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November 1996 Sports s Men’s soccer winds down by Melissa Collins With an overall record of 3-10-1, the men’s soccer team may not be the most successful of the fall teams. How ever, they have shown a lot of potential this season. The last five games have seen four losses with a win near the end. What does this tell about our team? The losses are not excessive ones. They lost to Wingate 5-10 on October 10. That score is not actually that bad, especially considering that Wingate had a 6-3-1 record when they played our Knights. The loss to Mt. Olive on Octo ber 16 was a bit more fhistrating. The knights were up 2-1 at the half on goals by Warren Roca and Tom Cimalore. Those goals had SAPC up 2-0 but a late goal by Matthew Dudley on an assist by Jeff Phillips Turned the momentum. The momentum swing carried into the second half, with Mt. Olive scoring thre more goals to win 4-2. it was an unfortu nate loss for the team, but they did show how well they could play as a team in the first half That ability carried them into the next game, where they recorded a 2-0 victory against Pfeiffer on October 18. The goals were scored by David Hartman and Jon Hendrickson. Several players and fans hoped that would be the turn around needed to end the season on a winning streak. However, on Oct. 22, a 4-1 loss to Belmont Abbey stopped the streak at one. Roca scored the only SAPC goal in that match. However, an injury to team captain and goalie David Getman 15 minutes into the game hurt team morale. With the season winding down, there is some feeling that the team needs a win to end the season on a positive note. This would be helpful, but not com pletely necessary. The key now is to finish the season with a show of improve ment as a team unit. That may be just showing the ability to communicate on the field. No matter what, the season has shown a lot of positive things about this young team. Volleyball loses to Barton by Melissa Collins On October 22, the volleyball team took on Barton. It was their sec ond game in the small gym. Students, faculty and staff lined the wall to sup port their St. Andrews team. Yet despite all the spirit, it was not enough to coun teract the enthusiasm and skill of Barton. Game one saw Barton up quickly 6-1. Afterthescorereached 13-2, SAPC got themselves together to mount a rally. They got as close as 14-11 before Barton wrapped up with a game point served by Jennifer Mills. Game two was a more balanced contest initially. Yasuko Wada stopped Barton’s 3-0 lead with a pow erful hit over. It was enough to start a rally that would tie the score at 3. Kim Robeson made a nice dig to keep the volley which resulted in the third SAPC point. The enthusiasm began to surface in the SAPC players, but it was quickly put out by Barton. The final score, de spite some skilled plays by Jodi Devereux and Jamie Barone, was 15-4 in favor of Barton. Game three turned into the most exciting battle of the war. SAPC jumped out to a 3-0 lead. Plays by Wada, Devereux and Andrea Cinanni made key contributions to the SAPC cause. The volleys in this game were fast and furi ous. On a single volley, Kim Robertson, Barone, Cinanni, and Helen Holden all made digs to save the volley. Unfortu nately, that particular volley was won by Barton to tie the score at 10. From then on. Barton picked up the enthusiasm to maintain a lead. The final score was 15- 11. The SAPC team has been strug gling with injury and fatigue. Had this match taken place earlier, the results might have been different. They still commu nicated well and worked together as a team. It was simply that Barton’s team had the energy to make the points to win. Women’s soccer runs out of steam by Melisiu Collins The Women’s team has hit a rough time. They have played well, but have made just enough mistakes to come up on the losing end of the score. On Octo ber 8 against Wingate, the team suffered a 5-2 loss. Rachel Vickers and Sammy McGee scored for St. Andrews. The key mistakes came in confusion on defense and some general miscommunication. Overall, the team stayed together, even with a slight loss of focus. When the women faced the Barton Bulldogs on October 23, they played with fire and passion. They got good pressure downfield in the early goings. Jill Kappus and McGee both made key steals on defense to keep things under control. While nobody dominated the first half, the score was 1-0 in favor of Barton at the half But things changed at 39:03 in the second half as Barton scored another goal. Yet despite impres sive drives toward the goal by Mary- Kathleen Daley, Nicole Saffer and Vickers, the team failed to score. While SAPC lost by a final score of 3-0, a more devastating loss took place on the field. A major collision occurred between Alicia Johnson and a player from Barton. Alicia fractured her elbow in the collision and will miss the remain ing games of the season. With the season coming to an end, a look back is necessary. While the sea son started off very well, the last few weeks have seen a much less impressive series of outcomes. But the outcome is determined by more than just the score. The women have such a sense of team working on and off the field that it is dif- ficuh not to notice. And that may be enough to put them on a positive track for next season. Sports Briefs by Melissa Collins On Saturday, Oct. 19, the baseball team faced a team of alumni. This annual event was attended by several students and many alumni fans who made their presence known. The game, while not without errors, was well played and and a good testing ground for the SA team. The team did enough to win 3-2. h was the first time the team beat the alumni in four years. T he Midnight Madness Queen of the Knights competition got a lot of attention, with six coaches vying for the title that only one could win. And that one was Sensous Sandy, known to most as Rob Perron. The contest and the party around it were sponsored by the Lady Knights basketball team. T he equestrian teams have been doing very well this season. There are currently three teams competing, Varsity, JV and Inter collegiate. Next semester, a fourth team known as ANRC will join the ranks. In the first two in tercollegiate shows, all riders placed in their class and both saw one of the S A riders ranked as the high point rider for the day. That is an impressive distinction as it requires that a person place first in both of the original classes in which a rider competes and then to win a third class as well. I would like to thank Heather Walter for her contribution of the equestrian team information. This leads me to another point. As you might have noticed, 1 am the only sportswriter for the Lance at this time. While, I en joy the position, it is impossible for me to cover all the events that I wish to report on. I would like to have more sports writers on staff. I would even like to have just an occaisional piece from an athlete or an observer like myself I think it would provide a more diverse view of SAPC sports in general. If you are interested, please contact me via e-mail. My address us collinml. Thank you.
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