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After 7 whole days in Florida, the 2012 Simmons Softball
team has touched down back in Boston for the rest of the season. Although the
numbers may not show it, we had an extremely successful spring break training
trip and I couldn’t be happier or more proud of us all! Now I’m going to get a
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I’ve been on this team for 4 years and I’m not just saying
this to be nice (those of you who know me know that I don’t lie just to make
people feel better) but this is the most talented group of girls I’ve ever
played with and I couldn’t ask for a better team to be a part of in my senior
season. After only playing 10 games in just a short week, I can already tell
that we have such a promising season ahead of us and all the teams in the GNAC
should be shaking in their britches for when they face the shark attack of
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For our freshmen, we’ve got Lauren & Amanda C. as our
starting pitchers throwing curves, screws, change-ups, you name it! They both
are so impressive with their poise, skill and slight ‘tude on the mound. Then
there’s Alaina and Hannah holding up the left side of the infield as the
hot-corner and short stop, respectively.<span>
</span>These two have knocked down balls and prevented the other team from
getting some pretty good hits. They’ve also been really remarkable in the
batters box! Victoria has done an amazing job at holding the fort down behind
the plate, throwing girls out when they’ve tried to steal 2<sup>nd</sup> on us!
Jen has stepped up to the plate and been our DP (designated player, so she bats
in the lineup but doesn’t play in the field). When I say she’s stepped up, I
mean she’s literally stepped up! She’s been working on her slapping and so far,
so good! Jess has done a great job coming in as a pinch hitter and has gotten
the job done when we’ve really needed a hit. Danielle has also come in during
the games as a pinch hitter and pinch runner.<span>
</span>We know we can count on these 2 to come in prepared to work hard!</div>
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Now onto the sophomores.<span>
</span>Our former GNAC rookie of the year, Em Cunningham, has kept her legend
alive and has been slugging the ball all around the field, and even over the
fence a few times! She’s also been playing awesome at 1<sup>st</sup> base,
scooping up balls and getting the team some serious outs! Christina has also
been smacking the ball all around and has also been playing a mean right field.
Actually, she’s mostly been tripping over herself, but we’ll forgive her for
that!<span> </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>J</span></span>
Kate has been coming in as a relief pitcher for us and has been so crucial to
our team.<span> </span>She’s helped stop teams from
scoring on us and has also thrown pitches by them, making them swing and look
like fools! Thanks for the laughs Kate!<span>
</span>Katie (K-Mack) has also been like a wall behind the plate, splitting
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For the juniors, Ari has been playing left field, tracking
down balls and has been shutting down the other teams! Her speed and strong
throw are such an asset to this team! Cailin’s been at 2<sup>nd</sup> base,
stopping balls from going up the middle and has also been making some extremely
crucial plays for the team. The two of them also have been strong hitters in
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And the seniors. Sami has been so supportive of us all and
has stayed so positive through her injury.<span>
</span>She’s been helping the pitchers especially when Atlee left mid-way through
the week.<span> </span>She’s also been all of our #1
fan, constantly cheering and encouraging us! And for myself, I’ve been playing
center field, also falling down in the outfield like Christina so I really
can’t poke fun at her!</div>
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We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible
throughout the season, starting with this coming Tuesday at MIT at 4 pm. As for
now, I’m going to go catch up on some sleep since we were all up at 3:30 am
(thanks for that coach!)</div>
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Today we woke up for our final full day in Florida. <span> </span>Although it was our last day, we knew we had
to play hard and give it our all. Our first game was against Moravian, who is
ranked in the top 20 in the nation. We didn’t let their ranking intimidate us
and we came out strong from the start. It was an evenly matched game
offensively and defensively. Lauren kept the Moravian hitters guessing
throughout all 7 innings. Unfortunately we lost 2 to 0 but it was a well fought
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Our final game was against Oswego State. We made a deal
before the game with coach and she said that if we won, we could put bows in
her and Jamie’s hair for our next game. Jaime didn’t seem too excited about the
deal but she really had no say in the matter. Once again we came out swinging
and we scored 3 early in the game. We stayed strong defensively and run ruled
them in 5 innings ending the game 9 to 1. Looks like Coach and Jamie will be
looking real pretty next game!!!</div>
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To celebrate our final night in Florida, we went out for a
team dinner. The coaches surprised us by taking us to a Japanese Hibacci
restaurant. We all enjoyed watching them cook right in front of us and flipping
zucchini into our mouths. By the end of our dinner we were about ready to
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After getting back to the houses, we packed all the
equipment in the vans and cleaned up the houses for our early morning departure
(4 am to be exact). Most of us were looking forward to getting back home,
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<br /><br />SimmonsSoftballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13960970728898104467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019869928565567606.post-7124870743414303062012-03-08T19:02:00.001-08:002012-03-08T19:03:47.284-08:00Day 4 and our first shutout!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Day 4 of games was another great one. We had 1 o’clock and 5 o’clock games and came out with another W!! WOOHOO!!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">First game was a tough battle. We fought till the 7<sup>th</sup> but the score did not turn out in our favor. The game ended 8-6. Going into the 7<sup>th</sup> we trailed by 5 runs and managed to push across 3 more in that final inning all with 2 outs. This was one game we never gave up on. Three pitchers, Amanda C. (# 23), Kate (Bres, # 9), and Lauren (# 16) worked extremely hard in this game to keep us in it. After this game we learned that we must push runs across sooner but as Coach Jamie said after the game “it’s better late than never” !! The team MVP award went to Cailin for starting some rallies and keeping the energy up!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">After the first game we had a bit of a break and got to rest and fuel up for the second. The lovely parents once again supplied us with tons of fruit, veggies, chewy bars and drinks. We can’t say enough about how much we appreciate all that they are doing! After that we warmed up a bit to get loose for the next game. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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After spending the day apart, we all came together at 7pm for some mini golfing and ice cream. I must say we have a pretty talented team. There were many hole in ones throughout the night and they were all finished off with some loud celebrating. I?d be surprised if anyone at the mini golf place didn?t hear at least one of us screaming with excitement. The winners of the night were Jess and Lauren who both scored 39. They were prized with minnie mouse hats with ears and wore them for the rest of the night.<br />
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Today started off a little later than yesterday. We walked
downstairs to Mr. Luongo loading our dishwasher and to Mrs. Luongo’s smiling
face with bagels and iced coffee to start our morning off right (your always
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We went outside and drank iced coffee by the pool before our team meeting at
11. Unfortunately coach lost her voice so she sounded a bit like a 13-year-old
boy (sorry coach, love you<span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span></span></span>).
After the meeting we fueled our stomachs with left over pizza from the night
before. Then it was time to get ready for our games, which meant a line for
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We started off the day with a game at 3pm against
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We ran over to our next game at 5pm vs. the very large Ohio
Northern University. Again we came out strong scoring two in the first inning,
sacrificing our bodies to get on base (Lo dome rocked and X hitting the ball
with her wrist).<span> </span>Unfortunately we came
out on the other end of the game. We are still trying to figure out how their
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We came home and Momma Moe started to cook us some yummy
chicken and pasta for dinner. Thanks Momma Moe…even though it took forever it
seemed!! After dinner we headed over to the coaches house to watch some movies.
Halfway down the street we could already hear the coaches yelling and
screaming, playing an intense game of foosball. Jamie came away with the win
ending coach’s winning streak. Unfortunately the record is Jamie 1 Coach
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We sadly had to say our goodbyes to Atlee. We’re gonna miss
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The alarm went off way too early this morning 6 am to be
exact. Per usual we all gathered in the
kitchen and ate our cereal and drank our tea (not coffee like the other
house). Since most of us were little
lobsters after the first day of games, we learned our lessons and lathered up
on the sunscreen!! Kate used the 100 spf and still managed to get burned. After we got dressed Alicia picked us up at
the corner of the street, and we were off to play our first game of the day against
Elizabethtown. Here is a picture of us
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The bats were on fire for the start of the game, and the
pitching of freshman Amanda Cordeiro led us to our first victory of the
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For the second game our opponent was The College of New
Jersey. This game was a battle from
start to finish. We ended up going into
the top 9th and with the score being 4-4.
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After a long morning of some great softball, player parted
ways and went to lunch with their families or went back to the houses to
relax. To welcome the newcomers to the
team we held a family get together.
Expecting a large crowd we ordered 16 pizzas. We met the family members or the newbies, and
shared some great laughs. Coach was
plotting to throw in our new assistant coach Jamie into the pool, but was not
successful. Before this trip is over
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were here! In FLORIDA! And despite the predicted storm we ended up having
semi-great weather! As any college athlete should, we started our day of with a
delicious and nutritious breakfast that consisted of cinnamon raisin bagels and
hard-boiled eggs. We can’t forget about the iced coffee! After 8 cups of coffee
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the first game we showed all our hard work during the offseason with nearly
flawless defense. Shout to my home girl X (Christina Mulcahy) on getting us on
the board with a two run homerun! WHOOP WHOOP! Also to HAM (Emily Cunningham)
for receive the first MVP award. We give out the MVP award to the player that
we as a team believed fulfilled our team standards that we set at the beginning
of pre-season. HAM struck out her first at bat, but came back strong her second
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the second game we improved a lot from the first game by cutting down the
number of times we struck out. Although the score did not end in our favor, we
took a lot of great things away from the game. Tor (Victoria Luongo) did an
awesome job behind the plate and threw out a runner stealing second. So of
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt;">And we came back to the houses to cook some din din. Yummy
chicken patties to be exact. Thanks Mama Ari! Of course we had to prank Coach
Atlee by leaving her favorite fruit (BANANAS) in the cup holder. FYI, Atlee has
a phobia of bananas! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt;">For those of you who don’t know the team split up into two
separate houses, so 8 of us are in one, and 8 of us are in the other. After a
long day we wrapped it up with a group meeting summing up today’s games and
what we want to accomplish tomorrow </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt;">of course not after Jen took a fall off the couch and gave
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For the past four years, the day before our spring break
trip to Florida started, I spent my time… actually, I really don’t remember
what I did. Old age is definitely
setting in! Where was I? Oh, right. This year, my day before Florida was pretty
normal. I woke up, ate some breakfast, caught the bus to the gym where I work,
and then sat down at the front desk and “worked” as some would call it. I got all of my laundry done, one of the many
perks of my job, and surfed the web and got some pharmacology studying in. Ok, who am I kidding? I started my spring
break officially Thursday afternoon. There was no way I was going to sit with
my 4” thick book in front of me and actually absorb what I was reading. But I
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My shift ended, and as a team we went to the gym to pack up
the equipment. Helmets were put into bags, balls separated out into buckets,
bats checked for legality, and cleats fit in wherever possible. We had an entire team meeting where we
discussed our individual goals for our week in Florida and then all went our
separate ways. Some went back to their
rooms, some went out to dinner for Amanda Cordeiro’s birthday, and I hopped on
the bus back to Brighton to unpack my laundry and then basically repack it all
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Well, it looked very similar to what Hodg’s still looks like
now, at 10:30 pm. I got my suitcase jam packed, put my uniform, glove and
computer in my backpack and then loaded my travel pillow, a few snacks and a
book from the Simmons library into my purse and off I went. Now some of you may have your jaws on the
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This is my fellow senior /
captain Samantha Hodgkins. For those of
you who aren’t in the loop, someone had a little sliding accident on Monday at
practice. Let’s just say 2<sup>nd</sup>
base won the battle, but don’t worry Sami definitely will win the war. This minor setback has left my friend in a
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To keep the crip and myself busy,
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We thought it would be a great idea to do something stress-free. We must have been delirious or something
because a little fun arts and crafts turned into sparkly beads all over the
floor, permanent marker all over our fingers and sore butts from sitting in
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What we did was pick out 16 inspirational quotes and picked
which teammate we felt best fit the quote and then made little cards with the
quotes and people’s names and numbers on them.
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for myself but Hodg will be packed soon or we will be sleeping on top of her
suitcase on her bed), made our arts and crafts we just have to clean up this
mess and get to bed! Only one more sleep
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team and follow us through our entire season! I can’t wait to meet and see
everyone’s families in Florida but I’ve got to give a shout out to my 2 favorite fans, my Q-Tips, Mema
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See everyone soon! And if we don’t see you in Florida, we’re
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-Amanda (Moe), #12 Senior, Outfield, Nursing Major</div>SimmonsSoftballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13960970728898104467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019869928565567606.post-91062316719315362672012-03-03T15:46:00.001-08:002012-03-03T15:46:45.145-08:00We made it!<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9Qbk14LIAGdfWMR2WhHzt73oRexqnjrb2FJYRApKClL4d95m0-DeiEiU3TA4BaAjSmIZIAwzhc8PimR94lt6CQmKMAffKcq-mmAxiY7dxGpxWU6FD_esrNZ6m15C2NIiY6OSfiGbygUA/s640/blogger-image-1521429249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9Qbk14LIAGdfWMR2WhHzt73oRexqnjrb2FJYRApKClL4d95m0-DeiEiU3TA4BaAjSmIZIAwzhc8PimR94lt6CQmKMAffKcq-mmAxiY7dxGpxWU6FD_esrNZ6m15C2NIiY6OSfiGbygUA/s640/blogger-image-1521429249.jpg" /></a></div>SimmonsSoftballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13960970728898104467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019869928565567606.post-29110639109625137792012-02-29T14:46:00.001-08:002012-02-29T14:49:46.645-08:00Almost 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! <br />
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"Monday, February 27 – 4 more practices until the season begins!<br />
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"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.<br />
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"Four of the first years are all smiles – they’re ready to see what college softball games are all about!<br />
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"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:<br />
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"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!<br />
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"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!<br />
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"And to put into perspective just how hard we have been working, look at freshman pitcher Lauren’s shoe:<br />
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"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!"<br />
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~Ari King, Junior, Nursing Major, Westford, Mass</div>SimmonsSoftballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13960970728898104467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019869928565567606.post-16407347625004876262012-02-13T10:22:00.000-08:002012-02-27T12:52:18.556-08:00Countdown to Simmons Softball Spring Break:<span style="font-size: large;"><b> 5</b></span> Days!<br />
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