Well, when you have nothing to do and you're 3,000 miles from home, what evolves? Spades playing, studying, Sponge Bob watching, and reading. For team bonding tonight we're going to have team dinner "Breakfast for Dinner" (a big favorite) at our local IHOP.
Send good energy tomorrow for the Stanford game!
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Aggies go down... We're headed to Elite Eights!
After an early wake-up call and a run to Starbucks, we headed to Storke Field ready to continue our "tradition" of destroying Texas A&M's dreams at Sweet 16s. We looked sharp during warm-up in our bright blue matching tees and the California weather was optimal for a glorious day of rugby.
Early in the game, our hooker Lily dove spectacularly over several Aggie players into the try-zone to score. Soon after, the back line spun the ball wide, with outside center Minna finishing for another UVA try. Near the end of the half, Minna broke through and sped down the field to score once again, bringing us up to 19-0 at halftime.
The second half developed slowly, but although the rucks were allowed to get messy, our forward pack held their ground. Flanker Red China delivered some crushing tackles and fly-half Rancho show-cased her kicking foot, clearing balls down the field to gain UVA territory. Texas A&M finally managed to score a try, and then a long delay (while we waited for an injured Aggie to be taken off the field) left us antsy and ready to strike back. Once play resumed, scrum-half BJ got the ball to Erica on the weak wing who smashed her way through several Aggies and ran down half the field to score. The remaining minutes of the game were tense, with a penalty try awarded to Texas A&M, but our defense stayed strong and, when the whistle blew to end the game, UVA was headed to Elite Eights!
(post by Michelle Souleret)
Early in the game, our hooker Lily dove spectacularly over several Aggie players into the try-zone to score. Soon after, the back line spun the ball wide, with outside center Minna finishing for another UVA try. Near the end of the half, Minna broke through and sped down the field to score once again, bringing us up to 19-0 at halftime.
The second half developed slowly, but although the rucks were allowed to get messy, our forward pack held their ground. Flanker Red China delivered some crushing tackles and fly-half Rancho show-cased her kicking foot, clearing balls down the field to gain UVA territory. Texas A&M finally managed to score a try, and then a long delay (while we waited for an injured Aggie to be taken off the field) left us antsy and ready to strike back. Once play resumed, scrum-half BJ got the ball to Erica on the weak wing who smashed her way through several Aggies and ran down half the field to score. The remaining minutes of the game were tense, with a penalty try awarded to Texas A&M, but our defense stayed strong and, when the whistle blew to end the game, UVA was headed to Elite Eights!
(post by Michelle Souleret)
Friday, April 16, 2010
Ready for the Aggies
We are all packed and ready for our game against Texas A&M tomorrow morning at 9am in Storke Field, UCSB! The time difference is making us really sleepy even though it's not even 11pm, but this is definitely going to work in our favour tomorrow morning. We had a little powwow after dinner where the amazing 4th years passed out sweet, sweet t-shirts! Bright blue with pink flo in the back, check us out tomorrow!
BAD NEWS HOOS!
Sweet 16s 2010
We're HERE... The 32 of us have made it to LA. That is, except Tickle and Staligan who are flying in tonight. We've also enlisted the services of Bill Lucas (Mar Wash Coach and swell guy) to help out by driving and entertaining us. So far the only snafu has been Ning's group being driven up to Dulles instead of flying out of Charlottesville. We'll try to keep things current while we're here. The one thing we do know is that we have Texas A & M tomorrow @ 9 am.
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