The Pilot
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Page A3
Sports
Lady Bulldogs soccer team wins 2 in a row at home
By Lanny Newton
Special to The Pilot
The Gardner-Webb
women’s soccer team played
UNC Ashville at home Fri
day and picked up its first
win of the season, a 5-1
victory, in the GWU Clas
sic. The Lady Bulldogs fol
lowed it up with a 2-1 win
over Nicholls State Sunday.
The victories bring it to
0-2-0 on the season.
Lindsey Gladhill scored
2 goals against UNCA.
These were joined by oth
ers from Sarah Keyser,
Bailey Stevens and Tiffany
Greene.
The Lady Bulldogs used
good teamwork to score,
but lost 4-1 to the Patriots of
Francis Marion, on Sept. 2.
“We definitely have
more talent than we showed
this weekend, but that being
said, if we don’t put things
together for a 90 minute
stretch and stop making
mental mistakes, then it’ll
be a long year,” said head
coach Kevin Mounce after
the Francis Marion game.
“But I think we will get
it turned around. I believe
we are good enough to win
the [conference] champion
ship but... we need to learn
to work a little bit harder
and not take 5 to 10 minute
stretches off because that is
where we’re getting beat.
“We are creating chanc
es, we’re having trouble
finishing, but we’re creating
chances better than we have
in the past,” said Mounce.”
In the UNCA game,
GWU out-shot its counter
part by a 22-8 margin for the
match. The Bulldogs also
tallied eight comer kicks to
five for the visitors.
However, GWU was ag
gressive in the match and
was called for 17 fouls.
Said Mounce, “We are
looking forward to com
ing .home [to play] in front
of our fans, and hope they
come out and support us.”
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photo by Jessica.
Gardner-Webb University goalie Sarah Wyszynsli slides out to stop the shot on goal by UNC Asheville’s
Joy Haynes (17) while GWU defenders Samantha Cawkell (19) and Kara Kruger (3) assist. The Lady Bull
dogs took away a 5-1 victory on Friday in Boiling Springs.
photo by Tyler Kucifer
Gardner-Webb University running back David Montgomery (1) eludes two Jack
sonville University defenders.
Bulldogs school Dolphins Volleyball
with win in home opener team has
winning
weekend
By Kory McNair
Pilot stajf writer
Thus far, the season has
gone well for the Dawgs
volleybal team.
That was evident during
the Runnin’ Bulldog Classic
last weekend. After defeat
ing Air Force 3-0 Friday,
Gardner-Webb continued
to roll beating NC A&T 3-
0 and fought hard in a 3-2
victory over Davidson. This
propelled the Bulldogs into
winning the tournament.
Regina Feagin was the
standout and was named the
Atlantic Sun Conference
Player of the Week. Feagin,
a sophmore setter, led the
Bulldogs to a perfect week
(4-0), and was even named
MVP of the tournament.
This is the first time
since becoming a Division
1 team that Gardner-Webb
has had a winning record at
this point in the season.
The record so far is 6-
5. Gardner-Webb will play
in the Coastal Carolina
Tournament this weekend
against Coastal Carolina,
Delaware and Buffalo, re
spectively.
For the Gardner-Webb
volleyball team this year,
one word is keyand that is
“consistency.”
This theme was in dis
play throughout as Gard
ner-Webb defeated Wofford
3-0.
“We’ll see a lot of good
competition early”, said
Coach Chris Phillips.
That certainly rings
true. Having already played
tough teams like Syracuse
Virginia Tech goes family friendly: Students upset they can no longer ‘Stick it In’
By Jacob Conley
Pilot sports editor
Saturday’s game in Spangler Sta
dium against the Jacksonville University
Dolphins went off with a bang - in fact,
several of them - now that the Runnin’
Bulldogs have a cannon for celebrating
touchdowns.
The Gardner-Webb team was victorious,
winning 27-6, to bring the season’s tally to
1-1.
Defensive end Brian Johnston’s work
on the field got him named Big South De
fensive player of the week.
Despite the win, Coach Steve Patton
expressed disappointment in the kickoff
coverage unit, saying it gave up too many
yardage.
At a meeting several days after the
game, Patton said he has a plan to prevent
the same problem in the game against Mis
sissippi State on Sept. 22.
Patton is excited about the team’s up
coming game against Mississippi State,
which is GWU’s first game against an SEC
school. He said GWU has a chance to win
if the score is close at the start of the fourth
quarter.
Gardner-Webb’s football team had
hoped for victory against the Bobcats of
Ohio University in the team’s season open
er Sept. 1 in Ohio.
But three blocked punts and two late
fourth quarter scores doomed the ’Dogs as
they fell 36-14.
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photo by Haley Black
Ashley Pridgeon serves against Davidson Saturday,
helping bring the team to victory.
Men’s soccer defeated again
By Lanny Newton
Special to The Pilot
The men’s soccer team
fell Saturday to Liberty
University’s Flames, 2-1,
despite a valiant effort on
the team’s part. This brings
the team’s record to 0-3-1.
The first half of play was
a defensive battle between
the two teams. Liberty tried
pushing the action but the
Bulldog’s back line held
strong. Liberty was caught
six times with offsides pen
alties and only managed two
shots on goal.
The second half of play
proved to be more lively
than the first.
Liberty quickly pushed
the ball up the field attack
ing the Bulldogs, and scored
the first goal of the match in
the 47th minute to put the
Flames on top 1-0.
The Flames added a
second goal and sealed the
game, despite a goal by Brad
ley Morrison, who struck a
direct kick over the Flames’
defensive wall and past the
keeper on a penalty kick.
The Bulldogs will play
Radford University Friday
in first round action of the
Wingate Inn Classic in Rock
Hill, S.C.
and Wisconsin, two games
in which the team fought
valiantly but lost, the team
was tested early on to see
how good it can be.
The schedule did not let
up either, with games that
included victories against
Tennessee Tech and Win-
ston-Salem State, and a loss
against Western Kentucky.
During the first home
game of the year, there was
a huge crowd on hand ready
to cheer on the team against
the Wofford Terriers. GWU
got off to a fast start scoring
twice in the opening sec
onds of the game, jumping
out to a 7-3 lead.
GWU won the first
match 30-24. They followed
it with a second victory by a
score of 30-21.
The third and final game
was the highlight though.
Gardner-Webb jumped out
to a 12-6 lead and never
looked .back. At the end of
game 3, Gardner-Webb had
wrapped up its first win of
the year, winning game
three by a score of 30-11.
After finishing fifth in the
conference last year, the vic
tories have allowed Gardner-
Webb to start off strong, after
being voted as ninth in a pre-
season poll.
That adds extra motiva
tion to an already motivated
team. The team’s expecta
tions are pretty clear.
Phillips said, “We want
to be in the top 3 or 4 this
year.”
By T. Rees Shaprio
The Collegiate Times (Vir
ginia Tech)
(U-WIRE) BLACKS
BURG, Va. - The Virginia
Tech campus on a game
weekend is full of tradition.
However, one particular tra
dition this weekend will be
amiss.
Last week, Jim Weaver,
the director of athletic op
erations, and David McKee,
director of the Marching
Virginians, discussed the
future of “Stick It In,” the
usual cheer when Tech’s
offense is within striking
range of the end zone. After
complaints from disgruntled
fans and alumni. Weaver
told McKee that “Stick It
In,” would be no more.
“Two or three years ago,”
Weaver explained, “we had
8-12 complaints over such
negative content. I thought
we had done away with
it then, two or three years
ago. The band or cheerlead
ers would no longer do the
gyrating, the thrusting of
their hips forward during
the chanting of the cheer.
We (McKee and Weaver)
agreed if this surfaced again
(the pelvic motions) we
would do away with it. We
do not reflect this behavior.
That’s not what Virginia
Tech is about.”
Larry Hincker, director
of public relations for the
university, offered his com
ments concerning Weaver’s
decision.
“Anything Virginia Tech
does, because of the events
of five months ago, affects
us. The campus has a micro
scope over it,” Hincker said.
“I support his decision. Not
a year goes by when I didn’t
receive a letter on this situ
ation.”
“We recognize why it’s
been removed,” said Marga
ret Morris, a trumpet player
in the Marching Virginians.
“We were given the chances
to keep it, we are upset but
we understand.”
Members of the March
ing Virginians are still in
disbelief.
“Everybody feels that
‘Stick It In’ is a huge part
of our offensive cheering,
it’s a huge loss,” said Jarret
Wright, a senior and mem
ber of the horns section of
the Marching Virginians.
“We know how much it
means to the fans and to
the team, it’s a vital part of
our repertoire. Who doesn’t
love ‘Stick It In?’ ”
“It’s Tech’s pride and
joy,” said Morris. “Every
one is upset it’s gone.”
Weaver and Hincker
both feel the atmosphere in
Lane Stadium should exem
plify the “Hokies Respect”
campaign and the lack of
the cheer would only benefit
the mission’s message.
“We have a lot of young
sters in the crowd,” Weaver
sajd. “We want a positive
environment in Lane for the
gamut of ages.”
Though the band and
spirit squad are no longer
allowed, as per Weaver’s
discretion, to participate or
commence the “Stick It In”
cheer, there is a larger and
more vocal outlet of Lane
stadium neither Weaver nor
Hincker have control over
the student section.
“No,” Hincker said.
“We can’t seem to control
those.”
A Facebook group that
has recently been created
is gaining student steam.
“Save the Stick It In Cheer,”
created by Marching Vir
ginians member Greg Brin-
ghurst, has already attracted
over 2,500 members.
The outcome of Satur
day’s game is uncertain, but
one thing is for sure: The
familiar heavy percussion
beat of “Stick It In” will not
echo inside Lane Stadium.