Rough Weekend

We took a practice to just work on shooting. We played a lot of fun games and just let the girls have some fun. The next 2 days we didn't have any down time as we had 2 great games vs Elizabethtown and TCNJ. E-Town was a battle. They were strong and had a lot of opportunities as did we. However, in the second half Sophomore Fwd. Jamie Matlock broke through 3 defenders and hit a bullet at the top corner putting us ahead. We ended up winning 1-0 and spirits were high. Rise and shine, that next morning we were right back on the bus to play the talented nationally ranked TCNJ. Perhaps playing them as our 3rd game in 4 days was not the wisest. The first half was pretty good, they scored an unlucky (for us) goal about 5 minutes in but we fought back hard and managed to keep the score 1-0 at half time. I was sure we would come out and tie the game but only a few minutes into the second half they scored again on a corner kick. My girls were completely exhausted and this crushed their spirits. They continued to play their butts off but they had absolutely no energy or fight left in them, it had been a brutal week. We all decided to leave this game on the field. As a team we refused to let the frustration and exhaustion get to us. And decided to take today off to get a break.