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^ The Megaphone, March 24, 2005
SPORTS
Melanie Stanzer takes full advantage of the golf course
Native of Switzerland started playing with her father; has grown to love SU team
By CHUCK RIVAS
Megaphono Staff Writer
As most of us walk to class
during the day, we try our best
to avoid golf earts barreling on a
collision course down the mall.
While most of these golf
earts belong to the grounds crew
rrf Smith western, « frw random
golf earts can be seen driven by
students in the day.
These earts come from one
of the coolest assets Southwest-
ern has that people really don't
exploit: a golf course.
Not many students at South-
western actually take advantage
of this course, but no one uses
this hidden treasure more then
Melanie Stanzer.
Stanzer, a sophomore, is on
the woman’s golf team here at
Southwestern.
Stanzer has ten years of golf-
ing experience. When I asked
Stanzer who created the most
influence for her to play, she
said her dad got her into the
sport and she has been playing
ever since.
“It gets me a chance to get
outside," said Stanzer
Stanzer has been compet-
ing for the Southwestern Lady
Pirates for two years now and
loves her teammates. Although
she has to practice for two hours
everyday. Stanzer doesn’t really
mind.
She described a Typical pniC-
tice saying, “We go out and just
hit at the driving range, fol-
lowed by work on our putting
and other shots."
“The best part of my game
would have to be my ability to
drive the ball/' said Stanzer.
Her favorite club is the
number one driver although she
doesn't mind using an iron every
now and then.
She owns a set of Cobra
clubs that she has used since she
began playing golf.
“1 would really like to see
more girls come out and try to
be part of our team," Stanzer
went on to say.
Melanie joined up with hes-
itation but after awhile, really
came to love her team. “We all
work well together (the team)
and really get along."
“We also have a great coach;
Coach Ruyle is so funny and he
helps us out a lot," stated Stan-
zer.
It came as a surprise when
I first met Stanzer to find out
she w'as originally from Swit-
zerland.
"We moved here about ten
years ago,” she informed me.
Stanzer is fluent in German
and English. She unfortunately
couldn’t give me any golf terms
in German dialect. She currently
lives in Houston, Texas.
Stanzer is a Psychology
major with a focus on Prc-Med
and a minor in Chemistry/
Biology.
She has the aspirations of
going to medical school where
she wants to become more
involved in her profession as
an HMT (Emergency Medical
Technician).
For the past two years. Stan-
Stanzer on the golf course.
Chuck Rivas | Megaphone
z.er has worked back home in
Houston as an EM T She gained
the idea for the field when she
decided to take an EM I class
they offered at her high school
and fell in love w ith it.
“It gives me the opportunity
to help people.” she explained.
"1 absolutely love the people I
work wTth; the people who work
for the EMS (Emergency Medi-
cal Services) are very special "
Outside of golf, Stanzer
studies a lot for her future pro-
fession, but when she gets a
chance she loves to travel. She
has gone all over Europe, Africa,
and China with her family.
Stanzer also loves to watch
movies with her friends.
"My favorite movie would
have to be Ladder 49," she said.
“It is such a great movie."
If you ever see Stanzer, I
dare you to challenge her in
a game of golf, or even putt-
putt, because as this reporter can
tell you, she definitely will beat
you.
But, she will give you some
pointers to improve your game
along the w ay. ♦
Psychology major Robinette plays the SU lacrosse field
Defensive position allows her to get in opponent’s face and keep them from scoring
By CHUCK RIVAS
Megaphone Staff Writer
to say about it.
Coming wav of Knoxville,
this Tennessee native decided
to take a chance and come to
Southwestern, a school that is a
year Robinette will be playing
lacrosse, but she loves it.
-I would like to
When you think of Lacrosse
players, the word sw'eet usually
doesn't come to mind, but take good 1000 plus miles from her A>CC everyone COlTie
a pineh of ferociousness, add in hometown.
a little sweat from hard work,
throw a cute smile on top,
and you have Claire Robinette,
defensive starter for the Lady
Pirates Lacrosse team.
Robinette, a sophomore
studying psychology, is your
typical fun outgoing girl She
likes acoustical guitar music
like Dave Matthews, John
Mayer, and Coldplay, loves
designer purses, and even wears
makeup.
But out on the lacrosse
fields, she is a hardworking,
focused player who won't let
anyone score if she has anything
“I wanted something new,"
said Robinette. “1 wanted to see
a new part of the world."
Robinette's typical day
sounds like any other student
athletes. She ^cts up in the
morning around 8 to get,-rCacly
and head to the commons for
breakfast. Then it 's off to class,
followed by forking as an
ambassador (someone who
shows tours for the school). then
a two hour lacrosse practice on
Mondays. Tuesdays, and Thurs-
days, and finally studying later
that night.
This is ojly the second
out and see us in our
final ^ame against
Trinity on April 2nd,
we love our fans,”
said Robinette.
v
“I started playing just
w'anted a physical
commented
because
activity,”
Robinette.
But with
and
ut with knowledge
experience passed on through
her coach Jenny Caloway and
fellow players, she has blos-
somed into one of the premier
defensive players on the team.
Sports are nothing new to
Robinette. She played volley-
ball and ran track in high school
back in Tennessee.
When asked why she plays
defense, Robinette explained, “I
always loved defense; in other
sports, like volleyball, that was
my specialty.”
When asked how she plays
defense, she responded, “Usu-
ally I just mirror them und then
get m their face."
Robinette emphasized how
much she loved defense stating,
“It feels really good when you
stop an opponent from score,
you know, when you stop the
ball it is as if all your hard work
is paying off for your team.
Robinette isn't entirely sure
w hat she wants to do after grad-
uation just yet, but she is pretty
sure it will involve children.
“I fine working with kids,”
enthusiastically stated Robi-
nette.
___Some possible goals she Iras'
for the future include becoming
a child psychologist or thera-
pist.
"Our team is very hard
working and focused," stated
Robinette.
She made it clear that fan
support was a key factor in most
of their wins.
"I would like to see every-
one come out and sec us in our
final game against Trinity on
April 2nd, -wc love our fans."
said Robinette smiling.
"Oh, I love outdoor stuff,"
added Robinette. "You know
like camping!"
Claire Robinette is the type
of lacrosse player that not only
Courtesy of Claire Robinette
Robinette loves being outdoors.
works hard for herself, but she
works hard for everyone on the
team. With a little grudge, a
lacrosse jersey, and a smile as
she is ready on defense, Rob-
inette is ready on and off the
field. ♦
Kylan Loney leads Arizona State against Notre Dame
Final score against No. 4 team 70-61; ASU women on their way to Tempe Regional
By ERIK HALL
Daily Him
FRESNO. Calif. (AP) -
When Arizona State honored its
seniors last month, Kylan Loney
knew there would be more to
celebrate later.
Arizona State's aggressive
defense, timely shooting and
gritty deterrpination earned the
Sun Devils that coveted trip
home for the Tempo Regional.
I.onev scored eight points
in the final l 29 and finished
w ith 20 and the fifth-seeded Sun
Devils erased an early 13-point
deficit to shock No. 4, Notre
Dame 70-61 on Monday night.
"Wc said on senior night
that this really, isnT^enior nigki
because we're going to be back,"
Loney said. “This confirms it."
She and her teammates
immediately rushed to center
court of the Sav^e Mart Center to
celebrate the school's first sec-
ond-round victory in the NCAA
Tournament.
Aubrce Johnsoh had 12
points and nine rebound^ and
Amy Denson added 11 points
eight rebounds ufftht
for the spirited Sun Devils,
who gained the momentum on
Betsy Boardman's buzzer-beat-
Kylan Loney celebrates with her teammates
Courtesy of ESPN com
ing 3-pointer at halftime.
I'hc Fighting Irish, ranked
11th in the nation and trying to
advance past the second round
for the third straight year, didn't
exhibit the kind of fight the Sun
Devils showed in the second
half.
“We looked tired mentally,”
Notre Dame coach Mullet
McGraw said. "It seemed like
we hit a wall, and mentally we
just couldn’t get over it"
Arizona Slate (24-9). the
10's top defensive team
season, hustled into the huddle
during timeouts and hit the floor
for loose balls. Coach Charli
Turner Thorne high-fivod her
players to fire them up at every
opportunity - and the Sun Devils
kept making big baskets when-
ever Notre Dame (27-6) threat-
ened
After Jacqueline Batteast s
putbaek pulled the Irish to 49-44
with 6:11 remaining, Emily
Westcrberg converted a three-
point play on the other end for
Arizona State, making an off-
balance layup at 5:47. And Kris-
ten Kovesdy answered a Notre
Dame score watli a fast-break
layup at 3:30 to make it 58-50.
Batteast had 20 points, eight
rebounds and three blocks in
her final game for Notre Dame,
which committed 23 turnovers,
had only seven assists and went
away from what had worked so
well in the first half: pounding
the ball inside. Megan Duffy,
who brought the Irish back in
their first-round win over UC
Santa Barbara, scored 20 of her
24 points after halftime.
Her two free throw's with
2:34 made it 58-54 before
Reagan Pariseau swished a
12-footer at 2:06.
All season, Arizona State
refusal to talk about the possi-
bility of playing at home in the
tournament - but it was always
the objective. The Sun Devils
went 12-1 -at home this season,
including a 61 -50 upset of three-
time defending NCAA cham-
pion Connecticut on Dee. 21.
Turner Thome asked her
team to be aggressive Monday
against the physical Irish, and
the Sun Devils more than
obliged.
Stanford’s fans, in the seats
for the next game, cheered “Go
Pac-10!” and “ASU!" in the
waning moments.
The Sun Devils reached the
round of 16 in 1982 and '83. hut
that's when the bracket featured
only 32 teams.
r— Turner Thorne was razzed
during the Pac-I() media day
back in October for predicting
the Sun Devils would reach the
Final Four
“For all those people who
teased me, this is what we've
been looking for," Turner
Thorne said. "We have a huge
advantage right now . Part of the
battle was getting home. The
other part is winning.”
Notre Dame freshman guard
Cliarel Allen went down with a
torn anterior cruciate ligament
in her left knee injury with 14:23
remaining after colliding with
Boardman and did not return.
The Sun Devils trailed by as
many as 13 in the first half but
opened the second halt with a first half. ♦
12-2 run to build a 35-30 lead.
“For that 10-minute stretch,
wc couldn't do anything right.”
McGraw said. "I thought Ari-
zona State played a great game
w ith a lot of inspiration. Having
the regional in ’Tempe was great
motivation for them to play
hard."
Batteast, the Big Hast plaver
of the year and Notre Dame's
leading scorer, had eight points
and six straight during a key
16-3 run midway through the
March Madness
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