I think that Scott Sawinski was super nice to give us the #1 seed this weekend. I think the seedings are a little whack, but we'll take it. Especially the whole, "SOL gets to sleep in because we have a first round bye thing" Can't wait for that. We'll have ~24 girls ready to go on Saturday.
With some last minute offense work this week, we'll see if the new ladies of SOL are ready to ball out of control. Defensively, we are shaping up fairly well. We definitely have to pick it up if we are going to be game ready by next weekend.
http://www.upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=127&id=6849
See you all at Whitewater on Saturday
-Robyn
The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Women's Ultimate Team
Monday, September 28, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
SOL Goes Bowling
Monday night social event time for SOL. Iansa says, "Let's go bowling."
SOL arrives at the BBC, gets two lanes, and festivities begin at about 7:30.
Whit Esson got her game on. Martha began naming bowling moves after the people who did them. (I tried to have Martha re-name the one where all the pins get knocked down with one roll to a Robyn Fennig, but apparently, she said it is already referred to as at "strike.") Brit tried repeatedly to bowl the ball behind the back and through her legs, but she never made it past half-way down. Iansa was almost the worst. (Iansa even had an accidental one-pin warm up frame, and still got a one on her first roll) But, it's a good thing that Heather was there to make her feel better. Apparently you can bowl worse than Iansa.
Brit and I did find out that other people enjoyed the "Behind the Music: Lil' Wayne" documentary on VH1 this week. Well, at least Rose did. Sheeeeit.
Mariah, Emy, Hannah "Baby Glades," and Whit got the rest of us old folks into the caf. Beth, Martha, Brit, and I were totally stoked to reap the benefits of the new late-night caf thing. To be honest, we definitely did not make the best of choices when it came to what was consumed, but let's get real, it was a celebratory caf din din.
Practices have been going quite well. Today's practice was one of the most intense fall practices I have ever been apart of this early in the season. Rose is looking super fast. Emy and Mariah are always open deep. It' ridic. Nicole is making sick grabs. Estelle is running around with one cleat (and she's not even sure she's supposed to be, but she's bada$$ and doing it anyways). Brownie is ballin out of contrul. Dace's throws are cash money $$. Oh yeah, the vets are lookin' fine too. 'Specially Whit Esson. Her hucks are insane. Where did this girl come from? (The correct answer: ACL reconstruction town) Ashley Steiner? I bet you forgot about her...but I think this season is going to be a super clutch one for her.
Our 90+ original numbers are dwindling. The die-hard are remaining. Things are shaping up nicely, that is for sure. Excitement is building the upcoming weeks until Hucktoberfest.
-Robyn
SOL arrives at the BBC, gets two lanes, and festivities begin at about 7:30.
Whit Esson got her game on. Martha began naming bowling moves after the people who did them. (I tried to have Martha re-name the one where all the pins get knocked down with one roll to a Robyn Fennig, but apparently, she said it is already referred to as at "strike.") Brit tried repeatedly to bowl the ball behind the back and through her legs, but she never made it past half-way down. Iansa was almost the worst. (Iansa even had an accidental one-pin warm up frame, and still got a one on her first roll) But, it's a good thing that Heather was there to make her feel better. Apparently you can bowl worse than Iansa.
Brit and I did find out that other people enjoyed the "Behind the Music: Lil' Wayne" documentary on VH1 this week. Well, at least Rose did. Sheeeeit.
Mariah, Emy, Hannah "Baby Glades," and Whit got the rest of us old folks into the caf. Beth, Martha, Brit, and I were totally stoked to reap the benefits of the new late-night caf thing. To be honest, we definitely did not make the best of choices when it came to what was consumed, but let's get real, it was a celebratory caf din din.
Practices have been going quite well. Today's practice was one of the most intense fall practices I have ever been apart of this early in the season. Rose is looking super fast. Emy and Mariah are always open deep. It' ridic. Nicole is making sick grabs. Estelle is running around with one cleat (and she's not even sure she's supposed to be, but she's bada$$ and doing it anyways). Brownie is ballin out of contrul. Dace's throws are cash money $$. Oh yeah, the vets are lookin' fine too. 'Specially Whit Esson. Her hucks are insane. Where did this girl come from? (The correct answer: ACL reconstruction town) Ashley Steiner? I bet you forgot about her...but I think this season is going to be a super clutch one for her.
Our 90+ original numbers are dwindling. The die-hard are remaining. Things are shaping up nicely, that is for sure. Excitement is building the upcoming weeks until Hucktoberfest.
-Robyn
Friday, September 11, 2009
UPA Womens Club Sectionals
SOL is excited to host Madison Club, Madison Thrill Show, and Pop from the Twin Cities for UPA Womens Club Sectionals this year at the Bollinger field complex.
Start time has yet to be finalized, as well as a schedule. Please come Sept. 26 to check it out!
Also, after Blugold Org Bash, we have 97 girls interested in our team...holy crap. 97 is a lot. AWES.
-Robyn
Start time has yet to be finalized, as well as a schedule. Please come Sept. 26 to check it out!
Also, after Blugold Org Bash, we have 97 girls interested in our team...holy crap. 97 is a lot. AWES.
-Robyn
Monday, September 7, 2009
SOL gets Swine Flu
I am going to start my first blog post of the 2009-2010 season off with a nice little story: Robyn Gets H1N1. I was in the hospital for three days during my summer in Madison. I was in pretty poor shape. Super high fever (104+ degrees), just really out of it...I mean, I couldn't even walk to the bathroom by myself. So hope you don't get it. I mean, I will be honest, the whole "H1N1" thing is really starting to make me upset. I mean, come on, I had it a month ago, and my immune system still hates me. I ended up missing MUDI, and apparently Pat Niles and Jake Henderson had fun telling everyone that I had Swine Flu, which was completely not the case. I had Type A, which is NOT the Swine Flu (which is Type B). The highlight of this hospital stay, however, was Martha sending me a text from Minnesota saying, that I needed to write a blog post titles "SOL Gets Swine Flu."
So, after two weeks of busting our butts, we are officially done with "recruiting" at CUBEfest events...well aside from the Blugold Org. Bash. I am borderline getting sick of pick-up. I am ready to get practices going. The captains have some new tricks up our sleeves, and it's exciting to be apart of that. Pat has helped us tweak our plans to help prepare our newbs, and get our vets more involved with everything. That's all boring stuff, though. Onto the more interesting stuff.
All in all, I am feeling pretty good about the way our roster is shaping up right now. Though we have lost some clutch vets, we are getting some newbs that are sure to catch some attention, and have real potential to be bomb. I am not naming any names, but it's really exciting to get some players who are really passionnate about the game and about learning the game. Everyone has great attitudes. We are ready to rock.
Our tournament schedule has been finalized, and we're super excited for Hucktoberfest. I think it's a good way to gauge how our new girls are doing, and do some teaching at the same time.
My thoughts on No Wisconsequences: I AM MISSING MY SUPER-SENIOR YEAR OF HOMECOMING FOR THIS. The least you can do is to get Steaz Energy Drink as a sponsor again. Or hook me up with more sweet raffle prizes again. That was sweet.
In other news, after some Sesame Street themed shenanigans, Brit, Tracie and I are officially obsessed with Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." It's not even embarassing. The song is catchy, and I can't get over it. I am all over Martha's case to include this in our Centex Dance choreography for '10. Let's hope it makes the final cut...
Martha and I are in a graphic design class together on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8-10:45 am. i am not a fan of having 8 am class in my final year of undergrad, but I suppose I will have to deal with it. (Let's just hope Martha can get to class early enough this week that she actually gets a computer this time...) We plan to incorporate SOL in as many assignments and projects as possible, frankly because we can.
Martha and I plan to do a little "Intro to SOL '09-10" Piece soon, after the volatility of our roster decreases and stabilizes enough to the point that we know how many people we are going to be writing about. That number, right now, could vary quite a bit, if our BOB recruiting matches the success of last year.
One last thing, SOL now has a Twitter account. Much to the distaste of co-captain, Anna Hettler. She says that Martha and I are being ridiculous. Well, rest assured Anna, we can help you, let's be real. If you are a SOL stalker, you can check us out here: www.twitter.com/solultimate Martha shall be Tweeting to her heart's content with it. So any problems with it, take it up with her.
Bomb (dot) com.
-Robyn
So, after two weeks of busting our butts, we are officially done with "recruiting" at CUBEfest events...well aside from the Blugold Org. Bash. I am borderline getting sick of pick-up. I am ready to get practices going. The captains have some new tricks up our sleeves, and it's exciting to be apart of that. Pat has helped us tweak our plans to help prepare our newbs, and get our vets more involved with everything. That's all boring stuff, though. Onto the more interesting stuff.
All in all, I am feeling pretty good about the way our roster is shaping up right now. Though we have lost some clutch vets, we are getting some newbs that are sure to catch some attention, and have real potential to be bomb. I am not naming any names, but it's really exciting to get some players who are really passionnate about the game and about learning the game. Everyone has great attitudes. We are ready to rock.
Our tournament schedule has been finalized, and we're super excited for Hucktoberfest. I think it's a good way to gauge how our new girls are doing, and do some teaching at the same time.
My thoughts on No Wisconsequences: I AM MISSING MY SUPER-SENIOR YEAR OF HOMECOMING FOR THIS. The least you can do is to get Steaz Energy Drink as a sponsor again. Or hook me up with more sweet raffle prizes again. That was sweet.
In other news, after some Sesame Street themed shenanigans, Brit, Tracie and I are officially obsessed with Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." It's not even embarassing. The song is catchy, and I can't get over it. I am all over Martha's case to include this in our Centex Dance choreography for '10. Let's hope it makes the final cut...
Martha and I are in a graphic design class together on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8-10:45 am. i am not a fan of having 8 am class in my final year of undergrad, but I suppose I will have to deal with it. (Let's just hope Martha can get to class early enough this week that she actually gets a computer this time...) We plan to incorporate SOL in as many assignments and projects as possible, frankly because we can.
Martha and I plan to do a little "Intro to SOL '09-10" Piece soon, after the volatility of our roster decreases and stabilizes enough to the point that we know how many people we are going to be writing about. That number, right now, could vary quite a bit, if our BOB recruiting matches the success of last year.
One last thing, SOL now has a Twitter account. Much to the distaste of co-captain, Anna Hettler. She says that Martha and I are being ridiculous. Well, rest assured Anna, we can help you, let's be real. If you are a SOL stalker, you can check us out here: www.twitter.com/solultimate Martha shall be Tweeting to her heart's content with it. So any problems with it, take it up with her.
Bomb (dot) com.
-Robyn
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