Daily News | Even with the upcoming Division III softball finals, Rowan coach Kim Wilson encourages relaxation
When longtime Rowan softball coach Kim Wilson sensed her team’s tension during a scoreless tie in the seventh inning of a playoff game earlier this month, her message was simple. “We just told them to unpucker and just be free,” Wilson said with a chuckle during a Wednesday telephone interview.
“‘Just don’t be tight.’ And the next inning, we came out and scored a run, and that’s kind of been our thing: ‘Just unpucker.’”Advertisement On Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Rowan , the No. 6 seed, faces No. 3 Trine University of Indiana in the finals of the“I started at Rowan in 1997, and in ‘99, we went to the World Series,” Wilson said. “I knew it wasn’t easy [to get there], but we didn’t go again until 2018. Then you realize how special it is.” Wilson, now in her 27th season leading the Profs, is one of the winningest coaches in Division III softball history, notching more than 900 victories across 32 years of coaching. Her team’s current playoff run, Wilson joked, has kept her from having to worry about giving a speech when she is inducted into the NFCA hall of fame in December. “These kids have really taken us on an awesome ride,” she said. “It’s surreal to have this opportunity in the same year [as the hall of fame induction].” The season nearly came to an end May 18 when a scoreless tie against Penn State-Berks reached extra innings.
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