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Men’s soccer plays rough season with spirit
October 10.1996.
by Melissa Collins
The men’s soccer team
may be 2-5-1 overall for the
season, but they have a team
mentality which makes the
record secondary. Since their
tie against Elon, our Knights
have entered, the column twice.
These wins were back to back
against Averett on Sept. 26 and
against Lees-McRae on Sept.
28. They have also added to
their loss total, but this soccer
team is showing improvement.
On Saturday, Sept. 28,
our Knights battled the Bobcats
from Lees-McRae. The game
was very physical and the offi-
Women’s soccer fights to turn season around
by Melissa Collins
The women’s soccer
team has fallen on hard times,
losing 3 in a row before redeem
ing themselves with a tie against
Pfeiffer. That tie has been fol
lowed by three more losses.
This talented group of women
has continued to work hard in
hopes of turning the season
around.
On Tuesday, Sept. 24, the
Lady Knights faced the Lady
Patriots of Frances Marion. The
team had four players sit as they
lost 6-0. Goalkeeper Tori
Rutherford tried her best to keep
things close, at one point being
flattened by an opposing player.
She got up with a slight limp,
but continued to fight.
The game against Lees-
McRae on Sept. 28 dampened
team spirits. The downpour
during the second half made for
little crowd support of the team,
with the exception of a group
of lacrosse players who decided
to imitate cheerleaders.
Rutherford made several good
saves, but the opposition still
managed to score four goals.
Chidimma Okirike scored the
only goal for the Lady Knights.
Despite the score, the team still
showed some of it s talent.
With an overall record of
3-9-1, the Lady Knights have
their work cut out for them. Yet
this talented group can pull
themselves together to make the
rest of the season more positive
for team statistics.
Desperately seeking sumo
cials made their presence
known through various yellow
cards and penalty calls. These
officials were not about to take
anything from anybody and
controlled the game’s tempo.
David Hartman drove the ball
past the young Bobcat goal
keeper for the first score of the
game. Tom Cimalore added a
goal to put SAPC up to 2-0 at
the half The SAPC machine
was running on all thrusters
during the game. Frank
Balentine scored his first colle
giate goal, and Warren Rocca
closed out the scoring with his
goal. David Getman tended
goal well once again, recording
a shut out. The defense did an
excellent job of keeping the ball
out of their territory.
A loss came on the dreary
centennial Monday. Only the
faithful few braved the elements
to watch the team battle against
Barton. Freshman David Gordon
said of the game, “We made a
critical mistake which cost us the
game.” That mistake was a goal
by Barton in the early minutes of
the weather dominated game.
Players were sliding all over the
field and it was difficult to con
trol. Jon Hendrickson and
Getman suffered injuries, both of
which appeared to be at least
partly influenced by the wet field
conditions. Despite the final
score, the team effort was obvi
ous. Mark Clemente, Vinny
Eamma, Denis Hilton, Gordon
and Cimalore worked together to
control the game’s pace. They
were largely successful on this,
but were unable to capitalize on
the opportunity to support
Getman’s replacement. Hope
fully, this team will continue, and
as Gordon stated, the team will
“learn from this mistake and
move on with the rest of the sea
son.”
• ••
by Suzyn Smith
“You know the proce
dure, son? ”
Freshman Sherman
Barto is not normally a scary
person, but he s awfully intimi
dating when he s wearing an
inflatable sumo wrestling suit.
He stands across from chal
lenger Freshman Marlon Carey
and scowls. He leans forward,
taking exaggerated steps.
Barto leaps, and the
match begins. Several moments
and many smartass comments
later, Barto is victorious, giv
ing St. Andrews a new sumo
wrestling champion, if only for
a couple of minutes. Barto at
tributes his sumo wrestling
abilities to his experience on the
SAPC rugby team
On Sunday Oct. 6, the
Student Activities Union gave
St. Andrews it’s first
“Oktoberfest,” an outdoor party
with competitive games which
will take the place of “Blue and
White day.” The party was held
from l-6pm on Granville beach.
and was considered a great suc
cess by the Student Activities
Union. The sumo wrestling in
inflatable sumo suits was a hit,
as was the tug-of-war, the pi-
nata, the volleyball and the gi
ant inflatable mountain.
Many students would en
joy beating on their AC, and in
the next match Barto gets that
chance. Stan Dura faces him,
and the results aren 't pretty.
"How do I view him?" Dura
says after he has been soundly
beaten. "Withfear Sherman is^
a truly fearsome warrior.
When asked if he would wrestle.
Sherman again. Dura declined.
Granville Social Chair
Sara Eaton helped organize the
event and was quite pleased
with the result. “I’m really glad
we did this” Eaton said. “Every
one seems to be having a great
time.”
Cindy Kelley was equally
thrilled with the turn out. “I
think it’s great we have so many
people,” she said. Kelley also
said that there will be a “spring
fest” in the spring semester.
“Then, of course, there’s
GANZA, which is a three day
party for the whole campus.
That’s always great.” Kelley
said.
Barto's next opponent
won’t be so easily frightened
Matt Watkins makes the first
move, pinning Barto to the mat.
Barto escapes by throwing
Watkins over his head. Watkins
bounces, but he quickly recov
ers. They roll on the ground
until a crucial moment when
Watkins brings his palm down
on Barto’s inflatable behind.
Barto recoils.
"Nobody spanks me!" he
cries, rolling Watkins onto the
floor again. The match is even
tually declared a tie because
nobody's really paying atten
tion anymore.
Barton looses his next
match to Senior Greg Marshall,
who has been playing rugby
longer than Sherman has.
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Sumo
wrestling was the main attraction at SAU’s Octoberfest.
Photo by Rooney Coffman