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Women’s Basketball trailblazes to NCAA tourney

By Jon DelSordo

Sports Editor

In a close one down the stretch, the Lady Trailblazers captured its first ever MASCAC title after defeating Worcester State 68-65 in the MASCAC championship game. Overall, the Trailblazers enter the Division III bracket carting a 18-9 record.

The win solidifies the team’s consistent efforts to score and rip down boards. Jen Wehner was most noteworthy, tallying a game-high 20 points and 10 rebounds to illustrate her title of the MASCAC Tournament MVP.

Seniors Laura Silverman and Jade Prickett added 10 points a piece, and freshman Lucy Tremblay added 10 points and nine rebounds in the victory.

MCLA relied on its consistency in free throw shooting in the second half, as they went 13-for-14 from the line, a 92 percent accuracy rate. With just nine seconds left in the game, Prickett nailed the two most important free throws in the game, pushing the Trailblazers up by three (68-65).

As Worcester State pushed the ball down court, a last second three pointer fell short of the basket. Simultaneously, the lady Trailblazers and coach Holly McGovern rejoiced in its first ever championship title for the program.

Including MCLA, the field is narrowed down to the top six colleges from each respected conferenc and 10 in the Northeast division. The tournament is slated to kick off for the Trailblazers this Friday, March 5 versus top seeded Amherst.

Photo contributed by Chelsea Burke

Who is Abigail Elizabeth?

Mysterious Facebook profile creates suspicion on campus

By Mark Burridge

Managing Editor

Last week, a profile was created on Facebook by the name of Abigail Elizabeth, listed as an MCLA junior, though The Beacon has been unable, after extensive efforts, to confirm the profile’s validity.

The account creator quickly began adding friends around campus, before suddenly deleting the profile Tuesday.The Beacon has questioned many students who were listed as her friends, and none of them had any idea who she is.

The mysterious account led many students to believe that the College administration or RPS may be behind the profile.“Facebook, Twitter and Myspace are places for social networking, but nowadays it’s a tool of destruction if you say the ‘wrong thing,’ or have an incriminating photo,” said Chris Kelly, a junior and member of the pines fraternity. “Why should we censor ourselves? Instances like this make us all skeptical of the unknown.”

The fact that the account added 458 friends in a short period of time isn’t the only thing strange about Elizabeth’s profile. She never wrote anything on her wall, or anyone else’s and didn’t respond to the four messages sent to her by The Beacon’s staff. The Beacon has spent the last few days looking into Elizabeth’s existence. Her listed hometown was Adams Basin, New York. According to yahoorealestate.com the town has 165 people. The Beacon tried to call the town hall, the post office and a few other numbers all listed as being in Adams Basin, and received no answer.

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