On the Road Again

By: Deb Wallace

May 15, 2005 - OTSEGO, MI - The Toledo Spitfire has taken another road trip. This time they traveled just north of Kalamazoo, MI to the town of Otsego to face the SW Michigan Jaguars. It was the Spitfire’s third game of the season and the second one on the road. The women of the Spitfire knew that this game was going to be a tough one, since they were going up against an undefeated team on their home field. But they were ready to play and they played hard.

For the third game in a row, there was outstanding play by the defense all night. They forced three fourth down situations on the Jaguars, and came up with a turnover on downs for two of them. They also held the Jaguars scoreless in the first and fourth quarters. Joy Youster and Sandra Bowen led the defense, with good help from Amy Wilkins and Jessie Torda. Youster is continuing with punting duty, and she averaged about twenty yards per punt in this game. The defensive line did the most damage on the Jaguars during Point After Touchdown attempts by blocking all four that were tried. The only way for the Jaguars to add points after a touchdown was to run a two-point conversion play, which they did successfully twice. Denise Thompson helped to keep the Jaguars scoreless in the first quarter by making the one and only fumble recovery that the Spitfire would get. Late in the fourth quarter, Heather Inderrieden intercepted the ball in the end zone, helping to keep the Jaguars off the board in that quarter. On the offensive side of the ball, Inderrieden led the Spitfire with two great receptions, and Torda who carried the ball well. Youster and Wilkins also had a few short carries in the game. Although they lost 40-0, the Spitfire played their best game so far this season and against a very tough team. They are working hard and looking forward to their next game in the hopes of getting their first win of the season.

The next game will be at home Saturday, May 21^st against the Milwaukee Momentum. They will play at home again on Saturday, May 28^th against the Kentucky Karma.

Notes: The Spitfire dressed 19 women, the Jaguars had 35. The Spitfire are now 0-3, the Jaguars improved their record to 4-0. More information can be found at www.toledospitfire.com.