The Naval Academy ladies’s lacrosse crew could have completed their season in Might, however a pre-game ritual went viral as many loved their patriotic tribute to the late Toby Keith.
To hype themselves up earlier than a sport towards Holy Cross within the Patriot League semifinal, the ladies’s lacrosse crew sang Keith’s hit song “Courtesy of the Pink, White And Blue” within the locker room.
Midfielder Sydney Beitler, a freshman from Darnestown, Maryland, led the best way in the course of a circle, as her teammates stood round with arms round one another’s shoulders.
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Navy gamers huddle earlier than the sport. The College of North Carolina Tar Heels hosted the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen on Might 20, 2017, at Fetzer Discipline in Chapel Hill, NC in an NCAA Girls’s Lacrosse Event Quarterfinal match. Navy gained the sport 16-14. (Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)
They had been clearly belting the music and actually entering into it as Beitler made a faux “suckerpunch” at senior goalkeeper Anne Culicerto from Charlotte, North Carolina, enjoying on the lyrics of the music.
The Instagram video, then, cuts to the Naval Academy’s sport towards Holy Cross, the place they’re seen scoring targets and celebrating with Keith now singing the music with the crew within the background.
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The Naval Academy went on to crush Holy Cross in that semifinal game, 19-5, with Emily Messinese and Tori DiCarlo scoring 4 targets apiece within the victory.
The video, which was reposted by OutKick, acquired tons of optimistic feedback beneath from fellow patriots who beloved what they noticed from this group of future feminine midshipmen.
Navy head coach Cindy Timchal talks to her crew earlier than the sport. The College of North Carolina Tar Heels hosted the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen on Might 20, 2017, at Fetzer Discipline in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in an NCAA Girls’s Lacrosse Event Quarterfinal match. Navy gained the sport 16-14. (Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)
“That is one of the best factor you will note all day!!” one X consumer wrote.
One other added: “Toby can be so proud! These women are firstclass patriots! By no means watched ladies’s lacrosse sport in my life however they acquired a brand new fan in me!”
Sadly, the Naval Academy weren’t capable of end the season on a excessive observe, as they fell to No. 7 Loyola within the Patriot League Championship remaining, 12-11, in additional time.
Navy’s Kelly Larkin (7) throughout participant introductions. The College of North Carolina Tar Heels hosted the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen on Might 20, 2017, at Fetzer Discipline in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in an NCAA Girls’s Lacrosse Event Quarterfinal match. Navy gained the sport 16-14. (Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)
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However there’s no doubting the chemistry these feminine midshipmen have with one another getting into subsequent season, because it’s protected to say that enthusiasm – and patriotism – might be on full show.
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