Volume 1, Number 15
"Esse Quam Videri"
Ihursday, April 18,1996
Teams Fight for Success in Tournaments
Abel, Guengrich, Jarema, Stun Cobras
By Christian Malone
On Thursday, April 4, the guys’ ten
nis team won their first career match at
Virginia Intermont, 6-3. Now they are
eyeing their first ever TVAC playoffs,
where they believe they’ll surprise a few
folks.
I'he Cavalier guys picked a good
day to win, as they knocked off the 5-
time defending TVAC Champion Cobras
on the Cobras’ home turf, Bristol, Vir
ginia. They took the fight to the home
team, and made them look more like rub
ber snakes than Cobras. Jon Abel, Jason
Guengrich, Dave Jarema, and Nathan
Gragg all won in straight sets, while Sam
Simpkins knocked off his opponent in
three sets, then teamed with Jarema to
win in doubles.
A pumped-up Abel stated, “This is
exciting. We’ve been working hard all
season long, so this is really gratifying
for ail of us.”
Since then, they’ve once again
fallen on hard times,, losing to King,
the rematch with Virginia Intermont,
Clinch Valley, and Bluefield.
The team’s hottest players are
Abel, Simpkins, and Guengrich, who
all have a chance to finish with a .500
record this season with a good show
ing in the playoffs. Josh Schatzle has
also played well taking on the compe
titions’ //1 players.
The guys hope their play will be
about the same caliber as the first V.l.
match in the TVAC playoffs, which
begin Monday in Johnson City, Ten
nessee. Montreal tennis analyst Phil
Quinn stated, “All our players will be
coiiipetitive, and we should get a few
points [in the tournament]. We’ve
played alot of close, tough matches
this year.”
Ladies Eye TVAC "Top Three"
by Queen Musengwa
I'he lady’s softball team grabbed sec
ond position at Tusculum on April 5. Erin
Broom commented, “We played tough teams
but got the second position.”
“We played Milligan before and they
won, but during the tournament, we had to
play against them again and we defeated
lhem,”mentioned Shelly Bowser.
April 13 the ladies team departed to chal
lenged Lee College. They were knocked down
11 -3 and 8-2. The ladies are hoping to “Kick
Butt and heat bombs,” stressed Broom.
Angie Beck proudly explained that they
surprised a lot of people. “If we had cut
out some of the errors and hit belter, we
could have succeeded,” concluded Beck.
Pitcher Mary Custer explained, “Our
defense is outstanding and they help me a
great deal. We just need to get our bats
going.”
The team has a couple games left be
fore they enter their TVAC tournament.
Gina Granger stated, “1 hope that we sweep
the rest of the conference.”
Broom added, “1 hope we make it at
least reach top 3 in the conference or end
up with over hundred.”
Nine Colleges Host
Regional Job Fair
by Tom Oxenrider
Special to Newspaper
Personally deliver your resume to
50 employers on Wednesday, April 24 at
the Grove Park Inn or just check out fu
ture career possibilities. A regional job
fair has been organized for students at
tending 9 area colleges, including Mon
treal College.
Students can meet employers to dis
cuss job possibilities from 10 a.in. until
12:30 p.m. 25 employers will be holding
interviews from I p.m. until 5 p.m. Sign
ups for the afternoon interviews are dur
ing the 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. session. In
terviews are restricted to graduating se
niors or alumni but the rest of the job fair
is open to all class levels.
Lists of the employers that will be
there are posted around campus or avail
able at Career Development in Belk 217.
The Job Fair is organized by the
Western North Carolina Career Consor
tium which is comprised of the Career De
velopment Offices of 9 local colleges.
Colleges involved in the event
are: Montreal College, UNC-A, War
ren Wilson College, Mars-IIill College,
Lees-McRae College, Isothermal Com
munity College, A-B Tech Community
College, Blue Ridge Community Col
lege, McDowell Technical Community
College.
Dress depends on why a student
is attending the job fair. If you are go
ing to see what kinds of jobs are out
there or even distribute resumes, dress
pants and shirt would be fine for men
and dress slacks or skirt and blouse for
women.
If you are a senior going with the
purpose of landing an interview, a
jacket and tie or suit is best for men or
a conservative dress suit for women.
The Job Fair is in the Vanderbilt wing
of the Grove Park Inn.
Seniors should take plenty of re
sumes to pass out to employers. For
help with resume preparation, stop by
Career Development.
Snyder Leads
Sluggers at Bat
Against Milligan
by Christi Waddell
The baseball team traveled to
Milligan College last weekend (or a vic
torious three game sweep.
The Cavaliers had strong pitching
Irom Seniors Jamie Jessee and Shane
Hatcher. Junior Nate Gardner also
pitched and was relieved by Brian
Snyder. The final scores were: Jessee-
4-1, Snyder- 7-6, and Hatcher- 9-5.
Freshman Jason Chicasky stated,
“We’re so good, we can only beat our
selves right now.”
The top hitters for the three game
series were Joe Snyder, who went 7-10,
had 3 doubles and 3 RBI’s. Freshman
Heath Bishop, Sophomore Trey Massie,
and Senior outfielder Chris Robertson,
added with five hits each.
The team played Tuesday against
Anderson and will play today at home
against Gardner Webb at 3:00 p.m.
The big games are this weekend
against Tennessee-Wesleyan at Newell
field.
The men play a double-header
Saturday starting at 1:00 p.m. and Sun
day at 2:30 p.rn. Sophomore Sven Berg
added, “This weekend’s series of games
could be the most important in
Montreat’s history, because it could
decide who wins the TVAC (Tennessee
Virginia Athletic Conference).”
Massie added, “Since the leader
of the horsemen got tossed, it really
helped us get pumped up.”
Spanish scholar Jarnie Jessee ex
pressed his concerns for the games by
commenting, “Coach Conley needs to
quit getting thrown out of games be
cause it is emotionally disturbing to the
team when he is not in the coaches box.”
The Cavaliers have ten games re
maining in their season. Their final
home game is April 25th. The team also
travels to Western Carolina University
on the 23rd, and UNC-Asheville on the
30th.
The team is playing well with a
record of 26-16, 12-1 in the conference.
Newspaper
Editor
Zola M. Griffin
Instructor
Brian D. Fuller, MFA
Contributors
Shazette Davi.s, Linda Shirlen,
Queen Mu.sengwa, Chri.stian Malone,
JeffShcets, Amy Buckner,
Chri.sli Waddell
Newspaper accepts student editorials,
sub jects to statidards of length and clarity.
Signed submissions may be made to the
Brian Fuller's box in the Document Center.