I'm a bit perturbed. Really. I may have mentioned something about a 20-page paper due for my Advanced Creative Writing class. It was going to be narration of the Anchorwomen soccer season. Their tough record. The heartbreaking finishes. The will to carry on through adversity. It was going to be top-shelf stuff. Click to continue reading...

At the end of every soccer season - amateur, college or pro - I always feel like that guy in Forrest Gump who follows Forrest along his coast-to-coast jogs across the country. For years, this guy just follows Forrest across the country jogging with him. That is, until the bearded Gump stops suddenly, presumably somewhere in the southwest, and turns around to his disciples. Click to continue reading...

They did it. The Rhode Island College Anchorwomen, who hadn't won since August 30th, and having endured a 15-game winless streak, finally clinched their first Little East Conference win this afternoon. They did it with only ten players, after Chelsea Creamer was shown her second yellow card in the first half. Click to continue reading...

The clubs: University of Southern Maine Huskies(4-11-1) Rhode Island College Anchorwomen (1-16-1) The place: RIC Soccer Field (Providence, RI) The last time they played: October 27, 2007 - USM 1, RIC 0 What's on the line? Both clubs sit at the bottom of the Little East, as both are 0-5-1 in LEC play. Click to continue reading...

What a day. A day marked by four very odd occurrances: 1. My pocket quacked. 2. I consumed, for the very first time, a Honey Nut Scooter that tasted like a California roll. 3. A large Dunkin Donuts coffee committed suicide off the roof of my car. 4. I bought cheese. Now, this may come as a shock you. Click to continue reading...

It's that time again - the random post is back - and worse than ever!

I talked to injured sophomore midfielder Kristina Haughey after Saturday's match, and she said that when she first hurt her knee, she didn't think it was serious. But after an MRI this week, the injury was confirmed as an ACL tear, which will require surgery and end her season. Click to continue reading...

Well, here I am.

I'm at the Panera Bread in Smithfield after another RIC Soccer game for the first time in nearly a year. In all honesty, I didn't know how much I'd miss this little routine of mine 'til today. And it's only fitting that I resume this habit only minutes after I caught up with last year's senior captain Kerry Donahue and her mother Pam, both of whom took in this afternoon's RIC-Keene State game. Click to continue reading...

Although the final score read 2-1 in favor of Welseyan University, there was a wave of optimism among the Anchorwomen players and coaches during the post-match scene near the exit of the RIC Soccer Field.

The game was level at 1-1 for much of the match, and against the same Welseyan side that had beaten a superior WestConn team 3-2. Click to continue reading...

For the past two weeks, I became a de facto beat reporter for the Rhode Island College Anchorwomen. This is due in large part to my assignment for Advanced News Writing class, which called for us to write a feature on somebody we thought was interesting.

Here's the formula I used to find my subject:

Rhode Island College + soccer player = Christina Tavana

So, without further ado, here it is. Click to continue reading...

If the game had ended at the half, it would have been an upset of biblical proportions. Okay, maybe not.

The Anchorwomen held an impressive lead going into the second half for the first time since August 30th against Springfield College last night. Yes, the brightly lit 1-0 score on the maroon board at RIC Soccer Field showed the game in favor of the home team. Click to continue reading...

This rain.

Ordinarily, I don't mind rain. I don't mind it Monday-Friday, when I'm trapped in front of my computer at work. I don't mind it at night, when I'm undertaking reasonable efforts to capture eight hours of sleep.* I don't mind it in the late-afternoon on a hot, sticky August day, when it arrives minutes after a severe thunderstorm warning. Click to continue reading...

It's been over 300 days - 327 according to the maginificent calculator at timeanddate.com - since my last Rhode Island College women's soccer game. And my, oh my, have things changed immensely since that heartbreaking evening in Danbury, CT back on November 1, 2007.

For beginners, nine seniors have since graduated. Click to continue reading...