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| Atwater leads offensive explosion against ETSU |
by Brad Norman
Staff Writer |
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| Peter larkins | The Appalachian |
| Freshman runningback Alan Atwater
posted the third best rushing performance by a rookie in Mountaineer
history with 190 yards against ETSU Saturday. |
For the majority of the first four and a half
games, Appalachian looked like a lost team.
But for six minutes Saturday against East Tennessee State University
they looked unstoppable.
“We finished what we started,” Appalachian head coach
Jerry Moore said of his team’s 21 unanswered points in the
third quarter en route to a 21-7 victory at Kidd Brewer Stadium
Saturday.
“I was extremely pleased with the improvement of this team
in almost every aspect,” Moore said.
Appalachian balanced a potent rushing attack led by Alan Atwater’s
190 yards and a spirited defensive performance to win the last game
between the two schools. Appalachian won the all-time series, 32-13-1.
But heading into halftime, Appalachian appeared to be the team against
the ropes. Down 7-0 at the break, the play of the defense had allowed
the offense opportunities to score, but the offense failed to capitalize.
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| Intramural soccer continues successful season |
by Michael Trivette
Staff Writer |
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| Jessica Hines | The Appalachian |
| Intramural soccer has more
than 60 teams in competition this year, with three different
levels of play, men’s, women’s, and Co-Rec teams.
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This fall the University Recreation (UREC) department
of Appalachian State University kicked off a year of intramural
sports, one of which is soccer.
“This year’s intramural sports are off to a great start,”
senior Leigh Hooten, supervisor for intramural sports, said.
“We have 69 teams competing this year, and each team averages
around 15 players,” Hooten said.
There are three different divisions competing, offering participants
different levels of playing. Players choose which division they
want to play in:
A - Introductory skills, AA - Intermediate skills, AAA - Advanced
skills; A and AA are both competitive, while AAA is considered to
be highly competitive.
Soccer teams are allowed to have seven players competing on the
field while reserves wait along the sidelines.
The game consists of two 17-minute halves, with a total playing
time of 34 minutes.
“Each division offers a different level of playing for the
players and each division offers three different formats for teams:
Co-Rec, men and women’s,” Hooten said.
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| ASU’s women’s soccer scores weeklong
hat trick |
by Hugh Kellenberger
Staff Writer |
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| Foster Hunt | The Appalachian |
| Intramural soccer has more
than 60 teams in competition this year, with three different
levels of play, men’s, women’s, and Co-Rec teams.
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Three games in five days meant nothing to the
Appalachian State University Women’s Soccer team, as they finished
off the three-game run with a 1-0 victory over Wofford College Sunday
afternoon at Kidd Brewer Stadium.
The lone Appalachian goal in the contest came 13 minutes into the
second half. Senior midfielder Alana Parrett took a corner kick
and delivered a shot right in front of the goal. Sophomore midfielder
Whitney Southard was in the perfect position to knock the shot in
past Wofford goalkeeper Austin Somers for what proved to be the
game-winner.
“[Alana Parrett] just got it, I was standing right there,”
Southard said. “It wasn’t the prettiest goal in the world,
but we took it.”
Wofford had three chances to tie the game, two corner kicks and
a free kick. ASU goalkeeper Breland Meany and defender Dawn-Marie
Alfred made stops on the corner kicks and a wall of ASU defenders
stopped the free kick.
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