1) It’s my first UAA game I have ever played in
2) I have never been to New York City
3) Flying somewhere always means one thing: you get to browse through Sky Mall magazine.
I love skymall magazine so much that I was enlisted in creating an advertisement for this issue highlighting some of the best products. Unfortunately for you dedicated blog followers, the footage for this advertisement was lost. However if you get the chance to check out the Sky Mall website, you should definitely consider buying “Your Names in the Sand.”
On Friday it seemed luck was against us. Right before we left we find out that Laura, one of our starting center backs, is very sick! Oh no! Then our flight got delayed! Then there was a lot of traffic getting into the city. After a short time walking through Greenwich Village and eating, we returned to the hotel where we were all ready to settle in for a good night’s sleep. However, a certain two members of the team, who shall remain nameless, were thoroughly convinced by some very thin evidence that they were going to be murdered in their sleep which caused quite the commotion. Luckily everyone made it to bed by curfew and everyone was alive for the most important day of the trip, GAME DAY!
We woke up early to take the boys to the field to warm up and after a delicious breakfast we returned to cheer them on. After 90 minutes the score still remained 1-1, so the game went into overtime giving us more time to get focused and game ready. We had our pregame talk in a nice clearing near the woods where we were lucky enough to hear the beautiful, inspiring poetry of Caroline Garber. The boys ended up remaining tied after two overtimes, but we didn’t let that disappointment bring us down.
Although our warm up was not very sharp, we came out ready to play and immediately realized the Violets were a completely beatable team. Their formation gave our outside midfielders so much space we were able to switch the field really well and create some great opportunities. However after the first half, the game remained tied at 0-0. The second half continued to be pretty similar to the first half until with 7:45 left on the clock Cicy Fusco crossed the ball from the right side of the field. Kaitlyn Yule attempted the header only to have the goalie deflect it, luckily freshman, Deena Levey was there covering back post to put the ball in the net. The ref was odd and at first we didn’t realize it was a goal, but when we did we were obviously ECSTATIC!
Overall the team played very well and most importantly we went out and set the tone for the game and played our game. We are now 2-0 in the conference and confidently ready for our next UAA away games next weekend in Chicago and St. Louis! AND we are able to check off another box in the “wins” and “shutouts” section of our goal list. Good job this weekend ladies!
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