Newsletter
Welcome to all new members of
Blackbeard’s Ballers, the Team Behind
the Team
NEWSLETTER 3, January 16, 2008
Koach's Korner with
Coach Koz
We
hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and wish all our family and friends and supporters
a Happy New Year.
As the calendar rolls to 2008 means it’s time for Pirate
softball to get to work. Our season began with team practice on Friday, January
11th in preparation for a very exciting, yet tough non-conference
schedule and a highly competitive conference schedule. Our team goal this year
is to make it the NCAA Regionals by either winning
the C-USA Tournament or earning an at-large bid. Our hope is to play against
teams from the top conferences in the nation and have a quality schedule that
will allow us a chance to impress the NCAA selection committee. We need to
compete with these teams and play to our potential if our goal of making Regionals is to occur.
As we begin team practice, Coach Kee
and I hope that the fitness level of our players from the fall has carried over
so that we can focus on team play and softball strategy. It’s important for our
team to begin to mesh and gel on the field, so we can play as one strong unit
regardless of personnel. We have a talented squad that is a unique mix of both
experience and youth. The players are hungry to prove that ECU is a team to be
reckoned with!
So as January becomes February, and practices become
games, the ECU Pirate softball team will transition from the intense daily
ritual of drills and practices to the excitement and challenge of games. If our
kids’ hard work is any indication of our success, then we will all be pleased
with the outcome for 2008! Regionals here we come!
We hope to see so many of you this spring. Don’t be
strangers, stop by and say hello! Your support is priceless and appreciated.
Best of each day,
Coach Koz
Latest News
ECU is # 2 in
C-USA
preseason softball coaches' poll.
East
Carolina students began class on Friday, January
11. Practice and conditioning has
begun! Be on the lookout for softballers running the steps at D-F.
Gametracker is finally coming to softball. The wiring will be done in time for the home
opener February 15 when ECU opens the Pirate Invitational with Boston College
at 2:00.
NEW FEATURE has been added to the site.
A player’s blog will be added throughout the season. Erin St. Ledger is the first to write one. What a fun way to get a different perspective
of the season! Find Erin’s blog by
clicking the link on the home page.
Happenings:
Tailgate with other Pirate
softball fans on Saturday, February 9
during the Carolina Clash at UNC-CH from 12-5 at the back portion of the General
Administration parking lot. The Pirates
play at 10:00 and 5:30 on Saturday.
Look
for the Blackbeard’s Ballers gold tent. BYOC. (Chair) We should have plenty of
food, but just to make sure send
an email to ecusoftballfan@yahoo.com
if you plan to join us or if you have any questions.
Here is some UNC information to help you
find the stadium.
Directions to Anderson Stadium
http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/unc/sports/w-softbl/auto_pdf/sbdirections.pdf
UNC softball Parking Information
http://www.dps.unc.edu/dps/specialevents/athletics/uncsoftball.htm
Tailgate with WEST COAST Pirate fans on Saturday,
March 22 at the Stanford Invitational II in Palo Alto, CA. This is being
organized by Jamie Jimenez, the Dad of one of the players. More
information will follow for all of you WEST COAST PIRATES. But in the
meantime if you have any questions, Jamie can be contacted by cell phone @ 209 495-0322 or email @ jj@jjsportsc.com
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
UPCOMING EVENTS for 2008 SEASON (more info to
follow)
Tailgate
at the Carolina Clash (2/9/08)
First
home game of the season (2/15/08)
“THINK PINK” (2/16/08)
Dinner
with the Team (TBA)
Softball/Women’s Basketball DH
(2/23/08)
Softball/Baseball DH (3/1/2008)
Tailgate
at the Stanford Invitational II (3/22/08)
Softball
Alumni Weekend (4/19/08)
Blackbeard’s
Ballers home game tailgate (TBA)