Club Sports Illustrated: March 16th Edition by App State Club Sports

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ISSUE NÂ° 95 MAR 16.18

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04 Alpine Ski 06 Archery 08 Cycling 10 Fencing 12 Lacrosse Men’s

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March 16th Edition of Club Sports Illustrated Designed by Jarod York UREC Publicity Programmer Edited by Caroline Baird Articles by App State Students Cover Photo By: Kelly Hargett

14 Rugby Women’s 16 Tennis 18 Volleyball Men’s 20 CS Photo Comp 22 Executive Corner

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In Turmoil & Soil By: Claire Biaggi | Club Sports Representative Alpine Ski

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It’s the end of the season for the Alpine Ski Team, and it seems like it’s come and gone so quickly, mainly since it is not snowing anywhere. Beech Mountain has shut down for the year, and Sugar Mountain continues to blow snow, despite the fact that it’s above 40 degrees outside. Even though a couple of weeks ago it was 70 degrees here in Boone, we still had our Regionals competition at Bryce Mountain in Basye, VA. We were supposed to race Wintergreen, but they canceled it at the last minute. When I say in turmoil and soil, I mean this literally. Bryce Mountain was a literal strip of white with mud surrounding it. The course was icy and bumpy, and this caused many racers to fall on the course. Our men’s team were the only ones who qualified for regionals, so while the guys raced, a few of the girls stayed near the finish to cheer them on at the bottom and check their timings. We had two seniors and three freshman qualify for regionals, which is quite an age gap, but none the less very impressive. All in all, it was a very successful weekend, and we had a great time seeing friends from the Southeast region, as well as meeting other teams from the Northeast. For the rest of the semester, the team is just going to relax and maybe do a couple of hikes. Hopefully, it’ll get a little colder, and we can ski some more before it gets warm for the rest of the semester. The team also needs to do officer elections, since we have more than half of our positions to fill. Until next time, ski you later. Morgan Baker

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There’s No Range Like Home By: Matthew Low | Secretary Archery

My name is Matthew Low, and I transferred into Appalachian State University this past Fall from my hometown community college. When I first moved to Boone in August, it seemed like I was in a very different world from back home. I felt lost and overwhelmed in the college lifestyle. On a whim, I decided to go to the Club Expo, where one club really caught my eye. It was the Archery Club! I had never tried Archery before in my life, so I really had no idea what I was doing, but the coaches taught me so many things, from the proper technique to holding the bow to the different types of bows. After my first practice, I was instantly hooked on Archery. Midway through the semester, I decided to run for the open Secretary Officer position, and it ended up being one of the best decisions I have made in a long time! Being involved in any club can be an awesome experience, but I feel that being involved in the Executive Board has really given me a chance to meet some great friends, and build many leadership and life skills. I have participated in committees for planning of future events, helped design apparel for the club, budget money for different types of competitions, and reach out to interested members to make them feel welcome in the club. For Christmas, my parents got me a traditional bow! My father even tried it a couple of times, and then went out and bought himself a crossbow! He also set up a small range in our backyard which is about 20 yards. The range makes it fun and convenient when I am back home to practice. I can’t believe how much being involved in a club has changed my life! So, if I can give you any college life advice, it would be to get involved in any club on campus. You might even find yourself joining Archery, and shooting alongside me! Think you might be interested? Come check out our next meeting on Tuesday, March 20th at 7:30pm in Belk Library Room 114! Rowan Parris

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“And They’re Off!” By: Annie Pharr | President Cycling

The Cycling Team has had an exciting start to road season this year- with three race weekends under our belt and only four weekends left before nationals, it is shaping up to be a season to remember. Before our racers can even think about conference championships in April or collegiate nationals in Colorado in May, the races have to kick off somewhere. This February, the weekend hosted by William and Mary and UVA had that honor. The team made the long drive

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up to north Virginia for the February 24 & 25 races. On Saturday William and Mary was hosting the 13th annual Tidewater Classic in Williamsburg. This race featured a 9.5 mile loop with a brutal climb into the finish, winding around York River State Park. New racer to the team, Cole, rode 21 miles in the Men’s Ds while our Men’s C racer, David, went out for a solid 40 miles. Our Men’s A rider, William, made it 60 miles, pulling off the lead group for a solo break in the front of the pack with a couple miles to go. The attack was risky and cost him his lead because the rest of the peloton caught him before the finish, but it is moves like this that only make riders stronger and more prepared for the next races. David finished in a strong 15th place while an unfortunate crash set Cole back in

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the results and caused him to skip the race the next morning, but luckily didn’t harm him too much. The next morning was damp and foggy, and the technical skills of our riders were tested with the tight corners of the criterium race. Crit racing is shorter and faster than road racing, and though the wet conditions were less than ideal, our racers pulled through to represent the team well. Sunday’s race was hosted by the University of Virginia, and was titled the “Cavalier Crit.” David had a fantastic ride, making strategic moves and revealing his

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09 fitness gains over the winter that placed him in the top 10. The Men’s A field was a packed crew of tough competition, and many of the riders that entered didn’t finish the race. Our racer Will hung on for a good finish, and it was great training to kick off the ACCC season. Despite spring break plans keeping many of our riders from competing in the last two weekends, the team is looking forward to the remaining races, especially our home weekend coming up in April. We are anxiously awaiting the return of some spring weather to make outdoor training more pleasant, but road season will carry on regardless! The team is excited to see what the remainder of the season will hold.

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7 Cities and 44 Friends By: Lauren Brackett | Secretary Fencing

As a brand-new college student, I wasn’t exactly sure what I wanted my Appalachian experience to be like. I knew I wanted my four years on this campus to be full of new experiences and new faces, but I didn’t have a solid plan for going about this. I started fencing my first semester of freshman year at Appalachian. When I tell people that I’m a fencer, their first question is usually, “How on Earth did you get into that?”. The answer is surprisingly simple to most people. It was early September and I was browsing the list of clubs on AppSync late one night in my sweaty, air-conditionless dorm room. I joined other clubs in the weeks prior but none of them seemed like the perfect fit for me. Some of my friends from high

school fenced at their universities, so I figured why not give it a try? I blinked and somehow three years have already come and gone. Through App State Fencing, I have traveled to 7 cities, stayed in an infinite number of La Quinta hotels, met some of my best friends, and learned a new sport along the way. I have held two officer positions simultaneously for the past two years, been challenged in ways that I never expected to be, and become part of a team that makes me laugh every single day. My high school senior self would have never expected to be on the fencing team, much less for three years, but I’m so happy that my late-night AppSync browsing led to something that has changed every aspect of my college adventure. Check out our next article on March 30th! I’ll be writing about our member’s spring break adventures and giving a recap of our Spring SIFA experience!

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Battle Tested By: Samuel Ingles | Defense Lacrosse Men’s

It has been a rocky start for the 2018 App State Men’s Lacrosse team. First glance at the results of the initial three games would leave many Mountaineer fans shocked, having dropped to 0-3 for the first time since 2015. However, there is much more to the story than what appears on paper. The Mountaineers started the season in Knoxville, Tennessee against the University of Tennessee, a MCLA Division 1 program with a history of being a tough contender in the SELC North West Conference. In a torrential downpour, the young Mountaineers fought hard to the last whistle, coming up just short of victory with a final score of 14-11. This game was a chance for the team to come out and show what they were made of, and they did not disappoint. One week later, the Mountaineers faced off against conference rival Wake Forest University in WinstonSalem, North Carolina. Despite a full team effort, App State fell to the Demon Deacons by a one goal differential. The very next weekend, a banged and bruised team traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to face off against division rival Kennesaw State University, who at the time was ranked 9th nationally. The mountaineers came out strong in the first quarter, but in the end succumbed to the Owls in a 12-4 loss.

What you cannot see on the stat sheets or in this brief recap is the determination and perseverance that this team has embodied. Every player on the Mountaineers squad has given their all every week since the preseason, and there appears to be no sign of that drive being hindered anytime soon. The freshman have stepped into contributing roles in record time, pulling themselves up by the bootstraps and being whatever the team has needed them to be, and returning players have continued to perform just as dominantly as they have in previous years. This team has been taken a beating, but they are far from throwing in the towel. Division rival Davidson College is up next on the docket, traveling to the High Country on Saturday, March 17th. What they will find upon arrival will be a hungry App State team ready to cash in and earn their first win.

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AHO goes to Vegas By: Katie Sorrell | Club Representative Rugby Women’s

Since our last update, AHO women’s rugby hasn’t been too busy. With spring break on our schedules, the last of our practices came to an end for the upcoming week. Sadly we haven’t had any recent games due to forfeits and cancellations, but, we are SUPER excited for our upcoming play off game!! We play College of Charleston on March 17th in the first stage of playoffs. Over spring break our fellow ruggers have been working on cardio and strength training on their own in preparation for our upcoming game. Although there hasn’t been too much excitement for AHO as a whole, over spring break two of our fellow ruggers participated in a 7s tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Our president Mikhala Daughter, and our match secretary Kaitlyn Reed, made the Vegas All star 7s team. The Carolinas Geographic Union held tryouts for its first Collegiate women’s all star 7s team. Included in the CGU(carolina’s geographic union) were schools ranging from the mountains to the coast in North and South Carolina. We are super proud of our teammates, in that only a select few were picked to

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play. Our ladies represented 2 out of the 12 ruggers on the CGU’s Collegiate Women’s all star 7s team. “This was the experience of a lifetime and I feel so lucky to have gotten the chance to be apart of it” says Kaitlyn. The CGU 7s team placed 8th overall, and we are super proud of our teammates, and also super proud of the whole CGU team for representing our region.” Not only did Kaitlyn and Mikhala get to play rugby, but they also got to watch games, and meet well renowned ruggers from all over the globe. Mikhala got to meet Charlotte Caslick, who plays for the Women’s Australian

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Olympic rugby team. Our president was also able to meet Hope Rodgers, who plays for the Women’s American Olympic rugby team. The tournament consisted of womens and mens team from all across the country and all over the globe. We hope that Mikhala and Kaitlyn are able to bring back their newly refined skill back to Boone in hopes of bettering our team for future success.

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Success at Sectionals By: Kyle Kennedy | President Tennis

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The App State club tennis team recently traveled all the way to Auburn, Alabama to compete in Sectionals. This was our biggest tournament of the season and a record 72 teams were in attendance. For the first time ever, we were able to take two teams of our own to the tournament. We brought an A and B team both comprised of 3 guys and 3 girls. Both teams had high expectations going into Sectionals and we could not be more proud of what we were able to accomplish, boasting a 9-3 record between both teams! The A team dropped the very first match of the tournament against a really tough Georgia College team, but proceeded to win 5 matches in a row to win the gold bracket! The championship match was against Davidson and it all came down to the last set of the match, which is mixed doubles. A solid performance from our mixed

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doubles duo clinched the set 6-4 and the match 23-19. This was the first time in our club’s history we have ever won a bracket at tournament. The B team also played extremely well all weekend winning four matches and placing 3rd in the gold bracket! One of only two B team losses happened to come from the hands of the A team. In wild circumstances our A and B teams had to play each other in the semifinals making for a highly unusual match. The friendly trash talking and intensity were both high but the A team prevailed in the end 30-18. Sectionals could not have gone better for us and we are ecstatic with the results we brought back to Boone. This year has shown how much we have improved and the increased depth of our roster. The future continues to look brighter and brighter for us.

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On the Road to Nationals By: Tyler Cajigas | Secretary Volleyball Men’s

On February 24th, the Men’s Club Volleyball team co-hosted a tournament with the Women’s Club Volleyball team that consisted of 14 teams total, 7 teams in the Men’s division and 7 teams in the Women’s division. We ran a very successful tournament and we want to thank everyone that came out and supported both the men’s and the women’s team. The women’s National team won the whole tournament, while the men’s team ended up making it out of pool play and lost to the University of South Carolina in 3 sets, losing 1512 in the last set. We will be traveling to Milligan College to play a Tri-Match against Milligan and the University of Tennessee on March 18th. We will then be heading to Liberty University to play in a ranking tournament for Nationals on March 24th. The national tournament is in St. Louis this year from April 11-14th, which we will also be traveling too. Again, thank you to everyone that came out!

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Good day to my Club Sport enthusiasts, fans, and followers, Mikhala Dougher here to give you a quick update on your executive officers. As always, we are holding down the fort and it’s business as usual, filing paperwork like pro’s and keeping this train of track. Spring semester projects have been assigned and we are laying the groundwork for a strong finish to the year. In the past the spring projects have been symposium,

banquet, and the budget report. However, this year, with the addition of two new executive officers we are proud to announce two new spring projects, transitional leadership, and an assessment project. The transitional leadership project is being headed up but the very capable and creative, Emma Bouma, this new project will focus on easing the process of training

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Taking Care of Buisness By: Mikhala Dougher | Executive Officer Executive Corner

new club officers as well as next years executive officers. The shiny new assessment project will be designed and administered by Courtney Forbis, the intention is to display some qualitative data, and what club sport participants are developing as members. Kevin Meyer is taking the torch for the budget, while Bryce Helms will be the designer and host for this years Club Sports Banquet. I, myself am looking forward to planning the Club Sports Symposium. I am excited to see what we, as our own team, can bring to these projects, and the ways in which we will be supporting each other through it. There are plenty of things to be on the lookout for within the coming weeks and it will be a construction zone for progress in the office, make sure to stop in an say hello or offer words of wisdom. It is the intention of the Club Sports executive team to make these projects the highlight of the year and the runway for the takeoff of next fall. We each hope to bring style, accuracy, merit, and some good ole fashioned grit to these finals tasks and leave our own marks on the program. It’s sure to be a rodeo of a finish so stay tuned. Till then, this is Mikhala Dougher, signing off.

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“Miles in Snow” Snowshoe, WV Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals

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Questions?

CSPC As you all may know, The Club Sports Photo Comp (CSPC) is an annual event within App State’s Club Sports Program. Any individual can take the photographs, but an officer on the respective team must submit an entry form for each photograph submitted (up to a maximum of three). There is no entry fee or any other type of fee throughout this competition, so all teams are encouraged to participate. Submissions for the competition are open until 5:00 pm on March 23rd. The winner will have their image printed, framed, and displayed outside of Room 202 at the Student Recreation Center. Your photo will also be used as the primary publicity photo for the entire Club Sports Program for the 2018-2019 season.

Email Assistant Director of IM & Club Sports: Erin Sanders, sandersec1@appstate.edu or clubsports@appstate.edu

Club Sports Photo Comp “How To” • Equipment Check Out @ Library Tech Desk in the basement of the library with App Card • 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 • Any monetary exchange for photographic services will disqualify your submission • You must have photographer’s consent • Only officers may submit up to three photos

So I have my photo what do I do now? • Open your photo in Photoshop • Do some basic color correction (image>Adjustments>) • Go to (Image>Image size) and make sure the photo is 300 ppi • Save the image as a .JPG • Submit your photo by going to the Club Sports website under the “About” tab (Link to submit on page) • If you have any question email me at yorkjs@appstate.edu • Visit clubsports.appstate.edu for full rules and submission form

To learn more about Club Sports go to clubsports.appstate.edu

Executive Officers

Kevin Meyer meyerkc@appstate.edu

Emma Bouma boumaec@appstate.edu

Mikhala Dougher doughermc@appstate.edu

Courtney Forbis forbiscj@appstate.edu

Bryce Helms helmsba@appstate.edu

Coordinators for Sports & Activities

Joe Carter carterjr@appstate.edu Alex Purivs purvista@appstate.edu Erin Sanders sandersec1@appstate.edu John Marion marionjs@appstate.edu

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Joe Carter Director of UREC Alex Purivs purvista@appstate.edu Erin Sanders Assistant Director of Sports & Activities John Marion marionjs@appstate.edu

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