Food Wars...

A fair amount under the weather, I found myself dozing in and out of Wednesday night television. Although I did miss the majority of Coach Dano abode favorite, Man vs. Food, I did come out of a flu-like stupor just in time for Food Wars on the Travel Channel.

As luck would have it, the program featured the Philly Cheesesteak challenge. Those close to the tennis team here at Concordia know that we have great affection for Pat's King of Steaks, one of the competitors on tonight's show. I must say that, even though I am sporting a modest fever, my mouth still watered like a Pavlovian dog awaiting my reward after the ringing of a bell.


I hope I am able to stay lucid long enough to share the winner of the "war" pitting Pat vs Tony Luke. Have a look at some footage...



The verdict is in...the winner of the Food War and the finest cheesesteak in Philadelphia is...Pat's King of Steaks in a split decision.

Certainly not a surprise to this man with high cholesterol.

I say to myself tonight "be well" and as always,

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On to the final...

OK Clipper fans, get ready for the CACC final. We defeated USP for the second time in three days today 6-0 in one of the two CACC semi-final matches (click here for boxscore).

We will travel back to Philadelphia, PA for the CACC final which will be played on the campus of Chestnut Hill College. Philadelphia University, the #2 seed in the tournament, will be our opponent, as they easily defeated Chestnut Hill College 5-0 in today's other semi-final. In case you were wondering, we defeated PU twice already this season by the scores of 8-1 and 9-0.

With a CACC tournament championship, we would receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament in May. Of course, being the #1 team in the region, we are a sure bet (D5*L) to receive an at large bid even with an unlikely loss Thursday. In any case, we hope to return to Bronxville with a banner, the watches, a plaque, a trophy and a full stomach courtesy of Pat's King of Steaks.

Today's match was also the last home match for senior Alex Grubin. As usual, he did not disappoint. Alex won both singles and doubles allowing only two games on the day. Join me in congratulating Alex on a great career as a Clipper and lets hope there is more good tennis yet to come culminating in an NCAA II National Championship in May.

Thanks Alex for all of your contributions. Best of luck in the future.

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Clippers defeat USP...

To quote an old favorite, Bob Murphy, former play-by-play announcer for the New York Mets, it's another happy recap as we win another CACC match 9-0 over USP (click here for box score).

However, the trip was enhanced by a detour to downtown Philadelphia to Pat's King of Steaks for an authentic eating experience...just slightly better than John's version at Eastchester's own Bon Appetite Delicatessen.


We take to the home courts today for a CACC double-header versus Caldwell College with match times at 3pm and 5pm. Hope to see you there!

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