Day 3 in Florida!

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 welcome at our house). 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). 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 Cailin to braid hair. Its not easy being the best looking team on the field! 

We started off the day with a game at 3pm against Susquehanna University. We came out with our bats on fire and strong defense but unfortunately we came out with a loss to the speedy Crusaders.

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).  Unfortunately we came out on the other end of the game. We are still trying to figure out how their catcher got so big…

 

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 5…we’ll see what happens the rest of the week.

We sadly had to say our goodbyes to Atlee. We’re gonna miss you but mostly torturing you with bananas!! Love you!!  <3 

We are all looking to our first day off here in Florida to hang out with family or spend the day catching some rays by the pool (not too many coach I promise).

Love

Snow White, Pocahontas, and Piglet

(Lauren #16, Danielle #6 and Hannah #2)

 

March 5, 2012

Day 2 @ Florida

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 warming up for the game; it was still a little chilly in the morning.

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 season!!!

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.  Unfortunately we were unable to pull away with the win.  There were many positives that we took away from this game even though the score was not in our favor.

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 someone might be getting a little wet…        

 
Emily Cunningham, Sophomore

Another beautiful day!

Our first day!

So 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 to get us going we ventured to the fields for our first game! (just kidding, but if count everyone it was 8 cups so technically I’m not lying J ) 

In 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 at bat with a lead off single which allowed X to get a two run homerun. 

In 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 course she was awarded the MVP award for the game. Yay Tor! 

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!

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 of course not after Jen took a fall off the couch and gave us all a good laugh!

We took a lot of positive things away from today…besides our sun burnt faces:

  Like our friend Tor!

Well ta ta for now its time to go dance to Call Me Maybe (team song) before bed time!

Night Night! Love Ya!

Jess Uschmann (Freshman) and Ari King (Junior)

About to warm up for game 1

A Post from our Seniors

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 pretended, and it’s the thought that counts after all, isn’t it?

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 into my suitcase. I wish I had taken a picture of what my bed looked like… 

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 floor but yes, I do go to the library and yes I do use my resources and take out books.  I arrived at Hodg’s and am greeted by this: 

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^nd base won the battle, but don’t worry Sami definitely will win the war.  This minor setback has left my friend in a boot and on a crutch, but most importantly has changed her title from captain to honorary assistant coach. 

To keep the crip and myself busy, we created a mini arts and crafts project.  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 these chairs for so long! Here’s Hodg working on a card:

 

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.  A little inspirational gift from their captains. We may or may not have also included a picture of us on it, just so people don’t forget us once we graduate.

 

Here’s one side of our final product. 

So now that we’ve eaten, packed our bags (I’m only speaking 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 until Florida everyone!

Check back on the blog for more updates from the 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 and Gramps.   

See everyone soon! And if we don’t see you in Florida, we’re looking forward to seeing you once we get back in New England and we promise to do our best to bring the sunshine and warmth back with us!

-Amanda (Moe), #12 Senior, Outfield, Nursing Major

We made it!