Seasons’ on the brink
CMU and the Mid-American Conference are confident the MAC Field Hockey Tournament will run smoothly this weekend in Mount Pleasant.
The tournament starts Thursday and ends Saturday. CMU plays Missouri State at noon Thursday and Miami plays Ball State at 2:30 p.m.
Danielle Whitmore, MAC media relations assistant, said CMU has shown it is qualified to host the event.
“CMU will be a great host,” she said. “The coaches are looking forward to it. There is no doubt in my mind they will do a good job.”
Whitmore said MAC officials will be sent to Mount Pleasant, including Krista Plummer, director of administration.
Assistant Athletics Director Paul Seestedt, who is serving as tournament director, said CMU has been preparing for the tournament for months.
“I have held several meetings starting back in July,” he said. “We have about 15 people on our committee that attend these meetings.”
CMU has not hosted the tournament since 1997.
“The challenge is to put on a tournament and still cover the many other events we have this week,” Seestedt said.
Seestedt is in charge of a variety of things, including hiring workers, ball chasers and officials.
“It just takes a lot of planning,” he said. “I’m the check list guy and I make sure everything is covered by our committee.”
Seestedt also has to arrange extracurricular activities such as a banquet for the teams, practice times and the rest of the needs the teams have.
He said the process is going accordingly and CMU is merely waiting for the teams to show up today.
“It’s moving along fine,” he said. “We’ve had all the meetings. We’re ready to go.”
