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Women’s Golf
The team finished the season where they were
expected to, third in the American Southwest
Conference, and the program looks to be poised
on the edge of an exciting new era. Senior Sarah
Stillwell and junior Gabby rosales led the team in
2011-12 and both earned all-aSC honors again this
year. Stillwell became the first Mountaineer golfer
to be a four-time all-aSC award winner. The excitement, though, is for the
future of the program. This fall, rosales and two strong freshmen from this
past year—Melanie Dean and Maddie Scheidler—will be joined by what is easily
the program’s biggest and strongest freshman recruiting class to date. The five
(possibly six) incoming freshmen should at least do for the women’s program
what that same sized group did for the Su men’s team in 2011-12. although
the program will be extremely young (likely eight of the top nine players will
be either freshmen or sophomores), a quick transition to college play by the
newbies could vault Su into the top-20 or higher in 2013.
Men’s Golf
The SU men got off to a very strong start in the fall
season, but didn’t fare as well in the spring. The team
finished fourth at the 2012 aSC Championships, which
is where the team was slotted going into the event,
but expectations after the strong fall season seemed
to weigh the team down. In the fall, the team rose to a
ranking as high as no. 16 in the nation. Cheyne Kendall
and Jimmy Keener, both freshmen, were tournament
medalists in the fall. Despite the drop-off in the spring,
the Mountaineers were successful in adding the no. 4-ranked freshmen
recruiting class in the nation in 2012 and all five rookies have already made
an impact. Two strong recruits join the returning players this fall and both
should compete for a starting spot right away. This team could be one of the
deepest and most competitive in the conference next year but will still have
only three upperclassmen on the roster. If the new and older players compete
as successfully in tournament play as they do in qualifying, this should be a
top-20 program by spring of next year. Junior andy Bell became a first-time
academic all-american in 2012.
Women’s Tennis
The Schreiner women’s tennis team struggled again this year,
but a new era has started, with new head coach Wade Morgan
taking a much more active approach with the women’s team.
although the record was similar to the past few years, team
competitiveness was quite a bit better. his first recruiting class will
arrive this fall and features an unheard-of seven new players. To say
that the program will be very different in 2013 is an understatement
as there will be strong competition for starting spots from now on,
which should mean significant change in the competitiveness of
the program. Sophomore Teresa Gaitan was the no. 1 player in singles and she
teamed with freshman haley richards at no. 1 doubles. The no. 2 doubles team
of juniors Kelley Spahn and Lindsay fox were the program’s strongest.
front row, left to right, Gabby
rosales, Simone Date and Katlynd
Imbody. Back row, left to right,
Melanie Dean, Maddie Scheidler
and Sarah Stillwell.
front row, left to right, andy Bell,
Ian Davis, Marcus Vargas, Zach
reichenau and Kelby ruiz.
Back row, left to right, Zach Oliver,
Jimmy Keener, Cheyne Kendall,
Matt Garrett (did not play in the spring)
and Tommy Xu.
Left to right, Coach Wade Morgan, Lindsay
fox, Kelley Spahn, haley richards and
Teresa Gaitan; not pictured: Lynne
Collenback and Becky Chiarro.
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