Out And About In PA
Senior day at Haverford College for the women's program saw a nice gesture. Ursinus cooperated in allowing a GK who had ended her career through injury to step into the net at the opening kickoff with her fellow seniors, make a "save" and play the ball back for Ursinus to put into touch, thereby allowing the healthy current starter to step onto the field and replace her. One last touch for a player whose career had ended too soon. Classy stuff.
The Special Olympics visited Villanova on November 1-2-3, and what a show they put on! I caught some soccer (of course) peeked in at the volleyball games, wandered through the Olympic Village and watched the young athletes (kids under 9, I believe; too young for the formal teams/competitions) doing activities at the 'Nova "Oreo" sculpture. Sam and Heather and I were impressed with the energy and effort, the quality of the overall organization (it must have felt great to be a participant, everything looked like a big-deal event) and the athletes themselves. Everyone was having a great time. I shot a little video of the soccer:
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