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| The Wildcats picked up some souvenirs in the Sunshine State! |
“Good, better, best;
never let it rest until your good is better and your better is best.”
As the team heads towards the first
Southern Conference match against Furman this Friday night, we will take away
many lessons from our preseason tournaments.
For example, six out of our ten matches went to five sets, so we will be
prepared once we move into those final games in our Southern Conference matches. From 80’s night to the Wildcat classic, our
fans have commended our relentless pursuit on the court. This team continues to work hard and fight on
the court no matter what. We have talked
about seizing our opportunities in practice this week and executing every
chance we have on the court from the first pass to the last contact. Furman is our first opportunity this Friday
night and we will be ready!
First, let’s look back at the preseason matches:
We opened
up our first preseason tournament just up the road at Wake Forrest. Winthrop was our initial challenge, and we
bounced back from a 25-9 first set to win this five game match against Coach
Carr’s (Asst. Coach Emily Carrara) alma matter.
This match shows the hard work of our team and passion to win. Then, we lost a tough 17-15 fifth set to Wake
Forest but bounced back to finish off UNCW in four sets. After the Wake Forest tournament, we traveled
down to Jacksonville for the North Florida Invitational. The five set streak continued, but we worked
hard and got better every set. Although
we didn’t make it to the beach with the stormy weather, we ate at a fish camp
the first night and enjoyed a delicious breakfast at freshman Shannon
McPherson’s house. Her mom decorated the
house with personal blow up flamingos and filled us up with blueberry pancakes,
breakfast burritos, and coffee. We are
so thankful for the time that our families devote to our team!
This past
weekend we hosted the Wildcat Classic!
Many parents came to Davidson to watch our home tournament, and we had
over five hundred fans on Friday night versus High Point. Kids swarmed our team to get our autographs
after the match, and the smiles on their faces helped ease the tough loss. We beat NC Central on Saturday morning but
suffered another five game match loss to Green Bay that afternoon. After losing the first two games, we forced
them to a thrilling fifth game. It’s difficult
to find the positives of a loss, but will learn from these matches and use them
as a starting point to motive us every day in practice. Preseason matches are meant for regular
season preparation, and we will move forward from these five game matches
labeling them as distant failures and the point in our season that we got
better. Every girl on the team believes
that we will win the Southern Conference tournament on our home court this
year, so these little opportunities every day matter on and off the court!
Come to Furman and Wofford this weekend if you have the
chance! If not, we will be back in
action at home the last weekend of September versus the Citadel and the College
of Charleston! On September 30th
we have set a goal of 800 people at our game so come support us and help us
out!
Everyday is a great day to be a wildcat,
Tindall
