October 25th, 2013
CLUB SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
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ISSUE 04 FEncing- From the Foil to the Epee 04 women’s SOCCER- All In 05 WOMEN’S LACROSSE- Steal the Bacon 06 ALPINE SKI- The Learning Never Stops 07 EQUESTRIAN- What makes equestrian sports different?
08 MEN’S ULTIMATE- Straight Cash, Homey 09 SNOWBOARDING- Snowboarding: A History 10 WOMEN’S ULTIMATE- Thirst for Victory 11 Women’s BASKETBALL- Thankful for the Past 12 CYCLING - Mud, Roots, and Snow? 14 Executives’ corner- From Tyler 16 Upcoming events
Ashley Cutrell cutrellae@appstate.edu Tyler Grandis grandistw@appstate.edu
THE OCT 25th Edition of the Club Sports Illustrated Edited by Jason Sharpe Designed by Marcie Ried
ON THE COVER Women’s Ultimate competed at NC State’s Wolfpack tournament over fall break and placed 4th overall.
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FROM THE FOIL TO THE EPEE Written by Alex Fogleman
The Appalachian State University Club Fencing Team is well on its way with progress this year as its new fencers continue to develop as they start exploring Epee fencing. Epee fencing functions very similarly to the weapon the club starts people out with: the foil. Between both of the weapons, an Epee is generally heavier and also has a larger target-area that covers the entire body. Since it also does not utilize rules of right-of-way, this usually means fencing in this style requires more caution on the bouting fencer’s part in order to score touches without being scored on themselves.
As far as competitions go, the ASU Fencing club will be engaging in its first mock tournament of the year in order to familiarize the newer fencers with how a tournament environment works to prepare them for when they all start fencing in a competition-setting. The club will be hosting its first tournament of the year, the Yosef Open, on November 9-10.
Nov 9-10
The Yosef Open, Quinn Recreation Center
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ALL IN
Written by Bailey Pages
The Appalachian State University Women’s Soccer Club Team is thrilled to announce that they will be attending the Regional Tournament for Division II this weekend in Winston Salem, NC. The women’s soccer club team members are all very excited and thrilled to have been invited to participate. To start the tournament, the team will face Clemson, Auburn and Virginia Tech, which are some of the team’s top competitors -- wish them luck!
say that it’s almost surreal that this dream has come true! All the team members’ hard work and effort has finally paid off! The team will be sporting their new jerseys at this tournament and are spending their last bit of money to go. With the team literally “all in” having put everything on the line, team members couldn’t be happier. In honor of their former coach Davis, SCOO NEERS!
The women’s soccer club team will have four seniors on the team attending this tournament. The seniors have been aspired to attend this tournament since their freshman year, and
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Oct 26-27
Division II Regional Tournament, Winston Salem, NC
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STEAL THE BACON Writen by Alexis Brundage
The Appalachian State University Women’s Lacrosse Club Team has been working hard to prepare for their upcoming tournament this weekend at East Carolina University. The tournament is round robin style and is held each year in Greenville at ECU, with this ASU women’s lacrosse club team attending for the past two years. To prepare for the tournament, the team has been working on practicing skills and conditioning drills. One of the team’s favorite drills is “steal the bacon.” To start this drill, the team splits into two groups, both lining up on opposite sides of the field. The two teams then decide how many girls they are each sending out to play for the ball. Next, a lacrosse ball is placed in between the two teams, and the goal keeper then yells for the drill to start. Once signaled that the drill has begun, the players chosen by each team run out and fight for the
ground ball. Once procession is gained by a team, both teams move to play either offense or defense – depending on who gained possession – and the ball is played until the offensive team either scores a goal or has their shot saved by the keeper. This drill has a lot of great aspects to it and the girls really have a good time playing it. Hopefully all the team’s hard work over the past few weeks proves fruitful and the team can be victorious at ECU’s tournament.
Oct 26-27
Round Robin Tournament, East Carolina University
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- ALPINE SKI -
THE LEARNING NEVER STOPS Written by Dixon Styres
In a collegiate setting it seems students are always actively learning. While I would like to think that my calculus class does not deem itself worthy of my active learning, it most certainly does. Luckily, the collegiate experience allows for many more learning experiences outside of the classroom. A few weeks ago, the Appalachian State club ski team got the great pleasure of actively learning from one of the best Appalachian State has to offer in the field of ski instruction. Dr. Witold Kosmala, a long serving member of the ASU Mathematics faculty, also happens to be the team’s longstanding faculty advisor. Dr. K, as we call him, is a Level 3 Professional Ski Instructor of America, which requires a very in depth knowledge of the sport combined with several years of dedication.
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The team had a great time as we went over ski technique both on and off the racecourse. The team had a great learning experience as we increased our knowledge about something that we are extremely passionate about. We of course had to try out our newly acquired lessons in the offseason as we set out to try to increase our agility and stamina on the trails. It is a thrill to have such a knowledgeable member of our team that cares about our success, and strives to make every year of racing better than the next. It will always be a pleasure to have Dr. K on the ski team!
Ski Ya Later!
- EQUESTRIAN -
Alex Jonker, Nikka Hronis, Maddy Mason and coach Dana Dewey pose with their blue ribbons at Virginia Intermont IDA show 10/20.
Q: What makes equestrian sports different? Written by Lexy Bridges, Treasurer, Dressage Team
A: The most obvious difference between equestrian sports and all other sports is that your teammate is a ~1000 lb animal with a mind of its own. With horses, verbal communication is not an option. Everything is done by feeling, and the hardest part about communication by signal and feel is that every teammate is different. “Phrasing” demands is slightly different with every horse depending on discipline, training and skill level of the horse. Mastering communication with one horse for years is hard to do, but in all collegiate competitions, competitors show with
horses they have never ridden before. In IHSA (hunt seat and western), no warm ups are allowed before entering the show ring with a brand new horse; in IDA (dressage), ten minutes are allowed to attempt to figure out the horse out before riding a specific test. Imagine playing a sport with a brand new team with no talking at every competition… Luckily for ASU Equestrian, we’re not too shabby.
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- MEN’S ULTIMATE -
STRAIGHT CASH, HOMEY Written by Kevin Byrley, Club Sports Representative
This weekend, the Nomads traveled to NC State for the Wolfpack Tournament. This is the fourth year in a row that the Nomads have been to Raleigh to compete. After having a less than ideal finish last year, the Nomads drove down looking for blood. They arrived at the field Saturday morning with fire in their eyes ready to cash out their MITB (money in the bank). After making it rain on UNCG (15-8), the Nomads lost two extremely close games to Elon and UNCW, but finished out the day on a win over USC. Sunday, they came out strong against a tough UNC team and lost on game point. After the tough loss, they were ready to take the disc deep, and take the top off the defense. And take the top off the defense they did, beating their final two opponents, breaking seed, and placing fifth of sixteen in the tournament. Looking forward, the Nomads look to improve from their close losses and make a strong impact in the fall. This weekend they are sending a developmental team to Elon to compete, and the weekend after, they have their most competitive fall tournament at UNCW: Fall Easterns. HUP-HUP!
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SNOWBOARDING: A HISTORY Written by Shannon Hildebrant, Secretary
Snurfer: the first snowboard, developed in 1965 by Sherman Poppen in Muskegon, Michigan. He wanted to make a toy for his daughter that would be a cross between the surf and snow. Inspired by this invention in 1977, Vermont native, Jake Burton Carpenter, started the now multi-million-dollar company, Burton Snowboards. These snowboards were made of wooden planks and sold for around $38. Amazing how times have changed!
Snowboarding gained in popularity in the competitive world as well. In 1982, the first National Snowboard Race was held in Woodstock, New York, and in 1983, the World Championship Halfpipe was held in Soda Springs, California. The sport made it’s first Olympic appearance in 1998, and since then, has been included in the X-Games and US Open.
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The first National Snurfing Competition was held in 1979 at Muskegon State Park, Michigan. Carpenter showed up and wanted to enter with his non-snurfer board he had invented, but many people protested. They opened a new division for Carpenter, which proved to be the start of what is modern day competitive snowboarding, Although competitions were slowly popping up, ski resorts initially did not pick up the sport, and many mountains banned the boarders. Since then, the sport has grown immensely, accounting for approximately 30% of winter sports participants.
Currently, snowboarding is regarded as a very extreme sport among both riders and those watching for entertainment. It’s impossible to discuss the evolution of snowboarding without mentioning two individuals: Shaun White and Travis Rice. These two men have made giant leaps in the last decade. White has transformed pipe riding and accomplished the impossible: a perfect score in the Super Pipe. Rice, on the other hand, prefers the dangerous backcountry and racing avalanches. This year Rice worked with Redbull to create the backcounty competition series, Supernatural. Makes you wonder, what’s next? Images provided by Google October 25th, 2013 /// CLUB SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
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- WOMEN’S ULTIMATE -
THIRST FOR VICTORY
Written by Ingrid Humphrey, Secretary
Over fall break, the Nonads traveled to Raleigh to participate in NC State University’s Wolfpack tournament. This tournament is one of the most competitive of the fall season, with ten women’s teams coming to play from around the region, and the Nonads were excited to see how they would stack up against some of the teams they play most often in the college spring season. Saturday began with a loss against the nationally-ranked University of Virginia team. While the loss was a disappointing start, the Nonads held their own, getting nine points on the board against UVA’s 12 points. After a second round bye, the Nonads came back onto the fields with a thirst for victory, winning all three of the following games against NC State, Duke and UNC-Greensboro. Winning these games put the Nonads in the championship bracket for Sunday play. After first winning against Elon Sunday morning, the Nonads lost to James Madison University and then again to UVA. While it was unfortunate to end the day with two losses, the Nonads ended up placing fourth overall at Wolfpack Tournament – better than any previous year. The results of this weekend show that the ASU women’s ultimate club team is improving with every passing year and tournament. The team hopes to do just as well – if not better – at their home tournament on November 9-10.
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PHOTO BY DOM PARISI
THANKFUL FOR THE PAST Written by Elena Kacan
The Women’s Basketball Club is fairly new and our journey began just a few years ago. It all started during the fall of 2009, when Morgan Page contacted Erin Sanders about making a club basketball team. She, then, learned that she wasn’t the only one who wanted to play. Katie Limbacher & Cassie MaCleod had the same idea, so they came in contact with each other to find a way to get back on the court. The girls eventually started meeting up in library study rooms and included Mindy Scott, who they had met while playing intramural 3 on 3 basketball. They were the original 4 officers: Katie took the lead as president because she was oldest, Cassie was the vice president, Morgan was secretary, and Mindy was treasurer. They had to go through CSIL to become an interest organization first and had to do various paperwork and meet certain requirements, they presented their pitch to Club Council and became recognized April of 2010. They, then, had a one-year period before they could petition Club Sports Council
so the year of 2010-2011 they focused on getting into the East Coast Women’s Club Basketball League and competed mostly in NIRSA/ACIS events as an intramural team. Although they weren’t very good starting out, things began to develop little by little. The beginning of fall semester 2010, the president and vice president dropped out, so Morgan and Mindy unexpectedly took over and continued the quest to be a Club Sports team. They were unable to petition Club Sports Council until October of 2011, which they were then accepted as probationary and were then voted out of probation in the fall of 2012. We are so fortunate and thankful for those who devoted their time and effort so that we now have the chance to play against universities all around the East Coast. We hope to continue the Women’s Basketball Club for years to come and are excited to pass along our traditions year after year.
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MUD, ROOTS, AND SNOW?
Written by Charles Ramsbotham
Mountain bike season has come to an end for the Appalachian State University Cycling Club Team. While the team is beginning to think ahead to cyclocross, they’re not finished with mountain biking quite yet, as the collegiate mountain bike nationals will be taking place this weekend in our backyard! Beech Mountain will be hosting the fastest riders in the country, and the cycling club team is proud to send some of their members to compete in what will surely be one of the toughest weekends of racing this year. Conditions are expected to be rough with lots of
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mud and roots, and word is that Beech Mountain has received light snow over the past few days! Racing kicks off Friday morning and will continue throughout the weekend. If you find yourself looking for something to do, come out to Beech Mountain and cheer on your fellow Mountaineers! There will also be volunteer opportunities if you need volunteer hours or if you just want to help out. Despite sending a few members to the collegiate mountain bike nationals, the hard work of all riders during this 2013 season cannot be overlooked. The team finished second overall in the
Photos from past races at Beech Mountain
Atlantic Collegiate Cycling Conference, with many riders finishing at the top of their division. In Men’s A, John Michael Gorum finished first overall. In Men’s B, Zebulon Ramsbotham placed second with teammate Justin Evans following in third place. In Men’s C, the overall winner was cycling club team member Matthew Cole. In a season filled with great results and good times, the Cycling Club Team thanks everyone who made this season so great! As mentioned earlier, once mountain bike nationals take place this weekend, the team will begin preparing for cyclocross. Cyclocross is a cross between road and
mountain cycling, and is a great spectator sport. Racers will challenge themselves on courses designed with sand, mud, tight corners, barriers to jump and sometimes inevitable running. The ASU Cycling Club Team has plenty of riders who look forward to this season above all the others, so look forward to reading about how the team succeeds when cyclocross season kicks off in November!
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Executives’ Corner Written by Tyler Grandis, Club Sports Executive
Fall is now in full swing for all Club Sports teams with a snowflake or two falling during our Club Sports Council meeting this week, on Wednesday the 23rd. Our council discussed possible manual changes that could be applied during the Spring semester. We are also finalizing a new Club Sports logo which will appear in this publication very soon! The rest of the meeting time was spent in the various committees we have to help further the Club Sports program. The committees on the council are as follows:
Nov 3rd BUDGET: We are working to create a fair system for allocating national championship funding. Right now, our committee has come up with some different drafts of ways we may accomplish this.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE: We strive to actively help the community. We have accomplished our first goal and have adopted Queens Street in the name of Club Sports. November 3rd is our first street clean up day to keep Boone beautiful. Teams with four volunteers will receive a budget point.
Nov 20th PUBLICITY/FUNDRAISING: The goal of this committee is to unify the Boone community with Club Sports through fundraising. We will be having a Come Back Shack fundraiser on November 20th, so please come on that day to grab some grub and represent Club Sports!
TEAM UNITY: Our goal is to create a social atmosphere and a strong bond between members throughout the Club Sports program. We will be hosting a “Minute to Win it” competition in late November. This event will be a ton of fun and will have free food to boot!
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Upcoming events Mark your calendars + support your fellow mountaineers OCT 26:
NOV 9-10:
CYCLING Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals at Beech Mountain MEN’S ULTIMATE Tournament at Elon WOMEN’S LACROSSE Round Robin Tournament at ECU WOMEN’S SOCCER Division II Regionals at Winston Salem, NC
ULTIMATE Blue Ridge Blowout at State Farm Fields FENCING Yosef Open Tournament at the Quinn Recreation Center
OCT 27: EQUESTRIAN Hosting the Intercollegiate Dressage Association Show at Foothills Equestrian Center, Hickory, NC
NOV 1:
NOV 16: SWIMMING Home Meet at SRC Pool
NOV 17: CLIMBING Competition at SRC Climbing Wall
NOV 20: COME BACK SHACK FUNDRAISER
EQUESTRIAN Show in Greenville, SC MEN’S BASEBALL Greenville Tournament MEN’S ULTIMATE Fall Easterns at UNCW
NOV 3: QUEEN STREET CLEAN UP DAY
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