How Far We've Come

Good Morning Denver!

The Johnnies lost 11-8 to St. Thomas in the 2009 UMLL Championship game, but earned the 4th seed at the 2009 MCLA National Championship Tournament in Denver, Colo.

And so I will do my best to keep everyone posted on our trip!

SUNDAY-MONDAY

On Mother's Day, the Johnnies boarded a bus for Rocky Mountains of Denver. After a long bus ride, the Johnnies arrived to a beautiful day in Colorado. We stopped at a Super Target out here and received our room assignments. As roommates we went and bought some food (peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, etc.) for the room.

We still had time to kill so we drove to Dick's Sporting Goods Park, where our games will be played this week. Coach Daehn ran the team through a conditioning practice which included a lot of running and calisthenics.

We checked into our hotel, the Drury Inn in Denver, where we had some down time until our next practice at 5 p.m. back at the fields. After a solid practice the team had some downtime back at the hotel to swim and eat. Lights went out fairly early as the entire team was exhausted after a long bus ride and a couple practices.

TODAY

The team enjoyed a free breakfast at the hotel and everyone is getting ready to leave for our 11 a.m. practice at the fields. The team does not play a game today since we have a first round bye so we plan on getting a couple practices in and also watching the 1 p.m. MT (#12) Stonehill vs. (#5) Northern Colorado game as we play the winner of that game.

I will try and update everyone on the day's activities later tonight!

Johnnie Red You Know!


- Mike Murakami
SJU Class of 2010
Webmaster, and Communications Officer