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SPORTS
The Voice, For students. By Students 5
The forgotten sports
By DeSean Lawson
With Fayetteville State University’s bas
ketball and football seasons over, many of the
die-hard sports fans here at FSU are wonder
ing what they have to look forward to this
spring.
Well, to begin with, check out FSlTs fresh
man phenomenon Brandon Jobe. Jobe is a
very talented golfer on FSU's golf team. Jobe
carded a 3-over-par 74 in the second round at
Pine Hollow Golf Course. Jobe, the tourna
ment's first-round leader, found himself in a
tie at 4-over 146 with Virginia State's Stephen
Genchi. It was only after a scorecard playoff
determined Jobe to be the tournament's med
alist that the Broncos could celebrate not one,
but two big wins on the 6,454-yard course
earlier this month on March 13. Jobe helped
FSU win the Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association Southern Division tournament.
FSU also won two tournaments during the
fall semester, helping to establish the uni
versity’s golf program as one of the CIAA's
elite golf programs. The FSU golf team will
play in the CIAA Northern Division Tourna
ment in St. Petersburg, VA later this month
on March 25.
In addition to golf, the FSU women’s ten
nis team is certain to have an exciting spring
season. Varice Love dominated Bowie State
and Lincoln PA University by going 3-0
in single matches to earn wins for the FSU
women’s tennis team in the first CIAA Cross
Divisional Roundup of the season. Love was
also the CIAA rookie of the year last year. In
addition to being captain of the FSU tennis
team, while only being a sophomore, she is
still considered one of the best players in the
CIAA. The Lady Broncos fell short losing
8-1 to Virginia Union University in their first
match in the CIAA Cross Divisional Round
up 2 on March 17. The Lady Broncos also
have a huge match on March 21 against UNC
Pembroke here at FSU, so come out support
your Lady Broncos.
If you are not a big fan of golf or tennis,
then what about bowling? The FSU commu
nity may not hear as much about the defend
ing CIAA champions FSU women’s bowling
team, but that’s definitely about to change.
The Lady Broncos (56-13, 45-4) turned
many heads when they participated in the
last of three CIAA Southern Division events
on March 16 with an impressive 5-0 record
at the B&B Bowling Lanes in Fayetteville,
NC FSU was led by sophomore De'Andrea
Bethea's 205.6 average. The Lady Broncos
won all five matches with relative ease; the
closest being a 907-820 victory against St.
Augustine's. Fayetteville State totaled more
than 900 pins in four of the five matches -
just missing that mark in an 897-760 win over
Livingstone to start the meet's action.
In addition to the talented Lady Broncos
bowling team, you can also check out the up-
in-coming Lady Bronco’s softball team. Al
though the Lady Broncos are struggling so far
during the first half of the season with a dis
appointing 5-25 record, the good news is that
the Lady Broncos are 4-3 in the conference.
So even though basketball and football
season has come to a close, there are still
plenty of exciting and thrilling games to look
forward to. To all die hard FSU sports fans
out there: come out and support your golf,
tennis, bowling and softball teams and let the
world see your Bronco Pride and Attitude
Check. Go Broncos!!!
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Voice Photo By Jalynn Jones
2012 Women's Tennis Team
Voice Photo By Chamell Harris
Rebecca Polaschek, sophomore
pitcher, winds up a pitch as she strikes
out the batter from West Virginia
University.
2011-2012 Women's Bowling Team
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FSU's Brandon Jobe