Florida and Georgia

Over the weekend the Hokies traveled to Athens, Georgia to play two games.  On Saturday was Florida and Sunday was Georgia.  Saturday's game was was the tale of two halves.  The Gators were the first to score but Tech answered quickly and gained a four goal lead.  Florida scored three quick ones right before half time to make it 10-8 with the Hokies still in the lead.  After halftime the momentum had changed and Tech just ran out of gas.  Florida was clearly better conditioned.  Simply put, Virginia Tech didn't play a full 60 minutes and Florida did.  The final score was 14-13 Florida.

Then on Sunday, Tech looked flat.  Maybe it was the rain, the travel, or the disappointing loss the day before.  No matter what, there is no excuse for how they played.  There were good plays, don't get me wrong, Tech did have some pretty goals, but everyone had a lot they could improve on.  Again, Tech failed to show up in the second half and let Georgia right back in the game after having a pretty good lead early on.  Georgia tied it up with a couple minutes left.  The Hokies had two penalties at the end of the game, the second coming as an early release of the first making the Hokies play man down the last minute and a half of regulation.  The man down squad stepped up big with C.J. Babb making a clutch interception in the final seconds to force overtime.  A minute or so into overtime the ball was fed to Kevin Hayden on the crease who dumped it in for the win.  Virginia Tech is now 4-1 and faces two tough opponents, Florida State and Tennessee, next weekend in Knoxville.