We played the Regional
Tourney flawlessly, beating Kean 9-0 to make it Dr. Walker's 11th trip to
the NCAA Tournament, a trip was to Pella, IA. Coincidentally it was also
Tulip Time in Pella. This meant the biggest tulip festival in the world.
I have never seen so many tulips in my life. We wanted to pick some tulips
as a memento, but there was a huge fine and June said she wasn't bailing
any of us out of jail. As if the tulips were not enough, you should hav
seen the hotel we stayed in called Dutch Mill Inn. There were windmills
everywhere, psychedelic wallpaper, and nothing in the room matched, and
the air conditioning in most rooms didn't work. We took the field looking
for a National Championship. We had a great team, fabulous coach, and the
Lion Mascot there cheering us on. Some of the alumni (Robin Payne, Jill
Herman, Ann DeGannero) had made the trek out to Iowa with the huge Lion
Mascot to cheer us on. Well it must have brought us good luck because we
won the Championship 4-0 over Buena Vista. The highlight of the day was
right after we got our gold trophies, we all went out to the mound, sat
Dr. Walker down in a chair, and burst out with our rendition of "Hey June"
(sung to the tune of "Hey Jude" by the Beatles). The song described June
completely--from her southern drawl to her "peg leg" (broken ankle). In
the end, all she said was "Thank you all for taking me along for the ride."
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