Inside The Circle - Week 1
9/19/2002 8:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Sept. 19, 2002
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Welcome to "Inside the Circle," a weekly inside look at Maryland field hockey. Each Tuesday throughout the 2002 season, senior Kateri Simon (Fallston, Md.) and junior Kristin Harris (Lititz, Pa.) will combine to bring you the latest Terp happenings from the student-athlete's point-of-view.
Use Kateri and Kristin's journal to follow the Terps' 2002 campaign all season long. If you would like to submit question to our authors about field hockey, the Terps or anything (within reason!), send us an e-mail.
This week, Kateri catches us up on the 2002 season thus far. She says that although the Terps are currently the No. 1 team in the poll, there is still plenty of work to be done in order to keep improving.
Hello to all of you wonderful fans who are interested in finding out a little more about what's going on with Terp Field Hockey. If you want to get the inside perspective on the week's games and practices, check in once a week to read what Kristin Harris of myself have to say. I'll let you know right now that this team has got some incredible dynamics that will be worth reading about.
You might think that a team with a record of 7-0 that is ranked number one in the nation would be somewhat comfortable with their team's position. That is not the case for this team. We don't really focus on rankings and we still play and practice like the number one position is still at a level where we really have to work to get to. Not being complacent with how good this team is, and always seeking to get to a higher level, is something that I have had a great lesson in over the four years I have played with Maryland field hockey.
Last Friday against UMass we showed we were still working to get to the next level as we really used each other to play great hockey. Amber had her first goal of the season and Laura and Pern both got into the game to shake things down in their own ways. It was great to see them play.
In the game against Boston College on Sunday it was a little more challenging to keep from getting frustrated after two goals were called back. But we kept fighting and Colleen's goal less than a minute into overtime was well deserved. Missy found the positive as always and was fortunate that we had the chance to experience the emotions and feeling of a game going into overtime.
Wednesday we went to Delaware to play the Blue Hens, which was our first away trip since Chicago. I had a great time spending the day and playing some hockey with my crazy, fun and sometimes a little bit strange teammates, and we earned another 'W'!! Go Terps!!
