Diary

Katie
Donovan

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May 10, 2004

Our season ended sooner than we wanted, but looking back, it was a very successful year. We got third place in the regional tournament. Given that we lost our two top hitters last weekend and had an outfielder playing first base, I think that's a pretty respectable finish.

The weekend began with the ever-lovely bus ride up to Salem, Virginia, the hub of all that is rainy and dreary. Wanda, our bus driver, got us into Salem early, so we had a chance to walk around the city streets and check out some raging 80's outfits.

Then we went to Moyer Complex for our last practice, where Jen broke her wrist sliding into second base. What a way to start off the weekend! She handled it well, though, and all the parents were very supportive of her. Some of the girls went to the dollar store and got her a megaphone so she could continue to tell us what a great day it is for softball.

One of our great adventures involved the entire team (19 people) getting stuck in the elevator. It turns out they really do test out the elevator for weight limits. And it also turns out our team collectively weighs more than 2,500 pounds. Just about the time that three girls were hyperventilating from claustrophobia, the doors opened spontaneously on the fourth floor. Needless to say, almost everyone took the stairs the rest of the way up.

Our most memorable game was against Sewanee, who seems hellbent on beating us one of these days. When we played them in the beginning of the season, we beat them 5-0 and 2-0, respectively.

Last weekend, our first game against them we beat them 1-0, and our second game was 1-0... in 14 innings. I have to admit I'm glad we won't play them again for a while. Nicole pitched and Ali caught the entire game, and Mary continued to be a hitting machine, getting on base a lot and giving us chances to score. Sarah eventually hit her in for the winning run. The game ran 3 and 1/2 hours, and some of us were just a bit sore after.

Also, we got to see a lot of people "bust a move" this weekend. The award for best moves goes to Coach, who I gave an 8 for presentation and a 10 for style. We all jammed out to a lot of Al Green and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" CD. "Beat It" became a team favorite, and got us pumped up for the games.

Macado's (one of the local restaurants) was very nice to let us come party it up after the tournament to celebrate Mother's Day and Nicole's graduation. It was a bittersweet dinner, with lots of hugs and goodbyes. Only six girls went home on the bus, but we had a great time watching movies and resting our aching muscles.

I would love to write more, but my computer is about to die and summer is just beginning, which means I'm out of here! Look for the fabulous diary entries to return next spring, when we make another run to finish our "unfinished business."

Katie Donovan is a junior from Littleton, Colo. She would love to answer e-mail questions from Emory recruits and fans.