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SPORTS Volleyball Senior Night ends in sweet success By Ben Gibson
Senior night for the Rams volleyball team will be remembered by this year’s team for many reasons, not just because it was the seniors’ last home game. They’ll also remember their 3-0 sweep of the Charleston Golden Eagles, beating them 25-21, 25-22, 25-22. At the start of the first game, the Rams found themselves in a 4-2 disadvantage before tying the game up at 7-7. However, Shepherd was trailing by a few points throughout most of the match as the Golden Eagles stifled the Rams’ attacks. The Rams fought back with several small rallies and tied the game late 21-21. Shepherd finished off a roller coaster first game when senior middle hitter Rebecca Russell blocked Charleston’s attack, winning the game 25-21. “It was amazing; we beat Charleston last year for the first time in almost five years, so to come out here and beat them was amazing,” said Russell. The second game started with both teams exchanging points early on, although neither team established themselves offensively. The back and forth scoring lead to a 7-7 tie, and just like the first game, Charleston was able to take a small lead. The Rams tied the game up again at 14-14, as the teams again went back and forth to a 22-22 tie. In the end, however, the Rams closed out the second game late with kills by junior outside hitter Julie Robertson and sophomore middle hitter Amanda Hall, giving the Rams a 25-22 victory. |
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The Stages of Loss: Redskins fans By Ben Gibson This year has been a tough year for Redskins fans as the team has lost to a number of teams it arguably should have beaten, the Kansas City Chiefs and Detroit Lions in particular. Jim Zorn, who was first hired as an offensive coordinator by the Redskins, was eventually promoted to head coach but wasn’t able to hire his own staff, as owner Dan Snyder deemed that the coaches he had there would do—mostly holdovers from Joe Gibbs’s second tenure. Now Zorn has gotten a vote of confidence, but Snyder has stripped Zorn of play-calling duties. What has transpired since then has made the Redskins the butt of NFL jokes, slightly ahead of the Oakland Raiders, but well behind the Cleveland Browns. Shepherd student and Redskins fan Andy Murray expressed his feelings about the team. “It’s not like it’s just one thing; as a organization, things just don’t make sense right now. I think over time, things will be fixed, but I’m not going to overreact.” explained Murray. “Injuries, especially to Chris Cooley, along with talent just not producing—I don’t know what to think of them right now, I’ll always be a fan, but this is bad.” Murray sums up the feelings of most Redskins fans. They are loyal, but they want to blame Snyder, Zorn, quarterback Jason Campbell, or some of the highly-payed players like Albert Haynesworth, for the Redskins’ problems. I’m not going to assign blame to anyone; it could be one of many things, from management to players, to any part of the organization. What I am going to do, though, is give Redskins fans, or any fan of a struggling team, a modified version of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s outline of the stages of grief. Consider it a playbook for frustration. |
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