10-7-08: STERLING v SOUTHWESTERN

Sterling's summary of today's home game against Southwestern.

COVEY JINXES MOUNDBUILDERS

10/08/2008 - Sterling senior, Ryan Covey, led the way for the Warriors as he was involved in five of six Sterling goals for a 6-2 win. Covey scored three goals and added two assists. Southwestern struck first in the 11th minute when Jesse Welsh scored on a miscue between GK Zach Hallen and the Sterling backs, giving the Moundbuilders a 1-0 lead. The Warriors quickly responded when Covey got deep to the goal line and slotted a ball across for the charging Shawn Sajjadi. Warrior mid-fielder Mladen Bjelica scored the go ahead goal in the 22nd minute off of a Covey cross. Not to be outdone by his teammates, Covey scored two goals of his own before the intermission, giving the Warriors a 4-1 advantage. Charlie Oshner added another
goal for Southwestern in the 60th minute, but the Warriors were able to find the back of the net two more times on another goal by Covey and then Jorge Bueso. The win moves the Warriors to 7-3 on the season and 1-1 in the KCAC. Sterling will face Bethel College on Saturday night in North Newton, KS.

Although Southwestern's teams are known as the "Moundbuilders," their mascot is "Jinx" the black cat. Here is what Southwestern's website says under Campus Life / Traditions.

A unique tradition among colleges is Southwestern's story of the "Jinx." When old Fairmount College (modern day Wichita State University) was defeated in a football game 41 to 3, a Southwestern student prepared a tombstone with the figure of a black cat at the top and the score underneath. From then on, Fairmount couldn't defeat Southwestern! The black cat came to be called the "Jinx." With the Jinx on their side, Southwestern continued to beat Fairmount for the next 14 consecutive years.