It's been quite a while since I last posted. This past Saturday we traveled to Drew in NJ and won a very important conference match 1-0. It was great to see Lisa and Grandma out there supporting us again. Very nice of them to make the trip. The win put us at a three way tie for first place within the conference. CUA, Scranton, and Susquehanna were all tied with records in conference and goal differential and everything. We had to result to a "hat draw" to determine the seeds of the tournament. We got the second seed out of the hat which has us playing Scranton again. We are playing them at Susquehanna this Saturday at 11am. We are traveling Friday afternoon to PA and spending the night and playing Saturday. If we win we will play in the conference finals on Sunday at Susquehanna as well. From here out it is single elimination; we have to win both games this weekend to enter the NCAA tournament. It is a very important weekend.
Everything with Hurricane Sandy ended up "blowing over." LOL. But seriously, we were lucky not to get hit too hard; we never lost power yet we got Monday and Tuesday off from classes. Lots of wind and rain but luckily nothing too bad here. Prayers go out to those that were hit very hard at home in places like New Jersey and New York.
Today we just finished up with a 7am practice. Very early but I enjoy it. It reminds me of those summer tour days. Classic. Now time to study for a big Calc test tomorrow and rest up for this weekend. Here comes the postseason!
-TZ
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Long Trip Ahead
It's Friday once again. Thank goodness. This is the first week that has actually felt long. I don't have much time to write before class, but I will give a quick update. We beat Salisbury on Wednesday 2-0; a convincing win over a regionally ranked oponent. We are on a roll right now and it was good to keep that going. Thursday we had a 7am practice on the turf because that was the only time we could get on the turf and Drew plays on turf. We ran a good bit and had a decent practice. It was weird not having to do anything at night tho.
Now today we are leaving for New Jersey and Drew. We are traveling a day early for the game because it is a relatively long trip for a very important game. We will have a light session before getting on the bus today after classes and then make the run up. We will then watch the girls play a very important game vs. Drew before our game which is scheduled for 3:30pm. If we win by more than a goal, we will get home field advantage for the first game of the conference tournament which would be much better than traveling all the way to Scranton on a Wednesday. We will then travel back to school after the game and get back relatively late. A very important business trip.
Grandma and Lisa might travel to Drew to watch the game which would be great to see them again. Hopefully Lisa can make the trip again. That's it for now. Big weekend ahead. Will give updates hopefully Sunday.
Take care of business,
-TZ
Now today we are leaving for New Jersey and Drew. We are traveling a day early for the game because it is a relatively long trip for a very important game. We will have a light session before getting on the bus today after classes and then make the run up. We will then watch the girls play a very important game vs. Drew before our game which is scheduled for 3:30pm. If we win by more than a goal, we will get home field advantage for the first game of the conference tournament which would be much better than traveling all the way to Scranton on a Wednesday. We will then travel back to school after the game and get back relatively late. A very important business trip.
Grandma and Lisa might travel to Drew to watch the game which would be great to see them again. Hopefully Lisa can make the trip again. That's it for now. Big weekend ahead. Will give updates hopefully Sunday.
Take care of business,
-TZ
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
You are Now Defeated
This weekend was successful. It was good to see Mom and Dad this weekend who made the trip up after visiting Michael on Wednesday. They keep traveling all over the place. We played Scranton on Saturday who was undefeated on the season and ranked nationally at #19 in the country. I got the start and make a few chances but none yielded a goal. We received a penalty kick early in the second half and went up 1-0. We held on to the lead for the rest of the game barely. I had to make a goal line save on a corner kick, but just doing my duty. It was a great win for the team and everyone was pumped. It felt good to be the reason for them to be now defeated. It was especially good to get the win for Mike Brennan on his senior day. That was the first time coach has beaten a top-25 time in his time as a coach at Catholic as well. That secured our spot in the conference tournament and we will now be fighting for home field advantage for the conference tournament on Saturday when we play Drew.
It was nice to catch up with the parents at a sports bar in DC after the game as well. Always good to hear stories on how everyone is doing. They then headed back early on Sunday morning to make it to a wedding. A shorter visit but good none the less.
Monday's practice went well. It was a longer and harder one as usual Mondays but good as well. Two of our very important outside midfielders are hurt and cannot play so that opens up both sides for a lot of time for me but we may be a little weaker without both of them playing. We shall see how it goes against Salisbury on Wednesday.
That's about it. Keep grindin through another week,
-TZ
It was nice to catch up with the parents at a sports bar in DC after the game as well. Always good to hear stories on how everyone is doing. They then headed back early on Sunday morning to make it to a wedding. A shorter visit but good none the less.
Monday's practice went well. It was a longer and harder one as usual Mondays but good as well. Two of our very important outside midfielders are hurt and cannot play so that opens up both sides for a lot of time for me but we may be a little weaker without both of them playing. We shall see how it goes against Salisbury on Wednesday.
That's about it. Keep grindin through another week,
-TZ
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Good Day for Team Zimm
Yesterday was a good day. I had my usual classes and then at 3:30 we were scheduled to play Goucher College at home. It was a conference game and it was very important. Goucher needed a win in order to keep their hopes of a postseason alive. We needed the win to secure our spot in the conference tournament.
I luckily got the start and played well. A couple of shots and a really nice one, which everyone said it would've been a goal, but a defender unfortunately blocked it. We went into halftime up 1-0 which was not sufficient. We had a very interesting halftime speech from coach and got back out to play the second half. I fortunately got the start for the second half and played very well. Made some great runs down the side for some very close crosses. I did get free down the side one time and had a good ball across the box for a goal. It kind of deflected off of two of our players so I wasn't sure if I got the assist or not but the box score report gave it to me. I guess the coaches will rewatch it on the film to double check. Hope I still have it! We ended up winning the game 3-0 and everyone got to play. It is good to get to see all the other guys that put a lot of hard work in at practice get in the game and get to play. I'm just lucky and happy I'm not in that position.
Then CNU was scheduled to kick off at 7:00pm vs. NC Wesleyan. It was Senior Night for Michael and the other guys on the team. I didn't know they were going to show the Senior Night festivities on live video but I missed them before the game but got to watch the rest of the game on my computer. CNU does a great job with announcers and quality video to broadcast online. It's really cool. It was great to see Michael score and get an assist as well. I start cheering in my room and other guys come running in, like, "What's the matter dude!? You okay?" Haha I guess I was cheering a little too loud. It was really cool tho. He played out of his mind good and it was great to watch. Mom and Dad were cheering loudly in the stands and I could occasionally hear Dad on the broadcast yelling for the team. Good to see CNU dominate the second half and win 3-1.
So overall it was a good day for Team Zimm with wins from both CUA and CNU. More to hopefully come.
-TZ
I luckily got the start and played well. A couple of shots and a really nice one, which everyone said it would've been a goal, but a defender unfortunately blocked it. We went into halftime up 1-0 which was not sufficient. We had a very interesting halftime speech from coach and got back out to play the second half. I fortunately got the start for the second half and played very well. Made some great runs down the side for some very close crosses. I did get free down the side one time and had a good ball across the box for a goal. It kind of deflected off of two of our players so I wasn't sure if I got the assist or not but the box score report gave it to me. I guess the coaches will rewatch it on the film to double check. Hope I still have it! We ended up winning the game 3-0 and everyone got to play. It is good to get to see all the other guys that put a lot of hard work in at practice get in the game and get to play. I'm just lucky and happy I'm not in that position.
Then CNU was scheduled to kick off at 7:00pm vs. NC Wesleyan. It was Senior Night for Michael and the other guys on the team. I didn't know they were going to show the Senior Night festivities on live video but I missed them before the game but got to watch the rest of the game on my computer. CNU does a great job with announcers and quality video to broadcast online. It's really cool. It was great to see Michael score and get an assist as well. I start cheering in my room and other guys come running in, like, "What's the matter dude!? You okay?" Haha I guess I was cheering a little too loud. It was really cool tho. He played out of his mind good and it was great to watch. Mom and Dad were cheering loudly in the stands and I could occasionally hear Dad on the broadcast yelling for the team. Good to see CNU dominate the second half and win 3-1.
So overall it was a good day for Team Zimm with wins from both CUA and CNU. More to hopefully come.
-TZ
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Papers and Nap
Sunday night I was up later that usual. A big philosophy paper was due Monday and I spent a lot of time working on it. I didn't get my usual amount of sleep so after all of my classes I decided to take a nap. Haha a three hour nap! I slept from 2 to 5pm. It was ridiculous but much needed.
Practice was then moved to 6:30 on the turf because of rain. We did some technical work and then scrimmaged. I played well in the scrimmage with two assists helping my team win. Pleased with my effort there.
That's about it for this update. Looking forward to a big game against Goucher at home this Wednesday. Very important conference match.
Take it easy,
-TZ
Practice was then moved to 6:30 on the turf because of rain. We did some technical work and then scrimmaged. I played well in the scrimmage with two assists helping my team win. Pleased with my effort there.
That's about it for this update. Looking forward to a big game against Goucher at home this Wednesday. Very important conference match.
Take it easy,
-TZ
Sunday, October 14, 2012
37 Second in Overtime
Yesterday we made the trip all the way up to Juniata for a very important conference match. We were 2-1 in conference and they were 1-2. Both teams were looking for a very crucial win. It took a long 3.5 hours on the bus to get there.
We finally arrive and warm-up and I am again not in the starting line-up. Of course I'm disappointed but then Coach Weische pulled me aside and told me that the only reason I'm not starting is because they want to possibly try me at other positions. He said at practice Thursday I was the best one out there and I was bringing other guys up with my play. So that was very encouraging and I went in the second half with about 25 minutes left at left mid and switched with like ten minutes left to play forward. We got scored on first and scored back and then they scored and we responded again. At half it was 2-2. I started the second half at left mid and made some good runs/chances. We scored and held the lead for a long time until with 7 minutes left they scored to tie it up. We couldn't get it back so we headed to overtime.
I started at left mid for overtime as well. We kicked it off, it came to the left side, I played it back, we switched it to the right where we crossed it and scored on a header to end the game with only 37 seconds passing by in OT. It was a very important win for us especially after Wednesday's performance.
After the game I got to see cousin Lisa and Grandma Bernie who made the trip from Wilkes-Barre to come watch. I didn't realize but it was also a long trip for them to make too. I was very appreciate and happy to see them. They brought cupcakes for the team with rings and halloween colored icing. Then they also gave me a goodie bag with lots of food and a new Eagles blanket. It was very nice of them. Grandma looked great in the CUA soccer shirt cheering for the team.
We then made the long trip back to campus and that was the day. A long trip for just one game but it was worth it since we got the win. Only four more games now left in the regular season; each game is very important now.
Have a good Sunday,
-TZ
We finally arrive and warm-up and I am again not in the starting line-up. Of course I'm disappointed but then Coach Weische pulled me aside and told me that the only reason I'm not starting is because they want to possibly try me at other positions. He said at practice Thursday I was the best one out there and I was bringing other guys up with my play. So that was very encouraging and I went in the second half with about 25 minutes left at left mid and switched with like ten minutes left to play forward. We got scored on first and scored back and then they scored and we responded again. At half it was 2-2. I started the second half at left mid and made some good runs/chances. We scored and held the lead for a long time until with 7 minutes left they scored to tie it up. We couldn't get it back so we headed to overtime.
I started at left mid for overtime as well. We kicked it off, it came to the left side, I played it back, we switched it to the right where we crossed it and scored on a header to end the game with only 37 seconds passing by in OT. It was a very important win for us especially after Wednesday's performance.
After the game I got to see cousin Lisa and Grandma Bernie who made the trip from Wilkes-Barre to come watch. I didn't realize but it was also a long trip for them to make too. I was very appreciate and happy to see them. They brought cupcakes for the team with rings and halloween colored icing. Then they also gave me a goodie bag with lots of food and a new Eagles blanket. It was very nice of them. Grandma looked great in the CUA soccer shirt cheering for the team.
We then made the long trip back to campus and that was the day. A long trip for just one game but it was worth it since we got the win. Only four more games now left in the regular season; each game is very important now.
Have a good Sunday,
-TZ
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Crazy Week
I realized I haven't updated this blog all week since Monday. Sorry to all my followers. Anyway it has been an eventful week. I've had a cough for about two weeks now and it just started getting real bad midweek. I had a fever in the nights and just really didn't feel good at all. I finally went to the doctor on Friday and got two cough prescriptions. Hopefully by Monday I'll be feeling better.
On Wednesday we traveled to McDaniel College in Maryland. They have a losing record and to be honest, we were supposed to win handily. We lost 3-0... They scored on three set pieces and we could just not get lucky with a goal even though we basically dominated possession in both halves. It was also very unfortunate that earlier in the week coach established a rule that if we get scored on, on a set piece, we would have to run a lapper. (A lapper is when the team splits into two groups and as the first one jogs, the second group sprints around the field to catch the first group and then the other group goes. You basically sprint a whole field and a half. It's awful.)
So Thursday practice came along and we ended up running three lappers and more: hills, full fields, pushups, sit-ups, etc. We scrimmaged with a lot of intensity and the team was really working hard. Practice ended up lasting about three hours and the whole team was exhausted by the end. Hopefully that work effort will show up in today's game at Juniata.
Juniata is a very important conference game. It's three and a half hours away just for one game. I heard their field is awful, the refs will be awful, and its just going to be a sloppy, but we have to win. These next three games are the most important with three conference games and we need to be undefeated this week in order to set us up for a post-season Conference tournament run and hopefully NCAA bid.
Classes have been going well. Calculus is the best I would say. In Engineering we designed a prosthetic foot and wrapped it in composite materials. It's is going to be put in a vacuum and then hopefully we will have created a prosthetic foot. It was cool because we were working with carbon fiber and glass fiber and the stuff was really cool.
Now I need to get ready and head to the Duf to get on the bus. Here comes a long day of travel and hopefully all for a victory!
-TZ
On Wednesday we traveled to McDaniel College in Maryland. They have a losing record and to be honest, we were supposed to win handily. We lost 3-0... They scored on three set pieces and we could just not get lucky with a goal even though we basically dominated possession in both halves. It was also very unfortunate that earlier in the week coach established a rule that if we get scored on, on a set piece, we would have to run a lapper. (A lapper is when the team splits into two groups and as the first one jogs, the second group sprints around the field to catch the first group and then the other group goes. You basically sprint a whole field and a half. It's awful.)
So Thursday practice came along and we ended up running three lappers and more: hills, full fields, pushups, sit-ups, etc. We scrimmaged with a lot of intensity and the team was really working hard. Practice ended up lasting about three hours and the whole team was exhausted by the end. Hopefully that work effort will show up in today's game at Juniata.
Juniata is a very important conference game. It's three and a half hours away just for one game. I heard their field is awful, the refs will be awful, and its just going to be a sloppy, but we have to win. These next three games are the most important with three conference games and we need to be undefeated this week in order to set us up for a post-season Conference tournament run and hopefully NCAA bid.
Classes have been going well. Calculus is the best I would say. In Engineering we designed a prosthetic foot and wrapped it in composite materials. It's is going to be put in a vacuum and then hopefully we will have created a prosthetic foot. It was cool because we were working with carbon fiber and glass fiber and the stuff was really cool.
Now I need to get ready and head to the Duf to get on the bus. Here comes a long day of travel and hopefully all for a victory!
-TZ
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