Beth Bergmann

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December 15, 2003

Study, Study, Study. That is definitely the theme for all the Emory basketball players this week. However, even with finals lingering over everyone's head, the Emory women's basketball team went out with a bang, sealing a win against the University of the South (Tenn.) in its last game before the winter break.

With a rough loss to Piedmont the week before in our home gym, we decided that something had to change because we knew we were much better than the last game proved to all our fans. We all put our heads together and came up with some great ideas on how to get more pumped up and off to a better start in our games.

I think Coach was a little surprised at the Sewanee game when we asked her to leave before we conquered the court for a "secret team meeting". This is when we busted out our secret weapon: Ashley's rap!

No one knew what we were in for when we asked her to do something to pump us up before the game, but it worked. With shoutouts to each team member and a hilarious ending verse, we were pumped up to play Sewanee on our home turf. We were so psyched that we even changed our pre-game chant to " WHOSE NEST? EAGLES' NEST! CA CAW!!"

We came out really strong against Sewanee due to the amazing warmup. We had the usual ups and downs of the game, letting our leads slip away. But towards the end of the game, we pulled together as a team and obtained another victory. A much deserved shoutout should be given to the bench. Everyone was crazy, supportive and just had fun during the game.

After our last home game of the semester, all of the girls on the team really buckled down on their studies as the impending finals grew closer and closer. Coach became more lenient as far as practice went so we could focus on our tests and still make time for a little bit of basketball.

With Wednesday rapidly approaching, the whole team is getting very excited to go home for the holidays for some much need R&R along with much anticipated quality time with family and friends. For many of us it will be the first time home since August!

Beth Bergmann is a freshman from Oconomowoc, Wis. She would love to answer e-mail questions from Emory recruits and fans.