It is not only a new season for the girls basketball team at vwin德赢娱乐, but also a new era.

主教练劳伦·鲍尔, who amassed 76 wins in four seasons at Academy of Notre Dame, 接替雪莉·瑞蒂夫的职位, 在2023年4月退役的教练. With 2022-23 All-Inter-Ac League performers Izzy Casey ’24 and Jess Aponik ’24 headlining an experienced group, the Patriots are looking to build off a season in which they went 19-11 overall and tied for second in the league with a 9-3 mark.

“我不能说这些女孩有多不可思议, 首先作为人, 然后作为学生运动员,鲍尔说. “Their commitment to the program and to GA speaks for itself. We’ve had a lot of fun so far, and I’m really excited about the talent that we have. 我们知道摆在我们面前的挑战, 每场比赛都是一场战斗, 但我们这样设计是为了给Inter-Ac做准备.”

With that in mind the Patriots are not easing into the season, opening with a scrimmage against the eight-time Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association champions, 大主教木. 根据权力, the contest will be a good barometer for where the team is at heading into the season. 除了那场比赛, GA的主教练指着Inter-Ac的比赛, 以及12月11日的“她得到了游戏”锦标赛. 她对本赛季的第九和第十项比赛感到兴奋.

“We’ll have two really competitive games down there against Bishop O’Connell (VA) and The Steward School (VA),鲍尔说. “It’s the best of the best, there are teams from across East Coast going to this tournament.” 

GA opens the season with two scrimmages, one against 大主教木 on the road on 11月. 11月9日在主场对阵格温内斯Mercy Academy. 28. 在那之后, the regular season begins with home games against North Penn High School (12/1) and Friends Central School (12/5). A road scrimmage against Villa Maria Academy will serve as a precursor to the She Got Game Tournament, 在GA的许愿锦标赛之前, where the girls will take on Cape Henlopen and Harriton High School. The Patriots close out 2023 with the City of Love event at Jefferson University (Dec. 12月17日，主场对阵拿撒勒学院. 20)，以及红衣主教奥哈拉锦标赛(12月11日). 28-29).

一旦日历转到2024年, Inter-Ac League play starts with Academy of Notre Dame making the trip to Fort Washington.

“Our early schedule is going to tell us where we are and where we need to go,鲍尔说. “在我看来，Inter-Ac是有史以来最好的. We couldn’t have built a more competitive schedule to prepare us for what’s to come in the league.”

While the schedule will surely prepare the team for the league slate, having a core of players who have been through the slog of Inter-Ac play also helps. Power said that having a group who has played together since they were freshmen and have such great chemistry on the and off the court has been unquantifiable. Power added that the relationship between the players has helped them pick up the new offense and style of play that she is implementing. 尽管发生了变化, the expectations for the team remain the same as they have been for the last number of years. 

“女孩们说得最好，”鲍尔说. “我们在追逐芯片. There is so much more to this experience than wins and losses, 但在一天结束的时候, 我们正在努力赢得联赛和州冠军. 我们有足够的人员和动力去做这件事, 他们在实践中做了一切准备.”