Weekend in Review!

The Eagles had an eventful weekend this past Saturday participating in the Red Bandanna 5K run, the Friends of Jaclyn Clinic and the Alumnae game! It certainly was a great weekend.

5K Red Bandanna Run

The day started out with a 5K-benefit run in honor of Welles Remy Crowther, who was a ’99 Boston College graduate and member of the BC men's varsity lacrosse team. Unfortunately, Welles lost his life in 9/11 - he was an equity trader in the South Tower. Welles used the last hour of his life to save the lives of others using a red bandanna to cover his nose and mouth as protection against smoke and debris. However, when the towers collapsed Welles did not make it out. The Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust was established by the Crowther family to honor and keep their son's memory alive through good works benefiting young people. The Trust supports other not for profit organizations that benefit young people through annual gifts and special awards. We were honored and excited to be part of such a special event! We’d like to say a very special THANK YOU to the Crowther Family, who came out later that day to support our team during the Alumnae game.

FOJ Clinic
The day continued with the Friends of Jaclyn Clinic. We had a great turnout of girls ranging from youth players all the way to high school level. We were so thrilled to have our adopted teammate, Judith, come out for the day to play lacrosse. Judith was joined by her parents and brother, Larry.

Denis Murphy, who founded FOJ and is the father of Jaclyn, was able to come out to the clinic, as well. We were thrilled and honored to have him come and we hope to have many more clinics benefiting such a special cause.

Alumnae Game & Reception
The day wrapped up with a very fun game against the Alumnae. We welcomed back Alums from 1983-2009! Julie Olivier ’83, Liz Ann Backe Barone ‘ 83, Jaime Baldante McCarthy ’00, Shauna Culhane ’08, Katie DeBlois ’09, Lauren Fitzpatrick ’09, Maura Mahoney ’09, Margot Spatola ’09 dusted off the cleats and joined us in the fun! We mixed up the teams and played two halves. The Alum team walked away with a win after, Judith Theriault, scored the game winner! Looks like Judith took away some great pointers after the FOJ clinic!

A big THANK YOU goes out to Jaime McCarthy and Maura Mahoney for helping to organize the game, as well as, the reception following the game at Union Street in Newton Centre. We are thrilled that this game has become a tradition and we hope to continue it for years to come!

FIRST TWO WEEKS

The first two weeks are in the books! WOW, did the team come back in shape or what?! VERY impressive showing in the run tests - best ever! We have had two practices and both have gone well - lots of new faces and plenty to work on but we are heading in the right direction. Will be a fun weekend with the 5k Red Bandanna Run, the FOJ Clinic, and the Alumnae Game & Reception!

We hope to see many of you cheering us on at Harvard on October 4th at our first fall scrimmage weekend!

Keep up the GREAT work 2010 Team!!!!!

CHEER THEM ON!!!!

Lauren Fitzpatrick '09, Maura Mahoney '09 &

Celeste Mahoney (Maura's mother) are making the

Jimmy Fund's 26.2 mile Boston Marathon trek on Sunday,

September 13th as Team Joanne in honor of Lauren's

mother who passed away last September after a courageous

battle with breast cancer. Help cheer them on in any way

you can! We are very proud of all of them for doing

this & we know Joanne is watching with a big smile!

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!

WELCOME BACK EVERYONE!!

School starts next Tuesday but the team is slowly moving back & into dorms and apartments. It is great to have everyone back on campus - it's been lonely around here! We are getting very excited about the 2010 season!

Summer Update: Senior Sue Cannon!

Hey Everyone!!

Greeting from the Dirtyyyy Jerz! Hope everyone has had a spectacular summer. I cannot believe that it has almost come to an end. I have had a great summer just bumming it around Orkney and working in a good ‘ol restaurant. Let me tell you….I am not cut out for the restaurant business. This will be my last summer working as a waitress, if all goes as planned next year! I don’t know if you have heard the story about how I spilled a half a cup of water on a perfectly friendly couple and they insisted that their meal be on the house…hah! Or how about when I failed the serving test at Charleys?? Or when the chef was screaming at me for not getting food out on time (he kept yelling, “Don’t you have a college education???!!!??”) I can honestly say It helps you get pretty tough, which isn’t always a bad thing!

Anywho, I have taken a break from working/life this past week and retired to my couch at home. This is the life. I forgot how amazing life is when you have air conditioning, a huge tv, a comfy clean sofa, and warm delicious meals served to you. Ohhh the life! And even better…I am leaving for vacation tomorrow for Seattle. Going to the west coast to visit my brother and his soon to be wife!! Some hiking, fishing, and water skiing…I cannot wait!

Next exciting thing coming up after vacation is BC!! I cannot wait to get started and meet all the new faces on the team. It is going to be such a fun year and I have a feeling we are going to be pretty good too :) I have also been reading this summer, getting ready for senior year I took Bowen’s advice and read a very interesting book about rowing…shout out to Mary’s freshman year! I’ll leave you guys with a few fun and motivational quotes I got from the book…

“Edges form outlines. If our boundaries determine our identities, then we learn who we are by finding our limits.”

“If there is no fear, we don’t have enough at stake. Gamble more than you can afford to lose, and you might win.”

“We don’t need perfect circumstances; we can thrive in any sort of weather. Nichi niche kore ko niche: every day is a beautiful day.”

Alrighty I am off to go pack for my trip cross country but I CANT wait to see you all soon. Much lovee!!

~Sue Biiiiird

JUDITH GOT HER LICENSE!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS JUD!!!

2009 ACC All-ACADEMIC TEAM

CONGRATULATIONS

Lauren Costello '10, Emily Hannigan '09, Maura Mahoney '09, and Jenna McCabe '09

All were recently named to the ACC All-Academic Team for their performances in the classroom and on the field. Emily was the only 4-time recipient of the award on the 2009 list from any ACC school!

For the press release click here