It was quite the weekend for the women’s soccer team! We started out on Friday at the John Carroll University Classic, playing Olivet College. Thanks to Yule’s quick thinking, we scored early in the first half after the goalie decided to pick the ball up outside the 18. However, we seemed content with the 1-0 lead and lost intensity in the second half. Yule’s goal was the lone goal but we probably should’ve had five. Despite the fact that we got the W, we walked away disappointed that we didn’t play our level of soccer. To pick up our morale, we then headed to Vaci’s house where her mom had a lovely lasagna dinner waiting for us (thank you!). The highlight of the night was definitely the cookie dough ice cream cake from Coldstone. I luckily got a piece with a huge chunk of cookie dough.
The pool looming in the background led to some after dinner shenanigans… Anna Kennedy made the fatal mistake of jumping onto the raft, fully clothed. So of course, we had to tip her off it. She tried to escape but Soo Hoo tactically used the pool cleaning brush to push her to me. Anna put up a strong fight but ended up in the water after Blue came out of nowhere and jumped on the raft as well. Unlike last year at the Baumann’s, where almost everybody got pushed into the water, only Katie Woodling was thrown in. Jackie was the only one that didn’t take part in the goalie bonding sesh. Before they could catch a cold, we headed back to Case to recharge for Saturday’s game against John Carroll.
We could immediately tell that Saturday was going to be a better day. Before leaving Case, we watched part of the men’s game, which (along with their very loud, crazy fans) pumped us up to play. That, in combination with riding in sweet 15 passenger vans, stories of Tiff’s family holidays, and an extra long and thorough warm-up seemed to be the perfect recipe for a team ready to play. We started the first half like a completely different team, combining beautifully and controlling the pace of the game. But then, John Carroll scored, challenging us to not be the team that gets down but to pick it up and be better. However, we started to play tired and were unable to find the back of the net, leaving the score 1-0 at the half. Confidence from the coaches and bench carried us into the second half where a beautiful goal by Ana, assisted by Deena, started a scoring streak. The next goal came from a corner by Amy Baumann. Bish and Alex combined for a very exciting goal. Finally, Yule headed in the third goal from another assist by Deena. All three were great finishes and everyone was ecstatic about the win. This win was exactly what we needed; hopefully we will use this momentum and build from it as we go into the next few games before UAAs start. I’m very excited for the rest of the season!
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