| Show Chuck Full of Sports Snorts Chuck Digs Volleyball Games and Soccer is a Kick By Charles Barnard Staff Writer F Fall ll is in the air again and it is time timeto to come back to school For all of you that are returning welcome back For all of you who are new to the campus greetings and salutations Welcome to Chuck Full of Sports This column which runs every other week is where I share my views of the campus sports scene as well as the sports world in general Many students staff and faculty on campus do not realize the great athletic athletic athletic ath ath- letic programs that has Can you name what sports program we have that is nationally ranked Which team finished third in the nation last year Which head coach has won an Coach of the Year award What two teams are planning to attend Nationals this year in Georgia If youcan you youcan youcan can answer any of these questions you are in the minority here at The Th Lady Bruins Volleyball team entered the season with a number number number num num- ber nine pr season pre season ranking and a team that lost only one starter Since the start of the season the team has lost players because of injury and personal personal personal per per- decisions They continue on with their second team conference all-conference outside hitter from last year Jeanette Graves and their honorable mention conference all-conference setter Kim Nielsen If you have never gone to see one of these games you are missing out These games are some of the most exciting games you will ever see The sports writers at the Horizon have begun to call them the Cardiac Kids because some of the games are so close so exciting and so intense that you feel like you are going to have have a aheart aheart heart attack To go along with the exciting games we have a great team Even though the loss of outside hitter bitter Rosa Torres will hurt we still have a lethal duo from the outside in Graves and Rocky Johnson With Graves you can just call her the Hammer because when she spikes it down it is definitely Hammer Time This dynamic duo are not the only players who make this team great Co- Co Captain Nielsen is our star setter as aswell aswell aswell well as the on and off the court leader of the team Along with freshmen setter setter setter set set- ter Melissa Risher these two get the assists for all those big time spikes And then there is Co-Captain Co Emily Van Dyke and Taffy Smart that anchor the blocking line They make it very difficult for opposing players to get anything over the net Regan Taylor was also contributing to the team until she went down with an injury but Rachel Ariotti and Sarah Hoehne have picked up the slack coming off our strong bench Who is responsible for taking a first year team and leading them to a final ranking of seventh in the nation last year None other than former Coach of the Year Tom Peterson The head coach who won a National Championship at Penn State has in less than two years built our team into a powerhouse in the region There are only two things missing from the volleyball games First is a ahome ahome ahome home crowd It would be nice if there were more fans cheering for our team than the visiting team The other thing I would like to see is somewhere where I could get Volleyball hats or tee shirts since the team never throws one of those free tee shirts they give out during the introduction of the players to me Thanks guys But wait dont don't think that volleyball volleyball volleyball volley volley- ball is the only sport going on here at atthe atthe atthe the college Soccer is also in full swing Did you know that our mens men's soccer team finished third in the nation last year The women's team also made it to the Nationals Both teams are now looking to repeat their trips to the Nationals this year being held in Georgia Led by Head Coach Enrique Velasquez both teams have a great chance of going to Nationals and perhaps going even farther These players spend many hours of their time training and preparing so they can represent our school They deserve our support We need to get out and show these athletes we appreciate appreciate appreciate what they do Besides it is so much fun to watch and cheer for our f fJ J y k eer f f. f e. e rI no il photo by Charles Barnard The Bruins would like to thank the fe few w who o attended the Ricks and and C I g games for for t their e r support rt j t t J |
