Thursday, September 20, 2012


Greetings CFHA Family!

So recently I moved away from Arlington, VA and all of the CFHA family in the Washington D.C. area to start grad school at Duke University in North Carolina. It has been a crazy transition and I have deeply missed all of the DC CFHA ladies. In order to really embrace my new life I decided to start playing field hockey on the club team. I figured it would be a great way to get some exercise and meet some new people. I was a little nervous going to the first practice thinking that 1) I wouldn’t be very good anymore 2) I would be crazy sore the next day 3) my new teammates wouldn’t be anywhere near as fantastic as my Cornell teammates and 4) I really prefer wearing Cornell RED uniforms and I’m not going to like wearing a Duke uniform at all. I get to the field and the first thing said to me was “are you a freshman?” I just laugh, but really I’m thinking, “Wow, I’m 26 years old and I look like I’m 18….I’ve really regressed in my life….maybe this club field hockey thing was a bad idea.” Then everyone else gets there and we talk for a little bit about team logistics and then we go around and introduce ourselves and a girl a few spots down from me introduces herself as “Tierney.” My jaw drops and I immediately stare at her and think, “What??? This is NOT the Tierney I know….she is not the prettiest goalie in the NCAA…..she’s not even a goalie and she doesn’t have curly tendrils.” Wrapping my head around having the other “Tierney” on my club field hockey team was pretty daunting, but in the spirit of embracing this new experience I decided to give her a chance….maybe she would be an okay teammate.  Fast forward a few weeks after having about 10 practices and it turns out the other “Tierney” is an okay teammate….and she has a cute dog that the real Tierney would love.  Overall, I have come to the conclusion that the other people on the team great, but absolutely nothing can replace members of the CFHA family. So my advice to the current team is to cherish your teammates now while they are close, because they are truly unique and irreplaceable. There is only one prettiest goalie in the NCAA….the real Tierney.

We have our first game this Sunday against Coastal Carolina….wish me luck!!!

 

In RED we trust,

Katie Bradshaw (aka Brad)

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