March 29, 2013
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY RECREATION A Division of Student Development
For more information on any of the club teams,visit the website: clubsports.appstate.edu or email us at: clubsports@appstate.edu or contact any of the people below.
Student Recreation Center (828)262-2100 Director of UREC: Joe Carter carterjr@appstate.edu Director of Club Sports: Erin Carpenter carpenterec@appstate.edu Publicity Programmer: Madison Frink frinkml@appstate.edu Executive Officers: Emily Ayotte ayotteee@appstate.edu Hannah Roberts robertshj@appstate.edu Morgan Page pagemd@appstate.edu
Table of Contents Snowboard...................................page 4 Fencing........................................page 6 W. Basketball...............................page 7 Swim............................................page 7 W. Lacrosse..................................page 8 Equestrian..................................page 12 M. Ultimate.................................page 14 Photo Comp................................page 15 CS Spotlight...............................page 16 Executive’s Corner......................page 18 Upcoming Events........................page 19
On the Cover... Shot from App State’s Women’s Lacrosse match against Chapel Hill. Photo taken by Madison Frink.
Featured this Issue... Women’s Lacrosse Club Sports Council
After three months of shredding, the regular conference season for the App State Snowboard Team had finally come to a close, but with every ending comes a new beginning; and this meant that the team was headed to Sun Valley, Idaho to compete at Nationals. After being highly anticipated for weeks, the team could not believe that it was already here and that ten of the members would be boarding planes to head out West for an unforgettable trip. After the men and womens team had finished in first and second place, respectively in the Southeast Conference, we were ready to show the nation what the Dirty South was all about and came ready to ride. The number one reason Nationals is so exciting is that it is different than any other regular conference season race. With multiple events to compete in, the team as whole had
Photos submitted by Alex Martin
a lot to look forward to. From Giant Slalom to Super Pipe, each team member had a new experience ahead of them. Although much of the team had not ridden out West, we took our East Coast skills and put them through the ultimate test during practice before the actual events started. After the first day of run-throughs, everyone was eager to ride in the first event: Super Pipe. The 22 foot walled pipe was something that App State had the luxury of riding in and everyone was ready to give it their best shot. Although everyone had a blast trying out the new terrain, Shannon Hildebrandt was the only team member able to slay the pipe, advance to finals, and bring back an impressive 14th place finish. With the combined efforts of Kim Ellison and Elizabeth Gaston, the girls were able to place 5th over all in the Super Pipe competition.
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After a night of recovery, we were ready to take on Slopestyle, an event that some of our riders had been preparing for back on the East Coast. Drew Cook and Shannon Hildebrandt were eager for the challenge that consisted of 2 kickers of 50 and 65 feet, something only the bravest of riders would attempt. After a few practice runs, the team was informed that the event would be postponed because there was simply too much snow. This is something we had never experienced, as the Dirty South Conference is known for our fresh grass and mud runs. Being able to ride in knee deep pow while being excused from school to ride is simply a feeling you cannot beat. When the event resumed, Drew Cook was able to slay the gaps, nail the rails, rock the box, and finish 19th in the nation for the Slopestyle event. After the snowfall had settled, it was time to strap in for Boardercross and see who the real shredders were. As Captain Kim Ellison said, Nationals is the one competition all season where we have the opportunity to compete in Boardercross and Super Pipe and along with the fact that the course was built by the X-games Boardercross course engineer, it was definitely an experience worth remembering. For the men’s team, Taylor Bridges was able to qualify but was bumped out during the first heat; however the Dirty
South was still represented well by many other schools. Elizabeth Gaston was able to qualify and make it through the first heat of women, bringing home a solid 15th place finish. The final day of riding approached and we began Giant Slalom. As the event neared, a crowd developed for the action. With the combination of being on television for this event and the roaring crowd, our team was ready to prove to the nation what App State Snowboarding was all about. Kim Ellison was able to bring 10th place back for the ladies. For the men’s, Taylor Bridges and Alex Martin rose to the challenge of the course and brought back 8th and 16th place finishes, respectively. With the combined mens finishes among our five competitors: Bridges, Martin, Byron Dollar, Drew Cook and Cameron Herritt, we were able to finish 3rd in the nation for Giant Slalom. After an awesome week in Sun Valley, the Snowboard Team’s season was officially over. With all of the new members, new experiences, and awesome races, the team couldn’t have asked for a better season. We all would like to thank everyone who has supported us this season, and we look forward to seeing where the App State Snowboarding Team will end up over the next couple of years. See you next winter! Alex Martin and Megan Page, Members
Photos submitted by Fencing
Over Spring Break, Fencing Team sent a small group to the Mid-South Fencer's Club in Durham where they had the opportunity to fence against a great variety of competitors; including fencers from as far away as Canada and Korea. Though our members were unable to make it into the second half, it was an exciting opportunity to cross blades with such a diverse range of talent. We also had the good fortune to meet several officials from the North Carolina Fencing Division who were interested in organizing inter-collegiate team training sessions and courses to enable members of these teams to become coaches. They were eager to have us involved, and we are looking forward to these developments when they come to fruition later in the year. Once everyone was back from the break, this past weekend we had quite an extensive weekend practice. Matt Parmer, of Knights of Malta, came to the club to coach us. He has previously served as one of the referees at our “Massacre on the Mountain” back in February. Additionally, Matt Parmer is a nationally ranked coach and has personally taken gold in the National Fencing Championships. For all of Saturday, our members were taking part in heavy training. It was exhausting, but it was an awesome experience and definitely worth it. We hope to be able to put what we learned into practice against other clubs soon. There is only about a month left in the season, but we are planning on traveling to at least one more tournament before our time is up. In the meantime, Fencing Club will be focusing on the skills and drills we learned from this past weekend and preparing for the final events of the semester!
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Photos taken by Madison Frink
For the first time ever, the Swim Team took a trip together over spring break and swam at Georgia State College. Appalachian ended up coming in second at the meet and all team members had a great time. After Spring Break, we continued preparing for the meet at Coastal Carolina, whom we competed against this past weekend. At Coastal, we also competed against NC State and East Carolina. The Swim Team is currently training for our meet at Chapel Hill on April 6th.
Haley Lingle, Officer
Photo submitted by Katie Facciola
A p p S t a t e W o m e n ’ s L a c r o ss e
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Photo taken by Madison Frink
Photo submitted by Katie Facciola
Photo submitted by Katie Facciola
The Women’s Club Lacrosse team hosted the “Mountaineer Meltdown Tournament” this past weekend on March 23rd and 24th. UNC-Chapel Hill, UNCWilmington, NC State, Radford University, Lynchburg College, and App State Women’s Lacrosse Alumni all traveled to Boone to attend this “Mountaineer Meltdown.” It was the Lacrosse Team’s first tournament and it was largely successful, despite the typical Boone weather.
“Hosting a tournament here means so much to the team,” said team president Lizzy Lagasse. “It was also a great opportunity to show the University that we are a very active team and wear our school’s name with pride.” App State is part of the Mid Atlantic Women’s Lacrosse League (MAWLL), which requires them to play in a conference. UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Wilmington, NC State, Elon University, Duke University, Radford University and ECU are all part of Appalachian’s conference. A lot went into planning this tournament. President Lizzy Lagasse, Vice President Anna Norwood, Secretary Alexis Brundage, and Treasurer Emily Ayotte started brainstorming the idea of hosting a tournament when they attended the MAWLL conference in the fall. The officers had numerous meetings to plan the tournament and they set up different committees for the rest of the team to participate in to help the event run smoothly. The team sold “Mountaineer Meltdown” shirts at the tournament and was excited to offer the option to tie-dye the shirts after purchase, in the true “Boonie” fashion. The teams played six games total on Saturday, including the App State vs. App State Alumni game and there were two games on Sunday. Luckily, the weather held out on Saturday but Sunday the teams weren’t as lucky. App State was scheduled to play UNCChapel Hill Sunday morning, easily their toughest game of the season. “The weather on Sunday was far from ideal,” Treasurer Emily Ayotte said. “However, our team was fully able to capitalize off of the weather because we are used to practicing in the sub par
conditions. We had the complete Boone advantage: Home game and Home weather.” App State won all of their games on Saturday against Lynchburg, NCSU and their Alumni but lost against UNC on Sunday. Although they didn’t walk away with the win against UNC, the team felt as if they played their best game all season. The “Mountaineer Meltdown Tournament” was a great way for this team to really show how dedicated they are to Club Sports. The Women’s Lacrosse Team has been very close knit all season and they plan to keep practicing hard to prepare for their last two tournaments (six games). “Joining the lacrosse team is one of the best decisions I have made,” Freshman Megan Stephens said. “I think everyone should consider joining a team/club while at Appalachian State.” Lagasse and senior Summer Jones both have been a part of this team for four years. Jones commented on the progress they have seen in a team that is proving to be extremely successful. “My freshman year there were such a small number of people on the team and now we have enough girls for almost two teams!” Jones said. “We’re not just a team we’re a family. We hang out together, do team dinners, hikes and anything and everything.” The Women’s Club Lacrosse team is one to look out for- their home tournament only brought them closer and fueled their determination to keep winning games and building their team to its fullest potential.
Photo taken by Madison Frink
Photo taken by Madison Frink
Anna Norwood, Vice President Photo taken by Madison Frink
Photo submitted by Katie Facciola
“We’re not just a team, we’re a family. We hang out together, do team dinners, hikes and anything and everything.” -Summer Jones
Photo taken by Madison Frink
The App State Equestrian Team is doing great things. We are excited looking forward to the future of this club. We have grown so much in the past few years and we want to keep growing, become more organized, and do big things! Recently, we have developed a relationship with the Blowing Rock Horse Show Foundation. We have not only received a generous sponsorship from their organization, but are excited about their enthusiasm for the future of this team. Even in the short time we have been associated with the Foundation, they have helped us to become more organized in areas such as our budget, team history, and putting together professional presentation resources. They are also great mentors and resources for our growing team. The Dressage Team competed at Wake Forest on March 23. As always, our riders presented wonderful horsemanship skills and had beautiful rides. Some of the highlights were Katelyn Young winning the First Level Division and Halie Cunningham getting second place in the Upper Training Division as well as earning the Reserve High Point Title of the whole competition! Halie also finished the season being the NUMBER ONE rider in the region for the Upper Training Division and earning herself a spot at Nationals! Nikka Hronis tied for second place in the Upper Training Division and Katelyn also tied as the number one rider in the region but fell to the second place spot by a miniscule 0.2%! It is possible that Katelyn could earn a wildcard spot and be going to Nationals with Halie
at the end of April. The Hunt Seat Team has their competition of the year on Saturday on Sunday. We have five girls qualifi including Mallery Patterson, Kaitlin B Carrie Simms, and Kristin Clark. We luck and have our fingers crossed th Regional Qualifiers get to move on to We have also elected new offic and want to congratulate: President: Morgan Erlenbach Vice President: Chloe Paddison Secretary: Halie Cunningham Treasurer: Lexy Bridges HS Captain: Alison Davis Western Captain: Danielle Plou Dressage Captain: Nikka Hron Extra Curricular Coordinator: A Show Committee Leader: Kale Horse Development Committee Webmaster: Lauren Wolfe Co-webmaster: Katherine Uva Club Sports Council Rep: Kath Although the show season is coming hasn’t stopped for the Equestrian Te an event with the VoiceMale group o team activities . Katelyn Young, President
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Second to None:
Men’s Ultimate “I have about as much patience for second place as I do for flies in my soup.” ~Anonymous A torrential downpour of thunder, lightning, and rain raged all Saturday night in Statesboro, Georgia. The Nomads had just wrapped up a six-game, day long tournament with a second place finish that no one saw coming. No one but us, that is. Going into the tournament seeded 8th overall, I guess you could say we took Georgia by storm. Easily our best showing of the entire college season thus far, the Nomads used their suffocating man defense, incinerating offense, and stellar zone to bust through the door to the winners bracket and walk right on in without wiping their shoes first. Metaphorically speaking. The other seven teams had to knock first. But we never got comfortable after getting in. Can you ever be comfortable after breaking and entering? Facing Chicago in the first game of bracket play, the Nomads took a halftime lead and never looked back, raiding the metaphorical fridge and dominating 12-7 over the number one seed in the bracket. Our next game, however, turned out to be a real test. Up against UC-San Diego, one of the better teams in the country, the Nomads found themselves down by two, facing game point. We were creeping up the creaky stairs to the family safe, Photos submitted by Men’s Ultimate
tripping over every metaphorical step. But we managed to find our balance, and sure-footedly knotted the game up at 9-9. Coming out with zone defense and the anxious aplomb of a matador, the Nomads took the point, the game, and earned a trip to finalstown with an enormous bid from #29 Mark Stumpf (a.k.a. The Future) and a hammer from #11 Adam Russell to #69 Eric Conklin in the back left corner of the end zone. We were in the finals. We were safely upstairs, performing a metaphorical panty raid. But we got careless. And we got caught. Up 6-4 against our familiar regional rival James Madison University, the Nomads couldn’t put the disc in the end zone to bring the game to halftime. Despite our best efforts, JMU caught up to us and eventually prevailed, winning the 2013 Statesboro College Southerns 8-6 in the final. Metaphorically, the owners called the fuzz and we had to drop everything and cheese it. But we left our mark on the house just like we left our mark on the tournament. Are we happy? Yes and no. We had a great run at a competitive tournament. But we came up short yet again. We haven’t had a real first-place finish all year. That grinds my gears. And it should grind yours too. “Knock-knock! Whos there? The guy that finished second. The guy that finished second who?” ~Anonymous Jeff Colby, Member
Club Sports Spotlight:
CLUB SPORTS COUNCIL What is Council? What happens there? How does it impact our program and our school? We wanted to hear it from the membership! In our search for answers we stumbled upon two involved members of CS Council, Scott Murphy, Men’s Lacrosse, and Jessie Harrelson, Women’s Ultimate. After asking them a couple of questions, this is what they had to say... Why did you decide to be your team’s Council Represenative? Scott: When I decided that I wanted to be an officer, the old Secretary, who is typically also the Council Rep, asked me to sit in on a Council meeting for him. After that I kept going back and began to get accustomed to how Council was run and started to enjoy going to the meetings. So that’s what drew me into being the Rep/Secretary. Jessie: I am not actually our Council Rep. This is my second year being the Treasurer for our team and I still really didn’t know much about the Council meetings...so I went to my first meeting to check it out and really enjoyed what I saw. It was just a room full of people as passionate about their sports as I am about mine. The Club Sports Program completely shaped my college experience into something I will never forget. All of my roommates and best friends have been made through my Club Sports team, so over the years I have developed such a passion for the whole program, and I finally decided to try and get more involved. What do you think is the purpose CS Council? S: Council’s purpose to me is to give a place for all teams to come together and govern the Club Sports as a whole. As far as how Council’s purpose in relations to App State, I would say the purpose is to give all the different sports a voice and to be heard by other people on campus. It allows us to gather up and become a big voice on campus.
J: I would say the biggest purpose the Council meetings have is to make sure every team is on the same page, and make sure we are all part of one bigger team that is the Club Sports Program. Using the ‘one big sports team’ analogy, the Council is doing the fundraising, the paperwork, and the teammate recruiting for one big team to make sure every little team within is getting what it needs to prosper. We are the officers of one team just trying to support ourselves and in turn our various sports. Looking back over your time in CS Council, what’s something that you’ve seen Council accomplish? S: What makes me proud to be a part of this group is getting to see the results of every decision we make and see how it impacts Club Sports as a whole or just my team. I would say the most memorable accomplishment that I was a part of was seeing the Tier System get implemented and all the work that those Executives put into improving Club Sports J: I think the Club Sports Council is the backbone to our whole program and all the little great things that are done are what add up to such a fabulous program. To be a Club Sports athlete you have to really be dedicated to the sport and all the time that it takes, and then to add a mandatory meeting on top of that, it’s just great to know that people care that much. I think that is Club Sports biggest accomplishment: bringing together such a large amount of different people into one program through the appreciation and passion of sports.
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“CS Council represents the voice of Club Sports athletes. It is made up of actual CS athletes who bring opinions and ideas and uphold the well-being of all our represented sports.”
“Club Sports Council allows for issues with budget, team issues, and other concerns to be fixed and to better benefit Club Sports.”
“I think the biggest way Council impacts the CS program is understanding the tier system for allocations and getting publicity for each team.”
C ouncil M embers “This Council keeps some very different sports together and shows us that ultimately, we’re all on the same team.”
“We are the governing body who makes decisions based on what our specific needs are for each team represented. We make sure things run smoothly within the CS program and that allows us to represent App State to its fullest.”
Executive’s Corner
a word from our executives...
After being forced to skip a Council meeting due to weather, we had a lot of grounds to cover this past Wednesday. A lot of exciting things transpired: A new awesome development was an addition to our tier system to help resolve issues regarding hosting requirements. Teams who are incapable of hosting tournaments now have an alternative method to use in order to meet their respective tiers. We also took nominations for the Executive position for the 2013-2014 school year, we had quite a few names to be listed for nominations which is exciting for the future of the Club Sports program. The Banquet date and location was decided and set for 6 pm Sunday April 28th, at Broadstone. Other exciting things discussed was our upcoming 5k we are working in conjunction with SGA to host. Remember to register by April 13th, this is going to be an awesome and fun Tie-Dye Dash so get excited! Council also voted to reward teams with perfect Council attendance, no Council tardies, and perfect travel form submissions for the year with extra allocation money. Overall this was a very busy Council meeting and a lot of beneficial and important decisions were made. The Executives are excited and working hard to pull together Symposium and Banquet for the end of the year. Good luck to all teams finishing out your seasons these next few weeks! Morgan Page, Executive
March 29, 2013
Metaphorically, the owners called the fuzz and we had to drop everything and cheese it. But we left our mark on the house just like we left our mark on the tournament. -M. Ultimate
Upcoming Events March 30, 2013 M. Lax vs. Liberty University @ Watauga High School Equestrian IHSA Regionals @ VA Tech M. Rugby vs. Lander University @ Furman W. Rugby Regionals vs. College of Charelston @ Furman April 4-6, 2013 W. Volleyball Nationals @ Dallas, TX April 8, 2013 Photo Comp Submissions Due Online April 10, 2013 Club Sports Council, 5pm, SRC Room 202 April 12, 2013 CS Presentation to the Budget Committee Next Club Sports Illustrated