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BLOWOUT TO SNOWOUT06

08 REGIONALS AT AGLANCE

10 IT’S A WOLFPACKPARTY

Director of URECJoe Carter, carterjr@appstate.edu Director of Club SportsErin Sanders, sandersec1@appstate.edu

Activities CoordinatorChelsea Watson, watsoncg@appstate.edu

Publicity ProgrammerAlyssa Gribble, gribblead@appstate.edu

Executive OfficersPhilicia Gibson, gibsonpn@appstate.eduIan McNeill, mcneillim@appstate.eduKatherine Uva, uvakr@appstate.edu

FINISH WHAT WESTARTEDWOMEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S ULTIMATE

WOMEN’S SOCCER

MEN’S ULTIMATE

12 WINTER IS HERE!SNOWBOARDING TEAM

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Publicity ProgrammerAlyssa Gribble, gribblead@appstate.edu

Executive OfficersPhilicia Gibson, gibsonpn@appstate.eduIan McNeill, mcneillim@appstate.eduKatherine Uva, uvakr@appstate.edu

For more information on any of the club teams, visit the website:clubsports.appstate.edu

email us at: clubsports@appstate.edu

or call us at the Student Recreation Center(828) 262 2100

The November 7th Edition of the Club

Sports IllustratedDesigned by Alyssa Gribble

READY FOR SOME SNOWALPINE SKI TEAM

FINISHED

WRAPPING UP THEFALL SEASON

16 DEFIANT ANDDANGEROUS

TRIATHLON TEAM

CYCLING TEAM

18 IDA HOSTINGEQUESTRIAN TEAM

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

21 EXECUTIVE’S CORNER

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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Appalachian States Women’s Club

Basketball team is doing extremely well

this semester. Their companionship is

showing on the court and they are playing

like a unit. They continue to have a winning

record and are becoming a nightmare for

other schools to play. The team is very

excited to have two new players that

joined this past week. With people not

being able to play due to injuries or busy

schedules, it is a huge help to have these

new players. It makes practices more high-

energy because they are able to scrimmage

and players can give it their all in games

because of more substitutions.

The girl’s team is preparing for their last

tournament at James Madison University

on November 14th-16th. Their practices

are hard and intense in order to represent

Appalachian State well at this regional

tournament. There is a lot of conditioning

and fast-paced drills to ensure that they

will be prepared for what they will face at

JMU. The women’s team scrimmaged the

boy’s team at a middle school in Watauga

County to compete against different styles

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ALYSSA HORAN,

SECRETARY

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of play. Hopefully with all this preparation,

the girls will succeed at this big tournament

and end the season with some wins. The

girls are stoked to round-trip up to JMU

and spend the whole weekend somewhere

that most of the players have never been.

This team is different from previous years

because they are so close. Even with

multiple practices a week, the girls want to

hang out and do fun activities. They have

gone on haunted trails, spent a night in a

mountain house together, and try to have

team dinners together. It makes practices

and tournaments more enjoyable when all

the coaches and players on the team are

friends.

With the last tournament coming up, the

club team wants to give it all they have

at James Madison. This season has been

a blast and they want to end on a good

note and make all the conditioning and

practices worth it. This focused team will

continue their intensity and represent App

State the best way possible.

THE TEAM IS PREPARING FOR THEIR LAST

TOURNAMENT AT JMU ON NOV 14TH-16TH

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This past weekend (November 1 and 2) the Women’s and Men’s Appalachian State

Ultimate Frisbee teams hosted an awesome Ultimate tournament in Boone. This home

tournament, titled the Blowout, took place at wonderful State Farm Fields. Teams

from Asheville, Raleigh, and Greensboro all came to play with us, in total about ten

women’s teams came to Boone. The men’s team also had a great showing of teams.

The tournament went wonderfully thanks to the work of our lovely president Ingrid

Humphrey and the help of many others. Weather was certainly a big setback throughout

the Blowout. Ahead of time, we knew to expect colder temperatures, but nothing could

prepare us for the mini blizzard of Saturday and frigid air of Sunday. Waking up to four

inches of snow on Saturday we had to delay games. Snow still covered the fields as

brave women began to warm up for the first rounds of games. We were so impressed

by the resilience and willingness of teams to continue play despite the snow and cold

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CORRIE MALONE,

SECRETARY

WOMEN’S ULTIMATE

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temperatures. Unfortunately, two teams

were unable to make it due to dangerous

conditions. The wind was also brutal.

Throwing and catching the disk was

taken to a new extreme as teams tried

their best to play in the strong gusts and

snowfall with frozen hands. Regardless of

the terrible weather, spirits were high and

most everyone had a great attitude. Due

to complications with teams leaving and

weather setbacks, we had to constantly

make changes. Luckily, we had Ingrid to

help sort everything out.

In spite of the extremely cold

temperatures and wind, playing Ultimate

in the snow was quite a fun experience.

The ridiculous weather made for a lot of

silly plays and mistakes but it also added

to the challenge of the game. Each team

was forced to change up their strategies

and try out new things. Some girls even

claimed that diving in the snow was

great fun. Next year it might be smart to

rename the tournament Snowout.

we were so impressed by the

resilience and willingness of

teams to conTinue play despite the snow and cold

weather

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“ WRITTEN BY:

TAYLOR BRANTON

PRESIDENT

LOOKING BACK ON THE SEASON, IT WAS DEFINITELY

ONE OF THE BEST DURING MY FOUR YEARS HERE AT APP

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LOOKING BACK ON THE SEASON, IT WAS DEFINITELY

ONE OF THE BEST DURING MY FOUR YEARS HERE AT APP”

The Women’s Soccer Club team finished our

conference season this past week at Regionals

located in Winston-Salem. Games started

Friday evening against UNC-Chapel Hill. After

the final whistle we lost our first game after

a hard fought battle. We were scheduled

to play Florida and Clemson Saturday, but

unfortunately the weather flooded the fields

and all games were canceled Saturday. We

were all called to a meeting to decide how

to finish the tournament. After much debate,

it was decided that we would play 20 minute

halves and single elimination, with golden

goal if we were to go into overtime and if

still no goal, we would go into penalty kicks.

During regular games, we play 40 minute

halves, so the 20 minute halves were really

short games for us. We were scheduled to

play Vanderbilt Sunday morning. Once we

all took the field, we played a great game,

but unfortunately could not finish any of

our chances. We went into our five minute

overtime and still no goal which lead us to

PKs. Unfortunately we lost in PKs and that

was our end of the run at Regionals. After all

the preparing and practicing, we made it to

Regionals to play a game and a half when we

were guaranteed three games. Even though

we did not get all the playing time like we

wanted, it was still a good weekend.

Looking back on the season, it was definitely

one of the best during my four years here

at App. We had a strong number of girls

repeatedly come out and participate in

practice. We worked hard in practice and

were able to push ourselves to be better.

We played each team we competed against

well and finished the season 2-2-1. While we

only had five conference games, the spring

semester will be more of a fun schedule

competing against teams in UNC-Chapel

Hill’s 7v7 tournament in April. We are also

looking at possibly going to Florida if all

works out well. Most of the spring season

will consist of Sunday double headers

however, and we hope to play schools such

as Asheville, NC State, and other surrounding

schools in North Carolina.

Now that our season is coming to a close,

we plan to have a few more day of practice

to finish the season. We will start working

on our spring schedule and budgeting for

the next season. We will use our off time

to work on fundraisers and raising money

for the team. To keep our touches on point,

we will also encourage the girls to go play

pick-up any chance they get so we are still

staying in shape. Thanks to all the girls who

came out this season and a special thanks to

the officers Carly, Meghan, and Madison who

helped keep this season a great one! Also

a big thanks to Coach Smitty for putting up

with all of us girls and keeping us focused

on the field!

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

he Appalachian State Men’s Ultimate team recently

competed in the Wolfpack Invitational Tournament

in Raleigh, NC. This tournament marked the first

time the team played as one unit, and the first big

tournament of the fall. Knowing that this would be the toughest

competition they have faced thus far, the Nomads brought as many

players as possible, to keep their depth as their biggest strength.

The first game on Saturday served as a warm up for the Nomads

as they disassembled a NC State developmental team that was

comprised primarily of freshman and sophomores. This game did

give the Nomads the opportunity to play a lot of younger players

who were able to gain valuable experience against a weaker

opponent. The next game against a veteran William & Mary team

did not follow the same tune though. The Nomads had to fight

against this Williamsburg squad to get what they wanted, and the

Nomads did just that. After taking a late first half lead, the Nomads

rolled in the second half, and were able to rotate in younger players

who took advantage of the chance to playa better team. The

rookies played valiantly against W&M, and showed their stripes as

the Nomads trounced them in their second game of the day.

The final pool play game of the day pitted the App squad against

the recently named preseason number 1 in the country, UNC

Darkside. This game would prove to be the toughest game of the

tournament for the Nomads, but they still gave everything they

had. After going up a break on the UNC team early, the Nomads

were in a favorable position to win. Unfortunately some late costly

errors doomed App, and the Nomads eventually dropped the game

9-13. With this result, the Nomads were now scheduled to play a

crossover game against Duke, to decide which team made the

quarterfinals. The Nomads took care of business in this last game

of the day. After trading points with Duke early, the Nomads could

smell the Zaxby’s chicken waiting for them, so they kicked it into

gear and toasted Duke, like the perfectly toasted Texas toast they

were about to devour.

The second day of the tournament brought in new troubles and

new heroes for the Nomads, with a quarterfinal match up with

UNCW. The game was tense and the points were long. The Nomads

know that UNCW always bring their A game, and a chippy one at

that. The game was filled with ups and downs for the Nomads,

and a lot of positives besides the ending result. The #5 nationally

ranked UNCW team eventually bested the App team after a hard

fought debacle. The last two games of Sunday for the Nomads were

lighter, as the team played a lot of rookies, while ailing veterans

cheered on from the sidelines. With a final placement of 6th, the

Nomads broke their initial seed of 8th, and turned a lot of heads

in the process.

The next major tournament of the fall is Fall Easterns, a regional

affair in Wilmington, NC that is filled with nationally ranked teams.

The Nomads look to build off their momentum from Wolfpack and

put together a solid performance at the beach.

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RYAN SCHANZ,

SECRETARYT

MEN’S ULTIMATE

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the nomads broke their initial seed of 8th, and

turned a lot of heads in the process

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ell, not exactly. It’s still Fall

according to the calendars, but

that snow that fell on Halloween

says otherwise. Here in the high

country, winter is moving in. For anyone that has

lived in Boone for more than a week knows how

temperamental the weather here can be. It was in

the 70s at the beginning of the week, yet snowing

at the end, and while I sit here writing this article it

is a beautiful 63 degrees outside and Ray’s Weather

says it is going to snow again on Friday.

So you may ask, “What did the team do with all

of that snow?” We shredded some pow of course!

I personally, had to work, but others like Vice

President Byron Dollar, and alumni Alex Martin took

to the backcountry and found a foot of snow. With

the snow came the opening of Sugar Ski Resort,

where you could find many of the Snowboard Team

getting in their first ride of the season.

Needless to say, it was an exciting weekend for all,

with the snowball fights, backcountry slopes, and

resort slopes. We can’t wait for this to happen every

weekend.

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HERE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY, WINTER IS

MOVING IN

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SNOWBOARDING TEAM

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MIRANDA MARTIN,

SECRETARY

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ki season is just around the

corner, and the team could

not be more excited. We’ve

been working hard to perfect

our form and build strength at dryland

practices and learning racing techniques in

the classroom with our faculty advisor, Dr.

Kosmala. As a team, we’re working on being

better skiers this year so that we can compete

at our best. Since our competitions don’t

start until early January, we will continue to

train in order to be ready to hit the slopes

with confidence and skill. Since September,

we have had two Trikke sessions with Dr. K.

Using the Trikke helps simulate skiing a giant

slalom course, but without the snow. This

allows Dr. K to observe our form and give

us pointers on how to correct how we move

through the course to that we can become

better, faster skiers.

With the arrival of a great first snow of the

season and the opening of Sugar Mountain,

the team is more than ready to get back in the

boots and start skiing. Our regular practices

don’t start until January, but that doesn’t stop

us from getting out there as soon as there’s

snow to ski on. We’ll be practicing both

slalom and giant slalom every week so, come

race weekends, we’re ready to ski the course

as fast as we can.

As the semester comes to a close and most

teams are wrapping up their seasons, we’re

just getting started. Obviously, the thing we’re

most excited about is starting our season off

on the right foot with lots of powder and

many trips out to Sugar. We’re anxiously

anticipating the start of race season, and

weekends full of team bonding and lots of

shredding. Cheering each other on as we race

down the hill is one of the best parts of the

weekend; that’s what makes racing so much

fun. But competition aside, nothing beats

hanging out with the team and skiing with

some great friends every weekend

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WRITTEN BY REBECCA PURKEY, CLUB COUNCIL REP ALPINE SKI TEAM

THE TEAM IS MORE THAN

READY TO GET BACK IN THE BOOTS AND

START SKIING

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After back-to-back race weekends and

countless training hours, we are through. 

Even though it has been a great season, it has

been exhausting physically and mentally, and

I am pleased to say that the team is now in

the process of recovery. 

This multi-week period is relished in nearly

all sports, from football to golf to triathlon. 

After training and competing for so long, we

now have time to sit back and relax.  During

this time of doing almost nothing, there is a

certain number of things that just about every

athlete will do. 

First, you will eat inordinate amounts of food. 

You will redefine gluttony and feed your

painfully high metabolism until your stomach

explodes.    You can now eat the full box of

mac and cheese by yourself with a full can

of tuna, a cup of milk and cheese cake for

desert.  It feels so wrong, but also feels so

good.  You love all of the food.  Soon, you can’t

say no to more food while your metabolism

drops back to normal.  Congratulations, you

have now put back on those five pounds you

worked so hard to lose getting to your optimal

“race weight”.

You will go from training “so hard” everyday

to couch potato.  I have watched full seasons

on Netflix in an afternoon.  Comment wars

on YouTube and Facebook have become a

new pastime of mine.  And I get to oogle at

erroneous amounts of bike gear online.  I can

do all of this now because I am “recovering”

I can now focus on my studies.  Once our

season is over, we can now spend those

training hours in the library learning about

science, reading and math, all aspects of our

life that should be at the forefront right now. 

I hope my mom is reading this so she knows

how invested I am in my education now that I

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WRITTEN BY: RILEY PARR, SECRETARY

I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT THE

TEAM IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF

RECOVERY

TRIATHLON TEAM

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am no longer training.  Please be proud of your favorite

son and send me cookies.  

However, soon all of the above will get very old.  You

will gain weight, have nothing exciting going on, and

the hours of chemistry your brain is taking in is going to

make you yak.  So after a couple weeks, or a month, or

four months, you will want to start training again; but

this time, you will train so much harder, become way

stronger, and mold yourself into the best you can be;

that is, until your recovery period starts again

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WRITTEN BY: CRAIG STEWART, SECRETARY

CYCLING TEAM

A rock and roll season leaves the Appalachian

State Cycling team at 7th in the nation

among D1 schools. Most of the teams that

placed above us are varsity programs. It’s

been a hard fought season to reach this

step. We began mountain bike season with a

strong showing. Riders new and old came out

to help us clinch victory in the Atlantic Coast

Cycling Conference (ACCC). Without winning

our conference championship we could not

have done as well at nationals.

The season started well before our first

race at NC State, many of our racers trained

over the summer in preparation for total

annihilation of the ACCC. The first race

September 6-7th at NC State resulted in

Appalachian victory in most every category

we entered. After gaining a conference lead

early we had tough decisions to make. Our

next two race weekends were far away with

very few races each. We sent a few of our

dedicated riders up to William & Mary and

George Mason. Great results from the racers

we sent kept ASU in contention for the

conference lead. The season was then nearly

halfway over. Many of our racers were gaining

fitness in preparation for our goal of top step

on the conference podium. One of our top

category riders, Alex Jerome, was sitting in

first place for the individual overall. Next was

West Virginia, which was a hard fought race

at the beginning of October that let us regain

and extend a lead on

the conference. The next

weekend was a turning

point in competition.

Our biggest competitor,

Virginia Tech (VT), held a

full weekend of races on

October 11-12th.

Blacksburg is always a

difficult venue. The largest

turnout so far this season

had arrived ready to duke

it out for conference

points. In a surprising turn

of events the Appalachian State Cycling team

brought more racers out to compete than VT.

However, luck was not on our side. A number

of crashes during gravity events along with

mechanicals for one of our female riders,

Annie Pharr, left us fighting closely with

VT for points. Alex Jerome was racing hard

to stay on the top step of the conference

podium. Two elite competitors arrived for the

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VT weekend. The two ended up sweeping the

races with our very own Miles Hubbard taking

a hard fought 3rd right behind.

The team was able to extend their lead but

still needed to close out the season strong.

Two races remained, Virginia (UVA) and the

conference championship at ASU.

We sent a strong contingent out to Virginia

taking several lower category victories which

helped us retain our conference lead. As a

note, the team is made up of 3-4 levels of

riders from beginner to expert. Each level

earns the team points and without having

racers in each level the team wouldn’t even

be close to winning the overall conference.

With the consistent results of all of the ASU

racers the team came into our home venue,

and conference championship, with a solid

lead overall. However, everyone still had work

to do. Alex Jerome was barely holding on to

his individual lead with a UNC and UVA rider

close behind. Miles Hubbard was rallying

hard to break into the top three in individual

standings. This became important because

having a top result in conference gives

the team a front row start at the national

championship at Beech Mountain. With fun

being had by all, Alex Jerome was able to hold

onto first by the skin of his nose. Overall, the

team was able to win the weekend therefore

taking a demanding victory in the conference.

Many of our lower category racers, such as

Jacob Richard and Nikolai Hesterberg, won

their categories as well.

National Championships at Beech Mountain

saw beautiful weather but stiff competition

with extremely difficult courses. Our bad

fortune from Virginia Tech struck again

with many of our gravity racers such as

Sarah Roland and Trey Cooke crashing out of

contention. Trey Cooke had qualified 11th for

his preferred event of dual slalom. Still with

difficult luck, Miles Hubbard was able to claw

away for 12th and 13th in his cross country

events. His results along with the rest of our

well rounded team placed ASU 7th overall

in the nation. We had a couple racers at

nationals as freshmen, Byron Rice and Annie

Pharr, so continue to watch them develop!

PHOTOS BY:

PAUL HECKERT,

THE APPALACHIAN

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THE TEAM WORKS TREMENDOUSLY HARD IN ORDER TO PREPARE THE HORSES, RIDERS, AND GROUNDS

FOR SHOW DAY.

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On October 26th, 2014 five other

college teams traveled to Hickory, North

Carolina for the ASU IDA show. Every

year the Appalachian State University

Equestrian Team hosts at least one IDA

(Intercollegiate Dressage Association)

Show. This show is the most important

and most exciting event for our semester.

The team works tremendously hard in

order to prepare the horses, riders, and

grounds for show day. On the day of the

show we watch the magic unfold and

celebrate all of the work that we put into

making a great show!

Perhaps the most difficult task in order

to prepare for the show is schooling up

the horses so that they are physically

and mentally capable to perform on show

day. This requires a lot of effort from the

Dressage team. It is their responsibility

to prepare the horses and often some

team members are out at the barn riding

for more time than they are in Boone

during the weeks leading up to the

show. However, even with all of the

necessary hours, sweat, and sometimes

tears the dressage team pulls together

and prepares some of the best horses

in the region for the Appalachian State

University IDA Show.

The second most difficult task is

preparing the grounds for the show. Here

the entire teams comes to work together

and produce amazing results. The arena

must be cleaned, the grass must be cut,

the horses must be washed, clipped, and

their tack cleaned along with many other

things. In only two days the wonderful

members of the equestrian team carpool

to the barn to help with all of these tasks.

These work days provide the perfect

opportunity for team bonding!

Finally, it’s show day! Everything has

been completed and individual jobs have

been assigned and members are able to

see how their hard work has payed off.

The team watches the horses compete in

the ring that they prepared and hear the

other teams complement their work. In my

opinion, this is the best pay off! Hearing

Virginia Tech or any of the other teams

say that a particular horse is beautiful or

that he/she performs beautifully makes

the team realize how important and how

wonderful this show is.

Also, the ASU Dressage team performed

very well at the show. In First level,

Kristen Gore received 1st place, Halie

Cunningham received 4th place, and

Jennifer Buchanan received 8th place.

Sage Cooney received 6th place in the

Upper Training Division. Ann Marie Geno

received 5th place in the Lower Training

Division and Marisa Bumgardner received

2nd place in the Intro Division. Team A

received 3rd place overall!

EQUESTRIAN TEAM

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WRITTEN BY:

HALEY MCCUNE,

VICE PRESIDENT

ur team has continued to work hard as the pre-season

comes to a close. This past weekend, our team traveled

to Elon University to play. It was a close evenly

matched game, but after a tough game we didn’t come

out with a win. The team looks forward to playing Elon again this

coming weekend.

With hard work comes a lot of play for your Lady Mountaineers

though, the past few weeks have involved a lot of team bonding

as well. On the practice before Halloween the team celebrated by

dressing up and enjoyed festive treats. Earlier in the month the team

also volunteered at the Western Youth Network where they helped

less fortunate children learn the game of lacrosse. We enjoyed

bonding and having fun teaching the children the game we love.

This weekend the season will reach it’s grand finale as the team

travels with the Men’s Lacrosse team to Greenville, NC to play in East

Carolina’s Pirate Invitational Tournament. It will be a big weekend for

our team as this will be our first championship style tournament of

the season. We will be playing two conference teams: NC State and

Elon. We will also be playing Richmond and other teams from all over

the east coast. We are excited for a good weekend of lacrosse and

bonding as a team.

As the pre-season comes to a close your ASU Women’s Lacrosse team

is in great anticipation for the regular conference season to begin

next semester. We have a strong close-knit group of girls who work

really hard and enjoy being with each other. We are proud of our team

and how much improvement has already been made. We can’t wait for

what next semester has in store for us! Go Mountaineers!

OWRITTEN BY KATIE VAN GURP, CLUB SPORTS ILLUSTRATED CHAIR

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

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THE WOMEN’S LACROSSE TEAM IS GREATLY ANTICIPATING THE

REGULAR CONFERENCE’S BEGINNING NEXT

SEMESTER

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This week was a big one for Club Sports

Council! We are getting to the end of the

semester so those loose ends are needs to

be tied up. All of the teams are starting to

wrap up their seasons. Teams like Cycling

and Women’s Soccer even made it to

nationals! The Men’s and Women’s Ultimate

teams hosted a tournament this past

weekend. Despite the six inches of snow,

they held out and teams still competed.

Unfortunately, the weather did put a damper

on everyone’s playing, but overall it was still

a good weekend for the teams.

During council, the representatives voted on

the National Championship reimbursement

for teams who petitioned to get reimbursed

for going to nationals last year. The allocated

funds were divided up between Cycling,

Volleyball, and Snowboarding.

The executive then updated the council

on their work on the “Brother/Sister Team”

program. The program has been renamed to

AppTogether and the idea behind it is for

teams to start building relationships with

one another and becoming a “family.” The

Council was very intrigued and gave great

feedback.

Next, Philicia presented on what she has

been working on with the Developmental

Tier. She presented a powerpoint to the

council about what she has done so far

and then opened it up for discussion. The

council brought up great points and gave

really great feedback. The executives are

hopeful that council will be able to vote on

this at the last meeting.

Lastly, the publicity committee petitioned to

council to donate money to them to pay for

Club Sports bumper stickers. They hope to

sell 500 of them and make over $1,000. The

council agreed to give them the money.

Overall, it was a great council meeting. We

are looking forward to seeing how the end

of the semester unfolds!

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