Fun Team Building Opportunity!

Interested in doing some fun team building with your club, while at the same time participating in a great community service effort? Why not help out at the CRS Sprint Triathlon?

Volunteers are needed to help out with registration, handing out water to participants, and monitoring the course. the event date is Sunday, September 26, and all volunteers will receive t-shirts and snacks.

All sport club participants are encouraged to volunteer! Gather up a group of your teammates and make a day of volunteering and cheering on the triathlon participants. Email Kristin Legg, Triathlon Co-Coordinator, at klegg@umd.edu for more details or to sign up for a volunteer shift.

Welcome Back!

The summer is finally winding down and in less than a week classes will be back in session! The sport club staff is gearing up for another year of sport club fun - are you?

If you are a club officer, you have received a huge email with important dates, your schedule, and your budget for the 2010-2011 year. Please pass along pertinent information to your club members so everyone is on the same page for the start of the season.

Interested in joining a sport club this year? All you need to do for now is contact the club president and find out when the first practice or team meeting is - you'll get all the details at that practice or meeting.

Questions? Please email Katie Hagen, Assistant Director-Sport Clubs, at khagen@umd.edu.

Congrats to our award winners!

Thank you to all of our officers who came out on May 6 to celebrate another great year for Maryland Sport Clubs! I'd especially like to congratulate all of our award winners:

Spirit of Sport Clubs

Christina Bohr, Badminton Club

Student-Athlete Award

Women's Club Soccer

Athletic-Competetive Achievement Award

Terps Lacrosse Club

Fundraising Award

Triathlon

Terrapin Community Award

Women's Ice Hockey Club

Coach of the Year

James Evans and Andrew Barber, Terps Lacrosse Club

Club of the Year

Triathlon Club

I am so proud of all of our clubs - thank you for a great year!

Spotlight on Men's Ultimate

The Men's Ultimate team has been a program on the rise over the last five years. From being a relatively unknown entity in the Ultimate Frisbee community to becoming one of the regions top teams; Maryland Ultimate is now a nationally recognized program. After finishing third in the Metro East region for two straight years, the team is looking for it's first berth in the National Championship tournament this year. Two major steps towards that goal were made this fall during the Wolfpack Invitational and Wilmington 8s tournaments. The Wolfpack Invitational is an annual fall tournament that hosts some of the east coasts most competitive teams. This is the first year that Maryland was invited and able to compete. Seeded 7th coming in; the team was able to finish the tournament in 5th place, due to victories over UNC, East Carolina, Georgia Southern and Emory. Ket wins at tournaments like this are major stepping stones towards the teams Nationals goal.

On November 7 and 8th, The men's ultimate team competed at one of the most highly competitive tournaments in that nation. Eight nationally competitive teams were invited to compete in Wilmington, NC. National powerhouses such as Pittsburgh, Florida and Virginia were in attendance. Tournaments such as this were out of reach for the Men's Ultimate team several years ago.
Finally, the team hosted one of the fall's largest ultimate frisbee events on November 14th and 15th. The Colonial Ultimate Festival hosts over 40 teams from schools as far as Boston College to compete on the fields of the Capital Polo Club in Poolesville, MD. This tournament is one of the largest in the country and is in it's second year of being hosted by the team just before Thanksgiving time, with a number of sponsors providing tournament merchandise, pictures of the action and food for hungry players and spectators. This year the tournament was once again a huge success. Congratulations to Millersville University on winning overall tournament champions.

For more information on joining the men's ultimate club, visit us on the web!!

Sportlight on Women's Ice Hockey

The Maryland Women’s Ice Hockey team is off to an exciting season. The team is showing a great deal of talent and enthusiasm that has provided for some amazing ice hockey. Come check out the Terps as they battle it out on the ice. The team’s home ice is located only a few miles from campus at The Garden’s Ice House in Laurel, MD.

The Terps have started strong this season with victories against Mt Holyoke, Naval Academy and most recently Virginia. The team took on Virginia this past weekend at the Verizon Center in DC. The match up took place prior to a Washington Capitals game. The Terps defeated UVA, the defending League Champions, with a 2-1 victory. Goals were scored by junior, Assistant Captain, Carolyn Desrochers and freshman, Emily Summers.

The Terps have been working hard since last semester to build the team to its full potential. The team began with an intensive summer training program. As the season officially began the team has developed a new playing strategy that has allowed the talent on this team to shine through. The team also spent a September afternoon teambuilding at the Washington National Zoo. The hard work that has been put in by every member of the team and coaching staff is clearly evident this season. The theme of the season has been “Fight Back”. The Terps chose the motto to represent this season as a time of rebuilding the team.



To stay updated on the team or to get some more information feel free to send us an e-mail at Terpshockey@gmail.com or check out the website at terpshockey.com and follow the Terps as they “Fight Back” this season!

Spotlight on Softball

Women's Softball plays at Towson for NCSA conference games at 10 am, 12 pm, and 2 pm on Saturday Oct 31st. They will be playing at Fort Garrison Elementary School 3310 Woodvalley Drive.

Make sure you also check out Women's Softball new website (www.teamzonesports.com/mdclubsball) for statistics on the team and players.

Women's Softball is hosting their first tournament on Nov. 7th against St. Mary's, University of Delaware, and The College of New Jersey. Games will occur from 8:00 am until 6:15 pm. Don't miss them!

Weekend Line Up

Around campus for the weekend? Why not stop by a sport club event and cheer on your fellow Terps!

Saturday, October 17

Men's Rugby competes against Virginia Tech on the Engineering Field from 11am to 4pm.

Sunday, October 18

Field Hockey takes on Salisbury at the Turf - 8am to 11am

Fencing hosts the Mostly Annual Chaos Collegiate Invitational in SPH 2101 from 7am to 6pm. The competition includes UMBC, UVA, Navy, George Washington, MU, and SJC!