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Long term effects of concussions evident after death Drew Egnoske

WASHBURN REVIEW

We hear all of the time about concussions and how serious they are. But do we truly know the consequences or are we just agreeing with what someone is telling us?

Injuries are a part of everyday life for athletes. The long term effects associated with playing a sport tend to focus on the physical and not the mental aspect.

A discovery that is having a hard time breaking into the mainstream associated with sports are the long term effects related to suffering from concussions. The NFL has taken steps to show that they are trying to prevent players from experiencing concussions, such as the new helmet rules and penalizing players who tackle by leading with their helmet or targeting another player’s helmet. Where sports leagues and players associations are failing

to combat concussions is in the actual education of their players and what the long term effects will be from suffering from concussions.

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is the long term danger that comes with sustaining repetitive head trauma such as that associated with concussions. CTE is a danger to athletes at all levels and the deaths of many athletes can be attributed to this neurodegenerative disease.

But just what is CTE exactly? It is the build up of Tau protein in the brain which happens after an injury to the brain has occurred. This protein, in large amounts destroys the surrounding brain cells causing atrophy.

Symptoms from this disease cause mood changes, memory loss, impulsiveness, dementia and early onset of Alzheimer’s.

The ultimate danger that comes with CTE is when the

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Interviews by Luke Warnken

this disease, mainly because they are dependent upon athletes to elect to donate their brains once they have died, meaning they only have small sample numbers to conduct research on. It is not possible to diagnose someone until after they have died. Another reason it is limited is because it is a new study and only one institution is currently doing research on it and the related factors.

As information on the disease continues to be found, diagnosis and treatment of it takes one step nearer to being a reality.

It also puts pressure on sports leagues, such as the NFL, to continue to realize the seriousness of concussions and to educate its players on the lifelong dangers they present.

Drew Egnoske is a senior mass media major. Reach him at drew. egnoske@washburn.edu.

For our Sideliner edition of the Review, we asked basketball players:

“What will you be doing for winter break?”

“I like bearded ladies.”

Dalton Abel, guard

“Just going to chill at home.

Maybe go to the gym and shoot by myself.”

person inflicted with the disease decides to take their life or someone else’s. The recent suicide by Junior Seau, all-pro linebacker is the latest death by an athlete where research conducted postmortem on his brain indicated a severe case of CTE. Seau joined a long list of former players, including Dave Duerson, Andre Waters and Kenny McKinley, who all ended their life intentionally and all were diagnosed with CTE. CTE is not just affecting football players. There are many athletes, especially in boxing, wrestling and hockey who have had players suffer from it.

Recognizing this disease and the related incidents caused by it signifies a great leap forward in medical treatment of concussions. Unfortunately, it is only the first step in learning ways to prevent CTE among athletes.

The medical community is very limited on its access to studying

“I want to do the best I can to stay in shape and hang out with family and friends.”

Zack Riggins, forward

“Go home to my family. I wish I could go to Hawaii.”

Evan Robinson, forward

Will McNeil, guard

Graphic by Maggie Pilcher, Washburn Review

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alendar London Calling 2012: Olympics through the eyes of a Brit

Wednesday, Dec. 5

Mona Morrissey Senior BFA Art Exhibit: 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., John R. Adams Gallery (runs all week) Capturing the Spirit: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Garvey Fine Arts Center (runs all week, 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday) Lasting Impressions: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Garvey Fine Arts Center (runs all week 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday) Thursday, Dec. 6

Volleyball at TBA (NCAA National First Round): Noon Women’s Basketball vs.

Southwest Baptist University: 5:30 p.m., Lee Arena Crane Observatory Open House: 7 to 8:30 p.m., Stoffer Science Hall Men’s Basketball vs. Southwest Baptist University: 7:30 p.m., Lee Arena Friday, Dec. 7

Volleyball vs. TBA (NCAA National Semifinal): 5 p.m.

Faculty Development Workshop—Winter Social: 2 to 3:30 p.m., Bradbury Thompson Alumi Center After Hours: 5 to 7 p.m., Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center Saturday, Dec. 8

Volleyball vs. TBA (NCAA National Championship): 5 p.m.

Sophie O’Neill

WASHBURN REVIEW

A royal wedding, the queen’s diamond jubilee and now the Olympic Games. This year has given rise to a surge of American-style flag-waving among the usually understated Brits. Selfcriticism had been cast aside in favor of some un-British national patriotism.

London, and much of the rest of the nation was a sea of British flags, hanging from balconies and in shop windows, draped around necks and shoulders, printed on t-shirts and umbrellas. The atmosphere was so thick with British passion that even the grumpiest and most cynical of people confessed to getting swept up in the excitement of it all.

After a slow start for the British team, a few gold medals in cultured events, such as cycling and rowing sparked the fire, leading us to one of our most successful Olympic games.

Brits are from a quaint little island of no more than 65 million people, that few nations expected to be a big contender for the gross amount of medals that were up for grabs this Olympics.

Yet it was that underdog label that really sparked our competitive ambition to take us to a higher medal count than that of the much more populated Russia.

In ordinary times, us Brits are willing to leave the fiery patriotism to you Americans across the pond. The sun set on the British Empire long ago, and people here have traded in that young nations “love of country” attitude, which we now see running through American veins, for worldly wisdom.

Yet the last year and a half has been a plentiful time for noisy British pride. The flags were out in spades for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in April 2011,

Photo courtesy of www.olympic.org.

The Ecstasy of Gold: Mohamed Farah of Great Britain kisses the gold medal he won in the men’s 5,000 meter run in Olympic Stadium on Aug. 11, 2012. and again for this year’s celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, which marked her 60th year on the throne. Such occasions are about as close as Britain gets to a Fourth of July.

Even the few people that want to do away with the monarchy, consisting of the English, Welsh, Irish and my fellow Scots, were drowned out in the excitement.

The Olympic Games didn’t just give British athletes a shot at glory, but they were also being held on British soil, and competed successfully at that. Complaints of cost overruns, manic security and bad weather gave way to widespread good cheer, shown by the unusually British

chattiness of thousands of Olympic volunteers.

There were several manifestations of British patriotism all over the Olympic Park the day I attended. There was a mass of red, white and blue clownstyled wigs and Union Jacks,

draped over the shoulders of eagerly awaiting British fans were an all too common occurrence.

There were flag-painted faces and even the slightly disturbing sight of two grown men dressed in what can only be described as extra-large British-flagged onesies. The enthusiasm was spread across all generations.

I had always found it remarkable to see so many American flags on display when I first visited in Kansas. Flags waving around proudly over doorsteps is just something that is unheard of in Britain.

The Olympic Games is one of the few sporting events that feature a unified British team, unlike, for example, soccer tournaments in which England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales field separate squads under separate flags.

The red-on-white St. George’s Cross for England, the whitecross-on-blue Saltire for Scotland, the striped green, white and orange for Ireland and the red dragon for Wales.

But here at the London Olympics, the only colors being flown are the prominent red, white and blue of the Union Jack.

For me, the 2012 Olympics have helped the British reclaim the flag for all the right reasons.

It’s pulling us together to make us the Great Britain we once were.

Sophie O’Neill is a junior mass media major. She can be reached at sophie.oneill@washburn.edu.

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Cold? I’m freezing my royal Rastafarian nay-nays off!

Photo by Abby Mies, Washburn Review

Ahead of the Game - Washburn’s Will McNeill (right) pressures a defender during a game earlier this year. McNeill has been red-hot for the No. 2-ranked and undefeated Ichabods.

No. 2 Washburn continues to prove they are the team to beat in the MIAA Jake Wingo

WASHBURN REVIEW

It would be fair to say that the Ichabods have had success this season. They are receiving the national attention for that success, too.

After a blowout win over Bellevue University on Saturday, at Lee Arena, the Bods are now 6-0 and ranked No. 2 in all of Division II basketball. Up to this point, they have beaten their opponents by an average of 25 points, and seem to be getting even better as the season progresses and winning their last game by 39 points.

Defense seems to be a theme for both the Lady Blues and the Bods as they are both holding opponents under 57 points per game.

The Bods have stifled every offense they’ve played, and their defensive stats are off the charts. They have committed half as many turnovers as their opponents, only giving the ball away 60 times compared to the opposition’s

119. The majority of those mistakes have been forced as the Bods have 76 steals.

Senior guard Will McNeill has lead the defensive charge and been all over opposing offenses with 21 of those steals.

McNeill also leads the team in scoring with 21 points a game and has been efficient while doing so, shooting over 54 percent from the field. Interestingly enough, he has yet to make a single three-pointer and has only shot four in the year. His high shooting percentage and lack of long-range shots attempted, indicates that he is not only scoring at a high rate, but also is also taking good, high-percentage shots, rather than hogging the ball and missing threes.

Senior guard Martin Mitchell has been the main facilitator for the Bods, dishing out a team high 25 assists. He has also taken care of the ball averaging just one and a half turnovers per game. Even though he’s normally looking for his teammates, he

has contributed 12.5 points a night, making him just as big of a threat to score.

Looking at their schedule, the road to the playoffs seems fairly easy for the Bods. The men have only two games remaining against teams that are currently ranked inside the top 25, both of which are against Northwest Missouri State (17). An undefeated season seems feasible, but the players aren’t taking anyone lightly.

“Being number two in the nation is a great accomplishment but we can’t stop there,” said Christian Ulsaker, sophomore forward. “Everyone will give us their best shot every game so we need to come out and play like every game counts.”

Don’t be surprised to see either of the WU teams go deep into the playoffs.

Jake Wingo is a freshman mass media major. Reach him at harold.wingo@ washburn.edu.

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Third time not the charm for Blues Luke Warnken

WASHBURN REVIEW

Washburn knew they had a tough region ahead of them.

The Lady Blues only lost three games during the regular season, but still found themselves a 6-seed in the newly rearranged central region. Their opponent? The Lopers of the University of Nebraska-Kearney, one of two teams to defeat the Blues this season. Washburn looked to exact revenge when it mattered most, the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Lopers had other things in mind, defeating Washburn for the third time this season and ending the Lady Blues’ season early.

Washburn (31-4, 15-2 MIAA) struggled offensively getting out-hit .315 50 .194. After getting an early 3-2 lead in the first set, the Lopers took over a n d Washburn would never lead in the match again as UNK came away with a 3-0 win.

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Blues came into the match a little banged up.

“Kearney is such a good team and we had three starters that were out,” said Chris Herron, Washburn head coach. “It’s hard enough to beat them when you have them and much less when you don’t.

You want all your guns loaded and we didn’t have them.”

Starting setter Abby Whittman was limited after suffering an ankle sprain earlier in the week. A major key in Washburn’s hitting attack, Whittman only managed seven assists, but sophomore Gracie Petersen stepped in nicely and finished the night with 25 assists and 10 digs. Even with great play from Petersen, the Blues big hitters came up a little short.

Senior Jessica Fey, who recently garnished MIAA player of the year and Da-

ktronics Central Region player of the year honors, was only able to come up with 11 kills on .250 hitting. Fellow senior and outside hitter, Hillary Hughes, struggled mightily only managing three kills with three errors.

The normally sure-handed Hughes was battling illness the whole game and ended the match with a .000 hitting percentage.

MIAA second team selection Jessica Kopp was one of the few bright spots for Washburn. The senior rightside hitter had 14 kills to only two errors.

But Kopp’s performance was not enough, as the three WU seniors finished their careers on a sour note.

Had Washburn won, they still had a tough schedule ahead of them. Five-time defending

champion Concordia-St. Paul, the host of the Central Region, is the team to beat, but Washburn won’t get that chance. After not making it out of the regional play last year, the Lady Blues were hoping for a better finish this season. Washburn still managed to win 31 games while finishing as runner-up in the MIAA. Nothing to hang their head about. Washburn’s three seniors have been monumental for the past four years for the Lady Blues volleyball team compiling a 128-15 record.

Jessica Fey, Jessica Kopp, and Hillary Hughes didn’t get to finish their collegiate careers like they wanted to. Washburn had a tough 3-0 lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament to the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Washburn head coach Chris Herron had to put aside his frustration after the match and speak to a downtrodden team. Herron made sure to mention everything his seniors have done for him and the Washburn volleyball program.

“I told them the biggest thing I’ll miss about them is the opportunity to yell at them,” said Herron.

Washburn must say goodbye to Fey who goes out as the MIAA player of the year, Daktronics Central region player of the year, and an American Volleyball Coaches Association honorable mention All-American. The six-foot middle hitter from Crete, Neb., finishes her career was one of the best players under Herron.

“She’s a dominate player,” said Herron. “Other teams have to prep for her. She’s worked hard to be a great player.”

Fey finishes her career with a .322 attack percentage and had 1,211 kills. She finished 13 in total blocks with 342 and was the ninth player in WU history to have 1,000 kills and 300 blocks.

“She finished third in hitting percentage all-time,” said Herron. “She’s absolutely in the top five players we’ve had since I’ve been here. She’s just a big physical young lady who, when she hits a ball I wouldn’t want to be on the other side of it.”

Kopp provided another attack weapon. The medical school hopeful had a strong outing against UNK, finishing the season second on the team with 342 kills. The

Schedule of the season: TUE NOV 13, 2012 7 P.M. FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY TOPEKA, KS LEE ARENA W 3-1 25-21, 22-25, 29-27, 25-19

FRI NOV 16, 2012 5 P.M.

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Photo by Abby Mies, Washburn Review

Celebrating another successful season: Despites an early exit from the NCAA tournament, the Lady Blues still finished with 31 wins. Washburn’s three seniors end their careers with an impressive 128-15 overall record. right side hitter earned second team all-MIAA honors and finishes her career with 908 kills on .234 hitting percentage.

Kopp had a great year,” said Herron. “She put forth a lot of effort to get better. Getting better between the year, in other words getting her confidence level up. Great person.”

The trio is rounded out by Wisconsin native Hillary Hughes.

Hughes, another second team AllMIAA pick struggled last match with an illness. Hughes had a sad .000 hitting percentage against Kearney, but that is not indicative of a great career.

Hillary Hughes has been a four-time all-conference kid,” said Herron. “What a great career for her also.”

Hughes leaves Washburn with 1168 kills and 1230 digs, joining an exclusive club. The threesome made four NCAA appearances, won two conference titles, and went to the NCAA Regional final twice.

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Luke Warnken

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Photo by Abby Mies, Washburn Review

Reaching for it all: Washburn’s Brianna Ament stretches out to knock the ball away from an opponent. After only winning one game last year, the Lady Blues managed to earn four victories this season and were one win away from reaching postseason play a decade after being formed.

Starting a collegiate team from nearly nothing is never easy. A decade ago, Washburn was up to the task of forming a new women’s soccer team.

“A women’s soccer team was begun by a group of female students on campus,” said Tim Collins, Washburn women’s head soccer coach. “It started out as a club team and it drew some interest from the university. I was asked by a couple of individuals who began the program to coach for free, because they wanted to begin it.”

For two years, Washburn had a club soccer team with Collins at the helm. Collins, a high school and club coach in the area, was the perfect fit for Washburn’s soccer

team. The Ottawa University graduate had plenty of experience coming into the job.

Dec. 23, 2002 Collins became the head coach of the newly formed Washburn women’s soccer team. Getting things going from there was not easy.

“It was interesting,” said Collins. “I was hired in January and thought the doors will be breaking down with players trying to get in, but as time went

by I hadn’t signed a player yet.”

Topeka has a great soccer base, but Collins struggled to get players to commit. Washburn was able to finally sign a local product from Topeka and things started to fall in place.

“I met with all the individuals I needed to meet

with,” said Collins. “The schedule had already been set for me by the sports information director, Gene Cassell.”

Everything was in place: uniforms, a schedule and players. But coaching a collegiate team was different than what Collins expected.

“I’ve been outside of college athletics quite a bit in that I worked closely with college coaches, but the one thing I’ve come to realize is that it is a different creature than what I expected initially,” said Collins.

Coaching a Division II is a whole new beast.

The NCAA has certain requirements and college classes are demanding for students. In his first couple seasons Collins had to learn this the hard way.

“My vision of it was that you just lived the sport,” said Collins. “It’s important to remember that they’re student athletes. Most of them are here to play soccer as a bonus.”

Even though the last couple of seasons have been tough for the Lady Blues soccer team, Washburn has became a solid team in the MIAA. “There are things I’m very proud of,” said Collins. “We have a fantastic name in the soccer community. I’m proud to be associated with the university because it is a terrific institution academically.”

Luke Warnken is a junior athletic training major.

Reach him at luke. warnken@washburn.edu

Lady Blues looking to repeat as MIAA champs

Jake Wingo

WASHBURN REVIEW

The women’s basketball team has yet to lose a game this season.

The Lady Blues have now won five games, and all of them have been by 12 points or more. These strong performances early in the year have them ranked No. 12 in the country and they are one of two teams that remain undefeated in the MIAA along with Pittsburg State (3). Most games have been blowouts to this point with an average margin of victory of 23 points, outscoring their opponents 302 to 210.

Senior forward Tiara George leads the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 18.5 points and 9.3 rebounds per game.

George is also shooting an outstanding 67 percent from the field, scoring not from her volume of shots but from her efficiency and the good shots she takes.

Senior guard Laura Kinderknecht has also been a major contributor to the scoring effort averaging 13.5 points a game and stretching defenses with her long range shooting ability. She is shooting 36 percent from beyond the arc and is also perfect from the free throw line.

The Lady Blues have been deadly and efficient from three point range, shooting over 36 percent, compared to just 23 percent for their opponents.

Center Bianca Fennessee has given them a strong inside presence all year averaging 2.5 blocks

per game as well as averaging 10.5 points in just 16.5 minutes a game.

The only part of the game in which the Lady Blues seem to be struggling is from the charity stripe, where they shoot 67 percent. Other than that, they seem to have the advantage in almost every statistical category. The one category that seems to stand out the most, aside from point differential, is rebounding. Washburn has out-rebounded opponents 190 to 122. With a 17 rebound advantage every night, it makes it much easier for them to maintain control of the game since the ball is in their hands more often than not. Being able to control the pace and tempo can really keep the momentum in your favor,

Photo by Abby Mies, Washburn Review

In the driver’s seat: Sophomore Casyn Buchman (3) drives by a defender during a game last Monday against Benedictine College. The Lady Blues have been driving by the competition all season long, using tough post play and scrappy guard play on the way to a 5-0 start. and they have been able to do that consistently.

While the MIAA isn’t particularly strong in men’s basketball, they are on the women’s side. Emporia State (20), Fort Hays

State (23), Pittsburg State (3) and Washburn are all in the top 25. The women seem to have a tough road to the playoffs with five games remaining against teams that are currently

ranked inside of the top 25 in the country, all of which are conference games.

Jake Wingo is a freshman mass media major. Reach him at harold.wingo@ washburn.edu

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Veteran Ichabod tennis team pumped for spring play Luke Warnken

WASHBURN REVIEW

In a tale of two teams, Washburn’s men’s tennis team looks poised to make a run in regional play. With plenty of depth and experience, the Ichabods already made some noise this fall.

“We had quality wins,” said Dave Alden, Washburn head coach.

“We’ve got really good depth.”

Washburn returns virtually its whole lineup from last year. Junior Arkadiusz Kozaczuk is back after a solid season at the No. 1 spot. Juniors Pascal Laucht, Steven Fletcher, Bobby Florence, and Chance Joost are also back to help lead the way, especially in doubles play.

“We need to really put our experience to work right out of the gate in our doubles play,” said Alden.

“We emphasize and stress that a lot. You win and lose your college matches a lot during doubles matches.”

In the USTA/ITA Central Regional in Springfield, Mo., Arkadiusz and Fletcher made it to the semifinals before falling

6-3, 6-3. Laucht made it to the top 16 in singles and has been terrific in singles play.

“The goal is pick up where we left off,” said Alden. “We’re good right now, but we should get really good.”

With a backloaded schedule that has the Bods playing multiple times a week and all over the place, it will be imperative that the Ichabods maintain their composure and stay healthy.

“We have a heavy, heavy schedule,” said Alden. “Probably the heaviest since I’ve been here.”

The more mature Ichabods are favored to make a run in the MIAA, with Southwest Baptist being the team to beat. The veteran group have a good shot at winning their region come April or May. “We should be one of the best teams in the region,” said Alden. “When the spring comes around, we need to play like it.”

Luke Warnken is a sophomore athletic training major. Reach him at luke.warnken@ washburn.edu

With Age Comes Responsibility: Sophomore Dario Munoz-Poletti (above) and junior Steven Fletcher (right) are part of a veteran group who look to make a bang in the MIAA. Washburn only lost one player from last year’s squad and has played fantastic this fall. With five juniors and a plethora of sophomores and freshmen, almost all with experiece, Washburn head coach Dave Alden is excited for the spring. Washburn will need to stay healthy with a long, touch schedule ahead of them. photos courtesy of Gene Cassell

Age a major factor for Lady Blues who look to regroup after losing most of team

Luke Warnken

WASHBURN REVIEW

Youth can be a problem for many teams, unless you’re the talented Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team. For the Washburn Lady Blues’ tennis team, there is plenty of talent but little experience for a very young team.

“We’re talented, we just haven’t played a lot of matches,” said Dave Alden, Washburn head coach.

Much of the fall sea-

son was a matter of getting some collegiate experience against other teams.

Junior Sophie O’Neill and sophomore Casyn Buchman were the only returning players with playing time from last season.

Both played well this fall in doubles and singles play. Freshmen Jodie Blackim, Gwen Shepler, Bailey Schartz, Nzingha Banks, Lexis Hibbs, Kristen Holle, Ashlynn Sutton, and Rachael Hagerman are all vying for playing time after a majority of the team

photos courtesy of Gene Cassell

Leading by example: Junior Sophie O’Neill looks to lead a young Blues’ team who has only two players with collegiate experience

graduated.

“I think a lot of it is learning how to be a college athlete.,” said Alden. “Workload as far as managing going to class, versus the conditioning aspect, versus playing.”

The Lady Blues only played in three invitationals this fall, with most of their matches coming up in the spring. Buchman, a two sport athlete, will most likely miss a portion of the season because of basketball leaving a major hole in the Blues’ lineup.

Many of the freshmen will have to grow up fast.

“A majority of the girls have never played a spring season so they don’t know what to expect,” said Alden. “It’s stressful and you have to miss class. You have to worry about trying to play well.”

The girls haven’t played against competition the ITA Regional way back at the end of September.

Staying in shape and staying focus with school and the holidays can be tough for any student athlete. Af-

ter Christmas break Alden will have an idea of what the spring has in store for him and his team.

“I think we’ll get through the first couple weeks of practice and I’m excited to see how they progress through the season,” said Alden.

Luke Warnken is a sophomore athletic training major. Reach him at luke.warnken@ washburn.edu

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Wednesday, December 5, 2012 The Sideliner 11

‘Runners storm back, win 5-3 Richard Kelly

WASHBURN REVIEW

“Better late than never” was the motto of the Topeka RoadRunners Saturday night.

Trailing 3-0 after two periods, Topeka (18-5-4) stormed out of the gate for the third period, scoring five goals in the final 20 minutes of play, to win 5-3 at Landon Arena.

Scott Langer, RoadRunners head coach, said he talked with his team at second intermission about their character.

“Coming into the third period we just talked about believing in how good we were and how mature of a group we have,” said Langer. “We knew that if we played together and worked together that good things were going to come.”

Forward Tyler Andrew, who scored the game-winning goal at 15:26, said his team had a mindset for the third period and didn’t let off of it.

“Not one guy in our locker room quit,” said Andrew. “We just banded together like brothers and gave it everything we had in the third period.”

The game started rocky for the RoadRun-

ners. With six seconds left in the first period, forward Eliot Grauer scored a shorthanded goal to give Wichita Falls (10-16-2) a 1-0 lead.

In the second period, just seconds after leaving the penalty box, forward Kyle Bauman took a pass leading to a breakaway and slipped a shot past goaltender Spencer Viele to make it 2-0. Less than three minutes later, forward Rudy Junda gave the Wildcats a 3-0 lead.

Following the goal, Viele would be pulled in favor of goaltender Mackenzie Sawyer.

In the third period, defense man Clint Garris started the comeback at 7:41 when his slapshot found its way past goaltender Cooper Cook. It was Garris’ first goal of the season.

At 12:14, forward Collin Montgomery scored his second goal of the season on a backhander to cut the deficit to 3-2. Forward Tyler Poulsen scored the tying goal at 15:05 when he took a cross-ice pass from defense man Trace Strahle and snapped a shot past Cook.

Getting offensive effort from players like Montgomery is key, ac-

cording to Langer.

“That’s what we need; we need everybody contributing,” said Langer.

“Montgomery was on a mission tonight, and I’m proud of him.”

Andrew’s game-winner came just 19 seconds later when he carried the puck down the wing and fired a quick shot that beat Cook low-glove side. He then finished off Wichita Falls at 19:30, scoring a powerplay goal.

Langer said it’s important for his team to carry this momentum going forward.

“We have to believe we have the ability to do great things, because we do,” said Langer. “We really want to use tonight as a team builder.”

In the victory, Sawyer stopped all seven shots he faced. Cook stopped 35 of 40 shots in the loss.

Topeka will now travel to Springfield, Ill. to play the Jr. Blues in a twogame series next weekend.

Richard Kelly is a senior double major in social work and mass media.

Reach him at richard. kelly@washburn.edu.

Photo by Richard Kelly, Washburn Review

Comeback Kids: Forward Collin Montgomery (22) carries the puck into the offensive zone during the second period Saturday night. Montgomery scored one of Topeka’s five goals in the third period, as they came back from a 3-0 deficit to win 5-3 at Landon Arena.

Photos courtesy of wusports.com

The Drive to Succeed: Senior golfer Sam Schulte (left) and redshirt freshman Tyler Wright (right) have been just two of the golfers performing well for Washburn men’s golf team this season.

Schulte has especially helped lead the team with his senior leadership.

Schulte leads Ichabods Luke Warnken

WASHBURN REVIEW

Few sports have to go through the rigors of a year-long season. Washburn’s men’s golf team is one of those teams that doesn’t have the luxury of an offseason.

While teams still practice and workout, they don’t always have to be on their “A” game. Meanwhile, the Ichabod golfers must be ready to tee off against competition at all times. With much of their season already behind them, the spring portion of their schedule has much promise.

“I thought it was really encouraging,” said Sam Schulte, a senior golfer for Washburn. “Definitely looking forward to the spring.”

After losing much of their team to graduation last year, Washburn was in dire need for somebody to feel the void for first year head coach Jeff Stromgren.

Schulte stepped up right off the bat with a first place finish in the Pittsburg State Invitational, the Ichabods first event of this season.

Washburn snagged the win, beating out 12 teams at PSU. Not a bad start for Stromgren, a Washburn graduate, who the Ichabods love.

“I absolutely love him,” said Schulte. “I think he is very strict it’s how he needs to be. He’s there a lot and helps out a lot.”

Washburn went on to place eighth at the Brickyard Crossing Intercollegiate Championships in Indianapolis, Ind., and second in the NSU Men’s Invitational in Tahleguah, Okla. Schulte began to falter a little bit, but the rest of the Bods picked up slack. Freshmen Trey Siegel and Ronnie McHenry have been outstanding for the Ichabods. Siegel has finished in the top 10 four out of the six events this fall while McHenry’s consistency has helped the Bods finish in the top half of most of their events.

“I think a lot of younger guys stepped up and a couple of us guys who returned kind of know the ropes and are able to lead them,” said Schulte.

Washburn used some of their momentum from their second place finish, finishing fifth at the Lindewood Invitational and third at the Missouri Western Regional Invitational, both conference events. This time senior Nathan Hoefflin was the Bod in charge, leading the Ichabods with a seventh place finish at the Missouri Western Regional Invitational. Hoefflin

and Schulte have become the leaders for a young WU squad, something they have embraced.

“Golf’s one of those sports where a lot of it’s individual,” said Schulte.

“A lot of time is spent by yourself out on the practice range. I just try to lead by example. If I’m out there [on the range] I expect everybody to be out there just as long.”

Seeing the Ichabods in person will be tough since Washburn is not hosting an invitational this year.

“I definitely looked forward to it last year, but at the same time I’m not going to complain about going to Indianapolis and California,” said Schulte.

To gear up for competition, the Ichabod golfers have been hitting the weight room harder this year. They have mandatory workouts three times a week to keep them healthy during a long break. Washburn doesn’t hit the green again till March where they will travel to La Jolla, Cali., for the Socal Intercollegiate Championships.

Luke Warnken is a junior athletic training major.

Reach him at luke. warnken@washburn.edu.

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