We were down a lot to Marist in the first half, and while we scored more than them in the second half, we lost 15-11. I don't take scoring more in the second half as anything more than a way to make oneself feel better about a loss.
We then lost to Ramapo 15-11. This is the point in the day where our legs started to get the best of us, as on paper we look to win at least by the margin they beat us.
We then played Marist again in the semis in an extremely close game in which we never lead but finally tied it up at 12-12 only to lose on universe.
We beat purchase with like 8 people to take third.
A positive to take away from this tournament is that we beat shitty teams by a ton and took Marist to universe when no one was on their 'A' game. I feel that we can definitely take a slot this weekend if everyone steps up and plays like they can. It is clear that we are improving far faster than any team we have faced multiple times and it is about time to level up as a team.
A negative to take away from this tournament is that we have no legs. Everyone on the team, by the third game, started to let our lack of stamina get to us. Between drops, running slower, not bidding, unnecessary hucks, we all made some plays that if we were fresh wouldn't have happened. This means a few things: 1) we need to be mentally tougher and not let our fatigue affect our mental play. 2) we need to push harder to get through fatigue; tired is often a state of mind. 3) we need to be in better shape. We cannot get tired after two games and expect to go places.
That's all. Not much to say about this besides we're slow and need to catch.
Props --
Whoever put Jay-Z on at the tourny
Bruce Campbell (of Army of Darkness fame) bringing us eats during the 2nd game vs. Marist
A tournament where we can get hasbrouk after
Hasbrouk after the tournament
Slops --
$175 bid for 16 bagels, a jar of peanut butter, and a bunch of bananananasNOTAGAINFUCK
RA David sized fields
State Troopers
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