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10 GETTING BACK INTO THESWING OF THINGS

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

READY TO BE BACKWOMENS VOLLEYBALL

SWIM TEAM

WOMENS RUGBY

WOMENS BASKETBALL

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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 January 23rd Edition of the Club

Sports IllustratedDesigned by Alyssa Gribble

HOURS OF DEDICATION

ALPINE SKI TEAM

FENCING WELCOMES THESPRING 2015 SEMESTER

LETS GET TUCKERED UP!

EXECUTIVE’S CORNER

14 PREPARING FOR THE SPRINGSEASONSWIM TEAM

EQUESTRIAN TEAM

ALPINE SKI

WOMEN’S ULTIMATE

TRIATHLON

As the spring season draws near, volleyball

players are gearing up to get back out on

the court. With 6 tournaments scheduled this

season Club Volleyball is ready to represent

Appalachian State University across the state

and even country! The first tournament will

be hosted here at Appalachian, while the

last tournament will be in Kansas City. Our

teams are excited to start playing again and

working on improving with every practice. We

are currently in the process of welcoming 2

new officers as well, so with new leadership

always comes new ideas on how to make the

club a fun and competitive environment for

our girls to thrive in. President Priya Ford

says she’s excited to see who will come out

this season, and who will step up to help lead

the club!

National Team is also preparing to head

to the National Tournament on April 6th

through the 11th in Kansas City, Missouri!

This tournament will determine how our club

team ranks nationally in the NCVF Collegiate

Volleyball league! For all the information

on our tournaments and where they will

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CORBIN BRUTON,

SECRETARY

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

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be hosted, head to our webpage at www.

asuclubvolleyball.weebly.com to see more of

this season’s schedule! Be sure to come out to

support Club Volleyball January 31st for our

Home Tournament in the Student Recreation

Center, Go Mountaineers!

OUR TEAMS ARE

EXCITED TO START PLAYING AGAIN

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SWIM TEAM

As the spring semester begins, the Swim

Team is preparing for the biggest meet of

the season. This year’s East Coast Collegiate

Swim and Dive National Championships will

be held from April 10 through April 12 at

Georgia Tech. This is undoubtedly the biggest

meet of the year and one that the entirety

of the team looks forward to each year. We’ll

have a large number of swimmers competing

this year and are excited to see our athletes

preform.

The Swim Team will also be attending a

meet at the University of Florida. This is the

farthest we will travel this year and many

of our members are looking forward to it.

Because of the travel distance to this event,

it will be a three day trip, and it should be a

large meet. Swimmers are already expressing

excitement for this event as it is just around

the corner.

Many of our members cross trained over

the break, and several swam consistently as

well. Either way, we are all excited to get

back into the water as a team and begin our

practice schedule. Some members are going

to continue their cross training through the

season; whether it be lifting, running, or rock

climbing, we’ll all be preparing to preform our

bests at ECC’s.

On a separate note, Marie Boudreau is our

new team captain this

semester, and we are excited

to have her. She has been

a charismatic member of

the team and is always

cheering for our athletes.

This quality of disposition

is invaluable to a team and

inspires encouragement. She

will coach Wednesday and

Friday morning practices and

represent our team spirit.

Marie will also lead meet

warmups and hopefully

prevent chaos from ensuing

at attended competitions.

Our home meet last semester was a huge

success, and we had eight teams show. We

will be hosting another meat this semester

on February 28 and we hope you will attend.

Although we don’t have to travel, our home

meet is perhaps the most intense event, and

we are busy preparing for it. Come support

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ROBERT COMPTON

VICE PRESIDENT

your mountaineers and don’t forget you can

both help us and earn volunteer hours. We

hope to see you there.

We have several large competitions on the

schedule for this semester and we are busy

getting prepared for them. As we continue

to train for this semester’s events, we push

ourselves to perform at our bests. We hope

for you to do the same towards your personal

goals and wish you luck at the beginning of

this new year.

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WE PUSH OURSELVES TO PERFORM AT OUR BEST . WE HOPE YOU DO THESAME TOWARDS YOUR

PERSONAL GOALS

“ WE WOULD LOVE TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF

OUR TEAM ”

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MELISSA MANDERBACH

CLUB SPORTS COUNCIL REP

As we kickoff the spring semester we

will be looking for some new recruits

at the Winter Club expo. We would

love to increase the size of our team

and the best way to do that is at

the expo. We lost some key players

last season due to injury. Luckily we

have some newer teammates that are

eager to step up and show us what

they’re made of.

The spring is our matrix season,

which means each game determines

whether or not we make it to the

regional and state championships.

Having made it to final four last year,

we’d like to make it even further

this year. The biggest thing that

held us back from going on to the

championships last spring was the

lack of funds. To make sure we don’t

run into that problem again, we are

looking into some new fundraising

opportunities such as t-shirt sales in

the student union.

I think what I’m looking forward to

the most this semester has to be

our away games simply because we

become so much closer as a team

when we’re trapped in a car with each

other for a couple hours. It will be a

good time to meet some of the new,

rookie players. I’d say that our home

game against College of Charleston

on the 14th of February will be one

to watch out for too because they

are always a good competition for us.

Other than that we are going to be

starting strong and putting in some

good practices before our first away

game at UNCC on the 31st of January.

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WOMENS RUGBY

The women’s club basketball team is very

excited for this upcoming semester. The

tournaments are going to be bigger and the

competition will be fiercer. Because the girls

had a month off, the upcoming practices are

going to focus on conditioning and picking

up where they left off. The coaches and

officers had a meeting to discuss what was

expected for practice and what would be the

most efficient to be successful. Since the girls

only practice twice a week, there needs to be

order and structure to get the most out of

our limited time. Our first tournament is at

the University of Maryland February 6th-8th.

Between walking around Washington D.C. at

midnight and riding the metro, the girls are

eager to go back.

There have been some great additions to the

club team this semester. Having a full team

benefits with substitutions and practices. The

best way to get in shape and getting prepared

for tournaments is to scrimmage in practice;

so having enough people to do so

will be favorable. Another positive addition

has been a player stepping up to take on an

officer position. There was an opening for

Vice President, and sophomore, Kelly Beasley

has been more then happy to fulfill this

responsibility. She is a pre-nursing major and

has found time with her busy schedule to

help out the team. This will be her second

semester on the women’s club team and the

coaches and officers are ecstatic that she is

stepping up.

The spring semester for club basketball is

known for being more intense because we

will be traveling more and facing different

teams. After the Maryland tournament, the

girls travel to Georgia on February 27th –

March 1st, which is a team favorite. They

will be in Athens, where there is a plethora

of things that they can do. The team is very

close, so this semester will be fun to get to

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THE TOURNAMENTS ARE GOING TO

BE BIGGER AND BETTER

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know each other better and incorporate the new girls.

The home tournament’s dates are still being figured

out, which will be held at the Student Recreation

Center. The girls finish up the semester going to NC

State for nationals in April. Because there is so much

traveling and the costs are going to be more then the

fall semester, there will be a big focus on fundraising.

Look out for the women’s basketball team this semester.

They are confident that they will continue their winning

record and still be a threat to other schools. Practices

are going to push these girls to the limit to get back

into the swing of competing.

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ALYSSA HORAN,

SECRETARY

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WRITTEN BY:

CORRIE MALONE,

SECRETARY

The cold weather, back to school

drag, holiday pounds, and general

schedule chaos, can make it quite the

challenge to get back in the grove of

a club sport. Winter workouts tend to

quickly dissolve. Chilly, dark nights

make it hard to stay motivated in

practice. However, the winter season

blues won’t stop Women’s Ultimate

from success. In order to combat this

syndrome a variety of steps must

be taken. First, designate a team

motivator. This should be someone

who is both responsible and cheerful;

someone who really gets the team

going. They are responsible for

reminding teammates about pre-

season workouts and keeping the

sport on everyone’s minds. Next, keep

up the team’s spirt with a pump

warm-up tape. Include songs, such as

High School Musical’s “Getcha Head

in the Game,” anything by Michael

Jackson and Katy Perry, thrown in

Twist and Shout by the Beatles, and,

end with “Wait So Long” by Trampled

by Turtles (a team favorite). Finally,

make getting back to shape fun. Play

games for cardio, include relay races

into practice, sing songs, scrimmage

(a lot), and stay positive. The first few

practices might be rough, leave you

feeling sore and discouraged, but

remember, it is all a part of the game

and, in the long run, will leave you

feeling good. We all play sports for a

reason. Don’t let the off season slug,

bring you down. And remember: Just

keep ya head in the game/ Just keep

ya head in the game.

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WOMEN’S ULTIMATE

he Women’s club soccer team is looking forward to

an exciting spring season! We are currently still in

the process of scheduling games for this semester,

but so far we seem to have a pretty full schedule. We

are hoping to compete in two weekend tournaments and the rest

will consist of day games. One of the largest tournaments we are

playing in is the Southern Pines Tournament which is actually the

first time this tournament is taking place. Some of our opponents

this season will possibly be University of South Carolina, NC State,

UNC Chapel-Hill, Asheville, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Western, and a

whole array of other schools. We are also attempting to schedule

a few home games near the end of March if the weather holds off.

In order to prepare for the season, we will be training extra hard

during practices. We will be focusing on technical skills, fitness, and

team drills. Our coach, Scott Smith, has been working hard during

the off season to prepare practices and research drills that will

improve our individual skills along with our team skills. We will

also work off the field to help prepare for the spring season. We

hope to host a fundraiser at a local restaurant or yogurt store that

will help us raise money for tournaments, fees, and other expenses.

With all of our hard work and dedication, we hope to finish the

season with an outstanding record and to leave the seniors with

many memories from their years of playing with the club team. We

currently have three seniors on the team who are looking forward

to a strong season. I know over my four years here at Appalachian,

some of my greatest memories come from being a part of the club

soccer team. I am so thankful to be a member of such a fun group

of women and to be able to say my closest friends I met through

the club soccer team.  

Only time will tell if we will meet our goals of numerous wins. In

order to reach these goals, it will take dedication and hard work

from all of the girls on the team. The officers are looking to push

our team to the max in order to come out strong!

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TAYLOR BRANTON,

PRESIDENT

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WE ARE LOOKING

FORWARD TO AN EXCITING

SPRING SEASON

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CORI RASH,

SECRETARY

WE CAN’T WAIT TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS AS A

TEAM

With the new semester being less

demanding than last semester we are

so grateful to all the time and effort

our team members put into the team.

Our team members put in many hours

every week traveling, practicing, learning,

and showing. We take pride in how our

members show their dedication to the

equestrian team and love to see every

year the new members prove how much

they want to be apart of our team.

Last semester called for many extra

hours due to our show season schedule

and events. Our Hunt Seat team traveled

every weekend of October and November

while helping host a Hunt Seat show in

Greensboro with High Point University.

As a team we hosted a Dressage show at

Foothills Equestrian Center and without

the extreme dedication of our team,

would not have been possible. Our

competing Western and Dressage teams

also traveled and competed at multiple

shows during the semester.

Not only do our members put the time in

to go out to the barn during a busy week

full of school and other commitments,

but they also go the extra mile. Our team

sends groups six days a week out to the

barns to put in hours of practice and

learning to improve. Outside of going

to lessons, our team members volunteer

with a local horse rescue, Horses of the

High County, sending groups to help

clean stalls, feed, and other barn chores.

During all of the extra time put into the

team our members are able to become

closer and connect through their love for

horses.

Continuing on this semester we hope

to put many more hours into building

our team and continuing our goals of

regionals. Though this semester our

members will not be traveling as much

as last semester, we still expect to see

great dedication come from our team.

All three competing teams will travel

to shows leading up to regionals at

the end of February where we will be

sending multiple riders in multiple

disciplines. While some of our riders will

compete in both the Western and Hunt

Seat regionals, we will also have other

members volunteering at the Western

regionals in Chatham, Virginia. We are so

proud of our riders and everything that

have accomplished and will accomplish

this year!

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Though we just made it through our first

week of classes, the Ski Team’s competition

season is already well underway. We’ve had

two weekends worth of races, and so far

everyone on the team seems to be enjoying

it. As a team, I think we’re looking forward to

a lot of things for the 2015 season.

Welcoming in and getting to know the new

members has been great. We have a good

mix of seasoned skiers and rookies on the

team this year and one of the best parts

of ski team is watching yourself and your

teammates improve week to week. As the

season progresses, both the men’s and

women’s teams are skiing hard to make it to

Regionals, the final event of the season. For

those of us that are lucky enough to make

it, Regionals offers a great opportunity to

compete against and watch other skiers from

schools spread across the entire east coast.

Though we all strive to be the best skiers we

can be, Ski team is really about camaraderie.

My favorite thing about ski team and what

I’ve been most looking forward to for the last

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BROOKE LAING,

SECRETARY

ALPINE SKI

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few months, is simply hanging out with all of

these people, who under normal circumstances

might not ever meet. It’s great to become a

part of such a varied group of people who all

come together for the mutual love of skiing. I

cannot wait to spend every weekend for the

next month with my team, whether we’re on

the slopes or off.

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FENCING TEAM

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During this semester the Fencing

Club is expecting to be meeting a few

goals that have been implied before

winter break started during December

2014. Some of these goals that we are

expecting to achieve throughout this

semester are to increase our amount of

actively participating members, travel to

participate in fencing tournaments at other

universities, and host at least one fencing

tournament in the Quinn gymnasium.

These goals were chosen because the

goals can be realistically achieved through

effective marketing, exceptional leadership

demonstrated by each officer, and through

managing resources for travel expenses

and expenses relevant to hosting a

tournament. Since each officer needs to be

an exceptional leader to the fencers and in

society, at least two officers have prepared

themselves physically and mentally for this

season.

Carleton Stuecker, the Secretary of

the Fencing Club, mentioned that

he participated in Kung Fu during the

2014-2015 winter break so he could

improve his balance and flexibility while

being in the proper stance for fencing.

Because of this motivation to improve

his stance while fencing, Carleton is more

capable of demonstrating leadership

through instructing the fencers with his

knowledge so each member has a more

effective fencing practice session, and

this leadership can also be translated to

leadership in his future career. A few other

officers also exercised during this winter

break to meet personal fitness goals as

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well as maintaining a level of fitness that

is required for fencing effectively. One of

these officers that maintained fitness to

meet personal goals and maintain the leg

strength and endurance recommended for

fencing is myself.

I, David Longworth, was elected as the

new Public Relations officer of the Fencing

Club during the officer election that the

group conducted shortly before this past

winter break started. I believe that I will

be able to improve the overall wellbeing

of Appalachian State University’s Fencing

Club because I am studying Marketing

as one of my majors, I was a member

of Elkin High School’s fencing team

throughout most of my high school career

and participated as a member of the high

school’s A-Team during my senior year, and

I have the desire to use my leadership

skills to support the Fencing Club while

also being able to eventually use similar

leadership skills in my career sometime

after I am finished being a student. Being

a leader is an important task for any

individual, especially since leadership is

a necessary concept that is required for

people to be competitive in any aspect

of life such as athletics, employment, and

entrepreneurship. Because I am the new

Public Relations officer and the spring

2015 semester is starting, the other officers

and I are looking forward to some different

concepts throughout the semester.

The other officers and I are looking

forward to meeting new members since

having more members is one of our goals

that we are working toward attaining.

Vlad Vedock and Carleton Stuecker both

stated that they are looking forward to

participating in divisionals sometime

during the semester. I am looking forward

to using my knowledge that I have gained

by studying both of my majors and my

minor toward supporting the Fencing Club.

Collectively, each current member of the

Fencing Club is looking forward to having

a great semester while also helping each

member and the club achieve goals that

promote the professional growth of both

the members and the club.

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DAVID LONGWORTH

PR OFFICER

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WRITTEN BY:

RILEY PARR,

SECRETARY

Last year, we decided to attend an

outdoor festival at the Whitewater

Center in Charlotte, NC. Tuckfest

is a festival that celebrates the

outdoors and hosts a series of

races and challenges, such as trail

running, kayaking, mountain biking,

rock climbing, SUP, and adventure

races. Our team camped out

near the festival and boy, did we

have a blast! We all competed in

a variety of events, from the half-

marathon adventure race (with many

obstacles to overcome during the

event) while myself and a few others

did the numerous mountain bike

competitions, such as the King of

the Hill, Super “G” (think timed single

slalom, my fellow mountain bikers),

and the cross country race. We also

did an over-the-water rock climbing

wall challenge, a flatwater kayak race,

and a couple 5K’s. Needless to say,

we slept like rocks on both nights

we were in Charlotte. The beauty of

the festival was that each of these

races didn’t cost you a dime besides

the festival ticket, which was very

reasonably priced around $35 for the

full weekend. The only drawback was

each car had to pay a daily fee of five

dollars to enter the center, which we

were sort of peeved about.

The festival this year is on our

calendar for April 17-19. We are all

extremely excited for the festival and

are counting down the days until we

can get our tuck on. Stay #aero

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TRIATHLON TEAM

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Well, a new semester is upon us and those of us that attended this week’s Club Sports Council meeting got to see what a busy semester it will be for the Club Sports community. We started the meeting with updates from each team. Alpine Ski, Snowboarding and Ice Hockey are in the midst of their busy schedules and are performing well. The rest of the teams are starting up for the spring seasons and have lots of new athletes coming in.

With no old business to cover, we dove right into new business. The executives asked the council members to list the biggest accomplishments of the fall semester. Topping the list were the national championship reimbursement votes, changing the manual to include Club Sports Awards criteria and the wildly successful Club Sports dodgeball tournament! A great number of others were listed, but it would take days to cover all that. Following this portion of new business, each council member was asked to give a testimony about Club Sports. Specifically, they were asked to explain how the Club Sports community and their team has shaped their college experience. These were collected and

will be used later when we ask for more money from the higher administration (scary, I know).

We then moved into our committees and began to lay the groundwork for the coming semesters work. Team Unity is planning to host another dodgeball tournament and is looking into other organization-wide events. Community service is interested in helping with the dance marathon, and is going to sponsor a spring food drive. Budget committee (really needs a new name…) is going to be running an event during club week involving the pool and boats, and promise there are more details to follow. Publicity committee is going to have Club Sports stickers available in the near future.

After committee work, we heard word from our wonderful coordinators, beginning with Alyssa Gribble, who says that she wants to see a lot more Illustrated articles out this semester and she would also like for me to submit this article in a timelier manner next go round.

Tyler said he will tell us more about UREC when they meet next. Our activities intern this

semester introduced himself. His name is Kyle. He is looking forward to getting to know all of the Club Sports Community. Chelsea Watson was pleased to see everyone in attendance at last week’s facility meeting and is working on getting all of us ample varsity time. Finally, the big boss lady Erin Sanders reviewed the council’s accomplishments from last semester and told the council that there are four new team proposals coming to council this semester. The proposed teams are water polo (in attendance this meeting), archery, racquetball and men’s soccer. Thanks Erin!

We closed with a brief moment from Amanda Pausch, of Fencing, who is in the midst of developing an attendance app for teams to use at practice. Her idea was met with much interest and excitement. Well… we didn’t close with that, but she was the last key speaker. We shut it down with the typical reminders: TURN IN YOUR MIC’s, and DO THE TRAVEL FORMS RIGHT, etc. Thanks for tuning in, I promise the next meeting will be just as much fun.

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WRITTEN BY IAN MCNEIL, CLUB SPORTS EXECUTIVE

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