Villanova softball is hosting Seton Hall. It’s one of those days that’s a bit too cold to sit motionless on metal bleachers but perfect weather to play softball.
During introductions, volunteer assistant coach and professor Jennifer Joyce of Villanova’s Augustine and Culture Seminar Program and Center for Peace and Justice Education stands at the right hand of head coach Maria DiBernardi. Most of the coaches maintain a serious, business-like look, but Joyce beams from ear-to-ear.
Joyce can’t help it. She loves her players, her friendships and her job.
“I’m soft,” she says. “I encourage. I hug.