Team Announcements

 Incredible Weekend In Miami!  And Incredible Players!

Thanks to all the players for a great season!  Even while we encountered challenges in ways that we didn't expect (losing matches, birds on the court, rain every day, etc.), the players remained a team.  The players willingly sacrificed, voluntarily looked out for each other, kept celebrating, encouraging and giving through 4 days.

 Some might think that this is too much sacrifice for the players to withstand.  But the members of our team knew better, and the final two matches were the reward for the players' unity.  Lesser people would not have had enough courage to play.  Lesser people would have been thinking of "me," and "Where's my playing time?", but not the 12 girls of the Roanoke 16N's!   The team was each girl's top priority, and their own personal glory was secondary.   Isn't that refreshing?  The players understood "team"!!  

It's the players who usually do understand all this!  Others didn't. 
It's the players who knew that together we would succeed, and if we separated, we would fail.
And the players wouldn't let any person separate them from the success that they ultimately earned! 
 
 Regardless of the horrible memories that were forced upon us by a few people in our final few minutes together, we will focus on the great times we had, and we're proud to be a part of the Roanoke 16 Nationals for 2009.  

It was a team built to win the ODR Championship.... and together we did!

We had an incredible season.  Congratulations!!!