Over President's day weekend, we took our annual trip to Santa Barbara. I was lucky enough to have a boyfriend and friend drive all the way out there to support me. "Best trip ever, best friends ever."
Just for the update:
First game we lost to FL 9-7 or something like that. My stick broke within the first minute or two so I finished the tournament with my coach's stick. Second game we beat Pitt. Third game we lost to Michigan in overtime. We were ahead the whole game and really should have had it.
Last we played Arizona and beat them. Came home from the tournament 2-2. I don't think the team has ever done better than that in Cali, kind of depressing!
After our last game, I drove with Gavin and Brent to San Clemente to stay with some family and take another couple days of vacation. On the way, we took a pit stop for food and I taught the cook how to make fry sauce.
Brent was supposed to fly home early but missed his flight. I'm sure he loved every minute of being with Gavin and I the rest of the trip. We went to a couple different beaches, ate at a couple restaurants, shared my cousin's house with two other families, played lots of scrabble, and should have taken more pictures.
Last weekend we went to Georgia for our second big tournament. The first team we were scheduled to play was Georgia, ranked no. 2 at the time. We had seen them play in Santa Barbara and were blown away with how good they looked. and guess what! We beat them! We were up 8-2 at half then they scored 4 in two minutes. We were able to stay ahead the whole time though and we were all super stoked about our victory!
Our next game was that night against Texas, ranked #5. Texas came out much stronger than we expected them to. They scored the first two goals but my team was able to respond with another three within a couple minutes. After 15 minutes of playing, the refs called the game because they saw lightning. We took cover and ended up being herded into a tornado shelter! We played Pictionary against Texas until we were free to go back to the hotels.
The next morning we played Maryland. They were supposed to be quite easy to beat. Something happened to our team and at half time, we were down 10-5. Well we won that game too! During the second half, defense didn't touch the ball for about 8 minutes, until we closed the gap in the score.
Minnesota was our next game and they are one of our favorite teams to play! The girls on the team have great sportsmanship and our coaches get along. We beat them. Not by as much as we should have, but it was a chill game.
Then we had the Texas rematch! Our coach told us they heard Texas saying we were over rated and I knew Texas thought they were going to have an easy win that night. I wanted to beat them as much as I had ever wanted to beat anyone. The team came out so strong and played the best game I have ever seen the team play. Our field was bigger than a football field, I don't know how our legs kept moving. We beat them at a whopping 12-6!
So I doubt anyone is still reading but I just wanted to record how great my team has been doing this season. I really hope we keep improving for a chance to win nationals! Considering we just beat West Minster 17-5, I would say we are well on our way.
Sit tight for more post game shows. Until then, hopefully I come up with something more fun for you non lax folks to read.
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