Parents Weekend and UVa

So you already heard the report from Dad in Parent's Weekend so I won't detail what we did, but I will add that it was a lot of fun for me too. And yes, the unofficial goal for every upperclassmen during Parent's Weekend is to avoid the dining hall like the plague and get the parents to take you out to eat good food. We're all a little sick of dining hall food by now.
UVa was so much fun! It was so great to get to see Keith and Kirsty and Paige and Sarah, even if just for a bit. The game went really well for us despite the loss and a fainting spell by our best player. Last year we were just absolutely run away with by these girls, but really managed to hold our own this year. It's a very different arena to play in for us - it's larger, has better footing, play moves much faster, and we had to play under floodlights outside. Our strongest women's player, Sarah, has had problems with fainting while playing in the past which is usually cured by sleeping well and eating before the game, but due to 8.5 hours driving before the game she nearly toppled off her horse. Fortunately her ever watchful teammate (myself), screamed some awareness into the coach's head and play was stopped before anything happened. This of course left me to jump into the last chukker of the game with 1:10 minutes left and a few hits for warmup. I can happily report that UVa did not score anymore on my watch, short as it was, but then neither did we. Anyways, all in all, the game went very well and our hopes for a trip to Nationals are still alive. We may return to UVa for Regionals in the spring, but no decisions have been made on that yet (our other option is to go to UConn which is about 45 minutes away). It's all very complicated. On a side note, our men's team got massacred 20-something to 2. A big thank you to Keith and Kirsty for making to drive down to watch, it was great to see you guys (though I did miss Dan), and perhaps I will see you guys again in the spring for Regionals. Oh- we did drive right by North East, Md which brought back lots of fun memories of Thanksgiving 2 years ago.