Club Sports Illustrated No. 109 / 3.15.2019

CLUB SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SPRING SEASON, 2019

ALPINE SKI: GIRLS ON FIRE 3.15.2019 // NO. 109

CARE. ENGAGE. TRANSFORM.

TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE CORNER / 1 PHOTO COMP / 3 THE MILLER SCHOLARSHIP / 6 WOMEN’S LACROSSE / 7 BASEBALL / 9 TENNIS / 11 WOMEN’S RUGBY / 13 FENCING / 16 ALPINE SKI / 17

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Club Sports Illustrated Edition 109 // March 15, 2019 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 Emily Walker, Coordinator for Sports and Activities walkerea3@appstate.edu Emily Haas, Coordinator for Sports and Activities haaser@appstate.edu Contact UREC 828-262-2100 www.urec.appstate.edu www.clubsports.appstate.edu clubsports@appstate.edu

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EXECUTIVE CORNER BY: SAM INGLES

Here in the office things are running like a well oiled machine. MIC’s are all being processed and teams are ramping up the frequency of their competitions entering the last half of the semester. Executive Officers are focusing on their spring projects that will cap off the end of the school year. For my project, I am working on assisting in both Team and Officer Elections for the 2019-2020 school year. Claire is working on the Club Sports Assessment that will gather feedback from players and help to better the club sports program. Ivy is working on constructing the End of the Year Symposium for incoming officers in the Fall. Greg is working on planning the annual Club Sports Banquet. And, finally, Patrick is working on the Club Sports Budget Proposal for the 2019-2020 school year to pitch to Student Affairs.

Also, don’t forget to add these upcoming events to your calendar: Symposium will be Sunday, April 28th from 4-10pm. Banquet will be Monday, April 29th from 6-8pm. Both events will be held in the Plemmons Student Union. We are excited to end the year with you all!

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OFFICE HOURS

Patrick Arsena / arsenapb@appstate.edu Wednesday: 11:00am-1:00pm Thursday: 10:00am-12:00pm

Sam Ingles / inglessd@appstate.edu Monday: 9:00am-10:30am Wednesday: 9:00am-10:00am and 4:00pm-5:00pm

Greg Liles / lilesgs@appstate.edu Tuesday: 9:00am-11:00am Thursday: 9:00am-11:00am

Ivy Wagner / wagnerik@appstate.edu Monday: 2:00pm-3:00pm Wednesday: 3:00pm-5:00pm Thursday: 12:30pm-1:30pm

COMMUNITY. LEADERSHIP. COMPETITION. Claire Biaggi / biaggice@appstate.edu Wednesday: 11:45am-1:45pm Friday: 11:45am-1:45pm

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You may check out equipment @ Library Tech Desk in the basement of the library with App Card o These items can be checked out for three days at a time: Tripods, Gopro (with mounts), DSLR Cameras Ask your friends that are in the Photography program to help you take some photos of your team in action o Any monetary exchange for photographic services will disqualify your submission o You must have photographer’s consent Team officers must be the ones to submit photos o Limited to three submissions per team To edit, open your photo in Photoshop o Do some basic color correction (image>Adjustments>) To size the image, go to (Image>Image size) and make sure the photo is 300 ppi Save the image as a .JPG Photographs must have been taken since the close of the last Club Sports Photo Competition (March 21, 2018 - Present).

Name your image files with the team name and photograph title as such: TeamName_Title (i.e.

Snowboarding_EpicGnar) Submit your photo by going to the Club Sports AppSync page > Forms > 2019 Club Sports Photo Competition Entry Form *If you have any questions please email clubsports@appstate.edu **Visit Club Sports on AppSync for full rules and submission form

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APP STATE CLUB SPORTS

Submissions Open: March 13 Submission Deadline: March 24 Submit via Club Sports AppSync Winner revealed at Club Sports Banquet *only 3 submissions per team accepted (828) 262-2100 clubsports.appstate.edu clubsports@appstate.edu

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The Douglas Miller Honorary Scholarship dedication. courage. service.

opportunity for UREC student-employees

four scholarships of $500 to be awarded to UREC student employees for Fall 2019 applications are due April 9 via AppSync please see urec.appstate.edu for more information

in honor of Douglas Miller for his bravery on 9/11 care. engage. transform.

DOUGLAS MILLER HONORARY SCHOLARSHIP Barbara Daye, Dean of Students, emerita at Appalachian State University, wishes to remember the Miller family through funding a scholarship for a deserving University Recreation student employee. This recognition goes to an individual who serves University Recreation as a genuine and selfless ambassador just as Douglas Miller did as a New York firefighter when entering the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001. His dedication, courage, and selfless service is a distinguished example for the students of University Recreation.

Mr. Miller served his profession honorably, which University Recreation wishes to promote in their student employees through recognition and awarding of this scholarship in Mr. Miller’s name.

The award is for the amount of $500 and is awarded prior to the upcoming fall semester.

We will award four(4) scholarships for the Fall 2019 semester.

Qualifications: Current Appalachian State University full-time, undergraduate student Current student employee of University Recreation in good standing Continued employment for University Recreation during fall of the awarded scholarship 2.5 cumulative grade point average Applications can be found at urec.appstate.edu > Employment > Douglas Miller Honorary Scholarship Applications are due April 9, 2019 University Recreation would like to extend its gratitude to Ms. Barbara Daye & Ms. Lori Miller for providing funding for these scholarships.

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photography by Jamie Baxter

LET THE SEASON COMMENCE BY: MADDIE MARCELLINO, PRESIDENT This semester we gained nine lovely new ladies. With dues collected and the season beginning, they are stuck with us- and we are very happy about it. Jokes aside, our new members are truly great and already feel like part of the family. Practices at Kid Brewer Stadium have been going great! Each week we implement new drills to make sure everyone is getting as much out of the time as possible. We continue to meet on Mondays and Wednesdays for team workouts. We are now averaging 2.5 miles per workout! I am so proud of how hard everyone has been working.

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members are required to send a picture of themselves doing something that makes them happy or an inspirational quote in order to get practice credit for that day. We try to make sure everyone on the team is doing okay, on and off the field.

In the past two weeks, the Women’s Lacrosse team has played in five games. We hosted UNC- Chapel Hill, Coastal Carolina, and UNC- Wilmington at our home Galentine’s Day tournament! Playing at Ted Mackorell Soccer Complex was a great experience. We are very appreciative for our Club Sports program as the staff worked so hard to help us make this tournament happen, despite the flooded game fields at the

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State Farm swamp. We started the tournament with words of inspiration from Keith Turner (our Vice-President Kaitlyn’s rockstar dad). As the freezing rain stopped and the sun came out, it was a great weekend of lacrosse!

This past weekend, the lady laxers travelled to Wake Forest University for a play day. We played against Wake Forest and Lynchburg University. While the score was not in our favor during the first game, the ladies pushed hard and pulled through with the win against Lynchburg.

We are looking forward to more competitions. We travel to UNCWilmington the weekend of April 30th (many straight from Kesha).

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

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OFFENSE EXPLODES AS MOUNTAINEERS SWEEP DOUBLE HEADER BY: NICK GOARD, TREASURER

Sunday’s games against UNC Charlotte were initially pushed back half an hour due to--to say the least--a saturated outfield.

The extra half hour of batting practice and ground balls during that stretch paid major dividends for the Mountaineers, who swept the 49ers 9-0 and 10-3 to win the series after dropping game one of the series on Saturday.

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In the first game, the offense came alive in the third inning. A leadoff triple by Nick Goard was followed by an RBI single from Evan Edmiston, who scored on a double from Justin Greer. In the fourth, back-to-back home runs

by Matthew Barrett and Noah Dancy began the inning. Two hit-by-pitches later, Edmiston crushed a three-run home run to left. Back-to-back doubles by Greer and Brandon Jones brought in the sixth run of the inning.

Jones later homered in the sixth inning.

In game two, the offense came early. Tim Lazur singled in the first inning, followed by a double

by Goard, a single by Edmiston, a double by Greer, an RBI groundout by Jones, and a single

by Matt Anders. Four more runs scored in the second inning after hits from Lazur, Goard, Edmiston, and Jones as well as an RBI double-play. The offense stalled for a couple innings before Greer demolished a first pitch fastball in the sixth inning for a two-run home run.

The pitching in both games was fantastic. Christian Stokes started game one and pitched a complete game shutout, allowed only three hits, struck out seven, and only walked two batters.

In game two, Presson Norwood went four innings, allowed four hits, one earned run, struck out four, and walked four en route to his first win of the year. Jordan Hrabar relieved Norwood, allowed one hit, struck out two, and walked one over two innings. Sam Goff relieved Hrabar and pitched a scoreless seventh inning, allowed one hit, and struck out two.

Brandon Jones was named Offensive Player of the Weekend, going 7-10 with two doubles, a home run, five RBI, one run scored, and a whopping 1.950 OPS. Christian Stokes was the Pitcher of the Weekend due to his performance in the first game on Saturday.

App State will look to continue this momentum into next weekend when they will play UNC Wilmington at home. If the Mountaineers play like they did this weekend, they have a chance to win more games than any other App State Club Baseball team since 2012.

Offensive leaders: Evan Edmiston (4-8, 5 R, 2B, HR, 6 RBI), Nick Goard (5-7, 4 R, 2B, 3B), Justin Greer (4-7, 4 R, 3 2B, HR, 4 RBI), Brandon Jones (6-7, R, 2 2B, HR, 5 RBI, BB)

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Pitching leaders: Christian Stokes (7 IP, W, 3 H, 0 R, 7 K, 2 BB), Presson Norwood (4+ IP, W, 4 H, ER, 4 K, 4 BB), Jordan Hrabar (2 IP, H, 0 R, 2 K, BB), Sam Goff (IP, H, 0 R, 2 K, 0 BB)

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SWEET HOME ALABAMA BY: KYLIE BARNES, VICE PRESIDENT Two weekends ago, our Club Tennis team sent off ten of our best players to compete in the biggest and most competitive tournament of the year in Auburn, Alabama. As we set off in our cars, we had no idea what to expect or what was in store for the weekend of tennis ahead of us. Auburn has always been one of our favorite tournaments, filled with fierce competitiveness and friendly faces from colleges all around and is always a great time filled with great memories.

The A-Team started off very strong with a 30-5 win against Kennesaw State in pool play.

They kept the momentum up with another win in pool play against Eastern Tennessee State University with a final score of 30-8, which pushed them into the Gold Bracket of the tournament.

The A-Team kept pounding with a strong win against UNC-C’s team 21-7, another win at 27-20 with Louisiana Lafayette, and a brutal and intense semifinal win again Georgia Tech B team 29-23. With this win the A team was in the Finals of the Gold Bracket, an achievement that we never have had before and never dreamt of getting to. They met 11

Georgia College in the finals, with a chance to head to Nationals in Arizona, but lost in a tough match 13-26. Even though we lost in the finals, we were extremely happy with the amazing tennis we played throughout the weekend and the chance to play in the Finals and almost make it to Nationals. It was a surreal moment and, all in all, a surreal weekend for our Club Tennis A-Team.

Our B-Team also had a very successful weekend of matches.

The first two pool play matches were losses for the team, 9-30 against Emory and a 10-28 loss against Auburn D team. The two pool play losses were followed by three strong wins, however, in the tin bracket for our B-Team.

They won 30-12 against MTSU, 27-15 against Georgia Southern B-Team, and 27-16 against Auburn E-Team, winning the tin bracket with a strong end to the tournament weekend.

We could not be more proud as a team of the effort and amazing tennis we put forth in Auburn.

Every player gave it their all and played their hardest in every match and on every court. We are

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TENNIS so grateful for the opportunity to play and be a part of an amazing tournament and sport that so many colleges also take part in. Between the tough matches and team memories, this was definitely an Auburn tournament to remember. We are excited to get back out on the courts after spring break and see what else is in store for our talented and hardworking club tennis team!

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THE SPRING FORWARD BY: KATELYN GOFF, CLUB SPORTS REPRESENTATIVE Leading up to spring break, AHO was been hitting the gym hard on our own time and having field practice when we can due to the weather. Since the weather here in Boone is not on our side, we had to cancel our game that had been scheduled for February 23rd against Coastal Carolina University. This matrix match has now been moved to March 30th.

With this game change, it gives us more time to prepare and condition for our final matrix match of the season. Over spring break, as the team dispersed to their hometowns and vacationing locations, the grind did not stop.

Even though we were on break, we still conditioned on our own and thought about the game of rugby, as well as what we will do to not only improve our own game, but better the team in a whole.

Although this was a much needed break, not only from school but just to recuperate, it is time to hit the ground running again! As we all gathered back in Boone and started our first week back at school, we are still all hitting the gym on our own time and finding every opportunity to challenge ourselves and improve our game.

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With our last matrix match approaching faster than we think, we are making game plans and talking as a team to figure out ways to improve on and off the pitch. We are looking forward to

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finishing our last matrix match of the season strong and once again can’t wait to see how our team has improved since the beginning of the season and how we are going to keep improving in the future!

photography by Grayson Arthurs

photography by Grayson Arthurs

WOMEN’S RUGBY

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FENCING

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EVERYBODY LOVES DAVE BY: MARIA CILENTI, PRESIDENT Spring Break 2019 came faster than we could have imagined; everyone was packing their bags for home, sunny trips to Florida, or maybe even going abroad. The Fencing team though, packed their sabers, whites, and masks and headed to the Mid-South Open in Durham, NC! Being the home club for saber fencers Nathan Potvin, Ben Lockwood, and Patrick Arsena, Mid-South was extremely excited to meet the Appalachian Fencing team and their expectations were exceeded.

Saturday was a great day to show case our women’s saber squad that’ll be competing together at SIFA at the end of the month: Carolina Gorman, Griffen Hoey, Emily MacDonald, and Rachael Arnold all competed individual at Mid-South and excelled. It was incredible to see how much improvement was made from the last tournament from these women, especially Gorman who received third place! Aside from their fencing, the women also challenged senior epee fencer and president, Maria Cilenti, to compete as a saber in this event. Having never fenced saber before, Cilenti relied on the women to guide and support her throughout the event and they did exactly that.

Following the women’s event was the B1 rated saber open where we had a total of 12 fencers competing. Each of them has an outstanding performance, especially Nathan Potvin who demonstrated his tenacious and patient personality when it truly counted. Potvin’s direct elimination bouts were difficult, but he went into each one calm, cool, and collected.

Sunday morning, Cody Edwards, James Kuhns, and Drake Bogart competed in foil against tremendously talented fencers.

Edwards stood out from the start of his first bout with his aggressive offensive! Typically a passive fencer, Edwards impressed us all by switching up his fencing style to better his outcome of the day! After a long event, Bogart came out on top and took home third place and also earned his C2019 rating!

Following the foils was the B1 rated open epee event where 7 of our fencers competed. Although the competition was tough, our fencers excelled; helping one another whenever they weren’t fencing and providing insightful techniques. Going into the second round of direct eliminations, we watched as two of our own fencers competed

against one another. Daniel Whitten and Hunter Lee fenced to fifteen and were neck and neck the entire time. Even during their one minute break they provided each other advice and encouraging words. Overall, the epees had a successful event and senior Maria Cilenti brought home silver for women’s epee.

The App State Fencing team would like to acknowledge coach and co-owner of Mid –South fencing club, Jeff Kallio for all he did for our team. Kallio expressed to the Officers how impressed he was with our team and hung an App State flag in the club to recognize the hard work and accomplishments we’ve made.

His praise and love for saber fencer Dave Nguyen were the highlights of our trip and helped kick off spring break with a bang!

ALPINE SKI

END OF SEASON RECAP Throughout the season, the Alpine Ski Team has competed against the best skiers in the Southeast Region. We have had numerous members break personal records, such as Dylan Howard. He placed fifth on the team, scoring 103 points this season. He was 23rd this season, up from 45th last season. He is not the only person to have broken their personal best this season.

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Courtney Forbis and Aspen Bullard both lead the women’s team this season. Each of them has broken their records in points, with a number of top 10 and top 20 finishes. Courtney Forbis placed 17th and Aspen Bullard placed 25th on the women’s individuals ranking.

Each of these ladies had stand out performances this year, and for Courtney Forbis, this was her last year. Freshman Amanda

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BY: MIKEL SMALLE, CLUB SPORTS REPRESENTATIVE

Hawkins, third on the women’s team, was a standout freshman.

She was 32nd individually without any racing experience.

We hope to see our Women’s Team go to Regionals next year lead by Ms. Bullard and Ms. Hawkins The Men’s Alpine Team had a successful season. They made it to Regionals Ski Competition at Hidden Valley, coming out of the Southeast Region first overall.

They were led by returning members Willis Hawkins and Will Struckmeyer. Both of these men broke personal best. Willis broke his personal best of 113 individual points. He scored 140 points this season, placing within the top 10 twice. A stand out on the men’s team is Baylor Matney. This was his first season competing on the Men’s Alpine Ski Team. He placed 3rd on the team and 18th in the Region. The Men’s Alpine

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Ski Team is looking forward to continuing this success next season.

With the end of the season, it seems only right to say a huge thank you to our faculty Advisor, Doctor Kosmala and our coach, Daniel Jones. Both of these men helped the Alpine Ski Team excel this season. Doctor Kosmala took time to help us prepare for the season, hosting dryland training sessions before the ski season and giving each member advice on how to improve their technique.

Daniel Jones helped the Alpine Ski Team while we were on the slopes. He attended several races to cheer on the team, offer advice and critiques of our race performances. To both of these men, the Alpine Ski Team says thank you for your time and efforts this season.

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STAY IN THE LOOP

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO VIEW OUR CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE SPRING SEASON! VISIT CLUBSPORTS.APPSTATE.EDU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR PROGRAM.

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community. leadership. competition.