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A WEEKEND AT EASTERNS WOMENS ULTIMATE
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ONE FOR THE BOOKS WOMENS VOLLEYBALL
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WE ARE NOT DONE YET WOMENS BASKETBALL
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LONG DISTANCE ATHLETES GO A LONG DISTANCE TRIATHLON TEAM
Director of UREC
Publicity Programmer
Joe Carter, carterjr@appstate.edu
Alyssa Gribble, gribblead@appstate.edu
Director of Club Sports
Executive Officers
Erin Sanders, sandersec1@appstate.edu
Activities Coordinator Chelsea Watson, watsoncg@appstate.edu
Philicia Gibson, gibsonpn@appstate.edu Ian McNeill, mcneillim@appstate.edu Katherine Uva, uvakr@appstate.edu
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RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY MENS ULTIMATE
QUALIFYING 14 DIVISIONAL TOURNAMENT FENCING TEAM
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APP STATE DRESSAGE: A LOOK BACK EQUESTRIAN TEAM
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EXECUTIVE’S CORNER
For more information on any of the club teams, visit the website: clubsports.appstate.edu email us at: clubsports@appstate.edu or call us at the Student Recreation Center (828) 262 2100
The March 27th Edition of the Club Sports Illustrated Designed by Alyssa Gribble
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WOMENS ULTIMATE
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he clouds were heavy
slashing to the back right corner, and
with rain; the ground
the game is over. Victory in the hands of
muddy and slick from
the entire Nonad team!
cleats cutting across; the
game tied; the time out. It is the last
And there you have it, Third place
game on Sunday, the winners will take
achieved at the sanctioned tournament
third place at Easterns, the losers will
known as Easterns. With only two subs
take home only the mud on their shirts.
the entire weekend and a long drive
Both teams want the win, both teams
home, the Nonads reflect upon the
will fight hard for it. Team Asheville
final winnings. Not soon to forget, that
pulls the disk to Nonads, ready on the
ultimately it isn’t the score that matters
line. The great Maggie Simmons picks
but the personal victories each lady
up the disk as the rest of the teams
made as she pushed herself to best of
falls into the vertical stack. Captain
her ability.
Kenyon Hall makes a hard cut for the disk, receiving it ten yards closer to the in-zone. The pressure is on, put on by the mighty Asheville team with a strong defense. Unintimidated Meredith and Sarah-Cabot take turns working the disk up the field, with handler Rachel providing a soaring flick back to Maggie. Five feet from the in zone and the ladies are on fire! A quick cut from the side,
WRITTEN BY: CORRIE MALONE, SECRETARY
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IT ISN’T THE SCORE THAT MATTERS BUT THE PERSONAL VICTORIES
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WOMENS VOLLEYBALL
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This
past
season
has
other team will be cheering them on from the
been one for the books. With
mountain and hoping the team can keep the
two dedicated teams, Women’s
first place momentum going! From all of us at
Club Volleyball has overcome
Club Sports and Club Volleyball, we wish our
adversity to pump out a successful season! The most recent tournament took place at Virginia Tech where the National team traveled to compete with teams from all around the east coast. President Priya Ford recalls a tough match against Pennsylvania State University that went point-for-point. “Our girls worked hard and we fought for every point!” Priya says, “Although we split the match I’m really proud that we could keep up with such a tough team!” That tough match didn’t stop the Appalachian State Club Volleyball team from placing first in the entire tournament though. “I really think we deserved first! I’m so glad we earned it, our team needed to know we could do it!” recalls Vice President Jamie Lee Misencik. Next up for the National team is the National Tournament taking place in Kansas City, Missouri on April 9th through the 11th. Our
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team good luck!
WRITTEN BY: CORBIN BRUTON, SECRETARY
“ CLUB VOLLEYBALL HAS OVERCOME ADVERSITY TO PUMP OUT A SUCCESSFUL SEASON
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WOMENS BASKETBALL
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ven though the school year is
there. But this is team is able to recuperate
Because it is an indoor sport, the players
coming to a close, the Women’s
from anything. They have seen adversity all
are not able to enjoy the beautiful spring
Club Basketball team has a lot
season and they will continue to overcome it.
weather that Boone has to offer. To make
more fight in them. They have a
home tournament at the Student Recreation Center coming up in a couple of weeks and will play teams around the southeast. The season will come to a close when they will go to nationals at North Carolina State mid April. The girl’s are getting anxious for this tournament, so they are doing everything to prepare. The team has had some changes in the last week. Practice times have changed, which conflicts with some of the players’ schedules. Also, some of the team members are unable to play because of injuries. This puts a strain on the team because with fewer players it is more difficult to practice at full speed when only a fraction of the team is
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things interesting the girls are going to start
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conditioning outside up and down stadium drive in order to have the best possible experience at practice. The girls are also
THE TEAM HAS A LOT MORE FIGHT IN THEM
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participating in hiking and any outdoor events to get closer as a team and enjoy the beauty Boone has to offer. As said in other articles, this is a very tight knit team that enjoys spending time together. This may include hanging out on the weekends or going to the gym and pushing each other outside of practice. They are excited to finish this very successful season strong. They are not done fighting and not done showing their skills.
WRITTEN BY: ALYSSA HORAN, SECRETARY
If you see the girls compete during the home tournament coming up, go in and cheer them on. They will not disappoint! The coaches and players are very proud of how far this team has gone, but they know that there are more obstacles ahead.
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TRIATHLON TEAM
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winter.
have addressed in recent articles
about 6 hours in my car of 4 individuals.
with free cat skiing. Wooza! The views were
how this is the off season and
The old Subaru huffed and puffed all the
stellar, with mountains much more rocky
we are just now stretching
way there, from the icy roads of Kentucky,
and jagged than here in the Appalachians.
out and started training after
through the downtown streets of St. Louis,
With out connections, we were able to ski
It really didn’t get warm until
and through the night, only stopping for
Breckenridge for a reasonable price, and
after spring break, so we are just now
gas and yummy foods at gas stations
were not as impressed as we thought we
starting to get into biking and running
that made foul odors come out of our
would be. It was a super big mountain,
again. Over winter, some of our members
bottoms.
The sunrise in Kansas was
but it seemed quite touristy and was very
were participating in winter sports, such
pretty fantastic and inspiring, but that was
expensive to eat ($13 burger). That night
as skiing and snowboarding. Two of our
the highlight of that state. That stuff is
we were still pretty exhausted from the 5
members, Tom Nolan and myself (Riley
flat. Very flat and boring. Once we got to
days of skiing we had done, but we decided
Parr) decided to just go ahead and drive 24
Colorado, excitement was fleeting, because
YOLO and went to UC Boulder for the night
hours to Colorado. We brought a crew of 7
Eastern Colorado is about the same as
to hang out with one of Tom’s friends from
individuals to partake in the epic journey.
Kansas. After a few hours and mountains
high school. It was fun and we behaved
It was quite the time.
in sight, we were instastoked again.
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ourselves. The last day we skied, Friday, it
night was spent in Denver, and then off to
snowed 7 inches at Loveland. The feeling
We left right after classes on the Friday
ski Arapahoe Basin, CO. The altitude hit us
of skiing that soft, dry powder snow was
before spring break.
Buzzing with
pretty hard (especially for poor Stewart)
absolute bliss. It bellowed over our bodies
excitement like 6 year old boys when
but we still shredded up some serious
and we swished through it, and we looked
spiderman shows up to a birthday party,
gnar. We did this for 3 days with decent
back out our tracks in awe of the epicness
we packed up the car and started to
snow conditions, skiing everything open
we had been through. For some of the
hightail it west. We shifted in a clockwise
including a hike-to chute (pictured). We
crew, it was their first day in real powder.
pattern so that everyone ended up driving
then skied Loveland CO, a favorite of ours
They learned quickly (especially Tom, for
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he is so athletic, despite his skinny skis)
memories to last a life time, and I would
and soon, we were all hootin and hollarin
do it again in a heart beat. Heck, maybe I’ll
all the way to the bottom of the lift. No one
do a triathlon out in Boulder. Or just skip
was there that day, so we got lap after lap of
it and go ski again. Keeping tearing it up
fluffy white stuff in our faces. Sadly, we had
out there, y’all.
to leave from that old, semi-sacred parking lot with our ski socks still on. We then drove all the way back to Boone, nonstop, with much less excitement. Getting back was a happy/sad moment. Happy, because we didn’t have to be in a cramped Forester for any longer, and sad because we were no longer in CO. I had a great time, with
WRITTEN BY: RILEY PARR, SECRETARY
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MENS ULTIMATE
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his
past
weekend
the
behind the Nomads, making the score 8-7.
on their silly mistakes. Princeton was able
Nomads traveled down to
App knew what had to be done, and after
to start a late comeback, but this was
scenic Statesboro, GA to
a few stacked defensive lines, the Nomads
halted by great defense from Caleb Ritchie.
compete in Southerns, a
were able to recapture their big lead and
Ritchie was all over the field on Saturday
very competitive late season tournament.
coast into the Win 13-8. After this game
disrupting the opponent’s offensive flow;
Ranked 2nd coming into the tournament,
the Nomads took their bye and feasted on
he recorded three bookends on the day, a
the team had a lot to prove. Saturday pool
some delicious Chick-fil-a, many Nomads
team high. Finishing the day 4-0, App was
play started out with a warm up game
went with the spicy chicken sandwich, a
able to secure the pool but by a scheduling
against North Georgia, who proved to be
staple for mid tournament food.
mishap, had to play the three seed in the
no challenge for the Nomads as they rolled
first round of the championship bracket
them and got to give everyone on the team
After the bye the Nomads faced off against
a lot of playing time. This would be the
Mississippi State, a game that included a
only cakewalk for the team all weekend
lot of chippy play, and words exchanged on
Sunday was wet, like really wet, it had
though. The second game was against
the sideline, ended up in the Nomads favor.
rained all night and was pouring as the
Carleton GOP, who beat the Nomads at
A squad that rallies around the other teams
Nomads were warming up. The fields
this tournament last year. With revenge
dirty plays, App was able to put MSU in the
weren’t taking this too kindly either, what
on their minds, App came out strong in
rear view mirror and coast to a third victory
was grass turned to dirt, and dirt to mud,
the first half with great play by all seniors
on the day. The day was not done yet
causing cutting and playing defense very
and was able to take a couple breaks
though, a game against Princeton would
hard. The disc was wet, but oh well, when
from the GOP squad. With a comfortable
be the final match up and test to see if
you gotta play, you gotta play. The Nomads
halftime lead App took their foot off the
App could take the pool. The game started
first game Sunday was against Georgia
gas and GOP made them pay for it. After
in App’s favor, as the Nomads scored on
College, a tough team who was seeded
rattling off a few breaks to start the half,
offense, then were able to stop the Ivy
3rd at the tournament. The game was
GOP regained a comfortable position right
League school on defense and capitalize
sloppy, with both teams recording bad
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on Sunday.
WRITTEN BY: RYAN SCHANZ, SECRETARY
turnovers due to the weather, it seemed as if
Sunday. The Nomads traded with Florida for
no clear winner would be found. One side of
a while then took over and broke them back
the field was like the scene out of a movie,
to back times in the second half to bolster
but a cheap movie that couldn’t afford good
a lead. Weather would now make a bigger
props, there was mud everywhere and players
play than it did all day, the field director
from both teams were slipping and sliding
approached the Nomads in the second half,
in attempts to corral the disc. To the Nomads
signaling that the rain was only getting worse
demise Georgia College was able to hone in
and the fields were ruined so they were going
and top the weather as well as the Nomads,
to cancel the rest of the tournament after this
despite some questionable calls late in the
game. Knowing this the Nomads came out
game. This was the Nomads first loss of
strong to finish the game and the weekend
the weekend and would knock them out of
with a win. The season is not over for the boys
championship competition. With spirits low
from Boone, they travel to Raleigh April 11th
the Nomads were ready to bulldoze their next
for the first round of the playoffs.
opponent, a young Florida team who made the mistake of wearing all white on a muddy
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FENCING TEAM
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o kick off our Spring Break
rankings - Joshua Danford reached the third
After returning from the tournament, the team
this year, ten members of the
round and walked away with an “E” rating.
has been busy preparing for several other
Appalachian
Fencing
When we weren’t on the strip or preparing
tournaments coming up in April. The fencing
Club traveled to Raleigh, North
State
for a match our members were there giving
club is also excited to be hosting our first
Carolina for our first fencing competition of
each other advice and providing plenty of
competition at the Quinn center this semester
the semester! The NC Div I/Div II Divisional
support to those that were in the fray. At the
and hope everyone comes out to help support
Qualifying tournament was an experience for
tournament we also had the opportunity to
our members.
veterans and newcomers alike. Three of our
meet other fencers, learn training techniques,
members competed in epée and four in the
and discuss plans for hosting tournaments
foil competition, with the rest along to support
with a coach from NC State.
their teammates during the tournament and enjoy a weekend of fencing.
Participating in this tournament helped our
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members further their skills by going up The bouts proved to be intense and exciting
against other fencers with different techniques
to watch. All of our competitors showed
and styles. Through this amazing experience
dexterity and great sportsmanship towards all
the fencing team’s members have grown as
of their opponents. Our members fought hard
fencers and friends.
and we even had one of our own place in the
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KARA RAPP, MEMBER
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EQUESTRIAN TEAM
WRITTEN BY: MADDY MASON, DRESSAGE TEAM CAPTAIN
As we approach our final regular show
was like nothing I had ever experienced.
weekend of the year and I myself approach
In intercollegiate shows, riders draw the
gradation, I can’t help but reflect on the
horses they will be competing on out of
last three years of my life I have spent
a pool of the hosting school’s horses, get
on the Dressage Team. I joined the team
acquainted with their horse during a brief
as a former hunt seat rider with no
warm-up, and then enter the arena to ride
prior dressage experience, but something
their dressage test. You can never get
about the harmony between a dressage
bored with intercollegiate riding. Even a
rider and her horse pulled me toward
seasoned IDA rider is always at the mercy
the discipline. My first Intercollegiate
of the draw.
Dressage Association (IDA) horse show
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I filled the Dressage Team Captain position
University, Ohio, if she can secure her
at a time when several veteran members
spot at this weekend’s show at Virginia
of our small team had just graduated, so
Tech. Another one of our riders, Marisa
the beginning of the 2014-2015 season
Bumgardner, is third in the region at Intro
involved a lot of shameless soliciting of
Level and may also be going to Nationals
new riders on my part. By some miracle,
if she can conquer this weekend’s show.
we had a full team of amazing riders by the first show of the season to represent
Graduation is always a bittersweet time,
App State in our region. In November,
and knowing I will be riding in my last
we hosted a successful IDA show at our
intercollegiate show this weekend makes
home facility thanks to the hard work of
it even more so. I have been very fortunate
the rest of the Equestrian Team. (Special
to be part of such a close-knit, kickbutt
shout out to Haley McCune, show chair
team, and being Dressage Captain this
extraordinaire.) In February, we drove
season was an unforgettable experience.
to Bristol, VA, in the snow and sub-
I am so proud of my team and I know they
zero temperatures to make it to a show,
will continue to be awesome next season
because none of us were willing to give
and for many seasons after that.
up as long as the car was on the road and moving in the right direction. One of our First Level riders, Kristen Gore, who is also graduating this May, is currently placed second in the region. She will be going to IDA Nationals this year at Otterbein
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WRITTEN BY PHILICIA GIBSON, CLUB SPORTS EXECUTIVE
Club Sports Council had an unexpected last minute change this week, but we ended up making the most of it and still having a very productive meeting. We were supposed to have an activity club propose to be a Club Sport during our meeting, but they ended up having some difficulties on their side causing them to withdraw their proposal. Although we were all looking forward to the proposal, we took that time and reallocated it elsewhere. At the end of each school year, the Club Sports Program generally has some extra funds left over, whether it be from teams not accepting their full allocation, having to withhold funds from teams, etc. So we take that money and reallocate it back out to teams based on certain
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criteria. This year we decided to reallocate the money based on attendance at Council. Coming to Council every meeting is extremely important for the development of our program, so we try reward teams that take it seriously. The teams had an opportunity to vote on whether or not they thought that criteria was fair, and then the teams that were eligible had an opportunity to accept or deny their share of the funds. The next thing we voted on had to do with the Budget Proposal. Katherine has been working on it all semester and needed Council to allow her to spend a certain amount of money in order to print the actual proposals. She broke down what she would be spending money on and Council voted to approve the funds.
Towards the end of Council, Kyle Craft-Kulkin and Chelsea Watson went over the criteria for voting in a new Club Sport once again. Deciding whether or not to let a club be a Club Sport is a huge decision and it is important that all of the Representatives are on the same page. Overall, it was a great meeting! Some of the team’s seasons have started winding down and some of them are still right in the thick of things. It is always great to hear the accomplishments that each team is having and to hear how well they are representing Appalachian.
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