![]() ![]() It’s 3:25, probably time to get out of the locker room and onto the field. With another week of hard work under our belts, we will be ready for Louisville and Cincinnati next weekend.ĮDITOR’S NOTE: Periodically during the 2011 season, we will be offering blog entries from our players with their thoughts on training, matches and more … today, senior defender Ellen Bartindale talks about a typical Tuesday training session with the Fighting Irish. However, a tie is something that we can build off of, and we know that this is a team that has the potential to do great things. Melissa’s goal was one scored based solely on effort, but a 110-minute game came to an unsatisfactory conclusion. I was lucky to get the start, and though I made mistakes, I was generally pleased with the way I played - and I can accept mistakes knowing that I was doing the very best that I could. The Santa Clara game was frustrating in the sense that we didn’t win, but more frustrating because I really think we were the better team. Jess told me that she was in my corner and she believed I could do it, and knowing that I had my team behind me helped me realize I could do this. As a consistent second-string player, this was obviously exciting and a little scary. Jaz and Taylor were both injured, and she came to tell me that there was a chance I would be starting against Santa Clara. It was after this meeting that I received a text from Jess, our captain, saying that she needed to talk to me. If we have ideas for changes that could be made, then we need to be sure to tell him and the coaching staff and it will be taken into consideration. Blame is never placed on one person, but it was clear that the fight that we had for 80 minutes was lost in the last 10.Ĭoach told us at this meeting that we can affect what happens in this next game. After a jog, lunch at Red Robin, some stretching, homework out by the pool, and dinner at Macaroni Grill, the team got together for film to look over where we went wrong Friday. I had a brief reprieve from the upsetting mood when Molly Campbell’s grandma told us that “at least we looked glamorous when we played.” Sometimes that is the perspective that is needed after a hard loss. It was with this attitude that we left the field. They decided that this isn’t how our senior season is going to go, and losses like that will not happen again. They took the blame upon themselves, and decided that they were going to change something. A team takes its cues from the captains, and it was here where I realized, as I do quite often, how lucky we are to have the captains that we have. ![]() ![]() To come so close only to lose the game in the last 10 minutes was hard, and emotions after the game were high. We are getting close, and it will just take a little longer to work out the kinks completely.įriday was a bit shocking. It is like we are almost there, but we just haven’t quite made it yet. ![]() It is hard to describe the feeling after a weekend like this. posted by senior defender Ellen BartindaleĮDITOR’S NOTE: Periodically during the 2011 season, we will be offering blog entries from our players with their thoughts on training, matches and more … today, senior defender Ellen Bartindale talks about this past weekend’s trip to the West Coast and two tough matches at #2 Stanford and #17/18 Santa Clara. And don’t forget to contact Notre Dame’s Murnane Family Athletics Ticket Office (57, UND.com tickets page) to purchase your tickets and join us out at Alumni Stadium as the Fighting Irish defend their latest national championship! You can also sign up for any number of official Notre Dame women’s soccer Twitter pages, including head coach Randy Waldrum ( assistant coach Ken Nuber ( and media relations director Chris Masters ( as well as the official Fighting Irish women’s soccer Facebook page (go to and search for “Notre Dame Women’s Soccer”) so you’re always in the loop when it comes to the latest information on Notre Dame women’s soccer. “Kicking It Around” will have updates on everything related to the Fighting Irish women’s soccer program, so stop back here regularly to get your fix on what’s going on at Notre Dame. Go behind-the-scenes and on the road with the Fighting Irish women’s soccer team to learn what makes them champions. Ever wondered what it’s like to be part of a three-time national champion? Well, now you can, as UND.com starts “Kicking It Around” with the Notre Dame women’s soccer team. ![]()
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