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COURTESY OF KRISTINA BROWN
University of Texas, Southern
UT shows we have made great
ning, using a rowing machine, and to do quick turnarounds to progress,” Gaffney said.
The crew is in the process of
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Notre Dame to reconnect,
Q: What team do you think
is going to be your toughest
other sports. So why doesn’t St.
Edward’s have a swim team?
According to Scott Abel,
gery and he’s back now, Dian
Ivanov had ACL surgery and
he’s back too. They’re going
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drills to keep the boat set.
They must also learn how to
steer the boat down the river
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universities’ schedules.
In the past, there was a swim
club for students to recreation-
ally practice and compete in at
St. Edward’s. The club called
themselves the Aqua Goats.
However, the club was more of
a hobby and social event than a
competitive team.
higher level.
Their workouts consist of run-
“For being a team
that’s only a year
old, beating teams
like UT shows we
have made great
progress.”
In the past, there
was a swim club
for students to
recreationally
practice and
compete in at St.
Edward’s.
the most total points and
most minutes played of the to be key players this season,
team, and his efforts were We have some new guys in
rewarded when he was named this year. Nate Barsted from
to meet the requirements put cial school organization, they
workouts make membership a
big commitment.
Men’s team captain Walker
Tai said that one of the obsta-
every game is important. We
come out and we have to win
every game. Every game we
have to come in like it’s our
toughest competition.
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one of the hardest parts of Methodist University and Rice
rowing, which is why they do University
Q: What are some of your
expectations for this season?
and play hard and give a good
effort and really show every-
one that we can play well
early Early in the season it’s
tough to have good chemis-
try, but this team has great
chemistry and I think if we
play well and play hard and do
all the right things we have a
chance to be successful.
Montana, he’s going to be
a key guy for us, and some
returning players from last
year are Taylor Land, Cory
Griffin and Taylor Mullenax.
We’re really a good team, so
pretty much everyone has a
crucial role. All around it’s
a team effort, so we’re all
well as a team, and pick up
where we left off last year
and the year before to get our
third conference champion-
“For being a team that’s only and I hope it happens soon,”
a year old, beating teams like Gaffney said. “Crew is such a
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Q: What are your thoughts beat them and hang with
on the Notre Dame game? them and do really well in
A: I’m excited. It’s a good the pre-season, that should
be good. But in conference,
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wonderful sport and our team
is very competitive; I can’t wait
to be able to represent our
team in an even better way”
Because crew is not an offi-
Q: Who do you think is your
toughest competition for the
Heartland Conference title?
A: It changes year-to-year.
The word is that Oklahoma
Panhandle is pretty good
this year, and Dallas Baptist
Q: Who are some of the St. returned a lot of guys, so they
Edward’s players we should might be kind of tough. But
be keeping an eye on?           like I said before, it s real-
A: We got a couple of key ly every team that we need
guys back from injuries. to worry about, because no
Daniel Pierre had back sur- night is an easy night out.
“Out-work not work out” is
the motto of the women’s bas-
ketball team this year, senior
Tammy Bartosh said, as the
team gets ready to begin the
2007-08 season. The play-
ers want to out-work their
opponents this year, and they
believe their motto sends a
more positive message during
workouts.
The team’s season is about
to start, and, so far, things are
looking good. The team is the
same except for a transfer stu-
dent from Southern Methodist
University, Leah Starr.
The team struggled almost
all last season trying to build
chemistry, so this year having
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the Heartland Conference
Player of the Year. Recently,
a Hilltop Views reporter
caught up with Shawn to get
his thoughts on the upcom-
ing season.
that.”                         coach Chuck Stollenwerk of Katherine Stowe said that
Members of the crew are the Texas Rowing Center, St. keeping the boat balanced is
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so I hope we go out there
ing powerhouses such as the forth by the Office of Student
close to the same team will be
a great advantage.
The Heartland Conference is
going to be tough this season,
but the conference has changed                                       SEU SPORTS INFORMATION
just a bit, with Montana leav- Junior Whitney Regian and the Lady Hilltoppers are ready for the season,
ing and Kansas Newman enter-
ing to take its place.            Heartland Conference teams,
The tough teams the girls allowing a total of 1,630 points
always face, St. Mary’s in 27 games. The team was
University and the University also sharp on their free throws
of Incarnate Word, are still in comparison with the other
here and strong. Last year, St. teams. They were ranked sec-
Edward’s was third in confer- ond in free throws as well, 370
ence, right behind Incarnate shots made out of 518 attempt-
Word and right before St ej
Mary’s.                          The Lady Hilltoppers domi-
One of the team’s strengths nated the rebounding stats.
last season was their non- They were ranked first in
stop defense, as the Lady rebounding offense, defense
Hilltoppers finished second and margin.
in scoring defense among The girls have been practic-
j,
A—,
do not receive money from the
school. This means that they
have to raise all of their money
by holding fundraisers and get-
ting corporate sponsors to pay
for their trips and equipment.
One of the fundraisers they
plan to hold on campus is an
Erg-a-thon, where team mem-
bers bring a rowing machine to
school and receive pledges for
rowing a certain distance.
Last weekend the varsity
teams traveled to Wichita,
Kan., to compete in the 16th
annual Frostbite Regatta. Race
results were not available at
press time.
competition, the team stays
very positive. The practices
are filled with enthusiasm and
clapping while everyone is
working to support each other
as well as improve their perfor-
mance.
The team is amply prepared
I for its first tournament Nov
16 and 17, which will also
include some of the first home
games of the season. The
team plays Missouri Southern
State University and Abilene
Christian University
After this tournament, the
next anticipated tournament
takes place duringThanksgiving
Break.
The girls will be traveling
to Denver to participate in
the Metro State Tourney At
Christmas the team will be
traveling to warm Nassau,
where they will participate in
the Bahamas Tournament.
Bartosh said she is looking
forward to her senior year. She
said she has played all four of
ing a lot this school year to  her years here and hopes to
get ready for the upcoming have a strong finish this year-
season. Their practices con- Other seniors include Alana
sist of a series of shooting, Lara, Becca Nagel, Alesheia
defensive and offensive drills. White and Jackie Saathoff.
Sometimes the teams get to Keep an eye out when
play four on four, half-court, November rolls around. Go
and full-court scrimmages. out and support our Lady
Every practice is very com- Hilltoppers, as they begin
petitive and keeps the play- their season with hopes of win-
ers working hard, because they ning the 2007-08 Heartland
know if they lose at the drill Conference championship,
or scrimmage, they will have
to run.
Even though there is a lot of
on the lake every weekday by Edward’s crew is working to
5:30 a.m. and Saturdays by 8 refine their rowing skills so
a.m. Early practices and tough they can take their racing to a
cles the team faces is having erg, and doing rowing drills on    This is the crew’s second year becoming a recognized cam-
Pumpkinhead,” sophomore pu-.
Veronica Gaffney said. “Our
team has a lot of heart and The men's novice eight finished seventh in the Pumpkinhead Regatta on Lady Bird Lake Oct 27.
skill and I think we displayed
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ship in a row That’s really opponent this year?
important to us. Also, to A: Pre-season our toughest
advance past the first round opponent might be Tarleton;
in regional — that’s something they got a couple of big D-i
we want to do and hope- transfers, and they’re hyped
fully we can get past that first  up by the D-2 polls. They’re
round, that mark we haven’t  supposed to be in the top
been able to pass in the past five and a big-time team; we
two years.                    play them twice. If we can
show everyone that we can
St. Edward’s University
crew raced Oct. 27 in the
Pumpkinhead Regatta on Lady
Bird Lake and received several
medals.
The varsity women’s open
four team won second place
with an impressive time of
21:09, the varsity men’s open
four team won third with a
time of 19:22, the women’s
novice eight placed fourth and
the men’s novice eight came in
seventh.
“I think both the novices and
varsity did a great job at the
students agree that the variety associate athletics director, the
of sports offered on campus problem with adding a swim
is lacking, particularly when team include the cost and the
compared to the sports offered scarcity of other Division II
by neighboring universities. universities with swim teams in
Although St. Edward’s does the area. This makes it harder
have teams that compete at to facilitate a school-sponsored
the NCAA Division II level, swim team because there are
they are few and far between, virtually no competitors.
For example, St. Edward’s cur- Abel also said that having
rently does not have a swim a sponsored swim team at
teain, or any other swimming- St. Edward’s would be incon-
oriented program for students venient for the athletes and
to compete in.                  school.
Initiating a swim team would Since St. Edward’s is not in
not be a difficult task since the same division as the other
swimming seems to be a sport universities that offer competi-
that is fairly inexpensive and tive swimming, the team would
that uses less equipment than be at the mercy of the other
Senior business administra-
tion major Shawn Weinstein
was a key player for the St.
Edward’s University’s men’s
basketball team during the
2006-2007 season. He
is returning this year with
hopes of helping his team
capture its third consecutive
Heartland Conference title
and advancing in the play-
offs.
Last year, Weinstein had
According to Abigail
Schneider, the program direc-
tor of Student Life, the club
has renewed its recognition
as an organization with the
Student Life office for years,
until it mysteriously vanished
one year. The Aqua Goats seem
to have dissolved in the water,
never to be seen again.
Schneider said that all it
would take to revive the Aqua
Goats, or another swimming
club at St. Edward’s, is a hand-
ful of dedicated athletes who
want to organize another
team.
people show up consistently the water.                     as a team, and the young team
Under the leadership of Women’s team captain has been routinely beating row-
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Life.
“I am really excited about
becoming an official club sport
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