vol. 103 11.2.2018
CLUB SPORTS ILLUSTRATED VOL. 103 // 11.2.18
care. engage. transform.
TABLE OF CONTENTS WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL // 4 SWIM // 5 WOMEN’S ULTIMATE // 8 MEN’S ULTIMATE // 9 EQUESTRIAN // 12 ARCHERY // 13 GIVE ‘EM THE BIRD 5K // 15 EXECUTIVE CORNER // 17
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Edition 103 // November 2, 2018 Designed by: Lydia Shoffner, UREC Publicity Program Assistant Articles by: Club Sports Team Officers
UREC DIRECTORY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Patrick Arsena arsenapb@appstate.edu
Claire Biaggi biaggice@appstate.edu Sam Ingles inglessd@appstate.edu Greg Liles lilesgs@appstate.edu Ivy Wagner wagnerik@appstate.edu
UREC PRO STAFF
Joe Carter, Director carterjr@appstate.edu
Erin Sanders, Assistant Director for Sports and Activities sandersec1@appstate.edu
Contact UREC
Emily Walker, Coordinator for Sports and Activities walkerea3@appstate.edu
828-262-2100 www.urec.appstate.edu www.clubsports.appstate.edu clubsports@appstate.edu 2
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photography by Heather Schanzel
photography by Heather Schanzel
photography by Heather Schanzel
photography by Heather Schanzel
WEEKEND OF TRAVEL FOR WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL BY: KELLY SOMMERICH, PRESIDENT What a busy weekend in the world of Club Volleyball! This past weekend all 5 of our teams traveled to various tournaments across the state. We were fortunate enough to send 2 teams to Western Carolina University, 2 teams to North Carolina State University, and one team to University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. At Western Carolina, our Regional 1 team won the entire thing and was undefeated all
day while our Regional 2 went 4-4! They continue to impress and make Appalachian State proud with their hard work and determination. Three Western Carolina teams, 2 App State teams, and 1 High Point team was in attendance. Great job guys!
2 App State teams. Lastly at UNC, there was 1 App team, 2 UNC, 2 UNC Wilmington, 2 College of Charleston, and 1 University of Richmond. Our Regional 4 team played 4 teams and worked hard all day.
Overall, it was a great weekend At NC State, Regionals 3 lost 2 for everyone with a lot of fun sets, but Nationals came in fourth games! We are excited to keep place, winning 4 out of 6 games. working and preparing for our At that tournament, 2 NC State home tournament on November teams, Virginia Tech, 2 Eastern 10th. Carolina, 2 UNC Greensboro, and
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swim
HOME POOL ADVANTAGE
BY: REBECCA FIELD AND CHRISTIAN HONAKER, PRESIDENT AND TREASURER Appalachian State club swim hosted their first home meet of the season on Saturday. The Mountaineers hosted several other teams including NC State University, Coastal Carolina University, UNC Charlotte, UNC Greensboro, University of Tennessee, and Radford University. The ASU swim club had 36 swimmers signed up, which made them one of the biggest teams competing.
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The meet started at 12:30 with the women’s 200-yard medley relay, which placed 4th and was followed by the men’s 200-yard medley relay which placed 3rd for a combined point total of 62 points for the Mountaineers. The
meet ended with the 400-yard freestyle relay with both the men’s and women’s relays placing 2nd and scoring 68 points. The Mountaineers finished the day with an overall total of 718 points. As a relatively young team, ASU swim club really gave it their all and placed 2nd out of eight teams. All of the time spent practicing in the pool has really paid off for the team as several of the swimmers made nationals cuts as well as personal bests. The ASU swim club is very excited to travel to NC State University in a couple of weeks to compete in their Raleighwood meet and to show off even more of their swimming talents.
photography by Rebecca Field
photography by Rebecca Field
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photography by Debbie Dunn
photography by Debbie Dunn
photography by Debbie Dunn
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WOLFPACK AND JUDGE JUDY BY: BRI HIBNER, SECRETARY
We lost to Duke only by 2 points; having multiple sweet layouts, incredible deep passes and overall a good game. On Saturday night we were exhausted but fueled back up by Mrs. Hollis’s famous bread and a full home meal of spaghetti. We finished the night with about 5 episodes of Judge Judy before we decided to rest up for the 4 games we had the next day. On Sunday we hyped ourselves up to be at the fields by 8am. We started off the day facing UNC’s
B team which we won 8-6. Next, we battled UNC’s A team which we lost pretty bad. We kept our heads up and put up a good fight against Liberty University, who we lost to 3-11. In the final game we beat Wilmington and Magy Llamas fought for a Callaghan point which was caught for a game ending point bringing the score to 11-4 us. Though we played a lot of hard games we tried new defensive techniques and ran hard all day. No one gave up throughout the day and ultimately, we did pretty well for having such low numbers. We also want to thank all the families that provided a home for us for the weekend, cooked us food, and brought food and water and cheering to the fields. The Nonad’s love all of our fans and families. Looking ahead we have our home tournament in on November 10th and 11th. It will be held at Valle Crucis park and we would love to have some fans come out and support both the women’s team and the men’s team. If you have never watched frisbee before, this is a great opportunity to see some and another awesome way to support App State club sports.
women’s ultimate
The Nonad’s had an excellent weekend at NC State from October 27th to October 28th. We scored 7th overall out of the 12 teams that came out and we also scored some home cooking from Mrs. Hollis when we she opened up her house to the frisbee team. Eleven players were brave enough to attend the tournament driving through a storm to get there, ultimately leading to games being cancelled till 12 on Saturday. The heavy rain made the fields muddy and perfect for layouts. On Saturday we had 2 hard games, one against NC State which we put up a good fight losing to them 3-13. We then had a bye where we tried to figure out where our next game was, getting lost on State’s huge campus and missing our tiny mountain home.
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BRICKYARD BRAWL
men’s ultimate
BY: JACOB LOUIE, SECRETARY
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Our first game of the day would be against one of those teams, UNCW. We had a hard fought game against them, but they ended prevailing against the Alien Mountain Nomads, 13-6. The next game was against another one of the nationally ranked teams, NC State. They ran some offenses and defenses that many of our rookies had never seen, and their experience shown through as they defeated us 13-6. Both of these games were good warm-up games when we see them later in the season at sectionals and regionals. Our next game of the day was against Charleston. We came out of the gates strong, and gained a substantial lead over them. After an up and down second half from
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Over the weekend of Fall Break, your Appalachian State Alien Mountain Nomads decided to travel down the mountain to take a trip to NC State. While there we decided to play a little frisbee, against some of the best competition in the area. Because of the timing of the tournament being over Fall Break, we had low numbers, but we made do with what we had. There were many nationally ranked teams in attendance including North Carolina, UNCW, NC State, and Virginia Tech.
the Alien Mountain Nomads, our first half lead was enough to push us over the Charleston Bums, 1210. In our final game of Saturday, we were playing for a spot in the championship bracket for Sunday against UNC-B. We had a fairly easy game against them, and came away with a 12-9 victory. Sunday was a bit of a rough day for the Alien Mountain Nomads. Low numbers and fatigue took a toll on our team. After coming out with a strong first half performance against Clemson, they took the momentum going into half and finished the game off strong in the second half, winning 13-9. In consolation games, we lost to Liberty, and finished the day off by beating ECU in our final game of the tournament. Although we did not get the results we were hoping for, the rookies of the team had a great learning experience. With the biggest tournament of the semester coming up, we are hoping to take everything we’ve learned from our first two tournaments, and put it altogether in Wilmington next weekend.
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photography by Logan Murrow
photography by Logan Murrow
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photography by Tara Martin
photography by Tara Martin
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SPOOKY SEASON
BY: KAYLA GUNTER, CLUB SPORTS REP.
High Point is always one of our biggest competitions of the semester due to us bringing and entering our horses from Foothills Equestrian Center. This time we had the opportunity to bring 3 top horses- Loralye, Abraxas, and Wilson (our newest addition to lessons). Each of them did a phenomenal job and placed well in each of their classes, ultimately allowing other schools to gain interest in them.
top rider against an experienced Emory and Henry rider. After a close decision by the judge, Sarah took home a championship ribbon resulting in High Point’s “Rider of the Day”. While the season is near its end, we are discussing the Open Show hosted in the Spring by our Equestrian Team. With this being said, we are looking for sponsors and getting the news out to anyone anticipating taking a trip to Broyhill Equestrian Center in Blowing Rock to support our team. Catch our team in new embroidered jackets from LL Bean.
equestrian
Moving along in to the end of the season, competitions have been approaching left and right. Previously, Dressage competed at Emory and Henry on October 10th, leading the team with very strong scores. Their next show at Virginia Tech will be held on the 1st of December. Western had their first show the weekend of 10/28 as a makeup from the hurricane, hoping for ultimately better weather, which they received! On the other hand, Hunt Seat has been competing a consecutive month straight, with their last competition, hosted by High Point University on the 20th.
Although we don’t wish it upon our horses to “spook,” we hope that you have a “spooky” Halloween and STAY SAFE!
Speaking of High Point, our Hunt Seat Competing Captain, Sarah Sigmon set a high standing for the Appalachian State Equestrian Team. With 1st place in Novice Flat on Hoogie, and 1st in Novice over fences on Lorayle, she took on the challenge of being the
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DIFFERENT RELEASE OPTIONS
archery
BY: MATTHEW PROCTOR, ARCHERY EXECUTIVE BOARD
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Most traditional shooters simply use their fingers. There are three major types of releases. The first style of release is the wrist strap. These consist of a strap that goes around the shooters dominant wrist and usually contain a trigger that is pulled to release the bow. This is the simplest release and proves very easy to use at all levels. I personally use this release because it has a trigger and is more natural for myself. Wrist straps also have a number of hybridized releases that include thumb releases and back tensions, just connected to the shooter by a strap. This is also the cheapest option of release. The second style is the thumb release. These releases have no strap and the shooter holds this
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When shooting a bow and competing in archery, one will quickly learn how many possibilities and combinations that can be used for a shooting setup. Just one of the possibilities is the release that you use. A release is something compound shooters use to clip onto their bow and pull the bow back with.
release in his or her hand in a closed fist. This style of release requires the shooter to turn their hand upside down and shoot with their thumb facing toward the ground and the back of their hand on their face. The trigger is usually a barthat is depressed by the thumb. These releases can get rather high in price if a quality one is obtained. Many traditional shooters that are moving to compound like to shoot this style because it has more similarity to finger shooting. The third most common style of release is a back tension and is the preferred release used by the pros. This style requires the shooter to hold the release in their hand with no strap, and upon rotating the release away from the anchor point, the tension eventually lets go and the bow shoots. These releases are very expensive and many higher quality brands have adjustable tensions and clicking sounds to let the shooter know the tension is about to release.
photography by Caroline Holland
photography by Caroline Holland
photography by Caroline Holland
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WHAT’S HAPPENING ?
give ‘em the bird
INTRAMURAL SPORTS HOSTS 5K RACE Intramural Sports is hosting its 6th Annual Give ‘Em The Bird 5K run this year. The event will be held November 16th at 1pm at State Farm Fields. Registration is FREE and earns student participants the chance to win a frozen turkey in the Mens, Womens, or Open leagues. There will also be giveaways and food present at the event thanks to partnering sponsors.
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6th Annual
GIVE 'EM THE BIRD 5K FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16, 1PM @ STATE FARM FIELDS
Registration Info: Guaranteed T-shirt Deadline: Oct 24, 12pm Closes:Â Nov 13, 12pm
More info & to Register: IMLeagues.com
Free
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THE WINNER OF EACH LEAGUE WILL RECIEVE A FROZEN TURKEY! Prizes, Giveaways, and More!! Email: imsports@appstate.edu or Call: (828)262-2100
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EXECUTIVE CORNER BY: SAM INGLES, EXECUTIVE OFFICER Things have been flowing smoothly here at the Club Sports Office. Teams are turning in their appropriate paperwork and things are beginning to run like a well-oiled machine. Team allocations have been deposited so I guess you can have Christmas before Halloween. Speaking of Halloween, Club Sports Council took place on October 31st this year and representatives were encouraged to wear their costumes to council. During council, committees discussed how to better promote their sports, raise money for their respective clubs, and planned a Club Sports outing at Broadstone to celebrate a good year of club sports. Next Club Sports Council will take place on November 14th.
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CLUB SPORTS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OFFICE HOURS IN SRC MAIN OFFICES Patrick Arsena WEDNESDAY: 12PM-2PM THURSDAY: 4PM-6PM
claire biaggi
WEDNESDAY: 2:30PM-4:30PM THURSDAY: 1PM-3PM
Sam ingles
TUESDAY: 2:30PM-4:30 PM THURSDAY: 2:30PM-4:30 PM
greg liles WEDNESDAY: 2PM-4PM FRIDAY: 9AM-11AM
ivy wagner
MONDAY: 11:30AM-1:30PM WEDNESDAY: 3:30PM-4:30PM THURSDAY: 12:30PM-1:30PM
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