What a Week!

First, I wanted to say sorry for not keeping everyone updated with this past week's events...it's been a crazy week of games, travelling and more games!!

So, we started off with a home game against Canisius on Monday (2/15). Playing without two of our starters, Anda and Z, we all knew that in order to win, it needed to be a team effort. And sure enough, the whole team came ready to play and we pulled off the W. Anna and Kris both had another double-double, while Milica came up with ten rebounds and five blocks! The inside game was a force to be reckoned with, ending with a 24-6 point advantage in the paint. But when I said it was a team effort, I meant it...we also added nine 3-pointers from five different players (Suzi, Diana, Kris, Tomica & Cat).

After the Canisius game, we had to put the win behind us and focus on Loyola's game on Wednesday (2/17). We were supposed to play Loyola on Friday (2/12), but like I mentioned in the previous post, it got rescheduled due to all the snow Maryland got!

We came into practice on Tuesday and left for MD right after...and when we got down there, we saw why the game got rescheduled! Snow, snow and more snow!! Two-lane roads were now one-lane and you still couldn't walk on the sidewalks because they were buried 3-4 feet under a pile of snow! Snow aside, we knew the game was going to be a tough one. Thazina was back in action but Loyola is NEVER an easy place to play. And, like we expected, it was a battle...the whole game. We ended up winning by 2 after Loyola threw up a full court shot that made all of our stomach's drop for about 2.2 seconds! Another W under our belt, we headed back up to NY to get ready for our Fairfield game.

We played at Fairfield on Friday (2/19). Again, another battle of a game, and our girls pushed through it as much as they could. We couldn't have asked for a better effort, but when you have trouble putting the ball in the basket, it can make it tough to win the game. Unfortunately, that's what happened to us at Fairfield...we performed well in almost every stat possible, except shots made. Again, great effort by every single player on our team, we just came up short in the end.

For the 3rd time of the week, we put the game behind and went into practice focused on our next game, St. Peter's on Sunday (2/21). The team went into St. Peter's, which is one of the hardest places to play in the MAAC, determined to do whatever it takes to get the job done. Defense was the primary focus (as it always is) and we really proved that at St. Peter's, winning 57-41.

With this win, we clinched 2nd place in the regular season standings; however, we still have 2 home games left...Marist this Friday and Rider on Sunday. The Marist game is our "Pack the House" game, so make sure EVERYONE comes to cheer us on...and Rider is our Senior Day, where we will honor our 2 seniors--Z and Anna. Two more regular season games...LET'S GO GAELS!!