Category: Francie

PSU Women’s Volleyball is off to a great start, at 4-0 after the first week’s play.  Francie put up awesome numbers, with the 2nd best kill % behind Carabeth in the 3rd match against Hartwick last Saturday. 

That was a tough match, after dominating Colby-Sawyer:  

Go Girl!!  Unfortunately she’s now down with another bout of antibiotic-resistant kidney infection.

Francie made the Plymouth State President’s List. Way to go girl!

Two years running.

Volleyball season starts tomorrow with the first televised stream on the 4th. See a 2018 PSU V-Ball Schedule for all the details. Francie is nursing a sore shoulder from a summer injury and won’t be playing in at least the first match tomorrow. Her and 3 friends are in an apartment-type residence this year. I guess 1 year of dorm life was enough.

We had little send-off dinner at the Mt. Fuji Japanese Hibachi joint with a few of Francie’s friends, Avery, Lauren and Geo. She flew back to New Hampshire yesterday, now with her eastern friend Annie for a couple days before moving into their new PSU digs. This year she leaves the old-school dorm for a little bigger condo-style unit. They plan to rent an off-campus house next year. Fun times.

Francie & Michelle spent a couple days in the mountains just prior. Here’s them at Hanging Lake:

Looks like the scholarship is secure at this point. The Kid scored >3.8 GPA her Freshman year, landing on something called the Plymouth State President’s List.

It happens so infrequently, I just love it when I am proven right!

Watch Francie (#5 in black) make three quick kills in this Senior Club game from last year:

It’s easy to see why Francie made an impact on the PSU team as a freshman. Sophomore season will be here before we know it. I predict big things for the Panthers – Go Francie!!

The volleyball team broke even, unfortunately getting beat 3-1 in close sets with their conference rivals from Eastern Connecticut. Then they sort of made up for it with a good 3-0 drubbing of the Presque Isle team in game 2. The football team romped 37-0. I was watching them warm up before the game and they are GOOD, with some really impressive young athletes throwing the ball around.

Then I spent a little time walking the campus snapping pics before the game. It’s easy to see why Francie wanted to come here – the whole campus is just beautiful. One interesting thing to me is that the school literally “is” the town. The Post Office and Town Hall sit on Main Street right in the middle of it, with University buildings and facilities of all kinds spreading out from there in every direction. I’ll have alot more pics to post after getting time to do that when I’m home next month.

 

…is a very nice little college town! Even has a touch of touristy-resort feel to it, methinks. Small schedule change will have me here 4 days with just a day trip Acadia tomorrow. Francie is busy with a recruit, practice etc. But we had dinner earlier, and by all accounts seems to be doing remarkably well.