Throughout the course of the 2011 season, MVNU sophomore midfielder Amy Weaver will write a weekly blog about what is happening with the team.

"Tournaments and Traditions" (posted on October 27, 2011)

That's right, its tournament time and with our first tournament game right around the corner there is no room for slacking from the Lady Cougars! Our season has flown by, but we are ready to pave the way for a long postseason. This week has been full of excitement as we begin to savor every moment we have left with each other.

Our week started off on the right foot with everyone's favorite practice of the year: Monochromatic Day! Monochromatic day is a tradition on our team where everyone comes to practice dressed in one color of their choice. This might not sound too exciting on the surface, but it's amazing how doing something just a little out of the ordinary can make for such a fun practice. Coach just loves this day, seeing as our energy levels raise about a billion percent.



Monochromatic day seemed to be perfect preparation for our game against Bethel on Tuesday night. We were all psyched for a game under the lights and Papa Coach pumped us up even more by playing his ever popular polka music for us on the bus ride. When Papa Coach pulls out his polka music, you know it's going to be a critical game, which it was. One reason it was so critical is because it determined whether we would have the opportunity to host any of our tournament games. Considering the fact that we have such awesome fans, we really wanted this advantage. It would also put us as third in the conference, which we were very satisfied with. All of these motivating factors gave us the boost we needed and we pulled through with a 4-1 win, which made the 3 a.m. arrival back to school totally worth it.

All the excitement of this week was just the confidence booster that our team needed. As Papa Coach would put it, we are now ready to percolate for our game this Saturday at 2 p.m. against Indiana Wesleyan. Feel free to come out and support your Lady Cougars!

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