Ultimate Frisbee, ‘Monday Madness’ and indoor volleyball join line-up
In addition to the usual fare of intramural sports such as men’s and women’s basketball and co-ed soccer, Monday Madness is now added to the spring semester line-up, with Ultimate Frisbee and indoor volleyball to be added after Spring Break.
Monday Madness consists of four different sports that are played each Monday during the month of February. Monday Madness began with dodge ball on Feb. 3, followed by billiards on Feb. 10, badminton on Feb. 17, and battleship on Feb. 24.
All competitions are at 7 p.m. and usually occur in the Greene Complex. Badminton is tonight in the Oceanview lobby.
Jude Abeler of Team FLIGHT shoots over Chad Wagler of Le Pepe Le Pop in a game of 5-on-5 men’s basketball on Jan. 29. Team FLIGHT won the match 59-52. (Photo by Ryan Arnst)
Director of Intramurals Abigail Hews said she came up with the idea of Monday Madness as a way to offer more weekly one-time events at the Greene Complex.
“We know students don’t always have time to commit to a six-week intramural season, so we wanted to offer some competitive, one-day activities,” Hews said.
Hews came up with the idea of Ultimate Frisbee by seeing students play pick-up games each day on the intramural field.
“Ultimate Frisbee is a sport that anyone can play and is a great aerobic workout,” Hews said. “It is more of a recreational sport as opposed to a main athletic sport, which may draw new participants into the intramural program. The fact that it’s co-ed helps as well.”
In the future, Coordinator for Campus Recreation Chris Deitrick hopes the starting of Monday Madness events and hopefully with the future availability of the
Rinker Athletic fields will allow the Department of Campus Recreation to hold more events.
“We are trying hard to make this a recognizable product among the students,” Deitrick said. “We want to create an opportunity for some real bragging rights, and we want this to be something that the students talk about and look forward to each week.”
With a large incoming freshman class, Hews said that they have had more participants this year than usual.
“This class also seems to be really involved in campus activities, which helps boost up our numbers,” she said.
Students may sign up as an individual by going to imleagues. com, and they will be placed on a team in need of players.
VICTORIA VARTAN 