Western Carolina softball standout Lauren Ross will sing the national anthem on senior day.

When you start off a season and lose your first 10 games, a lot of people don't take you very seriously. At the beginning of the year we were a team out to prove how good we could be and now that we have all started to play as a team, the wins have just started to fall into place.

We have won our last six out of nine games and had the chance to win all of them - when our defense and offense are in sync we are an unbeatable team. We have some amazing talent that a lot of people are starting to notice, our freshmen are playing like they have been playing college ball for years, our upperclassmen are really stepping up their games and our only senior is becoming more of a leader every game.

Our catcher Danielle Reese was just named Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the week and it was a well deserved award. She has started every game for two years and gives everything she has at every practice and every game.

Saturday is our senior day and a very big weekend for us as a team. I have been asked to sing the national anthem, and though I was hesitant at first, I couldn't turn down our senior Jamie Swank when she asked. Although the games are more for pride then standings, we are still looking to take the series. We only have one senior this year but we will definitely be playing to get some wins for her.

This is also our last Southern Conference series this seson so we are looking to have a good showing to let other teams know that when tournament time rolls around we will be looking to take it to the house. We still have a lot of softball to play and a lot of things to still prove! So come out to show your support! Go Cats!