On August 18th, the Stevens Field Hockey team reported for preseason. Most of the team moved in that day minus a few teammates who stayed in Hoboken for the summer. So after move-in we had a team meeting where we went over details for the season and then got to play a name game! Since it wasn’t the easiest to remember everyone’s names (even though we are attending a tech school) it was really helpful. After that we had our first dinner as a team at Panera, which I was lucky enough to have TWO times that day since my parents took me to lunch there before leaving to go back home. So after dinner I finished unpacking and went to sleep to get ready for our first practice.
Our team came in great shape to preseason which is always a plus! Getting up for 7 AM practices every day and then having another session later in the day left the team to be best friends with the ice bath! As a freshman who had never taken an ice bath before, I learned it really does help your aching muscles!
Preseason was plenty of fun! We had many team activities and learned the basics of how the system works. The team really showed we understood the concepts very quickly, individually everyone was improving - even after the first session. We concentrated on hits and you should see how powerful our hits are now! During preseason we also went in the pool one day and played a fun version of water polo, which was very humorous with our team. We really are a competitive bunch. We all worked super hard in preseason so it would pay off in the season. GO DUCKS!
Freshman- Caroline (a.k.a. Baby)
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