Sports
Profile: Chris Jenkins
by Linda Kreem
As the men's soccer team
looks back on this year's losses,
perhaps one of the greatest is
the loss of senior Chris Jenkins.
Jenkins, a forward from
Chatham, New Jersey, has been
co-captain for the past two
years, as well as the team's
"most valuable offensive
player," says goalie Barry
Fullman. Jenkins scored ten
goals this past season more
than anyone else on the team.
He also had ten assists.
But when his teammates
speak of him, they say more
about Chris Jenkins the person
than Chris Jenkins the player.
"He's a good friend," emphasizes
Tony Rosica, a junior midfielder.
"He's there for everybody,"
agrees Fullman. "He was
someone the other guys could
look up to."
And being there for
everybody is what Chris says he
enjoyed most about this past
season. "I really enjoyed the
guys on the team," he says; and
while he describes the season as
"really frustrating from a soccer
perspective," he says. The
experience of watching the team
come together on a personal
level was rewarding.
Jenkins, who has been
playing soccer since he was six,
also played lacrosse and ran
track in high school. He says
there were times when he wished
he could have played lacrosse at
Guilford, but in college,
"balancing two sports and
academics is a little too much,"
he says.
Academics, for Jenkins,
means mostly religion, which is
his major, and psychology, his
minor. He has considered going
on to get a master's degree is
psychology, saying that his
main interest is in tying his two
fields of study together.
"I think there's spirituality
in psychology; psychology can
only go so far unless it admits
some aspects of religion." For
instance, he says psychology
cannot ignore the role he feels
THIS WEEK IN SPORTS
Wednesday, Nov. 16 - Women's Basketball v.
Bennett Home at 6:00.
Nov 18, 19, 10 - Women's Basketball -
Catawba Tournament
Saturday, Nov. 19 - Men's Basketball v. Pfeiffer
Away
SCOREBOARD
Friday, Nov. 4 - Women's Volleyball -
District 26 Tournament
Lady Quakers 3, Catawba 2
High Point 3, Lady Quakers 1
Saturday, Nov. 5 - Football 14, Catawba 45
spirituality plays in mental
healing.
While not certain about his
career goals, Chris says he
might like to be a counselor of
some sort. Or, he says, "I'd love
to be a soccer coach some day,"
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Chris Jenkins
photo by Carol Irwin
(with emphasis on the some
day.)
Aside from soccer and
studies, Chris also plays guitar
and sings. He writes a lot of his
own material.
"I like to play as much of
my own stuff as I can. I think
people get kind of tired of
hearing other people's stuff." He
says he likes music "that tries to
reveal something."
"I try to do that," he says.
"I don't know that I do that, but
I try."
Such modesty about his
talents, be they athletic,
academic, or musical, is an
integral part of his personality.
"He's very down-to-earth," says
Fullman. "He's friendly, and he's
very easy to get along with."
His friendly nature combines
with his diverse interests to
make Jenkins "super cool, and
really neat-o too," as one student
describes him. Jenkins
responded characteristically on
hearing that comment. One
corner of his mouth turned up as
he rolled his eyes and turned his
head away.
"Who said that?" asked
Chris. "And can I find him and
pay him?"
Volleyball Defeats Rival
Catawba
by Scott Genualdi
The volleyball team
followed the Yellow Brick Road
destined for Kansas, but were
swept off the path by High Point
in the District 26 final.
The fourth-seeded Quaker
Squad arrived in Catawba to play
the top-seeded Indians. In a
thrilling match on Friday,
November 4th, Guilford avenged
two previous losses to Catawba
by winning 5-15, 10-15, 15-12,
15-4, 15-12. Last year the
Indians bumped the Quakers from
the Districts while earlier this
season Guilford fell to Catawba
in three straight games.
"Revenge was sweet against
Catawba," stated Coach Gayle
Currie. "They played hard and
well. As the match entered the
third game, we got some breaks
and the momentum shifted in our
favor."
The one hundred spectators
who traveled to Salisbury
boosted the team's morale.
Currie commented on their
participation, saying, "they were
great. The match turned up to be
a fan contest, our devoted fans
against their football players."
The rally was led by Holly
Rotalsky and Lisa Rockett, both
Athletic Fields
Days Ahead
by Kathy Corcoran
Early this summer, Guilford
College began a grounds
improvement project to solve its
growing problems with the
athletic fields behind the Frazier
Apartments and Dana Houses.
By next fall, there will be
two new fields there, as well as a
new irrigation system under the
entire area, acording to Grounds
Manager Bill Scott.
The project is a response to
the increasing needs of the
intramural program and the
YMCA. Because of such fast
growth in both of these aspects
of the college, a task force was
assigned to examine their needs
as well as the growth potential
of Guilford's intercollegiate
sports program.
The decision that more field
space was needed came at an
opportune time, Scott said,
because costs are being cut by
use of the extra dirt from
Guilford's library construction.
The major benefit foY the
school will be the fact that the
fields are all on one level. This
will allow the intramural teams
and the YMCA to divide up the
area into fields of different sizes
according to their changing
needs.
"This will allow for
maximum utilization of our
space, which is why we're doing
this," Scott said. "When it's all
done, it's going to be a positive
change for everyone."
However, everyone on
campus docs not agree with that
right now. Athletic Director
Alan Piatt is curious as to "what
of whom had an excellent
tournament.
Currie cited the Catawba
match as the biggest
accomplishment of the season.
"The girls showed super effort."
Currie said, "It was the best
example of human determination
I have seen. This match will
always be remembered."
The team started their High
Point match one half hour after
the grueling match with
Catawba. High Point's semifinal
victory over St. Andrew's took
four games in much shorter time
than the Guilford-Catawba
semifinal. Emotionally and
physically drained, the Quakers
lost in four games 15-9, 9-15,
15-9, 15-11.
Currie was not pleased with
the tournament committee's
decision to hold both the
semifinals and finals within four
hours.
"I believe it was extremely
poor scheduling in the
tournament on their part," Currie
said. "Two teams had the
potential of playing ten games
in a short period of time. They
could have planned this
tournament over two days or
have put the semifinals in the
morning and the finals in the
they're doing over there. The
fields are sloping down end to
end, and you can't play soccer or
lacrosse on a field like that."
According to Piatt,
communication about the
progress of the field has not
been very open, and his input as
Athletic Director has been
minimal.
The fields will not be
available for play until next fall,
and during that time, the 10
acres of land will undergo a
series of efforts to improve the
quality of grass.
Currently, the area is being
graded. When this is finished in
December, winter rye grass will
be planted in order to stabilize
the soil through the winter.
The most important step in
New athletic fields ph olo b y Michtel Hall
evening."
Rockctt, Rotalsky, Su?anne
Zaiser, and Heather Kennedy were
selected to the All-Tournament
team for their outstanding play.
The Quakers finished with a
23-7 record. Rockctt earned All-
District honors for her third
consecutive year. "I'm proud of
that selection," stated Currie,
"but I'm disappointed on the
oversight of Holly by the
District coaches."
Overall, the team had a very
successful season. They bettered
their 21-9 record from last year
and placed second in the District
Tournament. Over the fall break,
they won the Gallaudet
Tournament.
'This was a very good year,"
Currie concluded, "I'm
disappointed that we did not
make the Nationals. I am sure
that would have given the
freshmen a taste of excellent
volleyball and of course I feel
for the two seniors who added so
much to this team. I am proud
of all our accomplishments."
Guilford's volleyball squad
will not travel to Kansas this
year. Their efforts, however,
were much more successful on
Tobacco Road than on the
Yellow Brick Road.
the process, according to Scott,
will come in early spring. At
this time, Scott will put an
irrigation system throughout the
entire area. "Our problem with
the fields now is not that the
grass isn't good, it's the lack of
water," Scott said. "This will
make a big difference."
Vamont bermuda grass will
be planted in the spring to give
Guilford a total of nine high
quality athletic fields, according
to Scott.
However, Piatt foresees
problems unless the first step of
leveling the ground is done
correctly. If and when it is,
though, he anticipates that it
will be a beneficial change for
the sports program as a whole.
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