The debaucle known as the Fall Sports Preseason Scavenger Hunt (participants pictured above) started innocently enough. The Hollins soccer and volleyball teams met in Tayloe Gym where they were split into five teams. Each team's mission: be the first to solve the riddles and take a picture of their team at each of the landmarks around campus. As soon as the rules were explained, the teams were off on their separate ways: to President Gray's house (Hollins' Obama lives here), to the Hollins rock (a picture of the wrestler, "The Rock"), to the Batten Leadership Institute (where leaders study), to Beale Garden (bouquet for Mrs. Beale), and so on. All appeared to be going according to plan, and, eventually, a winner was announced. The problem arose several minutes later when soccer coach Landon Moore overheard the "winning" team discussing one of their pictures. They had incorrectly photographed themselves at the theater when they should have been at the horse stable (find Bellagio, Full Dress, and Safe Harbor here), and this error went unnoticed by the official judge, volleyball coach Jason Kozak (in all fairness to Coach Kozak, he has been on the Hollins campus for less than a year after previously coaching at UVA). To say that the once winners, now losers were bitter about the mistake would be an understatement; objects were thrown and threats were made as Kristen Norkus, soccer team captain and goalkeeper, struggled to come to grips with her team's lost victory. Teammate Alicia Johns joined in Norkus' tirade. Once the dust settled, however, the deserving victors (pictured below) were recognized and rewarded with their valuable prizes.
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