The panthers had suffered a tough loss at the beginning of Fall Break against Amherst and we were anxious but excited to get back on track and have a big win against Keene State. We’d had a great Fall break weekend on campus. We obviously carried on the tradition of carving pumpkins at Breadloaf, and also, our favorite part, getting delicious honeycrisp apple and cider donuts while we picked out our pumpkins. Although it was unusually cold this year, we still had a great time at Breadloaf. The freshman thought of the theme, “Red Carpet”, and we created our pumpkins as we saw fit. The many pumpkin motifs included, Peter Kohn, Garfield, Hollywood Stars, and Jon and Kate plus Eight. Needless to say, when Tuesday rolled around we were pumped for our game. We came out strong against Keene, scoring a goal in the first 2 minutes to get off on the right foot. By the end of the first half the score was 3-0, but we still weren’t going to put our guard down. We finished off the second half with three more goals to secure a big win.
After Keene, we were looking forward to the weekend game against Conn College and another chance to prove our strength in the NESCAC. Although the game started off slowly with a score of 0-0 at half time, we were dominating the game and it was just a matter of time before we put our goal scoring into high gear. We knew after half time that we needed to score, and that led to 2 goals within the first 5 minutes. We kept the momentum going and put in 2 more goals to finish off the half, allowing only 1 goal from the Camels. What was really great about this game too was that no player scored more than one goal, but everyone really helped to participate in the win. After Conn, we could only be excited about our next game at St. Lawrence!
Allison Grant '11, Chase Delano '11
