Player Selection / GW Sports relaunch

Unable to attend practice today due to some prior commitments it was left to Coaches Ouimet and Irizarry to oversee practice.  With the off day yesterday it was the first chance we had to assess some of our potential injuries and start to finalize our travel roster for the weekend.  Not travelling with all the players on the roster, the day before we leave for our road trips or the day of in tomorrows case, is a difficult day for me as the news is broken to some players that they will not be travelling.  Injuries can make the decision for you but this season we have been fortunate so far that our injury list has been minimal so some tough decisions have to be made.

Aside from practice it was a chance for the staff and I to finalize the travel itinerary and make sure everything is in place for the trip as we leave tomorrow night.  Another improvement to the program this year has been the ability, with our increase in budget, to fly to places that in the past we have chartered a bus for in the past.  (Just so we're clear we don't fly everywhere and have been on some pretty long road trips this year already.)  Tomorrow's trip to Rhode Island is a perfect example where 2 years ago we travelled by coach taking over 8 hours and quite tiresome as you can imagine especially when you play the next day.  Hopefully we will at least be a little fresher after flying but any road game is difficult and all forms of travel take their toll on your body.

It seems that this weekend is a BIG weekend for most GW fall sports.  Volleyball have started A10 play 5-1 and lie 3rd in the standings with a match up against 2nd place Duquesne and local rival Mason this weekend.  Womens soccer lie 7th but tied with five other teams on 7 points so they'll be hoping to take advantage of being at home for 2 games.  For us, we need to get some more wins but know it'll be even harder on the road this weekend but hopefully we can take another step forward.

Raise High Moment of the Day
The Launch of the New Look GW Athletics website www.GWsports.com