THE EMORY WHEEL
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
agle xchange TUE 10
WED 11
THU 12
FRI 13
VOLLEYBALL
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SAT 14
Furman Classic All Day Greenville, S.C.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Emory Classic Emory Classic All Day All Day WoodPEC WoodPEC at Lee University 6 p.m. Cleveland, Tenn.
MEN’S SOCCER
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Senior Hank Ashforth leads a pack of Eagle runners. Ashforth and the rest of the cross country team will travel to the Furman Classic this weekend.
Cross Country Squads Sweep by UAA Tune-Ups Continued from Page 12
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The men’s soccer team has one more road game before returning home, this Thursday at Oglethorpe.
Men’s Soccer Continues Undefeated Season
to rookie Michelle Kagei who fell to the back of the pack in the second lap but came back to catch Centre’s fifth girl and give the girls a chance to win. Michelle has stepped right in and given us a much needed lift,” Curtin said. The men’s team, ranked first in the South/Southeast Region, recorded 50 points in the men’s race, second only to Centre College’s winning mark of 20 points. Berry College got third place with 66 points. Emory took the eighth through 12th position in the 8K at Sewanee. Senior Eddie Mulder headed the Emory surge in the 93 runner field finishing at 28:31.6, good for eighth place. “The full top 5 ran very well
This past weekend, the men’s soccer team continued their undefeated streak, improving to 4-0-0 after beating Averett University (Va.) and Guilford University (N.C.). In the game against Averett, Emory junior forward Dylan Price scored the game-winning goal to help the Eagles win 3-1 on Friday, Sept. 6. In the 23rd minute of play, midfielder Michael Rheaume, Emory junior, scored from a play assisted by Price. Christopher Jordan and Martin Erenstedt, Averett Cougars, worked together to tie the game until Emory took the lead in the 72nd minute of play with Price’s fourth goal (assisted by junior defender Jeffery Cochran) in three games this 2013 season. In the 77th minute of play, freshman forward Jason Andrejchak scored his first collegiate goal headed from assists by freshman forward Darion Morgan and midfielder Eli Curtin. This left the score at 2-1 with the Eagles winning. The Eagles finished the game with a 4-0 win after a final goal in the 85th minute. Emory had 20 shots (9 on goal) while Averett had 6 shots with only 3 on goal. Sophomore goalkeeper Abe Hannigan had two saves and earned another win to now stand at 3-0-0. The Eagles continued their road trip on Sunday, Sept. 8 at Guilford College in the afternoon with another shutout of the season. Morgan and Price scored for the Eagles to help the team win 2-0 over Guilford. Eagles defense lead by sophomore Matt Sherr, junior Noah Rosen, sophomore Leo Ragazzo and Cochran, played a great game limiting the Quakers to 5 shots game with only 2 on goal. Emory has a .75 team goalsagainst average with a total of 21 shots in the 4 games of the season with 10 on goal. Hannigan played the entire game,
a total of 90 minutes, making this his second individual shutout of the season. He stands at 4-0-0 with a .76 goals-against average and has risen his season save percentage to .700. In the first half of the game, the Eagles scored in the 42nd minute of play with Morgan’s first collegiate goal. Guilford cleared the ball, and Morgan scooped it up from the 18-yard box to score. He is at 5 points this season and holds team-best at three assists this season. The first half ended with a strong presence from the Eagles over the Quakers in shots, shots on goal and corner kicks. The second half remained static at 1-0 for the majority of play until Price scored again in the 88th minute. Price captured the ball midfield with a long, leading pass from Cochran to score a low shot one-on-one with the Guilford keeper. Emory had 21 shots (9 on goal) while Guilford had 5 (2 on goal). Price now has 5 goals, an assist and stands as leading Emory scorer with 11 points. He has 24 career goals making him tied in Emory school history with Charles Strauss for 19th place. His game-winning goal in the game against Averett marked his secondstraight contest with the winning goal. This is the 10th game winning goal of his career and he holds the third highest record in school history. This is the 13th time in school history that Emory has opened the season with 4 consecutive wins. Guilford dropped to 1-2-1, and Averett dropped to 0-2-1. “It was an exhilarating feeling scoring my first college goal,” Andrejchak said. “They were good competition. Hopefully we can keep up the 4 and 0 start and build off of it.” The team will now head to Oglethorpe University to play the Stormy Petrels on Thursday, Sept. 12 at 4 p.m. — Contact Liza Atillasoy at latilla@emory.edu
together. I think freshman Michael McBane is off to a great start ... we are missing Lucas Mees right now we are all hoping he will start feeling better soon,” Curtin said. McBane scored ninth with a time of 28:31.8, and junior Tyler Cooke finished 10th with a time of 28.32.14. Junior Cameron Wheeler (28.32.3) and senior Alex Fleischhacker (28.32.5) rounded out the group finishing 11th and 12th. The team is enjoying the start to the season, but they have their eyes on final goal of the season, which is to qualify for nationals. “[Last year’s team] fell just short of qualifying for nationals. This year, however, things are different. The team motto is ‘The Heist,’ named after Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ new rap album. We intend to take
back what is ours; we intend to qualify for nationals,” Freshman Evan Sayre said. Curtin shares the same mindset as his players. “It’s fun to win meets in September, but the wins that count come in late when UAA and Regional titles are on the line. We have a lot of guys in the varsity mix right now including some promising freshmen. It will be fun to see how it shakes out as the younger runners start to settle in,” Curtin said. The team’s next event is the Furman Classic at the Furman University (S.C.) Golf Course on Sept. 14. — Contact Alex Del Re at alexander.del.re@emory.edu
Volleyball Sweeps Randolph- Chavkin: Close Wild Card Macon Invitational Tourney Races Persist Continued from Page 12
By Liza Atillasoy Contributing Writer
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at Oglethorpe University 4 p.m. Atlanta, Ga.
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As the game continued, McGrath finished with 12 kills, a hitting percessful this weekend because our centage of .476, and six block assists. opponents couldn’t defend our quick “Our depth is going to play a key attacks. That really gave us an advan- role in our success this season and tage,” Bowman said. that proved once again to be a major Junior middle hitter/right-side hit- factor in bringing home four victories. ter Cat McGrath I thought our midbanged out 16 terdles; Cat McGrath, minations and hit a Jessica Holler and “I think after these past .344. two weekends, we’ve put a Shannon Nugent Jacobs and freshwere excellent this target on our back man middle blockweekend. Sydney because we have proven er Jessica Holler [Miles] got them completed the top the ball as much as early on that we are the attackers with their she could, and they best team 14 and 12 kills, were able to score in the nation” respectively. a ton of points for “Leah Jacobs us. Plus, they came — Leah Jacobs, up with some big showed how dominant she can be,” junior outside-hitter blocks when we McDowell said. needed them most,” “Although not the McDowell said. tallest outside hitter Jacobs and on the court, she is definitely the most Holler made 11 successful put-aways dynamic. She was a game changer for and 10 kills, respectively. Miles conus. All of her hard work this summer tinued her strong play with an impresis paying off now.” sive 41 assists. Erwin rounded out the Sophomore setter Sydney Miles team’s intensity with a season-high not only assisted in the victory with a of 28 digs. career high of 62 assists (10th on the “There is nothing more promising Eagles single-game list), but was also than playing with a group of girls named Volleyball Offensive Player of with the mindset that we know we the week by the University Athletic are going to win every game and we Association. will do whatever it takes to get that It is her second time being given win,” Erwin said. “I know that my the honor. teammates and I have a lot to prove “I think that this weekend really and we are totally focused and ready demonstrated our tenacity on the to do so.” court but also pointed out what we The Eagles will play their first need to work on in order to go all home games next Friday and Saturday the way this season. The rest of the (Sept. 13 and 14) when they host the season will continue to push us, and Emory Classic. we are all excited to get the chance to Emory will host Millsaps rise up to the various occasions and University (Miss.) at 3:00 p.m. and challenges,” Miles said. No. 5-ranked Christopher Newport Sophomore left-side hitter Taylor University (Va.) at 8:00 p.m. Erwin also led all players in helping “I think after these past two weekEmory get to a 98-83 edge with her ends, we’ve put a target on our back 27 digs. because we have proven early on that In the final game against we are the best team in the nation ... Randolph-Macon, Emory faced a 2-1 We are playing some big teams next deficit after three sets. weekend and are still working to The girls fought hard and took on improve, but no matter what game the challenge, keeping the Randolph- they bring, we’re ready,” Jacobs said. Macon Yellow Jackets at a negative — Contact Nicola Braginsky at hitting percentage. nbrags@emory.edu
Continued from Page 12 The Indians are not the most talented team in the league. But behind first-year manager Terry Francona, they find themselves only two games back of the Rays. The two major keys to Cleveland’s season this year are the signing of outfielder Nick Swisher, and the development of starting pitcher Justin Masterson into the ace of the pitching staff. The Indians definitely have the easiest schedule of all the teams that are currently fighting for the final spot. So, even though they may not seem like a playoff team, their schedule may very well propel them into the playoffs. Royals The final team in the hunt for the final American League wild card spot is the Kansas City Royals. The Royals have consistently been a bad franchise for the past couple of decades and are just happy to have made it here. They are highly talented but also very inexperienced. Their schedule also may pose a challenge, as they still have to play the Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers. They may have the smallest chance of any team in the running this year, but the Royals’ talent will probably keep them in contention in years to come. The end of this baseball season will bring some exciting action. I am hoping the Yankees can find a way to get in after struggling with so many injuries. In the end though, I think it will be the Cleveland Indians that grab the final spot. Between the team’s leadership in the clubhouse as well as the relative easiness of their schedule, I think the Indians will find themselves playing in the wild card playoff at the end of the year. — Contact Brian Chavkin at bchavs@emory.edu
Bruno Mars is that awkward guy who was featured on that one song, and everyone was like, “wow, that dude with the high voice is pretty talented.” And then he started coming out with solo music, and it was pretty not memorable, but he was trying so hard so we kind of just let him keep releasing music. And now he is performing at the f--king Super Bowl. What the f--k, everyone. Seriously, what have you all done? A cheap, four-foot Michael Jackson impersonator is now performing at the Super Bowl, and it is all of our faults. We here at On Fire decided to take out our obvious (and justified) frustration about this situation into coming up with our dream Super Bowl performance. To all of the NBC execs reading this (none), feel free to give us credit or money or a job or something. The dream Super Bowl performance would be Kanye West and Britney Spears. Hear us out. Kanye is the best male performer on the planet, and Britney is the best female performer on the planet. Combining the two together would be a surefire way to appeal to both male and female viewers (not that the Super Bowl needs any help getting ratings). How would the two artists mesh together? Believe it or not, Kanye and Britney actually would have great chemistry together. Personality-wise, both have been put on godlike pedestals, attacked by paparazzi at every turn. This led to Britney’s much-publicized 2007 breakdown and Kanye’s recent 2013 breakdown. Artistically, both artists have been compared (either by themselves or adoring fans) to Biblical figures. Kanye just recently came out with his album Yeezus (get it? It’s like Jesus but Kanye) and Britney is often depicted by her fans as God (seriously, Google ‘Godney’ if you get a chance. It’s hilarious). Now for the set list. How would they mesh artistically? Well, the theme of the performance would have to be religious. Kanye would lead off the performance dressed in black as he is chased by a pack of CGI’d dogs. Kanye performs “Black Skinhead.” It is epic. Then, insert random soulful singer — doesn’t really matter who. The singer accompanies Kanye as he performs “All Falls Down.” As Kanye performs “All Falls Down,” he is in the midst of walking from the original black stage to a different stage. This stage has a massive throne and is surrounded by massive Greek pillars. At the end of “All Falls Down,” Kanye launches into “Power.” He stands on the golden throne and raps about how amazing he is. Everyone is loving it, but he is just warming up the audience for the main event. As Kanye ends “Power,” the lights begin to dim, and the audience’s attention is directed upwards to a spotlight coming from the clouds. We see Britney, she is dressed as an “angel.” She slowly descends down to earth and lands on the throne. She sits on the throne and stares at the crowd for a moment, looking over her subjects. Then, she stands and the angel costume falls off to reveal a classic skimpy Britney costume. She performs “Toxic” with two back-up dancers. Everyone is stunned. She walks slowly to the next stage, where she performs a medley of “Circus” and “Till the World Ends.” It is equally epic. But Kanye is getting restless — he’s ready for the finale. Britney walks to the third and final stage. A piano awaits her. She plays “Everytime.” It’s really emotional. As she ends the song, the lights go on around her. The piano is at the front of a church. The seats of the church are filled. We begin to hear the beginning beat of “Jesus Walks,” and Kanye stands up and into the aisle of the church. He performs “Jesus Walks” in the aisle as the rest of the churchgoers marvel. As the song ends, he joins Britney at the front of the church. They embrace and then stare at the audience in silence as they slowly ascend back to heaven. End of performance. So much better than Bruno f--ing Mars.