Homecoming: a time for joyous cheering in stands and celebration all around. This upcoming weekend, Oct. 7 in particular, brings this joyous attitude and celebration straight to the small town of Orange City, specifically to Northwestern College. With this comes an elaborate list of games and players who are excited to spend the weekend doing something they love.
The homecoming games taking place on Saturday include men’s and women’s cross country at Briar Cliff, varsity and junior varsity volleyball at Hastings, men’s and women’s soccer at Midland, and a home football game against Hastings.
Although not every sport being played on Saturday is in Orange City, certain team members are thrilled to be on the field. “It’s a bummer that our game is away for homecoming,” said junior women’s soccer athlete, Grace Dahl “but I’m still very excited to be with the team and play hard against Midland! Go Raiders!”
Grace, however, was not the only college athlete to express herexcitement in playing for homecoming. Junior varsity volleyball athlete and sophomore at NW, Hailey Van Dyken, said that she’s “looking forward to playing two great teams in Nebraska and staying with the team overnight to grow closer together.” Though the football game typically brings the biggest crowd, the excitement is high all over campus to see if NW will come out on top of each opponent. In fact, the athletes are not the only students on campus excited about the games.
“I’m very excited to cheer for the football team with all my classmates, peers and friends!” saidsophomore elementary education major, Meredith Sundberg.
It is safe to say that the stands will be full this Saturday, no matter where teams are playing. The teams appreciate everyone’s support and cheering and cannot wait to see you on the field or in the stands.
