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Brad
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Special to The AppalachianThe Mountaineer women’s
club volleyball team are in the newly established Carolina Club
Women’s Volleyball League (CCWVL).
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With a team of 11 women representing
all four classes, the Appalachian State University women’s
Club Volleyball team has a unique blend of experience and youth
that has them excited about this year’s play.
The experience of the team comes largely from
Lindsay D. Lamb. Lamb, a junior secondary education major from Asheboro,
serves as the team captain, coach and president for the club. She
is in charge of running and organizing the practices, which usually
run for two hours on Monday and Wednesday. However, there is a possibility
of adding another day for practice if the team agrees on it.
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“We have some
really strong leaders this year, but we also have some really strong
freshmen,” Lamb said.
One of these key freshmen is Erin E. Dula. Dula, after playing three
years of varsity volleyball at Charlotte Catholic High School, joined
the team this fall and has already made a strong impact on her teammates.
Dula said she credits this to the tutelage of the team leader.
“Lindsay really brings awesome leadership to the club. She
never lets down, she’s a hard worker and she’s a great
role model for the team,” Dula said.
The Mountaineer volleyball club is in the newly established Carolina
Club Women’s Volleyball League (CCWVL), a league containing
different club teams from around the state. The inaugural club volleyball
tournament for the CCWVL was held Nov. 16 and 17 at North Carolina
State University in Raleigh.
A total of 12 club teams participated in the weekend tournament,
all from colleges in North Carolina. During the first day, each
team played three matches against different opponents. The overall
records after these games were used to determine the appropriate
standings for the championship bracket.
In the two-game matches, Appalachian won one game and lost one to
both the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and East Carolina
University. This was East Carolina’s only defeat in the first
six games.
The Mountaineers completed their match play with a strong sweep
of Duke University.
After their impressive play, ASU drew the third seat for the championship
bracket. Their pursuit for the championship fell short when Elon
University beat them in the first round.
“The loss to Elon was disappointing because we played so well
in the first three matches. We just came out and played sloppy that
game,” Lamb said.
“We should have done better than we did, but the next tournament
will show better results,” Dula said.
Appalachian finished the tournament ranking fifth out of the total
12 teams.
The overall goal for the team this year is to not only compete in
the Nationals in Columbus, Ohio, but to do well.
“The first year I was here our goal was to just go,” Lamb
said. “The second year’s goal was to do better than we
did the year before. This year, our goal is to do much better than
we did last year and to finish in the top 20 teams.”
Approximately 60 teams compete in the tournament, although the amount
varies from year to year.
The team will travel to Knoxville, Tenn., this weekend to play in
another tournament. Teams from colleges in North Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia will compete in this tournament. |
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