Diary

Katie
Wildermuth

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October 25, 2004

The last two weeks have been a turning point in our season. We overcame some internal struggles and came together to beat our one of our conference rivals, NYU. With that victory still fresh in our minds, we came back from Chicago ready to prepare for the Emory National Invitational.

The past week of practice was extremely intense and competitive. We knew we had some great teams coming to play us. Last weekend was also important because it was senior weekend. Monica, Jolene, KC and I wanted the weekend to be successful; a weekend that we would all remember forever.

Well our wishes came true. I don't think the weekend could have gone much better if we had planned it ourselves. The senior festivities began right before the Friday night match, where the coaches presented each of us flowers and a team picture.

Each senior's accomplishments and strengths were announced over the loud speaker to celebrate the roles we have each played on this team for the past four, or in my case, five, years. The brief presentation was a great pep talk because we played extremely well Friday night, as we beat the No. 3 team in the country, Cal State University-Hayward, in an exciting four-game match.

While Friday night's victory was great, our victory on Saturday night was even more amazing. Saturday night we played the No. 1 team in the nation, Wittenberg. We had a bit of a slow start against Wittenberg quickly dropping two games, but we changed things up in game three and beat them in five games.

Beating Wittenberg in that emotional five-game match was just the confidence booster we need. It is a great point in the season right now because with each match and each day, we are getting better as a team.

Senior weekend closed with a short party following the Wittenberg match. At the party, one underclassman spoke on behalf of each of us four seniors. The underclassman also presented each of us with a scrapbook full of memories of the past season.

On behalf of the seniors, I would like to thank the entire team and the coaches for making last weekend such a great memory. We appreciate everything and are truly touched with all the effort that went into the weekend.

And I know we are all so happy that the season isn't over yet and we get to enjoy each other for as long as this road takes us.

Katie Wildermuth is a senior from San Clemente, Calif. She would love to answer e-mail questions from Emory recruits and fans.