Make it REIGN!

pictured above ( retired, future alumnist & current players )

pictured above ( GDI with coach ! )

So this this past weekend as an honorary weekend here at B-W... APRIL REIGN. This is a two day event on Friday and Saturday where all the sororities, frats, reccos and GDI get together and have four different competitions. There is tug of war, a boat race, obstacle and chariot. To start the weekend off right.. our team GDI won women's chariot.. then things kinda went down here for us GDI girls. Obstacle we didn't place nor in tug and not even in boat. One of the worst performances ever by a group of GDI's. Even though we lost and have the BEST weekend ever and everyone had a ton of fun. Jess and Looney Tunes ( Jen Calhoun) even jumped into Wallace lake. As always.. us basketball girls stayed classy. AwWwWwWww Jackets ! :)

- Catherine #42 :)

GRADS

Tonight I got to catch up with one of our graduates, Karissa Kusick- Dominick (we know her as Kuz). She came back to campus to be on a panel for one of the science clubs. Kuz is finishing up her residency in Pharmacy at the Cleveland Clinic. Kuz has always been extremely successful in all she does - awesome student, state championship in high school, everything she does. She has accepted a full-time position with the Clinic on the completion of her residency in just over a month. She was actually offered 4 full-time jobs and had hospitals competing with each other to give her more money or more vacation in order to get her services.!! She is working with oncology patients and loves getting to know them. She is just an incredible young lady!!! It was great to spend some time with her.
I also got to see Jenn Neal and Erika Schultz who showed up to play some open gym. So it was a GREAT evening. One of my favorite things of all to do is to catch up with our Yellow Jackets who are off in the real world! It makes me love my job even more when I see them and see how extremely successful they are!!!!! B-W really does attract the best and help them reach to new heights in life!

Coach Harrer

Trip to Dayton for the Elite (?) Eight

Welp, I'm sitting here at home in good ol' Powell, Ohio and I have a severe case of Senioritis. So I've decided to do a quick blog to avoid doing any homework. Thanks to the event organizing skills of Catherine "Kitty Cat" Spisak, a group of us yellow jackets made the three-hour-one-way trip to Dayton to watch the UConn women destroy Florida State in the Elite Eight. Along with Kitty and I, freshman Megan Frisina, junior Ali Stack and sophomore Monica Gustin made the commute. We had a fun trip down, listening to some of the "freshest" rap music, munching on the two full bags of snacks that we didn't even have to ask Kitty to bring, and listening to a stirring rendition of "The Three Best Friends That Anyone Could Have" from the back seat. The game was fun to watch even though it was a blow out. UConn is a machine! Monica Gustin was on the edge of her seat as she is UConn's number one fan and has been for years. (She showed up to open gym last week in a full UConn outfit, Taurasi shirt included. Embarrassing.)
The ride back was a little less fun. We were all exhausted and a little cranky. After Monica and I had an intense argument over what restaurant we should stop at, we decided to stop at a Steak and Shake for some food. Fights involving food can get heated. Even though we were all pretty tired, Kitty, in usual form, had a lot of energy and made it her goal to keep us entertained. We got a few on-the-spot song parodies and awkward comments out of her before she passed out.
We got back around one in the morning, and even though this little swarm of jackets was exhausted, we had fun time and made some more good memories.

Ariel "Glory Days" Brough

Catherine Spisak keeping things lively in the backseat on the trip back, with Megan Frisina on the left and Ali Stack on the right.


The scoreboard, obviously.



Monica Gustin and Catherine Spisak just livin' the dream!

And the Cavs win it!

Although our official season has come to a close, the yellow jackets just can't stay away from the gym for too long! After taking a nice week off for Spring Break we all came back to BW ready to shoot, run, and work out. We had our first open gym yesterday where we split into 2 teams: the Celtics and the Cavs! It can get repetitive just playing 5 on 5 so we like to spice things up and play in our very own NBA series. The Cavs started off strong but the Celtics came back and made the series pretty close. The Cavs prevailed 4-1 thanks to Ariel Broth, our glory days senior! Haha. I am sure next open gym's series will be just as fun!
JoBeth Roll (aka Mo Williams of the Cavs!)

Sad yet excited

So our season came to a close much earlier than we are used to. We know we are a better team than the results we had at the end of the season and that makes us sad.
Ironically, one of the teams we lost to, Rochester, is playing in the final four this coming weekend. We also beat 2 teams that made it to the sweet 16. So, we know what is possible.
On the other hand, I'm really excited for what is to come in the future. Why? Because this team seems more anxious to get to work than past teams. Losing can be good when it pushes you forward. We have a lot to do to prepare, but work ethic can get us there. THAT is exciting!!

Coach Harrer

15 strong

Today, we got a little treat as we got to practice against some of our alumni. They did a great job as a scout team, and it was fun to play with them again :) But it isn’t just the alums that are being helpful, we always say that everyone on the team plays an important role in our success, and this is certainly true. Jess already mentioned how the team really came together to pull out a victory over JCU on Tuesday, and I completely agree. Everyone, no matter what her role, is really focused on the team’s success. Those who don’t get the chance to play still play such an important role. They go hard every day in practice and most of the time they don’t get breaks. They have to press and play defense for fifteen minutes straight sometimes! And their support and leadership from the bench is going to continue to be a huge key for us down the stretch.

Our game against JCU in the Quarterfinal was one of my favorite games to play in. Even though we struggled the entire game and never really had a lead, everyone played with so much passion, enthusiasm and faith that there was never any doubt in my mind we would win. We were down by one with fifteen seconds to play when sophomore Catherine “Kitty Cat” Spisak got fouled in the 1-and-1, and I knew she would make her free throws even though she was spazzing out at the line a little bit.

Dear Kitty,

Next time focus more on the rim during your clutch free throws and not the confusion over what defense we are going to be in.

Love,

Ariel

Basically, what I’m trying to say is that I’m very proud of everyone who stepped it up, put their fears and frustrations aside, and gave me an opportunity to play in another game. People kept up that attitude today in practice. Everyone is dialed in and focused on the physical AND mental parts of the game. I can’t wait until 8 pm tomorrow!

<---------Kitty and I fifteen game-seconds after she hit her free throws. This is the best picture ever because it shows the thrill of victory and genuine friendship. There is nothing better than celebrating a hard fought victory with your friends...

...even if it means blowing out their eardrums. Sorry Kitty.

LETS GET DAT SHIP BABY!!

So my wonderful fellow yellow jackets pulled out a win last night over JCU & I am so proud of everyone. What a fabulous comeback that was. By far it was one of the best games we have had as coming together as a team, all the positive talk and pulling together did us in well & we got dat goooooood W baby.

Today we started prepairing for the semi-finals against Mount Union and lets just say Mount has no idea whats coming to them. We had a great practice today & I think our gameplan is brilliant. Everyone has been really focused the past week of practicing and I know only good will come out of this weekend.

My ring size is 7 and rings really flatter my beautiful hands, so lets win a ship & cut that net down at cap's homecourt. No matter what they say we are the team to beat and we are the best in league, so lets prove all those haters wrong! GO JACKETS :)


I would also like to say that Coach K did a great job being the out of bounds coach. Way to wave those towels, you did it with style..


Jess Carpenter #33

Hey everyone. We've got a nice week ahead of us. Mount Union is home on Wednesday and we cannot wait to beat 'em. Tough loss on Saturday but on a good note we had to get an ugly loss out of the way sooner or later. I'm glad sooner because we tryin to win a NCAA championship here please.

Coach had us over last night for the Superbowl game. She was generous enough to get us some food and we had a lot of fun just sitting around and talking about anything. Although it's not funny when Catherine makes fun of me, pretty much because she's not funny. We fight a lot and I usually win. But all in all it's been a good weekend.

Let's Go Jackets!

Jen Calhoon #21

OK Jackets, I see you

SSOOO I am currently taking a break from studying for my econ test to write this blog. I would just like to say Econ: not fine by me. Not a whole lot is going on in the hive this week, besides preparing for our games with Heidelberg and Capital. We watched the Grammy's on Monday and, thank goodness, were able to enjoy the 3D effects of the Michael Jackson tribute thanks to the glasses that Catherine oh so generously provided. There was a moment of panic right before the tribute when Cat realized that the red and blue eye pieces were not perforated but she was able to think on her feet and got some scissors. We made fun, but in the end we were all grateful for those glasses. Thats about it.. AWWWWW JACKETS

Megan Frisina #4

happy birthday candace and cat!

First off, Happy 19th Birthday to Candace and Happy 20th to Catherine! :)

We started Saturday off great, beating Marietta. We struggled in the first half but then turned it around in the second half and ended up killing them. It was a great team effort and we got every goal except positive assist to turnovers. "no food for youuu!" -Thanks for rubbing it in, Coach.

Then Saturday night we had a birthday party for Cat. It was a good time and Catherine sure loved blowing her birthday horn...over and over and over again. Candance went home and we called her at midnight :)

Wednesday we have Heidelberg then its Capital and Mount! Let's work hard to keep getting those victories ladies and stay on our way to get that ring ;)

-Paige

go jackets!

Beating Wilmington

Yesterday, we played and beat the Wilmington Quakers 59-58. Just before leaving BW, we had a little bit of a situation. The bus that was prompt to arrive and leave at 8:45, didn't come til a little bit after 9am. After the bus finally arrived, we loaded up and were on our way. After about a 3 in a half hour drive and a quick stop at Panera, we finally made it to Wilmington and were ready to play. Throughout the entire game, the girls played hard, and stayed focused. Although the score was close throughout the game, the girls still fought, and fought hard. We faced the adversity, and brought home yet another W.

On our ride back home, us freshmen had to partake in a obstacle course on the bus. The course included jumping over Ali's legs, going under Shroeders legs, forcing your way through pillows being smacked upon you by Cath and Katie, rubbing Coach K's head and repeating the process over again, only in reverse on the way back. Jo's trial was the highlight of it all, beating out Paige's, head to the back of the seat fiasco. Anyway, on Jo's way back, I don't know how she managed, but she completely just flat out plopped on the floor. I thought she died for a sec. But she laughed, got up and finished, still managing to beat out Paige's score of i think as i recall 16 point something. As for who won the race, Rachel was the victor with a time of 6 point something. Olivia came in second with the score of 8 point something. As for me, I had a fun time doing it as well!

Our next game is this Wednesday at home versus JCU!

YJKA (Yellow Jackets Kick Butt)

Candace #3

At the Request of Her Holyness...

Amanda Schroeder has requested I add some photos from our last Game Viewing Party, and I am only happy to oblige. It was another fun night hanging out with everyone!











Junior shooting god Amanda Schroeder poses with her housemates! Thanks for supporting us ladies! Too bad Abbey's witty "Hi Amanda" sign didn't make it on TV.




















Freshman guard JoBeth Roll poses with her family and Amanda Schroeder poses next to her brother.



Freshman point guard Rachel Rossman poses by her parents, who like the Frisina's, are all about getting their TV time.