by Gator02Coach » Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:55 am
IN Gators went 5-2 this weekend and tied for 1st place in our pool. We lost the tie breaker even with a better pool record of 4-1 compared to 3-2 pool record by the Birmingham Mustangs. It is worth mentioning though the 2 losses by the Mustangs were to 2 teams we beat in our last 2 games on Sunday 7-0 and 6-0 with the latter win coming versus the Easton Elite Heat 02 who at that point had everything to play for (they win they go to 4 team single elimination tourney) and our team who knew beforehand that even if we won we weren't going to go to it because of tie breaker.
I don't want to take any credit away from the Mustangs because they did beat us 4-3 on Sunday morning so when it came down to it, they beat us fair and square. Given that though we bounced back quite well Sunday and I was very proud of our team.
I believe it also is worth mentioning that in our first loss to the GA Select '02 - eventual champions - on Saturday night that we held them to their lowest output of 2 runs the entire weekend. What an incredibly great team to be able to play! Incredible environment Saturday night playing under the lights! Great fans on both sides!
The Select '02 beat the B'ham Bolts '02 in a great game on Sunday to advance out of their pool and then after beating the EC Bullets '02 in the semi-final game beat the #1 ranked team in GA - Georgia Impact '02 in a very emotionally charged Championship game late Sunday 8-6.
Thanks to all the fans down in Georgia for being so welcome !!