UVM 27apr2014

Cloudy, 50F/10C, our strong adversary UVM had asked to play Sunday rather than Saturday. Many fans came! Katherine's dad with his wonderful camera, Shelby's mom, Sarah's parents, Kate's mom, maybe others (?)!

We talked about the ball's being faster than the players -- to keep the ball moving. But neither team could hold onto the ball very long in the first half; both teams hustled to get 50/50 balls.

UVM had no hesitation shooting from distance, and they had more chances than we in the first half. We only had a couple shots; UVM defended well. Julia D, Kristin, Tessa and Kate kept away their best shots. They did a lot of kick-and-run soccer. We spoke at half-time about not wanting to copy their approach!

We had better passing in the second half than we did in the first half, but UVM did well to keep their energy and pressure high. In the 50th minute they got in behind us to slot a shot into the lower-right corner of our net.

Later, Kristin, Julia and Lindsay had their shots saved, and Kristin cleared another UVM shot off the line in the 77th minute. Julia D kept us in the game with more key saves in 80th and 85th minute. Then in the 86th minute, Nat used her hustle and intelligence to slot a diagonal pass to Mila, who was running up the right side of the field. Mila made a cut to her left, which left the UVM defender on the floor, then shot with her left foot -- a brilliant 30m shot into the upper left corner of the UVM side-netting to even the game!

Julia D made another save in the 87th minute to prolong the draw, and in the last minute of play UVM hit our cross-bar with a shot that easily could have put them ahead.

We were delighted with a draw against a strong team that also did well at Regionals in the fall. It is always a pleasure to play a strong team and come away with a good result! No doubt UVM felt robbed!

It was a great send-off for graduating seniors -- boo hoo! And we did really well to keep our undefeated record in all games but the last Regional quarter-final game!

Shots 6:23 Saves

GK: Julia D
CD: Kristin+Tessa, Lindsay
OD: Mari+Liz, Annie+Kate
CM: Julia+Shelby, Christine
OM: Katherine+Mila, Caroline V, Sarah
F: Nat+Sarah, Lindsay, Caroline G

1 UVM shot saved
8 Mila corner out
9 UVM shot wide
10 UVM corner out
12 UVM shot saved
12 UVM shot saved
13 Sarah's corner 
13 Dartmouth shot saved
13 Sarah's corner
25 Julia shot saved
34 Tessa blocked UVM shot --> UVM corner
34 Kate saved a UVM shot
34 Julia D saved a UVM shot
40 UVM shot way over
41 UVM shot wide
42 UVM shot saved
46 UVM corner, header wide
48 UVM shot blocked --> corner
50 UVM shot into right corner of our net --> 0:1
54 UVM shot saved
55 Sarah's corner
57 UVM shot wide
58 Mila corner
59 UVM shot over
62 Kristin's shot saved
63 Julia shot saved
65 Lindsay shot saved
69 UVM corner
70 UVM shot wide
74 UVM shot over
77 Kristin saved a UVM shot --> UVM corner
80 UVM shot saved
81 UVM corner
85 UVM shot saved
86 Nat pass to Mila who beat a defender, left-ft shot --> 1:1
87 UVM shot saved
90 UVM shot hit the cross-bar!

Whistler summer 2008

Sunday 29June: fly Hartford to Vancouver with 13 athletes and Abby Copeland, meeting Courtney Calise Temple in Chicago and Sasha Acher in Vancouver
7am meet at UA desk in Hartford
2:3opm arrive Vancouver
3 get baggage, head for Hertz, pack vans and Sasha's car
5pm leave Vancouver for Whistler
8pm arrive Whistler, check into The Aspens

Monday 30June: Horstman lane 8, sunny 28˚C
7:30 board lift
9-12:45 free-ski with feedback
10am snack
free-ski
12 lunch
free-ski
2:30 swim in the Aspens pool
4pm keep away with soccer ball
6pm dinner

Tuesday 1July: Horstman lane 8, sunny 30˚C
7:15 coaches to salt early
7:30 athletes board lift
8:30-12:30 ski
warm-up runs
4-step turns
10am snack
hold poles horizontal (video taped)
hold poles vertical (picture window)
12 lunch
free-ski
2:30 walk to Lost Lake for a swim
6pm dinner
7:30 video feedback
9 bed

Wednesday 2July: Showcase lane 4 sharing w/ Dave Murray, sunny 30˚C
7:15/7:30 board lift
8:30-1 ski
warm-up run
edge sets (it was steep)
falling leaf
garlands
10am snack
one ski
mini javelins
poles as airplane wings, touching outside pole to snow
12 lunch
free ski
3 swim in The Aspens pool
6 dinner

Thursday 3July: day off
8am pancakes, scrambled eggs and bacon
11am visit Surefoot for Ashley Cooper's foot pains -- she got footbeds
1pm lunch in the condo
2:30-4:30 mtn bike Tin Pants trail in direction of Lost Lake
6pm reheat pizzas in the condos

Friday 4July: Showcase lane 4 by ourselves, overcast 10˚C
7:15/7:30 board lift
8:30-1 ski (video)
traverses on both feet then one foot, uphill ski too
linked hockey stop turns in the fall line, keeping skis on the snow
10am snack
plant both poles below
airplane turns with poles out to the side
12 lunch
free-ski
3pm drive to car park then hike to Cheakamus Lake
6pm cook dinner
7pm video feedback
8pm shop for food

Saturday 5July: Hosrtman lane 9, rainy 5˚C
7:15/7:30 board lift
8:30-1 ski
four warm-up runs
ski with no poles
poles under our bums, pulling them forward to start each turn
10am snack
ski whisker course (video)
with poles
no poles, outside hand on hip + other hand up ahead
touch boot top at last part of turn
in the fog: whirly-birds
no poles, hands on shoulders then on hips
12pm lunch
drills in the whisker course -- two runs
free-ski two runs
3pm yoga led by Sasha
6pm spaghetti
6:30 video feedback

Sunday 6July: Showcase 3, cloudy alpine high 9˚C
7:15/7:30 board lift
8:30-1 ski
four warm-up runs
drills on upper corridor
10am snack
video on whisker course
12 lunch
four free-ski runs
3:30 soccer at the school off west Lorimer
7pm hamburgers and hot dogs

Monday 7July: day off
9:30 raft trip leaves the village
9:30 Steve, Katie and Sandra hike up Blackcomb Mtn
1pm lunch
3pm swim
5pm tune skis
6pm dinner
7pm video feedback

Tuesday 8July: Showcase lane 3, sun+clouds alpine high 8˚C
7:15/7:30 board lift
8:30-1 ski
four warm-up/free-ski runs
drills on upper corridor, stubby gates below (video)
10am snack
free ski
11:45 lunch
free ski
3:15pm go to school playground -- four-square!
5:30 video feedback
6:30pm dinner

Wednesday 9July: Horstman lane 7, alpine high 15˚C
7:15/7:30 board lift
8:30-1 ski
four warm-up runs
hands on knees
hold poles horizontally in front
hold poles horizontally on shoulders
hold poles out like aircraft wings with hands forward, drag outside pole
10am snack
10m SL -- stubbies upper half, tall gates lower half (video)
12 lunch
free ski
3pm swim
6pm dinner
7pm video feedback

Thursday 10July: Horstman lane 7, alpine high 7˚C
7:15/7:30 board lift
8:30-1 ski
four warm-up runs
two drill runs
10am snack
20m GS tall gates with panels (video)
12 lunch
free ski
3pm pack
6pm dinner
7pm video feedback

Friday 11July: leave 4:15am for airport
9am flight to Hartford via Chicago
7pm Hartford