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The Warriors clinched their first winning season since 1996 by downing Mansfield, 34-20, in the home finale. It gave the team a 6-4 record with one game remaining, at Edinboro Saturday.

Quarterback Geoff Brobst (Jr., Fern Glen, Pa./Hazleton Area) passed for three touchdowns while fullback A.J. Oliveri (So., Pittston, Pa./Pittston) ran for two TDs.

Brobst's scoring pass plays were to wide receiver Mike Patrick (Sr., East Stroudsburg, Pa./East Stroudsburg) for five yards, tight end Matt Triolo (Fr., East Stroudsburg, Pa./ Stroudsburg) for 15 yards and wide receiver John Kotarsky (Jr.. Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall) for 76 yards, the team's longest play of the season.

Oliveri plunged for one and four yards for his two scores. His second TD came with 1:30 remaining and climaxed an 80-yard drive in 13 plays which took six minutes and 26 seconds and wrapped up the victory.

Brobst completed six of 12 passes overall for 173 yards. Kotarsky caught three passes for 140 yards and Patrick three for 68 yards.

Tailback Andre Castiglioni (Jr., Reading, Pa./Muhlenberg) ran for 49 yards on 19 carries and became the school's fourth 1,000-yard rusher with 1,045 yards. He needs 65 yards in the final game to break the school season record of 1,109 yards set by Stewart Ford in 1997.

Offensive guard Jim Sodano (Jr., Madison, N.J./Bayley-Ellard) continued his outstanding play on the line as he graded at 86 percent in the coaches' film evaluations.

On defense, linebacker Kevin Nagle (Gr., Effort, Pa./Pleasant Valley) turned in 33rd double-digit tackle game of his career and eighth this season with a game-high 13 tackles, nine unassisted and four assisted. He made two tackles for loss for nine yards. He also blocked a Mansfield field goal attempt.

Cornerback Bryan Hooks (Fr., Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Coughlin) intercepted a pass in the second quarter and returned it 50 yards to the Mounties' 15-yard line. It was followed on the next play by the Brobst to Triolo touchdown pass which put the Warriors ahead for good, 13-12.

Goalie Jason Land (Jr., Carney's Point, N.J./St. James) posted his third straight Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championship game shutout and was named the game's outstanding player as the Warriors beat California, Pa., 2-0, for the 2000 PSAC men's soccer title.

It was the Warriors' fourth straight conference title and eighth in nine years. Coach Jerry Sheska's team has now won ten straight games and is awaiting a possible invitation to the NCAA Division II Soccer Tournament which will start this weekend.

Land made five saves, including a brilliant diving stop in the final minutes, in recording his eighth shutout of the season and sixth in a row. He extended his scoreless streak to 572 minutes and lowered his goal-against average to 0.35 per game. He had been in the nets in the Warriors' 1-0 championship game win over Millersville two years ago and 3-0 title victory over Lock Haven last season.

Forward Jorge Chapoy (So., Montclova, Mexico/Pequea Valley, Pa.) scored the team's first goal after only 6:44, lofting a shot over the goalie's head after a pass from forward Tom Mustac (Jr., West Milford, N.J./Clifton). It was his 20th goal in 20 games.

Forward Brad Konawalik (Jr., Brodheadsville, Pa./Pleasant Valley) headed in an insurance goal 13:23 into the second half after a pinpoint crossing pass from midfielder Eric Kolar (So., Fredricksburg, Pa./Tulpehocken).

Kolar also starred on defense as he marked California's top scorer, Tomas Boltnar (20 goals and 19 assists) and kept him from being a factor in the game. Sweeper back Sean Stewart (so., St. Elizabeth, Jamaica/Munro College) also was a standout on defense.

It was ESU's 14th PSAC men's soccer title and tenth under Sheska.

The Warriors battled back four times to tie the score, but didn't have a chance in sudden-victory overtime in bowing to Longwood College, 5-4, in the championship game of the ECAC Division II Field Hockey Tournament played at ESU.

Longwood scored the first goal of the game and the teams traded goals the rest of regulation before the Lancers' Heather Kinstler won the game with her third goal 5:36 into overtime. She was named the tournament's outstanding player.

Josie Schantzenbach (Fr., Washington, N.J./Warren Hills) scored ESU's first two goals and Stephanie Hippman (Fr., New Buffalo, Pa./Susquenita) and Michelle Butkus (Jr., Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) had the other two.

In the semi-finals, ESU trounced Franklin Pierce, 4-0, as Schantzenbach, Shannon McCracken (So., Collegeville, Pa./Methacton), Kate Dideon (Jr., Lancaster, Pa./Living Word Academy) and Jess Anders (Jr., Telford, Pa./Christopher Dock) all scored goals. Hippman had a pair of assists.

The Warriors finished with a 14-7 record, their 14th straight season with double-digit victories under Coach Sandy Miller. Dideon, midfielder Rachel Miller (Jr., Tunkhannock, Pa./Tunkhannock) and back Kelly Derby (Sr., Ilion, N.Y./.Mohawk Central) all made the All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference first team with midfielder Meghan Furnia (Jr., Mt. Joy, Pa./Conestoga Valley) a second team choice.

The Warriors clinched their first Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division title in four years by shutting out Cheyney, 15-0, 15-0, 15-0, for their ninth straight division win. Their hopes to finish unbeaten in the conference were dashed, however, in a regular-season finale loss to Shippensburg, 15-7, 11-15, 15-10, 15-8.

ESU will meet Western Division runner-up Lock Haven in the semi-finals of the PSAC Final Four Friday at Edinboro. The other semi-finals will match West champion Edinboro against East runner-up Shippensburg. The finals will be played Saturday night.

Against Cheyney, the Warriors put down 17 service aces with Andi Myers (So., Mount Wolf, Pa./Northeastern) making seven of them and Ashleigh Reinert (Sr., Dover, Pa./Dover) and Jennifer Roser (So., Lewisberry, Pa./Red Land) four apiece.

April Mellott (So., Dover, Pa./Spring Grove) had another big match against Shippensburg with 21 kills in 45 attemps and only two errors for a .422 hitting average. She also made a team-high 17 digs.

The Warriors also dropped a 3-0 non-conference decision to Pace, which won its 16th straight match, 15-6, 15-9, 15-7. Sarah Brown (Fr., Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove) was the ESU leader with seven kills and a .461 hitting average.

The Warriors' 400-yard medley relay team came within 22/100th of a second of breaking the school record in placing third in the event in the Bloomsburg Relays. The quartet of Heather Clouser (Jr., Wyomissing, Pa./Wyomissing Area), Mikaela Thorne (Fr., Elkins Park, Pa./Cheltenham), Jamie Miller (Jr., Northampton, Pa./Northampton) and Karen Scott (So., Berwick, Pa./ Berwick) was timed in 4:13.99 just over the school of 4:13.77 set in 1999.

Miller and Thorne combined with Trish Dixon (Fr., Hatboro, Pa./Archbishop Carroll) on a 3 x 100-yard breaststroke relay which was second in 3:41.67 and then with Clouser and Donna Gebhard (Sr., Spring City, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) on a 200-yard medley relay which was runner-up in 1:56.30.

The Warriors also were second in the 4 x 50-yard relay in 1:45.28 with a team of Scott, Jennifer Gallagher (Sr., Lansdale, Pa./North Penn), Erin Kowalik (Sr., Red Lion, Pa./Red Lion) and Gebhard.

Christel Hibbard (Jr., Springville, Pa./Elk Lake) turned in an outstanding performance in placing eighth of 133 finishers in the NCAA Division II Regional Cross Country Championships at Lock Haven.

Hibbard was timed in 22:08.52 for the 6,000-meter distance and just missed qualifying for the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships. She was the fourth individual finishers not on one of the three qualifying teams and only two advanced to the nationals. Two of the top three individuals were from IUP, which placed fourth in the standings and missed by eight points qualifying as a team which would have put Hibbard in the nationals.

The ESU runner finished one place and 20 seconds ahead of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference champion Megan Seefeldt from Kutztown. The ESU women were tenth of 20 teams.

The Warriors' Danielle Centurione (Sr., Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland Regional) also turned in a strong performance, placing 40th in 23:35.31.

Rounding out the ESU team were Nicole Royer (Jr., Bethlehem, Pa./Dieruff), 57th, 24:14.96; Erin Coyne (Fr., Freehold, N.J./Freehold Twp.) 62nd, 24:17.60, Heather Bjorndahl (So., Coram, N.Y./Longwood) 72nd, 24:37.48, and Stacie Gallagher (So., Mount Carmel, Pa./Mount Carmel) 105th, 25:44.93.

Darryl Brown (Fr., Kennett Square, Pa./Kennett) and Brian Trentowski (Sr., Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem) both finished in the top 30 of 123 runners in the NCAA Division II Regional Cross Country Championships at Lock Haven.

Brown finished 27th in a 10,000-meter time of 32:59.00 while Trentowski was 30th in 33:01.75. The Warriors were 11th of 18 teams.

Other ESU top-five runners were Jeff Callan (Sr., Glenside, Pa./Bishop McDevitt) 50th, 33:41.84; Mark Donio (Jr., Millington, N.J./Watchung Hills) 58th, 34:10.30, Mike Webster (So., Reading, Pa./Exeter) 76th, 34:41.60.

Rounding out the squad were Michael Brown (Fr., Brodheadsville, Pa./Pleasant Valley) 78th, 34:45.45, and Jared Sparks (Fr., Pottstown, Pa./St. Pius X) 83rd^, 35:03.57.