Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Almost time for Florida, and just in time!

Yes, that is what it looks like. We’ve been spoiled this winter with the lack of snow …. It is pretty though, isn’t it? It helps to accept the snow knowing that we head down to Florida in two days. Hopefully it will be gone by the time we come home, but in the meantime we’ll take advantage and have a snowball fight at practice!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012


"Monday, February 27 – 4 more practices until the season begins!


"This is the first time we've had a mild winter in New England since I've been at Simmons, so the team is taking full advantage and practicing outside on the turf! As an outfielder, I'm having a blast tracking down fly balls (and not having them hit the gym ceiling).  The team has been working extremely hard for the past 5 weeks and we are so excited to show off all of our hard work. This is our last week of practice before heading to Clermont, Florida and kicking off the 2012 season.


"Here we are doing our Dynamic Warm-Up at the beginning of practice:


"Four of the first years are all smiles – they’re ready to see what college softball games are all about!





"We will certainly miss the city (those are the hospitals in the background ( as a Nursing major it’s so great to be so close to some of the best hospitals in the country), but we are looking forward to going to Florida for a week and this is why:





"Okay, senior Captain Amanda is exaggerating just a little with the winter coat (freshman Danielle in the background is tough and doesn’t need a winter coat!), but we are definitely looking forward to the 80degree weather, the warm Florida sun and great competition from DIII schools from all over the country!





"This is our team’s motto this year.  We’re all quite competitive and when you put us together we’re constantly trying to push each other to get better and to get better as a TEAM!  It keeps practices fun when we turn even the most mundane drills into a competition.  We are looking forward to putting this into action down in Florida.  Watch out Clermont … I heard there were sightings of a SHARK ATTACK!

"And to put into perspective just how hard we have been working, look at freshman pitcher Lauren’s shoe:



"Good thing we can break out the cleats in Florida!  Hopefully we’ll fit in a trip to the outlets to pick up Lauren some new sneakers!"

~Ari King, Junior, Nursing Major, Westford, Mass

Monday, February 13, 2012