Our game against MSU this weekend was our second pool play for the Fall 08 season. This was the first real home game of the year and it was a success! We won this match 38 to 10. Having won both our pool play games, we will be hosting the Elite 8 Tournament here at U of I.
MSU drove for a long time and arrived early that morning with only 15 girls in tow. Word has it that because they had just become a serious team (and less of a club) they lost a lot of girls and the coach was rebuilding the team. Even though they were
short on girls, they were kind enough to grace us with a B-side 25 minute half with the girls they could offer. We wound up donating four of our own players to them in order to make the B-side match happen.
The House kindly hosted the social. Fun was had by all! Parents were even seen taking active part in the fun. The MSU team was fun, but unfortunately they had to leave early in order to drive back home.
Statistics
Date: 10-18-2008
Final Score: 38 (us) to 10
Score by Halftime: 12 (us) to 5
Minutes per Half: 40
Trys:
Janelle - 1
Wheels - 1
Crack - 2
Lipa - 2
Conversion Kicks:
Fish - Attempted: 6 Successful: 4
MSU: 2 trys, 0 conversions.
Currently undefeated. Record 8-0. Ranked 14th still.
Thank you to d-d-d-d-d-d-Dingo for filming for me!
To all those who came to support us!
This week is Rookie Week! Stay posted for updates, I'm going to try to blog for every day so all our loyal fans have something to read.
Next Saturday, October 25 was supposed to be a match against EIU at Charleston, IL. We have withdrawn from this match in preparation for the Elite 8 tournament the following weekend.
NEXT NEXT SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1: ELITE 8 TOURNAMENT @ HOME! COME OUT AND CHEER FOR YOUR ILLINOIS WOMEN'S RUGBY TEAM AS THEY TAKE ON GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY!
Three cheers for MSU!
hip hip HOORAY! hip hip HOORAY! hip hip HOORAY!
Three cheers for the sir!
hip hip HOORAY! hip hip HOORAY! hip hip HOORAY!
Three cheers for U OF I!!
HIP HIP HOORAY!! HIP HIP HOORAY!! HIP HIP HOORAY!!
2 comments:
you guys are making me so happy and proud! and so sad to be missing it! save some kick ass rugby skills for next year too! :-P
I think that the rugby is a rough sport, but those girls are so hard,I think that the women can play any sport in the world, excellent images!!22dd
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