Playoff Time

It's that time of year, the Centennial Conference Playoffs begin tomorrow with the First Round game. We are hosting Ursinus at 7:30pm. We'd love your support in Mayser tomorrow night! If you are not in the area, be sure to tune in to GoDiplomats.com for the live (and free) video. Go Dips!

WHITE OUT!

A "White Out" has been declared for our game against Dickinson tomorrow as well as for the men's game at 4pm. Please join us, wearing white, to show your support for the Diplomats as we close out the regular season. The SAAC (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee) will be selling white rally towels throughout both games. The cost is $5 for one towel and $12 for three towels.

We hope to see you in Mayser tomorrow!

Congratulations Coach Robinson!

F&M's Coach Glenn Robinson won his 800th career game last night at Gettysburg and also coached his 1,100th game at the helm of the Diplomat Men's Basketball program. Follow all the great coverage on GoDiplomats.com. And be sure to check out Coach Robinson's interview with ESPN's First Take. Congratulations Coach Robinson!

Food & Fun

Recently our team enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Professor Kibler's house. Professor Kibler is our Faculty Liaison and one of our biggest fans. Our first year players meet with Professor Kibler at the beginning of the school year for an informal conversation and to make a connection with her early. After a delicious dinner, we played a relay race game with one teammate in a chair and the others racing one at a time to style her hair with a piece of uncooked spaghetti. The first team to complete their look with 15 pieces of pasta won. The competitive nature of our team came out and players were racing back and forth across the living room. The evening was a lot of fun. It is always nice for our team to enjoy each other's company in a relaxed setting. Thank you Professor Kibler!

Alumnae Game

This past Saturday, 18 alums returned to campus for a pretty competitive alumnae game. The odd graduating years took on the even graduating years with the odds coming out on top with a two point win. At our game later that afternoon, all of the alums in attendance were recognized at half time and following our win, we had a wonderful reception with our current players, their families, our alums and their families. It was great to see so many former women's basketball players back on campus and to catch up with some of my own former teammates. We hope that next year even more alums will return to Mayser for the alumnae game!

Minute to Win It

On Friday evening our team got together for pizza and our own version of the game show, Minute to Win It. While we weren't playing for a million dollars like the contestants on TV, we had tons of fun.

SNOW!

Campus has a pretty blanket of snow thanks to Tuesday's snow storm. Our team has been back on campus for over two weeks now, as have many of the winter sports teams, but it is still quiet with the rest of the students at home for winter break. Classes start again this Tuesday, so we will be back to our regular schedule of practices in the late afternoon/evening after class. It has been nice to be able to practice during the day with plenty of time for our players to stop in on their own to do some extra shooting.

We have a busy stretch coming up with 5 games in 10 days. Please come out to support us in Mayser or on the road. If you can't make it to a game, keep following us on GoDiplomats.com.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year! Our team is looking forward to our full slate of Centennial Conference games in 2011. Right now we sit in 5th place with a 3-2 conference record. We head down to Washington College on Wednesday for our first game in 2011 before returning home on Saturday to take on Swarthmore. Please keep checking back to see what our team is up to in the new year!

First Semester in the Books

The first semester came and went very quickly this year. Our team worked hard in the classroom and was busy studying right through the end of exams last weekend. Now our players are all at home for some well deserved rest and family time. We will be back in Mayser next week preparing for our two home games that will close out 2010. We hope you will join us for our match up against Frostburg State on Dec. 30 at 1pm and our contest against Messiah on Dec. 31 at 2pm. Not a bad way to ring in the new year!

Holiday Shopping

Last night our team went shopping for two children we adopted for F&M's annual holiday gift and food drive. We divided our team into two groups and had a lot of fun shopping for items on each child's list. While we had a great time together as a team last night, it was also a good reminder that there are many children and families who are unable to celebrate the holidays as many of us do with big family meals, gift giving and other traditions. We have much to be thankful for during this holiday season and were happy to do a very small part in making the holidays of two children a little brighter.