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August 19, 2011 WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page 4 SPORTS Hetzel feels womens golf has most competitive schedule ever From Staff Reports . Western Carolina second- year head coach Mallory Hetzel released her squads =2011-12 schedule earlier this month, which includes 10 events split over both the fall and spring semesters, culminating with the annual - Southern Conference Wom- -ens Golf Championship in ~mid-April, 2012. There are four tournaments slated for the fall portion of the sched- ule with six in the spring be- * ginning in late February. '<- Tam very excited about our 2011-12 schedule. We .are returning to several tour- naments and courses where ~we had success a season ago and look to build upon that this year, said Hetzel. I feel that this schedule will be the - most competitive in terms of ' Strength of schedule that we have ever had at WCU. .- Western Carolina opens dts second season under Hetzel by hosting the 13th- annual Great Smokies Inter- collegiate at the Waynesville Inn - Golf Resort and Spa in Waynesville, N.C., Sept. 19-20. A combined 24 teams will again vie for champi- onship honors at the event. Sharing the 2009 team title with Elon, the Catamounts have claimed seven of the 12 all-time team champion- ships, while also having the individual medalist six times in tournament history. WCU placed third in the, _ final standings a season ago, stretching its string of team podium finishes to four in- : eluding back-to-back team PHOTO BY MARK HASKETT championships in 2008 and 09, The 2011 Great Smok- ies Intercollegiate is the lone * scheduled 36-hole . tourna- ment currently on the teams slate. The Great Smokies In- tercollegiate continues to be one of the premier fall tour- naments in womens golf. We have first-class facilities ~ and amenities at the Waynes- ville Inn and we are again grateful for their partner- "ship in hosting this caliber of event. Traditionally, this has. been a successful tourna- ment for us in helping spring board us into the fall We look forward to again play- ing in front ofa strong WCU contingent and hope to have -Catamount fans come out to support us in Waynesville, said Hetzel. Western Carolina will - compete in three events dur- ing the month of October, beginning with the gpening weekend of the month at the UNCGs Starmount Fall Classic (Oct. 2-4) at the Star- mount Forest Country Club. The Cataniounts finished in a tie for third last season. A week later, WCU makes its return to competition in the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate (Oct. 10-11), hosted by East Carolina at the Greenville (N.C.) Country Club, It is the first time since 2008 that WCU has played in the event, most recently finish- ing 11th with Blaire Minter - then a freshman - pepe 12th as an individual. . The fall portion of the schedule concludes with a return to the Palmetto In- tercollegiate (Oct. 23-24), hosted: by the College of Charleston at the Oak Point Golf Club in Kiawah Island, S.C. Minters classmate, Ra- chel Nelson, paced the squad to an eighth-place finish a year ago behind her career- low, 54-hole score. The six-event spring schedule opens in late Febru- ary as the Catamounts return - to the Kiawah Island Classic (Feb. 26-28) for three-rounds of competition spread over the Oak Point and Cougar Point Courses. Minter led the team to a fourth-place overall with ,an individual fourth-place showing amidst the 33-team field - one of the -largest in NCAA womens golf competition. March includes three tournaments for the Cata- mounts in the states of Georgia and Florida. West- erm Carolina will make its first appearance in a James Madison-hosted event since 2004-05 at the JMU/Eagle Landing Invitational (March 9-11) hosted at the Eagle Landing Golf Club in Or- ange Park, Fla. Five days later, the Catamounts return to the Administaff Lady Jag- uar Intercollegiate (March 16-18). Hosted by Augusta State, WCU finished seventh as a team a season ago. ~ Rounding out the month is a trip to the Eagles Land- ing Country Club in Stock- bridge, Ga., for Georgia States John Kirk / Lady Panther Intercollegiate (March 26-27) where the Catamounts finished eighth in 2010-11. - On April 6-7, the Cata- mounts travel to the Eastern Kentucky (EKU) Lady Col- onel Classic at the Arlington Country Club in Richmond, Ky. It is WCUs first ap- - pearance at an EKU-hosted tournament since the '2001- 02 season, finishing fourth overall that season. The spring schedule concludes with the annual Southern Conference Womens Golf Championship (April 15-17) at the Moss Creek Golf Club in Hilton Head Island, S.C. The Catamounts will look to improve upon last years fourth-place team showing in the conference finale. - Hetzels 2011-12 roster features three senior play- ers and four newcomers including three freshmen and a junior college trans- fer. Minter and Nelson are joined by classmate Chris- tina Amoriello as four-year players on a squad that looks to replace its top two scorers from the 2010-11 season. Ju- nior transfer Michelle Bello (Dixon, . Calif./Sacramento City College) highlights the four fresh faces with fresh- men Katy Kile (Montgom- . ery, Texas/Montgomery HS) . and. Swedish-born rookies Maria Kjelldorff (Saltsjo- baden, Sweden) and Sofie Kvarnstrom (Orebro, Swe- den) rounding out the roster. Gre AUR Pe Hag eva Dg RE Ec pn SRR U FE EROS Vet CIC Hae EMER SV) NAAR GOTT MCORP SEA TUBOUND EAI RB aL iac a RUUD SUES AN GL YUL ork ADI 2h nd ty SRA RPH ATS BEY HORE CURT MUU (AAS at a cUAil coe CoN mee aN gS EY UI ARRuay vst as RUAt Mee cea a Male UMS Tela: Che NM aNeariahu a sii SONURSNIYRIR CORN AUR a cinayee, Seu | Two tournaments highlight womens soccer season this fall From Staff Aavorte Western Carolina sure versity head soccer Coach Chad Miller recently an- nounced the 2011 Cata- mount soccer schedule. The Catamounts open | the season at a tourna- ment hosted by Western ' Kentucky University Aug. 19 and 21. It is one of two. tournaments Western Caro- lina will compete in. At the WKU Lady Topper Tourna- ment, Western Carolina will face host Western Kentucky and Murray State. Western Carolina will then {retum home to host North Florida on Aug. 25. Remaining Ronconten ence opponents includes a trip to Cincinnati on Sep- tember 2. WCU will then host rival UNC Asheville on Sept. 9 and Winthrop on Sept. 11. The Catamounts conclude their regular sea- son tournaments at UNC Wilmington on Sept. 16 and 18, facing Richmond and host UNCW. = - Once again we have put PHOTO BY MARK HASKETT together a tough non-con- ference schedule including teams from the Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Colo-' nial, and Sun Belt Confer- - ences, Miller said. With a very young team this fall, the focus will be all about learning and growing as a unit every match and gain: ing valuable experience. On the non-conference side of the schedule we have some tough ws i: on the road because we believe for us to be successful in the So- Con we have to win games on the road. As coaches we believe this level of com- petition will prepare us for conference play later in the Poston wins : Bis I National Championship Men's golf From Staff Reports . J.T. Poston, an incoming freshman for the Western Carolina mens golf team, claimed individual medalist honors in the boys division at the 43rd annual Trusted Choice Big I National Championship held at the . par-72, Reunion Golf and Country Club in Madison, : Miss. On Aug. 5. - The Hickory, N.C., na- tive posted par-or-better on all four rounds including a three-under 69 on the second 18 holes. Poston shot 72- 69-70 and 71 (282) over the - four-round stroke-play event to edge UC Davis commit- ment Austin Smotherman by one shot in the final stand- iN ings. We are really proud of J.T. and all of his accom- plishments, said WCU mens golf head coach Cart- er Cheves. I know he want- ed to end his junior career on. top and he did exactly what he set out to do. He has been playing incredible golf and we are thrilled to have him joining us this fall. Postons victory marks the second-straight season an incoming WCU freshman has won the junior national tournament, Last summer, Catamount rising sopho- more Greg Bunner claimed individual medalist honors at the same event held at the Olde York Country Club in Chesterfield, N.J. The Big T? National Championship. dates back to 1969. According -to re- search and available records through 1979, it is the first- time that the tournament has been won by juniors who were attending the same col- lege in back-to-back years. With two former winners on roster, WCU is among six NCAA schools to have indi- vidual champions join their roster including four from Texas, three from Arizona State and Oklahoma State, and two apiece from Stan- ford and UNLV. Anytime you have a student-athlete win a tour- nament, it is great exposure for both the individual and for Western Carolina. Hav- Mi ing back-to-back National Champions (Bunner and Poston) on the same roster at WCU isa very exciting feel- ing. Its a testament to the talent we have and the direc- tion we are going, Cheves added. Poston entered his fi- nal hole with a two-stroke lead over Smotherman, but left his approach shot 60- . feet short of the cup while the Loomis, Calif., native dropped: his shot eight-feet from the hole and drained his birdie putt to move to five- under for. the tournament. Poston needed to three-putt at worst to win the title out- right, and that is ise what he did. After his round he said. season. Western Caroling will welcome six Southern Con- ference teams to Cullowhee; Wofford, Furman, UNCG, Chattanooga, Samford and close out the home slate the six-inch putt he dropped to lay claim to the Robert Trent Jones Trophy was one of the most nerve-racking of his junior golf career. He fin- ished. 6-under-par (282) for the tournament. Tt was a grind all day, Poston said. On my. par putt from six or seven feet: I wasnt going to run it by. I just had to two-putt from there, and I was glad I did have that six-incher instead _ of a three-footer. Poston, who was a two-. time North Carolina High School 3-A State individual champion, set a couple of: North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCH- - SAA) records in winning the 3-A golf championship a { ( _ seeds, with Abealaction State on - Oct. 26. The Catamounts will travel to The Citadel, College of Charleston, Georgia Southern, David- son, and Elon. The SoCon is a very challenging and demanding league, Miller said. It has continued to get more depth. from top to bottom over the past few years and every game is a.true test. Coming out of the non-conference portion of the schedule I think we will have a good idea of how the team is ma- turing and competing as we head into conference play. Hopefully we will be able to take the lessons learned and use that experience to help put us back into the SoCon Tournament in late Octo- ber. ; The Southern Confer- ence Championship begins Oct. 30 with the four top. in the eight team tournament, hosting the first round. The final rounds will be played Nov. 4-6 at UNCG. season ago. His single-round score of 63 was the lowest ever for 18 holes in the state tournament, while his 36- hole score of 13-under, 131, also set a tournament record and helped earn him mention in Sports Illustrated maga-- zines Faces in the Crowd section. -He is joined by Charlotte native Charlie Kilzer and ju- nior transfer, Steven Smith, from Kirknewton, Scotland . to compose Cheves incom- ing class. . Renowned as the nations largest junior stroke-play golf tournament, the Trust- ed Choice Big I National Championship is one of the longest running junior golf events in the country.

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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