Banquet

Last weekend we had our end of the year banquet. This was the chance for all of us to reflect on our year and what we had accomplished. Dan presented us with a framed picture of our team that said Big West Champions on the bottom. It was really nice. Dan called the girls up by class and talked briefly about each one of us. He talked separately about each of the three seniors. It was a really nice banquet. Mom and Abby drove down for the day. It was nice to have them there. Here are some pictures from the day.

All of the freshman ( not including the transfers). Its very weird because in the beginning of the year we had 10 freshman and now we ended with nine. That day we had my two best friends on the team quit via email. It was pretty tough for me to deal with but just witnessing their decision to end their career in water polo reaffirms the fact that I want to continue this sport.

Me and Tiffany. Her last time with the team :(

Me and Dan, ignore the fact that I look like a cow. Dan has been great through this entire year. Yes there were times where he made us cry so much our eyes swelled up, but he pushed us. He is without a doubt the most passionate person I have ever met in my entire life and he carries that into the way he coaches. He is currently in puerto rico with the women's national team. He texts us everyday to say hi and that he misses us.

Mom, Me, and Abs

Me and Devin, another freshman girl.

BIG WEST CHAMPIONSS!!!!

I am soo proud to say that the UC Irvine Women's Waterpolo team has claimed the 2010 Big West Conference Championship!

We went through the tournament beating Davis in the first round, the University of the Pacific in the second round, and Cal State Northridge in the finals. It was an incredibly rewarding and emotional experience. I unfortunately did not travel to this tournament so as soon as we won I ran and jumped into the pool with all the girls. It was so exciting. Normally when a team wins their conference they get an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for the national championship but because we just switched conferences we are required to wait two years before you can get an automatic. So next year if we win, we will be able to automatically compete.

Back to Back Big West Champs!

Me Tiffany and Sharon

All of the coaches. ( Andrew, Dan, and Andy) Dan was the most excited I have ever seen him, he ran around giving all of the girls big hugs and holding back tears. It felt so good to make him proud. Especially after the tough year we had.

Me and Layne.

Beat the Beach!

Hi everyone! I am so sorry for my lack of updates and posts! Life has slowed down for a little bit so I am gonna work to catch up on everything.

A couple of weeks ago we had a big mens volleyball game against our rivals Long Beach! Games against Long Beach are always super intense and really fun so we decided to go. We have something called the Black and Blue series with them where the schools keep track of who wins each game of UCI vs. Long Beach and at the end of the year who ever has more points wins the title and a trophy. It gets pretty competitive and we hate them! ( sorry Papa :) ) We ended up beating them in 3 games! Here are some pictures from the night.

These boys traveled to every volleyball game and painted themselvs.

(Sam, Kelsey, Michael, Layne, Jordan, Me, Chase)

We may look a little orange.. this is because we were practicing 5+ hours a day!

Kelsey, Neil, and Me

Kelsey really wanted to climb this tree. So we did.