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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Hartwick/RPI ROAD TRIP!
Hello from the Broderick sisters!! Thursday night sparked the theme of the weekend. Liz quoted the movie “Elf.” She discussed the part of the movie when everyone was lacking Christmas spirit. Once everyone started believing in Santa his sleigh began to fly.
Thus, our motto for the weekend became, “Make the sleigh fly.” Teamwork was our main goal. Saturday we played Hartwick in an Empire 8 contest of the undefeated. It was a battle that we fought together and won together. It was an exciting, exhilarating double overtime victory. Liz “Voldy” Zmijewski scored the lone goal early in the second overtime period. Jessica “Walnuts” Ablonczy made a pass to Liz who dribbled the ball right into the circle and ripped a shot to the near post. It had too much “mustard” on it for the goalie to save. It was Liz’s first goal EVER! We are now 4-0 in the Empire 8.
After the game we traveled onto Albany, where we spent the night before our game versus Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Sunday. Once we arrived at the hotel, we got dressed up and went out to Hibachi for dinner. We woke up Sunday morning and had a delicious breakfast at the hotel. They had all sorts of cereal, oatmeal, eggs, waffles, fruit, bagels, and pastries. We departed the hotel at 11:15am ready for a showdown of Tech schools.
It was much chillier than Saturday’s game and we hoped for no rain or snow. The game began at 1pm. We were one goal down with less than a minute left to play. With 45 seconds left to play we were granted a corner. Meghan Broderick inserted the ball to Mallory Swanson who passed the ball to Marguerite Chavez who shot the ball. The rebound was played back to Marguerite put the ball into the cage. This led us to our second overtime game of the weekend.
About three minutes into overtime, Liz passed the ball from the midfield to Marguerite. Marguerite eliminated a defender to expose a 2 vs. 1 opportunity against the goalie with Lauren Griggs. Marguerite passed the ball to Lauren, who shot the ball in the goal!
Good Bye Central New York! Welcome to Hoboken!
Thus, our motto for the weekend became, “Make the sleigh fly.” Teamwork was our main goal. Saturday we played Hartwick in an Empire 8 contest of the undefeated. It was a battle that we fought together and won together. It was an exciting, exhilarating double overtime victory. Liz “Voldy” Zmijewski scored the lone goal early in the second overtime period. Jessica “Walnuts” Ablonczy made a pass to Liz who dribbled the ball right into the circle and ripped a shot to the near post. It had too much “mustard” on it for the goalie to save. It was Liz’s first goal EVER! We are now 4-0 in the Empire 8.
After the game we traveled onto Albany, where we spent the night before our game versus Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Sunday. Once we arrived at the hotel, we got dressed up and went out to Hibachi for dinner. We woke up Sunday morning and had a delicious breakfast at the hotel. They had all sorts of cereal, oatmeal, eggs, waffles, fruit, bagels, and pastries. We departed the hotel at 11:15am ready for a showdown of Tech schools.
It was much chillier than Saturday’s game and we hoped for no rain or snow. The game began at 1pm. We were one goal down with less than a minute left to play. With 45 seconds left to play we were granted a corner. Meghan Broderick inserted the ball to Mallory Swanson who passed the ball to Marguerite Chavez who shot the ball. The rebound was played back to Marguerite put the ball into the cage. This led us to our second overtime game of the weekend.
About three minutes into overtime, Liz passed the ball from the midfield to Marguerite. Marguerite eliminated a defender to expose a 2 vs. 1 opportunity against the goalie with Lauren Griggs. Marguerite passed the ball to Lauren, who shot the ball in the goal!
Good Bye Central New York! Welcome to Hoboken!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
FHOC BOOT CAMP!
CLIFF AND WALNUTS... ARMY CRAWL!
"BILL" AND "GUTZ" ... TEAMWORK!
MARGUERITE AND GRIGGLET . . . BALANCE AND STRENGTH!
"TINK" AND SAM ... BEST FORM!
MEOW AND CATHY, WORK THOSE ABS!
MARGUERITE SHOWING HER BOOT CAMP PRIDE
Each year there is a themed practice, this year’s theme was BOOT CAMP! Everyone got into the theme... even the freshmen, some of which went knocking on doors to find clothes to make sure they were in Army attire. One teammate, Jill “Bill” Price, went to the extent of taping leaves to her shirt; for her excellent outfit she received the "Most like the Scenery" Award. Best Dressed went to Megan Clifford, she arrived in top fashion, skirt, face paint and even Army shades.
The practice consisted of an intense foot work shuttle, circuit, stair sprints, and relay! The practice was set up so everything you did, you did with your partner, no man left behind! We cannot succeed without each other!!! The foot work went by like a breeze, I think because everyone was still super-pumped about our outfits. Next up was the circuit and stair sprints. We each grabbed a partner and split into two groups; half went to the steps the other to the circuit.
At the circuit, each station was a minute on- working 110%- to a minute rest, there were 9 stations. We worked on abs, legs, and arms. We did “Hi Moms,” partner sits (which are like wall sits but a medicine ball is passed between you and your partner as you lean against each other- reference Sam and Tink (me) picture), and crunches while passing a medicine ball over your head to your partner. Each circuit seemed to work the whole body while still focus on a core group of muscles. While one group did the circuit the other ran the steps of the stadium.
The stadium running consisted of sprinting up the steps, sprinting across, then jogging down and back to the starting point for recovery. With each new lap, we rotated between sprinting up every step ... to sprinting up every other ... to hopping on one foot .... and finally to jumping up them ... then .... REPEAT!!! This continued until the other group finished their circuit.
The last part was probably the most fun … A RACE! You and your partner worked together to push ten balls with your sticks from the end line to the 25 yard line. It was then a sprint to the 50. From the 50 to the next 25 was TRANSFORMERS, which are like moving push-ups. You start off in the plank postion...abs tight, hips tucked...and while moving laterally you go to a high plank and then back down to a low plank! You have to have your special field hockey player demonstrate for you! Then from the 25 to end line and back to the 25 was a sprint. From the 25 to 50 was an ARMY CRAWL! Gutz won best Army crawl ... by the Gutz is in ROTC. Then we sprinted from the 50 to the 25 and finally once at the 25 we picked up our sticks and moved the ten balls back over the end line. All the balls had to be moved at the same time with you and your partner working together! The first place team was Mary B. and Nicole, second place went to Sam R. and me., the writers of this fabulous blog. With the conclusion of the relay our Boot Camp was also over, but the fun and memories we created will last forever!!
If it walks like a duck...
Our one and only ... Ellyn Griggs!
“If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it must be a duck”….Now that I have your attention and have you intrigued, I would like to update you on these Stevens Ducks here in Hoboken, New Jersey. Yesterday we played our third Empire 8 Conference opponent Utica College here at the Duck Pond (yes it is capitalized haha).
First, I would like to provide the setting. I started my morning by meeting my sister and crazy awesome goalie Ellyn, star defender Sam Moran, and mid/forward Jill “Bill” Price at the wonderful location of our Pierce dining hall for some delicious eggs and pancakes for breakfast. I knew it was going to be a great day because let’s just say the grill prepared the food on their a-game.
After breakfast, Sam and I went to put the team’s laundry into the washing machine and then to an undisclosed location to get our secret buddy’s gifts. Before every home game, we get our secret buddy a present as a psych for the game. The names are picked randomly at the beginning of the season and the secret buddy is disclosed at the end of the season. Anywho, after that, we had a little time to ourselves before meeting the team in the locker room for our team talk.
After a good talk and of course team stimulus of listening to pump-up songs in the locker room (Taylor Swift is one of my favorites), we left the locker room to watch the conclusion of the men’s soccer game which resulted in a tie after two overtime periods. We then warmed-up for our game. After the announcements of the starters for the game, Empire 8 mission, and playing of the national anthem, it was GAME TIME!! Almost 6 minutes into the game Jessie “Walnuts” Ablonczy beat defenders a ripped a shot into the circle. I saw the ball making its way towards goal and was not going to allow for a defender to get a stick on it. I deflected the ball in and scored the first goal of the game! J We went into half-time with a 1-0 lead and knew that we had to keep up the intensity to keep the lead since both teams were undefeated in the Empire 8. After getting advice from the coaching staff, the team went ahead to score another 2 goals. One goal came from freshman Marguerite “Marge” Chavez who lifted it into cage – she’s great! The last tally came from senior Jessie “Walnuts” who rocketed the ball to the right corner of the goal. Might I say Walnuts played an amazing game with 3 points for the day and some big plays. What a day for Walnuts to score her first goal!!! For the day, the defense of Sam Weisman, Mallory “Meow” “Meowmix” Swanson, Jill, Christina “Darth” Sedberry, Kara, Nicole, Liz “Voldemort,” and goalie/twin of mine was stellar. On the day, Ellyn had 2 saves to make. Enthusiasm and energy for the game came from the players, coaches, and fans of Stevens Field Hockey. In saying, thank you all for the support! The game yesterday was fun to play and was a great environment.
Now, the Ducks are undefeated in the Empire 8 (3-0 in conference) and at an overall record of 10-2. And, as a short digression, I would like to say Ellyn got her 10th win in goal and has 6 shutouts. Her stellar performance is even shown through her statistics released a few days ago – 3rd in the country in personal goals-against average and 3rd in save percentage. She had an amazing performance in the game vs. Drew and had a career-high 18 saves despite the loss coming in double-overtime for the Ducks. The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) released its defensive statistical rankings. The Ducks were 4th in goals-against average, 8th in shutouts per game, 6th in winning percentage, and 4th for save percentage.
First, I would like to provide the setting. I started my morning by meeting my sister and crazy awesome goalie Ellyn, star defender Sam Moran, and mid/forward Jill “Bill” Price at the wonderful location of our Pierce dining hall for some delicious eggs and pancakes for breakfast. I knew it was going to be a great day because let’s just say the grill prepared the food on their a-game.
After breakfast, Sam and I went to put the team’s laundry into the washing machine and then to an undisclosed location to get our secret buddy’s gifts. Before every home game, we get our secret buddy a present as a psych for the game. The names are picked randomly at the beginning of the season and the secret buddy is disclosed at the end of the season. Anywho, after that, we had a little time to ourselves before meeting the team in the locker room for our team talk.
After a good talk and of course team stimulus of listening to pump-up songs in the locker room (Taylor Swift is one of my favorites), we left the locker room to watch the conclusion of the men’s soccer game which resulted in a tie after two overtime periods. We then warmed-up for our game. After the announcements of the starters for the game, Empire 8 mission, and playing of the national anthem, it was GAME TIME!! Almost 6 minutes into the game Jessie “Walnuts” Ablonczy beat defenders a ripped a shot into the circle. I saw the ball making its way towards goal and was not going to allow for a defender to get a stick on it. I deflected the ball in and scored the first goal of the game! J We went into half-time with a 1-0 lead and knew that we had to keep up the intensity to keep the lead since both teams were undefeated in the Empire 8. After getting advice from the coaching staff, the team went ahead to score another 2 goals. One goal came from freshman Marguerite “Marge” Chavez who lifted it into cage – she’s great! The last tally came from senior Jessie “Walnuts” who rocketed the ball to the right corner of the goal. Might I say Walnuts played an amazing game with 3 points for the day and some big plays. What a day for Walnuts to score her first goal!!! For the day, the defense of Sam Weisman, Mallory “Meow” “Meowmix” Swanson, Jill, Christina “Darth” Sedberry, Kara, Nicole, Liz “Voldemort,” and goalie/twin of mine was stellar. On the day, Ellyn had 2 saves to make. Enthusiasm and energy for the game came from the players, coaches, and fans of Stevens Field Hockey. In saying, thank you all for the support! The game yesterday was fun to play and was a great environment.
Now, the Ducks are undefeated in the Empire 8 (3-0 in conference) and at an overall record of 10-2. And, as a short digression, I would like to say Ellyn got her 10th win in goal and has 6 shutouts. Her stellar performance is even shown through her statistics released a few days ago – 3rd in the country in personal goals-against average and 3rd in save percentage. She had an amazing performance in the game vs. Drew and had a career-high 18 saves despite the loss coming in double-overtime for the Ducks. The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) released its defensive statistical rankings. The Ducks were 4th in goals-against average, 8th in shutouts per game, 6th in winning percentage, and 4th for save percentage.
We will look to continue our season this Wednesday at William Paterson University for a 7 pm game. See you there!
-Lauren (“Second Gear” aka “Grigglet, L.” aka “not-Ellyn”)
-Lauren (“Second Gear” aka “Grigglet, L.” aka “not-Ellyn”)
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
UPDATES GALORE!
Hello All,
We apologize for the lack of blogging...we have been busy little bees...errr DUCKS! We are currently sitting 9-1 overall and 2-0 in the Empire 8 Conference. We had 2 big games last week. First we took on Rowan. At the time we played they were ranked 12th in the NFHCA Coaches Poll and we were ranked 16th. We played Rowan here at Stevens and it was an awesome Duck Country event. We were able to wear our Away Jerseys at home and it was a lot of fun. We won that game 2-1. Mallory Swanson, aka Meow, (Empire-8 Co-Player of the Week and Womensfieldhockey.com Division III Player of the week) scored both goals off of great offensive teamwork. It was the first time we beat Rowan AND it was the highest ranked team we ever beat. It was incredible!
Last Saturday we played Ithaca on their grass field. It was our 2nd conference game. We traveled to Ithaca the night before, stayed in a hotel and had a great breakfast. We showed up ready to play and ready to win. Lauren "2nd Gear" Griggs scored the game winner and then Meow put in an insurance goal. We left Ithaca with a 2-0 win!
Tonight we play Drew at Drew and they are a tough opponent. We will get off the bus ready to play and to work hard. We are having tons of fun this season and working hard!
See you soon!
We apologize for the lack of blogging...we have been busy little bees...errr DUCKS! We are currently sitting 9-1 overall and 2-0 in the Empire 8 Conference. We had 2 big games last week. First we took on Rowan. At the time we played they were ranked 12th in the NFHCA Coaches Poll and we were ranked 16th. We played Rowan here at Stevens and it was an awesome Duck Country event. We were able to wear our Away Jerseys at home and it was a lot of fun. We won that game 2-1. Mallory Swanson, aka Meow, (Empire-8 Co-Player of the Week and Womensfieldhockey.com Division III Player of the week) scored both goals off of great offensive teamwork. It was the first time we beat Rowan AND it was the highest ranked team we ever beat. It was incredible!
Last Saturday we played Ithaca on their grass field. It was our 2nd conference game. We traveled to Ithaca the night before, stayed in a hotel and had a great breakfast. We showed up ready to play and ready to win. Lauren "2nd Gear" Griggs scored the game winner and then Meow put in an insurance goal. We left Ithaca with a 2-0 win!
Tonight we play Drew at Drew and they are a tough opponent. We will get off the bus ready to play and to work hard. We are having tons of fun this season and working hard!
See you soon!
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