Women's Basketball Diary from Hawaii

By Jamie Battinierri and Shely Dunek

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Hawaii 12/21/2003 - Hey Philadelphia, It is Saturday night at 9:00 P.M. in Hawaii and we are winding down on our trip! What an unbelievable week! We were in 85-90 degree weather, we won a championship and we had the time of our lives. Waikiki Beach, The North Shore, Ohauna Bay on a snorkeling trip, Pearl Harbor,a Luau on the beach of the Pacific Ocean, PERFECT Weather and a great end to the 1st half of our season. We are coming into the new year with a 7-1 record with some great wins against some great competition and we are really looking forward to getting into our conference schedule when we return and play Teikyo Post on January 6th. We are getting back to practice on the 29th of December and are planning on having a memorable year. Kate Baun and Nina Smith were named to the All Tournament Team, but anyone who played could have received that honor, we had two great games! Well Aloha (Hello) from Hawaii and Mahalo (Thank You) for all of your support! Rumor is we are coming back here next year!!!!!!!


Hawaii 12/19/2003 - Aloha everyone, today was quite a day! We won our FIRST championship, beating West Virignia Weslyn 78-58. We played a hard, competitive game and it was a great end to this tournament. So now the vacation begins!!! We started it off tonight with an authentic Hawaiin-style luau. We enjoyed great entertainment by amazing dancers and a delicious Hawaiian buffet. Tomorrow morning some of the team will be going to see Pearl Harbor while others spend the day on the beautiful beaches of Honolulu. On Saturday we are probably traveling over to the North Shore, one of the most popular spots in Hawaii. There we'll do things like snorkeling and surfing (uhh-ohhh)! Sunday we'll be getting our things together and do some last minute shopping and tanning before we start the LONG flight home. We'll be back in Philadelphia way too early Monday morning. We'll get some pictures up on the site when we are back at Holy Family. This is our last entry, and since we have a couple weeks 'til our next game, we are wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday!!!


Hawaii 12/18/2003 - Aloha Philadelphia, Sorry we have not been in touch but our hotel is not updated with the Internet. However we arrived safe and sound on Monday. It was a very long day with an 13 hour flight. On Tuesday we practiced outside in 85 degree weather, with the sun beaming on us. We are seconds away from Waikiki Beach. We have been all over the island and its only been a couple days. Its absolutely gorgeous. Our hotel is at a great location, it is like we are on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills with all the shops here. We played our first game today against Wingate from North Carolina. It was one of our best games of the year. The team is finally coming together. We won by 36 and really needed all our fans because their fans were brutal. Everyone played great and had a lot of fun. We are all looking forward to playing tomorrow. We play at 12 o'clock western time against West Virginia Wesleyan, who beat Florida Gulf Coast today 85-83. We are looking to win our first of three championships. We will be thinking of all of you at home after we win and are relaxing on the beach. We will be in touch. P.S. We are doing our best trying to post pictures!


Hawaii 12/14/2003 - Hi, it's Jamie and Ashley and it is the night before we leave for our big trip to Hawaii. We just came off a big road victory over Georgian Court to get us ready for Hawaii. Everyone is looking forward to the good competition and the warm weather. We are leaving Monday morning at 7:15, east coast time and we should be arriving in Hawaii around 2:30 west coast time. We have a long day ahead of us, so we better get some rest. We will be keeping in touch daily from Hawaii so keep checking the website! Wish us luck!