ISSUE NO.
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CLUB SPORTS illustrated
A UREC PUBLICATION
SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
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Archery Anything Can Happen
05 09 Alpine ski you snow the drill
CYCLING RIDING THROUGH THE SEASONS
06 10 ARCHERY ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN Featured Article
MEN'S ULTIMATE CHARLIT
In This Issue
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September 29th edition of club sports illustrated designed, published by jarod york urec publicity programmer edited by caroline baird articles by app state students cover photo by:
14 22 fencing first tournament of the year
women's basketball presidents takeover
16 25 men's lacrosse roll on neers
Women's Lacrosse 3, 2, 1 ... Compete!
18 27 snowboarding new sponsorships
Women's rugby this is just the beginning
20 28 tennis back in the swing of things
executive corner updates from the executives
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You Snow
the Drill
Claire Biaggi
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ALPINE SKI Claire Biaggi | Club Sports Representative
There’s snow easy way to say this, but it seems as if the fall weather has come and gone. However, here on the Ski Team, the weather is perfect for dry lands. Our competition season begins in January and ends mid-February. We normally have dry lands in the fall, which usually consist of runs around campus and hikes, as well as Trikke sessions with Dr. K. Since our racing season does not begin until Spring Semester, our practices mainly consist of Trikke sessions with Dr. K or going on hikes off of the
Parkway. Last Monday, Dr. K held a Trikke session for us down at Watauga High School. During the session we each took turns riding and turning through “gates”, which were just cones. We also used chalk to create a hopscotch obstacle course that Olympians use to train with in their off season. On Thursday of last week, a few of us went on a hike on Fire Tower Trail, next to the Moses Cone Manor. We had a couple of prospective teammates join us and it was an awesome bonding experience
for everyone. One girl who showed up was going to do our Development Team, but after hiking and talking to us, she wants to do the race team, which is amazing. For any interested parties, our MICs (hard and electronic copies) are due on Sunday, October 1st and you have to add yourself to our App Sync page. You also need to fill out all three forms to come to dry lands. We are super pumped to meet you guys! Ski ya later!
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Anything Can Happen featured Article
"Why joining the archery club is a
bullseye" Archery Shannon Reynolds | Public Relations Chair Archery is something I never even considered doing while I was in college. When I was in high school, I made all these extravagant plans to get my hunter safety course and go hunting with my step-dad. However, plans had fallen through, and the bow that I bought was left untouched for three years. While wandering among the packed rooms in the Student Union during the Club Expo last year, my friend and I ran into the archery table. A rather forward, and yet friendly, girl asked us if we wanted to join 6
the club. Between the two of us, we had no experience in archery whatsoever. After some thought, we shrugged and said almost simultaneously, “why not?” Little did I know how much of an impact this club was about to make on my life. Looking back, when I first joined the club, everything was so different, including myself. I had no sense of direction about what I wanted to do that year. This club has cleared that path for me. I have met so many more amazing and interesting people, and have made some very close friends. It has also taught me the importance of
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trying new things. It is hard to believe that I have only been a part of this club for a year. Today, I am the club’s Public Relations Chair. I hope that I can help others find themselves in this club like I did, and I cannot wait to see what happens to this club within another year! If you think you might be interested in trying archery, come to our next general body meeting on Tuesday, October 3rd in Belk Library Room 114 at 7:30pm. We would love to see you there!
Rowan Parris
Jared Stratton
Sarah Weiffenbach
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Riding Through
Matt Sloyer
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cycling Matt Sloyer | PR Representative
The summer heat is starting to wear off in the high country as nights become cooler and days become windier. I experienced my first “Boone summer” this year, and it was a summer to remember. Days spent riding all around the high country, getting a good 5-6 hours in the saddle just riding around and exploring new roads with new friends. My favorite memories of riding in Boone this summer always consist of a good coffee stop mid-ride and a dip in a creek somewhere in the woods. Those are the rides to remember, and those are the rides that define a summer in Boone for me. Now that the leaves are changing, many of the riders in the high country are preparing for the massive hordes of tourists who come up to look at the leaves. Riding the Blue Ridge Parkway can be both extremely humorous and frustrating during this time because of the tourists. The tourists snapping photos and staring intently at the leaves, like they’ve never seen them before, in awe, while at the
same time holding up traffic as they gaze out their car windows. Aside from the tourists, fall in Boone can be breathtakingly beautiful. My favorite fall routes usually consist of the gravel road, Flannery Fork which winds past Trout Lake and up 221 to Grandfather Mountain. While many lock their bike up for the year once the temperature dips, there are a few of us who live for cold weather riding. Thermal tights, wool base layers and embrocation all come out of the closet once the thermostat dips to 40. To many of the cyclists on the team, winter is the time to put in all your slow, easy, and long rides. It is the time of year that makes or breaks the rest of your season because it then where you build all your endurance. You’ll find many of us riding through sub 20 degree temperatures and gale force winds that Boone is notoriously known for, just to get those training miles in. When it snows more than a few inches, the team organizes big training group rides off the mountain down
in Lenoir where it is usually 20 degrees warmer. While Fall is my lazy riding season, Winter is when I really start to focus on structured training in preparation for spring racing. Spring in Boone as a cyclist starts off again with frigid temperatures and unfortunately, it doesn’t warm up until mid-May. This means the cold weather gear gets to stay out another few months. Riding until your fingers, nose and toes turn numb; spring is just as unforgiving as winter. Thankfully, my second school semester is chock- full of short intense rides do a fine job at keeping your body temperature high. It is this time of year where you crave steep climbs, because it’s the only thing that will warm you up on a ride. Boone offers a nice alternative to riding anywhere else in North Carolina. With enough hills to keep your legs screaming, and enough heart pounding descents that will have you white knuckling the whole way down, I wouldn’t want to ride anywhere else.
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CharLIT Men's Ultimate Myles Grady | Secretary The Nomads traveled to Charlotte two weekends ago. The lights were bright. The collars, tight, and boy did we play hard. We split the squad X and Y dividing into an O-line and D-line. I participated with the O-line squad and although we didn’t have the best first day, I wouldn’t have traded a second of that Saturday for any other Saturday. The rookies got some nice exposure to real games instead of just going up against each other in practice errday. The vets, myself included, worked out some kinks in our game. Our D-line team won a game against UNC-Charlotte on Saturday and that always feels swell beating a team on their home turf. Quick little shoutout to all the players parents who let us stay at their house this weekend. It’s amazing because one, we save money on hotels, and two it’s great fun. Sunday hit and while we didn’t get the results we wanted on Saturday, we came into Sunday with high heads. The O-Line squad beat UNC Charlotte on
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the first game Sunday to really show them who was boss that weekend. That was one of the best victories I have had since being a Nomad. Sweet sweet victory. It was also nice because it was our only win of the tournament. Either that says something about us and how we’ve got a long way to go before we are where we want to be, or UNC-Charlotte couldn’t even hold our water on sideline. Your call. Another shoutout to all the freshmen who turned up
harder than some veggies this weekend. I’m talking about the Aarons and Harrison’s out there. The Troys and Baileys. Them boys can flat out play and I’m excited sitting here writing this thinking about our next tournament. Speaking of our next tournament, the annual NC State Brickyard Brawl is right around the corner. Mark your calendars people because the Nomads are rolling through our nation’s capital to strut our stuff. We’ll see you there reader. Peace.
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Ashley Turner showing off her well-earned second place win at St. Andrews University.
Annon Blue
Saddling UP for a Great
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Kendall Bergethon, Rose Rossell, and Olivia Moran enjoying time in the saddle before their show this weekend at Averrett University.
Equestrian Rachel Hintermeister | Treasurer
Olivia Moran
The equestrian team is gearing up for a great show season, with each of the teams, Western, Dressage, and Hunt Seat, doing all they can to prepare for success. The Western team, captained by Annon Blue, competed in a two-day show at St. Andrews University in Laurinburg, North Carolina this past weekend. On the first day of the show, Luke Williams placed first in Novice, Heather Fuchs placed fifth in Intermediate 2, Annon Blue placed fifth in Intermediate 2, Maggie Ryan placed fourth in Intermediate 1 and pointed up to Intermediate 2, and Ashley Turner placed fourth in Beginner. On day
two, Williams placed fifth in Novice, Fuchs placed fourth in Intermediate 2, Blue placed sixth in Intermediate 2, Ryan received Honorable Mention in Intermediate 2, and Turner placed second in Beginner. Ashley Turner and Luke Williams were the High Point Riders and Maggie Ryan moved up a division. The team is very proud of their accomplishments this weekend! The Dressage team, captained by Maggie Ellmore, is hard at work preparing for their first show. This year, everyone on the Dressage team is new to showing at the collegiate level and traveled with coach Dana
Dewey to observe a show this past weekend to get an idea of what to expect. Ellmore says, “I think the team learned a lot on both the IDA and the necessities of showing dressage by watching on Sunday! It also helped solidify their goal of competing which helped to raise enthusiasm for the team.� The Hunt Seat team, captained by Kendall Bergethon, is preparing for a quickly approaching show this weekend at Averett University in Danville, Virginia. The team has a mix of veteran riders and new, enthusiastic riders, which will hopefully yield success in their shows to come.
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Lauren BrackeTT
First Tou
of the Lauren BrackeTT
The past weekend was hugely successful for our team! Many of our members attended a beginner’s tournament hosted by UNC Greensboro, which was specifically aimed at fencers who have joined the sport within the past year. We brought over 20 App fencers to the competition, which is one of our largest travel groups in history. The Saturday tournament was 14
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aimed at all new fencers, while Sunday was a competition specifically for women of all skill levels. This was the perfect opportunity for our new members to gain competition experience and travel for their first tournament with the team. We are proud to say we didn’t come home emptyhanded. Congratulations
to our sophomore sabrist Ian Brundige on his 1st place medal in men’s saber this week! Nicholas Bayne, another sophomore sabrist, placed second in the beginner’s saber competition, followed by our junior Lee Struble in third place. Chris Hatcher and Drake Rush came home with first and second place medals, respectively, in the
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Lauren BrackeTT
beginner’s epee competition. Lastly, our women were very successful in the Sunday tournament, with junior epeeist Maria Cilenti bringing home the gold in women’s saber, followed by Caroline Gorman in third as well. This is especially notable because Sunday was Caroline’s first tournament ever. Caroline is one of our team’s first female sabrists in a very long time,
and we’re happy to have her on the team. Additionally, Maria Cilenti is actually an epeeist, which makes her 1st place saber win even more impressive! Congratulations to all of our teammates for competing and supporting one another over the weekend. Additionally, thank you to Caroline’s family for bringing the tailgate to us
this weekend since we were unable to attend the football game. It was such a nice surprise to have a full spread of snacks at our disposal during a long day of fencing. We’re looking forward to two more consecutive weekends on the road; next weekend, we’ll be competing at UNCChapel Hill, followed by a long road trip to SIFA at Georgia Tech on October 7th! Issue No. 87 // Club Sports Illustrated
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Roll on
Terry Fifield
MEN'S LACROSSE Jack Rich | President The Appalachian State Men’s Lacrosse team came up just short this weekend against Wake Forest. The Mountaineers struggled early to start going down 0-4 in the first quarter. Eventually we battled back into the game but could never get over the hump and fell short in the end 9-5. Highlights in the game for the team included Mikey Fifield (goalie) with 19 incredible saves. The top three middies combined for all 5 goals for App State with 2 from Junior midfielder Jack Rich, 1 from Senior midfielder Cole Eglowstein, and lastly stepping up big with 2 big goals was Freshman Alex Mudler. 16
The Mountaineers will look to roll on and fight hard in the practices and games to come. Coming up soon App State will face High Point University Club (HPU) and Chapel Hill Club (UNCCH) on Saturday Sept. 30th @ High Point University. With much to work on in the 3 practices coming up this week the mountaineers are confident that they can bounce back and get a couple wins out of the weekend. Last time they faced the round robin gameplay of HPU and UNCCH the Mountaineers pulled off two big wins against very good club teams.
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We are confident that with minor fixes to the mistakes made against Wake Forest, we can come out on top. Mountaineer Spotlight of the weekend goes to midfielder Alex Mudler. Mentioned above, the Freshman midfielder stepped up big against Wake Forest. Alex is a first line midfielder running with a Junior and Senior but nevertheless he took the challenge in his first collegiate club game and stood tall throughout the entire game providing 2 goals. Hats off to Alex!
n Neer’s Terry Fifield
Terry Fifield
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New sponso We are excited to be partnering up with Monster Energy this season! Monster will be sending us product all season long, 15 cases each month to be exact. They are also sending Monster gear for the team to wear all season long. It will be a fun partnership and we look forward to representing Monster Energy for the season. We plan on bringing Monster out to our meetings, events, and out around campus. We are also partnering up with JP over at Recess. We will be having a “Pros� Night sometime in the middle of October. At this night members will be able to get 20% off the most expensive item they buy that night. Members also will be able to get 15% off all year long at Recess as part of our partnership.
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When the season starts getting closer we will be working on team hoodies and T-shirts with the team over at Recess. All the boring paperwork and registration is really the only tasks our team is dealing with at the moment. In the meantime, we have been hanging out and starting to have a get-together for members. We are working on having a New Member Night so everyone can get to know each other before the season gets in full swing. For now we will just have to continue to wait for colder weather!
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Snowboarding Stephanie Shaprio | Vice President
Stephanie Shapiro Stephanie Shapiro
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Back in
the Swing of Things The App State club tennis team has been off to an eventful start to the new season. After recruiting close to twenty new members, we began our year by traveling to Chattanooga for our first tournament. The event was comprised of 36 teams from across the southeast, providing tough competition for every match. We still did quite well, posting a 3-3 record for the weekend. It was nice for our returning players to knock off some rust and get back in the competitive mindset after the long summer break. Since then, the team has been practicing hard to prepare for 20
our many other competitions this fall. A few weeks ago, we traveled to Davidson for a dual match that resulted in some very close and high-quality matches. The results did not fall in our favor, but it was great experience for our new players to see how competitive club tennis is. About half of the players we took were freshman, so we are proud of how well they played and the bright future they have with the team. The very next weekend we traveled to Wake Forest to compete in another dual match. We were eager to play them after most of us witnessed our
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football team’s heartbreaking loss to them on Saturday. We were able to achieve a bit of revenge, picking up 7 match wins in another very competitive day of tennis. Regardless of the results, our team is having a blast getting back into playing the game we love with our new and returning members. We have several more matches and tournaments this semester that we couldn’t be more pumped for. It should be another great season for us as we begin our first official year in the club sports program.
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President’s
Takeover We were all taught at a young age the mnemonic device of T.E.A.M. meaning together everyone achieves more. This couldn’t be a more suitable motto for the women’s club team this year because not only am I a first time President but also the rest of my officer group are first time in their positions as well. I took this role because in a way it suits me. Not because of the fantasy “authority” the word President gives off but because of what it really is. A President loves to see and help newer teammates grow in the sport they love and see them grow into a teammate that helps everyone else. In a way, my whole officer group right now could be given the title of President as well in that sense. I was the only and junior and
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then senior in my last two seasons of basketball in high school. I knew that the role of captain I was given at the time would have to be different. We
weren’t the biggest or the best team in our conference or region. My biggest goal was to help everyone else so that they
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could do the same for the next season of team members. Now in my second year here at Appalachian State, we all found out in the summer that we were basically going to have to start from scratch on all levels except our coach Jesse Franks. We established that we would work together on everything to ensure that no one would get burned out on their duties. We had lost out past President, Vice President and Treasurer. Our past officers gave us what we needed to start our season off in the right direction. We knew that being an officer would be challenging, especially with our school work and other activities but we all agreed to be up to the tasks we were given. My Vice President,
Bre McAdams | President
September. We even have returnees from past seasons and new upperclassman who have joined us this season. Just from looking at our first few weeks of practice, I know that this season will be so much fun and enjoyable. I couldn’t be more grateful and blessed to be able We have a big influx of freshman and transfers this year to continue to play my sport and I am so excited to see how and be able to lead it with some of the best officers I can call my we do in our first tournament at Chapel Hill at the end of sisters.
WOMENS BASKETBALL
Secretary, Treasurer, and Club Representative have had the patience, determination, positivity and eagerness that I hope we can continue to have throughout the rest of our college experience.
Jack Kane
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3, 2, 1 ...
Compete!
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Women's Lacrosse Maddie Marcellino | Club Sports Council Representative
Women’s Lacrosse had our first competition on Sunday, September 17th at Elon University. We are so proud our lovely ladies; they fought the heat and kept fighting until the ending whistle. The results of the game were 12-3, Elon, but we are confident in our ability to grow and narrow this gap. We know have the opportunity to work on these game-like specifics at our practices. Recent weather patterns have prevented many practices so we look forward to dry days and the chance to be together on State Farm. While the fields were flooded our team took to the rooms of ASU’s gym facilities. We try to commit to a regular practice schedulesubstituting regular practices
with workouts when needed to keep consistency. The progress made so far is incredible. In addition to our usual practices, three times a week, we hope to schedule additional team bonding events. Women’s Lacrosse realizes the importance of getting along off the field in order to insure success on the field. Upcoming events include competitions at Clemson University and going to a local cornfield for some fall fun! Women’s Lacrosse will travel to Clemson on September 29th and compete for the duration of the weekend. Plans to host a game this semester are still underway.
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Katie Sorrell
Tristan Hubbard
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This Is Just
the Beginning Women's Rugby Allyson Kern | Club Sports Representative Rugby season has officially begun and AHO is just getting started. The first matrix match of the season was a success with a 67-12 win over Elon. For the returning players, it was great to be back on the rugby pitch and the new players were excited for their first rugby experience! A few of the new players debut their skills in the match against Elon. Rugby is unlike any other sport in a way that makes it hard to fully grasp the concept of the game during practice. For many the experience of playing in the first rugby match is when the game actually starts to make sense. All the practice drills and phase play can’t teach you what you will learn on the pitch with your teammates. Rookie, Kieran Smith, who played prop in the first game, now understands the importance of making quick defensive moves. She says, “I learned on defense you form a line you have to run up you
can’t wait. They will run right through ya.” Rookie, Hannah Woodburn, played wing for her first time and figured out you always should be on guard when on the pitch. Hannah said “I learned how important decision making is in a fast-paced game. You have to maintain your purpose through the chaos.” The weekend following the match at Elon, AHO had a friendly match with NC State which provided more learning opportunities for players new and old. NC State was a tough team to play but AHO held their own and fought hard throughout the game. This match was significant for AHO because almost all the rookies got play time. They have now begun their rugby journey and know what it’s like to face a challenging team. Here’s what Rookie, Katie Sorrell took away from her first rugby match: “Okay so NC State was my first game and I loved it. I was really nervous going into
it even just watching the other team warm up, but as soon as I got in the game and made my first tackle I was pumped and my nerves calmed down. It was so fun just getting to play but also having my teammates there beside me helping me with questions and placing me in the spot that I needed to be in. Since I had never played rugby before the concept of the game as a whole was still a lil foggy to me, but by the end of the game all the drills we worked on in practice clicked together and I had a better idea of what was going on. Overall it was great, playing the game, and playing it with people I love is good solid stuff.” There’s nothing like a new rugger’s first tackle, or first ruck, or first run with the ball. AHO is looking forward for more firsts this semester and will take what they have learned from their wins and their losses to become better athletes and an even better team.
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Updates from the
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Bryce Helms | Executive Officer
EXECUTIVES
Executives As fall is upon us and as the weather and leaves are changing, so is Club Sports. The Executive Officers have been working diligently with their teams to ensure each team is successful this year. So far, this semester is off to a great start. Teams are beginning to get in a consistent rhythm of competitions and practices which keeps the office busy. MIC’s are still filtering in and being processed as well as competition reports. In addition to all of the “office” work each Executive Officer has a committee they lead. All 4 of us are passionate about our chosen committees and excited to dedicate this semester toward achieving our goals with tenacity, creativity, and spice. With the help of our committee members from various teams we can expect great results from each committee. Michaela leads the Old Watauga High School Field committee. She is conducting a survey and
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also researching sister schools to compare and see how they can utilize the field space to its full capacity. Kevin leads the community service committee he is planning a dodgeball tournament to support the humane society. This event is going be called CS Spooky Dodgeball. It will have a $30 entry fee for teams of 6. Courtney leads the fundraising committee. She is getting quotes from local businesses for stickers to be made of the club sports logo. I, myself (Bryce), leads the banner committee. We have ideas on what we want the banner to look like, in the search for a photography major on campus, and are setting attentive dates to get all the teams’ picture taken. As you can tell, you can expect to see a number of activities from the Club Sports program this year. I cannot wait to see where all of these ambitions lead for this school year.
YOU EXPECT TO SEE A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES FROM
CLUB SPORTS THIS YEAR! Chris carr
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to learn more about club sports go to CLUBSPORTS.APPSTATE.EDU
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Kevin Meyer meyerkc@appstate.edu
Courtney Forbis forbiscj1@appstate.edu
Mikhala Dougher doughermc@appstate.edu
Bryce Helms helmsba@appstate.edu
Emma Bouma boumaec@appstate.edu
COORDINATORS FOR SPORTS & Activities Chris Carr carrcp@appstate.edu
Alex Purvis purvista@appstate.edu
DIRECTOR OF UREC
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SPORTS & Activities
Joe Carter carterjr@appstate.edu
Erin Sanders sandersec1@appstate.edu
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