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Vol. 5 No.2 FEBRUARY 24, 2006, Page 12 Sports Recruitment Changing With Time the East Coast, like the state of college coaches. sonally with the player and "1definitely think recruit- ROB GOEKE STAFF WRITER New Jersey or Florida, to "The process has become their parents. ing in-season helps the pro- locate and then target poten- a lot more electronic recently," "I feel if I can get a play- gram," said Bliss. Part of the job of a tial players. Then, up to seven said Keating. er on campus, the beautiful However, coaches always McDaniel athletic coach is to assistants will make various This has affected other scenery sells itself," 'said must be careful their practices recruit players to come to play efforts to locate and contact sports besides football. Martin. do not break NCAA rules. on the Hill. The process has potential players. "I often receive highlight However, Head Women's Coaches cannot call high always been a year round job "We have to get out there tapes and from how good the Field Hockey and Lacrosse school recruits until the begin- and it is only becoming more and work it," said Matt player looks, I wonder why coach Muffle Bliss lets ning of their senior year. difficult with new technology WiIchinski, Special Teams and she isn't going to play at prospective players take the Since McDaniel cannot and different player attitudes. Inside Linebackers coach. Connecticut," said Head regular guided admissions offer athletic scholarships like With the ascendance of "[Recruiting) has become Women's Basketball Coach tour and then meets with the Division I schools, the recruit- various internet recruiting much more competitive in Becky Martin. "I always take player afterwards. ing job can be tougher. services and an often more recent years." those tapes and the stuff I get HI always let the player "Gary Williams [the men's proactive role taken by paten- There is no set way the from recruiting services with a know what would be expect- basketball coach at University tial players and their families, process begins. Often, each grain of salt." ed of her if she carne here and of Maryland] can get a player the recruiting game, even at a coach will send letters or call The process for basketball where she would most likely to. sign a piece of paper and Division III school like different high school coaches is much different than football fit into the program," said know that he will be there McDaniel has never been in their target area and let because the number of players Bliss. "The key is honesty. I when practice begins," said more difficult. them know about the kind of needed is less but the job isn't don't want to waste mine or Martin. "We can't do that so Perhaps no other program school McDaniel is and any easier. their time." we can never be sure how at McDaniel is more proactive whether or not that high "Even with all the e-mail In both of the sports Bliss many players we will have and involved in recruiting school has any players that now, it still boils down to coaches, much of the recruit- when the season starts." than football. Given the sheer could play at McDaniel. forming relationships with ing is still done by traveling to But perhaps the most dif- numbers of players needed to However, in recent years, each player so they feel various Lacrosse and Field ficult part of recruiting is that field a team, the program potential recruits have taken IMcDanieI1 is somewhere Hockey tournaments during is truly never stops. must bring in many new play- up the effort of contacting the where they can excel and have the summer and evaluating "It's a yearly process," ers each year in order to have school themselves either a good experience," said players. said Keating. "We're working a competitive team. . directly or through Internet Martin. Bliss also makes an effort on finishing what we already Head Football Coach Tim recruiting services that send Martin's goal is always to during Lacrosse and Field started and, at the same time, Keating gives each of his personal and athletic informa- get the player to take a cam- Hockey season to reach out to are working on 2007's class assistants a specific area along tion about the player out to pus tour that she leads per- interested players. right." After Bumpy Road, Wrestling Still Had High Points One of the major frus- adding that there was not wrestlers ranked at the nation- . Many of the wrestlers are JOEY MORNINGSTAR trations that presented itself enough down time to allow al level, senior Tony Howard legitimate shots at making STAFF WRITER this season to Coach Sam the body to heal. (165) and freshman Andrew Nationals in Ewing, New "It's been a bumpy Gardner and the coaching Howard also noted that the Winfield (174). Howard and Jersey. Other than Howard road, nothing but ups and staff is the team's welght man- weight room did not suit the Winfield and the rest of the and Winfield, senior Steve downs." agement and communication schedule of many of the McDaniel squad raise the bar Colasouonno (125) along with These were the words with the coaching staff. wrestlers. Much of the equip- for the competition in the con- others are hopefuls to win reiterated by freshman Gardner pointed out that ment the wrestlers needed is terence. conference and continue their wrestler Zach Hetrick when what was hurting the team the never available nor did' the In turn, going into the success at Nationals. he took a look back. on the most was their commitment to gym stay open long enough to Can fer e n c e 2006 wrestling season. The the weight room which was get all of their work outs in. Champship, the McDaniel College wrestling reflected in their competition None of these variables team was as uni- team has had many high and overall team atmosphere. helped the wrestlers maintain fied and focused points throughout the season, Senior wrestler and their own weight. as Howard has but it has also been filled with one of many leaders, Tony Regardless of the few ever seen. disappointments. Still, com- Howard revealed what he downfalls, the team has many Hopes were high ing into the Conference thought to be the main prob- high points. as the team Championships on Saturday, lem with the season. The six Gardner says that, "We set eased into February 18th the team has month season along with the the bar higher for the rest of matches at Johns maintained a 12~7record (5-2 two hour practices really takes the conference," Garner said. Hopkins over Centennial Conference). it toll on the wrestlers, he said, McDaniel features two the weekend. Tony Howard wrestles an Opponent. I' Seniors Say Goodbye As Another Season Ends Iy after Friday's competition. home a few titles/medals in Celinski placed fourth in the MIKE HABEGGER But the team looked to take the sprinting events. On 800 yard freestyle relay. At the problems, the team did not SPORTS EDITOR place. But with or without home a few individual Saturday, he won the 100yard end of the day, McDaniel sat It's about that time, time medals, and to commemorate breestroke, taking home in 6th and 7th place. concrete final results, the team for the championships. This the two seniors' experience at McDaniel's lone gold medal. Senior Cassie Allen put on will sorely miss the perform- year, the McDaniel Swim McDaniel College. During morning trials on a strong show and finished ances of Bennett and Allen Team hoped to score big at the Junior distance swimmer Saturday, Chris Reed recorded 3rd in the 200 1Mand second next year. A core group of Centennial Conference Molly Bolek has recorded the fastest time in the 100 in the 100 yard breestroke. returnees will spur the team Championships at Franklin eight wins this season in the Breaststroke, as did Cassie Senior Brooke Bennett this summer and throughout and Marshall with individual 1000 yard breaststroke, with Allen on the wome,n's si~e. also had a strong outing next winter. The Women fin- performances. Due to a lack splits- that will be competitive In Saturday s .firtals, through Saturday, helpi t ished with a team record of 5- of depth, they were not at the championships. McDaniel finished 6th in both various relay teams an;g ~u~ 6, and the Men finished with a expecting a high team score. Chris Reed won fourteen the Men's and Women's 200 ing high in individual events. record of 2-8. In fact the men and women individual events during the yard medley relay. The team Because the meet was sus- placed 6th and Zth, respective- seas~~~Sl~~?rRlooked hi! take of Bennett, Bolek, Allen, and pended due to ventilation