Club sports Illustrated: November 3rd Edition by App State Club Sports

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November 3rd, Edition

In this issue

Alpine Ski We’re Al-pining for this Season to Start.

Cycling Runner-Up D1 Club Team at Nationals!

06 08 Archery Archery Memories

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Fencing Hosting a Tournament! featured article

Women’s Basketball Home Court Advantage

Men’s Lacrosse Redemption

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Women’s Lacrosse Piggy Backs For The Win!

Women’s Volleyball Setting Up for the Win

Women’s Rugby A Ruckin’ Good Time

20 Snowboarding Yo what up App State!

24 Executive Corner Working Overtime

november 3rd edition of club sports illustrated designed & published by jarod york urec publicity programmer edited by caroline baird articles by app state students photo cover by: lauren brackett

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Alpine Ski

Claire Biaggi | Club Sports Representative Since we haven’t had any practices as of late due to changing of weather and fall break, there isn’t much of an update. We have plans for more hikes and Trikke sessions once the weather decides to calm down. However, a few weeks we finally got the competition schedule and figured out our dues for each member to pay. We also had a meeting Thursday, October 19th to discuss the dues and help everyone register for USCSA. This year we have two races in North Carolina at Sugar, and Beech Mountain, which isn’t too long of a drive and the rest of our races are in Virginia. Our 4

first race that we will travel to is in Virginia at Massanutten. After that we will go to Bryce Mountain for two separate weekends because they split it into a Slalom weekend with a fun dual SL race, then the next weekend is Alumni race and a Giant Slalom race, and after that, we are going to Wintergreen for regionals. The Southeast Conference of USCSA is one of the largest in the nation, despite the fact that we don’t get a lot of snow, so this year we were able to vote to go to Wintergreen for Regionals. There are three different ways that one can be on the ski team and we have separated them into tiers. Tier one will travel

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and compete with us, as well as get a discounted Season pass at Sugar Mountain. Tier two will travel and compete with us, but will not get a Sugar Mountain Season Pass. Tier three is the developmental team, and they only receive the Sugar Mountain Season Pass, and will not travel or compete with the team. On Thursday, October 19th, we had a meeting in the SRC room 204 to discuss the upcoming season, the tiers and dues, and fill out paperwork for USCSA. If are still interested in doing the team please contact an officer or email our team email: asuskiteam@gmail.com

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Archery Memories

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Byron Burrell

Archery

Byron Burrell | Secretary Many of us have special memories related to our hobbies. Honestly, they probably wouldn’t be our hobbies if we didn’t have at least one fond memory. These articles are usually requested to be concise and short, and because of this I will share just one of these memories. It actually pertains to a time before Appalachian Archery was a club sport. One of the best memories I have of archery is the Rinehart R100 in Spring of 2015. In case you are unfamiliar with what the R100 is, the R100 is actually one of the largest archery shoots in North Carolina, and the country for that matter. At the time, I was the President of Appalachian Archery, and myself along with the rest of the executive board had spent many

hours working to get money, organize accommodations, and work toward the singular goal of participating in this one event. What I didn’t know is how everything would turn out. At the R100 in Spring of 2015, I had no idea that I would make lifelong friends that shared a passion for the same thing I did. Now obviously, if you look into the R100, you can see the appeal and understand why a group of archers would have fun at such an event, but it was what happened before and after the shoot that I will probably never forget. This is because we shared in eating breakfast together, lunch, dinner, campfires, talks about life in the future and in the past. Altogether we sat around and got to know each other.

See, in 2015 I graduated from Appalachian State University with a Bachelors Degree in Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology. I thought that I would never speak to many of these individuals again, but since that time, I have kept up with where life after graduate school has taken a few, and met with others to discuss politics and the purchasing of business and houses. It’s interesting to me how one small tournament could turn into meetings and connections that have lasted for years. I only hope that these memories continue to grow, and that new members of Appalachian Archery make these connections and memories for themselves.

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Women’s Basketball

Rosemary Mosher | Secretary The weekend of October 28th and 29th we hosted our first home tournament of the year. With a total of five different colleges and universities competing anyone had a stake to win the championship. The teams present were the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina State University, and Duke University. Despite many unplanned setbacks, it was a great tournament and we had lots of fun getting to know the other teams We played well on the first day ending up with a 1-1 record. We played UNCG in the first game and came out with an intensity that we didn’t have in the last tournament. It was a hard fought battle but we came out on top. We had never, in the past 2 years, beaten UNCG before. The next game was going to be more of a challenge and we knew

it. We were to play Duke, who is a very solid team with multiple returning starters. This game was slower pace, but they were more fundamentally sound than we were. The game was back to back with the UNCG game which presented us with a challenge of stamina. We played hard, but just were not able to hang with the

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fundamentals and first game energy of the Blue Devils. We lost by 9. After the game against Duke we were done playing for the day. So everyone whose family came to watch were able to go and eat lunch and spend time with their family. Hosting the home tournament is always something that the Women’s Club Basketball team holds close to their heart because it is a time where friends and family are able to see what we are all about. The second and final day of the tournament went much smoother than the first. Our first game was against UNCG again and we were not able to keep the same intensity as the day before which showed in our performance. UNC Chapel Hill ended up winning the championship with ease. Our next tournament is this coming weekend at UNCG.

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Runner-Up D1 Club Team at Nationals!

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ANNIE PHARR

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ANNIE PHARR

Melissa Smith

Cycling

Annie Pharr | President Last weekend 7 of our mountain bike team racers traveled to Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals. Zeb Ramsbotham, Kyle Ellis, Jordan Bouldin, Matt Jones, Maryann Riley, Sloane Brandon, and Annie Pharr all qualified to compete at the events in Missoula, Montana. The scenery in Montana was breathtaking. In Boone we don’t have anything like these snow-capped mountains, and the view was made even more impressive by the golden deciduous pine trees lining the trails. After taking a day off with travel, we pre-rode the course on Thursday for the cross-country race. The course was beautiful but also one of the toughest that our riders had ever competed on. It was hard to even scope out the course at a nice warm-up pace since it was 1400′ up in the first 4 miles! The course wound up the ski slope and crested at the top of the mountain, almost 5000 feet up before heading right back down the other side. The first race was the cross country race early on a chilly Friday morning. The guys raced first, pushing through 3 brutal laps and around 4500 feet of climbing. The womens’ race followed

and by that time it was beginning to snow at the top of the mountain. Pharr sprinted in for a 4th place finish and Riley took a strong top 20 finish out of all club women in the nation. he second day of racing was busy, with three events packed into one day. The morning was the Dual Slalom finals, with Jordan Bouldin and Annie Pharr both qualifying for the final 16 rider bracket in the fast paced elimination style event. Downhill finals were to follow, where racers try to get down the mountain as fast as possible in a race to beat the clock. Jordan Bouldin, Annie Pharr, and Kyle Ellis all competed in this event before switching gears to endurance racing and kitting up for the short track. The men raced first, in a fast-paced race on a short course that is the most spectator friendly of the events. The races are less than 30 minutes each, but are all out sprints until the end, with racers who are out of contention for catching the leader pulled out early every lap. Ellis hung on for a 12th place finish, staying in the race with some of the fastest collegiate riders in the country. In the women’s race to follow,

Pharr sprinted to the lead and held the other riders off until 4 laps were left, where she was passed by a racer from Boulder, CO and finished 3 seconds behind in second place. The final day of racing was the team relay, where four riders take turns sprinting a lap as fast as possible, before tagging the next teammate and trying to have all four riders finish first. Zeb Ramsbotham, Kyle Ellis, Maryann Riley, and Annie Pharr were representing App State, finishing 5th after Ellis brought back a huge gap on his final lap. The team brought back some great trophies, most notably a huge deer antler trophy for the second place D1 club team finish. This overall trophy is awarded to teams based on the sum of points earned from every race their riders compete in. For individual omnium awards, riders can enter every race offered in an attempt to gain the most individual points. For club men, Bouldin got 3rd and Ellis got 5th, while in club women Pharr got 4th. It was a great end to a fantastic season, and we’re looking forward to upcoming cyclocross season.

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Hosting a Tournament!

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Fencing

Lauren Brackett | Secretary This weekend, App State Fencing will be hosting our own tournament at home for the first time in years! The event will take place in the Quinn Recreation Center on Saturday, November 4th and Sunday, November 5th. In addition to our Mountaineer fencers, squads from UNC Charlotte, the University of South Carolina, and East Carolina University will be traveling to compete. Our first event of the day on Saturday will be mixed foil pool

bouts with registration beginning at 11am. This event will start promptly at noon, followed by mixed epee later in the afternoon. Saber will take place on Sunday. If you are interested in watching, spectating is free of charge. We would love to have some fans on the sidelines, so please consider coming to support! Off the strip, our team has been enjoying the great fall weather. Last weekend, some of our

members went on a hike to Elk Knob State Park in Meat Camp. The hike was almost 4 miles total, but the view was definitely worth it in the end. Heidi, Suryaveer’s dog and our team’s unofficial mascot, joined us for the trip. We made it to the top right as the sun was setting, so we were able to catch the great view. We also enjoyed attending APPS’ annual Appalfest on Sanford Mall last week. The event included pumpkin painting, a ferris wheel, and lots of festive fall fun.

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Redepmt Men’s Lacrosse

Michael Fifield | Treasurer Last Sunday, October 22, the Appalachian State Men’s Lacrosse team faced off against UNCCharlotte for their final home game of fall ball. Charlotte, a familiar foe, is a conference rival of the Mountaineers, and the team that kept App from a perfect 8-0 regular season record and a regular season SELC NW regional championship. Not to mention, that loss came at home last April. Needless to say, there was a lot of anticipation building for this game on both ends. A hard fought game was ahead to see if this young Mountaineer team had what it takes to avenge last season’s loss. You couldn’t have dreamt of a better day for such a game: sunny, 65 degrees, and not a cloud in the sky. With it being the tail-end of Family Weekend, the sideline was littered with spectators sporting the Black and Gold. Both teams came out strong. Consistent scoring on both sides kept either team from building up momentum. At the half, the Mountaineers found themselves to be down 7-5, but that was 14

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tion. nothing to fear. App came out at the start of the third quarter firing on all cylinders. From possession time, to goals, clears, and saves, it was obvious that the Mountaineers weren’t going down without a fight.

The ‘Neers put up a second half score line of 6 goals for and only 3 against, which solidified an 11-10 victory of their perennial foe. The team came together as a whole, which made this victory possible. Junior Jack Rich led the way with 4 goals, followed by seniors Cole Eglowstein and David Hayes, and freshman Sam Honchalk who each added 2 goals to the cause. Freshman Alex Mudler also added 1 goal in the victory. Freshman Jonathan Winbush notched 3 assists, with each of the five goal-scorers also tallying an assist The defense was held down by goalies Mikey Fifield with 7 saves, and Griffen Glover with 6 saves. After the win, the team has turned their attention towards the next game. On Saturday, November 4th, the Mountaineer’s Men’s Lacrosse team will faceoff against the Montreat College Cavaliers in pursuit of another fall ball victory.

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PiggyBacks For The Win!

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Women’s Lacrosse

Maddie Marcellino | Club Sports Representative

Women’s Lacrosse traveled to Clemson University earlier this month to compete against the University of Central Florida, the College of Charleston, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt University, and the University of South Carolina. A total of 22 mountaineer lady laxers competed in Death Valley. Competition was tough and we have taken both the positive and negative elements of our games and incorporated new drills into our practices. To show the true colors of our lovely ladies, the following

quotes are some of our member’s Instagram captions. Margaret Griggs posted: “Got each others backs from the Mountains to the Valley” in her picture with Kaitlyn Turner on her back. Anna Cook and Hayley Behm continued the piggyback tradition in Anna’s post captioned: “App Lax – Go Neers.” We will be traveling to the Columbus, SC on November 4th to compete against several teams in the University of South Carolina’s fall tournament.

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Approximately 19 of our amazing ladies will be traveling and we look forward to the competition (and trying out yet another Chipotle). On November 11th we will be traveling to High Point University to play the Panthers. Before our fall season ends we will be having an end of the year holiday awards banquet as one last way to have some team bonding before our winter break. As our season begins to wrap up we are looking forward to what the spring holds for us.

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A Ruckin’ Good Time

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Women’s Rugby

Allyson Kern | Club Sports Representative

HO Women’s Rugby has been busy the last two weeks. October 21st we traveled to the beach for a round robin with Coastal Carolina University and College of Charleston. AHO lost the matrix match against CCU, but didn’t go down without a fight. AHO won the friendly match against CFC, however the game was cut short by sprinklers on the field which all three teams excitedly frolicked through together to celebrate a day well spent. This past weekend AHO hosted the

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Annual Rucktoberfest tournament and a good time was had by all. Nine women’s collegiate rugby teams traveled to Boone to play the best sport around. Saturday brought rain all day, but that didn’t stop these soggy ruggers from playing hard and having a great time. On Saturday AHO went up against UNC Charlotte and the Navy. Mostly rookies started in the match against UNCC and these young ruggers showed how much they have improved this season and just how tough they can be on the pitch. Playing the Navy was a whole

new challenge for AHO but the team worked together and fought harder than they knew was possible. After some challenging, rainy games the first day of the tournament was successful. On Sunday, rain turned into snow and AHO played UNC Greensboro and came out victorious. Overall, AHO has been thriving recently with many great bonding experiences on and off the pitch. This semester so far has been filled with many tackles, rucks, trys, a black eye and great memories.

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Snowboarding

Gabe Duff | President

In case you didn’t hear… Snow has fallen in Boone. Alright, it was just some flurries… But the weather is going to be producing some gnarly flakes soon. The Snowboard Team has been gearing up for the cold weather at Recess and at App Ski Mountain. Our sponsor, JP (owner of Recess), hosted a clinic night for all team members to help increase knowledge on snowsports products. JP is a super rad dude that gave us a lot of helpful insight and information in preparation for our annual Pro-Night. For those of you who

don’t know, Pro-Night is the big sale exclusively provided to the Snowboard Team by JP and his crew. He hooks us up with some gnarly deals and sets us up for a successful season. We would strongly encourage anyone who wants to shred to check out Recess. Super friendly staff and a killer selection. Our next big event coming up involves irons, hot wax, and some skilled handy work. The Waxing Party is a Snowboard Team tradition. We always wax

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our boards before we make first tracks. We use this opportunity to help teach the new peeps exactly how to take care of their equipment and shave off a few seconds from their race time. Nothing says team building like hot wax, cold weather, and the usual gnarcat shenanigans! We are looking forward to the rest of our season on the slopes and hope to keep y’all up to date on our progress. Just remember, if you happen to see a blur of black and gold zip by you… it’s probably Ski Team trying to catch up to us…

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Women’s Volleyball

Sydney Edwards | Secretary

Club Volleyball has been working hard and traveling to tournaments but, the hard work has definitely paid off! Saturday, October 28, the National and Regional 1 team traveled to The University of Tennessee at Knoxville to compete. The Regional One team placed third overall and the Nationals team went undefeated in matches for the entire day, making them tournament champs! They

played Florida State University’s Club team in the championship and took them to three close sets but, they persevered and came out on top.

the club will host the second home tournament of the season where all five teams that make up Appalachian Women’s Club Volleyball will compete.

November will continue to be a busy month for women’s club volleyball. The national’s team will be traveling to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on November fourth for a ranking tournament. The following week,

This tournament will be held on the third floor of the Student Recreation Center and matches will start at 10:00 am. The members of the club would love support from their fellow mountaineers. GO APP!

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Worki Overti Executive Corner

Mikhala Dougher | Executive Officer Hello all! Diggity diggity Dougher here checking in for your Club Sport Executive officers.The five of us have been digging in like BTO and taking care of business on our end. Processing travel forms, competition reports, rosters, and some few straggling MIC’s. We’ve been stoked to have the opportunity to work with our team’s leadership so far (Shout out to my teams for being extra awesome) and look forward to closing out the semester with big stuff. Committee work is in full swing, I have been doing lots of research into what our sister (from other misters) schools have been up to, comparing what

equipment and programs they have to what we could offer our students. The fundraising and community service committees have their events set and will be sending out that information shortly, so hang on tight, cause I can tell you Kevin and Courtney plan to whip this baby to chow town. Bryce is hunting down a photographer, apparently they are sneaky and hard to come by, so if you are or know any future Ansel Adams waiting in the dark send them her way. This past council I had the privilege to lead a discussion on how to better help our teams host tournaments and larger events. Offering up

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ways to find the best host dates and where teams can find easy accommodations. Boone town is a pretty rad place, and we want any opportunity for our teams to show off our mountain town. We also spoke on how the recent “great flood of the high country” has affected us all as a program. Fortunately, our maintenance crews, and big man in charge, Mr Joe Carter, have been doing their due diligence to get those fields back to tip top shape. That’s all I got for you guys this go around, this has been the executive corner and I’m Mikhala Dougher, signing off.

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To learn more about Club Sports go to clubsports.appstate.edu Executive Officers Kevin Meyer meyerkc@appstate.edu

Emma Bouma boumaec@appstate.edu

Mikhala Dougher doughermo@appstate.edu

Bryce Helms helmsba@appstate.edu

Courtney Forbis forbiscj@appstate.edu

Coordinators for Sports & Activities Alex Purvis purvista@appstate.edu

Erin Sanders sandersec1@appstate.edu

Joe Carter cartercp@appstate.edu

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