{"id":237,"date":"2014-03-27T22:11:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T22:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/irishwwpolo\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2014-03-27T22:14:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T22:14:41","slug":"march-2014-spring-break-recap","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/irishwwpolo\/news\/march-2014-spring-break-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2014 – Spring Break Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eleven of the Fighting Irish traveled from snowy, cold and cloudy South Bend to the warmth and sunshine of California for 10 days.\u00a0 Starting in southern California, the Irish fell to Cal State University San Bernardino 7 – 10.\u00a0 After being down by only one after the first quarter, CSUSB pulled away in the second quarter and maintained the three goal lead for the remainder of the game.<\/p>\n

\"Mr.<\/a>
The team with host in San Bernardino, Mr. Garretson. He has hosted the team at his home for the past 13 years!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Fighting Irish continued on to Laguna Beach where they spent three days practicing at the JSerra High School Pool.\u00a0 One day at practice, Coughlin found a bucket of medicine balls and got creative.\u00a0 The theme of that practice was most certainly building a strong base with strong legs<\/a>.\u00a0 The Irish made an appearance at St. Catherine of Siena School’s morning assembly, participating in prayer, song and introductions to the school.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The team welcomed by a great poster (and Bodie of course) at the Renezeders in Laguna Beach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"At<\/a>
At Saint Catherine of Siena. What a view from the playground area!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Thank<\/a>
Thank you JSerra for letting us practice at your great facility!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The team at a vista point looking down on Laguna Beach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The team continued up to San Luis Obispo where not only did they scrimmage Cal Poly SLO, but also where the annual Margie’s Pancake Challenge commensed.\u00a0 For those who do not know, Margie’s Pancake Challenge was created by members of the women’s water polo team on a bet with Coughlin they could finish a ginormous stack of pancakes.\u00a0 They lost said bet but the challenge has prevailed year after year, whereby the newest members to the spring break trip are “highly suggested” to participate by their fellow team members.\u00a0 Coughlin always says they do not have to do this, but this year’s team jokingly stated, “It’d be #socialexile”.\u00a0 This year’s participants were sophomore Danielle Butler and freshman Caley Martinez.\u00a0 Less than halfway through the stack, the light in Danielle’s eyes began to fade as each bite felt like only a miniscule dent.\u00a0 Caley took on the strategy of distracting her brain from feeling any sort of stomach ache by listening to music or watching videos on her phone.\u00a0 In the end, Caley finished her stack in approximately one hour and fifteen minutes!<\/p>\n

\"Caley's<\/a>
Caley’s empty plate!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Margie's<\/a>
Margie’s Pancake Challenge Participant #1: sophomore, Danielle Butler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Margie's<\/a>
Margie’s Pancake Challenge Participant #2: freshman, Caley Martinez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

That evening (yes, that evening, following the pancake challenge), the team won the scrimmage against Cal Poly 6 – 5, followed by going 4 for 5 rounds of man-up and defending 3 for 5 rounds of being man-down post scrimmage.\u00a0 With still plenty of fans, the Irish continued on to play UC Santa Cruz, defeating them in a scrimmage 13 – 4.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The sun continued to shine on the Irish in Santa Cruz. (Photo Cred: Tina Butler)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Irish continued onto their final destination near Los Altos, outside San Francisco, where they participated at the Foothill College Invitational. The Irish went 2 – 2 on the weekend, losing to UC Davis A and Foothill on Saturday, but beating UC Davis B and Chico State on Sunday.\u00a0 After a long and hard week of practices, games, and traveling, the Irish headed back to the Midwest late Sunday night, getting back to campus in the wee hours of early Monday morning.<\/p>\n

\"ND<\/a>
ND Women’s Water Polo Coach, Brian Coughlin with Saint Ignatius College Prep’s JV Coach and ND Water Polo Alum, Kaitlin Shorrock (Photo Cred: Tina Butler)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Team<\/a>
Team Photo-Op at the Butler’s Dinner Party (Photo Cred: Tina Butler)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Some<\/a>
Some goofy faces, because that picture always has to happen (Photo Cred: Tina Butler)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Senior<\/a>
Senior and Captain #10 Rachael Glenister takes a lefty shot from holeset. (Photo Cred: Tina Butler)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Freshman<\/a>
Freshman #1A Caley Martinez going up for a block (Photo Cred: Tina Butler)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sophomore<\/a>
Sophomore #9 Madeline Renezeder, sophomore #3 Danielle Butler and senior #6 Anastasia Hansen providing a solid man-down defense. (Photo Cred: Tina Butler)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Junior<\/a>
Junior #4 Alex Whelan playing hole defense. (Photo Cred: Tina Butler)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sophomore<\/a>
Sophomore #8 Colleen Fricke triggering man-up offense. (Photo Cred: Tina Butler)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Junior<\/a>
Junior #18 Kathleen Schiavenza walking in the ball from point. (Photo Cred: Tina Butler)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Junior<\/a>
Junior #4 Alex Whelan focusing hard on defense. Where did the opponent go? (Photo Cred: Tina Butler)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thank you to all of our fans, family and friends that made it out to our games throughout the week and for the extreme generosity shown to the team!\u00a0 We would not have been able to have such a successful week without your support!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eleven of the Fighting Irish traveled from snowy, cold and cloudy South Bend to the warmth and sunshine of California for 10 days.\u00a0 Starting in southern California, the Irish fell to Cal State University San Bernardino 7 – 10.\u00a0 After being down by only one after the first quarter, CSUSB pulled away in the second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1574,"featured_media":0,"parent":113,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-237","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/irishwwpolo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/irishwwpolo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/irishwwpolo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/irishwwpolo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/irishwwpolo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/irishwwpolo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/irishwwpolo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions\/270"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/irishwwpolo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/irishwwpolo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}