Meet Tina Brehm

Tina is our AMAZING goalie! She's probably one of the most important players on the field, and she's one of my best friends, so she gets the next bio :)



Tina is a junior from Springfield, VA where she attended Robert E Lee high school. She played soccer, basketball, volleyball, AND football! Yup, she was their kicker, but during practice she worked with the wide receivers. At UMW she is a double biology/psychology major and plans on going to veterinary school. Tina is probably the nicest person on the planet. She is extremely selfless and very caring. At practice, if you forgot socks...Tina has extras. Need sunscreen, a hair tie, a band aid, tissues? You ask Tina and she will ALWAYS have it. Tina is kind of a big deal. Here are some stats from our 2009 season where she was our starting goalie as a sophomore.


Tina gained first team all-conference honors after posting 8 shut outs. She had 101 saves and a .808 save percentage (81% of shots on goal were saved). She allowed only 24 goals all season, with a 1.16 goals-against average (in an average game, only 1.16 goals were scored on us). She made 12 saves in the CAC tournament quarterfinal win over St. Mary's, and a career-high 18 saves against Salisbury in the semifinal game. Basically, Tina had an awesome season. I'm so glad we're the same year because I don't know what I'd do on the field without her!

The Hangover Commentary....finally!

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2010 CAC Tournament

So, we tied St Mary's last Saturday, 1-1. Not a bad game, but it really would have helped our standings to have won. Anyway, all of the regular season games are finished, and we are ranked 6th. Here are all of the standings:
1- Stevenson (6-1-1)
2- Frostburg (6-2-0)
3- St. Mary's (5-2-1)
4- York (5-3-0)
5- Salisbury (5-3-0)
6- Mary Washington (3-3-2)
7- Marymount (2-6-0)
8- Hood (1-7-0)
9- Wesley (1-7-0)

As you can see, the top 5 teams are all really close. I'd also like to point out that yesterday we played Hood. We lost 1-0. They packed five defenders in the back! Essentially, the game didn't matter for standings at all. Win or lose we would be 6th, and they still don't make the tournament (top 6 make it). Sooo I'm not going to say we didn't really try that hard, but we were kinda nonchalant going into the game. And there goal was pure luck. Jus sayin. However, from here on out, it's do or die. If we win, we advance. If we lose, the season's over. Wish us luck!

Anyway, here's the break down for the tournament.
1 and 2 both get byes in the first round, so they are guaranteed a semifinal game at home. 3 plays 6 (at 3), and 4 plays 5 (at 4). So, here you can see how higher rankings are important, because it means you get home games. That means no sitting on a bus for several hours, no eating on the road, and no obnoxious fans. We will be traveling to St Mary's this Saturday. I think there is a very good chance we can win this game, but I don't want to talk about it too much because I don't want to jinx it! We're planning a slightly different formation, and I think it can definitely work.

Last year, we were 4 and St Mary's was 5. It was a soaking wet, muddy game. We won in overtime 2-1 and advanced to play at Salisbury, who was ranked first. More on the tournament last year later....

Homecoming.

The weekend is finally here. After what felt like the longest week ever, it's finally Friday night. Tomorrow's game against St. Mary's is huge. We're currently 3-2-1 in conference. With two more wins (tomorrow and next tuesday at Hood) we will be 5-2-1. With this record we will most likely be ranked 3rd in the conference. Assuming we win, there is only one game which will throw this off. Salisbury and Frostburg (the two teams we have lost to) are playing each other tomorrow as well. I have a feeling frostburg will win this one. They are currently both 5-2. So, it really doesn't matter who wins, but someone has to win; it can't be a draw. If it is, three teams will be 5-2-1. Stevenson has just about clinched 1st place, but 2nd-6th are still up for grabs.

If that was too confusing, go to the CAC website which will sum up all of the standings.

Soooo.... 1) it's homecoming.
2) we need your support!
3) why wouldn't you come to this game? Maybe you want to go to the guys game, and watching two full games of soccer sounds awful (I admit it, it can get kinda boring). However, if you hydrate yourself properly and are shouting obscenities it probably will be pretty fun.
4) I will personally guarantee that I will wreck someone tomorrow. And I have a good feeling that Amy will score.
5) they just painted an eagle onto our field, so all you artsy people should come check that out
6) Let's have some school spirit, I'm only asking for one weekend, that's not too much!

If you want to see some of this






then be there tomorrow, 1pm at the battlegrounds.

U-10 girls team supports the Eagles

A local under-10 girls team came out to our game vs York last weekend. They got to stand on the sidelines and be ball girls for our game, and we did a meet-and-greet with them afterwards. They recently won a tournament in Virginia Beach and wore their 1st place medals to our game! One of the players, Madeline, her mom is a chemistry professor here at UMW. She is currently me and two of my teammate's biochemistry professor, and Amy has her for general chemistry this semester, too. They were a great group of girls, hopefully they will make it out to a few more games!

First, please notice that I'm sitting at the front left with my leg sticking out to the side.


Second, please ATTEMPT to find me. You can see my leg sticking out, but I literally vanished. And yes, getting jumped on by five 10 year olds and several 20 year olds is extremely painful.

Erin Reynolds, #3

Erin Reynolds is a freshman forward at UMW.  She is from Oakton, VA where she attended Oakton High School (same as me!). Erin was also on the swim team for the cougars and advanced to the state swim meet three time.  Erin is undecided on a major, but will be working with the elementary education program.



So far this season Erin has one goal against NC Wesleyan and two assists, one of which came in our recent match against Stevenson (video below).  Erin is playing through an ankle injury which will require surgery after the season.  Once she's up to speed, she, as our head coach said, "has the potential to be an All-American."  Erin will be doing a lot of great things for our program, and we're so excited to have her as a key component of our team.

Erin will receive the ball on the far side of the field from a throw in, dribble towards the end line, and cross the ball across the goalmouth to junior Becky Clark. This goal tied the game at 1-1 in the beginning of the second half.

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Video from NC Wesleyan game

As promised, here is a video clip from our match two weeks ago.  This is the second half of the game and we are wearing blue.  Two goals were scored in this half.  The first comes at about 1:10 on the video.  Freshman Erin Reynolds scores on a break away.  The goal that I scored is at 7:30, assisted by senior captain Sarah Tryon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x92vUeOaIA