Serena records 8 saves in 2 quarters of play

For those of you following Serena Bredin and her journey through the NCAA with the University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine you will be happy to hear that she won her first game today, 22-8. She left the game just after 1/2 time with the score around 18-5 and having made 8 saves. For perspective, the goalie she has replaced, Meike De Nooy of the Dutch national team, averaged 11 saves per game for Hawaii last year as a league all-star, but that was playing full games. Serena's numbers are pretty good considering it was her first NCAA game and she is coming off a week long medical break from a slight concussion. The goalie at the other end of the pool, who let in 22, is a former Calgary Renegade. Small world eh?

Today was a pretty positive one, I had good 1 on 1 athlete meetings with Shae and Breda, had a good talk with Carson about training energy systems (he is really ready to move his training to the next level), watched Mitchell train quite seriously and was pleased to see Sandra work hard from the earliest part of practice right through. A good day.

The schedule for our weekend games vs Team Saskatchewan (February 23, 24) is now set. That may be the topic of tomorrows post if anyone actually reads this thing day to day.