Softball season is now in full swing. The varsity team has already played two scrimmages and are looking forward to their first away game against South County High School on Mar. 17.

“I think we are ready for our first game, but there is always room to improve,” sophomore Elizabeth Corcoran said. “We just need to work on situation awareness.”

The girls started off the season strong and won their scrimmage against Jeb Stuart High School.

The players are confident they will have a successful season and be able to accomplish more wins.

Although they did well in the scrimmages, there is still a lot of work and improvement the girls need to put in before playing in their first game.

Because it is a new year and a new season, there are new players. It can sometimes be difficult for the new players, as well as returning players, to learn how to play on the same team. Although it is a difficult and challenging situation, the players still stay optimistic about the new season.

“We have a lot of new girls on the team so there are a bunch of things that we still need to work on,” senior Kasana Nguyen said. “We are doing extremely well considering this situation.”

The girls are also challenged because they have been given a new coaching staff. It can be difficult to transition from one coach to another, but the girls seem to have dealt well with the transition. Many like the change and the results they are seeing because of it.

“Our coaches have been so great at making sure everyone knows how to do everything,” Nguyen said. “I can’t wait to see how well we do.”

Even though the girls were given these various challenges, their win at the scrimmage displayed that they are coping well with them as a new team. Although the team is still quite new, the girls are already beginning to bond and improve their communication as a team.

“The team is pretty close and we are all friendly with each other,” Nguyen said. “We are all in different grades, so we don’t see each other around school, but when we are on the field, it feels like we hang out all the time.”

The season is off to a great start and the girls are improving in various aspects of the game. They are hoping that their scrimmage wins reflect the rest of the season ahead.

The team continues to practice every day and work hard to keep up their winning streak. They are hopeful that they will continue to do well and learn from their first game against South County.

“We will try our best at our game and whether we win or lose doesn’t matter, as long as we have fun playing and are improving,” Nguyen said.“That’s all that matters.”

The girls are hoping to bring the softball program at AHS backup to par this year,. A lot of the girls have a positive look on the season to come.

“I think we will do well because of our coaches who played softball in high school, and their perspective of the game is a lot more of an experienced style in the field so I think we will have a successful season, and hopefully make it past round of the playoffs,” Corcoran said.