Thursday, April 16, 2015

Recap of the First Spring Weekend


By Susi Felder
It’s April and spring games have started this past weekend. 
On Saturday we played in Louisville, Kentucky, against Michigan State, Indiana and Michigan.
Starting off strong the first game we were able to beat Michigan State with a 4-0 shootout. This shows some good team effort! We implemented a new defensive play, which we were able to successfully execute.
After a little break we got to play against Indiana. 2x 25 minutes, like the first game. Going into halftime with a 1-0 lead, we ended up tying Indiana 2-2.
Everyones legs started to get tired. Therefore, we stretched and put our legs up the wall. At the same time some people should have used some sun cream, including myself, because they will be burned by the end of the day. But hey, no one complains about the good weather!
Michigan was our final opponent of the day. None of us were able to find the back of the net. The game ended with a 0-0 tie. Sadly, Krysti got hit in the knee and Aly on her hand, both were not able to finish the last game of the day.

After a few hours bus ride we arrived in Oxford, Ohio. On Sunday we would be playing Miami and Ohio State.
This time we had 4x 15 minutes against Miami. We were not able to score but they had some good chances and used them well. We lost this game by 4 goals.
A little more communication inside our rows and we might have played a little better of a game.
A 20 minute break and we already started to play our next game against Ohio State. 2x30 minutes with time outs at the 15minute mark. With this game we recorded our third tie for the weekend 2-2, after being behind in the score. 
We had some really nice plays and connecting passes and patience over the ball. I don’t think anyone doubted it, that we would at least tie the game. We really did not want to lose our last game of the weekend as well. 

Monday, April 13, 2015

An Inside Look at our Program, Part 3


Kelly Baick and Maggie Fries give you an inside look at Kent State's Field Hockey program:


Field House 






Turf

"The indoor turf in our Field House is really beneficial to all of our athletes. We're lucky enough to train on this turf during the cold winter days, making off-season training a lot more bearable."



















Locker Room

"Our brand new locker rooms in the Field House have treated us very well this spring training!"

















Locker Room

















Weight Room

"On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays this
off-season training we work with our Strength and Conditioning coach, Sean, to get our lifting in."

















Training Room

"We're lucky to have such a great off-season Athletic Trainer (Emily) to help us be as physically healthy as possible. Our new Training Room in the Field House is where all the physical rehab gets done!"

















Training Room

An Inside Look at our Program, Part 4


Kelly Baick and Maggie Fries give you an inside look at Kent State's Field Hockey program:









A week in the "selfie" life of a KSUFH student-athlete



Sophomore - Krysti Lober




Day 1:

"Field hockey, lifting, showered, filled with protein and ready 

for class #latergramfrom6amtraining"








Day 2:

"The cold never bothered us anyway as some classmates wait

for the Parta bus on this icy day."






Day 3:

"Today's selfie featuring the Rehab Crew #humpday"





Wednesday, March 4, 2015

An Inside Look at our Program, Part 2

Kelly Baick and Maggie Fries give you an inside look at Kent State's Field Hockey program:


"This is Amy Densevich, the field hockey team's Athletic Academic Advisor. Amy helps our team, and several other sports teams at Kent, with class scheduling, graduation and post-graduation planning, and classroom conflicts. Go Amy!"



An Inside Look at our Program, Part 1

Kelly Baick and Maggie Fries give you an inside look at Kent State's Field Hockey program: 

"This is the Athletic Academic Resource Center, the place where our athletes study and get tutoring help. Also has free printing!"





A week in the "selfie" life of a KSUFH student-athlete


Junior - Caroline Corthouts


 Day 1:

"After an extended weekend thanks to two snow days, we went back to work and are all smiles after training this morning."







 Day 2:

"At the marketing department to get some work done. Free milk and cookies at the women's basketball game!! Unbelievably happy!"






Day 3:

"After conditioning and upper body lift I am on my way to the last class of the day. Cold out but beautiful!"




Day 4:

"After a long week and hard work healthy dinners are the best."








Day 5:

"Helping the DJ out at the men's basketball game"