The Naval Academy girls’s lacrosse workforce might have completed their season in Could, however a pre-game ritual went viral as many loved their patriotic tribute to the late Toby Keith.
To hype themselves up earlier than a sport in opposition to Holy Cross within the Patriot League semifinal, the ladies’s lacrosse workforce sang Keith’s hit tune “Courtesy of the Pink, White And Blue” within the locker room.
Midfielder Sydney Beitler, a freshman from Darnestown, Maryland, led the best way in the midst of a circle, as her teammates stood round with arms round one another’s shoulders.
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Navy gamers huddle earlier than the sport. The College of North Carolina Tar Heels hosted the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen on Could 20, 2017, at Fetzer Area in Chapel Hill, NC in an NCAA Ladies’s Lacrosse Event Quarterfinal match. Navy received the sport 16-14. (Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)
They had been clearly belting the tune and actually entering into it as Beitler made a faux “suckerpunch” at senior goalkeeper Anne Culicerto from Charlotte, North Carolina, enjoying on the lyrics of the tune.
The Instagram video, then, cuts to the Naval Academy’s sport in opposition to Holy Cross, the place they’re seen scoring targets and celebrating with Keith now singing the tune with the workforce within the background.
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The Naval Academy went on to crush Holy Cross in that semifinal sport, 19-5, with Emily Messinese and Tori DiCarlo scoring 4 targets apiece within the victory.
The video, which was reposted by OutKick, acquired tons of optimistic feedback beneath from fellow patriots who liked what they noticed from this group of future feminine midshipmen.
Navy head coach Cindy Timchal talks to her workforce earlier than the sport. The College of North Carolina Tar Heels hosted the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen on Could 20, 2017, at Fetzer Area in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in an NCAA Ladies’s Lacrosse Event Quarterfinal match. Navy received the sport 16-14. (Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)
“That is the most effective factor you will note all day!!” one X consumer wrote.
One other added: “Toby can be so proud! These ladies are firstclass patriots! By no means watched girls’s lacrosse sport in my life however they obtained a brand new fan in me!”
Sadly, the Naval Academy weren’t in a position to end the season on a excessive word, as they fell to No. 7 Loyola within the Patriot League Championship remaining, 12-11, in additional time.
Navy’s Kelly Larkin (7) throughout participant introductions. The College of North Carolina Tar Heels hosted the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen on Could 20, 2017, at Fetzer Area in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in an NCAA Ladies’s Lacrosse Event Quarterfinal match. Navy received the sport 16-14. (Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)
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However there’s no doubting the chemistry these feminine midshipmen have with one another coming into subsequent season, because it’s secure to say that enthusiasm – and patriotism – will probably be on full show.
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