By Travis Walters
CHANGES
SCAD recently announced the end of the Men’s and Women’s basketball & cheerleading programs with the 2008-2009 season for SCAD-Savannah. The college is adding men’s and women’s golf, cross country, and tennis to SCAD-Atlanta starting in the 2009-2010 season.
The women’s basketball coach, Stephany Raines, will become assistant athletics director at the end of the season. Players attending SCAD on a scholarship with these sports will see that scholarship honored, and will be helped should they decide to transfer elsewhere.
In a statement released to the press, Athletics Director Quin Monahan said, “While the decision to phase out men’s and women’s basketball as well as cheerleading was certainly a very difficult one, I remain excited about the future of SCAD athletics and look forward to a very strong year.”
The SCAD-Savannah intramural, recreation and fitness departments will be seeing renewed emphasis. Year over year, participation in these programs increases with some 1,650 individuals participating in the 16 sports offered in 2007-2008. At Club SCAD, 15 programs were offered each quarter last year, including; aerobics, kickboxing, self-defense, pilates, and yoga.
Men’s basketball started during the 1991-1992 season, and the women’s during the 1993-1994 season. The men’s team had a record of 218-230, with three berths in the NCAA Division III Championship in 2000, 2001, and 2003. Their best season was 2002-2003 when they won 16 games in a row with a college-record of 21-6. They were ranked 20th nationally.
The women’s team had a record of 213-172, and went to three NCAA Division III championships in 1996, 1997, and 2002. They won the Sun Conference Championship in 2007.
THIS SEASON
Womens’ soccer is 2-1-0 and 1-1-0 after a game on Sept. 5, which had the Bees losing 4-0 to Northwood University, the Seahawks are two time Sun Conference Champions. Their previous game on Sept. 3 had the Bees winning 4-0 over St. Thomas University. It also gave Melissa Feuerriegel 33 career goals and 78 total points, putting her in second place behind Larissa Stec (1999-2003) who had 35 goals and 83 total points. They are ranked 11th overall. The SCAD Classic takes place Sept. 12 and 14 at the SCAD Athletics Center in Hardeeville. The Bees will play Auburn University Montgomery on the Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. and Berry College on Sept. 14 at 1 p.m.
Men’s soccer is 0-2-1 and 0-1-0 after a Sept. 3 game with St. Thomas University which saw the Bees fall 3-2. They are ranked 25th overall.
Volleyball remains unbeaten, 4-0 in the league, and 5-3 overall, after a match with Florida Memorial University on Sept. 6, 25-16, 25-14, and 25-13.Men’s cross country, the only NAIA team competing in the NCAA Division II meet, came in 6th out of 7 teams at the Pre-Peach Belt Conference Meet on Sept. 6, with 153 points. Patrick Cooley came in 25th place and had the top time of 28:42.
Women’s cross country, the only NAIA team competing in the NCAA Division II meet, came in 5th out of 10 teams at the Pre-Peach Belt Conference on Sept. 6, with 153 points. Meaghan Keiffer came in 15th with a time of 20:30 and Tracy Koch came in 20th with a time of 20:47.
