Long, crazy trip...

Hello Panther Fans!

A lot has happened since our last post!

We had a devastating loss to Wright State in the 110th minute. The game was tied 0-0 going into the second over time and Wight State scored off a corner in the last 5 seconds. This loss hurt a lot and was not how we were hoping to start conference. But as always we continued to practice and focused on our next game.

We then embarked on our longest road trip of the year. We left for Detroit on Wednesday morning and arrived 6 hours later. Our hotel was basically a resort with a night club/arcade/billiards/bar/fitness center/swimming pool all in the courtyard. We were able to put our feet in the hot tub for a little bit which was a treat because we never get to do that! Since Helen lives in near by Ann Arbor her parents came to the hotel for a bit and Demi’s dad flew in for the trip as well. Our families went to the hotel restaurant, the traveling fork and we each got big ice cream sundae!!!

The next day we played Detroit and came away with a 2-0 victory! Kelly Lewers scored the first goal off a great flick from Krissy and Kelsey Holbert scored the second goal off a nice slip pass from Kelly. The back line was solid the whole game with Jamie Forbes coming up with some huge saves!

After the game a bunch of Panthers came back to Helen’s house to see all the animals. For those who don’t know Helen lives on a small family farm with pigs, chickens, and cows. There were brand new baby pigs and calves that were extremely cute! Everyone had a great time!

The next day we left for Cleveland were we stayed at the nationally ranked hospital the Cleveland Clinic! Just kidding, but not really. We stayed at a hotel that was part of the hospital. The bathroom of the hotel was unbelievably exquisite. There was a bathtub as well as a shower and even a telephone by the toilet. The Zen of the bathroom was superb! Later that night we went to Mia Bella in Little Italy and were pleasantly surprise by quaint the area was! We both got the gnocchi and it was amazing! However there was a clear discrepancy in portion size, as Helen’s plate had way more food on it. After dinner we both went back to our hotel rooms and talked to each other on the toilet phones, only Helen was actually going to the bathroom during the conversation.

We woke up bright and early to play Youngstown State at noon. We went down early in the first half 1-0 and we knew that we were going to have to work extra hard to get out of this. They got another goal midway through the second half. But we were able to get a goal back when Krissy ran down an errant back pass to the keeper and was able to poke it in the goal, great hustle by Krissy. Unfortunately we unable to get an equalizer and lost 1-2. Then we began our 9-hour bus ride home, big thanks to Chicago for all the traffic jams.

Now we rate our roommates:
- Helen roomed with Emily Scott in Detroit and gives her an A+ because she showed me her dance to Rihannas new single.
- Then Helen roomed with Krissy who also gets an A+ because she also likes mystery diagnosis and she watched a bunch of episodes with me.
- Demi roomed with Sky in Detroit and gives her an A+ because she always left the door open for her.
- Then Demi roomed with Kelsey Holbet and she gives her a B+ because she left her abruptly when her boyfriend showed up, but she did turn on the AC when it got weirdly hot in the room.

Shout out to the Zawackis for the treat bags at Detroit, the muffins were delicious and to the Steinhausers for the treat bags at Youngstown, the puzzle was very fun and hard.

Next we take on Valpo and are looking to get back on the winning track!

Go Panthers!

Helen &Demi