FGCU Gets Boost as Veteran Phills Rejoins Team
FORT MYERS, Fla.– Among all the new faces for FGCU women’s basketball this season, a familiar one rejoined the team. Graduate student, Kerstie Phills, returned after taking last season off due to COVID concerns and is ready to put the Eagles over the top. Stepping away from FGCU last year was a tough but necessary decision for Phills. “It was just a personal decision just to stay home and be safe with my family,” she said. All that in consideration, it still wasn’t easy to watch her teammate’s accomplishments from a distance. “It hurt but I was glad to see them progress...