By Ryan Day | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Flagler women’s basketball head coach Sherri Abbey-Nowatzki promises two things: an exciting brand of basketball and a competitive group of girls every time the Saints take the court.
“Anyone that comes out to watch us is going to watch a more talented and much faster team,” Nowatzki said. “That much I can tell you.”
By Ryan Day | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Flagler forward Boris Kalff isn’t giving any excuses on what he calls a disappointing season for a Flagler men’s soccer program that has only collected two wins in the first 15 games of the season.
“We as a team did not play up to our quality,” said Kalff, one of nine players from Europe. “I am very disappointed. We’re all very disappointed. I can’t think of one man on this squad that isn’t.”
By Lindsey williams | gargoyle@flagler.edu
All of Flagler’s 2,000 plus student body might not have attended the game Thursday night, but it sure felt like it as 200 cheering fans roared for their men’s basketball team against the Florida Gators in Gainesville’s O’Connell Center.
Swallowed by a sea of blue and orange, Flagler fans were scattered throughout the arena, proudly wearing spirited attire. Shirt or no shirt, body paint or no body paint, they came to support.
Clearly, this game was unlike any other game.
By Jennifer Setton | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The St. Augustine Amateur Golf Tournament attracted over 80 players, ages 15 to 35, from the United States and three foreign countries. The Tournament was held Oct. 19-21 at the St. Johns Golf Club.
Visitors, spectators, and volunteers were seen while players kept busy on the course. Volunteers from Flagler College, The First Tee, St. Johns Golf Club, Rotary Club of St. Augustine, and St. Augustine High School put a hand towards a smooth first round.
By Ryan Day | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Flagler midfielder Sean Gormley can’t help but laugh when asked what the first victory of the season means to a Flagler’s men’s soccer team that was on the verge of a 15th straight winless game.
“There are so many games where we’ve played well in the first half and then just let it get away,” Gormley said. “To get up on them [Thomas] and finish the way we did raises everyone’s confidence.”
The Saints have started the 2007 season 0-8-1 and were looking at a potential 10th winless game of the season as they took the field against Thomas University on Oct. 6. They notched the season’s second win Nov. 14 at home with a 2-1 victory over Saint Xavier University of Chicago.
By Jennifer Seton | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Flagler College will host nationally-ranked golfers from around the country as they come to participate in the St. Augustine Amateur at the St. John’s Golf Club Oct. 19 – 21.
The tournament consists of 72 golfers. The Tournament Committee invited 67 of those amateurs and the remaining five qualified through participation in the Local Qualifier on Oct. 7 as the top-five finishers.
Some teen golfers will have the opportunity to serve as caddies for the top-ranked amateur players in the tournament. Members of The First Tee of St. Johns County and St. John’s County high school golf teams, ranging in ages from 12 to 18, will be selected to serve as caddies.
By William Sandberg | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Flagler’s men’s and women’s cross country teams are already halfway through their seasons, but with a new women’s coach, and having moved to NCAA, they are already looking ahead in anticipation for next season.
For Christy Calderon-Castelli, the new women’s head coach, it has been a learning experience, but the women runners enjoy finally having a coach of their own.
“Having two separate coaches now has helped everyone out,” senior captain Jamie Stanish said. “It’s nice to have another female to relate to.”
By Viv Helwig | gargoyle@flagler.edu
When you think of Business Professor Lou Preysz and Men’s Basketball Coach Bo Clark you think of two men in separate fields, with separate goals, and separate backgrounds.
Preysz, an ex-military man who reached the rank of Captain, and Clark, an “ex-gunner” who ended his college basketball career as the all-time leading scorer for UCF, have more in common than first meets the eye. Under the surface, they both are men of faith, like to keep things lively by constantly cracking jokes, and have banners hanging in the Flagler gym.
By Devon Jeffreys | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The roller coaster ride that has been the 2007 season is headed toward its final loop and the Flagler Saints volleyball team may finish without two of their most experienced players.
Saints senior Jessica Wedemyer, injured earlier in the season, will miss the rest of the year with a knee injury and junior Leah Melton may miss the conclusion of the season with a stress fracture in her right tibia.
The injuries, coupled with inconsistencies on the court have left the Saints with a 16-11 record with eight games to play. The team will now have to work out the kinks without both Wedemyer and Melton.
By Brian Vigna | bvigna@flagler.edu
NBA basketball is looming – in just a few short weeks the NBA season will begin. In an offseason that pleased Boston fans and brought Blazers fans nothing but worries, excitement was not hard to find.