Men\u2019s social club Knights hosted a jousting tournament on April 16, an annual, interclub event Knights hosts every Spring Sing weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Junior Knights activities director Mason Shappley served as the organizer of the Knights Joust. He said, being an interclub event, all clubs are invited to participate in the joust. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year, Shappley said about 16-18 clubs participated in the joust. Knights provided polyvinyl chloride pipes \u2014 or lancers \u2014 used to hit opponents while the contestants were charged with responsibility of creating their own armor for the fight. The tournament was held outside of the Ezell Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beginning at 11 a.m., the event lasted for about 45 minutes, Shappley said. Each battle contained three rounds. Rain and mud made things more interesting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe filled up a lot of the lawn,\u201d Shappley said. \u201cIt was a lot of fun, very energetic, a lot of energy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Freshman Bailey Flynn, a member of women\u2019s social club Delta Gamma Rho, participated in the event. She felt nervous at the beginning before giving into the fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was really fun,\u201d Flynn said. \u201cIt was really silly, just couldn\u2019t take yourself too seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shappley said Knights\u2019 president gets to select the winners of each battle based on the hits delivered by players. Junior Hannah Atkins, a Knights queen, emerged as this year\u2019s winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Atkins\u2019 involvement in the joust tournament has an interesting backstory, Atkins said. Last year, she was a Texas A&M student visiting to watch her friends perform in Spring Sing. During her visit, she witnessed the Knights Joust and thought it was interesting that a small girl \u2014 sophomore Sophie Glover, a Knights queen \u2014 was jousting for this club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI ended up deciding to transfer to Harding, and ironically enough, Sophie ended up being my roommate, and then I also ended up getting queened by Knights,\u201d Atkins said. \u201cAnd then I ended up jousting. So it was a very full circle kind of thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Atkins said she was surprised that she won the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGoing into it, I was really nervous,\u201d Atkins said. \u201cBut then I ended up making it far and winning.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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