December 10th

CLUB SPORTS ILLUSTRATEDDecember 10th, 2013

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Tyler [email protected]

THE DEC 10th Edition of the Club Sports Illustrated

Designed by Marcie Ried

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Men’s rugby- Buckle Down & Focus

Swimming- A Good Ending

Women’s volleyball- Highly Talented

Equestrian- Bittersweet Ending

Climbing- Pebble Wrestling

Fencing- New Potential

women’s ultimate- Proud

Men’s ultimate- The Climb

activity staff- Green Shirts

Hockey- How Far We’ve Come

alpine ski- The Main Event

cycling- Carrying the Momentum

snowboarding- Shred-Hungry Gnarcats

baseball-New Season, New Conference

racquetball- Complete Success

Triathlon- Growing Strong

women’s rugby- Reflections & Goals

women’s lacrosse-Conditioning & Fundraising

Women’s soccer- Flow on the Field

Women’s Basketball- Ready for Fierce Comp...

Executives’ corner- Council & Reflections

Triathlon’s own Josh Fischer and

Anna Gannett have qualified for the Boston

Marathon 2014!

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ON THE COVERThe Men’s and Women’s Ultimate teams hosted the Blue Ridge Blowout on Nov. 9-10th and came out victorious.

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04 CLUB SPORTS ILLUSTRATED /// December 10th, 2013

Written by Jacob Barber, Vice President

T he Men’s Club Rugby Team started the season off strong with a win at Rucktoberfest, but the team

is young and having the official matrix season moved to the fall this year hurt the team. Despite the team being young, they have great potential to do well, however, being thrown into the fire so early hurt the development of the team. The season ended with a loss to UNC-Charlotte in the playoffs.

BUCKLE DOWN & FOCUSLooking to the future, the team has a full year of social season because USA Rugby decided to move matrix season back to the spring next year. The team will return well over half its starters so if they buckle down and focus, AHO Rugby has the potential to be the best in the league once again.

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A GOOD ENDINGWritten by Callie Strachan, Secretary

The Club Swim Team held their High Country Invitational Event on November 16th, and it was a huge success! Over 13 teams, including the University of Virginia, UNC-Chapel

Hill, and N.C. State, attended the event. 27 events going on during the swim meet got pretty hectic, but everyone had a lot of fun! The team had some huge successes, with swimmers reaching their personal bests, fastest times of the meet, or relay wins. It was a great way to end our semester!

Women’s Club Volleyball had a great fall semester! After team placements

we ended up with three highly talented teams. Each team worked hard during practice and in return got to travel all over the state of North Carolina.

At each tournament we attended our teams fought hard and brought a high level of volleyball to the court. Our National volleyball team made it to the Championship game at each tournament attended. They placed second at UNC-Greensboro and NC State and ended up tournament winners at UNC-Charlotte.

This has been such an improvement from last year and we can’t wait to continue into the spring semester!

HIGHLY TALENTEDWritten by Priya Ford, Secretary

Photos by Madison Frink


This past weekend was a bittersweet ending to a wonderful semester of bonding, dedication, and

competition for the Hunt Seat Team, a division of ASU’s Equestrian Team. The discipline of Hunt Seat stems from the background of Hunter-Jumpers, in which riders both jump horses as well as ride horses with hunter confirmation on the flat. For ASU’s Hunt Seat Team, the goal of riders competing in each flat or fences class is strictly equitation, technically meaning the act or art of riding on horseback, but including so much more than simply sitting on a horse.

In Hunt Seat flat classes, riders compete between six levels, ranging from Walk/Trot to Open, the top division. A judge watches competitors for a specific set of perfected body placements, for example, a straight line between the rider’s shoulder, hip, and ankle, or similarly, a straight line between the horse’s bit, rider’s hand, and rider’s elbow. These types of criteria are painstakingly learned in lessons in connection with the movement of the horse so that rider and horse moves as fluidly and functionally as possible. Equitation also attributes to a rider’s ability to succeed in the art of riding horseback on a horse that is randomly drawn from a hat, whom they have never ridden before, and may not practice on. This is the situation into which Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) riders enter when they participate in regional horse shows, as the ASU Hunt Seat Team does. Appearing to ride an unfamiliar horse perfectly on the flat or over jumps with approximately three minutes preparation in the saddle is no easy task, but provides a thrill like none other in the horse world.

The weekend of November 16th and 17th was the annual back-to-back Hunt Seat show

weekend hosted by Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, VA. Virginia Intermont is a great school which offers equine science as a major, also providing wonderful, exciting horses to ride. It once again proved to be a great weekend for the ASU team. All 15 competing riders on the Hunt Seat Team were able to be entered for ASU, and many made their IHSA debut.

Highlights from the two-show weekend include Senior Chloe Paddison receiving a second placement in the Novice flat division, advancing to the next division of Intermediate flat and qualifying for the regional competition this March. Freshmen Cori Rash and Elizabeth Lankford made their IHSA debuts in Beginning Walk/Trot/Canter, with Cori receiving a third placement and second placement and Elizabeth receiving a fourth placement and a third placement. Senior Alison Davis, who began her freshman year in the introductory Walk/Trot division made her debut in the Novice Fences division. Seniors Kristin Clark and Ali Ranson, both graduating this December, finished their ASU Equestrian careers with sparkling placements, including a second placement for Ali in the Intermediate fences division and a third placement for Kristin in the Novice fences division as highlights.

Overall, the ASU Hunt Seat Team has been lucky enough to welcome some very talented new members this semester, and is saddened to say farewell to two members that have been with the team for upwards of four years. The team finished the semester 6th in the region, and is excitedly looking forward to more great things to come this spring.

BITTERSWEET ENDINGWritten by Alison Davis, Team Member


Photos by Katlyn Sloop

Written by Alexa Zakula, Secretary

During the past few months, the Climbing Team has been recruiting new members and training hard for the upcoming season.

Over thirty of the team’s climbers participated in the Triple Crown Bouldering Series, a three-part bouldering competition that is open to the public to raise money for the Southeastern Climber’s Coalition and The Carolina Climber’s Coalition. These two organizations have been essential to the acquisition of land for the climbing community, and are dedicated to maintaining access for climbers. Although the first event of the series at Hound Ears was unexpectedly cancelled this year, the ASU Climbing Team made their presence known at Stone Fort in Chattanooga, Tennessee, when Alexa Zakula took first place in the Women’s Beginner category, and again when Alex Brown placed third in Men’s Open at Horse Pens 40 in Steele, Alabama.

On November 17th, the ASU Climbing Team hosted the thirteenth biannual Southern Comfort bouldering competition. Climbers from all over North Carolina gathered to compete on Sunday for a chance to win amazing prizes from the nine sponsors. After three groups competed, a finals round was held for the top Open Category climbers:

After the exciting round, the ASU team’s very own Cullen Updyke went home with the first place prize. There was a great turnout for the competition overall, including family members and friends who came to watch and support. The ASU Climbing Team will host SOCO XIV in the spring during the Collegiate Climbing Series.

PEBBLE WRESTLING

Leanna Lockhart

Carter Smith

Cullen Updyke

Jeremy Parnell


Club President, Ben Hatfield demonstrating a backwards crossover for some of the newer club members.

Photo by Amanda Martinez

Written by Alex Fogleman, Team Member

This semester for the Appalachian State Fencing Club can best be described in a single word: Preparation. With an absolutely massive influx

of around 40 or so new members at the club’s very first practice of the year we had immediately set them to work on learning the most basic of footwork to learning how to hold a blade to basic bout mechanics to actually bouting on a strip themselves. As weeks went on the membership diminished, but in turn the members that were retained got to learn even more and became better fencers, themselves. Over the course of this entire semester our fencers participated in two separate coaching events as well as a mock tournament in order to further refine their basic skills and steel themselves for the competitive setting.

As for what will be going on in the next semester the members of the club have a lot to be excited about. The president of the club, Ben Hatfield, mentioned he was excited about getting the club into action by “doing skirmish type things with Wake Forest and hopefully also Davidson, and [going] to tournaments. ” One of the club’s newer fencers, David Longworth stated that he was also excited about the upcoming “Massacre on the Mountain tournament” which will be hosted at ASU in the spring semester.

One thing is for certain, with a new semester there will also come new potential fencers, which the club will no doubt be looking forward to recruiting during the second club expo, as it will help with the member population while also introducing more people to the wonderful family that is the ASU Fencing Club. That is something that many of the club’s other members are excited about including Kelsey Painter, who said that she was “looking forward to bouting more next semester, and hopefully getting some new people.” If all happens smoothly within the next semester this will most certainly be the case and the club will is looking forward to having quite a bit to show for it.

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Photo by Madison Frink


PROUDWritten by Ingrid Humphrey, Secretary

The Women’s Ultimate Team just wrapped up one of the most successful semesters on record. The last tournament the team

competed in was their home tournament, the Blue Ridge Blowout. Sixteen teams traveled to Boone to compete in the always fun and highly competitive tournament in the mountains.

The Nonads started Saturday with a win against Davidson’s team. The Nonads, then, went on to finish undefeated in pool play, fighting for wins against Duke and UNC-Greensboro—two of the team’s rivals from previous years. The team finished the day with a very heated game versus Wake Forest, in which the Nonads came out on top. This was the first time the Nonads have finished a Saturday at the Blowout with a 4-0 record! So, naturally the team wanted to keep the winning streak going on Sunday.

After a first round bye and despite sore muscles from the previous day, the Nonads came out strong to win against Elon for a spot in the semi-finals. After a very tough game versus UNC-Asheville (the winners of the 2012 Blowout), the Nonads advanced to finals against none other than their own alumnae team. This game was by no means easy. Both teams fought hard to try to win, and it was even harder due to the fact that many of the alumnae players had been teammates to the current Nonads just last year. In the end, the Nonads pulled ahead for the win, finishing the tournament undefeated.

The officers this year have never been more proud of their team. The Nonads showed exceptional growth during practices and tournaments all semester, and they plan on continuing to grow and improve even more next semester.


Photo by Marcie Ried


The Nomads attended our most competitive tournament of the year three weekends ago at the Fall

Easterns in Wilmington. The whole weekend was a battle. We were playing all regional competition that we will see at the end of the spring, next semester. We ended up going 4-4, but every game we lost was only by a few points. This shows great promise that our team can keep up with everyone else, we just need to put in a bit more work to come out on top. The highlighted game of the tournament was our last game on Sunday where we faced off against #21 UNC-W for the second time during the tournament. The game was gritty and very

The Climb

Written by Austin Olive, Secretary



physical, just how we like it. The Nomads came out on top in the first half 6-5. But in the end, Wilmington’s zone proved to be too much, causing a few quick turnovers, which resulted in easy scores for our opponent. We lost the game, but it was a great learning experience for the team.

Two weeks ago we hosted our annual fall tournament, the Blue Ridge Blowout. It was a great success for the team and everyone had a lot of fun. Our A team went undefeated in pool play on Saturday, winning all four of our games. The highlight of these games was our uncontested victory over the Alumni team, the Oldmads. It’s always fun to get out on the field to compete against those players that you know and are friends with. The B team did not do as well, but they enjoyed playing good teams, which gave them valuable field experience and playtime. On Sunday the A team made it all the way to the finals, where we unfortunately lost to a team with a lot of great players from around the state.

The next step for the team is the offseason. Over Winter Break we can’t practice, so everyone has to put in work on our own time. We are holding everyone liable to go home during break and stay in shape, workout, and become an overall better athlete. If everyone goes home and becomes faster, quicker, and more agile, our team will improve greatly as a whole. This is the time of the year to get better. No one expects us to be a threat in the spring, but we beg to differ. Our climb to the top starts now.




GREEN SHIRTS

If you’ve been involved with either IM Sports or Club Sports, you have seen those green shirt wearers and maybe

wondered what they exactly do. Three different job positions get to wear these bright shirts:Activity Supervisors are responsible for overseeing the daily activities of the Intramural Sports Program and the Club Sports Program. They oversee the total operation of assigned facility and activities.

Intramural Activity Programmers are responsible for assisting the Assistant Director for Intramural Sports and Club Sports with daily administration and marketing of all Intramural and Club Sports activities. Each Activity Programmer will be given a number of activities which they are responsible for per semester. They design, develop, implement, and oversee all assigned activities and events to include Team Sports, Individual/Dual Activities, Special Events and Club Sports events/practices.

Intramural Employee Programmers are responsible for assisting the Assistant Director for Intramural Sports with all activities dealing with intramural staff. That includes recruiting, hiring, and training officials and scorer/timers for all assigned activities and events.




Photo by Erin Sanders


Q & A with Taylor Schiller

Q. What’s your job position and what are your responsibilities?I am the Club Sports programmer as well as an IM Activity Programmer. Regarding Intramurals, I am responsible for the day to day operations of my assigned sport. I am in contact with participants daily, record and post scores online, manage and file away paperwork, and complete clipboards for nightly activities. Regarding Club Sports, I am the leasion between the Club teams and the Activity Supervisors. I am responsible for making sure the Supervisors know their duties while working a practice or event as well as helping to make sure things run smoothly!

Q. What is your favorite part about it?I think my favorite part about it is getting to work with the members and participants. I love being able to talk to them, see how things are going and see if I can assist them in anyway. I also enjoy working with the Activity Supervisors! They are awesome!

Q. How is this job preparing you for the future?This job is preparing me for my future in many ways! It has made me a more responsible person and has helped improve my time management skills. I am constantly developing my ability to work effectively with other people age as well as my directors. This job can benefit you in so many ways and the experience you gain from it will be very valuable later on in life!

Chelsea’s Reflections

My name is Chelsea Watson and I am an Activity Supervisor. I am responsible for making sure that all club and intramural events run smoothly and provide emergency care.

My favorite part about being an Activity Supervisor is being able to watch new sports and learn how they are run. Rugby is a sport that I knew nothing about before coming to school but after working Rucktoberfest I got to experience the physicality of the sport first hand.

I also learned a lot from working the Blue Ridge Blowout. Before this job, I only knew what they taught me in gym class about Ultimate. After seeing so many teams come to Boone for the tournament, I realized there is so much more to the culture and excitement of the sport. Seeing people in animal costumes and senior citizens actually playing Ultimate is something I will never forget.

This job is preparing me for the future because I am learning how to work with all different kinds of people in unique situations. My ability to think on my feet and adapt has really developed for working events and finding solutions to any problem that may just appear.


The 2013-2014 season has been a growing experience for the Ice Hockey Team. After taking a leave

of absence from the 2012-2013 season, Appalachian State Hockey has faced an uphill battle this season. This year started out with bringing on a bunch of new faces to the team, which requires a lot of practice time to build team chemistry. Unfortunately, many practices took place in Charlotte, which involved taking many car rides at night, going up and down US-321, trapped in a SUV with your teammates and their smelly equipment. However, these weekly rides can make for some quality bonding time and chemistry building with the team.

After several months of practicing and workouts both on and off the ice, App State was rewarded with a win in the first game of the season against Johnson and Wales under the bright lights of the Time Warner Cable Arena. Several weeks later, the team took a hard loss against a tough Coastal Carolina team, giving them their current record of 1-1.

Now due to the recent opening of Sugar Mountain, App State will now be holding practices at the outdoor rink at Sugar Mountain. This allows for more practices without the price of time and money of going down to Charlotte.

With three more games on the schedule until Christmas break, App State Hockey is looking to finish strong with games coming up against Wake Forest, and rematches against Johnson and Wales and Coastal Carolina. Looking forward to the Spring 2014 semester, the team will face High Point, East Kentucky, and Virginia Military Institute, as well as the Blue Ridge Hockey Conference tournament in February. App State Hockey is looking to make up for lost times and has the potential to go far this season.

How Far We’ve ComeWritten by Sam Young, Council Rep


App State Hockey is looking to make up for lost times and has the potential to go

far this season.

The Main EventWritten by Dixon Styres, Secretary

12:00 AM comes easy for many college students. For me, the start of a new day comes with the latest weather updates and perhaps the chance of snow in the high country. Being skiers, we all obsess over something as simple as frozen water, which controls every run we make.

The Alpine Ski Team will begin its season days before the second semester on January 11th at Massanutten Resort in Virginia. And as we travel up to the slopes, we carry an entire university on our backs with the goal of being the best skiers on the mountain.

Ski weekends carry some of the best memories I have, they leave our skiers completely changed. Most enter our races as unknowns and as a family, the team is able to bond and create new connections with everyone. As a team, we bring something that tends to get lost in many competitive sports, fun. The Ski Team will have our first home race on the 19th and the 20th of January at Sugar Mountain. Come join us on the slopes for the most fun you’ve had in the snow in a long time. Ski Ya Later!


Fall semester was an action packed time for the Cycling Team with plenty to do. At first we had the

mountain bike season to focus on. This year the team hosted the conference race, sent riders (one champion!) and volunteers to Nationals, and placed 2nd overall in the conference.

Multiple weekends spent out of town racing during the day and camping or staying in a hotel at night brings everyone together.

Cyclocross season is currently going on and the experience is much the same as the one mountain bikers had. It’s also

looking to be another great season of racing as we’re currently in 2nd and hope to finish strong and win conference. We’ve even manged to be featured in a local Virginia newspaper!

With winter around the corner it’s getting harder and harder to get out on the bike but many folks are still having fun despite the weather.

To cap off a great semester everyone on the team is looking forward to our Outback dinner. It’s always a great time to get together and talk about future plans and how the semester went. We hope to carry the momentum built this semester into the Spring!

CARRYING THE MOMENTUMWritten by Zeb Ramsbotham, Secretary


I’m sure the members of the Snowboard Team are not the only ones who have been noticing the slightly chilly weather lately. This drop in

temperature has both boarders and skiers very antsy for the start of our season. Sugar Mountain has already opened a few of their slopes and many of our members have broken out their boards. Junior, Cameron Herder, took his board out for a spin and had nothing but good things to say: “The conditions were awesome for the first day of the season. We all really enjoyed being able to shred.” Good thing this is just the start.

Race season might still be a few months out but as soon as the trails turn from green to white you can bet on the ASU Snowboard Team being out there. Although we have hosted dry-land practice, there’s nothing you can do to better prepare for the season than to hit the slopes. This year we have the largest team we’ve had with 51 possible racers and we’re anticipating some great new talent. “I’m so stoked for January! I can’t wait to shred with all my new gnarcats.” Sophomore Jordan Maxwell says. Jordan has been an amazing host and has graciously had a few team gatherings at her place so the new members could assimilate and get to know the team before having to put up with all of us for days at a time!

The conditions were awesome for the first day of the season. We all really enjoyed being able to shred.”

Shred-Hungry GnarcatsWritten by Shannon Hildebrandt, Secretary


I’m so stoked for January! I can’t wait to shred with all my new gnarcats.”

The winters have been rather mild lately so we are keeping our fingers crossed that the east coast gets dumped on this year! The majority of our racers have never been able to ride in boarder cross due to the lack of snow and ability for slopes to create a course. This year, Wisp is hosting a boarder cross, so whether we’re throwing elbows, or smiles, we’re all curious to test our speed and control in this event. Giant Slalom may be the most popular race, but many of our riders will expand their horizons this year and try not only boarder cross but also slopestyle.

If you haven’t already switched out your shorts, flip flips, and t-shirts for boots, a jacket, and boarding pants, then you may have some catching up to do! All semester it has felt like the season was just out of reach, but now it’s finally here and nothing makes shred-hungry gnarcats happier.

This year our racing schedule takes us to a few new places, and we couldn’t be more eager to find out what this season will hold. Our schedule is as follows:

JANUARY 11 & 12: Massanutten, VA

JANUARY 20: Sugar Mountain, NC*

JANUARY 25 & 26: Bryce, VA

FEBRUARY 1 & 2: Wisp, MD

FEBRUARY 8 & 9: Snowshoe, WV

FEBRUARY 14–16: Hunter Mountain, NY (Regionals)

MARCH 9–14: Lake Placid, NY (Nationals)

*Most of our races are a little too far for fellow students and friends to come cheer us on, but we invite everyone to our race at Sugar is right up the street, and we always appreciate the support!port.

Snow-Thing built by Snowboarding President and Club Sports Executive, Tyler Grandis


As winter approaches and the cold weather begins to take over

Boone once again, the men of the Club Baseball Team begin their offseason after a competitive fall schedule. The men finished their fall season with a 3-5 record. This past semester has tested the team mentally and physically which in the words of president Ben Duncan, hopefully helps them get into the right shape and mindset for the spring season. “The fall season is really like Spring Training for us,” says Duncan. “We aren’t really that worried about winning or losing, but more about getting guys into the games and letting them get some experience under their belts. By doing this, we also get to see everyone’s strengths and weaknesses so we know what to work on and how to best prepare ourselves for the spring, because that’s when it gets serious.”

The spring season is going to be an exciting season for the club baseball team, as they officially move to the Mid-Atlantic South conference with UNC Chapel Hill, NC State, Elon, Wake Forest, and ECU. If the schedule doesn’t change, the Mountaineers will host NC State and Wake Forest here in Boone, while traveling to UNC

Chapel Hill, Elon, and ECU for those series. “I think everyone is excited for this new conference. I know I am!” said Duncan. “We finally get to play a lot more games closer to home, and less five hour drives to Tennessee and Kentucky. Also, we have a lot of guys from the Raleigh area, so being able to sort of ‘go home’ for those series will definitely be a treat.”

When asked about which series he was most looking forward to, Ben said the series in Greenville, NC against ECU. The last time ECU and App State met on the field was back in the regional finals in spring 2012, when the Mountaineers prevailed in the 14th inning to win the game and move on to the World Series in Florida, where they eventually finished 3rd. “There’s a lot of history between us two teams. We don’t really like them, and they don’t really like us. And after those regional finals games, who could blame them? But it’s definitely going to be a great series.” The men will be doing some individual workouts over the winter break, but won’t return officially as a team until the beginning of February.

The fall season is really like Spring Training for us. We aren’t really that worried about winning or losing, but more about getting guys into the games and letting them get some experience under their belts.

New Season, New ConferenceWritten by Patrick Sekel, Secretary


The fall semester has been a busy one for the Racquetball Team. This

past weekend the team traveled to Chapel Hill, NC to take on the region’s best in a tournament hosted by UNC-Chapel Hill. It was the second tournament the team has competed in during the semester, and could not have gone any better. A new member of the club, David Brady, has been phenomenal in his performances. David is undefeated in his matches, and is quickly becoming a rising star in the Club Sports Program.

Winter is fastly approaching and is closing in on

us here in Boone. The winter season is hard on a triathlete’s life without open water swims, early rides in the mountains, and runs with more than just shoes, shorts and tank top are very depressing. The team has slowly begun to accept the inevitable of indoor runs and bike trainer sessions. The members have also shifted focus from pure triathlon workouts to weightlifting and plyometric style workouts.

Treasurer, Josh Fischer, has put his efforts towards his first love, distance running. Josh qualified to run in the 2014 Boston

The rest of the team also performed well in its tournaments this semester. Last month, the team traveled to Liberty University. This was a great bonding experience for the team, and the trip most certainly brought the club members closer together. Club President, Joey Hirsh, said the tournament was a “complete success” and “a positive influence for the future of the club team.”

Vice President, Don Geis, has been working on fundraising

Marathon (the super bowl of running events). President, Anna Gannett, has focused on her cycling ability and started to race Cyclocross, winning the Women’s B races on November 9th and coming in second in the A race on the 10th. Anna has also qualified to race the Boston Marathon 2014. Tom Nolan has been playing with the ASU Hockey Team as their goalie for the season so far; the team is 1-1, about to be 2-1,good luck, boys!

The Tri Team has several members that are extreme sports enthusiasts; Riley Parr can be found turning out laps at Rocky Knob Mountain Bike Park any day of the week. Teagan

opportunities for the club team. Selling books, both academic and novels, is a great opportunity for the Racquetball team to raise funds for future tournaments. We must also give a huge thank you to Ron Forrster for all his help in our efforts and for making participation in club sports a truly valuable experience.

Miller is often found strapping a kayak on to his car and heading out to paddle down some of the best whitewater the high country has to offer.

Our season was short and sweet but full of fun; this was our first year as a club sport and everyone enjoyed the opportunity to represent Appalachian State University for the first time in triathlon. The future looks bright for us as a team we are growing stronger everyday and really hope to make a splash in the Mid-Atlantic Triathlon Colligate Conference next year. Good luck to those individuals who qualified to race at Nationals in April.

COMPLETE SUCCESSWritten by Joey Baily, Secretary

GROWING STRONGWritten by Teagan Miller, Secretary



Great success was seen by the Women’s Lacrosse Team this

semester. Despite finishing their schedule, the women’s club lacrosse team continues team work outs every week. Team goals for the rest of the semester include focusing on conditioning for next semester as well as raising funds for the team. The women’s club lacrosse team is in the process

this year has posed to be challenging for our Women’s Rugby team,

challenging in a good way. It has definitely shown to be a rebuilding year for us but we are determined more than anything to keep our club strong and as a family. We won some games and lost some games but for us it is more of the experience than the win or loss. We always make it a point to have fun regardless of the game out come.

For this upcoming semester we plan to do a lot more team bonding. Our team bond is what makes us as a team, its where we getting our chemistry from. We also plan to continue workouts like we have and become a stronger team but stronger individuals. We hope to make it to nationals again this year but that will be on us and how hard we are willing to work

for it. But I have faith that our drive and want is strong enough to get us there. However, if we make it to nationals or not we know we did our best and we had fun doing it, but let’s see what happens!

of scheduling games for the spring. Currently, the team is planning a home tournament in the spring semester due to opposing teams showing interest in traveling to Boone this year, so the team hopes to pull together something fairly large. Until next semester, the team will continue conditioning and individual workouts so they will be ready for their first conference game.

Reflections & GoalsWritten by Kelly Castanho, President

CONDITIONING & FUNDRAISINGWritten by Molly Lancaster, Vice President


The Women’s Club Basketball Team just had their last practice

of the semester. They worked on their ball handling skills and ran through plays in hopes of keeping them fresh on their minds for when they come back from break. They also grabbed some guys from the court over to work on physicality and game speed situations.

The Women’s Club Soccer Team just ended their fall

season. The final game was on November 17th at UNC-Charlotte. The team took on College of Charleston and Charlotte with great confidence and spectacular flow on the field. The first game was against Charleston, which the Mountaineers won 6-1. For the second game, the ladies took on Charlotte, winning 1-0 with Taylor Branton scoring the winning goal.

Some girls also made a trip to Come Back Shack together to support the Club Sports program on Wednesday the 20th. The team plans to work on a secret Santa for the holidays and organize a team dinner to celebrate Thanksgiving.

They plan to come back next semester with more fire than they started out with. Tournament

Unfortunately our starting keepers were unable to attend this game, but sophomore Meghan Poirier stepped in goal with no hesitation. The team commends Meghan for a job well done this weekend keeping the Charlotte from finding the back of the net.

The women’s club soccer team thanks everyone who came out to watch them this season and thanks their coach, Scott Smith, for stepping in and

putting up with the team’s shenanigans.

“SCO NEERS!”

Flow on the FieldWritten by Bailey Pages, Vice President

Ready for Fierce CompetitionWritten by Elena Kacan, Secretary

sites have changed for the spring, they will be attending the University of Maryland in College Park, University of Georgia in Athens and NC State in Raleigh. The competition will be fierce and they will be ready. Until then… Happy Holidays!


Council UpdateThis final council meeting of the semester was definitely a bittersweet one. We got a chance to look over all the votes we’ve made, decisions we’ve passed, and events we’ve held. It was a great feeling to see how much our hard work has paid off. In this meeting we had a great discussion about the best parts of the council, the parts we think should change, and our goals for next semester.

In my opinion, I think we will have no problem reaching our goals of things like making changes to the manual, voting in some new teams, and continuing to keep our program growing in positive ways. I mean it when I say that I cannot wait for another fabulous semester with such hard-working and dedicated Club Sports Officers. JESSIE HARRELSON,

Club Sports Executive and Women’s Ultimate President

Executives’ Corner

I can confidently say that running for a Club Sport Executive position was one of the best decisions I have ever made (just behind coming to App State, of course). The Club Sports program has been a huge part of my life since I first got to Boone, and getting even more involved this year is the perfect way to end my time at App. I think the best thing I’ve gotten out of the program so far is the amazing people I’ve gotten to meet.

Each team is filled with people so passionate about their sport and their team that they work so hard to make it successful, and those people are what keep me loving my job. I just want to say thanks to everyone who has put in time and effort into making their team the best it can be, you guys keep this program growing every day. Keep up the good work everyone, and see you next semester!


When school started in the Fall Semester, the Club Sports Executives and Club Sports Council Representatives were immediately thrown into the heart of what we were there for - making important decisions for our program to better our program. I was personally very impressed by the questions that were asked and the care that was implemented from each Representative to uphold our manual and make the best decision for the teams in our program.

After the first few council meetings when voting items ceased, our meetings steered away from what was actually happening with our teams and turned to bettering our program

Is it really the end of the semester already? Our Club Sports Program has flourished this year and given the competitive opportunity to much of Appalachian States student body. All the teams went through the initial rush of new recruitment at the start of the year, trying to attract new players at events like Club Expo and Welcome Weekend. Many of the teams jumped right into practice to prepare for their approaching competitions, while some like Ski and Snowboard dreamt of snow.

Throughout everyone’s practices and competitions, Club Sports Council has worked hard to make decisions on behalf of the Club

Sports Program. During the meetings the council members had important votes pertaining to spending of Club Sports money and dealing with infractions from within the teams. The Council also put on successful programs such as the Queen Street clean up where Club Sports adopted Queen Street, The Anti-Hazing T-Shirt Tye-Dye on Sanford mall, and the “Minute to Win It” social event.

Overall our teams have been working hard and playing hard, showing the Appalachian community that we are an important part of the Mountaineer life!

in the community. The Club Sports Council Adopted-Queen-Street, voted on a new Club Sports Logo, had a Comeback Shack Fundraiser, created new criteria for National Championship Reimbursement, and had our first annual Minute-to-Win-It Challenge. This Club Sports Council was very active!

Our Council accomplished so much this year. That would not have come without genuine interest and dedication to our program. Our Council continued to surprise and impress me. I’m looking forwards into next semester to see what other wonderful things can be accomplished. Our representatives are wonderful and they are the people who drive me to make this program better.

TYLER GRANDIS, Club Sports Executive and Snowboarding President

ASHLEY CUTRELL, Club Sports Executive and Alpine Ski President

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