Beach Day :)

The CSUB Women’s Soccer team is gearing up for the start of season after their vigorous preseason training. Having said this it wasn’t all work and no play with beach day providing plenty of laughter. The morning session consisted us of a tough series of races and duels in the hard and soft sand. Fortunately through some grit and hard work combined with a majority of passing fitness test times the players were able to have a little bit of fun in the afternoon session. We played Swedish hand soccer ‘dip-it’, head/catch, and tic/tac/toe.

Our smart kids!!

Pre-Season BBQ!!

The 2011 pre-Season, as always, kicked off the year with an annual BBQ at Kristen and Steve Barnes’ house. This years BBQ involved what we compare to a mini Olympics. The players were split into pairs and found themselves competing against each other in multiple activities. The variety of events provided entertainment for the coaches and hosts as well as competitive spirit from the players. The five activities were water polo to pugs with two minute half’s, ping pong to a score of 21, a penalty kick shootout, a Swedish brick game called block and, a bean bag toss game. The prize – time off of the coopers test!! Sophomore Tyler Shirk and Freshman Haley Hatfield were the outright winners finishing undefeated in all five activities.

Block!!

Oh the egg toss :)

CSUB Alumni Game 2011

The Roadrunner Women’s Soccer team got their pre-season underway with a friendly clash against the CSUB Alumni on Saturday August 6th. The match was a huge success with 25 alumni present helping to bring in a respectable crowd. The alumni held there own for the first 25 minutes and kept the runners from finding the back of the net. Unfortunately with the constant knocking on the door Sam Pena was able to break through and give the runners a 1-0 lead which they kept till half time. Fresh legs coming out of the break kept the battle alive with the alumni being awarded a penalty for handball in the box. It was neatly tucked away to level the score line. As fatigue became a factor with the alumni then runners battled on creating numerous chances. Freshman Emily Noethe finally found the back of the net to pull back the lead. From here on out it was well executed soccer until the final whistle but not before the runners were awarded a penalty for a bad challenge in the box. Captain Jessica Fogeltanz stepped up to tuck it away and put the game out of reach. It was great to see fans out there and we hope to see you and the alumni throughout the season.