10/18/2002

Contact: K.E. Schwab  -- 724-738-2199; e-mail: karl.schwab@sru.edu

          Slippery Rock University’s Robert N. Aebersold Student Recreation Center will host a National Wheelchair Basketball Association tournament Saturday and Sunday [Oct. 19-20], including the inaugural game of a new women's team, the Steel City Starz. The tournament will offer excellent feature story/photo opportunities.

          Organized by SRU finance major Norah Schneider of Slippery Rock, The Starz will play the Allegheny Mountain Rolling Thunder at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the recreation center. (Admission is free.) Five other games are scheduled for throughout Saturday (10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.) and Sunday (9 a.m. to noon).

          Those planning to staff the games are asked to call 724-738-2199.

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