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NOVEMBER 22ND, 2019 NO. 119
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HIRING! ALPINE SKI CLIMBING EQUESTRIAN
Club Sports Illustrated Edition 119 / / November 22nd 2019 Designed by: Ashley Sessoms, UREC Graduate Assistant Articles by: Club Sports Team Officers or Members Cover Photo: Phil R.
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WOMEN’S RUGBY SOFBTALL MEN’S ULTIMATE WOMEN’S ULTIMATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL EXECUTIVE CORNER 02
UREC DIRECTORY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Caroline Holland - hollandcn1@appstate.edu Nathan Kanning - kanningnh@appstate.edu Alison Looney - looneyar@appstate.edu Griffin Mercer - mercergs@appstate.edu Maya Townsend - townsendmj1@appstate.edu
UREC PRO STAFF Joe Carter, Director - carterjr@appstate.edu Erin Sanders, Assistant Director for Sports and Activities - sandersec1@appstate.edu Turner Goa, Coordinator for Sports and Activities - goat@appstate.edu Colin Wrba, Coordinator for Sports and Activities - wrbacm@appstate.edu
Contact UREC 828-262-2100 www.urec.appstate.edu www.clubsports.appstate.edu clubsports@appstate.edu
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WE’RE HIRING! Univeristy Recreation is searching for a Publicity Programmer for Club Sports! Publicity Programmers are undergraduate students who are responsible for reaching the entire AppState community to inform them about UREC, our programs, our facilities, and special events. Publicity programmers achieve this through a variety of methods including creating flyers, posters, and banners, participating in promotional tables throughout the semester, and updating bulletin boards and our website. If you are interested, please contact Ashley Sessoms via email: email: sessomsam@appstate.edu
For more information, including the full job description, please visit the link below. https://urec.appstate.edu/publicity-programmer-job-description
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WHAT WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR Emily Urish, Secretary
This past week every skier and snowboarder has gotten what they have been waiting for these past eight months. We got to pull out our boots, snow pants, and a thick winter coat. The skis were immediately taken out of their summertime slumber, and the ski poles got dusted off. For the best time of year has arrived: Ski Season! The mountains are officially open, and I know that our ski team has already taken more than a few rides up the chairlift. Since it’s so early in the season, there are only a few trails open but that just gives everyone a chance to warm-up and remember how to ski before we start flying down the black diamonds! North Carolina skiers are lucky. Some of the resorts up North aren’t even open yet. Two out of the three resorts around Appalachian State are open, which includes Appalachian Ski
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Mountain and Sugar Mountain. Beech Mountain opens Friday, November 22nd. Most of our ski team has season passes to Sugar, thanks to the discount we get for being students. A lot of our team members have already picked up their passes and hit the slopes. I know some people that went to the ski mountain two times over the weekend. One of the best things about being on the ski team is that every time I go to the mountain, I will always see someone else I know. Even though we aren’t a huge team, everyone loves skiing so much that there is still at least one of us on the slope. Race season doesn’t begin for about two months. That gives us about eight or so weekends where we can free ski and work on our form without having to worry about which gates to go through. It’s a perfect time for the mountains to open,
especially because students are stressed as the semester comes to an end. But skiing is freeing, and it clears the mind (and it’s definitely the best way to take a break from studying). Last week Boone had a beautiful snow dusting, and hopefully, we’ll get some more soon so that we’ll have other ways to get down the mountain.
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ALPINE SKI
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CLIMBING
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IT’S SOCO XXII TIME Logan Morlino, Secretary
Appalachian State Climbing Coalition welcomed various teams from around the region to compete in their 22nd annual home competition, Southern Comfort. Started in 1997, SoCo has been welcoming all levels of climbers for over two decades. This year, more than 100 competitors showed up to hop on red point style boulder problems. Categories were divided into beginner (V0-V3/ V4), intermediate (V4/V5-V6/ V7), and advanced (V7/V8+). Contestants ranged in age from eight, to twenty-five years old. The competition was hosted in two heats- a morning one from 9:00am to 12:00pm, and an afternoon one from 12:30pm to 3:30pm. Finals were hosted at 6:30pm. There were five women, and five men who were invited to compete in finals. Businesses such as Stickboy Bread Co., ReGear, and Kinetic Climbing donated prizes for the top three winners in each category.
Hosted by Center 45, the local bouldering gym in Boone, it is a quick ten-minute drive from campus. Offering a competition this close to campus gives beginning climbers at ASU a chance to compete without having to travel far. Likewise, it offers more experienced out of town climbers a chance to get up to the high country and enjoy our cooler weather. With a great atmosphere, SoCo creates a competitive environment that is infused with encouraging phrases and an air of friendliness. Lest we forget about the smell of delicious baked goodies from Hatchet, next door, drifting through the crisp fall air! So, this is a formal invitation for next year to youcome join this exciting event and hop on the wall, come beginner, come advanced, come all!
As it is right in our backyard, SoCo is a very important event to the ASU Climbing Team.
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HANNAH BAGLI:
EQUESTRIAN PRESIDENT Kelly McFeeley, Club Sports Representative Meet Hannah Bagli, the Equestrian team’s 2019-2020 President. Bagli is a senior Community and Regional planning major. After she graduates, Hannah plans to attend Appalachian State to complete her Master’s in Geography by spring of 2021 through the accelerated admissions program offered for graduating seniors. Back in 2014, Bagli first had the chance to tour the campus with her high school. She enjoyed the mountains, already having spent much of her time when she was younger visiting the Adirondack Mountains. This love for the mountains combined with Appalachian State’s versatile major options made the school the ideal place for Bagli to attend university and feel like a place she could call home for the next several years. Bagli’s passion for riding began ten years ago at the age of eleven. She started learning to ride at a New York based summer camp that both her
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grandfather and mother had attended at that age. She also took riding lessons at a barn back home in Tennessee from ages 11-18 with her instructor, Sara. Bagli’s first year of attending the New York camp was in 2008 where she started as a camper, then became a counselor, and eventually had the opportunity to run the riding program that had begun her passion so long ago. When she first began riding, Bagli was trained in dressage. Over time she transitioned to hunt seat because of her desire to jump. She competed in schooling shows throughout middle and high school, furthering her love for the equestrian sport. When it came time to move to Appalachian, Bagli still wanted to continue riding, not wanting to lose the skills and abilities she had worked so hard to gain. Riding had also been something she shared with her mother, as well as their horse, Billy the Kid, so keeping that connection alive
was important to Bagli. As they shared such an important connection, it comes with no surprise she considers her mother as the biggest influence in her life. Her mother was the one who taught Bagli crucial skills such as determination, perseverance, and the importance of making a plan in life. As a graduating senior, Hannah leaves this advice for current and future freshman riders, “The goal is to have fun. Don’t get caught up with points and winning.” After college, most people may not have the ability to continue riding as frequently, so enjoying the time riding consistently and time spent with the horses is important to Bagli. She also stresses the importance of building friendships and making memories in and out of the team because these are the people you will be friends with for years after you graduate.
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WO ME N’S RU GBY
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COMING TO AN END Ashley Dupalevich, Member The rugby team this semester has been a teaching semester focused on connecting as a team and integrating new recruits into the layout. We have done a multitude of group endeavors to get closer as a team. We have gone out to watch sunsets as a team, talking about school and life. We have gone out to latin night to have some fun after a stressful week of practice. But, we have also had meetings to discuss the importance of education as well as go over previous games. Each bonding experience has brought the team closer and prepared us even more for the upcoming spring semester. We have an abundance of matrix matches on top of some friendly matches to which we are ready to lay our hearts on the field and do our best as a team. Other social events we have upcoming is our rookie reveal, where the vets who have played for a year reveal to their
rookies, the new players, that they have been giving the gifts and have been taking care of them during their time with rugby. It is especially good that is revealed now with finals coming up so that the vets can help however they can with their rookies first finals. We also have our annual Christmas party, in which we get together and play a game of dirty santa. The rookies have to make songs for each vet and for the whole team. It is a great bonding experience that leaves everyone feeling good and excited for next semester when we have to leave for winter break.
bond, as we have become a family over this time. The schedule for next semester should be up on our instagram @ aho_wrfc soon. Show some love and support and come out to a few games.!
The rugby team has finished our games for this semester, ending on a forfeited win from Western Carolina. The players over the break between the start of spring games will go to the gym and keep in shape on their own time. We can not wait to begin playing again but will still continue getting together to
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SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: KATIE McENTIRE
Leah Renn, Secretary
Katie has not only been a key player on our team, she has also played a huge role as a founding member of Club Softball. Katie stands out on defense as our left fielder as well as on offense as our consistent number four power hitter. Last season she got recognized on the National Club Softball Association South Atlantic All-region Team as well as the NCSA first team AllAmerican. She continuously displays her passion for the game of softball as well as her commitment to her teammates. Katie serves as our treasurer on our executive board. We are so grateful that we had such a strong leader who was willing to step up when we needed it. We are all very sad that Katie is leaving us in December, but we are proud to have given her a winning last season. We have won all of our series this semester and our record is 11-1 overall. We would like to say good luck to Katie in
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your future and thank you for everything that you have contributed to our team during your time at App.
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SOFTBALL
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M. ULTIMATE
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ANOTHER NOTCH IN THE BELT
Aidan Todd, Secretary
On the weekend of November 16th and 17th your Alien Nomads traveled to the land of Steph Curry also known as Davidson North Carolina to ball out at another tournament. This Tournament came on short notice as the team only decided to go to this tournament a week prior to the weekend. Because there was little time to plan for the tournament many players were not able to attend for various reasons, such as not being able get off work or in the case of one Joseph “Cugs” Cugliari “just wanting to chill this weekend”. With only fourteen guys available for the weekend players had to step up and take on roles they where uncomfortable with. Players like Tyler Morse and Trey “Trigger Trey” Jansen found themselves as focal points of the offense. Rookies such as Quinn Teddy and Adam “If the shoe” Vitts got substantially more
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playtime than they are accustom to. This drastic change from the norm may scare some people but these Gruden Grinders were up to the task. On Saturday the team had three games total and they were all dominated by the Nomads. The team beat Davidson College 13-4 in the first match, then we beat UNCC 13-2 in our second game of the day. Our last game was against UNCA and the boys were pretty tired at this point but Coach Sandy gave us a rousing pre-game speech that lit a fire in our stomachs and helped us to demolish them 15-6. Sunday was much of the same as we beat UNCC again than played UNCA in the championship winning 1511. With that final victory the team had secured its first tournament win of the year.
seem to really have a handle on the game and are starting to become key contributors. Veterans are continuing to grow in play style as well as chemistry with one another. Much of this improvement can be credited to our Coach Sandy Hartwiger. His wise words and well-planned practices have had a profound impact on the team as a whole and has elevated our level of play to one I have not seen in my time at App State. With finals and Winter Break approaching fast the fall semester for the Alien Nomads is almost at an end we will continue to practice till the end of the semester but besides that the season has ended.
This weekend was a great show case of the improvements the team has made. The new guys
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SEASON WRAP UP; FALL EASTERNS & MORE Brianna M. Hibner, Secretary
Fall Easterns, the biggest tournament of the fall, was hosted this past weekend in Wilmington North Carolina. In the wind, rain and clouds the Nonads won all four of our Saturday games. We started out strong beating Wake Forest 13-4, then beat our best friends in the league, the Charleston Hobos 13-6. Traditionally the game was finished with a group dance circle to 500 miles, the “Ho-Nads” tournament song. We then went on to play the Tourists, a high school team, beating them 10-5, and ended the day in a crazy windy game against elon 9-4. On Sunday we enjoyed 2 first round byes where some of the team slept in and other hits the beach to enjoy watching the storm waves roll in. We had our first game against Wilmington at 12 and beat them 10-7 moving on the finals game against the
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Wilmington alumni team. The game was highly competitive and consisted of 13 gnarly layouts from both teams, but in the end we lost 13-11. Making it our only loss of the fall season. This past weekend we sent off our beloved senior, Julia “Juba” Adams, who played frisbee for 3 years after she transferred into App from Catawba. Julia has added a friendly, outgoing and adventurous vibe to our group through her involvement with team hikes and team dinners hosted at her home. Her funky spirit will be missed on and off the fields and we wish her well in the forest service and wilderness therapy. To summarize our season we played 24 games winning 23 of them giving us a 95.8% winning percentage. This is super exciting as our team has grown in size and competitiveness this year. Looking forward to our
competitive spring season, we got invited to the Queen City tuneup, which is a big east coast tournament where only top teams are invited. If you would like to support the Nonads as we continue to improve our team please consider making a donation, anything helps us pay tournament fees and for housing during these weekends. Our venmo is NonadsUltimate or checks can be made out to app state women’s ultimate and can be sent to Abby Dunn ASU box 11562, Boone NC 28608 Thank you so much for the support, see yah next season!
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W. ULTIMATE
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W. VOLL EYBA LL
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WRAPPING UP ANOTHER SEASON Alli Lobach, Secretary
Down at the University of South Carolina, the Orange and Indigo teams met some challenging competition. The Orange team split in their morning pool and moved on to the silver bracket. After flying by MTSU in the semifinals, they fell to Duke in the championship game. The Indigo team played hard
throughout the day. Although the results did not fall in their favor, overall they put in a great effort. The Women’s Club Volleyball will be back in action during the spring semester. We were excited by the large amount of girls who were involved and the high level of play in the club this semester. We are looking forward to making improvements and getting better during the spring season! photo credit:klm photography
Another club volleyball season has now come to a close. The season finished off with two tournaments this past weekend. The Yellow and Red teams played at UNC-Greensboro. The Yellow team faced a tough pool and placed into the silver bracket. After a back-andforth battle with ECU, they dropped a three-set decision in the semifinal. The Red team dominated their pool and went 3-0 in the morning. In the gold bracket, they lost in the semifinal match, but still placed 3rd overall.
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CLUB SPORTS EXECU Caroline N. Holland Club Sports Executive Officer Archery, Cycling, Rugby - M, Tennis, Ultimate - W 828-551-2846 / hollandcn1@appstate.edu Weekly Office hours for Fall semester: T: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm W: 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm F: 9:30 am - 11:30 pm Alison R. Looney Club Sport Executive Officer Climbing, Softball, Ultimate - M, Volleyball - W looneyar@appstate.edu Weekly Office Hours for Fall semester: M: 10:15 am - 11:30 am R: 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm F: 10:15 am - 11:30 am Griffin S. Mercer Club Sports Executive Officer Baseball, Basketball - W, Rugby - W, Swim mercergs@appstate.edu Weekly Office Hours for Fall semester: M: 10:00 am - 12:00 PM W: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Nathan H. Kanning Club Sports Executive Officer Alpine Ski, Fencing, Lacrosse - W, Snowboard, Soccer - M kanningnh@appstate.edu Weekly Office Hours for Fall semester: M: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm W: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Maya J. Townsend Equestrian, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse - M, Soccer - W, Volleyball - M townsendmj1@appstate.edu Weekly Office Hours for Fall semester: M: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm W: 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
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UTIVE OFFICE HOURS (UNTIL LAST DAY OF CLASSES)
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EXECUTIVE CORNER
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Contact UREC 828-262-2100 www.urec.appstate.edu