Sports
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Gaining Respect: Salem Field Hockey
by Patrice Mitchell
Salem College Athletes are a
tough breed. They realize the
nvany obstacles they must climb
oach season even before the whistle
Wows for the first game to begin.
Wany of the teams Salem faces
offer athletic scholarships, which
in itself is a huge disadvantage for
Salem, but also many of the players
are plajdng that particular sport
for the first time and must learn the
rules of the game. This year's field
hockey team was no exception to
the rule of sports-Salem College
style. Salem College women
exemplify what dedication and
giving one hundred percent in
practice means. Unfortunately, the
team seems to improve throughout
the season, but when the team
appears to be at a peak the season
comes to an abrupt end. This is only
the fourth year of field hockey at
Salem.
The field hockey players
dedicated two hours of their
college lives every day with shin
guards in place, mouth pieces
firmly gripped, and water bottles
close by. The rigorous practice
sessions paid off. Although the
field hockey team did not capture
more wins, their opponents did not
take them lightly.
"We showed improvement
throughout the season. The number
of goals we allowed a team to score
was cut by more than a half," adds
Coach Richards. Coach Richards
was not the ordy person proud of the
team’s improvement throughout
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by Mary Poole
Well, yes, and no. Recent studies
**■6 indicating that
Overexercising" may actually do
*he body more harm ^an good.
Studies conducted at Loma Linda
University seem to have confirmed
'vhat many doctors have
^heorized-people who over-extend
themselves through exercise
Actually have a decreased amount
of immuned systems functioning
than those who exercise
o^oderately or not at all.
Of course, the extent one must
Posh oneself to reach the
overexercise" catagory varies
^I'amatically across individuals
®nd is difficult to define. It is still
'vorthwhile to exercise on a regular
basis because other studies have
shown an increase in killer-all
Activity which lasts for
approximately 4S hours after
moderate activity.
So, think about it, then GO FOR
IT!
(excerpted from Mademoiselle.
Dec. 88, pg 121)
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' the season. Spending time running
for perfection across the lawn
watching your classmates depart
from the pit on their way to the
mall or watching cars drive by on
the other side of the gates, perhaps
on their way to "I Can't Believe It's
Yogart." Seemed worth it to gain
respect from their opponents. "It
felt good to hear the other team
tell you how much better you've
improved. . We improved a lot
which should help us next year,"
comments sophomore Katy Glenn.
The highlights of the season was
a 3-2 victory over Randolph Macon
in the driving rain. Despite not
having many wins, the teams
should feel good about their efforts.
The team only loses co-captains
Beth Barksdale and Kay
Costenbader to graduation, and
Tijne Van Drempt from the
Netherlands. Kay Costenbader is
the first player to play all four
years. Thirteen out of sixteen
players return next year to, as Beth
Barksdale puts it, "graze the green
pastures with their shin guards up
, and mouth pieces in."
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