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| Women’s basketball had third
straight conference win over Charleston, 82-69 |
Josh
Dernosek
Sports Beat |
Peter Larkins | The AppalachianASU head coach Adrienne Shuler
coached her team to a victory over the College of Charleston
after being down eight points during the game. Saturday the
women’s basketball team will take on Davidson College.
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After jumping out
to a quick lead at the beginning of the game and up by six at halftime,
the Appalachian State University women’s basketball team found
themselves down by eight points to visiting College of Charleston
with 9:37 left on the clock.
With the momentum and possession of the ball in favor of the Cougars,
things were beginning to look grim for the Mountaineers, who all
but gave the game away to this point.
But this Mountaineer team was not ready to quit.
he Mountaineers proceeded to force and capitalize on Charleston
turnovers and fouls, leading to a 30 to 11 run in the final minutes
of the game to seize the victory over the Cougars, 82-69.
“[Our girls] did a great job; they could
have easily folded when we got down eight, nine points,” said
head coach Adrienne Shuler. “And you would have seen that earlier
in the year, but just to see how much they have grown individually
makes me proud.”
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| Club skiing begins season dominantly
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Brad Norman
Sports Beat |
Special to the Appalachian
At the two day race at Sugar Mountain, it was obvious that
both the men’s and women’s club skiing teams have
greatly improved from last season. Both teams overall placed
in the top three on both days.
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In the first race of the season,
the Appalachian State University Club Ski Team had a dominant performance
that put them in position to dramatically improve last year’s
overall record. The women’s A-Team, which finished in eighth
place out of 12 teams last year, placed second overall Saturday
and first overall Sunday. The men’s A-Team also improved from
fifth last year as they placed first Saturday and third Sunday.
The race, held at Sugar Mountain, involved 11 other teams from North
Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. The top teams Appalachian faced
were Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Western
Carolina University, University of Virginia and rival Lees-McRae
College. The race was conducted over two days, consisting of the
Slalom and the Giant Slalom. The Slalom course, raced Saturday,
Jan. 11 and the Giant Slalom followed Sunday, Jan. 12. Both events
are run on the same course with the key difference being how far
apart the gates and flags are.
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| Men’s soccer still receiving
awards |
Allie Woods
Sports Beat |
After enjoying a 13-5-1
record during the 2002 season, the Appalachian State University
men’s soccer team is still receiving awards.
The Mountaineers had five players, Greg Brooks,
Mark Thornton, Keon McPherson, Jannis Riesz and Steve Mellor honored
as All-Conference players. Recently the team has had three of these
players honored again.
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