{"id":10609,"date":"2023-10-16T18:32:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T18:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=10609"},"modified":"2023-10-16T18:32:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T18:32:40","slug":"lvc-womens-basketball-season-preview-for-2023-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2023\/10\/16\/lvc-womens-basketball-season-preview-for-2023-24\/","title":{"rendered":"LVC women\u2019s basketball season preview for 2023-24"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

By Tylee Stauffer \u201924, staff writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the fall sports\u2019 seasons wind down, the LVC women\u2019s basketball team\u2019s season is in full swing, and its team captain has some insights on the upcoming season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kate Fitzpatrick is a senior captain and point guard for the women\u2019s basketball team this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team has a roster of 16 student-athletes, with six of them being first-year students and one being a transfer student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe team dynamic this year is amazing,\u201d Fitzpatrick said. \u201cWe are an extremely close-knit group, and we are continuing to build the culture we want on and off the court. We really are becoming one big family that supports each other day in and day out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team\u2019s motto for this season is \u201cfamily\u201d. The goal of this motto is to create an atmosphere in which everyone feels supported and valued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFamily is so much more than just a word or motto,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s about being there for each other through everything, having each other\u2019s backs, and pushing each other to be the best possible player and individual.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some goals for the season for this squad are to make playoffs again, win home court advantage for the playoffs and be in the top four of the MAC Freedom conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the switch in conferences this season, the biggest challenge for the women\u2019s basketball team will be playing against two nationally ranked teams, DeSales University and Stevens Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will be playing two nationally ranked teams this year which just fuels our motivation and determination even more,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are looking forward to these games because they will test us. We want to play our best and prove ourselves during big games like these.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LVC women\u2019s basketball team has its home season opener on Saturday, Nov. 11 against Penn State Hazleton at 6 p.m. at Sorrentino Gymnasium. Its first home conference game is Wednesday, Jan. 6, at 5 p.m. at Sorrentino Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Tylee Stauffer \u201924, staff writer As the fall sports\u2019 seasons wind down, the LVC women\u2019s basketball team\u2019s season is in full swing, and its team captain has some insights on the upcoming season. Kate […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}