Monday, April 25, 2011

Eastern Metro East Conferences Recap

Quick recap of the NYU Femmes at Conferences:


Pool play was basically all based on upwind/downwind games that were won or lost on the flip. We handily beat SUNY New Paltz and looked good with our upwind throws - but we couldn't carry that through the rest of pool play. We lost on universe to both Rutgers and UConn after losing the flip. We were able to break upwind on UConn once, but that was merely to get back on serve because they broke us once early in the game. Our loss to Rutgers put us 3rd in our pool.


Crossover game against Yale was a very different game because we switched fields and therefore had a heavy crosswind with just a bit of an upwind/downwind slant. We ended up winning on universe point in a low-scoring game. It was good to beat Yale to get pumped up before having to face UConn again on Sunday morning.


Sunday morning, we played UConn in what was basically semis and ended up losing 10-8. We played pretty well but a large number of drops during key points really hurt us. There were a few points in which we worked really hard for an upwind break, only to have a drop by a wide open player in the end zone. It was a very frustrating game, but still fun because UConn is a very spirited team that is always fun to play. We definitely developed a good relationship with them and although we're dying to beat them if we meet them at Regionals, we still have a lot of respect for the way the play and how much fun they have while doing it.


We then beat Hofstra and Rutgers pretty handily in the next two gams to take 2nd. It was good for us to come off of a hard loss against UConn and be able to keep our energy up and play with a lot of intensity for the next two games. That is something we have struggled with and I was proud of the Femmes for being able to really rally at Conferences and take 2nd place.


On to Regionals!!

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