8/Wednesday, December 12,1984/THE BLUE BANNER
Women's basketball:
a 'slap In the face?'
By Anne Snuffer
"It*s like a slap in
the face to my girls."
That's what Coach Ellen
Evans said about the name
given ^ the cheerleaders
for the women's basket
ball team.
Even though the women
are a varsity college
team, the four cheer
leaders that cheer for
their games are called
junior varsity cheer
leaders •
And if that's not e-
nough, the junior varsity
cheerleaders don't re
ceive a penny from the
Canq)us Commission, and
the varsity team, which
cheers for the men's
games, does.
Evans said that Vice-
Chancellor for student
affairs Eric lovacchini
said the reason the var
sity cheerleaders re
ceived money "was because
they (the men's team)
have more people at their
games."
Shirley Snyder, Vice-
President of the Booster
Club disagrees. "The
girls are turning in just
as big a crowd as the
boys," she said.
Snyder has taken the
junior varsity cheer
leaders under her wing,
furnishing transportation
and gas to away games,
and also bitying their
food.
"We're being treated
unfairly. It's humiliat
ing," she added.
Snyder and Evans are
also upset over the fact
that there are only four
cheerleaders for the jun
ior varsity squad, while
the varsity squad has
seven members.
"It's embarrassing to
walk in a gym at an away
game with a national
championship team and
have no support," said
Snyder.
Snyder said she doesn't
mind paying for the jun
ior varsity cheerleaders
"because as long as the
women's team carries the
national title, we need
to back them 100 per
cent."
Athletic Director Ed
Harris said the cheer
leaders aren't considered
part of the athletic de
partment.
He said any money the
varsity cheerleaders re
ceived "came from the
Campus Commission because
they requested it."
Evans feels some of
that money should go to
the junior varsity cheer
leaders for travel and
lodging.
She added that it was
discrimination to make a
distinction between the
junior vairsity and var
sity cheerleader since
both groups cheer for
varsity teams.
lovacchini and Harris
have scheduled a meeting
today to discuss a pos
sible solution to the
controversy.
lovacchini said they
will look at three pos
sible alternatives.
One would involve get
ting more money from the
Canq>us Commission, "but
that doesn't seem very
pr(xoising since the
cheerleaders aren't a
high priority," he said.
Another alternative
would prohibit travel to
away games for either
cheerleading squad. The
money would be used for
cheerleader equipment,
recruiting, and training.
Staff photo by Sylvia Hawkins
LAOT BOLUnGS take the ball dcxm the court in last
Thorsdaj's gaae against Barber-Sootla.
the women's
The last alternative,
and the one lovacchini
feels is the most viable,
would allow both squads
to travel to a few se
lected double-header bas
ketball games.
And what about the dis
tinction between junior
varsity and varsity?
"As far as I'm con
cerned, I've always re
ferred to the junior var
sity as
cheerleaders and the var
sity as the men's cheer
leaders," Harris said.
"Both squads should be
equal," said Evans. She
added that the women must
receive the same oppor
tunities as the men.
Snyder agrees. "As long
as we have a women's
team, we should be sup
ported like all the other
teams at UNCA."
Exterminators and Harvey Wallbtingers reign
By Joan Sierk
The Exterminators and
the Harvey - Wallbangers
reigned as champions for
the intramural indoor soc
cer play-offs held Tuesday
night.
The women's championship
matched Ivan Cohen's team,
the Exterminators, one of
three women's teams from
the UNCA indoor soccer
club, against the Booters,
a group of coaches and
volleyball players.
This championship was a
"finely balanced game with
excellent soccer," said
Cohen.
The game was in a dead
lock for most of the 24
minutes of play, but when
April Stodter, a player
for the Exterminators, got
by the Booters' goalkeeper
with a little over one
minute to play, the Boot
ers were unable to retali
ate and the Exterminators
won, 1-0.
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This defeat was the
first loss for the Booters
who had beaten all three
of Cohen's teams in the
play-offs, including the
Exterminators.
The Exterminators had
experience from playing on
Cohen's teams, but for the
Booters, Sara Orozco was
the only ejq)erienced soc
cer player. The rest of
the team was "out there
just to have a good time,"
said Helen Carroll, a
player for the Booters.
The men’s division had
two divisions due to "one
of the best turnouts for
an intramural event," said
Helen Carroll, director of
intramurals and recrea
tion.
In the quarter finals
for the men, the Faculty
defeated the Head ftjnters,
4-1.
Alan Comer, UNCA biology
professor, scored two
goals in this game, bring
ing his total to 10 for
the whole tournament. Co
hen called Comer "a goal
machine."
In another quarter fi
nal, the Goalbusters, Hank
Komodowskl's team, with
several students, lost to
the Harvey Wallbangers, a
team of students, 3“2.
The semi-finals matched
the Mud 500 Club against
the Faculty. Mud won 3-2,
sealing a spot for the fi
nals held immediately af
ter this victory.
Cohen said Gary "Killer"
Klonicki had "a tussle
with the Iftid goalkeeper,
Mark Wright" in this semi
final game. Klonicki*s
knee accidentally made
contact with Wright's
head, leaving a cut that
required stitches.
The other semi-final
game pitted the Harvey
Wallbangers against the
Goalbusters. The victors
in this match were the
Harvey Wallbangers by a
2-1 margin.
These play-offs resulted
in the championship game
between the Harvey Wall—
bangers and the Mud 500
Club. The Wallbangers de
feated the Mud, 3-2, win
ning the title of intramu
ral indoor soccer champi
ons.