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Over the past few weeks, the baseball, men's and women's soccer, men's cross country and a few mem- bers of the volleyball and ten- nis teams have all been in quarantine. Women's cross country, softball and the golf teams have been able to avoid going into quarantine. Tabatha Klem, a sopho- more at OCU, who is major- ing in business management and human resources, is one of the athletes on the wom- en's basketball team who con- tracted COVID-19 and was placed under quarantine in her dorm. Klem has been play- ing basketball since she was four and was determined to play in college when she be- gan high school. She was ex- cited when OCU offered her a scholarship. She and her roommate, McKendree Ward, who is al- so on the basketball team, quarantined for 14 days, un- able to practice or see their teammates. The roommates got out of quarantine right as the rest of their team had to go into it due to more positive COVID-19 cases. Klem said COVID was not too bad for her, but she did have a terrible head cold and headache for about three days. Other than those ail- ments, she said her body was just tired. While in quarantine, Klem missed the connections she usually has with her fami- ly and friends. "When you go into quarantine, you don't realize how much those mo- ments mean to you, like being around your basketball family and your family at home," she said. It was a challenge for her not to be able to get out and socialize. She said she and Ward would not be able to play in the first game, as they were not in shape after contracting COVID-19 and being unable to practice. Since her comment, the basketball team has gone into quarantine and the first game, originally scheduled for Oct. 27, was cancelled. "I think everyone on our team is like a family, so I feel like when not all of us are there, it's really weird and it's different because you're just used to everyone's chemis- try…" she said. She went on to say everyone on the team, while disappointed, knew what precautions had to be taken to keep everyone safe. Due to two of their team- mates contracting the virus, the whole women's soccer team was also forced into quarantine. The team is currently out of quarantine and played its first game on Oct. 29. Men's soc- cer was also put into quaran- tine after several positive cas- es, as stated by Kelsey Barrett, a sophomore at OCU who is on the women's soccer team. Barrett decided to go to OCU when she visited and immedi- ately loved the atmosphere. She was also inspired to attend by soccer coach Katie Harrison's welcoming attitude. Barrett has been playing soccer since she was around four years old. Barrett was released from quarantine on Oct. 22 and said it definitely felt good. She said quarantine was not too bad, but was a little boring as she ques- tioned whether there was going to be a season after everyone returned. She did say online classes were easier to adjust to without soccer factored into her schedule, and it was nice to have a little break at first. The team was allowed to do drills outside, but they were not allowed to meet as a team to practice. Being quarantined at her house, Barrett was able to practice more than some of her teammates on campus who did not have access to the fields. "I honestly missed the team, just seeing them every day, like, same time [and] field. Playing a sport we love and then sud- denly being separated for two weeks was kind of sudden," she said, touching on what she missed the most while in quar- antine. The women's soccer team is a close-knit group, eat- ing lunch together and hang- ing out together when they can. Draven Huff runs for the men's cross country team, which was required to quar- antine due to one of the team- mates, Noah Gilbert, contract- ing COVID-19. Huff said he came to OCU because it is close to home, a Christian universi- ty and because he was offered a running scholarship. He be- gan running as a sophomore in high school when his basket- ball coach got him into it. Huff said the men's cross country team had to quaran- tine after the baseball team got sick, and Gilbert, who is also on the baseball team, brought the virus over to them. "Not the greatest," was how Huff de- scribed quarantine, saying it was terrible to stay home for two weeks. He missed going out, but he was able to use some of the time to study and get homework do- ne. Living out in the country proved valuable for Huff as he was still able to get out and run. Some other team mem- bers were not able to practice, but Huff said he does not think it will be a big deal due to the results of their meet the week before, where everyone made a personal or collegiate best. Halley Powers, from Winslow, is a junior on the women's cross country team. She and her teammates have been fortunate enough to have avoided both COVID-19 and quarantine. Though Powers did not have to quarantine, she was moved to online classes when the whole campus switched over to virtual learning for three weeks. As a double major in Chris- tian studies and social educa- tion, Powers has a full sched- ule. She said online learning has been difficult with her numerous classes, especially since she tends to be a hands- on learner. "I make it work as much as possible," she said. Powers has been running since she completed a charity 5K when she was five years old. As she got older, running be- came a way for her to clear her head and focus on schoolwork. When Oakland City University offered her a running scholar- ship and the major she wanted, she was glad to attend. The women's cross country team has still been able to gath- er for practices and had a meet where they all broke their per- sonal records. "I'm still run- ning; it's not going to stop me," Powers said of the virus. She believes God is going to pro- tect the team so they can have their season, push through con- ference and go to nationals in April. LOUIE CAMPBELL Sales Professional lcampbell@patriotonline.com CALL OR TEXT 812-899-6267 @LouieYourCarGuy HWY. 64 W. • PRINCETON "Quite Simply, A Better Experience!" Looking for a Great Deal On Your Next Vehicle? A few members of the men's cross country from left Dillon Riddell, Draven Huff, Justin Defur and Noah Gilbert. A few members of the women's cross country team from left to right Jolea Ken- nedy, Halley Powers, Summer Moore, Maria Valero and Chloe O'Neal. McKendree Ward and Tabbatha Klem, two mem- bers of the women's basket- ball team. Oakland City University's women's soccer team huddles up. Kelsey Barrett is number 15.