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Senior guard Courtnay Pilypaitis is one of the top players in America East. She was named the America East Rookie of the Year in 2007, the league's Player of the Year in 2008, and the Most Outstanding Player of the 2009 America East Women's Basketball Championship after leading UVM the title and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.November 20
Hi Catamounts fans!
For this blog we have a special video documenting the trip to North Carolina. Click Here to check it out.
Our team just got back from playing in the North Carolina State tournament. We had a blast! Road trips are always fun traveling with the Catamounts. We had two hard fought victories to win the tournament. We played Western Michigan in the first round and it went pretty well for us for our first "real" game. I was really impressed with our freshmen. They came in and played like they were veterans. The game was not pretty by any means in the eyes of Coach Dawley, but we grinded it out for our first win and had many things to improve on for our next game.
Our second game was against the home team NC State. It is always a blast playing the home team for the championship. We knew heading into the game that rebounding was going to be the key, so we all buckled down and focused on that. Sofia had an amazing game on the boards for us (10 rebounds), along with Kendra and Lauren B. Playing on the road always leads to some adversity, and I was extremely impressed with how our team handled it. Each one of these games is going to help us down the stretch in the America East.
One of the highlights for me was going to visit Duke University after one of our practices. I am a huge fan of the men's team, and really wanted to see Cameron Indoor Stadium for myself. During our tour of the athletic facilities, we stopped and watched a bit of the Duke women's practice. It is always neat to see how other team's practice and what kind of drills they do. Fortunately for our team they didn't do any crazy conditioning drills that coach could pick up and use at our next practice.
The best part about the trip besides winning the tournament was the travel to and from Raleigh, N.C. When traveling for almost the entire day, you tend to get a little overtired and giddy. This is when you see the true colors of our team. If you are in the airport, you can spot us out easily, we are the group of girls laughing hysterically over one small comment made by another teammate. I love traveling with this group of girls. We always find a way to keep ourselves entertained. In the early going, I have to say that Kendra is in the lead for making our team laugh.
Now we are looking to have a solid week of practices to gear up for our game against Boston College on Sunday, which we know will be a tough game.
One final note, congratulations to Kendra Seto for winning America East Rookie of the Week this week. I am confident it will not be her last award either.
Until next time,
CP #3
GO CATS GO!
October 31
Hi Catamount Fans!
This past week has been a crazy one. We had our Green and Gold scrimmage at the Catamaount Tip-Off. It was my last one ever, so it was sad to know I will never get to judge a dunk contest in Patrick Gym again. We had a great time playing and giving our fans a look at this year's team.
The rest of this week, was some really good practices leading up to our exhibition game against Laval. We worked on a lot of new stuff and finally got to play against someone other than ourselves. The freshmen learned just how crazy I am before games. We lifted on Friday after our practice and I was very excited to be playing the next day and would not stop yelling and getting fired up in the weight room. I think they all are now aware of just how crazy I am.
We won the game against Laval and did some really good things. All our rebounding drills paid off, as we did an outstanding job on the boards. Sofia and Lauren B did an excellent job for us, 15 and 12 rebounds respectively for them! All the freshmen did really well in their first game, the nerves were visible but they did a great job playing hard and fit right into playing Catamount Basketball.
We got great news this week too. The coaches in the conference selected our team as preseason number one. We barely edged out Hartford in the voting and we know this year will be even tougher than last year to repeat as champions. With that being said, I think our team is up to the challenge and working on getting better everyday and pushing ourselves to the max.
We've got one more exhibition game next week against Franklin Pierce at 4:30 p.m.. Franklin Pierce is a very good team so it will be a good final test for us going into the regular season. The game is a doubleheader with the men's team, they host Saint Michael's at 1 p.m., so hopefully we can get everyone in Patrick Gym to support both teams!
Hope everyone had a great Halloween!
Until next time,
CP # 3
Go Cats Go!
October 19
Practices have officially started and we hit the court running hard! It was great to finally get back onto the court for more than an hour and to start the year. It is weird to think that I will never have a preseason again with Coach Goulet or the team. With that said I think that me and the other three seniors are excited to have the best senior year we possibly can.
Practices started off with the usual self-toss, two-ball dribbling, and fast break drills. It's funny how you quickly remember those drills once you get going with them. Having six freshmen on the team, most of the drills are new to them, so a lot of learning and teaching has been happening in the first four practices. We have a lot of talent on our team this year, and everyone is really excited to get going into game action.
We have started putting in our offenses and sets, and of course our fast break. Its no secret that our team likes to run and I think this year we will be even faster! It is a scary thought, but also a great feeling. The chemistry is kicking in very quickly with this team. We all have been continuing our hard work in practice and are having many moments of greatness. But with those moments of greatness also comes some very ugly moments that causes Coach Dawley to tell us "our mulligan is used up". I will tell you it's a bad feeling when Coach says that about 20 minuets into practice.
We are excited to show our fans what our new team will look like at the Catamount Tip Off - Oct. 24 at noon at Patrick Gym. After that we are looking forward to playing against somebody other than our teammates in the first preseason game on Oct. 31 (1 p.m.) against Laval.
Until next time,
CP # 3
Go Cats Go!
October 4
Long time no speak Catamount fans! These past two weeks have been pretty hectic even though we are not in season. Last weekend we hade recruits on campus, which always leads to fun team bonding activities. We had a movies night one night, where we learned that one of our teammates actually owns Josie and the Pussycats Dolls the movie. When learning of this news, we thought it would be a great idea to watch that. It provided some laughs for our team and the recruits. Another day played laser tag, and went apple picking. It was a surprise to find out that a native Vermonter, Rachel had never been apple picking before. She had a blast her first time.
Our team also helped out with the 5k Kevin Robertson Run. Although most us did not run, we cheered on all the participants. Congratulations to Alissa and TY who ran the 5k, and did very well. The Roberson Run was part of Homecoming at UVM and May and I were fortunate enough to attend the UVM Athletic Hall of Fame dinner. We met all the deserving recipients of the award, including a former basketball player, Lori Taylor. It was a pleasure to met her and her family and hear about her experiences as a player at UVM.
During the week our team was busy working out, lifting, doing individuals, playing pickup, and conditioning. Having such a long preseason leads to us being anxious to play. To help with that, our coaches are always looking for ways to spice our workouts up. The first way was to replace one of our conditioning sessions with a game of touch football! This was a big success with our team, and I think we all sweat more than we did when we run. I am happy to say that I was on the winning team, along with Kendra Seto, May, Lauren wheeler, Lauren Bushmann, Morgan Albert, and Sofia Iwobi.
Our second surprise was when the coaches told us that we would do our testing early because if anyone got hurt there would be time for them to recover before practice started. So we went into the weight room the next day anxious and ready to test. To our surprise, instead of going through the testing we got a lesson in hip-hop dancing! It took us a little while to get loose, and really get into it but once we did we had ourselves a nicely choreographed dance routine. It was a great way to get a workout in, as well as share some laughs with our team.
Until next time,
CP # 3
Go Cats Go!
September 17, 2009
Hi Catamount fans! So this week has been a week of conquering fears for me!
The first obstacle I was able to overcome was heights. Our team did some team bonding and went through a ropes course. I am not a fan of heights, but me and freshman Kristine Lalonde tackled a 35-foot high ladder. The ladder consisted of about six beams and was very unstable. Kristine and I used our teamwork to get all the way to the top, but after the first few beams I did not want to look down. May and Lauren Wheeler also took a stab at the high ladder. It was fun to watch others try to tackle the ladder after I was safely on the ground with two feet.
Other than the ladder, we did a bunch of low level activities, and games that worked on our communication skills and teamwork. We split into two groups. My group consisted of Coach MacAulay, Tory, May, Ashley, Kristine, and Lauren Wheeler (I have to put her whole name because we have two Lauren's on the team! - Lauren Wheeler and Lauren Buschmann).
We make a good team on the court, but just don't ask us to complete a tire swing course, we had a little trouble with that one! We all had a lot of fun and we all got to know each other a little bit better ... Click Here to see a few more photos from the ropes course.
Obstacle #2 was my uneasy feeling I have about public speaking. I was able to semi-conquered was my fear. I have been working all summer on an independent concerning nutrition of female athletes and Thursday I had to make a presentation to the women's basketball, women's hockey, and women's lacrosse teams. It was very intimidating to start with, but once I got going I felt a lot more comfortable. I think it went well overall, and I am relieved that it is over with.
Other than that, this week has been great for our team we had our first hour of team practice! We have a lot of talent and it made us all want to start practice right away! We still have three weeks of preseason to go so were going to have to wait a little bit longer. Until then we just have to keep lifting and running hard!
Until next time,
CP # 3
Go Cats Go!
September 11, 2009
It is the end of the second week of school and plenty has been going on with our team. We have gotten together and worked out and had a chance to hang out with each other.
The first week of school we had testing with our awesome strength coach Justin. Every single person got personal bests in most of the exercises. In the weight room there is a new a board with the best person on each team for each exercise. All I have to say about that is that May and Kendra Seto's name appear all over the place.
This week we started individuals workouts. We have them twice a week with the coaches and add conditioning and lifting four times a week. In addition to that, we played pickup twice.
It went well, everyone on our team is working hard, but if you see any of us outside of the court and were walking a little slow, you know why - its because we worked so hard this week that none of our muscles can move!
As a team we have lots of fun team activities planned. We have a movie night, ropes course, the 2nd annual Olympics at Coach L's, just to name a few. I am looking forward to spending time with the team and getting to know the freshmen better.
Week one of preseason is done, which means only 35 days until our first practice and I could not be happier!!
Until next time,
CP # 3
August 30, 2009
Hello Catamounts fans! The team is back from our short but amazing Canadian trip. We made the eight-hour bus ride back from Waterloo this morning. Most of us just slept, or watched movies to pass the time. The biggest excitement on the way back, was being able to turn our cell phones back on and be able to use them once we crossed the border.
Yesterday we played in May's hometown of Waterloo and played the University of Wilfred Laurier. May had about 100 or so fans that came out to support her, so we put on a show for them. We won our game by 37 points, and it was a great way to finish our trip up. May had an amazing game, scoring 37 points herself! After that we went back to the hotel and got ready for dinner at May's house.
We had a great time at May's, there was plenty of delicious food and we also got to catch up with some alumni who made the trip to watch the game. It is always nice catching up with former teammates and coaches. After we ate, some of the players and coaches played football in the backyard. It got pretty competitive. The winners were Coach L May's little cousin and Coach MacAulay.
The trip was an overall success with a record of 3-0 and lots of memories. Now we start school tomorrow, which means we start preseason training with the entire team. I am excited to get started with my senior year and keep our hard work going towards another championship.
Until next time,
CP # 3 Go Cats Go!
August 28, 2009
Hi Catamount fans! We are on our way to Waterloo, Ontario, May' s hometown. We just finished playing Ottawa University. We won by 28 points and we played well as a team. It was our second game in less than 19 hours with six players. Yesterday we played Carleton University and won by 22 points.
For me personally, it was great to play in my hometown and against some of my old teammates and some close friends. I am really lucky that I got to play in front family and friends who have not seen me play since high school. I was surprised by the amount of people who came out to support me for my two games in Ottawa and very grateful.
Our trip to Ottawa on Thursday was relatively short. We stopped in Cornwall on the way to get some food and ran into Lauren Wheeler an incoming freshman that was on her way to Vermont to move in. It was great to see her. We wished that our freshman could play with us this trip, they can't per NCAA rules. After that we drove to our hotel in Ottawa, and then went and visited the parliament buildings. I would have to say Alissa was the most excited one of us to be there! After a couple pictures (see the slide show), and a quick visit we were off to our pregame meal at my family friend's house.
A lot of my family and friends were at this pregame meal. It was great to have the team meet them and get to know me a little more about my family. Another incoming freshman, Kristine Lalonde and her family came to this gathering so it was nice to catch up with her. The meal was delicious and it was amazing to spend time with my closest friends before our game.
So now we are onto Waterloo, where we get to go to May's house for a get together and another game. Hopefully we will keep getting better, and get our third win in as many days!
Until next time,
CP # 3 Go Cats Go!
August 27, 2009
We head off on our Canada trip today, and we are all really excited! May and I are obviously the most excited, as we get to share our hometowns to the rest of our team. We also have lots of family and friends coming to our games that have not seen us play since we left high school.
We've had two more practices where we worked on our plays some more, and got out some rust from not playing this intense all summer. The team has looked good, but we can always improve. These next three games, will only help us in the rest of the year. Besides practice we had our final two lifts with our strength coach Justin Goulet. The big news of the day today, was May cleaning red and whites! ... for those who don't know what that means, it means May is the second strongest girl at UVM for that lift!. Justin went wild! All of us got personal bests as well.
We had our ring celebration today! We finally all got our America East Championship rings. We have waited all summer to get together, so we can reflect one last time on our great finish last year. I love my ring, they are so nice and just makes me hungry for another championship and another ring. Now that we have our rings, we are ready to go to Canada and show off Catamount basketball!
I can't believe we have a game tomorrow, but very excited about it! I will let you know how it goes.
Until next time,
CP # 3 Go Cats Go!
August 24, 2009
Today we had our first practice in preparation for our Canada trip this weekend! It was great to see everyone back together again, but weird to be practicing in August. Unfortunately our incoming freshman cannot come on the trip with us, so it was just the returnees back at Patrick. Either way it made us all really excited for the upcoming season, and the last season for me. I can't believe it has been three years already, and I am a senior!
Practice started just like it always does; music and two-ball drill! Two-ball is our daily ball handling drill, that we do every day at the beginning of practice. If you have seen our team play before, you know that sometimes our drills turn into more of dancing than basketball. We ran through some basic drills and plays to get us all back on the same page again. Everyone looked really good, and you could tell we all worked really hard in the summer. Hopefully this season the hard work will pay off.
We only have seven players for this trip, so practice reminds me of my high school days when I only had seven teammates. It makes trying to do some drills at practice hard, a lot more running for us all! After practice we got a quick lift in, and then left for the day to relax and rest our bodies for practice tomorrow.
Till next time...
CP # 3 Go Cats Go!
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