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THE LANCE
May 5,1988
Snorts
Equestrian Team,
Third in ANRC Na
tional Champions
The Lady Knights, the only Carolina Conference team that plays fast pilch softball,
will not be affected greatly by the NAIA switch.
The ANRC National Champion
ships were held April 29-May 1, at the Deep
Run Hunt Club, Richmond VA. The event
was hosted by Sweet Briar and UVA.
Overall, the St. Andrews team of
Margaret Fuller, Katie Martin, and Cathy
Rice finished third, behind S weet Briar and
UVA. Katie Martin finished 7th overall,
and Cathy Rice finished 8th.
NAIA
tween sporting events,” Scoles said, v
Sl Andrews is excited about
becoming a member of the NAIA, but there
are a few additional drawbacks. The
change will most likely eliminate the
possibility of competing with compatible
teams that St. Andrews has established
ties with, such as Greensboro College and
Methodist College.
“There simply will not be enough
time in the shortened season to play all the
teams that we enjoy competing against,”
Coach JoAnn Williams said. “This will be
a bigger problem with tennis than volley
ball, because all matches must be played
diuing daylight hours while students have
classes.”
The concern that Coach Williams
and others share is the detraction from
student-athletes’ education because of
sports. This is addressed by the NAIA in a
pamphlet which states, “The NAIA be
lieves in the educational value of
intercollegiate athletics. The NAIA was
founded on an ‘educational model’ and
thus academic excellence is placed
before athletic participation.”
The NAIA implements the
strongest academic requirements of any
organization in the nation that
participates in intercollegiate athletics.
The Association recognizes academic
achievement in all sports through “Aca
demic All-America” and scholarship pro
grams.
Student athletes must score at
least a 700 on the SAT and maintain at
St. Andrews won the written
phase held on Friday, April 29, with Mar
garet Fuller placing first for the second year
in a row. The team placed second behind
Sweet Briar in the stadium jumping and
third in the program ride phases of the
competition.
Sophomore Beth White and
Freshman Susan Yeaman competed as
individuals.
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least a 2.0 GPA to participate in the
Carolinas Conference athletic programs.
The statement of philosophy of
the NAIA is as follows;
“The purpose of the NAIA is to
promote the education and development
of students through intercollegiate
athletic participation. Member institu
tions, although varied and diverse, share a
common commitment to high standards
and the principle that athletics serves as an
integral part of education.”
SL Andrews was enabled mem
bership into the NAIA because “the pri
mary criteria for selection and encourage
ment of membership is educational
emphasis, rather than size of enrollment.”
Most of the schools St. Andrews
will be competing against are larger, more
established schools in athletics. “Switch
ing to NAIA will have a tremendous impact
on women’s basketball because we will be
competing against some of the top teams
in the nation,” Coach Marcy Maurer said.
“We have already played five or six of the
teams, but they were not conference
games.”
The two sports that will be least
affected are softball and the equestrian
program. The Riding Program is a varsity
sport, but is not sanctioned so it must only
observe the NAIA general rules.
“We are excited about our ability
to offer scholarship money now,” said
riding coach, Jon Conyers. “This will
result in increased quality of ourriders, our
horses, and our level of competition.”
Softball coach Marcy Maurer
feels the switch will not have a large effect
on the softball team, because the
Carolinas Conference pliays slowpitch
softball. The Lady Knights are the only
women in the conference who play fast
pitch softball.
“If the Conference switches to
fast pitch, then we would have stiffer
competition,” Maurer said. “As of now,
we are the only fast pitch team in District
26, as well as in the Carolinas Conference.”
Tennis and Volleyball Coach
JoAnn Williams has some misgivings
about the transition. “Until now, we have
been competing to win with people who
enjoy what they do, but now we have the
added factor of money involved.”
“It will take a couple of years to
get organized, but I have a lot of confidence
that it will all work out,” Williams said.
Kristi Kluegel, rising senior vol
leyball and tennis player, said she is glad
that St. Andrews will have more recruiting
power. “We are not developed enough yet
to be too successful in the new Conference,
but we will be, after about three years of
heavy recruiting,” Kluegel said.
Women’s Basketball and Soft
ball Coach Marcy Maia^r summed up the
feelings of all those interviewed by saying,
“The decision has already been made, so we
will just have to jump in 100%.”
Track Breaks
School Records
Eric Eubank
The St. Andrews Track Team
broke several school records at the Furman
Invitational and the Dixie Conference
meets. “I was very pleased with our
performance at both meets,” said S.A.
Track Coach, Gordy Scoles. “I don’t see
how our overall performance could have
been any better.”
George Onyenyeonwu won the
100 meter and 200 meter sprints at Furman,
breaking school records in both. He ran
10.84 seconds in the 100 meter dash, and
21.94 seconds in the 200 meter dash. In
addition, the 1600 meter relay team of Joe
Nocon, John Thomas, Cajetan
Chukwulozie, and Onyenyeonwu set an
other school record in 3:23.74, while finish
ing fourth.
In the D.I.A.C. meet,
Onyenyeonwu again won the lOOmeterand
200 meter dashes, and anchored the win
ning 400 meter relay team, leading the
Knights to a third place finish in the con
ference (out of three teams). The400 meter
relay of Thomas, Nocon, Chukwulozie,an
Onyenyeonwu set a school record in a time
of43.54 seconds. The next meet is May v.
at the University of Georgia