85 in the trials and then finished ninth in the event the same day. Then Saturday, she established a new school mark in the 200-yard backstroke of 2:12.76 in placing tenth.

It marked the third straight year that Clouser placed in the meet. She was ninth in the 100 backstroke as a freshman and 12th in the 100 back last year.

Thorne broke one of the oldest school's record, the 100-yard breaststroke mark with a time of 1:09.95 in the trials. She finished 12th in the event. The old mark was 1:10.69 set by former national champion and current Bloomsburg athletic director Mary Pakenas Gardner in 1973.

Gebhard sprinted to a fourth-place in the 50-yard freestyle in a career-best time of 24.96. It was the team's best PSAC finish since Katie Jordan was fourth in the 200 backstroke in 1988.

The Warriors had two other double place-winners in Jamie Miller (Jr., Northampton, Pa./Northampton), seventh in the 100 butterfly in 1:00.37 and eighth in the 200 fly in 2:15.71, and Erin Kowalik (Sr., Red Lion, Pa./Red Lion), tenth in both the 50 freestyle in 25.46 and the 100 freestyle in 54.78. Karen Scott (So., Berwick, Pa./Berwick) was 12th in the 50 free in 25.75.

Four of the Warriors' five relay teams placed in the top six with the top finish by the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Gebhard, Natalie Harbold (Fr., Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle), Kowalik and Scott, which was fourth in 1:38.89. That was the school's best relay finish in the conference meet since a 200 freestyle relay team was third in 1987.

The 200-yard medley relay of Clouser, Thorne, Miller and Kowalik was fifth in 1:53.13. Placing sixth were the 400 medley relay of Clouser, Thorne, Miller and Kowalik in a school-recod 4:08.02 and the 400 freestyle relay of Kowalik, Harbold, Scott and Gebhard in 3:43.11.

The 800 freestyle relay of Kowalik, Maribeth Kenny (So., Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham), Miller and Clouser set a school record of 8:12.63 in finishing eighth.

The Warriors will compete in the annual Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships Saturday and Sunday at the University of Pennsylvania. The finalists in each weight class plus ten wild cards will advance to the NCAA Wrestling Championships March 15-17 at the University of Iowa.

Coach Angelo Borzio plans to enter the following wrestlers in the tournament:

125 - Danny Gonzalez (Fr., Bartonsville, Pa./Pocono Mountain), 7-7, 1 Pins, 2 Majors, First Appearance in EIWA Tourney

133 - Kevin Rake (So., Mountainhome, Pa./Pocono Mountain), 14-12, 6 Pins, 4 Majors, First Appearance in EIWA Tourney

141 - Brad Kleckner (Jr., Pottsville, Pa./Pottsville), 18-9, 2 Pins, 4 Majors, Second Appearance in EIWA Tourney (2-2 in 2000)

149 - Ryan Ross (Jr., Warren, Pa./Warren), 0-2, First Appearance in EIWA Tourney

or Louie DeLauro (Sr., Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter's), 5-9, 1 Pin, Second Appearance in EIWA Tourney (0-2 in 1998).

157 - Matt Dudeck (Fr., Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty), 15-14, 3 Pins, 1 Major, First Appearance in EIWA Tourney

165 - Shawn Smith (So., Unityville, Pa./Hughesville), 8-17, 4 Pins, First Appearance in EIWA Tourney

174 - Dan Roy (Jr., West Belmar, N.J./Wall), 19-15, 2 TF, 2 Majors, Third Appearance in EIWA Tourney (0-2 in 2000, 0-2 in 1999)

184 - Dan Madonna (Sr., Springfield, Pa./Springfield), 8-21, 3 Pins, Second Appearance in EIWA Tourney (0-2 in 2000)

197 - Ben Zerance (Fr., Loysville, Pa./West Perry), 7-10, 1 Pin, First Appearance in EIWA tourney or Andy Sheaffer (So., Dublin, Pa./Hatboro/Horsham), 1-8, 1 Pin, First Appearance in EIWA Tourney.

285 - Marc Bauknecht (Sr., Cheshire, Ct./Holy Cross), 20-12, 6 Pins, 3 Majors, First Appearance in EIWA

Cheryl Griffin (Sr., Walden, N.Y./Valley Central) and Shavanna Ross (Sr., Center Valley, Pa./William Allen) swept the outstanding athlete awards as they led the ESU women's team to second place, their highest finish in the ECAC Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Griffin was named the meet's outstanding female runner after winning both the 55-meter dash in a season-best 7.17 and 200-meter dash for the third straight year in 25.27. She also led the Warriors to victories in both the 4 x 200-meter and 4 x 400-meter relays.

Ross was chosen as the meet's top female field performer on the basis of titles in the high jump with her best-ever leap 5-7 1/4 and the 500-meter dash with a school-record 1:17.52. She also anchored the 4 x 400-meter relay team.

The Warriors also broke a school record in winning the 4 x 200-meter relay in 1:44.72. Splits were Jen Eye (So., Aristes, Pa./North Schuylkill) 26.5, Angela Gray (Fr., Jersey City, N.J./Ferris) 26.4, Jackie Babbini (So., Cliffside Park, N.J./Cliffside Park) 26.5 and Griffin bringing it home in a team-best 25.1.

The 4 x 400-meter relay had one of the most one-sided victories in the meet, winning by more than four seconds with a time of 3:56.30. Eye led off with a 60.8 followed by Griffin 58.1, Gray 58.8 and Ross 58.3. It was the third time the team has been under four minutes this season.

The Warriors' Quanette Jester (Sr., Oakland, N.J./Indian Hills) placed second in the triple jump at 36-5 1/2 and third in both the high jump at 5-2 3/4 and the long jump at 17-4 to account for 20 individual points. Gray was second in the 400-meter dash in 1:00.62 and

The Warriors scored 106 points, their most points ever, to place second to champion Kutztown, which won its first ECAC women's crown with 130 points. ESU Coach Joe Koch shared the ECAC Women's Coach of the Year Award with the Golden Bears' Brian Mondschein.

Brad Fees (So., Port Carbon, Pa./Pottsville) leaped to victory in the high jump with a career-best 6-8 3/4 for ESU's only men's title in the ECAC Division II Track and Field Championships.

The Warriors scored 20 points in the high jump, most by any team in any event, as Mike Newhard (Fr., Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh) was third and Dave Apgar (So., Lake Hiawatha, N.J./Parsippany) fourth, both at 6-6 3/4.

Mark Stinson (So., Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) was runner-up in the long jump at 21-11 1/2. She also took fourth in both the 55 and 200-meter dashes and combined with John Van Soest (Jr., Fairlawn, N.J./Fair Lawn), Tom Schultz (Fr., Marshalls Creek, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) and Dan Garibaldi (Jr., Toms River, N.J./Toms River East) on a 4 x 200-meter relay which was second.

The ESU men placed sixth of 11 teams with 56 1/2 points.

The Warriors won two of three Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Hay Division matches, all conducted at home in the Koehler Fieldhouse, last week.

Outside hitter Jason Hartzel (Sr., Souderton, Pa./Souderton) had a big week, hitting .529 with 42 kills in 68 attempts and only six errors in the three matches. He had 19 kills in a 3-2 loss to St. Francis, Pa. and 18 kills in a 3-1 win over LIU-Southampton.

Middle blocker Tom Shaver (Sr., Tunkhannock, Pa./Tunkhannock) hit .425 for the week with 23 kills in 40 swings and six errors. He also made 12 blocks. Opposite Mike Messinger (Jr., Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg) had 40 kills in the three matches with a high of 19 kills in a 3-0 victory over Queens College.

Outside hitter Dustin Wood (So., East Petersburg, Pa./Hempfield) was the team's standout in the win over LIU-Southampton with 20 kills, a .467 hitting average and three service aces. Libero Brian Harvey (Sr., Hatfield, Pa./North Penn) had 40 digs for the week with 17 against Southampton, 12 against St. Francis and 11 against Queens.