{"id":161700,"date":"2019-01-08T07:21:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T13:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=161700"},"modified":"2019-01-08T07:26:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T13:26:21","slug":"vcsu-sets-plans-50th-season-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=161700","title":{"rendered":"VCSU sets plans, 50th season, women&#8217;s sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valley City\u00a0 (VCSU)\u00a0 \u00a0The Valley City State University athletic department is inviting all former female student-athletes and coaches back to campus in February as we celebrate the 50th season of women\u2019s athletics at VCSU.<\/p>\n<p>Although the history of Valley City State women\u2019s athletics dates back to the early 1900\u2019s, the 2018-19 season marks the 50th season of continuous intercollegiate women\u2019s athletics on the VCSU campus. Valley City fielded intercollegiate teams in\u00a0women\u2019s basketball and softball during the 1969-70 school year and has been doing so ever since.<\/p>\n<p>The February reunion weekend kicks off a yearlong celebration of events recognizing our tradition and just how far VCSU has traveled in five decades of women\u2019s athletics.<\/p>\n<p>Join us for an athlete\/coach social on Friday, Feb. 15, followed by an afternoon luncheon and program on Saturday, Feb. 16. All former athletes and coaches back on campus will also be recognized during a basketball game on Feb. 16.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcsuvikings.com\/d\/2018-19\/Jill_Column_50_years.pdf\"><strong>Read more\u00a0<\/strong>from Jill DeVries, VCSU Athletic Director<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcsuvikings.com\/SIDHelp\/form\/12\"><strong>RSVP<\/strong>\u00a0and tell us about yourself!<\/a>\u00a0We want to know if you are attending the reunion and learn more about your time at VCSU!<\/p>\n<p><strong>50 Years of Women\u2019s Athletics\u00a0\u2013 Schedule of Events<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nFriday, Feb. 15<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>6:00-8:00 p.m.:\u00a0<\/strong>All-Athlete\/Coach Social, Valley City Eagles Club (cash bar)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, Feb. 16<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.:\u00a0<\/strong>Luncheon\/Program, VCSU Cafeteria ($20\/ticket,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcsuvikings.com\/SIDHelp\/form\/12\">RSVP requested<\/a>)<br \/>\n<strong>1:00 to 2:30 p.m.:<\/strong>\u00a0Campus\/Facility Tours<br \/>\n<strong>3:00 p.m.:<\/strong><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Women\u2019s Basketball vs. Mayville State, Recognition of all former athletes\/coaches at halftime<br \/>\n<strong>TBD:<\/strong><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Post-game alumni reunions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valley City\u00a0 (VCSU)\u00a0 \u00a0The Valley City State University athletic department is inviting all former female student-athletes and coaches back to campus in February as we celebrate the 50th season of women\u2019s athletics at VCSU. Although the history of Valley City State women\u2019s athletics dates back to the early 1900\u2019s, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161700"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161701,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161700\/revisions\/161701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}