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Volume24, Number 10 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE November 9, 1995
Women’s soccer team wins title
Kevin Watson
Staff Writer
The UNCA women’s soc
cer team was picked to finish
second to last in the Big South
Conference, but the team had
higher expectations and
thought they had a shot at the
conference championship.
They thought right.
The Bulldogs made history
Nov. 5 by becoming UNCA’s
first ever Big South Confer
ence women’s soccer cham
pions with a 1 -0 upset victory
over the nationally ranked
University of North Caro
lina at Greensboro (UNCG)
Spartans at Greensboro.
“I’m surprised, I guess is the
best word,” UNCA Head
Coach Michele Cornish said
in the middle of the post
game celebration. “It’s some
thing we’ve talked about all
year. We beat UMBC hand-
ily to get ready for Greens
boro. We dug in defensively
and Greensboro got frus
trated.”
The win against UNCG
capped an already successful
season with the Bulldogs fin
ishing with a 15-5 record
overall.
The Bulldogs finished the
regular season with the sec
ond best record in the confer
ence behind the Spartans and
were seeded second in the
tournament. The top two
teams had first round byes, so
UNCA played their first game
of the tournament in the semi
final round Nov. 3 against
UMBC. The team defeated
the Retreivers 3-0 to get to
the championship match.
Against UNCG the Bulldogs
had their hands full in the first
half The Spartans out-shot
the Bulldogs 8-1 in the first
half, but goalie Jill Young
stopped all of the attempts to
keep the game tied at 0-0.
Greensboro again was the
aggressor early in the second
half taking the first two shots
but were still unable to score.
At the 33:25 mark in the
second half the Bulldogs took
their first step toward the vic
tory celebration. A shot by
Mackenzie Miller was de
flected by UNCG’s goalie and
Ashley Hart was there for the
rebound shot to give the Bull
dogs a 1-0 lead in a game
dominated by defense on the
part of both teams.
“It was so exciting. I was just
at the right place at the right
time,” said Hart.
After scoring the goal, the
Bulldogs dug in defensively
for the rest of the game. The
Spartans had three more shot
attempts but couldn’t score.
The game was marred at
times by rough play. The
teams combined for 27 total
fouls.
There was a good turnout
for the game and all of the
UNCA supporters counted
down the final ten seconds of
the game. The Bulldogs held
on for the win and all of the
players rushed the field in cel
ebration after the final horn
sounded.
“I couldn’t believe it. It feels
tingly,” said Young. “The feel
ing when the goal was scored
was beautiful. We’ve been
thinking about this since the
preseason.”
The crowd of UNCA fans
and UNCG fans stayed on
the cold and windy afternoon
for the presentation of the
trophies and the naming of
the all-tournament team as
well as the naming of the tour
nament most valuable player.
Eight players for the Bull
dogs made the all-tournament
team. They were; Miller,
Hart, Kristi Cummings,
Alison Gehringer, Kerry
Gaschler, Jodi Winterton,
Mary Milligan, and Jill
Young.
Young and Gehringer were
named co-MVPs for their
outstanding play in the tour
nament.
“The feeling right now is
indescribable,’’said
Winterton. “The last 35 min
utes of the game went by so
slowly. I was shaking. The
last ten seconds of the game
when the crowd was chanting
my legs just weren’t there.
This just feels like it really
hasn’t happened yet.”
The team and coach all em
braced at mid-field after it
was officially over while the
players from UNCG looked
on in disbelief The Bulldogs
enjoyed the moment.
“It’s an amazing feeling. All
of the hard work has paid off
It’s well deserved. We brought
in our family today,” said
Miller.
Junior defenseman Chesa
Cofini attributes the victory
to team work and a positive
attitude.
“This is the best feeling.
Everyone played tremen-
CHAMPS cont. on pg. 7
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Photo by IdI Ray
The UNCA women's soccer team celebrates after making history with its championship win against UNCG last Sunday. The Bulldogs defeated the Spartans 1 -0.
Students act as mentors for local children Rally held to protest sexual harassment
Amy Cannon
Staff Writer
UNCA teaching fellows, along with
volunteers from the Center for Cre
ative Retirement, are participating in
the Adopt-a-Class 2001 program at
the Asheville Middle School.
Carolyn Williams, coordinator for
theAdopt-a-Class 2001 project, helps
to establish relationships between vol
unteers and middle-school students
for tutoring. The tutoring program
will start with sixth graders and follow
them through graduation from high
school.
Ptiolo courtesy of the Center lor Creative Retirement
Uwe Soenksen, a volunteer from the Center for Creative retirement, talks with Asheville Middle School
students.
“The public school system is on thin
ice right now,” said Williams. “UNCA
undergrads are really answering the
call.”
Williams says the organization
adopted the technique of direct in
struction when whole language (teach
ing word memorization) was proven
not to work for all children. Adopt-a-
Class 2001 believes the opportunity
to read is the most significant help
they can give to children, and the
children should have this opportunity
three times a week.
“Whole language has not worked for
enough of the students,” said Will
iams. “This is a very practical, very
straightforward, very concrete strat
egy-”
Williams prefers using volunteers
who are willing to make a strong com
mitment of one hour per week, for
one year. Three volunteers make up a
team that will work with one child for
the year.
“Middle school, for kids who have
fallen through the cracks all along, is
their last chance,” said Williams. “If
their reading comprehension is really
STUDENTS cont on pg. 10
Tracy Singleton
Staff Writer
A sexual harassment awareness rally
was held Oct. 31 in front of the
UNCA’s new dining hall.
“A campus is a community, and I
think we have a right to some kind of
behavior guidelines (pertaining to
sexual harassment policy),” said Amy
Hengge, a rally organizer and former
UNCIA student and employee.
Both Hengge and Leah Boccia, a
senior creative writing major, said they
were holding the rally in order to get
the word out about sexual harassment,
its results, and how one can learn
about peaceful relations.
“It would be great if we could get up
enough support to be taken seriously,”
said Boccia.
The purpose of the rally was to show
the board of trustees that students are
concerned about sexual harassment,
according to Hengge and Boccia.
Boccia said she is curious as to why
there is not a policy concerning dating
relations between students, faculty,
and staff
Boccia said she would like to get
enough student support in helping to
create a written proposal for the chan
cellor and a committee on sexual ha
rassment.
Hengge said paper was provided for
rally supporters to write their own
words about what sexual harassment
means to them.
White masks were also provided as a
symbol of silence about sexual harass
ment and assault.
Boccia said sexual assault victims
often act happy when they really are
not.
This creates the image of a hidden
face.
Posted at the rally were various
quotes, newspaper and magazine ar
ticles, and information.
Both Hengge and Boccia said sexual
harassment can now be seen in el
ementary school age children.
Chris Small, a rally participant, said
people are often afraid to get counsel-
ing-
She said when someone is victim
ized, they find it hard to share their
feelings with others.
“It (fear) might be because of pres
sures,” said Small. “Structures are in
place that make it (getting help) diffi
cult, embarrassing, and hard to speak
up in a safe environment.”