This past week the Sycamores started a fresh week of practice after a long trip to Ohio. We all trained hard, preparing for the first Missouri Valley Conference game.

Our first conference game is against rival team Illinois State University on Friday, September 23 at 7:00 P.M. in Normal, Illinois. We then travel to Fort Wayne, Indiana to play Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.

Last weekend we faced Kent State University and Toledo University. After arriving in Ohio on Thursday night, we hopped off the bus at freshman, Caitlin Glascott's house for a fantastic meal.

A special thanks to the Glascott's and Hamker's for hosting the team on Thursday night and providing a fantastic meal for everyone!

On Friday in the Kent State game, we were down 2-0 after the first half. Keeping up our spirit, we fought hard in the second half, not giving up without a fight. We were able to get one goal in, but in the end lost 2-1.

The next day, we were able to enjoy another great meal put on by the Simonis' with the team and parents. Thanks to everyone who helped out with food and to make it a great weekend!

Getting back from lunch on Saturday, we headed back to the hotel for dinner, a pool workout, and some really great lifetime movies.

The next game was against Toledo University and we came out ready for a Sunday game. We worked hard, but ended up not getting the final product losing 3-0.

This week at practice, we really worked on getting better to move on from the past weekend, strategies for the conference, and starting fresh since the conference is just beginning.

Thursday morning, we woke up for practice, then later the day loaded the bus and headed to Normal, Illinois for our game today.

Come out and support the Sycamores at their first conference game!

Go Sycamores!