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mendous, and the people around here
give and give to the charities,” Bieden-
bach said. “Asheville’s community is
well represented in giving to charities.
But education is just as important, par
ticularly for our future leaders.”
The goal for the tournament is to
generate anywhere from $100,000 to
$150,000. Ken Hogue, director for de
velopment and alumni affairs, helped
with the preparation for the tournament
including booking the golf course and
bringing in golf coaches.
“We use every dollar that we raise
through memberships of the Bulldog
Athletic Association and special events
like this,” he said. “We want to be able
to support our athletes.”
The tournament greatly contributes
to this goal to support the athletes. The
NCAA allows UNCA 118.7 scholar
ships, if fully funded, to accommodate
around 170 athletes. UNCA currently
offers 85 to 90 athletic scholarships.
Senior baseball player and man
agement student Matt Dalby relies on
athletic scholarship money to attend
UNCA.
“A lot of us wouldn’t be able to go
to Asheville without that scholarship
money, especially being out-of-state
students,” he said. “The athletic de
partment works hard to make sure we
can attend UNCA.”
Dalby, who is entering his fourth
year, said he has never seen a fundrais
ing event like this one.
The tournament features 36 five-
man teams that include four partici
pants and one celebrity. An 11 a.m.
shotgun start gets the tournament un
derway, followed by the awards din
ner at the Hilton Hotel on Long Shoals
Road. Golfers pay $500 per person
and awards are given to the team that
raises the most money for the athletics
department.
“There are a lot of big-name ce
lebrities at this tournament, and it’s
encouraging to know that we get such
an impressive turnout,” Dalby said.
“I haven’t heard of anything like this
since I’ve been here.”
There are an estimated 12 spots
remaining for anyone who would like
to participate. Contact Ken Hogue at
828-250-3858 or Eddie Biedenbach at
828-251-6826 for details.
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point in UNCA’s victory over WCU.
“We really served the ball well to
night and did that from the start,” Tor-
bett said. “I thought we played with a
great deal of intensity, and our crowd
was just tremendous this evening. This
is a big win for our program. Hopeful
ly, we’ll keep building on tonight and
keep getting better.”
Lauren Picker recorded 14 kills and
Kelsey Benorden posted her fourth
double-double of the season with 12
kills and 19 digs to lead UNCA to the
20-25, 25-22, 25-14, 25-18 victory
over N.C. State Friday afternoon.
The victory over N.C. State marked
the Bulldogs third straight win of the
season and the second straight over the
Wolfpack (4-2).
Last season, the Bulldogs defeat
ed N.C. State 3-2 in Raleigh. UNCA
came into the game as underdogs to
N.C. State, who had only one loss in
their season thus far.
“It was an amazing game, our team
just played together as a team. We had
a great performance as a team,” Mi-
otto said. “We didn’t give them time
to even realize what was happening on
the court.”
In the final match of the tourna
ment, UNCA defeated USC Upstate
(3-4) 25-11, 25-15, 25-9. Picker had
12 kills and hit .478.
Benorden led all players with 14
kills adding 12 digs while hitting .462.
She recorded double-doubles in all
three tournament matches and now has
six double-doubles on the season.
Miotto added 16 digs, giving her 35
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The Bulldogs huddle together before their match against Western.
digs in the two matches.
She is now 64 digs shy of the Big
South Conference and UNCA school
record for career digs.
The overall team effort and chem
istry was evident in their play against
WCU.
“I thought we played our most com
plete matches today,” she said. “We hit
a high percentage in both matches, we
blocked well, we served tough and we
played good defense.”
Torbett praised multiple players for
the Bulldogs’ home win.
“I am very proud of the way we
played this weekend. Lauren (Pick
er) was terrific in the middle and she
opened up the outside for Kelsey
(Benorden),” Torbett said. “Raquel
(Miotto) did a great job of distributing
the ball. I thought we played at a high
level all weekend.”
The Bulldogs will be off until Fri-.
day, when they face Savannah State
and East Carolina at the Winston-Sa
lem State Tournament. The Savannah
State match is set to begin at 1 p.m.
“We hope to win as many games as
we can, if possible, all of them. I think
the support of the crowd is helping us
a lot,” Miotto said. “I would like to
thank everyone that came to the last
game and ask everyone to come to as
many games as they can. We want the
volleyball program to keep growing, ;
and we need the student body to enjoy
it so it can happen.”
Lauren Ficker and Raquel Miotto
were chosen as Big South Choice Ho
tels Player of the Week and Defensive
Player of the Week, respectively.
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