Sports

By Nikki Leonardo When most coaches start looking for recruits for their upcoming season they usually begin their search in November and continue on until the end of April.

Lady Saints defeat Webber International, fall to Embry-Riddle, Northwood

By Michael O’Donnell
Photo by Glenn Judah

PHOTO CAPTION: Lady Saints junior defender Jessica Echterling is one of the few upperclassmen on this year’s squad. The team secured its first win on Sept. 24 at home.

Coming off a record-setting season with 14 wins, coach Teddy Meyer and the Lady Saints finally got the monkey off their back with their first win Sept. 24, against Webber International in a 3-0 win.

Sophomore forward Pam Quimby scored first for the Lady Saints in the 31st minute of the game on a loose ball in front of the goal. Freshman forward Tiffany Urquhart scored on a through ball in the 79th minute, passed by junior defender Jessica Echterling, and to cap off the game in the 86th minute, Quimby scored her second of the match off of a pass from Urquhart.

“It was a good win,” Meyer said. “It was very rewarding.”

New coach and new choreographer get dancers to express themselves

By Andrea Huls
Photo by Andrea Huls

PHOTO CAPTION: Choreographer Sara Hussien and coach Dr. Nadia Ramoutar help the dance team get in shape for the prospect of competing in the nationally-televised College Dance Team National Championship at Walt Disney World Resort early next year.

It is 7:30 p.m. and the Flagler College Dance Team has been practicing non-stop for over an hour. This year, the team is ready to break the old stereotypes and show what they are really made of.

By Megan Kramer The Flagler women’s golf team opened their fall season Sept. 23-24 competing in the Lady Falcon Invitational in Ormond Beach, finishing 11th overall.

By Megan Kramer New developments are in place for Flagler Field over the next few months. The facility will undergo renovation as Flagler makes its transition into the NCAA.

By Michael St. Germain This year’s intramurals have already kicked off to a great start. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings, co-ed softball is underway at the baseball fields on Riberia Street. Sand volleyball is Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at the sand court by the…

By Nikki Leonardo
Photo by Glenn Judah

PHOTO CAPTION: Flagler baseball players and volleyball line judges Glenn Kiture and Brett Cooper discuss the ongoing volleyball match between points. Both Kiture and Cooper are Sport Management majors at Flagler. They volunteer as line judges and Kiture says there is no pro Flagler bias.

It has been a really close game with the scored tied. Embry-Riddle sets the ball, and the middle blocker attacks. The ball lands on the line. What is the call? In or out? It all comes down to Flagler athlete, Glenn Kiture, line judge for the Flagler volleyball team.

Kiture’s line judging career started as a favor to a friend, and it turned out to be something he enjoyed and has continued.

“The first match was difficult for me because I was nervous, but now I got the hang of things,” he said.

By Devon Jeffreys Last Wednesday, the New York Mets, my favorite baseball team since I was just a year old (see the hat), played their first playoff game since 2000. As you can expect I was … not glued to the TV. I was at…

By Michael St. Germain

Senior sport management major Gerson Penza has helped the men’s soccer team to an excellent start for the 2006 season. Penza is from Willemstad, Curacao, an island of the Netherlands Antilles in the Carribean.

By Devon Jeffreys
Photo by Glenn Judah

PHOTO CAPTION: The Lady Saints fell to Palm Beach Atlantic and Lynn University over the weekend. Head Coach Taylor Mott attributes the loss to the team’s lack of mental toughness. “When we’re losing these five-game matches it is because mentally we’re not tough enough,” she said.

The Flagler Volleyball team entered last weekend facing a test and their performance left much room for improvement.

Coming off two easy wins during the week, the Lady Saints hosted Palm Beach Atlantic Saturday. The match up featured two teams that hope to soon be a part of the NCAA Div. II Sunshine State Conference.