Special Olympics photos

Last week we hosted a local group of Special Olympians. We had a BLAST with them! Thank you so much to Mark Wise from Delaware Special Olympics for bringing them down!

The ladies introduce themselves to some of the Special Olympians who arrived early

Everyone broke off into pairs for passing drills

Sonya Inderbitzin passes with a young man

Elisa Herrmann teaches proper footwork

Brooke Redmon and Jessica Croucher made some new friends!

As did Laisha Davis and Megan McDonald!

Bel Fakaosi teaches how to serve

Coach Arnold speaks with the group

What a great looking group!

Route 1 Rivalry - a day later

The outcome wasn't exactly what we were hoping for, but it was good to finally see our girls play live and interact with them a little more in an informal setting.  I can't wait for our home opener and to hopefully travel more during conference play.

Big thanks to those who came up to Newark to support the Hornets - a lot of familiar faces in the crowd, including members of the bowling team.  There were also a few parents of current and former players in attendance. 

I took some photos last night, but they turned out somewhat grainy.  The gym lighting wasn't very conducive to producing good photos.

Warmups

 Warmups

 National Anthem

Elisa Herrmann, Sonja Banicevic, Jessica Croucher

Theresa Schieder

Sonya Inderbitzin, Sonja Banicevic, Elisa Herrmann

Hurricane Irene - Jessica Croucher

From sophomore Jessica Croucher, a native of Australia

Friday morning we were meant to leave for our first tournament as a new team to William and Mary, which I was hyped for to see how as a team we would pull together against other teams.

To hear Thursday afternoon that the tournament was canceled I was disappointed, but understanding that our safety was at risk with the Hurricane Irene moving up the east coast. So Friday we had a short practice session where coach told us that we would have the weekend off due to campus being closed.

Overall my weekend consisted of keeping in contact with my family letting them know I was alright, and resting trying to look after all my current injuries for the up coming week of practice and next weekend when we travel to Cornell University. I am excited for next weekend when we go to Cornell University as we will finally be able to play and to see how far our hard work as a team will get us, hopefully walking away from the tournament with our heads held high and some wins under our belt.

--Jessica Croucher