Tuesday, March 29, 2011

A Day in the Life of Ashley Stevens

Randolph Sports Information Director Jamie Chagnon followed around sophomore goalkeeper Ashley Stevens all day March 23, as the WildCats travelled to Ashland, VA for a road game with Randolph-Macon College. Check out the feature below...

Inside the first win of the season, written by sophomore midfielder Jessica Andersen '13

      Randolph  vs. North Carolina Wesleyan
            First win of the 2011 season!
         
"It’s one of those things you won’t forget. It may not have been our first history win, like last year, but it was our first home win. It was the first win we had on our turf, in our stadium, to let the rest of our college see how much work we put in every day, even though we don’t have the same numbers other teams might have. It’s just our second season back at Randolph, but I think the first win at home sends out the message that we’re a real and fighting part of this school, willing just as any other team on campus.
The hunger was there early in the morning. I think we all woke up and just decided mentally that this was going to be our time and our day. We were ready to work hard in order to earn what we had been waiting for since the first week of preseason. After everything our team has been through mentally and physically, not only this year but for the three other  sophomores that endured the beginning season last year, we just all came together to fight a team that was just as hungry for the win. The freshman came out with the talent that our coach had brought them in for, and the sophomores used what we had learned from last year and this year to mesh everything together. As the minutes winded down and we continued to fight to hold the lead, North Carolina Wesleyan didn’t ease up, and that too was something our entire team could learn from; that no matter what, both teams would be running hard until the clock hit zero.
I think the most satisfying wasn’t having our school there to witness our first win, or to have it on our own turf, but to watch our coaches, as we sat in a huddle at the corner, try to fight back a smile. There were certainly things we could’ve done better and things we could’ve improved on, but it wasn’t just the win at home that completed the feeling. It was finally seeing our coaches with their heads up and looking us all in the eye and telling us that they were proud of us, complimenting those who earned it, which comes hard-earned but well deserved."

-Jessica Andersen '13