The second day of Pres Day found Melee with another Sunday morning win! The day overall was a bit of a blur.
Won in ultimate point over Western Washington.
Lost to Arizona when we tried to come back too late.
Monday morning lost to Western Washington (yeah, played them again..)
Then handily beat Humboldt in our final game of the weekend. The key being BREAKING MARKS. who knew?
A memorable moment of mine was a layout score that had me on the ground for a while afterward.
It was great to see Tool! The tournament was very smooth, despite all the craziness of switching cities, etc. I also got to see Imli from UCSD and some other frisbee chums. Our men's team even made it to semis!
I love Melee. Everyone played awesome. We have a lot of work ahead of us but I see the path ending exactly as we had planned :)
My quad is in recovery before this weekend when I have houston indoor and the hat tournament I'm running is on Sunday! Being a tournament director is a growing experience, and I am excited to meet the challenge.
Easterns in t-minus 16 days. Bring it!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Pres Day Day 1
Well, at the end of a veryyy long day I am happy to be in a day's inn with my roommates Lola, Sharon and Diana (and Kayla just got added to our floor, what a good rookie) outside of san diego
Our morning started with a first round bye
First game we played Carleton. Came out fine but had a mental lapse in the middle that hurt us and ended up losing by a few in cap.. bummer. We all knew we should have won that one which motivated us going into the next one.
Second game we played Humboldt. They're the team who played into the tournament from the qualifiers, which I thought was pretty cool. We kind of messed around a little first half so they got some points, but went on a six point run to close the game soundly. Yay winning.
Third game we faced our biggest regional competition: Kali from Colorado. We let them go on a run, regrouped at half, and ended up playing an incredibly intense point for all the marbles in hard cap. WE WON. I think that's a feeling we will get to have often- our team has so many strengths this year, and after four years in the program I think this is the most confident I've felt in our ability to execute what we've practiced.
Last, we played the Pie Queens. This was the game we played in the torrential monsoon/hail. For real. So, we put up four against them but after our recent win and change-up of subs the game got away from us and we were glad to have a last round bye and get to a warm place.
Thanks to Emily's relatives for treating us all to pizza and discounted hot cocoa at Starbuck's :) Yumm. AND successful first day by Michelle aka Tool. We were glad to not be stuck in the boys' situation..
So far, highlights of the tourny
-Janet getting out of the car and going up to close another car's gas tank while in traffic trying to get from Austin to San Antonio for our flight
-Wanting to steal oranges from trees and our absurd amount of excitement about that
-Dogpiling at the end of Kali on my roomie Shereen and the thrower Ashley
-Seals in the road.. nuff said
2-2 but knowing we could win the pool so now on to the next. we play at 12:45 tomorrow so team brunch and then our 30 minute-ish drive into the city
go melee! and good luck to all the other teams
Our morning started with a first round bye
First game we played Carleton. Came out fine but had a mental lapse in the middle that hurt us and ended up losing by a few in cap.. bummer. We all knew we should have won that one which motivated us going into the next one.
Second game we played Humboldt. They're the team who played into the tournament from the qualifiers, which I thought was pretty cool. We kind of messed around a little first half so they got some points, but went on a six point run to close the game soundly. Yay winning.
Third game we faced our biggest regional competition: Kali from Colorado. We let them go on a run, regrouped at half, and ended up playing an incredibly intense point for all the marbles in hard cap. WE WON. I think that's a feeling we will get to have often- our team has so many strengths this year, and after four years in the program I think this is the most confident I've felt in our ability to execute what we've practiced.
Last, we played the Pie Queens. This was the game we played in the torrential monsoon/hail. For real. So, we put up four against them but after our recent win and change-up of subs the game got away from us and we were glad to have a last round bye and get to a warm place.
Thanks to Emily's relatives for treating us all to pizza and discounted hot cocoa at Starbuck's :) Yumm. AND successful first day by Michelle aka Tool. We were glad to not be stuck in the boys' situation..
So far, highlights of the tourny
-Janet getting out of the car and going up to close another car's gas tank while in traffic trying to get from Austin to San Antonio for our flight
-Wanting to steal oranges from trees and our absurd amount of excitement about that
-Dogpiling at the end of Kali on my roomie Shereen and the thrower Ashley
-Seals in the road.. nuff said
2-2 but knowing we could win the pool so now on to the next. we play at 12:45 tomorrow so team brunch and then our 30 minute-ish drive into the city
go melee! and good luck to all the other teams
Friday, February 4, 2011
A cold week in Austin
Well, UT had a snow day today (crazy, right?) so, i thought i'd take the time to make another blog entry.. also, julie told me to and SINCE i'm a good friend i'm obliging her haha.
Basically, the team was at the Rec tues & thurs and gregory today getting our weight-liftin' on because (for us texans) the weather was intolerably cold. Plus, I've discovered I really need warmer/waterproof gloves. And a coat. And boots. I've lived in sweats for a week, which is pretty unusual for a jeans-lover like myself. That got off topic- So, we did our weights circuit that we established last year. Yesterday me, whit, ash, hannah, janel were led by di & baron in the P90X abs.. punch me in the face. There was one I couldn't do at all where you're on your side. It was upsetting.
An indoor "favorite" (as in, best workout but least enjoyed) is running stairs! I did this tues with whit, ash, lola and hannah and it's pretty great for your calves. Some people ran our typical stair workout yesterday in this tall building on campus. It's run up, then karaoke up, then hop one footed, then bound every other. If you want a quick, intense workout that's for sure the way to go.
Pres Day is only TWO WEEKS AWAY. My roomie and I were discussing if we are where we need to be at this point. I think we are. We hope to have a really strong showing and beat some teams we will see later in the season. Maybe all the weightlifting will make my flick hucks that much further. Either way, I'm geared up for tournament season.
However, the BIG THING ON MY BRAIN is a fundraiser hat tournament I am hosting on the 27th of February at our UT Intramural fields!
Details here: http://utwomensfrisbee.wordpress.com/
there are signups and DONATION links there. I'm really hoping it'll help the women's program budget get a bit ahead and it's always great to support everyone in the ultimate community. This is my first attempt at hosting a tournament and hopefully with julie as my main assistant and the program behind me we can meet our goals! I've always said if I make enough money I'm going to start a frisbee scholarship post-grad.. it stinks how fast plane flights and all that add up, but money shouldn't be a reason someone can't play with Melee. So, that's something to think about.
Basically, yay frisbee. I want to be back running on a field with room to huck. For now, I will enjoy my snow day and stay in sweats and get some reading done etc etc.
To all the cold weather teams out there- I salute you.
Melee Love,
Libs
Basically, the team was at the Rec tues & thurs and gregory today getting our weight-liftin' on because (for us texans) the weather was intolerably cold. Plus, I've discovered I really need warmer/waterproof gloves. And a coat. And boots. I've lived in sweats for a week, which is pretty unusual for a jeans-lover like myself. That got off topic- So, we did our weights circuit that we established last year. Yesterday me, whit, ash, hannah, janel were led by di & baron in the P90X abs.. punch me in the face. There was one I couldn't do at all where you're on your side. It was upsetting.
An indoor "favorite" (as in, best workout but least enjoyed) is running stairs! I did this tues with whit, ash, lola and hannah and it's pretty great for your calves. Some people ran our typical stair workout yesterday in this tall building on campus. It's run up, then karaoke up, then hop one footed, then bound every other. If you want a quick, intense workout that's for sure the way to go.
Pres Day is only TWO WEEKS AWAY. My roomie and I were discussing if we are where we need to be at this point. I think we are. We hope to have a really strong showing and beat some teams we will see later in the season. Maybe all the weightlifting will make my flick hucks that much further. Either way, I'm geared up for tournament season.
However, the BIG THING ON MY BRAIN is a fundraiser hat tournament I am hosting on the 27th of February at our UT Intramural fields!
Details here: http://utwomensfrisbee.wordpress.com/
there are signups and DONATION links there. I'm really hoping it'll help the women's program budget get a bit ahead and it's always great to support everyone in the ultimate community. This is my first attempt at hosting a tournament and hopefully with julie as my main assistant and the program behind me we can meet our goals! I've always said if I make enough money I'm going to start a frisbee scholarship post-grad.. it stinks how fast plane flights and all that add up, but money shouldn't be a reason someone can't play with Melee. So, that's something to think about.
Basically, yay frisbee. I want to be back running on a field with room to huck. For now, I will enjoy my snow day and stay in sweats and get some reading done etc etc.
To all the cold weather teams out there- I salute you.
Melee Love,
Libs
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Diving Into the Season
Well, Melee is alive and kickin' (and also getting our butts kicked with all the 40's we've been running, though we do need it)
We've had our first week and a half of practice, including a mini camp all last weekend! Melee's been having a very zone-heavy season so far (not that I'm complaining.. I love zone.. but then again I'm not in the cup this season hehe sorry Shereen, Kayla and Ash). As a member of both the Zone O and Zone De line, I can vouch for the fact that there is plenty of room for improvement, but with a lot of less-experienced Zone players I think our learning curve should be nice and steep! I also hear that post-Pres Day we get to do some work on Ho which will be good to broaden some minds.
Injuries do seem to follow Melee like the plague. We've got about 5 players out this week (including our two ACL tears) so our practices are 18 strong for now. Pres Day we hope to have a great showing, especially with our first game Saturday morning against Kali. Personally, I think that the UPA should see reason and give us two bids to Nattys.. but if not, I guess we'll just have to be the best fair and square.
Our buddy groups for workouts come out this week.. I did this week's workout on my own and found the shuttles/agility/strength/throwing a good complement to our drill-heavy first several practices. Mayhem's actually been making Melee look bad lately doing all their fitness on the field over ;)
On an unrelated note, laying out on not well-grassed fields has my shins all nasty looking. I guess we'd never have to lay out if all our throws were perfect, huh? Shoutout to rookie Kayla for feeding us old ladies on the team with her on-campus food wealth. Much appreciated. And as I expected I am just as in love with all my Meladies as always. They're really great. And diverse, as has been pointed out recently!
So, I know every frisbee team thinks their teammates are the best in the world.. but I still posit that that holds true for Melee.
I find out in about three weeks if I get to stay at UT for grad school.. fingers crossed.
"what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" cliche.. yes. but, I've applied it to soccer, cross country and now ultimate. Always push yourself. Unless you fall over dead, it's going to make you a better player. And from my experience, death by 40's is rather unlikely. *knock on wood*
'Til next time-
Melee Love xo
ps Julie aka Turtle is very insistent my photo get fixed.. but don't be fooled, I haven't gone to a computer class or something. I will leave that to her.
[[Edit from Julie]]
Instead of working on my physics homework due in less than 2 hours, I fixed the header so now y'all can all see our beautiful team on your screen at once instead of having to scroll :)
We've had our first week and a half of practice, including a mini camp all last weekend! Melee's been having a very zone-heavy season so far (not that I'm complaining.. I love zone.. but then again I'm not in the cup this season hehe sorry Shereen, Kayla and Ash). As a member of both the Zone O and Zone De line, I can vouch for the fact that there is plenty of room for improvement, but with a lot of less-experienced Zone players I think our learning curve should be nice and steep! I also hear that post-Pres Day we get to do some work on Ho which will be good to broaden some minds.
Injuries do seem to follow Melee like the plague. We've got about 5 players out this week (including our two ACL tears) so our practices are 18 strong for now. Pres Day we hope to have a great showing, especially with our first game Saturday morning against Kali. Personally, I think that the UPA should see reason and give us two bids to Nattys.. but if not, I guess we'll just have to be the best fair and square.
Our buddy groups for workouts come out this week.. I did this week's workout on my own and found the shuttles/agility/strength/throwing a good complement to our drill-heavy first several practices. Mayhem's actually been making Melee look bad lately doing all their fitness on the field over ;)
On an unrelated note, laying out on not well-grassed fields has my shins all nasty looking. I guess we'd never have to lay out if all our throws were perfect, huh? Shoutout to rookie Kayla for feeding us old ladies on the team with her on-campus food wealth. Much appreciated. And as I expected I am just as in love with all my Meladies as always. They're really great. And diverse, as has been pointed out recently!
So, I know every frisbee team thinks their teammates are the best in the world.. but I still posit that that holds true for Melee.
I find out in about three weeks if I get to stay at UT for grad school.. fingers crossed.
"what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" cliche.. yes. but, I've applied it to soccer, cross country and now ultimate. Always push yourself. Unless you fall over dead, it's going to make you a better player. And from my experience, death by 40's is rather unlikely. *knock on wood*
'Til next time-
Melee Love xo
ps Julie aka Turtle is very insistent my photo get fixed.. but don't be fooled, I haven't gone to a computer class or something. I will leave that to her.
[[Edit from Julie]]
Instead of working on my physics homework due in less than 2 hours, I fixed the header so now y'all can all see our beautiful team on your screen at once instead of having to scroll :)
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Start off with a bang?
Well, as you may have guessed from the monstrously large version of the picture on this page, I am technologically challenged. Not as bad as my grandmother but worse off than either of my parents if that gives you an estimate.
Whether or not you knew it before, I am the dashingly trendy player in the Crossword flannel. Did I even have to buy the PJ's for this costume tournament like the majority of Melee? Answer-- no.
I am a fourth-year at UT and am hoping (fingers crossed) to use my fifth year of eligibility as I begin grad school next year. Let's assume that will work itself out. In the meantime I am about to begin the Spring Season with the most talented group of female athletes I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Led by our coaches Terry and BS the well-rounded roster of sophomores to really old ladies (aka our law student and our.. seventh year?) hope to do great things on the ultimate field. Other teams-- watch out. We are an athletic force to be reckoned with. ;)
So, my story begins back in Houston, TX my sophomore year of high school. A lifelong cross country/track runner and soccer player, I first discovered an addiction to plastic when cross country would play ultimate after our Friday morning easy runs. I had the pleasure of growing up with several soon-to-be college ultimate players (including a fellow Texas teammate and the current Georgia Tech men's captain). My high school soon partook in the "Houston high school league," though rough around the edges, organized as a labor of love by said former GATech captain. I met Michelle "Tool" Ng my.. senior year of high school maybe?.. and soon learned that college had a whole other level of competition to offer women like me.
As fate would have it I did end up at UT and joined Tool and about 50 other amazing, life-changing players my first semester of college in the journey to Ultimate greatness. Nerd that I am, I elected to play a season on the B team to make sure I could keep my grades up. That first season of college is one you will never forget. It doubles the size of your brain's "frisbee" lobe. Anyway, I managed to do well in school and moved up to Melee second season. That was the year we had a heartbreaking loss in the game to go at Regionals, after which all the returners vowed to take the spot for Nattys. My third year we accomplished our goals and finished undefeated through the series and on the plane to Madison.
This season got off to an interesting start. Our goals high and our commitment hopefully just as high we will be on our way to our best-ever Nationals finish (knock on wood) if everything goes as planned. We have a larger roster than initially intended and an unplanned freshmen-less one at that. We had two ACL tears between Harvest and JPN but apparently got a new teammate? Though attendance hasn't been stellar Melee is ready to buckle down and kick our butts into high gear to do whatever it takes on the road to Boulder this year.
I have no idea how often I will be writing or "blogging" as the pros call it.. but I will touchbase when I can! First practice back is next Tuesday and we've been doing our winter workouts so hopefully we can get off to a great start!
Until next time-- Melee Love
ps.. is this how blogs are supposed to be? :)
Whether or not you knew it before, I am the dashingly trendy player in the Crossword flannel. Did I even have to buy the PJ's for this costume tournament like the majority of Melee? Answer-- no.
I am a fourth-year at UT and am hoping (fingers crossed) to use my fifth year of eligibility as I begin grad school next year. Let's assume that will work itself out. In the meantime I am about to begin the Spring Season with the most talented group of female athletes I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Led by our coaches Terry and BS the well-rounded roster of sophomores to really old ladies (aka our law student and our.. seventh year?) hope to do great things on the ultimate field. Other teams-- watch out. We are an athletic force to be reckoned with. ;)
So, my story begins back in Houston, TX my sophomore year of high school. A lifelong cross country/track runner and soccer player, I first discovered an addiction to plastic when cross country would play ultimate after our Friday morning easy runs. I had the pleasure of growing up with several soon-to-be college ultimate players (including a fellow Texas teammate and the current Georgia Tech men's captain). My high school soon partook in the "Houston high school league," though rough around the edges, organized as a labor of love by said former GATech captain. I met Michelle "Tool" Ng my.. senior year of high school maybe?.. and soon learned that college had a whole other level of competition to offer women like me.
As fate would have it I did end up at UT and joined Tool and about 50 other amazing, life-changing players my first semester of college in the journey to Ultimate greatness. Nerd that I am, I elected to play a season on the B team to make sure I could keep my grades up. That first season of college is one you will never forget. It doubles the size of your brain's "frisbee" lobe. Anyway, I managed to do well in school and moved up to Melee second season. That was the year we had a heartbreaking loss in the game to go at Regionals, after which all the returners vowed to take the spot for Nattys. My third year we accomplished our goals and finished undefeated through the series and on the plane to Madison.
This season got off to an interesting start. Our goals high and our commitment hopefully just as high we will be on our way to our best-ever Nationals finish (knock on wood) if everything goes as planned. We have a larger roster than initially intended and an unplanned freshmen-less one at that. We had two ACL tears between Harvest and JPN but apparently got a new teammate? Though attendance hasn't been stellar Melee is ready to buckle down and kick our butts into high gear to do whatever it takes on the road to Boulder this year.
I have no idea how often I will be writing or "blogging" as the pros call it.. but I will touchbase when I can! First practice back is next Tuesday and we've been doing our winter workouts so hopefully we can get off to a great start!
Until next time-- Melee Love
ps.. is this how blogs are supposed to be? :)
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