2008 Woodie Awards
SSU fan club set on breaking attendance record
Wolfpack organizing Break the Record Day for Oct. 8
Jordan Buskirk
Issue date: 10/4/06 Section: Sports
SSU may not have football anymore, but there is fùtbol, and students seem just as attracted to its style of play. Both the men's and women's teams have been phenomenal, reflecting their talent in their records, and bringing exciting fans to the field-lots of them.
Sunday, Oct. 8, beginning with the women's soccer game, is the famous Break the Record Day on the SSU soccer field. This event is put on through a mixture of people cooperating seamlessly, all wanting the same goal: to break the all-time record of 1,300 fans, set previously in 2002 when SSU hosted the NCAA Men's Soccer Quarterfinal playoff game-and to generate more interest in the game of soccer.
Wolfpack-a student-run organization dedicated to uniting SSU athletic fans-the soccer coaches and staff, and Athletic Director Bill Fusco are working hard to attain that goal.
"We would like to break that record on Sunday, Oct. 8, when the men's and women's teams host San Francisco State University," said Fusco.
Students are admitted free of charge into all the games, and with a lot of the student population living on campus, the record seems easy enough to surpass-but students need to come out in force; bring friends, roommates, classmates, the study group, the intramural team. Even the faculty comes out to support.
"We have some very loyal faculty as fans, but we can always have more representation from them," stated Fusco.
This year, the faculty and staff, with a valid SSU ID, also get free admission, like the students, making it easier to attend games.
"This is my second year in Wolfpack; however, it is my fourth year participating in this event," said Wolfpak Chairman Heather Leckie.
Leckie is glad that school spirit is on a huge growth spurt and is excited about the upcoming day. The opponent changes every year, chosen by Fusco himself, and the game is always in early October on a Saturday or Sunday, making it easy to commit in advance.
Though Leckie has four years of experience, Break the Record Day has been around since the soccer team has been playing at SSU.
It was started in the soccer program "because SSU has always been in the top five of attendance in NCAA Division II. Our teams have always been competitive and we always have a good representative of locally-based student-athletes, which helps attracts crowds," said Fusco.
So far, the soccer program is the only athletic team that has such a day. At the last basketball game of the preceding season, over 2,000 fans crowded the Seawolf Gymnasium, posting a new attendance record.
Fusco is hoping that it "gets to the point where there are not enough seats for all the students and fans that want to see their Seawolf teams in action."
But for now, Break the Record Day will continue to take place out on the soccer field.
Sunday, Oct. 8, beginning with the women's soccer game, is the famous Break the Record Day on the SSU soccer field. This event is put on through a mixture of people cooperating seamlessly, all wanting the same goal: to break the all-time record of 1,300 fans, set previously in 2002 when SSU hosted the NCAA Men's Soccer Quarterfinal playoff game-and to generate more interest in the game of soccer.
Wolfpack-a student-run organization dedicated to uniting SSU athletic fans-the soccer coaches and staff, and Athletic Director Bill Fusco are working hard to attain that goal.
"We would like to break that record on Sunday, Oct. 8, when the men's and women's teams host San Francisco State University," said Fusco.
Students are admitted free of charge into all the games, and with a lot of the student population living on campus, the record seems easy enough to surpass-but students need to come out in force; bring friends, roommates, classmates, the study group, the intramural team. Even the faculty comes out to support.
"We have some very loyal faculty as fans, but we can always have more representation from them," stated Fusco.
This year, the faculty and staff, with a valid SSU ID, also get free admission, like the students, making it easier to attend games.
"This is my second year in Wolfpack; however, it is my fourth year participating in this event," said Wolfpak Chairman Heather Leckie.
Leckie is glad that school spirit is on a huge growth spurt and is excited about the upcoming day. The opponent changes every year, chosen by Fusco himself, and the game is always in early October on a Saturday or Sunday, making it easy to commit in advance.
Though Leckie has four years of experience, Break the Record Day has been around since the soccer team has been playing at SSU.
It was started in the soccer program "because SSU has always been in the top five of attendance in NCAA Division II. Our teams have always been competitive and we always have a good representative of locally-based student-athletes, which helps attracts crowds," said Fusco.
So far, the soccer program is the only athletic team that has such a day. At the last basketball game of the preceding season, over 2,000 fans crowded the Seawolf Gymnasium, posting a new attendance record.
Fusco is hoping that it "gets to the point where there are not enough seats for all the students and fans that want to see their Seawolf teams in action."
But for now, Break the Record Day will continue to take place out on the soccer field.