The Quest

T he week has been long and grueling.  It has taken us many attempts to create the perfect protein shake that doesn’t make us violently hurl, causing much damage to Mojo’s house and those around us.  Taking some advice from our avid readers (Blaire), we have come up with something that slides smoothly down our gullets.  Our recipe – strawberry yogurt with frozen blueberries and four cubes of ice (if we have any more, it becomes to solid and we can’t chug it). When we find enough change on the ground we are going to buy orange juice to add to our fabulous recipe, which we believe will make the perfect shake. 

    

USA Women's National Team Announces Rugby World Cup Player Pool, 2010 Schedule

February 23, 2010 - issued by Ashley Voss

"We have selected a pool of players we feel will best contribute to the foundation and continued development of the squad who will represent the USA in the 2010 World Cup,” Coach Flores said.

From MNDAILY.COM

Alumna tries for second World Cup

Christy Ringgenberg is currently trying out to be a member of Team USA’s 15-woman rugby World Cup team. Christy Ringgenberg captained Team USA in 2009.   Andressa Lunardelli

The sport is known around the world as rugby, and one University of Minnesota alumna is trying to put the most recent Olympic addition on the map in the United States.

“You have to have field sense and you have to be competitive,” Tierney said. “You can’t walk into rugby not having done anything competitive and captain an international team.”

By RUGBYMag.com Staff

RUGBYMag.com ends 2009 with a nod to the women's awards. After much thought and debate, here are our picks:

Player of the Year/7s Player of the Year: Christy Ringgenberg. We have separate awards, but not this year, as Ringgenberg does enough to get both. She is among the best women 7s players in the world, and captained the USA to within two points of the World Cup final, scoring three tries and seven conversions in the process. Not thought of as a XVs Eagle, she broke into the USA team this year. She scored the winning try for USA A v. Canada A (the fact that it was wrongfully disallowed matters little) and simply energized the team whenever she stepped on the field. In the Nations Cup she led the Eagles with 19 points from two tries, three conversions and a penalty. Humble and very smart, she's our pick.

Honorable mention: Blair Groefsema, who is a superb athlete and really getting it.