Saturday, September 3, 2009:

Good morning,

I hope you all are doing well. Well, last night at Sewanee, Tennessee, we defeated the University of the South (Sewanee), by a score of 6:3! Yes, 9 goals were scored and yes it was a testy first half. The re-cap goes like this...BSC scored 30 seconds into the game with an up back and through ball played beautifully by Tyler Evans to a hard running Tony Crocker, who put it in the back of the nest to make it 1:0 for us. 3 minutes later, Sewanee scored off a very poor clearance right back to them for the goal. Score now is 1:1. 2 minutes later, Sewanee scored the go ahead goal when another poor clearance in the back, went to their player once again to make the score 2:1 for Sewanee. Did we quit? Absolutely not! 8 minutes later in the 13th minute, Tyler Evans played a great through ball to Jonathan Alexander, who slotted the ball perfectly past the Sewanee goalkeeper to knot the score at 2:2. 5 Minutes later, Tyler Evans got his first goal of the night, on a corner kick from Carter McLean, who placed the ball to Tyler's head for the go ahead goal, making it now,3:2 for us. The score remained that way until the 36th minute, when we misplayed another ball inside our own 18 yard box directly down to them, who one timed the ball in the back of the net to make the score 3:3. That was not to be the halftime score, as Tyler Evans, was played a great ball through the middle by Jonathan Alexander for our 4th goal and Tyler's 2nd goal of the night, with 3 seconds showing on the clock, to make the score at half, BSC 4, Sewanee 3!

During halftime, we made some adjustments, both tactically and verbally! The defense was having their worst game of the year, so we needed to have a tongue lashing, so to speak in order to try and get their attention.I believed it would motivate them to stop being embarrassed by their opponents. We also addressed their pressure defense and how to break it and get some more offensive opportunities.

The second half started, and our defense too to heart our talk and made their opponents understand that the first half was not going to be a repeat this half and if they were going to beat us, we were not going to assist them again. In the 65th minute, Tyler Evans got his 3rd goal, with an assist this time, from Tony Crocker to make the score 5:3 for us. In the 75th minute, Tyler got his 4th and final goal, with an assist from Jonathan Alexander, who headed the ball to Tyler, who then headed it past the Sewanee goalkeeper top make the score 6:3 for BSC. The game would end that way!

While we played a poor first half, we never lost our composure or knowledge that we would win the game eventually. Games like this this certainly test your dedication and "commitment of purpose", as well as testing your character as a team. I believe we showed tremendous character to keep coming back after they scored each time. It showed our resiliency in testing our "commitment of purpose", and how we would honor that commitment! We are on the right path at the moment and hopefully, this will be a great lesson learned and we can continue on the path tomorrow against Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia. Our record at the moment is 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 ties!

So, until tomorrow, I will sign off and wish everyone a great week-end.

Best regards,
Coach Goldfarb from Sewanee, TN