GATOR NEWS

From Greenwich Academy Press, May 2004
Kate Preziosi, Staff Writer

What exactly lies ahead for GA this season? Sports Director Angela Tammaro shares her main goals for the spring. “We would like the girls to steadily improve and play their best in all the games that they have, with the hope that they will qualify for their tournaments.”

Here’s what to expect this spring in GA sports:

The Sailing team is looking forward to a promising season, with their biggest events, including the qualifying rounds for New England’s and Fairfield Women’s Championship, in May. While previously the only co-ed team, Coach Susan Bonney thinks this an asset. “We compete separately, but practice with the guys out of both necessity and convenience. The Wick boys bring a lot of talent onto the water, and our sailors are only as good as our competition.”

Softball’s major rivals this season are KLHT and St. Luke’s School. Coach Doug DeRosa believes that captains Kirby Bumpus, Steele Hearne and Merrell Hambleton will lead the team into a successful spring. “The captains are very good players and are well respected by the other members of the team. I am very confident that they will do an outstanding job in providing leadership to the softball team.” The pitchers have worked over the winter with a pitching coach, Elizabeth Swank.

Varsity Lacrosse, under the leadership of Caroline Simmons and Cara Sweeney, is looking forward to its FAA tournament at the end of the season. Coach Tammaro expressed, her excitement for the spring. “Everyone is full of anticipation for a good season. There are a lot of girls playing lacrosse so the enthusiasm is high and the expectation for a good season is there.”

Crew, led by captains Elizabeth Losch and Mariell Kiernan, is expecting a challenging but successful season. “We have a strong group of girls coming back from winter workouts as well as a large group of enthusiastic novices, which is the perfect combination for a really fun and successful spring,” said Liz. The season will end with the Stotesbury Regatta, which Liz believes will be the most important, along with the New England Championships. “Last year we placed extremely well at the Stotesbury in multiple events, and I have every confidence that we’ll do even better there this season.”