It's been over a month since my last entry, and over the short while I intend to speak about the remainder of the season that took us from 2&4 to 2&12...Yet, as the schedule had to be extended unexpectedly with the unprecendented snow storms that caused cancelations turn to postponements to be rescheduled including our final game at Lancaster Bible College, this is a good place to begin put a remarkable personal experience into perspective as communicated to the VFMAC community....
SEASON-ENDING GAME SUMMARY
The game was best summed up by a group of LBC fans at the end of the game who stopped me while en route to the dressing room to say this about what they'd just observed:
"Coach, we were just talking among ourselves that you must be very proud of your team. Congratulations on their performance. It's obvious they do not have the talent or depth, but to see the effort they put out--their refusal to quit, their hustle on the floor to the very last second, it's really something you and they should be so proud of. Despite the score, it made for a very entertaining game for those of us in the stands..."
VFMC scoring was led by Cadet Ariel Coreth with 11 points and 5 assists, followed by Lancaster native Cadet Veronica Ygarza with 9...LBC proved to be formidable opposition--not just in the height of their players enabling them to crash the offensive boards-- but in their outside shooting ability.
Before leaving for the 2009-2010 season's final bus ride home, I told the team the following:
"On a very personal level it's been a privilege--in truth the experience of a lifetime-- to be your Head Coach. I want to take a moment to thank all of you--including Coaches Brian and Paulette-- for the extraordinary effort you put into this game and the commitment you put forth the whole season. Everyone of us here knows the inherent challenges this team's faced since the start of the season. Which is why I will never be able to adequately convey how proud I am for what you accomplished for yourselves and for your school. Your two wins alone changed forever women's sports at Valley Forge Military College. Your never quit attitude touched so many at home and away. For those of you who head off to military service academies and/or other universities, may the wind always be at your back. And for those of you returning next year, hopefully you will be able to look forward to more women being enrolled in the school, with that much more basketball experience. That being the case, and with the school giving your team the institutional support and commitment required at all levels to allow you, to enable you to come together more quickly as a full and cohesive group you've shown yourselves to be as the season eventually unfolded, the foundation of what you have done this year will be built on."
Sunday, February 21, 2010
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