Hello fans!
BILB is back—we hope you didn’t miss us too much. Since we
last wrote, we have had three games, one at the University of Wisconsin- Green
Bay (L 2-0), and two at home against Wright State University (L 1-0) and
Oakland University (T 0-0).
We wish we could be reporting better results, but
unfortunately this is the way things have gone the past two weeks. We did not
come out strong enough in the first half of our Green Bay match, and that cost
us. We gave up a goal in the first twenty minutes, and could not get much going
after that. Credit to Green Bay for a hard fought match. We then returned home
for a game against Wright State. Despite having a stronger start and creating
some early chances, we got scored on again in the first twenty minutes of the match
with a redirected finish off a couple of players in the box. We responded well
and attempted seventeen shots in the
game, compared to Wright State’s two,
but we could not find the back of the net. We worked extremely hard in training
in our break and really tried to get regrouped for Saturday’s matchup with
Oakland.
We again outshot our opponents, this time 11-8 and generated
7 corner kicks. We had a couple of great chances and near goals by Krissy
Dorre, Maria Stephans, Morgan LaPlant, Kelly Lewers, and Sydney Senn. (Highlights). We are just struggling to find the back of the net. We are in the
midst of a dry spell worse than the drought of ’77. Goal time is coming soon!
Looking ahead, we play the top two ranked teams in the conference,
Valparaiso and Detroit, both on the road. We travel to the undefeated (in
conference) Valpo for a mid-week match up Wednesday at 7:30.
Though we are really not satisfied with our results,
particularly in the Horizon League so far, we’ve had a couple of great
reminders of how awesome it is to be a Panther lately that we wanted to shed
light on. Though we certainly would
be happy with a few more wins under our belt and increasing the level of our
play, we can not help but reflect on how great our Panther family is.
Last week we spent our
Friday night carving pumpkins together. It is always a fun time when we get the
team together off the field, and this proved to be no different. We each have
our own talents, as you can see, but it
has been a tradition these last few years that we’re hoping will continue for a
long time to come.
The Oakland match was also our Pink Out Day in which we
support Breast Cancer awareness and fundraising organizations. With many
players’ families affected by breast cancer, this was another reminder of how
lucky we are and just how much we all care about each other. Shout out to Dave
for picking out some cool pink jerseys!
After the Oakland match, the Manski Family, with the help of
the Wests and many other parents, set up a pretty awesome tailgate, with huge
grills, a refrigerator, tables, chairs, and about 10 tables of food aka heaven
on earth for us hungry Panthers. Even though we were all disappointed with our
tie, we had a great time and it was so nice to get everyone together. Thank you
Awesome Amusements!
As if we hadn’t eaten enough already…. we then went to Caity
Bestwina’s house where her family (and perfect dog) set up a Caramel Apple Bar.
M&Ms, nuts, oreos, chocolate drizzle, marshmallows, peanut butter chips,
chocolate chips, mint chocolate chips, cool whip, gluten free oreos, the whole
nine yards. We were able to get together, smile, and enjoy each others’ company
once again. When things have not been going as planned, this is a pretty neat
thing, and we know it’s something we are really going to miss next year. Can
you tell we are seniors? How sentimental are we???!!
We also know that our season is not done yet. We are looking
forward to these last few road trips and games and truly want nothing more than
two good wins. We hope to be blogging about just that next week.
This week: #RISEANDROARontheroad
Kels and Morgs
