On May 9th, I worked the NCAA Women's Softball Tournament held at Trine University. The first game, I was responsible for shagging foul balls and returning them to the game in a timely manner. It was fun to watch the game but, after a few innings of running back and forth from right field all the way over to left field, I was ready to do something else.
My next task was to operate the concession stand which I really enjoyed. It was a lot of fun interacting with parents and fans from other schools and giving them advice where to eat around the town. After a few hours of working the concession stand, I was given another new task.
This time, I had the job of making sure each team had everything they needed before the game and guided them to the "cooling zone" after the game. This job wasn't as fun as working the concession stand because the interactions were very minimal.
Unfortunately, the Trine softball team lost their first game and had to play through the losers' bracket for the rest of the tournament. They were able to win two games in the tournament but ending up losing their second game and were eliminated from tournament.
Overall, working the tournament was a lot of fun and it was good to see what happens behind the scenes for a NCAA sanctioned event to take place. There are a lot of guidelines the host school must follow that are different from a regular season game. For instance, Trine has a contract with Pepsi so all products sold in the concession stand were Pepsi products. However, the NCAA is sponsored by Coca-Cola, so all products given to the players were Coke products and they couldn't drink any of the Pepsi products.
My next task was to operate the concession stand which I really enjoyed. It was a lot of fun interacting with parents and fans from other schools and giving them advice where to eat around the town. After a few hours of working the concession stand, I was given another new task.
This time, I had the job of making sure each team had everything they needed before the game and guided them to the "cooling zone" after the game. This job wasn't as fun as working the concession stand because the interactions were very minimal.
Unfortunately, the Trine softball team lost their first game and had to play through the losers' bracket for the rest of the tournament. They were able to win two games in the tournament but ending up losing their second game and were eliminated from tournament.
Overall, working the tournament was a lot of fun and it was good to see what happens behind the scenes for a NCAA sanctioned event to take place. There are a lot of guidelines the host school must follow that are different from a regular season game. For instance, Trine has a contract with Pepsi so all products sold in the concession stand were Pepsi products. However, the NCAA is sponsored by Coca-Cola, so all products given to the players were Coke products and they couldn't drink any of the Pepsi products.
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