We Gotta Want It!

Wow .... And just like that regular season is over. WE ARE OFF TO THE PLAYOFFS BABY!!!! With a solid win over Geneseo and a tough tie aganist Brockport this past weekend we earned fourth seed for playoffs .... MEANING we got blessed by getting a home game for the SUNYAC quarterfinals aka no long bus rides this week.  We will be hosting Brockport, yet again, at 3 pm tomorrow at the Field house. We are beyond pumped to get another chance vs. Brockport and it should be a great game to watch!!! I repeat tomorrow 3pm at the field house everyone has to be there :) Quick side note: Our team from 2014 has received the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Team Academic Award for the seventh straight season!!! To earn this award our team must have a cumulative average of a 3.0 during the season. Keep up the good grades and endless hours in the lib ladies!! :) 

Uterine Cancer Awareness Game

Our Lovely Seniors

As we were practicing hard this last week (I don't know about anyone else), some emotions were hitting a little harder than usual.  Yepp sorry but I'm feeling a little emotional ;) Wanting to continue our season, everyone gave their all and had a solid week of practice to prepare for this important weekend.  Being a junior, I've been given the opportunity to face adversity with such a great group of ladies.  From facing injuries and not making it into playoffs my freshman year, to making it to playoffs for the first time in a while for PSUWS my sophomore year and now as I reach my junior it's time for the up's and down's to finally be put to the test.

We have worked too hard this whole season not to get the results we want.  As we have our last practice today before quarterfinals, take a moment to think who you have played for this season. Just some special people you may have played for: 1. I played for my beautiful teammates.  You guys have been a main support system on and off the field, which is the best thing anyone could ask for. From pushing each other through the beep test in preseason to always convincing me Chipotle is a great idea, I wouldn't want to be apart of another team. 2. I played for my coaches.  They always believed in every one of us when things weren't going our way and pushed us to be the best we could be. They always are there to get us focused, increase our love for this beautiful sport we call socccer (yes the extra "c" is supposed to be the accent) and to dance with us, well really only Coach Tania busts the moves :) 3. I played for my parents. Because hey without them we wouldn't be here today.  So thank them for all the hugs, cheers and delicious food they make for our tailgates! Shoutout to my mom for making her great meatballs :) and lastly 4. I played for our seniors. Coming into preseason as a freshman, I looked up to you guys (figuratively and literally) thinking if you guys got through, so could I.  You guys took the present junior class under your wings and made adjusting to college life that much easier. The last four years that you've dedicated will not be forgotten and we can't wait to keep kicking booty in SUNYAC's with you! You the real MVP's <3 So as we approach this important game tomorrow just think of all these people who have been there for you and make them proud!  We can do this ladies, we gotta want it (in the Mercedes voice) and don't worry we will get it! As Herb Brooks, one of the greatest coaches in sports history, once said, "You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours."

If you didn't hear the first time, be at our quarterfinal game tomorrow at 3pm at the fieldhouse!!!! BE LOUD AND PROUD :)

Just to get everyone a little pumped!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujyr7--Fzw4