Catching Up with Cardinal Forever Nicole Woods

The University of Louisville field hockey program continues its Cardinal Forever Series by reconnecting with USA Field Hockey team member Nicole Woods who is currently training at home in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Woods, who completed her collegiate playing career in 2017, has tallied 42 caps after being named to the USWNT in the spring of 2017.

The Beverly, Mass., native earned 2017 National Field Hockey Coaches' Association All-America honors and was a three-time NFHCA All-West Region selection. During her senior season, she tallied 19 points (6G, 7A) while helping Louisville reach the finals of the ACC Championship for the first time since joining the league in 2014. The three-time ACC selection is a four-year starter is a three-time All-ACC selection and finishes her career ranked ninth on Louisville's list for career points (71) and assists (25).

She earned her bachelor's degree in education in May 2018.

Catching up with Nicole Woods

How are you holding up in these times of adversity?
"Staying in the house isn't great but it could be worse my mom has been trying to do her real estate work online, my dad has been doing yard work and getting ready for summer so me my brother and sister have all been killing time working out together and just hanging out. I'm still in classes for my masters online so that gives me some time each day to stay occupied."

What about the conditioning element? How do you stay fit?
"It's not too bad I have most of the stuff I need in terms of working out we have bands, weights, a pull up bar and then we have the stationary bike trainer so I can bike rather than running on concrete. The biggest adjustment is trying to take the workouts in prescribed and then change them in a way I can work the right muscles but using the weights I have here."

What are you doing as a team to stay in touch and connected?
"As a team we are using zoom meetings a few times a week, and our sports psychologist, Peter, is offering mindfulness via video chat twice a week as well."

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