The ride to Charlotte was surprisingly mild
due to an awesome half way point at Cassie’s house. Her parents stayed up late
until we got in, and introduced us to all of their animals. They also made us
an amazing breakfast the next morning. It gave us the energy to spend the last
7 hours in the car and roll into Charlotte around 7pm. After Coach K gave a pretty solid pre tourney
talk, scorned headed to bed dreaming of warm weather and grass fields.
Arriving to the fields I know I wasn’t the only one with
butterflies. It was such an exciting moment to pull up and see all the teams
throwing, and warming up. It finally had hit me that the spring season had
started. It felt so good to listen to some ke$ha on boomy , and lace up my
cleats.
During our first game against Maryland (helpful corn) nerves
were high, for 7 of our 14 players it was their first spring tournament with
scorned. For 2 it was their first college tournament ever. One of these being Linda (Liu), who scored 8
points in that game. (not to shabby)
Maryland put up a hard fight, playing really tough D, but Scorned was
able to get a few breaks in the first half, which put us in good position going
into the second half. Scorned wins 13-6.
Our second game vs. Pitt was very intense. They are a very
aggressive team, especially on D. Pitt took half, and Scorned had to calm down
their offense to slow down the fast pace D of the Pitt ladies. Pesch and Cassie
took control on offense making patient and effective decisions and working
together on O. After a couple of big breaks, Scorned was able to put themselves
in a position to take the game. 12-10
After a fun bye of karaoke (rookie-roake) and watching
Seaweed, the Florida game was very fun and spirited. Sam played awesome calm O
during this game, starting off the vert stack with big break throws. The
Scorned offense was able to get some breaks, and work on offensive flow. 12-7
The most anticipated pool play game of the day was vs.
Seaweed. They put up a good fight, playing feisty D, and aggressive O and had
some big points as well as solid D’s. After struggling with their zone, Kelly “panda” Smith came in to play zone
handler, and scorned was able to work it up against the strong seaweed cup. Due
to some solid D, by Kaira, and big throws by Becca to “golden” cuts by Brittnee,
Scorned was able to get a couple breaks and put themselves in a position to
take the game. This game was full of
spirit, and a love for Taylor, and the first point out of half scorned even rocked
mustaches. 12-9 #seascorned
Having a first round bye Sunday morning, Scorned got to the
fields while Wisconsin and Virginia were battling it out to play in the
quarters. After a hard fought game Wisconsin came out on top (WOOO NC region!)
It was exciting to play Bella Donna for the first, but certainly not the last
time this spring season. After being down 3-7 Scorned fired up and went on a 5
point run to take half on Bella. Mag was throwing hucks left and right, even
some to Linda! Mag and Becca got a ton
of D’s putting Scorned in a position to score break after break. Even after
half scorned kept it rolling playing some crazy d, and coming down with big
scores. Wisconsin 13-11
After moving up the hill, Scorned took on North Carolina to
see who would make it to the finals. NC played a really strong structured
offense and had some really strong throwers and downfield defenders. After
coach K made some adjustments to our offense, scorned was able to tackle their
handler poaches, and was able to get some big breaks on the NC Ladies. Thanks
to them for such a spirited game, and for hosting the tournament. Also shout
out to Virginia Hydra, during our half time karaoke of meet Virginia, and to
UNC-W for supporting us during their bye. 14-11
It seemed just like that we had made our way into the
finals, time flies when you are having fun. It was exciting to see Carlton so early in the
season, in the past we haven’t played them until sectionals. It was evident Carlton
has been working hard over the offseason. With a smaller roster than ours,
Syzygy gave us a really tough game, playing hard D, and a strong vertical stack
offense. Brittnee was an offensive
force, scorning about 5 of our points that game, even though she has only been
playing ultimate for like 2 weeks. Linda, and Kelly Shiro were forces to be
reckoned with on D, playing solid positioning
and denying their girl the Frisbee. Sara “Stu” shut down syzygy’s athletic
downfield cutters. Kate had a couple incredible deep D’s where she should have
shouted “not in my house!” Martha also had an awesome D in this game putting us
in a position to score a break. After a hard fought game, with breaks on both
sides, scorned was able to come out with the win, and take the title back home
to our teammates and fans in Ames. 14-13
This weekend was absolutely amazing, I think it was one of
the most fun tournaments I have ever been to. The playing level was high, the
teams were friendly, and scorned proved that we were there to compete. More importantly than the competition was the
bonding that happened among all the scorned ladies. Spring season is better in
every way than the fall, and I think the rookies finally understood why. The
playing level is higher and makes every point scored feel that much better.
Every person on our roster played, and contributed to our win. With such a
small roster, everyone had no choice but to step up and play their hearts
out. The best part is we have more
talented amazing people who did not go to the tournament. We have a big roster
this year, but every player will get their chance to play and contribute, and
that’s what makes our program great.
Scorned ladies, there is a lot of excitement about our past
weekend, we came out and proved that we are a team to beat, but we are no where
close to the team we want to be come regionals. I challenge you to find
something to improve on between now and our next tournament, and hold yourself
accountable. I hope we can funnel that excitement and channel it into commitment
and hard work toward our next tournaments.
Thanks to: Our coaches Lana and Kevin, for everything!
Gapstur for being #1 fan and supportive and helpful on the sideline, Michelle for a great tourney, Cassie’s
parents, Cassie’s neighbor, Gapsturs aunt, Martha’s mom, Everyone who supported
and followed us over the weekend
