Tonight was amaaaazing (foreshadowing?). I attended the A&M vs UNC women's soccer game here in CS.

The game started off well, and all togerhter, both teams played hard and were very aggressive. There were lots of fouls. There were only maybe 5 shots for each team in the first half; no goals scored. As the second half was played out, both teams were getting frustrated. It was frustrating to watch them as they made poor touches and passes were often to the wrong team. In the latter part of the second half, the Aggies almost scored a diving header from inside the 8 yard line. It was so sweet, but the UNC keeper was right there to stop it. Both teams got tired and worn out of course, after playing for 90 minutes. The Aggies never let up on the attack. There were many beautiful crosses and shots, they just didn't make it in.

As they started the first overtime period, the Ags continued the barrage on UNC. Our attacks were often and strong, but still no score at the end of the first overtime period. I was very worried that we would have to go to penalty kicks, one of my most hated parts of soccer, even though it's a thrilling time.

Then comes the exciting part. In a moment that rivals the 2002 A&M vs OU football game winning Aggie touchdown, with about 2 minutes remaining in the overtime period, Amy Berend passed the ball to Ashley Pistorious who ended up with the ball, one-on-one with the UNC goalkeeper and a shot to the lower left corner of the goal, just out of reach of the goalie. The 8,204 member crowd (a new NCAA record!) erupted into whoops, yells, and a rush of adrenaline in support of the Lady Aggies. The Lady Ags put forth amazing effort, with the defense staying solid throughout and the freshman keeper recorded her first official shutout of her college career.. against UNC (that simply doesn't happen often, people). Kat also pointed out to me that the only game UNC lost last year was the game that kicked them out of the playoffs. And this year, they started with a loss to Texas A&M University :-D whoop.

Wonderful.. it was wonderful :o)