Friday, February 26, 2010

March Madness begins

Well it is that time of year that we all love: play offs!! Our Lancer team will be heading into the semi-finals of the OUA West where we will host Brock on Saturday 27th at 6 pm. Very exciting.
The theme of our season has been toughness which we have worked on in every single practice. Bumps, bruises and bleeding are common, but the Lancers Women's basketball team LOVE the pain of the game!
By the way my name is Emily Abbott, born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. You may ask yourself why in am I at the University of Windsor of all places (as a local once referred to Windsor as the "armpit" of Canada). I highly disagree, Windsor is a diverse and fun place where I have met only the most interesting people! When Windsor coach Chantal Vallee recruited me, I admit, I had never heard of Windsor. Yet her passionate vision about creating a succesfull women's basketball program had me sold. I beleived in her. And now here we are ranked no. 2 in the country with a 24-1 record in the OUA. We will have to keep this going.
I am in my 3rd year at U Windsor and am absolutely loving it. I am an english major, which is perhaps the reason I was chosen to write this blog.
Our team has to climb some mountains to reach our goal which is a CIS Bronze Baby -to be returned to Ontario! I know we can do it with our outstanding team, which has so much character. Even our rookies run the show! Our team is extremely deep, we just need to narrow our focus as the pressure mounts. Come watch Saturday fans, it will be tense!
Well, I am off to practice to go box out some giants (Iva Peklova 6'4", Raelynn Prince 6'3", are among them).
Sincerely
Emily Abbott