Megan Fox

September 7, 2004

Lauren Lankford said she'd happily spend her entire 22nd birthday in Virginia Beach as long as we had fun and played well. Even though her approval had no impact on our travel arrangements, we all shared the same sentiments going into the weekend.

The better half of our first night was spent at Max & Erma's in the Norfolk Mall. Max & Erma's is a quaint restaurant characterized mostly by its huge sundae bar, which resides in a bathtub. Here, Lauren was adorned with a birthday balloon hat and matching scepter.

After dinner we had our motivational team meeting. Then, volunteers went on a team grocery run. The even better half of the night was spent diligently watching The Weather Channel with the Floridians.

It was an early rise the next morning to a "scrumtrullescent" breakfast of bars, bagels, bananas, and blueberries. We headed over to Virginia Wesleyan to get ready for our game against Mary Washington.

By game time we were all fed, taped, hydrated, and ready for our first Division III opponent this season. We controlled most of the first half, although we were left scoreless at halftime.

We came out strong during the second half and scored early on a high ball to the back post by Carrie Eckenhoff. Lindsay Murphy was there to finish it for her first career goal at Emory.

Carrie's victory dance has been coined the "Roger Hammer"--because it is a delightful combination of M.C. Hammer's "Hammertime" and the Roger Rabbit (circa second grade).

All shenanigans aside, we held our lead with superb defending and phenomenal saves by our goalie. As we were all in a celebratory mood, we headed to Joe's Crab Shack.

The next morning we rose early and checked out of the hotel. We headed back to Virginia Wesleyan to prepare for our game against the home team.

Katie O'Brien scored early in the first half on a corner kick by Jessie Dean. At half time we were up 1-0; however, Virginia Wesleyan got lucky and put away their first goal.

Sabo got a hug from the referee and then two more goals were scored by Virginia Wesleyan. Nevertheless, we scored again in the last minute to put Emory only down by one.

Despite attempts to play hyper-offensively, the game ended 3-2. Dean, O'Neal, and O'Brien were named to the all-tournament team for the weekend and received heather grey t-shirts for their efforts.

The rest of the night was spent waiting at the Newport News Airport. During this downtime, many futures were decided and we'd like to congratulate Beth Wilson on her "dry drawls." Sabo raced the tram at the airport at 12 am.

I'm Megan Fox. You stay classy, Women's Soccer Team.

Megan Fox is a senior from Atlanta. She would love to answer e-mail questions from Emory recruits and fans.