Cabrini University softball team headed off to Florida on Saturday, Feb. 23 for an entire week playing it off in a tournament to face off a number of rival schools during this spring break. The team has been practicing this past month and are prepared to compete. They got ready for their first game against Northern Vermont University’s team, the Johnson Badgers, on Sunday, Feb. 24.
While the Cavaliers finished unpacking and settled down and rested up, it was game time. The Cavaliers won their first game flawlessly against Northern Vermont with a winning score of 13-0 and for their second game with Hanover College they won with a close score of 5-4 putting them on a streak of 2-0.
Alexandra Schell, a junior business management major said before going to Florida, “It is going to be tough but we have done it before and we will do it again.”
With the team moving from chilly Pennsylvania to a warmer Florida they were sure to experience a quick change of temperature and with the change of temperature it might have affected the way some of the players played.
“It is going to be difficult changing from the cold weather to the warm weather,” Darian Caputo, a senior psychology major graduating with research honors and Spanish minor, said, “Temperature affects many aspects of the game like gripping the ball, the way we hold our bats and the clothes that we wear.”
After the Cavaliers withstood and fought through the Badgers and Panthers they were ready for their next upcoming battle on Tuesday, Feb. 26 with Alma College, the Scots and Augustana College, the Vikings. The Cavaliers were moving on strong and faced Alma College but gained a loss with a score of 0-1 and then played against Augustana College for their second game ending with a another loss of 1-8.
After the Cavaliers got through Tuesday they readied themselves for Wednesday as they faced Johnson & Wales University, the Wildcats and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, the Fightin’ Engineers. Their first game on Wednesday ended with a win for Cabrini with a score of 3-2. As for their second game against Rose-Hulman it was another loss with a score of 2-4.
The Cavaliers surely rested or practiced on Thursday, Feb. 28 for their last four games in Florida. Their last four games were on Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2 and after that they will be heading back home to Cabrini. The Cavaliers were almost done with their time in Florida as they battled it out with Milwaukee School of Engineering, the Raiders and had one last game with the Badgers.
As the Cavaliers faced Milwaukee School of Engineering they lost with a score of 0-7. But won their second game of the day with a score of 10-1 against Northern Vermont.
Saturday, March 2 was the last day for the Cavaliers to be participating in Florida. The Cavaliers had their first game at 9 a.m. against the Czech Republic’s National team who have come to take on U.S. universities so that they can ready themselves for the upcoming European Women’s Softball Championship.
The Cabrini softball team finished with a 4-5 record after Saturday’s 1-6 loss to the Czech National Team and another loss to Wartburg College with a score of 0-5.
