As two seniors on the Defiance College Softball team, going to Florida is going to be very bitter sweet. While the excitement builds up surrounding our last and final pre season practice of our careers, we have a lot to prove to everyone, ourselves included. Our team is very talented and has put in a great amount of hard work over the past six weeks to prepare to get the season underway.
Our first stop is in Danville, Kentucky against Centre College. After we sweep there, we’ll get back on the bus to drive overnight and arrive in Florida early Saturday morning. Stepping off the bus to see palm trees and feel warm weather is a feeling you look forward to every morning when you’re waking up at 4:00 a.m. We’ll practice our first morning there and then head out to the fields to watch games. Finally getting to see a softball field gets you pumped up and ready to play. A lot of the teams we play in Florida are comparable to teams we will face in our conference so it is nice to see competition on that level to help better prepare us once we get back up north. It’s a great feeling to get down there and know we have eight games against good opponents to go back up to school with some wins.
With only one practice left, Florida came quicker this year than it seemed to in the past three that we have been here. While we are sad that this is our last trip down south in a Defiance uniform, we couldn’t be more excited to get going and get some games under our belts. We’ve got a very talented team this year and we can’t wait to show everyone what we’re all about. From throwing the Frisbee in the parking lot, walking to Old Town, and getting dirty playing the sport we love, Florida is an amazing experience and we couldn’t have picked a better group of team mates and coaches to share it with.
GAME TIME!!!
Kaycee Butt and Marah Robinson
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