At the end of the season celebration on Tuesday April 21st the Yellow Jackets elected a new slate of officers for the 2009-2010 season.

President: Gabby Sirow

Vice President: Kaitlyn Kreager

Treasurer: Michelle Lynch

Secretary: Jessica Richardson

Social Chair: Melissa Parham

Fall Clinic Chair: Emma Bones

Publicity Chair: Madison Barre

Fundraising Chair: Sheena Mah

We also announced Kevin Richards as our head coach for the 2009-2010 season.  Kevin volunteered as an assistant coach this past season and we are excited to have him on board for next year, and hopefully beyond.

The team also honored and said goodbye to our seven seniors,Alex Hague , Brittany Keller , Carmen Dunbar , Crystian Merrill , Jessica Mayer , Megan Bowen and Margaret Reinhard , all of whom put in a lot of time and dedication in their four years on the team and will be missed next year.

At the SWLL Awards Ceremony on Saturday April 18th Georgia Tech was awarded the Eames Team Sportsmanship Award for the 2009 season.  This award is a testament to the class and character of the Yellow Jackets and their ability to overcome adversity.

Junior attacker Gabby Sirow was also named to the ALL-SWLL team, her second time earning this honor. 

For more information about the SWLL championships and awards please visit swll.org .

The Yellow Jackets closed out the season strong with two wins over Emory and Furman on Saturday April 4th at Emory University.  Tech started with a strong offensive burst in the first game versus Emory.  The team spread the ball around a lot with ten different players recording goals, led by Kaitlyn Kreager with 3 goals and Jessica Mayer , Jessica Richardson , Georgina Schaefer and Sheena Mah with 2 goals.  The second game versus Furman was more of a hard nosed defensive battle, with Tech holding strong to prevail 7-6.

This past weekend of March 6th and 7th the Yellow Jackets hosted two home games, versus Kennesaw State and South Florida.  Tech opened on Friday night with a stong 13-6 win over KSU in front of a large crowd of supportive fans.  The team especially enjoyed the cheering and support of the Peachtree City U-11 girls team!

On Saturday afternoon the Jackets fought hard against South Florida but came up just short in an 11-14 loss.  Even so, it was an excited day for the team as they honored the team's seven graduating seniors with decorations and boquets of flowers.  The seven seniors, Megan Bowen , Carmen Dunbar , Alex Hague , Brittany Keller , Jessica Mayer , and Margaret Reinhard , have all dedicated a lot of time and effort to the team over the past four years and will be sorely missed next year!

The Jackets close out the season with 3 games in the Atlanta area.  On Saturday April 4th Tech heads to Emory to play Emory and Furman and on Saturday April 5th the team heads to Athens to play UGA in the season finale.

The Yellow Jackets kicked off the spring 2009 season on January 31st with two games against Auburn University and the University of Alabama.  It turned out to be a sunny day, perfect weather for all the fans that made the trip to cheer them on!

In the first game against Auburn, Tech started out strong responding to Auburn's early 2-0 lead to quickly tie it at 2-2 with goals by Sheena Mah and Gabby Sirow .  Despite strong defensive efforts and great play from goalie Sara Ong , Auburn took a 7-2 lead by halftime.  Unfortunately Georgia Tech was unable to rally and eventually fell 4-17.

The second game against Alabama was better all around.  Freshman goalie Emma Bones and the defense led by seniors Alex Hague , Crystian Merrill , Margaret Reinhard and Carmen Dunbar  held Alabama to just 3 goals in the first half and 7 goals for the entire game.  Sophomore captain Kaitlyn Kreager led the scoring attack with 3 goals but the Jackets shared the ball effectively as 10 different players registered points (goals or assists).  The team also executed beautiful transition passes throughout the second half and dominated time of possession.  All players contributed to the great win and the Jackets look to carry the momentum into games against Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee next weekend.