Ninety students used the new RBC Center standby line at Saturday’s football game, according to Student Body President Jay Dawkins, and all who joined in the line were awarded entry to the game.

Dick Christy, associate director of Athletics, said the line was a success.

“By this turnout for William & Mary, we’re really excited,” he said. “By noon today, [these students] didn’t have an opportunity to go online [to reserve a ticket], so all these students now have a second opportunity to get a ticket.”

The line is a new addition to ticketing procedure this year, as students who are not able to reserve at ticket by noon of game day can wait anytime after 90 minutes before kickoff in hopes of receiving a ticket.

If, 15 minutes after kickoff, there are unclaimed spaces in the student section, students from the standby line are let into the game until the section is filled.

Some students were uninformed on the specifics of the standby line, according to Sarah Singletary, a freshman in elementary education.

“We thought more people would show up earlier,” she said. “We learned our lesson, we’re going to reserve tickets next time.”

The volunteers working by the standby line were not briefed on the ticketing system, volunteer Dave Garnish said.

Garnish is the head of Clayton High School’s ROTC program, and he volunteered to help raise money for his school.

“They spread us around,” he said. “We do ushering, we do ticket-tearing [and] hand-stamping. The two of us are over here to do wristbands once the game gets started.”

A new points system, in which seniors begin with five points, and freshman begin with two, debuted at Saturday’s game, and if students do not use their tickets, they are deducted a point.

Students are awarded a point for every game they attend with a valid ticket.

When students start to see the points system affecting their ability to attend games, Christy said, Athletics will see more effects of the new ticketing system.

“If [students] lose out on an ECU ticket because you didn’t come to William and Mary, they’ll start to understand that as you get to Florida state and games like that,” he said.

It was nice of the RBC Center to lend Athletics the space for the standby line, Christy said.

“We’ve got temperature control,” he said. “We’ve got a place where students can watch games. that really seals the deal in making it worth while for people to stand here.”

Chris Koszelak, a freshman in history, said the turnout was larger than expected.

The line encouraged other students to make sure they reserved their tickets in advance, according to Charlie McMillan, a freshman in chemistry.