These two cuties were with us in the upper section of 221 at Gampel Pavillion on the campus of the University of Connecticut in Storrs last night.
A tuba or two,
A small section of the fan base, enjoying the action...
A very dedicated student section on their feet for the team,
UCONN 87/ Duke 51
*excellent game!
I've never been much of a real sports fan. Have played a bit of softball with my brother, & friends growing up. Basketball & volleyball were an awesome time, for those were my natural team sport talents. It was mainly volleyball that I enjoyed best. Cycling, roller & ice skating, even scootering [or scooching, as I would call it], were all great fun. A threesome of us gals even played touch football one summer when we were 13, with a rather adventurous group of cool Italian dudes, in our neighborhood, decades before the other Dude, was on the scene. So from that I gained a bit of a football fan in me, but only a wee little bit, depending..
For Christmas my husband was given two tickets to the UCONN Women's Basketball game, & last night was the night. For starters I've never been good at being a spectator for any sporting event. Even when all of our three sons played soccer or basketball, & I was there for many a team event, I often would have to ask the person I was sitting next to what is the score, or what just happened, as my attention span as a spectator is so very poor. But in my own way I enjoyed going, being with everyone, & rooting our team on... In a very honest & true way I was a fan, an original soccer mom, from decades before the phrase was coined.
In the 70's there was a time when girls & women's sports were treated as no more than a little window dressing. Feels odd to even say that, but that was true, & then a law was passed. This new law addressed the situation of discrimination & lack of fairness in the government's funding of sports. Yes it took a law, but now decades upon decades later, women's sports on college campuses across this country, are a very happening event. Very skillful & most competitive too. "We have, come a long, long way baby..."
I may be late in my attendance as a fan, but what does that matter. What's important is that this former soccer mom, has additional "root, root, root for the home team...", experiences to look forward to, & the future of high level competitive woman's sports are here to stay.
Always my father's daughter, I too will quote the great Yogi Berra & agree, "It ain't over till it's over."
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