Late header gives women's soccer 1-0 win over North Florida
The Elon University women's soccer team had been putting pressure on the University of North Florida's team all Friday night at Rudd Field, and through 84 minutes it hadn't paid off.
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The Elon University women's soccer team had been putting pressure on the University of North Florida's team all Friday night at Rudd Field, and through 84 minutes it hadn't paid off.
For the second time in her career, sophomore midfielder Kelly Siewers had a two-goal game, tallying both goals in the second-half to give the Phoenix a 2-0 win over Chattanooga Sunday afternoon in Tennessee.
The Elon University women’s soccer team was hoping to keep their stellar start to the season going into their match against N.C. State in Raleigh Thursday night. But, a hungry Wolfpack team scored goals in both halves, netting a 2-0 victory over the Phoenix for their first win of the season.
The 2014 season was, as head coach Chris Neal put it, a “perfect storm” of bad things happening to the Elon University women’s soccer team. The result was a 5-12 record, including a 1-8 record in Colonial Athletic Association play.
The Elon University women’s soccer team had a difficult end to its season in 2014. After a victory over the University of Delaware on Senior Day, the Phoenix had to travel to the College of William & Mary, Towson University and James Madison University to conclude its season.
After their opening match was cancelled, the Elon Women’s soccer team was chomping at the bit to get the first win of its young season against Davidson. In the 3rd minute of overtime, sophomore defender Kendall Ballotti put the ball in the back of the net to give the Phoenix its first win of the year.
The Elon University women’s soccer team’s season opener at Charleston Southern University was brought to an early close Friday night after gaining a first half lead. A lightning delay that lasted more than 90 minutes prompted the cancellation of the match. It will not be rescheduled.
College has been quite an adjustment for Heather Munro, a freshman Dundee, Scotland, native on the Elon University women’s golf team. Even so, she found herself leading the Colonial Athletic Association Women’s Golf Championships after the second day of the three-day tournament. After shooting a 2-under par on the day to go 3-under for the tournament, she put herself and her team in position to win the individual and team championships. Munro finished the tournament with a 217 — 1-over par — to earn the individual runner-up title in the CAA Tournament. She also helped the Phoenix capture second place in the team competition. “The last day was disappointing,” Munro said. “But if I had been told I’d come in second at the start of the week, I would have taken it. I think it was a good start to my freshman year.” When transitioning from golf in Scotland to golf in the United States, Munro had to adjust to the different course conditions. “The weather’s a lot different,” Munro said. “When I came in, I had a really low ball flight because it’s so windy back home. When I came out here I made it a lot higher because the greens here are more receptive than at home.” Munro is aware of her strengths and weaknesses as a player and has worked to develop her game throughout the season. “I’ve been working on my putting a lot with [head coach Chris Dockrill], and it’s slowly getting there, but there’s still a lot of work to do,” she said. According to Dockrill, Munro has improved the weaker areas of her game. “She’s worked extremely hard two weeks prior going into the [CAA Championships],” he said. “And the things that she was having trouble with, she did very well, especially her short game area.” But the improvements in her game have been more mental than physical, according to Munro. “I think I’ve improved a lot — not so much golf-wise — but how I think my way around the course,” she said. Team play was something unfamiliar to Munro, who had primarily focused on individual play during high school. “Obviously, team golf is a lot different from individual golf,” she said. “I have to think about saving strokes for the team compared to saving strokes for myself.” As a member of the Scottish women’s national team, Munro competed in several competitions across Europe, including the 2013 Girls’ European Team Championships and the 2014 Scottish Ladies Open. Since the golf season is year-round, Munro began her college career Sept. 14 and ended her debut season April 19 in the CAA Championships. Her best finish in the fall came during the William & Mary Invitational from Sept. 14-16, 2014, tying in fourth after shooting 3-over in her first tournament as a Phoenix. In the spring, her best finish was when she shot a 14-over to tie for 10th place in the FGCU (Florida Gulf Coast University) Eagle Invitational. Although her best performances dipped from fourth to 10th, she trained hard throughout the season. “I was a bit apprehensive going into [the CAA Championships],” Munro said. “I had been a bit inconsistent at the start of the spring season and I felt like it had all come together. But you never really know for sure.” Munro will compete in events like the British Ladies Open this summer to continue her development. Dockrill has increased expectations for next season, not only for Munro but for the team as a whole. He said the women’s golf team is strong from top to bottom, so there will be more events in the fall against highly ranked opponents. “There’s no question that she’s [Munro] going to be a strong player next year,” he said. “I see her really expanding on what she did this year, especially looking at how she performed this season.”
It’s not usual for Elon University junior Tereza Novotna to be dropped off in a forest, with only a map and a compass to help her find her way out. Sound scary? It might be for some people, but for Novotna, it’s just another day of orienteering.
Moral Mondays are protests that are familiar to the citizens of North Carolina. After a summer full of protests at the capitol in Raleigh, Alamance County saw its first Moral Monday protest Oct. 28.
In the wake of a turnaround from one of the toughest recessions our country has been through since the Great Depression, attention is being focused on higher education more now than ever before. Particularly, college and university leaders are growing concerned about maintaining student enrollment as tuition rises every year.
Though the North Carolina General Assembly significantly tightened the state’s education budget during the summer’s legislative session, it voted to allocate an additional $5.1 million to Teach for America, an educational nonprofit that places temporary teachers in low-income school districts. The allocation boosts the state’s total funding of the program to $6 million and will be used during the 2014- 2015 school year.