One month later and here we are at our second tournament recap of the season. If you thought Grinnell was too great for words to express, then I don't know what this is. No Wisconsequences is one to remember as Saucy Nancy took 1st place going undefeated for the weekend! (7-0, also after being seeded last in our pool) It was awesome to play more difficult teams that made us work harder to get the win. Not to mention the wind didn't make it any easier. Both days consisted of lots of zone (which we all love so that's okay). All in all, LOTS of cool things happened this weekend...check it out! Saturday - 4 games, no byes aka lots of playing and no rest. We started out against Loyola University Chicago Sirens followed by wins against Pink Mankato Skunk (p.s. ANNA CALLAHAN), Wisconsin Y, and La Crosse Galaxy. Games progressively got harder as the day went on because of the wind, but you know what else progressed? THE TEAM - every huddle increased our focus on our goals - to have fun and to deserve the win we wanted. Throughout the whole weekend, we were surprised at how our rookies stepped up and made plays that weren't expected of them. TOURNAMENT PARTYYY - all you have to know is that our two rookie foreigners from Wales and Australia won a set of LIGHT and DARK jerseys from our very own favorite sponsor, Patagonia. Such love, much happy. Sunday was a day for the sidelines as lines got tighter. There's a saying that "defense wins games." It's hard for a great defense to execute to its fullest without sideline help and that's exactly what was seen on Sunday. More and more wind, windy wind wind meant longer points, more turns, increased frustration, but we pulled through as we got wins against Northern Michigan Aurora, Valparaiso (p.s.s. ANNA CALLAHAN TWO, yes two), and a second match up against Wisconsin Y to win the tournament! Can't forget to mention the multiple layout D's we got on Sunday from our Saucies - Saucy loves layout D's. Next tournament is Missouri Loves Company in Columbus, MO the weekend of November 8-9 - colder and colder ultimate times coming, joy. If you ever want to follow play by play of what's happening during our games, follow us on Twitter - @saucynancyiowa Enjoy this picture of Brooks looking all coach like #crowdsurf
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