Volume 1, Issue 1
December 14, 2010
Club Sports
Fall 2010 Newsletter
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Season’s Greetings! I hope this newsletter finds you well. As we quickly approach the end of a great fall semester, I
want to take this opportunity to update
you on all of the exciting changes and
accomplishments taking place with our
Club Sports program.
As we started this year, the university
experienced its second largest first year
class in the history of the school. As a
result, Club Sports also experienced an
great influx of new members and clubs.
The Club Sports Council approved 2 new
clubs, Swimming and Triathlon, and the
overall participation increased 9% to
715 members in 29 clubs!
On the competition side, many clubs
have achieved new levels of success. In
late October, fielding a team with its fair
share of rookies, the Women’s Rugby
club won its first Division III championship, beating an undefeated Wittenburg
squad! During the same time frame, the
Men’s Rugby club advanced to the Division II playoffs one year after winning
just one game in the same division. Also
in October, the Xavier Men’s Volleyball
Club brought home a 1st place in the
Silver Division from the University of
Dayton Flyer Classic. The Equestrian
team garnered Reserve High Point Team
honors, a first for the club, competing at
Midway College in November and, bolstered by a new ring which has enhanced their training regimen, Xavier
Boxing started off the year 2-0 against
the University of Kentucky. Finally, XU
Crew was accepted to compete in the
prestigious Head of Charles Regatta in
Boston, the largest 2-day regatta in the
United States.
Stepping away from competition, our
clubs have been equally successful in
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the community. Through their commitment to the mission of Xavier University,
clubs and their members have participated in volunteer service projects
throughout the semester such as the
Free Store Food Bank Canned Food
Drive, landscaping for Habitat for Humanity, participating in a prom at the
Vineyard Church for students with special needs, working at the St. Francis
Soup Kitchen, XU Community Action Day,
Reggae Run, Adopt-A-Highway, and competing with and against inmates in volleyball at the Luther Luckett Correctional
Facility in Kentucky. As a result of their
efforts, Club Sport members have contributed over 300 hours of service back
to the community so far this year.
On the financial side, the clubs have
been hard at work raising money to assist with their operational needs and
goals. To date, their endeavors have
resulted in over $83,000 raised. Along
with the initial allocation of $130,000
from SGA, clubs have had access to over
$213,000 so far this year!
Accompanying these club successes
have been some exciting developments
on the administrative side of Club
Sports. Dr. Kathleen Simons, Associate
Provost for the division of Student Life
and leadership and Dr. Luther Smith,
Dean of Students kicked off our beginning of the year meeting, which was attended by 175 club officers, advisors
and coaches. In a move to foster community and a little competition, the annual ―Club of the Year‖ categories have
now been expanded to include 3 categories-Men’s, Women’s, and Coed. Winners are determined through a tally system in which points are earned in a variety of categories. The point standings
are updated on a monthly basis through-
out the academic year with the winners
of each category receiving a $500 award
to be added to their budget for the following year. Additionally, clubs may also
win a ‖Best Fundraising Club‖ and ―Most
Improved Club‖ award which also come
with monetary prizes.
In perhaps the biggest news, the Club
Sports program will be rolling out a new
website! The site is a new, updated,
athletic look for the 29 clubs and provides a one-stop shop for the current
and potential club athletes, alumni, fans
and supporters. Managed by their student members, the club’s web pages
have the ability to create and edit rosters, player and coach bios (along with
pictures), as well as schedules and results. Members will be able to write and
promote news articles about their clubs,
list player stats, and add video and
photo content to their sites. Additionally,
clubs will have the ability to connect
their websites to their Facebook and
Twitter pages, creating an online communication network for their members
and followers! Finally, all club sites have
a recruitment page in which prospective
students and/or members can notify the
club of their interest in joining, creating
an opportunity for the clubs to be proactive in their member recruitment!
As you can see, there are exciting developments occurring with our clubs this
year and this is just the beginning. As
we continue to grow and achieve our
goals, the club sports program is looking
forward to a bright future! Thanks for
your continued support!
Happy Holidays,
James Alexander
Assistant Director of Recreational Sports
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The Boxing Club has improved by
leaps and bounds in the last year. Our
roster has grown substantially from
last year’s numbers, resulting in overall enrollment, as well as the number
of competitors has increased about
threefold. This year’s group shows a
lot of promise with a fresh group of
highly gifted and motivated young
fighters leading the way into competitions in the second semester. Much
credit for this improvement is due to
the aggressive offseason promotional
efforts of a motivated and ambitious
core of officers, including Andrew
Gallo, President, Ian Moore, Vice President, Zeke Solomon, Secretary, Iso
Tidjani, Treasurer, and Alex Horan,
Chief Safety Officer.
In other exciting news, the Boxing Club
has replaced its fight ring, which had
been in commission for the last 30+
years with a brand new floor-standing
ring. This is following the old ring’s
unfortunate collapse during practice
early last season. The new ring is a
source of pride for the club in general
and will afford competitors the invaluable technical and spatial skills that
they would otherwise miss out on
when sparring without the confines of
the ropes.
The club has been hard at work breaking in the new equipment and with it,
looks to put on at least one or two live
shows in Schmidt Fieldhouse this year
to showcase its talent. A potential
fight night on December 3rd is in the
works that would feature our young
fighters as the main event. Since
none of the new fighters would be
eligible for NCBA registration until the
second semester when more competitions will take place, it is important to
us to reward their hard work in the
first semester by giving them the opportunity to compete in front of their
friends and family here at Xavier before we break for the holidays.
F o o t b a l l
The 2010 Xavier Football season
started out with new Head Coach James
Carty, former defensive coordinator of
the Musketeers. He brought a staff of
former and new coaches to the team as
they tried to improve on the 5-4 record
from last year and looked to win their
third Midwestern Club Football Conference Championship in 4 years.
Xavier Football kicked off the season
with 26 players in blue and white on a
Sunday night, September 12, against
Hanover JV. The Muskies went on to win
the opener 28-22. A week later they
traveled up to Columbus to face Ohio
State’s club team losing 26-20 while
also losing their quarterback for the
year due to injury. The Muskies traveled
to Illinois the following week to play
Southern Illinois – Edwardsville with a
depleted roster of only 22 men. After
going down 13-0 in the first five minutes and losing 4 more players to in-
jury by half the remaining 18 Musketeers battled back to win 18-13, digging deep against the odds to get the
win. After a bye week, they played
Miami (OH)’s team still with a small
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The Xavier University Dance Team,
currently ranked 5th in the nation officially began their 2010-2011 season at
NDA Dance Camp at the University of
Louisville this past August. The team
did exceptionally well, receiving a silver
paid bid to nationals, 1st place in their
division for their team dance performance, and a silver award for their game
day performance. The team also received the Most Spirited Award, which
roster. They lost the game 49-0 to
drop their record to 2-2.
The following week it was decided by
the team to cancel the remainder of
the season. They started out with a
small roster to kick off the season,
and with mounting injuries the risk
for further injuries was only heightened. Although it was a very tough
decision it was in the best interest of
their health to sit out the rest of the
year. They have already started planning for 2011 and are hitting the
recruiting trails harder than ever to
field a more sufficient roster. Look
forward to seeing Musketeer Football back on the field in Fall 2011!
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is considered the most honorable
award given at camp.
the Dance Team met with their professional choreographer to learn the routine they will take to nationals this April.
Since camp, the 15 dedicated Dance
They are working hard and are very
Team members have spent first semesexcited to show off their awesome router performing at football and baskettine and abilities come April!
ball games, doing service, and drilling
skills and technique to prepare themselves for nationals which will take
place in Daytona Beach, Fl in April.
During the weekend of November 13th,
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After a losing first appearance in Division II
play last year, the Xavier Men’s Rugby Club
sat down and made the necessary preparations for the upcoming year. The club
committed themselves to becoming the
fittest team in all of all Division II teams
in Ohio, becoming Playoff Qualifiers, and
taking the necessary steps for the preservation of our Club. Xavier Rugby definitely
hit the ground running…literally. With an
unprecedented pre-season camp that
lasted a grueling ten days in
95° weather, the club made it through
conditioning, rucking, tackling, scrumming, and passing drills. As if this was
not enough, the club received the help of
Cori Dayton, Xavier Athletics Strength and
Conditioning Assistant Coach, in the weight
room everyday as well as running two miles
as a team every morning. The club carried
their new work ethic into their practices,
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and by the time their season opener came
along against University of Cincinnati, the
boys in blue were ready. The new fitness
level of the entire team truly showed in the
first game against UC, where at half time
the club was up by only a try. However, at
the start of the second half of the game,
Xavier’s fitness shone through as the Xavier
scored back-to-back-to-back tries in a mat-
ter of five minutes, and Xavier went on to
beat UC 36 to 22. From there Xavier carried
out a 2-2-1 record. However, Xavier’s fitness was responsible for pushing Xavier
past Dayton in the standings as they
scored more tries out of any other team in
their league, and thus giving them the
extra points that placed them in 3rd place
in their league. Xavier’s 3rd place standing
earned them their first playoff bid in recent memory’s history. Xavier suffered two
tough losses in the playoffs, to Michigan
State in the first round and Slipper Rock
University in the second round after an
overtime period and penalty kicks. Regardless of the club’s losses at the playoffs,
the club managed to complete all their
season goals by being the fittest club in
Division II play, qualifying for the playoffs,
and developing their roster from a 25-manteam to nearly a 45-man-team.
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Dear XUCB enthusiasts,
The 2010 fall season has come and
gone, with much to discuss as the
Muskies continue to improve the foundation of their team.
Hopes for the season are high due
to a large influx of fresh talent, by
far the largest class that the club
has ever seen. As of the end of
the fall, the roster is stacked with
33 young studs, 15 of which are
just tiny freshmen looking to find
their way through the maze that is
Xavier Club Baseball.
Over the fall, the team played nine
games, going 4-5, a relatively respectable record considering the
team’s history of terrible fall seasons. The club started 2-2 being
swept by Miami (OH) and the taking
both games of a doubleheader against
Cincinnati. XUCB then hosted the second annual Xavier Club Baseball Fall
Classic at beautiful Athletes in Action
in Xenia, OH. Despite winning the tournament in 2009, the ball club dropped
all three games against SIU-
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Edwardsville, Loyola-Chicago, and Dayton by a combined seven runs, playing
24 innings total. The club rounded out
the season with two big conference
wins against Northern Kentucky to
grab some needed momentum going
into the spring.
Some players that stood out this fall
season were returning members P.
Falvey and J. Antoncic who continued
to dominate the stat sheet in terms of
hitting, leading the team in hits and
RBI’s respectively. Junior Bill Hoerst
established himself as a legitimate
closer with some gutsy performances
against Cincinnati.
As far as the youngsters go, Freshmen
phenom Connor Richards exploded
onto the scene by leading the team in
batting average, hitting an astounding .800 with 1 HR and 7 RBI. Danny
Douaire, and side-winding pitcher
from Chicago, also added some
much needed depth to XUCB’s
depleted pitching staff going 2-0
in the fall with a 1.27 ERA.
XUCB looks to forge ahead and
win their division this year for the
first time in club history with
some stellar prospects and clutch
play from veterans. Their spring
season begins the second week
of March as the team will head
down to Tampa, FL for the sixth
consecutive year for the National Club
Baseball Association’s Spring Showcase.
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Xavier Men’s Club Soccer
started off the fall season on
a high note by adding several
up and coming freshmen to
an already talented, veteran
squad. We also moved on
from our previous coach
Scott Suter and hired an
experienced coach in Aaron
Hunter, who promised to
bring a new style of play and
attitude to the team. The
season was highlighted by
several key wins within our
conference including an undefeated and top-ranked
Miami of Ohio team at home
and conference rival Wright
State away. These, coupled
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with non-conference wins
against IUPUI, Purdue and
Mount Saint Joseph, culminated in an overall record of
6-3-6 with key loses to intercity rival Cincinnati and conference opponent Bowling
Green.
Following the fall season, the
team participated in the organization of the Run like
Hell charity run that was held
in Norwood only a block away
from Xavier’s campus. The
team helped set up tables
and booths, as well as helped
stock vending areas with
beverages for participants. In
addition to participating in
the charity event, the team
practices twice a week in
preparation for the winter
indoor soccer session in
January as well as the upcoming spring season where
the team hopes to travel to
one of several spring soccer
tournaments around the
country. The team also hopes
to host several friendly
games against well known
conference rivals during the
course of the spring season.
which could lead to better
exposure for the club in Cincinnati as well as provide
valuable learning experiences and opportunities for
the new freshmen. These
events together, with the
upcoming season, will provide an exciting end for the
team’s graduating seniors as
well as a rounded view of
competitive collegiate club
soccer for both current and
incoming freshmen.
There are several projects
and fundraising opportunities
in the works for the team
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Club Gymnastics has had a
great start this year. We have
sixteen participants. This
year we have
changed gyms
to Queen City
Gymnastics,
and we have
added an additional practice. We are
currently having one conditioning practice
and two gym practices per
B a s s
Fall 2010 has marked the first semester on Xavier University’s campus
with a Bass Fishing Team. We are
proud to have one of five bass fishing
teams in the entire state of Ohio, us
being the only club south of Columbus. While the fall was spent mainly
organizing the club, we are excited to
start competing in the spring. We
have not been able to get on the wa-
week. The main season for
gymnastics is in the spring.
This semester we have been
focusing on improving skills
and getting ready to compete
in a few months. We have had
one meet so far. We competed at Southern Illinois
University on November 6th. At
the meet, we took nine gymnasts. The meet was very
successful. Sophomore Hannah Black placed 3rd on both
floor and all-around. Sophomore Brianne Lehnig placed
2nd on beam. Next semester
we are competing at Ohio
State University and Eastern
Michigan University. We will
also be competing at Nationals which will be held in Richmond, VA this year. Club Gymnastics has been working very
hard throughout this semester to get ready for Nationals.
We have also increased our
fundraising and service hours
from last year. Overall, this
semester has been very successful for Club Gymnastics.
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ter as a team, however we have been
active in acquiring sponsorships. Companies such as Dobyns Rods and Dixie
Marine have offered the club discounts
on their products. We will have several
intra-squad outings as well as competing on the national level in the FLW
college fishing circuit. FLW tournament
locations include Lake Champlain between New York and Vermont, 1000
Islands Lake in New York, the Potomac River in Maryland, and Lake Erie.
While we are sending experienced
anglers to these tournaments, our
club is free to anyone with an interest
in fishing. Once our season truly begins in the spring and into the summer, our club will be very busy with all
of the exciting events we have
planned.
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What a fall season it’s been for Xavier’s Women’s Club Rugby Football
Club! We started out the season with
a pretty good number of recruits
along with all the returnees of last
year, and, even though that number
began to dwindle as the season went
on, our energy remained high the
whole time. Our first game was
against Wittenberg University. The
contest resulted in a loss, but our
only loss of the entire season. After
beating Marshall University in West
Virginia, the club continued it’s winning ways against the University of
Kentucky, University of Dayton, and
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Eastern Kentucky University, our
biggest win of the season(73-0). The
Women’s Rugby not only had a nearly
undefeated season, but also made it
to Division 3 semifinals for the first
time in the team’s existence here at
Xavier.
We played our first playoff game
against Ashland, Ohio, at Ashland.
After playing in the frigid weather for
80 minutes, the Xavier Women’s
Rugby team won handily, seemingly
destined for the championship. The
championship game was against
Wittenberg, a chance for us to
avenge our only loss of the season.
So, as the underdogs, it was time for
us to show how our hard work would
pay off. The next weekend, the team
travelled to Columbus to play again
in the cold weather. The game was a
rough and close one, with possession
and tries going back and forth—but
again, the Women’s team pulls off a
win, becoming the top team in D-3.
So, the club’s first time ever even
being in playoffs, we earned our first
D-3 championship. It was a successful season to say the least and we
can’t wait to go out and defend our
title!
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The Club Tennis team is posting a 1-2
record following a tournament at Ohio
State University at the end of October.
Opponents were Ohio State, Bowling
Green State University, and Ohio University. Xavier defeated Ohio University
25 games to 21 with the matches
consisting of men’s and women’s singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.
Practices have moved indoors due to
colder weather where the tennis team
is gearing up for a tournament in early
December at Miami University. Xavier
will face Miami, Butler University, and
the University of Dayton. The club
hopes to improve our record with three
road wins.
With an abundance of freshmen and
sophomores on the team, club tennis
hopes to use this energy paired with
the more experienced players to establish and maintain a winning record
and year.
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Water Polo competed in one tournament at UC in the fall and beat UC,
Denison, and OSU winning the tournament. All of the teams played very well
and this was the first tournament win
for Xavier Water Polo. As well as competing in this tournament, every week
Xavier and University of Cincinnati
water polo clubs scrimmaged. This has
been a great opportunity to meet new
people and learn more about the
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sport. When Xavier was not scrimmaging with the University of Cincinnati, the practices focused on building strength and understanding the
basics of the sports through drills.
On December 12th Xavier is hosted a
home tournament. Local teams from
the area such as the University of
Cincinnati and the squirrels plan on
attending. This was a great relaxed
environment to compete and have
fun before the holidays. Xavier
water polo is looking forward to the
spring and competing in more tournaments.
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Nancy Lopez once said, ―A
competitor will find a way to
win. Competitors take bad
breaks and use them to drive
themselves just that much
harder. Quitters take bad
breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.‖ If referring to
our wins and losses, it could
be said that the Women’s
Club Soccer team had a bit of
a ―bad break‖ this season.
Coming in second to last
place in the league standings
was a bit of a disappointment. However, this can be
viewed in a positive light for
two reasons: 1) We did not
come in last. Thanks to in-
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credible goals
by Erin
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Val Sloboda,
XU came away
with a victory
against Bowling Green. 2)
There is little
room to go
but up. We
are confident
that the team
will use this
season as an
impetus to
push themselves that
much harder
in the spring.
We foresee
the numbers
of girls at
practice skyrocketing.
Before you
know it, the
Xavier
Women’s
Club Soccer
team will be
blowing the
other teams
out of the
water, perhaps even the
teams that
approach
their
involvement like a varsity
team and practice multiple
times a day.
Beyond our record, our season was anything but a ―bad
break.‖ We had an incredible
time volunteering at a special
needs prom, shared in some
team bonding, and handsdown had the best cheer in
the league. Our favorite
memories include stray dogs,
back passes at practice, and
suspicious referees. The
memories will only continue
this spring, and these memories are bound to include a
few more W’s.
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Xavier University Swim Club
has enjoyed a great first
season with 23 people on its
roster. Our first swim meet
was at Ohio University on
November 13th. About 14
students attended this meet,
even though it was 3 hours
away. Freshman, John Farkas placed first in the 50
backstroke. Other members
of the team placed in the top
10 overall in their events and
scored points for the team.
XUSC placed 5th overall at
the OU meet. Our second
swim meet was a two-day
affair at Miami of Ohio on
November 20th and 21st.
Club President David Albert
placed first overall in the 25
breaststroke. All 15 members of the team competing
in the meet made it to the
finals in at least one of their
events. The Xavier women’s
team placed 7th out of 16
teams and the men’s team
placed 10th out 16 teams.
Overall as a team, XUSC
placed 8th out of the 16
teams that were there. In the
future, we plan to host a
meet with Ohio State University at OSU. We also plan to
compete against Dayton as
well as another meet with OU
and Miami. Earlier in the
year, we had a fundraiser
where we sold hot chocolate
and cookies in Gallagher and
also promoted another fundraiser planned for April, Kick
It. The team raised about
$200 from those two days.
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Club Golf began its fourth
year with the biggest team in
history; 36 golfers. The team
competed in matches against
Indiana University, University
of Dayton, and University of
Miami, going 1-4. Golfers
also competed in two National Collegiate Club Golf
Association events, one at
Purdue University and the
other in Tuscola, Illinois. The
team captured fifth and sixth
place finishes in the National
Collegiate Club Golf events.
Club golf will pick back up in
March with matches against
surrounding schools and two
more National Collegiate
Club Golf events.
Fall Golf Highlights:
Senior Michael Davis
shot even par (72)
against the University of
Dayton at Yankee Trace
Golf Course.
Junior Justin Coop finished in the Top 10 golfers in the NCCGA event
at Purdue University.
Four members of the
Club Golf team competed in the Rainbow
Run for Distance for
Dreams and took 2nd
place.
We also organized our big
fundraiser, which includes
selling raffle tickets to
friends and family over
Christmas break as well as
the first two weeks of January. In the beginning of January we will draw names and
the winner will win great
prizes. Everything is going
well for XUSC and we look
forward to all the events for
next semester.
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The men’s Club Volleyball team has
had a successful fall semester in a
turn-around year for the club. After
ending last year with only 6 committed
members, the team has a new attitude, building a young team of 13
guys, 10 of which are freshmen and
sophomores. With the funds we received at the beginning of the year we
were able to purchase new balls and a
ball cart, as well as pay for tournaments at Michigan State and Dayton.
Recently, we learned Nationals will be
held the first week of April in Houston,
Texas and were able to purchase air
travel in and out of Columbus for relatively cheap.
On top of that our team has completed
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over 125 hours of service this
semester. We have volunteered at
events like the Cincinnati Pro
Beach Volleyball Tournament,
Reggae Run, XU Girl’s Club Volleyball tournament, and we were
even lucky enough to travel to La
Grange, Kentucky to volunteer by
playing a prison men’s volleyball
team creating an experience of a
lifetime. In our first tournament
this year, we came in 1st in the
Silver Bracket at UD, then tied for 5th
out of 28 teams at Michigan State’s
annual Hardwood Classic in November.
welcome too. Another big step we are
trying to take is to establish an alumni
system to keep in touch with all former
players.
If you would like any more information
on the team, you can visit our brand
new webpage at http://
www.xavier.edu/clubsports/volleyballmen/, follow us on Facebook, or email
us at xumensvball@xavier.edu. Thank
you to all our supporters and we look
forward to a great spring semester.
-Mike Czopek
XUVBC President
For the upcoming
spring semester,
we are looking to
fundraise through
apparel sales,
Dominos buy one
get one free
cards, and hosting indoor and
sand volleyball
tournaments, not
to mention donations are always
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Xavier Club Softball ended their fall season with a 7-5 record. They went 0-3
verse Miami University and 1-2 versus
Ohio University, while accepting forfeits
from both Indiana University and Eastern
Kentucky University. Highlights of the
season include three homeruns hit by
Beth Heitker, Rachel Morgante, and
Katelyn Pepper. Much of their success
this season is contributed to their new
coach, Jenni Meier. It has been a long
time coming for the club to find a coach
that is knowledgeable of the sport and
helps them achieve their fullest potential
as an individual and organization. They
are excited to continue to improve and
dominate next spring. With the end of
the fall season, a couple of goodbyes are
in order to Katelyn Pepper and Rachel
Morgante. They will be greatly missed
and will be hard to replace.
Also, Xavier Club Softball had two fundraisers this season. The first was a Sunday bake sale, after the Bellarmine
Chapel church services, which proved to
be very successful. The second fundraiser was a cookout during Family
Weekend which turned out to be better
than expected.
Upcoming events include volunteering
for Redsfest on December 3rd and 4th
and a Candygram fundraiser from December 6th-9th. As for the spring season,
the girls are looking forward to one away
tournament and their 3rd annual Muskie
Mayhem home tournament. They will
also be playing Ohio State University for
their last league game. They cannot wait
to start playing again, go Lady Muskies!
Make sure to check
out the new Club
Sports Website!
www.xavier.edu/
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Congratulations to
the Xavier Rowing
team who recently
finished a successful fall season. The
season included
four regattas, for
which we travelled
from Tennessee to
Massachusetts. The
Columbus Fall Classic was the teams’
first race and took
place in early October in Columbus
Ohio. The team
walked away from
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The Xavier Women’s Club Volleyball team begins the year by
building upon last year. Returners include sophomores Caity
O’Shaughnessy, Abby Steinacker,
Jill Parker, and Maggie Ogborne;
junior Carol Bergman; seniors
Tess Hackett and Megan Jacobs;
and grad student Kati Wendlandt. The team is also growing
with the addition of sophomores
this race with one gold and
one bronze metal boat. The
next weekend was The Head
Of The Ohio, in Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania, where the
team continued to build on
its success with one gold and
two bronze metal boats.
Soon after, the team began
to prepare for The Head Of
The Charles Regatta in Boston, Massachusetts. The
team represented themselves and the school proudly
as they raced against top
teams in the biggest regatta
in the world.
Following the long road trip
back from Boston, the team
prepared for their final race,
The Head Of The Hooch. This
race was located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and fighting against not ideal conditions, the Xavier rowers
faired well. The success of
Xavier Crew through the fall
season as well as the addition of a strong group of novice rowers definitely made
the 2010 fall season unforgettable.
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Chelsea Sensibaugh, Margaret
Hazlett, and Kellie Tekulve; and
freshman Allyson Clifford and
Christina Salmo. We also welcome our new coaches Dan Wanstrath who is currently the assistant coach at Thomas More College and senior Andrew Lonnen.
The Women’s Club Volleyball
team has started the year with
three tournaments. We came in
4th at the October NKU tournament, 3rd at our home November
tournament, and recently came
in 18th place at the December
Indiana tournament. Next semester we will prepare for end of the
season tournaments with tournaments at UC, Miami, Ohio State,
and Dayton.
E q u e s t r i a n
Xavier Equestrian showed up this season with their most successful fall semester yet. Seven skilled riders competed at Morehead State University the
weekend of October 23rd earning a 4th
place overall on Saturday, overcoming a
fall, and a 5th place overall on Sunday
out of 8 teams. Sophomore Alex Calvert
pointed up to compete in the Novice
division, which includes over-fences
jumping classes.
At the November 13-14th horseshow,
the team co-hosted with Midway College by creating the program book for
the weekend, moving jumps in the
arena, and helping out where needed.
The team also brought 8 equestrians to
compete at this horseshow and placed
4th overall on Saturday. Fellow competitors commented to Coach Jim Arrigon
how great it is to walk by the Xavier
Equestrian Team and always see them
smiling and laughing. Feeling as confident as ever and eager to prove themselves as poised horsewomen, Sunday
the team placed 2nd overall, earning the
title of Reserve High Point Team, having
only been outpointed by the University
of Kentucky. Sophomore Jenny Deighton
earned a first place in her walk-trot
class despite this being her first equestrian competition.
Team president Ellen Davis could not be
more proud of her accomplished riders
who have dedicated themselves to the
team and has high hopes for them at
the Tournament of Champions Invitational in Virginia in January.
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H o c k e y
The Hockey team had a shaky start
to the beginning of the season with
an overtime loss to Northern Kentucky University. The next night
they rallied back and got their revenge with a clutch goal scored by
Patrick Riedy for an overtime win.
Since the season opener, their record is 9-4-1. There have been
highs and lows throughout the season but the team continues to overcome adversity and get wins. The
team’s growth over the season is a
true representation of the many
leaders that set the tone on and off
the ice. This year, the club hockey
team signed two new coaches,
head coach Tim Driscoll and assistant
coach Chuck Sperrick. Coach Tim and
Chuck have been great additions to our
program; they have molded the team
into better hockey players but more
importantly well rounded athletes.
Along with the coaches, our captains:
Joe Bauer, Nate Han, and Malachi
Henry have been leading our young
team to wins. As the team enters winter break, they look forward to some
rest, but also a time to get refocused
on the games ahead. For more information on the team and game times,
visit our website at www.xavier.ed/club
sports and click on Ice Hockey.
R u n n i n g
The Running Club is off to another great semester this year
and we hope to continue to
expand the club to include
more members and more activities. The Running Club
meets 5 days of the week for
runs in the morning and afternoon, depending on members’
schedules. We have participated in various races around
the Cincinnati area this semester including the Reggae Run
5k, Run Like Hell 5k, the
Nearly Naked Mile, and the
Mason Half Marathon.
Next semester, we will participate in the Flying Pig Marathon
and Half Marathon, the NIRCA
Midwest Track Gala, the Mercy
Heart Mini Marathon & 10k,
and the Little Ohio Track Meet.
We will also be participating in
Relay For Life and TOMS Day
Without Shoes. We have runners of all different abilities, so
whether you just want to stay
in shape or want to run a
marathon, come out and join
us for run!
W o m e n ’ s
The Women's Club Lacrosse
team ended fall ball with a
winning record. The team
added to its coaching staff by
hiring an additional coach with
college-level playing and
coaching experience. The team
has already seen big improvements in competition with regional teams this fall. The team
traveled to Indianapolis and
L a c r o s s e
Dayton, and also hosted a play
day here at Xavier.
The official nine-game season
will start in the spring. Division
opponents include area rivals
Dayton, Miami, and UC. The
team will travel to St. Louis for
a weekend of play to finish out
the regular season. Women's
lacrosse hopes to make it to
the league playoffs for the
second time this season, and
after a promising fall, members
and coaches are all excited for
that possibility.
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P a i n t b a l l
Before the fall semester of 2009,
Paintball was non-existent at Xavier
University. As this came as a surprise for some at Xavier, work began
to get a club in motion at Xavier in
early September 2009. The idea of
a Paintball Club at Xavier was met
with excitement by the student
body. Club Paintball was ready to
get the ball rolling for spring semester 2010, but we had to clear a few
hurdles first. We were happy to
engage in education and clarifica-
tion regarding the sport of Paintball at
Xavier. Club Paintball’s advisor, Bob
Ahuja was instrumental in navigating
the potential obstacles with establishing the sport of Paintball at Xavier
University. There were misconceptions about the sport believed to conflict with the identity and beliefs of
Xavier University. After a few months
of working with Xavier, the misconceptions of the sport of paintball were
dispelled. Paintball gained the acceptance of the Xavier Leadership and in
April of 2010 Paintball was approved
by the council of Club Sports.
C y c l i n g
The club is also a resource
for individuals who would
just like to get out and ride.
New members are welcome,
regardless of experience
level. In the Spring semester
of 2011 we plan on competing in a full season of USA
Cycling collegiate races, and
we hope to be eligible to
make a return trip to Collegiate National Championships in May.
Xavier Cycling is a relatively new
club sport, so we are still getting
are feet planted into the Xavier
system. This year we have
worked with lots of new riders on
developing their skills as riders.
The team is a member of the
Midwestern Collegiate Cycling
Conference (MWCCC) and participates in mountain bike and
cyclocross races during the fall,
and road races during the spring.
M a r t i a l
This semester for Martial arts was a
rebuilding semester for the club.
With only a few members returning
from the previous year, we had to get
our name out among the Xavier students. Many people came to try the
club and we got a few members in
the process.
We were able to add a new discipline
to our club, Koryu Bujutsu, which is of
Japanese origin. It focuses on mind,
body, and full self as does Teak-
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wondo, (our already present discipline) but it incorporates more grappling and throwing. Sempei Raymond
requested that we consider this option during the summer, and it has
given the club a wider scope, and we
also hoped that it would increase
appeal across the Xavier community.
And as of right now, Koryu Bujutsu
has members that do not participate
in taekwondo, and vice versa with
Taekwondo.
We have been trying to work on
club fluidity - as in trying to smooth
the transition with this new discipline. Things have promise, and I
hope by next semester we will be
able to be more active as a club.
M e n ’ s
The Xavier Men’s Lacrosse team finished
its fall season with a record of 0-2. Although it may have been disappointing, it
gave the team something to build on
when the spring season approaches. It
was evident that the team had to work on
conditioning and both offensive and defensive communication. The team has
found it has a very strong and physical
defense led by Sophomores Charley
Jones and Dan Hellmann, as well as Junior Matt Kaplun. The Musketeers attack
L a c r o s s e
was led by Sophomore Sean Cahill along
with Freshmen standouts Mac Reed and
Jack Severt, while the midfield was led
by Sophomores Michael Louque and
Peter Manca, along with Junior LSM
Tyler Haffler
The team started out the fall season by
hosting Lousiville in late-September,
where the Musketeers were defeated in
the closing minutes at a final score of
10-9. The team showed much improve-
ment over years past in the minds of club
faculty advisor John LaRocca, and Xavier
students who witnessed the game.
In early October, the Musketeers traveled
to Huntington, West Virginia to face Marshall University in what turned out to be a
disappointing game. The Musketeers lost
6-4, and it was obvious that the team had
much to work on to be a threat in the
spring.
U l t i m a t e
This semester for the Club Ultimate Team was huge in terms of
adding new players. Fifteen new
people joined the club and have
stuck with it through the semester. These new players are improving quickly and will be a huge
addition come our Championship
Season next semester. Also Chris
Place and Tristan Nighswander
were named the Captains of the
team this year and look forward
to leading this team during the
upcoming season.
Xavier Ultimate traveled to multiple tournaments this semester
and the best result was at the
Denison Ultimate Tournament.
Xavier went 6-1 for the tournament and finished 3rd overall out
of 24 teams. On the way to finishing third Xavier Ultimate beat
Cincinnati, Ohio State, and Ohio
Northern. This was a great result
for the team and they are looking
forward to building on this next
semester.
T r i a t h a l o n
Having the opportunity to start a new club
is always an exciting prospect. We have a
chance to form something that we’ll not
only enjoy, but also spread our interests
out to others and possibly awaken an
excitement in them. The idea of a new of
a new club brings joy to us.
At the same time, forming a new club
brings many challenges to those creating
it. Whether it’s going through new logistical work that we aren’t familiar with, or
just trying to form a practice schedule,
each little step can feel like a huge hurdle. Even though it has been challenging
experience so far, we are still very excited to have such an opportunity as
this.
Triathlon club has 10 members at the
moment. We have also started the paperwork process of getting a coach.
Since all of this has been occurring we
have been pleased with the work that
has actually been put in.
We plan to get practices really up and
going at the beginning of next semester.
With a new coach, and the possibility of
belonging to a conference starting in the
new year, we hope that people will begin
to be active within the club and be able
to say with pride that they participate in
Xavier the Triathlon Club.
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Want more info about Club Sports?
Don’t forget to checkout the new club
sport web pages at
www.xavier/edu/clubsports
F e n c i n g
Xavier’s Fencing Team was delightfully surprised
by the improvement of their budding men’s epee
team this year during their annual tournament at
the Ohio State University. The team also participated in the men’s
foil and saber matches
as well as women’s foil
and sabre. They went up
against nine other
teams including, Oberlin, Bowling Green State
University, and, of
course, OSU.
Xavier’s Fencing Team
is extraordinary in the
fact that it accepts and
trains new fencers each
year. In the first two
sessions, the new fencers are introduced to
fencing’s footwork. By
the third session, the
fencers begin to use a
foil. This is because foil fencing is the most focused on swordplay, which allows the new fencers
to develop blocking and deflecting skills. A foil is
also the lightest of the three weapon options (foil,
epee, and sabre). After the new fencers learn to
use the foil, they are able
to choose their second
weapon, and eventually
work on the third. At the
end of training with all
three weapons the new
fencers pick their weapon
of choice.
The team is also very excited to welcome one of
their newest recruits, their
new head coach, Bob
Lehner. He attended Xavier and has been fencing
since 2005. Sabre is his
weapon of choice. He and
his team are looking forward to their two upcoming tournaments at Case
Western University and
Notre Dame.
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