| Victory over VMI Keydets keeps Appalachian
home winning streak alive |
Josh Dernosek
Sports Major Beat |
Josh Brown | Chief Photographer Mountaineers won over VMI Monday
evening taking another home victory to keep the streak alive.
Appalachian plays again Saturday at 1 p.m. against College of
Charleston.
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By only looking at the final
score, 83-64 in favor of Appalachian State University over Virginia
Military Institute (VMI), one might assume that yet another home
blowout occurred Monday evening.
While the nation’s top-ranked scoring offense
scored just below their average, it was not an offensive game until
late in the second half.
Sparked by turnovers, fast breaks, the appearance
of freshman P.J. Bullock and a crowd-pleasing facial by Chris McFarland
at the expense of a VMI player, the Mountaineers broke the game
open in the final three minutes of play.
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| Women beat Wildcats for a 8-14 overall
record |
Josh Dernosek
Sports Major Beat |
Josh Brown | Chief Photographer Aisha Bryant (25) and the Mountaineers
defeated Davidson 63-53 in the George M. Holmes Convocation Center
Tuesday.
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After a five-minute standstill
with the score tied 5-5 it appeared that neither Appalachian State
or Davidson College had brought an offensive assault with them Tuesday
night.
Finally mid way through the first half the lady
Mountaineers went on a 22-4 run to give them a commanding lead over
the Wildcats, then eventually pulling out the victory 63-53.
What started slow turned into a rush of offense
and momentum for Appalachian behind the games leading scorer freshman
Kiki Conyers. Conyers was a perfect 6-of-6 in the first frame and
ended the game with 18 points.
“Those first shots felt good and we have
worked on those everyday in practice, just trying to get in and
shoot over the top,” Conyers said.
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| Mountaineers finish tournament 2-1-1 |
Brad
Norman
Club/ Intramural Sports Beat |
After
a solid showing in the fall semester, the women’s club soccer
team picked up right where they left off during their first tournament
of the spring semester.
Their first tournament was held Jan. 31 and Feb.1
in Asheville and consisted of 16 teams from North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
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| ASU begins season with home match
against UNC-CH |
Brad
Norman
Club/ Intramural Sports Beat |
The
relatively unknown men’s club rugby team begins their nine-game
spring semester schedule this Saturday when they host 13th-ranked
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at State Farm Fields.
The first game will be very important as the team
hopes to build on a strong fall semester, which included a huge
win against the No. 7 team in the country, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University.
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| Mountaineers sign fourteen
players for next season |
Allie Woods
Sports Minor Beat |
The Appalachian
State University football team secured 14 players, including seven
linemen and seven players from North Carolina on signing day, Feb.
5.
“We are happy to get these guys,” head
coach Jerry Moore said. “They are the players we went after,
but we don’t really know until August when we get them in here
and start working them out."
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| Golan takes head coach
position at Evansville, assistant coach to USC |
Allie Woods
Sports Minor Beat |
After
leading the Appalachian State University men’s soccer team
to a 12-4-1 mark in 2002, head coach Dave Golan has decided to make
the next step in his coaching career.
Recently, Golan interviewed for and accepted the
position of head men’s soccer coach at the University of Evansville
in Evansville, Ind.
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