State College? Um yes.

SOL embarks on spring season 2010 this weekend at Penn State, the new host of Philly Classic. Our pool looks to be strong. We'll be facing teams for the first time in our program's history:
UNC-Wilmington (Seaweed), Penn State (Isis), and Cornell (Thorny Roses).

Tonight's practice prior to Philly Classic was one of the most focused ones that SOL has seen all season. Though we'll be missing some clutch vets, this weekend will give our newbs a chance to shine and play out of their minds against some ridiculous competition.

It's been a blur of a week for SOL. We're ready to rock.

OH YEAH...HELP SUPPORT OUR TEAM WHILE YOU'RE THERE. Buy a sweet SOL bracelet. Only $2.

See you in Philly.
-Robyn

SOL Bracelets

Are you a SOL fan? Even just a little bit? Then you will want to get your wrists around one of our super tight SOL bracelets! We are not selling this RARE item online - they will be coming to a tournament near you.

How much? 2 dollars.

Why? To support SOL!

How? You must find a member of SOL in order to purchase this one of a kind accessory! Or I'm sure you all know how to use some sort of social networking system by now.

Where? Philly Classic, Chicago Invite, Women's Centex (Sections and Regions too, but you should probably have one by then)

Here are our wrist models posing our super trendy bracelets. Note, the braided one is mine and of course not for sale. They are even more rare and you must only ask Brit Gartner of SOL to get one of those...

It would be awesome if you can help our team out and greatly appreciated!

SOL Does Yoga

At practice last night in Zorn, I have come to the realization that Mariah Dorner has improved tremendously. That girl catches everything and anything. She is really coming into her own, and it is not overlooked at all. She is making ridiculous grabs left and right, coming down with things like you wouldn't believe.

Second, SOL has taken up a new endeavor: we go to yoga as a team on Tuesday/Thursday mornings when we do not have 6 am practice. Our newest, and super tall, addition to the team, Brooke Fahrenkrog, is a certified yoga instructor and happens to teach free classes at the YMCA. After doing a few sprints on the Olson track at 6:30 am, we headed to the Y to experience our first class as a team.

See my SOLmates bright and early on Thursday morning!

-Robyn

5:17 AM Car Fiasco

It was 12 am and once again, my neighbors parked me into my driveway. I frantically text Martha asking for a ride in the morning. She responded at 5:04 am, saying she will pick me up at 5:45. I hit the snooze until 5:20 and decided it was time to wake up. As of 5:17 am, Martha could not find her car keys and instructed me to devise a backup plan. At about 5:30 am, we started to frantically call our SOLmates. If we could not find rides, I would have had to leave by 5:15 in order to walk there and get there on time, due to the lack of public transportation in Eau Claire before 7 am. Moira came to our rescue. We had a ride. All was well.

This 6 am practice was awesome. Great bids, hustles, and hucks all around with our drills. We spent a vast majority of the time scrimmaging, as the newly renovated McPhee gym is the best indoor facility Eau Claire has to offer us (unfortunately we only get it early in the AM). We welcomed back Adele Christensen who was studying abroad in Spain in fall. "Bonjour Adele!" (Adele is a linguist of all sorts...Spanish, French, English)

Conditioning tonight = intense. That's the way we like it.

Good week of SOLtimate.

-Robyn

Skyfest Twenty-Ten

It's been a while, and I bet you are all saddened by the hiatus of the SOL blog. Fear not avid fanatic, the dry spell has ended...as I now have internet, and a job that needs time to be filled from time to time.

Highlights from SOL's winter break included....
-Marfie's 22 birfday @ 80's night at the Shout House in the Cities
-Squared's 22nd birthday
-Whit going on a cruise
-Anna deciding where she is going to get married
-Me (Robyn) getting trapped behind (one of these) while trying to rearrange Gapstur's room
-Brit commentating her little brother's basketball game
-An epic trip to Ames, Iowa (ISU)
-George getting extremely sick on a bus at 2 am
-Estelle losing her blonde-ness on MLK
-Kathleen serving on jury duty
-Jess getting lost in Door County
-Dace heading out west to San Fran and San Diego
-Emy raiding a burned down building
-Mariah's crazy grandma
All these, among other things.

With that being said and done, in addition to the plethora of items listed above, SOL worked hard over break to jump start our spring 2010 season. Last night, we officially kicked off twenty-ten with a great practice in Zorn Arena, followed by 6,048 stairs ran last night (that's 504 per person). You can double that number if you count going down too.

We're working hard to get some bank this season.

Bomb-tastic.
-Robyn