"Tall We Are Not"

This weekend was one of the most epic in my field hockey career!
We traveled to Louisville Kentucky to play both Trine University and Bellermine University. On our way down a lady asked us if we were a volley ball team. Later, when our captain Heather was told about this she laughed and said “Didn't she see how tall we were not, I mean how short we are?”. This would have seemed odd to us if we were not all ready used to her eccentric way of communicating. It is just one of the reasons why we love her. The hotel we stayed in was amazing. They had a huge hot breakfast with eggs, bacon, sausage, waffles, grits and pretty much anything you could want for breakfast. Their shampoo also smelled amazing (Coconut-Lime). This is the very first season that Trine has had a field hockey team and they played very well. I really admire them for starting their program and having the courage to play teams of all levels even when they don't have all 11 players! All of them were very nice and I know that their program will continue to grow and be successful. On Friday we played Trine and won 9-0. What was really funny about Friday was that we did not play until 8:30 at night. There was a soccer match going on before our game so we could not warm up on the field. We ended up doing our dynamic warm up in the parking lot by the dumpsters. We had to modify the warm up a little bit but we all had a good laugh about our circumstances. We had most of Saturday to ourselves to study and relax and Coach even arranged transportation to the movie theater or Barnes and Noble. We had an early dinner at this very fun family style restaurant called Bucca di Beppo. What made this weekend extra special though was the outcome of our game against Bellarmine (the number 9 ranked DII team in the country!). We knew it would be a tough game going into to the match but everyone stepped up their game and worked as a team to come out victorious 2-1! We even got to go to ColdStone Creamery for Ice Cream after the game which is a big deal for anyone who knows how Ellie feels about dessert.
Love,
The Hendrix Field Hockey Team
(Katie)