Alumni Game

Saturday morning started off with an awesome breakfast in Heritage Hall for all of the returning alumni who came back for the soccer games that afternoon. Alumni Director, David Earle came in and spoke to the crowd welcoming everyone back and encouraging the future alumni to continue to return because events like the one we were having is what keeps Sterling College going. The room was surprisingly full of alumni, in recent years not as many alumni have been able to return and play but this year was different! The women’s side had 17 returning players to take on the 2010 team. As the women’s team headed off to prepare for their game the men stayed behind to catch up, eat more food, and reflect on memories of the past.

The women’s game started at noon with the plan of playing 3- 30 minute periods. At first the alumni weren’t shaping up too poorly and held off the ‘young’ ones for the first 23 minutes of the period. Then the scoring began. The 2010 team came in hard and fast with quick passing and a lot of talking. Before the Alumni knew it, it was 2-0 during the first break between quarters. The 2nd period didn’t get any better, the alumni were tired, out of shape, and going against the wind, 3 things that make it VERY HARD to try and come back on a team full of girls that can outrun you, out dribble you, and mostly out score you! After the 2nd period Alumni made a deal with Coach Morris that we’d play a 3rd period but ONLY for 15 minutes (we prayed we could make it that long!).
While Coach Morris and the girls worked out some issues on their side the Alumni were quickly scheming a way to somehow get some more goals in this game! As a team we all decided we would start out with our 11, and every minute or so a girl from the bench would make her way onto the field while not taking off a sub  Getting all the girls on the field went off with out a hitch, by 5 minutes into the last period our bench was cleared and there was almost 2 alumni for every SC player on the field. Although the plan of scoring more goals didn’t work out as much we all enjoyed the last bit of the game asking the SC girls for a break against all of us ‘old’, worn out, and losing Alumni. They showed no mercy scoring 2 more goals in the last period to make the final score 7-3.

Although the Alumni didn’t win we all had a very good time getting back together, playing together again, and seeing everyone’s growing families!