NCAA Women's Lacrosse Tournament

The Women's Lacrosse team will be competing in the first round of the NCAA Division II Championship on Saturday May 15, 2010 here at Adelphi. They will be playing against Stonehill College. They just played Stonehill this past Sunday while competing in the NE-10 tournament, defeating them 14-13 in overtime.

Take a break from packing and studying and come out and support your women's lacrosse team!

AU Volleyball Raffle

On Thursday May 6th, 2010 the women's volleyball team with be having a raffle outside of the University Center from 11am-3pm. Benefits of this raffle will help support the girls on their preseason trip to Minnesota, where they will face some great competition.

Prices are:

1 ticket - $1.00

Arms Length - $5.00

Body Length - $10.00

There are many great prizes and you get to pick which one you have the chance to win.

ipod Touch

Digital Camera

2 Mets Tickets with signed baseball

Move Night Basket

Theatre Tickets for 2

AU Athletics Prize Pack

and much more!

Come out and support the girls as they look forward to their 2010 season!

Podcast with Heather Mau

This week I interviewed Heather Mau, a rising senior on the Adelphi Women's volleyball team. I talked to her about her experiences as a student-athlete here. Enjoy!

AU Softball

Adelphi Women's Softball has clinched a spot in the upcoming NE-10 Tournament with two wins against UMass-Lowell this weekend.

More information of the tournament to follow.

Upcoming Contests

Saturday May 1st, 2010 - Women's Lacrosse takes on the Pioneers of C.W. Post as they look to continue their win streak. It is the last home game for the lacrosse team. Also it is anticipated to be a sold out crowd as it is their biggest rival as well as Alumni Day, so get there early to get your seat to view one of the season's most anticipated games. Game time is 4pm. See you there!

Saturday May 1st, 2010 - Softball has a game but it is away at Merrimack College in Andover, MA. If you see any of the girls walking around campus make sure you show your support and wish them luck as they look forward to the upcoming NE-10 tournament.

Saturday May 1st, 2010 - Track and Field are competing in the NE-10 championship this Saturday at Stonehill College. The girls have been working hard for this and are coming off a strong performance from the last tournament. Good luck girls!

Make sure you show your support for all these girls and show your Adelphi Pride by coming out and cheering them on as they look to finish up their seasons. Good luck! You've done AU proud!

Advancing On

The Adelphi University Women's Tennis team advanced to the semi-finals of the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament Wednesday. They defeated Le Moyne College of Syracuse, NY.

They will play next on Friday April 23, 2009 at Stonehill College. They will also be playing Stonehill. Adelphi is seeded 3rd while Stonehill is seeded 2nd.

Good luck girls!

From Florida to New York

Photo courtesy of aupanthers.com

Breaking three records her freshman year and earning the team MVP award, Adelphi swimmer Charlotte Davies has brought more to New York then the Florida sunshine. Hailing from Sanibel, Florida, Davies, who is now a sophomore, continues her successes here at Adelphi. She has received a Northeast-10 Honor as well. But she says that her most prized accomplishment is setting those records as a freshman.

"My most prized accomplishment at AU would be my records in the 500, 1000, and 1650 freestyle. I received all of them as a freshman and it made me super excited to be an asset to the team my first year."

This is the first season the swim team has been able to swim in their home pool in a few years. Last year they were traveling everywhere just to find a pool to practice in. But as Davies point out its her team that matters the most when it comes to swimming.

"The best thing about swimming here is definitely my team. I love swimming with them and we all get along not only in the pool but outside of the pool too. Without my team I don't know what I would do and they make swimming here a better experience."

In order to break records and become a top swimmer it takes more then just a nice pool and a great team surrounding you. It takes hard work and dedication on the athletes part to devote herself to being the best and Davies practices this day in and day out.

"Doing well doesn't come easy. If you work hard you'll do well and you can't slack off during practice and expect good things to happen or to do well when it comes time for a championship or big race."

Davies doesn't just want to settle for what she has already accomplished. She knows that there are many more years to go and she plans to continue with her hard work to make her become the best swimmer she could possibly be, while defending her records.

"I want to do well. And not working hard doesn't make sense to me. I want to continue to improve throughout my years at AU and to get there I have to work hard everyday. Not to mention that I don't want any freshman taking my records. :)"

Each and every day Adelphi women athletes look to do their best and their hard work, dedication and commitment they put in, it sure shows that we have some of the best.