Self-described as "that girl who sits on the bench and catches scarves, books, pens and sometimes even heavy necklaces that Susie throws when she gets frustrated," she will be writing the blog every week for the team and the many endeavors they encounter.
Today is her ninth installment for 2014.
This weekend was a quick one! Friday we played our travel partners, UW-Green Bay, so it was just a hop, skip and a jump away for us and then no game on Saturday.
Nikki and I started off the trip going up the the Applebee's in Bayshore to pick up lunch for the team, we arrived to find everyones order separated into over twenty individual bags. Needless to say, when we pulled up to the bus at the Park and Ride my little Chevy Cavalier looked pretty packed with little white bags. In any case, if you are in need (for whatever reason) of over twenty bags that say Applebee's on them, let me know, I think I know where I can find some.
It was a packed bus, Susie's family rode with us, our good friend Will, who was our volunteer assistant two years ago, Charlie from athletics, and then the regular travelers. We got to the gym with a lot of time to spare so Ty (Susie’s son) and I played are traditional short-court game. Last time we played things got pretty heated at the end of the game, and Ty, with his unbelievable athletic ability for a 6th grader, and the totally athletic ability I don’t have anymore, Ty won the game. Naturally, it was time for a rematch. It was an outstanding match and I ended up taking the W, so now we are 1-1 on the season, a tie-breaking game will be in the near future, stay tuned for details on that!
But, you probably are wondering how the actual game went ... not about the game Ty and I were viciously playing. The game was so much fun! I had such a great time being courtside watching the team collectively just be awesome. We came out, took care of business and swept the Phoenix. Again, if you weren’t there it was truly a fun game to watch (not that I don’t have fun at all the other games, because believe me, I do!). We got out of the gym and back onto the bus with seven large pizzas and were headed on our way back home!
The season is coming close to tournament time!! I don’t know about any of you, but I am for sure getting pumped. This week is jam packed, we have our last conference and non-conference home matches. Tuesday night we will take on cross town rival Marquette (at 7 pm) and then don’t forget Friday is Parents Night, where we will be taking on the Penguins of Youngstown at 7 pm and then Saturday at 4 pm we will play Cleveland State, and that match we will be honoring this years seniors: Julie Kolinski, Taylor Golabowski, Hannah Blanchard, Amber Simonton and Arianna Wiersma. Hope to see you guys Tuesday!
