Tomorrow marks the beginning of everyone's favorite season- March Madness!! Yes I realize tomorrow's date is March 6th, almost a week past the actual beginning of March, but you know what this is my blog so I say March starts on March 6th, the 1st round of the NCAA tournament for DIII! It is the time when everyone looks back on their season, and when 63 teams look forward to the difficult task of bringing home a national championship.

Here at NYU, this season was slightly different from the rest. Three different coaches, an almost identical returning team (plus 3 wonderful freshmen!), and a less than average season still fresh in our minds from last year. But this year was going to be different, and thanks to tremendous senior leadership and a refuse-to-lose attitude, it was! Compared to our 3-11 conference record last year, a 10-4 conference record and 21-4 overall makes this year already a big success. But the icing on the cake? A chance to dance!

Our last game of the regular season against rival Brandeis was important for many reasons. We wanted to finish with a win and also wanted to secure a host site for the 1st round of the NCAAs. The energy was especially high since it was SENIOR NIGHT! We were blessed with five amazing seniors and no one wanted to let them down on their night. Here they are- aren't they cute? lol  

Well it looked like it was going to slip away from us, as we were down 13 points in the first half. But we somehow managed to turn it around with a great all-around defensive effort and get a W.

Here is some pre-game and post-game silliness for your enjoyment. Half of our team has not been in the tournament before, so it was an exciting moment all around.  

So needless to say the nerves are high for tomorrow as we take on Salve Regina, a respectable Rhode Island team, in the First Round. If we play our game, or as Coach Trompeo would say, "Don't talk about it, be about it," we could be pretty dangerous. Either way, it's been an awesome year and I have the best team ever (of course I could be slightly biased...).

Thanks to all our wonderful family and friends who have supported us this whole season. And good luck to our men's team as they battle it out in the ECAC tournament. Let's go Violets!

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