The "Dig 4 the Cure" series between the volleyball teams at NSU and Central Arkansas was a wonderful concept helping focus attention on Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The teams played Saturday at UCA and Tuesday at Prather Coliseum, with each program making extra efforts for its home match to assure awareness was foremost.
At NSU, that included the honorary first serve. Stepping up to the task was the first lady of Northwestern, Brenda Webb, a breast cancer survivor. She and the Lady Demon coaches wore pink, the trademark color for the cause, while the Lady Demon players all wore pink ribbons in their hair.
Brenda gathered the team around her for the big serve. She first tried an underhand serve, and it didn't quite take off like a rocket, more like an Iraqi scud missle.
Undaunted, she stepped back, and went with her version of the jump serve, tossing the ball overhead and delivering a mighty whack to knock the ball across the net into UCA's midcourt.
Ever the perfectionist, she was making fun of herself as she left the court to join her husband, Dr. Randy Webb, to root on the Lady Demons.
"I guess I should just try golf instead," she said.
Actually, I suggested, the overhead serve was the perfect motion for her. Her two son-in-laws, Reggie Gatewood and Nick Simokatis, are former Demon baseball players and you can bet the grandkids are going to need their grandma to throw batting practice.
She liked that idea!
Doug Ireland, SID
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