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Reichert leads GWU softball on the mound
John Olson
Pilot sports editor
Stacie Reichert and the
GWU softball team set one
main goal for this season.
The chance to make it to the
Atlantic Sun Tournament.
Reichert, a junior from
Mosinee, WI is the one of
the keys to the team (23-25-
1) making the 2004 tourna
ment.
“Our goal the whole
year has been to make the
conference tournament,”
said Reichert.
Head Coach Tom Cole
said that Reichert was a
good pitcher with a lot of
potential before she started
to play softball at GWU.
Reichert started to play soft
ball in fifth grade.
“She has become one of
the best pitchers in the con
ference,” said Cole.
The softball team’s
schedule has added extra
work for Reichert and pitch
ers Andrea Lewis and
Stephanie Taylor.
“We played a lot of big
schools this year,” said
Reichert.
Reichert mentioned how
the three pitchers have been
tired due to the schedule,
however she also mentioned
how most softball teams
have three to four pitchers.
Since GWU made the
move to the D-I level of ath
letics in 2000-2001 Reichert
has the teams most wins,
appearances, complete
games, game started,
shutouts, saves (tied),
innings pitched, strikeouts
and opponents/average in
school history.
Reichert looks to Aimie
Lewis for help with the
mental part of the game.
“She is very good with the
mental part of the game,”
said Reichert. Lewis joined
the softball staff as an assis
tant in 2002 to help the
pitchers.
“We all know each other
pretty well,” said Reichert.
“Some of our best friends
are on the team.”
Reichert has a 28-41^
career record on the mound
and has started 69 games,
completing 34 of the games.
This year Reichert doubled
her strikeout count from the
Photo by Scott Holstein
past two seasons
with 324 career
strikeouts.
Giving
Reichert the
encouragement
she needs is her
mother Cathy,
who now plays
slow pitch soft
ball.
“My mom has
done everything
for me,” said
Reichert.
Reichert is
studying Biology
at GWU with a
minor in
Chemistry. In the
future Reichert
has thought about
holding pitching
lessons, maybe
coaching a sum
mer team arid hav- Stacie Reichert pitches during the
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Furman on March 18 at home.
Reichert chose
to attend GWU for its D-I
program and also the small
country atmosphere of
Boiling Springs.
“We’re very excited
about what she has accom
plished,” said Cole.
The Bulldogs resume
competition on April 14
with a home contest against
A-Sim opponent Campbell.
Lady Bulldogs game against
The Bulldogs also take on
Stetson on April 17 at home.
FAU hosts the A-Sun
Championships from May
13-15.
Students remember Easter traditions
Eastor symbols and traditions date back to ancient times
Sarah Olimb
Pilot Editor
While many students
count Easter break as a
chance to have a day off
from classes, others view
the holiday as a celebration
of their religious faith.
Still others simply asso
ciate Easter with buimies,
colorfiil eggs, jellybeans and
the beginning of spring.
Even before Easter was
designated the modem holi
day, people around the
world celebrated the coming
of spring. Derived from the
Saxon Eostre, the name
Easter comes from the ndme !
of the Germanic goddess for ,
spring and; the- god-who^
measured time.
“Eostre” is derived from
the ancient word for spring
and was represented by the
rabbit.
This holiday has other
biblical cormections besides
the celebration of Christ’s
resurrection—^Easter is also
associated with a Jewish fes
tival called Pvirim, which
revolved around its heroine,
Esther.
The history of the Easter
Bunny as a symbol for this
holiday dates back to
Germany and the 1500s.
The Dutch brought the syni-
bol to the pnited States in'
the 1700s- as children
received gifts from Oschter
Ha^. '■ \
Americana did not ^opt the
Easter Bunny as (Z ‘symbol >
for the holiday until afer the
Civil War.
Although the egg, a tra
ditional symbol for fertility,
was long associated with
spring, it was not until
European candymakers
decided to pair a decorated
cahdy^ egg with the Easter
Bunny in an advertiseipent
that the egg became part of
Easter celebrations. - ^'
Peiiiisylvania ' Dtitch
children l^lieyed^ that the
Oshter Haws would bring
them colorfully decorated
eggs. Also, decorated eggs
have been long-given as
gifts during this season.
Modern-day Easter is .
associated with mall photos
with the Easter Bunny,
Easter egg hunts, new Easter
dresses, sunrise services and
chocolate burmies.
Some GWU students
have fond memories of
Easter and its traditions
from their childhoods.
Junior Trae Vickers
fondly remembers his sixth
Easter jWhen his parents hid
his. Easter basket ^ in the
dryer. * t J ’
“I had to look all over
the" hbuse for *it,^’; -said
Vicki^i‘‘l,t W my
reward was a C^B^j egg,
which; iwas my i .favorite ^
Easter candy.”
Freshman Wes Rice
remembers having to dress
up for the Easter morning
service.
“I remember my
Carolina blue Easter suit
from my childhood,” said
Rice. “I looked like I
belonged in the Sound of
Music.”
Despite the commercial
ized aspects of this season,
many GWU students focus
on the religious meaning
behind the holiday.
Junior Bruce Whani
reflects on what Easter
means to him. J ^
“Its symbolic of a new
start,” said Wham, r t p, -
Many GWU students
will be attei^mg servicfes
Easter mornmg to celebrate
their religious beliefs. j