Everyone knows or should be well aware that collegiate athletes are a pretty exclusive group. Not everyone can be a college athlete and people that are not or never have been can have a tough time understanding their experiences. So, by their nature, athletes are a pretty insular group.
That doesn't necessarily mean that athletes from certain sports show up and cheer for other sports. I found that to be true in a lot of college scenarios but not at NSU.
A great example of that can be found this past weekend in Thibodaux. The Demon football team was scheduled to play Nicholls at 2 pm. The Demon volleyball team also was playing in Thibodaux, but at a conflicting time.
In a terrific move of solidarity, Demon coach Brittany Uffelman asked the Nicholls coach to move the time of the game back to noon, meaning that her team would be able to play their match and then go watch the football team, one of the few times that her squad could do that this year. And since the football team is one of the biggest supporters of volleyball, the decision was an easy one.
Keep in mind that the team had played Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond the night before, putting them in Thibodaux late. Couple that with an early wake-up call and an early match and Uffelman should have been setting her team up for failure...all in the name of school spirit.
The great news is that despite getting down 2-0, the Demons rallied for the win. And they also showed what the Spirit of Northwestern is all about.
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