The Lawnmowers beat out Pi Kappa Alpha Gold, 21-12 to clinch the Men’s All-Campus Championships on Wednesday night on Harris Field. “I heard the fraternity team is pretty good,” Brian Whitley, a junior in civil engineering and member of the Lawnmowers, said before the game. “Obviously we’ve made it this far, so we’re pretty decent as well.”Michael Poston, the Lawnmower’ captain, said that his team is looking forward to participating in the NIRSA College Regionals in Wilmington on Nov. 15 to 17. Poston, a junior in textile and apparel management, said that the Lawnmowers are “in it more in it to build friendships and have a good time than to win.””I’ve got some buddies that went last year, and they said they had a good time,” Poston said. “If we get a free trip, we’ll take it. All of the guys are wanting to go.”Earlier in the evening, reigning champion Sigma Kappa shut out the previously undefeated Pi Phi 25-0 in the sorority open. “We’re disappointed, but we lost to a really good team,” Pi Phi’s Kelly Bumgarner, a junior in sports management, said. “We’re ready to come back and compete next year.” The Syme Time Ballers, who took down Got Wood on Tuesday to clinch the Men’s residence hall division victory, lost to Pi Kappa Alpha Gold, winners of the fraternity division, on Wednesday night in the Men’s All-Campus play-in. The final score was 27-6; Gold ran away with the game in the first half, scoring 20 points to Syme Time’s zero. Unofficial beat H&B’s, 35-20, to win the Co-Rec championship for the second team in a row. Team captain Jessica Robbins, a senior in biological science, credited the team’s familiarity with its dominance on the field. “They were a good sound team, but we’ve been playing together for a good while now,” Robbins said. “Most of us have been together for three years.” Corey Floyd, a senior in business management, said that Unofficial couldn’t have earned the win without their speedy female players. “We had to depend on our girls to come through,” Floyd said. “Our girls are a major part of Co-Rec, so we’ve got to depend on them to get us the win, and they played awesome.”Unofficial earned a trip to regionals as well, but their plans have hit a snag. Several of the team’s male players will be playing with a men’s open team, and a player is not allowed to play on two teams, regardless of what division he or she is in. “We’re trying to get some more guys, because our guys are going with a men’s open team,” Robbins said. “If we can do that, we’ll be all right.”
Lawnmowers win flag football Men’s Open
By Kate Shefte
Senior Staff Writer
Senior Staff Writer
October 27, 2008