Happy Conference Play! And may the odds be ever in your favor.

FINALLLYY, conference opener and we killed it, just like Buddha knew we would. This was just the game we needed to get back on our feet. The best part of the match was that all three of the goals were the first of their collegiate careers for Macee Maddock, Marcelle Shepisi and Taylor Florio. So proud of my little guys. We also had a big turn out including support from the PSU men's hockey and basketball teams so thanks for that boys. We chose to go against the wind in the first half because B-Mikes had a feeling the wind would be stronger in the second half which would ultimately give us the bigger advantage. Well, that feeling he had was rain - a cold, windless rain. Rain has become a bit of a staple in our games so it’s nothing we weren’t used to or prepared for. A little rain is nothing after the hurricane that danced through the Husson game or the downpour during the Middlebury game last Tuesday.

 

The Middlebury game started off with pouring rain straight out of your favorite romantic comedy. I’m talking torrential downpour that looked like it was created on a movie set, it made us all 5 pounds heavier and our hair 5 times curlier. This game was special in that it was the end of a tradition here at Plattsburgh State, we did away with the international walk out because Wiley said it was so boring it made her sick. We now form two lines creating a tunnel for the starters to run through. It is soo much better and a lot more fun. Then, after the new cool announcements, the national anthem wouldn’t play - and something happened straight out of Mean Girls. Both teams joined together and started singing, in the pouring rain, off key and I’m pretty sure we screwed up the lyrics. It was cute and funny but we needed to get down to business. At the end of the day we played really well considering the rain was so forceful you couldn’t see more than 3 feet in front of you and Middlebury is ranked 9^th in the country. They scored with eleven seconds left in the first overtime, which was a bummer, but we’ll move past it and learn from it.

This week Danielle Schmitt celebrated her 19^thbirthday on Sept. 21. WOHOO the big 1-9. Awesome. We had another great tailgate after the game on Saturday so special thanks and shout out to the parents that make that happen and give us a chance to actually get to know each other. And please pray that we make it through our first Monday practice of the season were we don’t have a game until Friday (a.k.a lots of fitness). We have two home games this weekend, the Cortland Red Dragons at 4 p.m. on Friday and the Oswego Lakers (whatever that is) Saturday at 1 p.m. Come down and show your support!

 

Bonus Question of the week: Do you know why Wiley will be cheering for both teams on Saturday? Come to the game and check back on Sunday to find out!

 

(how we feel about Friday's game)