SEPTEMBER 17, 1987
VOL. 26 #1
THE
LANCE
A ST. ANDREWS COLLEGE STUDENT PUBLICATION
Knights Jump
Out to 2-0 Start
by Myla Garren
The St. Andrews Knights shut
out both Hampden Sidney and Gardner
Webb last weekend, giving the team a 2-
0 start on the season. “It’s definitely a
positive start,” says Lorenzo Canalis,
coach of the St. Andrews soccer team,
pleased with the successful wins to ini
tiate the season.
Glenn “Diego” Garrison, a senior,
scored in this first game of the season,
as well as a Greg Dorsey, a transfer stu
dent and new junior on the team this
year. The 2-0 victory was a pleasing one
on Friday afternoon, but even more
satisfying was the 6-0 shut-out on Satur
day agaist Gardner Webb.
David Southwood-Smith (Jr.) was
top scorer with two goals against Gard
ner Webb on Saturday. The remaining
goals were scored by Craig Johnson
(Sr.); Will Whitehead (Sr.); Chris
Walker, a freshman and new player this
year; and Glenn Garrison with one goal
in the second game as well.
Coach Canalis attributes the suc
cess of these first two games to a good,
solid defense anchored by Matt Wilson,
a midfield which is developing into a
much more cohesive unit, and good
contribution from new, particularly
freshmen, players. Canalis says the
team will have a fighting chance in
every game, due to the team’s improved
play and composure.
Lorenzo is receiving help this year
from two assistants. Doug Silver, a
graduate of music at UNC-G and ASU,
has “an excellent knowledge of the
game’ is serving as one assistant coach
and Ihe other is David Ladwig. Ladwig
also has a good knowledge of the game
and is the future coach of the women’s
team, which should be underway by
spring term.
Methodist Nips
Knights
by Buck Trcdway
The Knight’s dream of an un
defeated soccer season was shattered
Wednesday when St. Andrews fell to
Dixie Conference rival Methodist Col
lege 2-1. Thedefeatcameaftershut-out
wins against Hamden Sydney College
and Gardner Webb College to start the
season.
All the game’s scoring look
place within a 5 minute period of the
second half. Methodist’s Roeder
scored on a penalty kick at 10 minutes
left in the game. This was followed by
a goal by Walker of St. Andrews on an
assist by Murray at 9:00. Methodist’s
Passarella scored on a cross from Mori-
era to complete the scoring.
Despite the low score, there
were some exciting moments. Several
Knight shots were well anticipated by
iheMethodistgoalkeeperandashot that
would have tied the score by Kris Deal
bounced off the goalpost with only
moments left in the game.
“I feltbetterbefore this game,”
said Knights Soccer coach Lorenzo
Canalis. “These are the games we have
to win. We had two defensive slips and
they resulted in two goals.”
Few St. Andrews students can
remember such excitement surrounding
the beginning of a soccer season. I
think it’s great,” one student said after
the disappointing loss. “ This lime last
year we were 0-3.”
Canalis was encouraged by his
team’s play against league competiuon
and by the fast start. “It’s the best start
I can remember in 5 or 6 years, Canalis
. said,
..should have bought a parking sticker.
Security officer Nell Flowers tickets airplane.
Though Greg Dorsey was key
scorer in the first game, he was injured
and is expected to be out for four weeks
of the season. He and Collin McDavid
are the two new players who are not
freshmen contributing to the team.
Mark Skerlak and Colin McDavid watch as Methodist defeats
St. Andrews 2-1.
Freshmen Class Bi
New Students Get
by Bonnie Blackburn
LAURINBURG— Amid tor
rential downpours and mudslides, St.
Andrews Presbyterian College opened
its doors to the largest and soggiest
entering class in its history. Approxi
mately 290 new students wiped the mud
off their Reeboks and sent their parents
home as they joined the St Andrews
community.
Not only is the 1987 entering
class the largest in St. Andrews history,
it is also one of the most talented. With
a compiled SAT score of over 1000,
the entering class ranks in the top fifth
percentile in the nation and is the fourth
highest in the school’s history. The
compiled SAT score is the highest for
the last three years.
The entering class is also quitec.
varied in terms of academic and extra
curricular interests. The natural sci
ences headed the list, with over 23% of
the first-year students interested in Biol
ogy, Chemistry, and Pre-Med.
Business and Economics fol
lowed, with fully 15% of the class.
Psychology was in third place, with
almost 10% of the class.
Entering students were quite
busy in high school while earning an
average GPA of just under a 3.0. 25%
of the class were occupied in Student
Government, publications, or the
school band. Over half the entering
class was involved in athletics, which is
good news for SL Andrews’ athleUc
teams.
The entering class comes to
St. Andrews from across America and
thewcM-ld. Only35%oftheclasscomes
from within North Carolina, while 60%
are from 17 different states and almost
5% come from other countries. This di
versity will certainly be welcome at St.
Andrews.
Director of Admissions,
Peggy Crawford, feels that several
ggest Since 1972
Soggy Reception
elements led to attracting such a large
and diverse group.
A new academic era is ap
proaching St Andrews, with new pro
grams being offered both on campus and
abroad. Chinese language is being of
fered widi a three month study program
in Bejing, China. A new major in Com
munications has been added, as well as
a revamped education program and a
new honors program. These programs,
as well as the addition of several new
faculty members, has put new life into
the academic side of St. Andrews.
“The key to attracting new
students to St. Andrews is our cur
rently enrolled students,” Crawford
said. “The warmth, positiveness and
honesty with which they answered the
prosepectives’ questions gave the pro
spective student a positive feeling
about St Andrews.
Of course, the admissions
staff was, and is, a very strong one. The
updated Prospectus, with signifigant
student, faculty, and staff input was also
a very important part of the initial
attraction to St Andrews.”
Asked whether the trend
would continue, Crawford said that the
Admissions Office would like to have
more recommendations from current
students concerning prospective stu
dents. “A student who knows St An
drews has better knowledge of whether
a prospective student would be a good
addition to the St. Andrews campus,”
Crawford said.
So, as the campus tries to
adjust to the shock of almost 300 new
students, the 300 new students try to get
adjusted to St. Andrews and to Lau-
rinburg.
The flood waters are receding,
and the sneakers are drying out. Let us
just hope thatby next year the line for the
food service have gone down enough to
cope with the next class of 300.