2021 Lycoming College Summer Magazine

R I S I N G OCCASI to the By Joe Guistina s Lycoming piled together for a masked team picture about a half hour after winning the MAC Freedom title on March 19 at DeSales University with a convincing 69-53 win, there was excitement and joy. There was also no one else there. “It was the most intimate,” McGarvey said of the team’s celebration of the fifth conference title that he has been associated with. “There were no fans, no parents. It was different, but it was also rewarding because we weren’t really sure we were going to play this year.” In a normal year, this team would have been something special — the kind of team that Lycoming may have never seen before. 24 LYCOMING COLLEGE 2021 SUMMER MAGAZINE