Howdy Panther fans! Writing to you from the bus headed home
from a nice win at Loyola, Wendy’s Frosty in hand. (Those of you on the 2011
team will know that means it was a respectable win!) After giving up an early
goal on a penalty kick, we were happy to respond with two first half goals by
our dynamic forward duo of Kriss-Cat Dorre and Kelly Panther (Lewers). We won
2-1. The rest of our match was not nearly as exciting as our past week of
soccer, so let's get to those games.
Thursday evening we took on cross-town rival Marquette.
For anyone that came out and watched... thanks for coming in the cold!! Little
too early to be breaking out the Under Armour and gloves in our opinion, but we
digress. Also…. we apologize for giving you so many minor (or major) heart
attacks.
We came to play in the first half, taking a 3-0 lead and came
in to the locker room at half buzzing. (LINK to highlights) If you were not at
the game, you’ll want to check these goals out. [Please note that Morgan
nutmegged her player just before playing that great ball to Vienna on our
fourth goal was unfortunately left out of Marquette’s highlight tape….] After a
crazy string of four second half Marquette goals, started by another penalty
kick, we were tied 4-4 with roughly five minutes left in the game.
Two minutes left: after a great ball from Caity Bestwina,
Vienna Behnke dribbled down the endline, picked her head up and found Sydney
Senn who calmly placed our fifth and (thank goodness) final goal of the match
to give us a 5-4 win! Something about beating Marquette will just always feel
good.
We used Friday to watch some video, rest our bodies, (and
Kelsey’s voice/heart), before we left bright and early on Saturday for another
flight to the south for a Sunday game against Auburn. Milwaukee’s 45 degree
weather was nearly doubled when we got to Auburn. (Not really pleased
about that either, but be careful what you wish for, we suppose.)
It was a quick little get away, and hard to believe we were
only gone for just over 24 hours. We had a great first half with some promising
chances, but unfortunately we just couldn’t get a result. We finished 2-0 with
their second goal coming very late in the game, a good effort from our side.
Also, still confused about that whole War Eagle/Tiger thing.
This week, Kelsey and I would like to bring you a new segment
to help you get to know your Panthers just a bit more than what you see of them
on the field. We’ll try to do these periodically throughout the season cause,
well, ya know, as fun as we are, we figure you might like to learn about the
other 27 Panthers, too.
This week’s segment is titled: “Panther Most Likely”. We
asked all 29 girls a number of questions to see which panther would be most
likely to do a certain thing. The team seemed to have some fun with this,
as did we, here are the results:
Panther Most Likely
Most likely to be a celebrity -Tatum Smith
She’s Californian, it’s in her blood.
Most
likely to win the lottery- Amy Kauffung
One word…share:)
Most
likely to be President-Kelsey Holbert
If this holds true, you better let me ride shotty in Air
Force One, Kels!
Most likely to live in the wilderness -Anny & Vienna
Least likely definitely Kelsey… proudly.
Most likely to hold a world record – Anny West
Possible records: most board games played in a row, largest
rollerblading gang, most water bottles misplaced, worst laundry-doer EVER
Most likely to own a restaurant-Rachael
Free food for all Panthers, Rach?
Most likely to be a soccer coach-Maria
We can picture the jumpsuit, whistle and clipboard now
Most likely to be a comedian –Morgan
Again, braggy…
Most likely to join the armed forces –Paige
I think we can all trust Paige “The Brick Wall” Lincicum to
protect and serve us all.
Most likely to start a business –Kelly Manski
(Will you hire us????)
Most likely to live to 100-Ashley
She’s already started stockpiling her favorite gum, might as
well live long enough to use it up.
Most likely to have 10 kids – Krissy
They would be the coolest kids to ever walk to planet.
Most likely to sleep through an earthquake- Swittel & Jen
& Emma
Three lucky Panthers tied for this award!!! Congrats, guys.
YAY SLEEP.
Most
likely to have a best selling book- Tailer Roscoe
This one’s possible people, we even got a sneak peek on the
bus ride home.
We hope these responses provided as much humor to you as they
did to us. Check back with in with us in about ten years and we’ll see if any
of them hold true. Next week we catch up with assistant coaches Jon Gulrajani
and Dave Madsen. Everything you’ll want to know and more!
Peace & Love,
Kels & Mo
Hashtags: #Rise&Roar….. it’s gonna happen people c’mon.
