Amy Mohr

So I have a lot to blog about!!!  Let's start with our best victory of the entire season happening last night!!  It was so SWEET!!!!!!!  We beat Sallen and ended up winning the qualifications!!  We actually ended up in 1st place!!  Yippee!!!

Going into the game last night, we knew that we had to win to stay in the Damligan next year.  There was a possibility that if Eskilstuna won, we could still advance...but we didn't want to rely on that.  We knew that we had to win the game!  We controlled our own destiny.  We started the game and it was very close in the first quarter, but we had the edge 21-16.  Then in the second quarter we started to get a little cold on all our shots...I mean nothing was falling in.  Also it hurt us because Ida picked up her 3rd foul in the 2nd and Shannon was a risk with 2 fouls.  So with those factors, Sallen passed us and lead by 4 pts going into half-time.  At half-time I was a little disappointed with our defense, because I really didn't think that we were putting that much effort into it....I knew we could have been going a lot harder!  So we re-evaluated our defense pressure and decided to pick-up man to man and put the pressure on their guards.  The third quarter got a little scary because Sallen continued to sustain the lead by 5-6 pts through out.  And it almost felt like nothing was working offensively on our end.  So going into the 4th quarter we knew that we had to pick it up!  With about 5 minutes left to go in the game, we were down 6 pts I believe.  Our hopes and dreams of staying in the Damligan were getting a little weaker.  And then, like the snap of a finger...we changed gears!  I mean our defense was AMAZING!!!  We seriously had about 5-6 steals in a row on defense and went on a 23-9 run.  It was absolutely the best thing I have ever experienced playing basketball.  Everybody was playing with their hearts and everything was so emotional!  Our crowd was absolutely ridiculous!  The energy was fantastic!  It just felt so freaking unbelievable!  And we win the game 68-57!!!!!!!



It was really a team effort in this victory!!  EVERYBODY played together and that is the reason for this win no doubt.  I am so proud of us doing this!!  We really did work our butts off at the end of the game!!  That's why we won the game!!  I was also really happy for Anna Ö because I got on her at half-time really bad about playing bad defense.  And then in the 4th quarter she literally gets 5 steals...almost in a row!  She stepped up big...good job girl ;)!  And then of course there was the shot heard round the world from one of the least expected players on our team.  Caroline Sigefelt hits a big time 3 pointer with about 2 minutes remaining in the game to put us up 7pts!!  It was the nail in the coffin!  The entire gym errupted after she made the shot and everybody was absolutely estatic!!  Yeah Caro!!!!!!!!!  I am so happy for her...she has been the heart and soul of the Comets for quite some time!  Ida also played a tough match, her emotion was the best though!  So energetic and determined...she ended up with 13 pts.  Shannon battled vs. the other teams best player the entire game and she did a great job.  She had no idea what to do and was pretty much shut-down once Shannon got into her head!  Also was able to get 3 steals and 16 points!  Great performance!  Anna ended up with 11 points and 11 rebounds (and the 5 steals I already mentioned).  I had 19 pts and 15 rebounds.  And I did knock a girl in the face (not on purpose of course) which actually resulted in her losing a tooth.  I feel pretty bad about that one!  But like I said the entire team played great!  Frida played some tremendous defense on their guards, which she deserves more credit for and Madde was our spark from the bench!  Julia worked her butt off on defense and like always, boosted some more energy for us when we really needed it!  I am so proud of us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



At the end of the game we celebrated like we had just won the world championships!!  It was so GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!  We jumped up and down, hugged every single person we could, and the best part...we sang WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!  HAHA!  It was great!  I stole some of these celebration pictures from our local newspapers!!  A lot of people came up to me after the game to congratulate us!!  We made so many people happy, including ourselves the most!!

THANKS EVERYONE WHO CAME TO SUPPORT US DURING THESE QUALIFICATION GAMES!!  WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT AND COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!!!!!!  THANKS!!!!  YOU ROCK!!!!

Way to end on strong note!
GO COMETS!!