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Fans flock as Quakers break football records
BY EMILY HAAKSMA
StAPP WWTIR
On the day of Guilford's
record-breaking comeback
against Emory & Henry College,
I was writing an English paper, or
at least trying to.
My thinly paned window in
Milner allowed the sporadic
shouting and festivities of the
game to filter through the glass,
like sunlight but less conducive to
school work.
Suddenly, the shouts that
carried from the field began to
swell in oceanic bulges of Quaker
pride, and I put down my pencil
and listened.
We had just won.
On Nov. 16, Guilford College's
football team pulled off the biggest
comeback in school history.
"The game started off pretty
terrible," said sophomore
quarterback Matt Pawlowski. "We
couldn't get anything going in
offense, and the defense struggled
a bit."
After their first score in the
third quarter, Guilford gained
momentum and never looked
back.
"The turning point was when
we scored a touchdown, and then
Satiir came up the next drive and
got the interception and then we
scored again," said Pawlowski.
"That was when everybody felt
like we had a chance to come back
and win."
Pictures of a scoreboard that
boasted a 35-31 score flooded
social media sites seconds after
the game.
First-year Emma Moreno
uploaded an image of the final
score to Instagram with the
caption: "Yeah boys! Great final
game! So proud!"
"For a team that's
not used to winning,
historically, to come
through and find that
win definitely points to
this being a year of
change," said
Moreno
in an
interview
with The
Guilfordian.
Guilford
trailed 31-0
with nine
minutes left
in the third
quarter
the
our
before scoring 35 unanswered
points. .
The entire team stormed
field when the clock hit 0:00.
"This is the stuff you see on
ESPN," said head football coach
Chris Rusiewicz. "It's very rare to
see something like this live."
This triumph finalized their
first winning season since 2007.
"You can't win miraculous
games like this if it's not a complete
team effort," said assistant
» . football coach and
offensive coordinator
Chris Barnette. "I
was proud of the
relentless fight
team showed.
"We believed
could come back and
win."
The coaches,
from this milestone,
groups tnat typically
do not attend sporting
"I'm a theatre kid
watched a day
her life," said sophomore Victoria
Saraldi. "But now I go out to the
games, and it's fun to see all the
plays and everyone riled up. It's
exciting."
Players are hopeful that this
monumental win has changed the
student attitude towards football.
"The win boosted all of
Guilford's confidence in the team,
without out a doubt," said first-
year long snapper Ben Winstead.
The evening
after the win,
Guilford College
Confessions even
featured a post
that said "Way to
do it, football
team."
There
difficult extracurricular activities
available at Guilford, and part
of the College's charm is the
opportunity to explore a whole
gamut of activities that you find
foreign.
"Anytime great things are
happening at Guilford, everyone
should show support of each
other," said Barnette. "Whether
it's academic related, community
service related or athletics
related. One of our core values is
Community.
"At the end of the day, we are
all on the same team: Guilford
College."
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