Jasper Softball Hopes for a Better End to the Season

Zoe DeFazio Web Editor

Manhattan College’s softball team remains optimistic as they face a losing streak. After a rough ending from the past two games of 3-5 and 2-6 against Stony Brook breaking their 3 game winning streak.

Senior pitcher Marika Deemer has hope for the rest of the season. Deemer reflected on her overall career as a Jasper and wishes for a successful end.

“Honestly, I think coming off of a rough season last year, really just kind of lit a fire under us, especially the upperclassmen seniors and juniors,” said Deemer. “We don’t want the last games of the season to be a negative”

Kaitlyn Flood, senior catch- er has been keeping up with her skills. Flood finds herself practicing for various positions to better herself as a player while also helping The Jaspers secure wins for their upcoming games.

“I’m struggling a little bit, I’ve been working a lot in the fields and trying to get better defensively. I’m trying to not let it affect both sides of the game. So I’m proud of myself for that,” said Flood.

The previous wins were a testament to the team’s hard work and dedication. Junior Infielder, Megan Hedlund, who is battling an undisclosed injury, noted that she and other teammates leave for practice at 6:30am.Hedlund continued by sharing her personal outlook on softball and its impact on her life.

“Some days are easier and then there are days that you seem like you can’t get it together. It’s a drag, but you get through it,” said Hedlund. “I don’t think there’s any way you can mentally prepare for 8 rigorous hours of straight softball, but you really just have to make the most of it.”

It isn’t all bad days when it comes to the Jaspers. Flood commented on the team’s uplifting pre-game ritual to get into the right mindset for a good game.

“Something we do as a team, I would say is like, lighten the mood and like get excited for the game and just l have fun together. Like, we play Happy [By Pharell Williams] together before, which is a lot of fun for all of us just to kind of have fun before anything starts,” said Flood.

As The Jaspers approach the last few weeks of the season, Flood, Hedlund and

Deemer are awaiting victory at Gaelic Park. The three upper class players are eager to finish strong with their upcoming games such as Sacred Heart.

“As a team, we’re just really excited to keep this energy going into our next game and continue to be successful,” said Flood.

Hedlund finished off with gratitude as she thanked the team and their supporters.

“We’re also really appreciative of like the crowd that has been coming out in years past we’ve had a ton of students come up, cheer us on and lately weve been having a couple of you know, like friends show up and we have other team like other sports teams will come in and support what were getting into,” said Hedlund.