California!!

This past weekend, we played two games in California.  Kylie Yoshimura, our senior point guard, is from the Los Angeles area.  If we have an out of state student-athlete, we try and go play in our players home state at least once in a their career.  We won both games, went to Disneyland, and Kylie broke the career assist record for UD during our second game.  It was a successful trip! 

Below, Marleyna Bustamante, a sophomore from Donna, TX, takes you along on our road trip.  Enjoy getting to see our team behind the scenes! 

Thursday, November 22^nd:

6:15 A.M: Wake up!!  It’s Thanksgiving Day and also the day we head to California for our tournament!  But first, we must get practice out of the way!

8:30 A.M: Showered, packed, and ready to go the airport with our 2 liter sprite. A few of us were pretty thirsty after practice and had nothing else to drink!

10:30: A.M: We are ready for takeoff.  I was fortunate enough to get a window seat while others weren’t as lucky...

11:30: A.M: Landed in Denver and starved! Good thing coach trust us with her credit card ;) We’re thinking...Panda Express?

1:10 P: M: Flight departs to Orange County, California! So excited to get there..just not for this 3 hour plane ride. Good thing the plane has a TV so some of us can watch our favorite football team! :)

(They were a little more focused on eating Turkey than the game on this one...if that tells you anything!)

2:31 P.M: Hellooooo California! First destination: Disneyland! What we’ve been waiting for all day! We had a lot of first timers so the anticipation was killing us. Unfortunately it was packed as ever, but that didn’t stop us from going on some of the rides! Even if that meant running across Disneyland and hurdling a few strollers to get our hours worth.  There were no reported injuries. Thank God!

7:00 P.M : Made it in one piece to the hotel where they had a delicious Thanksgiving meal prepared and already waiting for us, including pumpkin pie! There was a piece for each one of us so there was no fighting over the last slice.

After Dinner: Everyone showered and went to bed early around 10:30. The time change was definitely kicking our butt especially since our day had started so early. 

Friday, November 23^rd: Game day!!

8:45 A.M: Getting out of bed half asleep to make it to breakfast by 9! We would’ve gotten out of bed at 8:55 but we didn’t want to risk missing breakfast. Some of the choices consisted of pancakes, eggs, sausage, bacon, etc.

9:00 A:M-12:30 P.M : Most of us went back to sleep after breakfast. Lots of us value our sleep! While the rest of us hung out in each others room and watched  Shrek 4 before it was time to meet in the lobby for shoot around.

1:00 P:M : Arrive at Pomona-Pitzer for shoot around. Look at the beautiful view we saw on the way there! 

2.00 P.M : The hotel provided a delicious pre-game meal of pasta! We all definitely got seconds!

2:30-5:00 P.M : Relaxing time! Everyone went into Colleen’s room to watch TV and just hang out. Some people forgot they had their own room and BED…

7:00 P:M: Game time at Pomona Pitzer! Definitely a tough game but came out with the WIN! 67-62!

9:00 P:M:  After eating pizza at the gym we returned back to the hotel. Some of us had a sweet tooth so we made a quick trip to the nearest gas station.  We kept it simple of course.. nothing too fattening like donuts and chocolate ice-cream :p

10:30: Lights out!

Saturday, November 24^th : Game Day #2

8:45 A:M: Breakfast Time!

10:30 A:M Arrived at the K1 Speed Race Track in Ontario. It was an indoor race track for go karts! It was tons of fun!!

We were able to participate in three races where there were different winners for each one based on the top three fastest lap times.  The team had a blast...including the coaches! We were even nice enough to let them win a few races.

1:00 P: M: Shoot around

2.00 P.M: Pre-game meal at the hotel.

3:00 P:M-5:00 P:M : Relaxing time! Nap, watch TV, etc.

7:00 P:M: Another tough and close game but once again we were able to seal the deal and come out with another WIN! 59-55 Definitely the icing on top to a great day and a great weekend!

9:00 Back to the hotel where we once again treated ourselves to some dessert! A few of us went to In N Out while the rest of us went to a nearby Jack in the Box.  What can I say? We just can’t say no to dessert!

11:00 P:M : All packed up and ready to call it a night! 

Sunday November 25^th:

5:30 A.M : Depart for LAX Airport.  Everyone seemed to agree that being up that early should be a crime! The bus had never been so quiet…

7:50 A:M : Depart for DFW! There weren’t any TV’s on the plane this time but that didn’t seem to matter. Just about everyone took a nap on the plane...or at least tried to!

1:30 P:M : Finally back on campus! Our trip couldn’t have gone any better! We went to California, saw Disneyland, stayed in a nice hotel, went to an indoor race track, andddddd most importantly...won our Tournament!!