Seniors take the spotlight in a weekend that features three noteworthy events.

Track & Field at Lafayette-Rider Games (Friday, 1:00)

The Mule teams compete at the Armory in their last big meet before the Centennial Conference Championships in two weeks. The track in Manhattan has been very good to the Muhlenberg runners, particularly senior Peter Rice, who broke the school record in the 200 and 400 at this meet last year. He then returned to the Armory eight days later and broke the 400 record again, hitting the NCAA qualifying standard.

Results: http://www.armorytrack.com/

Basketball doubleheader vs. McDaniel (Saturday, women at 2:00, men at 4:00)

It’s rare that individual accomplishments would be put ahead of team goals in basketball, but Alexandra Chili and Spencer Liddic are two rare student-athletes. Unless the Mules qualify to host playoff games, this will be the last time they play at Memorial Hall.

Both have had incredible careers on and off the court. Both were preseason All-Americans and are Centennial Conference all-time leaders in a major statistical category (Chili in three-pointers, Liddic in rebounds). Chili is the all-time leading scorer in Muhlenberg basketball history (men or women); Liddic is likely to move into fourth place tomorrow:

• Alexandra Chili, 2009-12 – 1865 points
• Bob McClure, 1968-71 – 1788 points
• Felicia Perryman, 1990-93 – 1690 points
• Dennis Adams, 1991-94 – 1638 points
• Spencer Liddic, 2009-12 – 1631 points

Both also were named to the Academic All-District first team recently and are candidates for Academic All-America honors. It is quite remarkable for two student-athletes like this to be at the same school, playing the same sport and in the same class year.

As for the games, both are key for Mule teams in search of playoff berths with three games remaining in the regular season.

The women (17-5, 12-5) are tied for third in the CC and can clinch a playoff spot with a win. They beat McDaniel 77-64 in the first meeting. Although the Green Terror is a little down this year (10-13, 7-11) it is coming off a 76-74 upset of first-place Johns Hopkins and has a history of spoiling Muhlenberg’s parties, winning three CC playoff games at Memorial Hall in the last 11 years.

The men (14-8, 8-7) are in sole possession of fifth place in a tightly packed CC. Johns Hopkins and Washington are both a game ahead, Haverford and Ursinus (next week’s opponents for the Mules)both a game back. Muhlenberg came back from an eight-point deficit in the final two minutes to pull out a 71-70 win at McDaniel in January. The Green Terror (7-15, 4-11), which is nationally ranked in scoring defense, has won only two of its last 20 games in Allentown.

Live stats (women): http://www.muhlenberg.edu/sports/wbblive/xlive.htm

Live stats (men): http://www.muhlenberg.edu/sports/mbblive/xlive.htm

Live video (both): http://www.livestream.com/muhlenberg

Live audio (both): http://www.muhlenberg.edu/wmuh/stream.html