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western ■ • • arolmian Rugby Team Gets Win on Saturday by Michael Peoples &Trainwreck The Western Carolina rugby team upset the Southern Rebels of Augusta men's team Saturday afternoon in Asheville. The WCU ruggers mixed experience and strength to defeat Augusta 17-14. Shea Bridges kicked a game-winning penalty goal from 40 yards out with less than a minute to go in the game. Bridges scored a total of 12 points by adding two 2-point conversions, one try, and the three-point penalty score. Edwin Rios scored his career-first try on a grueling 50-meter run. Western's rugby team combined devastating defense with hospital hits to shut down Augusta's offense. Western's next challenge is against Appalachian State in Boone, Saturday, September 20. WCU will battle the Mountaineers for the sacred Golden Boot that Appalachian has held for over a year. Coach Mark Smith was overheard saying, "That boot is coming home to Western." Anyone interested in joining Western's winning rugby team should contact Matt Warren at 227-4671 or "Trainwreck" at 293-5740. Practice is held Tuesday through Thursday beside Reid Gym, from 4-6 p.m. The rugby team welcomes anyone who wants to learn the tradition of rugby, with play beginning immediately. LMP PRESENTS Post- Game SepOO 9:30 PM UC Cherokee Room There will be food, drinks, andaDJ for more info. -£# 7206 or 7479 Cross-Country Performs Well in Clemson Invitational by Daniel Hooker Coming off a successful meet that was held here in Cullowhee, the Catamount crosscountry team traveled to Clemson, S.C, to compete in the Clemson Invitational, where the men finished a strong second to the Tigers of Clemson. The course at Clemson, as described by the head coach of the Tigers, Bob Pollock, was flatter than the one encountered at Western but still tough in its own right. "It's a good, challenging course. Here, we're more wide-open, less turns, where at Western [last weekend] there was more rolling terrain. This has more speed involved in it," commented Pollock. The Catamount team was led by senior Asheville native Bill Baldwin, who finished third behind two Clemson runners. In the early stages, many Furman runners paced the field. Yet as the race progressed, a little under the three-mile mark, Clemson runner Joe Gibson and Baldwin went out in front, followed by a few smaller groups and single runners. Coming into the final 100 yards of the race, Gibson still held a slim lead over Baldwin. Buts another Clemson runner made a pass, relegating Baldwin to his third place finish, with a time of 25:49. Baldwin's time was ten seconds behind the winner. "Clemson is tough. They are a more speed-oriented team. The guy I was running against is a 1500-meter runner; he's got a lot of speed. I knew that if I was anywhere near him that he'd get me in the end," stated Baldwin. Assisting the Cats to their second-place finish were two more seniors, Collin Webster and Brian Clark, who finished sixth and seventh respectively with a tied time of 26:15. Catamount coach Danny Williamson, who coaches both the men and women, was proud of the men's team effort. The women's team, which is very young, finished third in the competition Saturday, and was led by freshman Jessica Kirkland from Stone Mountain, Ga. Clemson won the women's event, followed by Furman and then Western. With the women's event starting later in the day, the heat and mugginess played a larger role in the race. Jessica Kirkland remarked, "It was hot out. Clemson got out and dominated up front in a pack." Early in the race, at the turn, Furman was in the lead, but a miscue on the course caused confusion and forced the Furman runner to lose the lead, allowing Clemson to take over. Western had Kirkland in the top ten, with the large majority of the team running in the middle. The other top finishers were Charlotte Robson, who finished twelfth, and Jessa Brown, with a nineteenth-place run. "We're still a young group of runners. They continue to work hard and are getting better every week," stated Coach Williamson on the youth of the women's team. Freshman runner Denise Merritt added, "The season is still young, and I believe that we'll come together and jell when the time comes before the end of the year." Pollock, the ten-year coach of the Clemson cross-country team, spoke highly Lady Cats on the move. Photo by Don Costello. of the Western program. "They've done a real good job," said Pollock. He added, "Danny [Williamson] has brought these guys around very well. The men's program, I think, is one of their stronger teams that he has ever had at Western." The next meet for the Western Carolina Catamounts will be September 27 at Bryan Park in Greensboro. Jscores|—„ Men Clemson: 20 points WCU: 39 points Furman: 78 points Tenn.: 103 points SC Slate: 155 points Women Clemson: 24 points Furman: 34 points WCU: 68 points SC State: 118 points Intramurals Update 1. SIGN-UPS BEGIN for Flag Football (M), Floopball (W), and Water Polo (M&W) on Wednesday, September 17th and end on Wednesday, October 1st. 2. MEN'S BADMINTON Singles and Doubles, All Campus Finals will occur on Thursday, September 18th at 6:30 p.m. in Reid Gym. 3. MEN'S & WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY will occur on Tuesday, September 16th at 4 p.m. on the track. 4. MEN'S & WOMEN'S FRISBEE GOLF will occur on Thursday September 25th at 4 p.m. Meet next to the track and lower tennis courts. Lady Catamounts Open with Promising Showing in Lady Monarch Invitational Western Carolina's women's golf team opened its fifth season ever on an optimistic note in last weekend's Lady Monarch Invitational, held Friday and Saturday at Kings Grant Country Club in Fayetteville, N.C. The Lady Catamounts placed 13th in the tournament, with four WCU golfers scoring their best 36-hole totals ever. UNC-Greensboro won the event with team rounds of 299-312--611. UNC-G's Summer Phinney was the medalist, with a three-over-par 72-75—147. The Lady Cats tied in their best team 36-hole tournament ever with rounds of 341-330-671, outdistancing Radford by two strokes and William & Mary by 15. Summer Brannock, a sophomore from Mount Airy, N.C, was Western's top finisher at 82-84-166, while freshman Jacqueline Drygas (Lansdale, Pa.) had the team's top round with an 80 on Saturday and finished one stroke behind Brannock at 87-80—167. Carrie Shaffer, a junior from Hendersonville, N.C, and sophomore Jessica Blake (Yerington, Nev.) tied with scores of 88-82-170 and 84-86-170, respectively. All four of WCU's top finishers broke their individual highs for top two-round tournament, and Brannock, Drygas and Shaffer all equalled or bettered their top individual rounds in collegiate play. It was the first of five fall tournaments scheduled for Coach Johnny Wike's team. The Lady Catamounts will next compete in the Appalachian State Co-ed Invitational, to be held at Graysburg Hills Golf Course in Chuckey, Tenn., Sept. 28-30. Western's men's golf team will also compete in that event after opening their fall slate September 21-23 at the Charleston Southern Fall Invitational.

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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  - Date original: 1997-09-17
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