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Newcomers bring different skills, big goals to App State women’s basketball

This season, App State women’s basketball welcomes four players to the team. Three of these newcomers are true freshmen, consisting of guards Bailey Trumm, Dane Bertolina and Faith Alston. The other is guard Zahra Daniel from Moberly Area Junior College in Miami, Florida.

Heading into the season, there was some concern over how well the returning members of the team would be able to build chemistry with the new players due to obstacles presented by COVID-19.

“Believe it or not, our upperclassmen, that was their biggest concern,” head coach Angel Elderkin said. “They were like, ‘The summer is so important for the newcomers.