D.C. Divas and Boston Militia Prepare for Record Sixth Straight Playoff Game

Neal Rozendaal
Watch the D.C. Divas @ Boston Militia Saturday July 5, 6pm EST

Washington, DC – You may have heard this story before. The Divas’ season, it seems, always comes down to this.

When the D.C. Divas (5-3) travel to Boston Saturday to face their archrivals, the Boston Militia (8-0), it will mark the sixth consecutive season that these two teams have faced each other in the playoffs. It will break the record for most playoff meetings between any pair of teams in women’s football history, currently shared by the Sacramento Sirens and Seattle Majestics (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2012).

What’s incredible about the Divas’ and Militia’s rivalry, however, is that these two teams have clashed in the postseason six years in a row. The D.C. Divas and Boston Militia have met in the playoffs every season since 2009. Other than the Divas and Militia, no two teams in women’s football history have ever met in the playoffs more than three seasons in a row.

The D.C. Divas qualified for the conference semifinal round with a convincing 69-8 victory over the Columbus Comets. “It was probably the best all-around performance we’ve ever had against Columbus,” Divas head coach Alison Fischer remarked. “We have a lot of respect for the Comets. They have some great athletes and they’re very physical, so to have that kind of performance against a team like Columbus feels pretty good.”

In their regular season finale, the Divas fell behind against the Boston Militia, 21-0, a deficit that largely contributed to the Divas’ 29-28 defeat. Fischer was particularly pleased with how the Divas were ready to play from the opening whistle against Columbus.

“We challenged the team to get off to a faster start, and I think they did that on both sides of the ball. That was very good to see,” Fischer said. “You like to see the offense and the defense clicking at the right time and building as the season goes on, and I think we definitely responded and rebounded against Columbus.”

Now the Divas must hit the road to face a team that has beaten them twice this season by a combined five points. Both regular season contests against Boston came down to the final minute, and while the Divas have improved enough to challenge the Militia until the final whistle, they know that the final step – actually triumphing over Boston – is the most difficult one.

“Both of our games against Boston were really close and tough losses,” Coach Fischer confirmed. “They’ve beaten us several years in a row, and we’re still continuing our climb. But our players are excited to get one more shot to try to beat them, so we’re looking forward to it.”

The winner of the Divas-Militia contest advances to the Eastern Conference championship game. The Divas have never made it to the conference title game since joining the WFA in 2011, because they have bumped heads against the Militia before reaching the conference championship each time. Although it’s just a conference semifinal matchup, playoff games between the Militia and Divas have so much intensity and high-quality play that they take on the feel of championship-level contests.

Fischer feels that the Divas’ tough schedule has prepared them for this moment. “Even our regular season meetings with Boston feel like playoff games,” Fischer said. “Whenever we play Boston, there’s a lot riding on the outcome because of the quality of the two teams and the nature of our rivalry.”

Most Playoff Meetings in Women’s Football – All-Time
6 – D.C. DIVAS & BOSTON MILITIA (2009-2014)
5 – Sacramento Sirens & Seattle Majestics (2003-2005, 2007, 2012)
3 – D.C. DIVAS & COLUMBUS COMETS (2006, 2013, 2014)
3 – Boston Militia & Chicago Force (2011-2013)
3 – Chicago Force & Dallas Diamonds (2008, 2010, 2013)
3 – Columbus Comets & West Michigan Mayhem (2005, 2006, 2009)
3 – New York Sharks & Atlanta Xplosion (2005-2007)
3 – Oklahoma City Lightning & Pensacola Power (2003-2005)
3 – Detroit Demolition & Pensacola Power (2002, 2003, 2005)

Around the WFA – The winner of the Divas-Militia game will advance to the National Conference championship game against the winner of the Chicago Force and Miami Fury. The reigning WFA champion Chicago Force (7-1) began their title defense with a dominating 66-0 victory over the West Michigan Mayhem. The Force are making their 11th playoff appearance, tied with the Divas for the most playoff appearances in women’s football history…The Miami Fury (7-2), on the other hand, won the southeast region championship by going on the road and upsetting the reigning southeast champion Atlanta Phoenix, 9-7. It was the first non-forfeit playoff victory in the Fury’s franchise history, which dates back to 2000.

In the Midwest Region championship, the Austin Outlaws will travel to take on the Kansas City Titans. The Austin Outlaws (8-1) narrowly held off the Minnesota Machine in the previous round, 14-3. The Outlaws are one win away from qualifying for their first conference championship game since 2002, when they advanced to their only national championship game in team history…Standing in their way are the Kansas City Titans (9-0), who easily handled the WFA’s other Texas team, the Houston Power, in the previous round. It was the first official playoff victory for the Titans, a team that was formed in 2013 from a merger of the Kansas City Spartans and Kansas City Tribe. The Titans hope to be the first Kansas City team to advance to a conference championship game since the Tribe captured the national title in 2009.

In the Pacific region, the Seattle Majestics (8-1) pulled off the upset of the conference quarterfinal round, traveling to Fresno and toppling the Central Cal War Angels, 13-12. Seattle is attempting to move on to the conference championship game for the first time since 2008, when they fell to the eventual national champion Dallas Diamonds…Seattle will host the San Diego Surge (9-0), who advanced to the conference semifinals by downing a stubborn Las Vegas Showgirlz squad, 48-16. The Surge, who have a 41-3 record since 2011, are looking to get back to the national title game for the third time in four years and add another trophy to the national championship they won in 2012.

Study Gives Overweight Adults Hope For Health

 

For years, being overweight was among the worst health stigmas and with good reason. To be obese medically classified as being at least 20 percent above your ideal body weight  was associated with a lack of self-discipline, as well as an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and some types of cancer. It was considered common knowledge that extra poundage  plain and simple would always lead to an early grave.

But does it?

While being overweight is certainly a health risk, a recent study suggests that the odds of dying of cardiovascular disease may be linked more closely to fitness than to fatness. In the March 1999 issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers report that overweight men who were physically fit (as measured by performance on a treadmill) were less likely to die of all causes, including heart disease, than men who were lean but unfit.

Overall, it's better to be lean than to be fat, because fatness is still an independent risk factor for cardiac disease as well as many other diseases, says Kerry J. Stewart, Ed.D., an associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins and director of cardiac rehabilitation and prevention at its Bayview Medical Center. But among those who are fat, the handful who are fit seem to have a good degree of protection from death from various causes.

Specifically, the study followed nearly 22,000 men aged 30 to 83 years for an average of eight years. They were broadly categorized by cardiovascular fitness level (fit or unfit) and body weight (lean, normal or obese). Regardless of their body weight, those who were fit had lower death rates. In fact, unfit lean men had more than twice the risk of dying of all causes than obese men who were physically fit.

The results of this study are encouraging for those who exercise regularly and achieve fitness, but are still overweight. Although body weight is determined mainly by how much you eat and exercise, genetics can play a part. Some people will never be thin, even if they exercise daily. Nevertheless, these people will still be better off in terms of better health, a better quality of life and a lowered risk of death.

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Big Train Fall To Braves

Box Score: L, 4-3 The Big Train had their eyes set on victory as they played the Herndon Braves on a hot Tuesday night at Povich Field.  Bo Logan (Florida Atlantic) took the mound for the first inning for the Big Train in a 4-3 loss in extra innings.  Ray Lambert (Cal State Northridge) came in to the game in the second inning and pitched four innings giving up one run on five hits. Luis Collazo (Virginia Tech) pitched the next four innings for the Big Train and secured the hold, giving up no runs and no hits. Cody Brown (Mississippi State) hit a solo shot in his first action as the lead off hitter for the Big Train.  This home run marked Brown's his third homer in four games and his third game in a row with a homer at Povich. In the bottom of the 1st inning, the Braves were able to score two runs on five hard-hit singles off of Logan. The Braves crossed the plate for another run in the 3rd inning to give them a 3-1 lead over the Big Train. The Big Train were able to tie the ball game at three in the top of the 5th.  The bases were loaded after a Justin Morris (Maryland) walk, and singles by Cody Brown and Logan Farrar (Virginia Commonwealth).  With Brandon Lowe (Maryland) batting, Morris scored on a wild pitch that also moved Brown to third base.  Brown scored later in the at-bat after Lowe grounded out to first base. In the bottom of the 5th, the Braves threatened to score but all hope was quelled when Cody Brown gunned a Braves runner out at third base trying to go first to third on a single.  Lambert then struck out the next batter to end the inning. The 10th inning was the last of the game, as the Braves hit a walk off double to score a runner who was hit by a pitch.

2014 CRCBL Standings    TEAM W L % GB BIG TRAIN  18 4 .818  - Rockville Express 14 9 .609 4.5 Baltimore Redbirds 12 8 .600 5 Alexandria Aces 12 10 .545 6 Vienna River Dogs 10 10 .500 7 Herndon Braves 10 10 .500 7 Youse's Orioles 10 12 .455 8 Gaithersburg Giants 10 13 .435 8.5 DC Grays 9 14 .391 9.5 SS-Takoma T-Bolts 8 13 .381 9.5 Baltimore Dodgers 6 16 .273 12

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Exercise Can Ward Off Gallstones

 

Study Offers More Reason to Get Fit

(MSNBC News Services, )  Exercise isn't just good for the heart your gallbladder will thank you, too. Women who exercise two to three hours a week cut their risk of excruciatingly painful gallstones by nearly one-third compared with women who don't exercise at all, according to a study at the Harvard School of Public Health.

THE USUAL treatment for painful gallstones is removal of the gallbladder, and about 500,000 Americans, two-thirds of them women, have their gallbladders taken out each year. The operations and hospitalization cost more than $5 billion a year, and the problem is the most common and costly digestive disease requiring hospitalization, according to the National Institutes of Health.

An earlier study by the same group looked only at men, even though women are twice as likely to develop gallstones. This study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, confirmed the earlier findings.

STUDY DETAILS

The researchers, led by Dr. Michael F. Leitzmann, looked at 60,290 women who were ages 40 to 65 in 1986 and had no history of gallstone disease. The women filled in surveys every two years about their activity. Overall, women who exercised about 30 minutes a day cut their risk of gallbladder surgery by 31 percent.

Obesity increases the risk of gallstones, as does rapid weight loss. But even after the researchers took obesity and recent weight changes into account, the exercisers were still 20 percent less likely to undergo gallbladder surgery.

POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS

The researchers theorize that exercise may reduce the cholesterol content of bile, the digestive juice stored in the gallbladder. That could reduce the number of gallstones, since 80 percent of the gallstones in this country are solid cholesterol. Also, people who exercise have more active large intestines and better levels of blood sugar and insulin, all of which may reduce the risk of gallstones.

Women who sit for 41 to 60 hours a week  that's most women with desk jobs were found to be 42 percent more likely to need their gallbladders removed than those who spend six hours or less sitting down. At more than 60 hours a week, the risk skyrockets: A woman is 132 times as likely to need gall bladder surgery as someone who spends most of her waking hours on her feet.

I think many diseases that are problems for us in the United States are lifestyle-oriented, said Dr. Joe Hines, a professor at UCLA Medical School. I think this is another study which points out the importance of Americans being more physically active.

Dr. Rudra Rai, a professor of gastroenterology at Johns Hopkins University, said the results aren't surprising, but the study was the first he has seen to sort the effects of exercise out from a vast array of other factors, such as weight, age, hormone replacement therapy, diabetes, smoking, alcohol and caffeine.

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University of the District of Columbia Announces Hiring of Kaitlyn Pasko as Assistant Women’s Lacrosse Coach

July 1, 2014

Kaitlyn Pasko will assist Head Coach Melynda Brown with recruiting, practices, and all day-to-day operations of the women’s lacrosse program.

WASHINGTON, DC – Head coach Melynda Brown has announced the hiring of Kaitlyn Pasko as the Assistant Women's Lacrosse Coach at the University of the District of Columbia on July 1^st, 2014.

 

"We are incredibly fortunate to have Kaitlyn join our staff here at UDC," Brown said. "She brings the experience of playing and coaching at the Division I level as well as her successful coaching and recruiting ability from the Division II level. Kaitlyn will help our program continue to improve with her strong work ethic and knowledge of the game."

 

Pasko, who served as an Assistant Coach at Division I George Mason this past season, will assist Brown with recruiting, practices, and all day-to-day operations of the women's lacrosse program which enters its second season in Spring 2015.

 

At George Mason, Pasko helped guide the Patriots to a 7-9 overall record – a two-win improvement from the previous season that included an 11-9 victory at St. Bonaventure in their first ever conference game as a member of the Atlantic 10. Mid-season, she seamlessly assumed the roles of offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator, and helped steer three of her players toward All-Atlantic 10 honors, including senior Rachel Obregon, who finished 6^th in the league with 45 points behind 33 goals and 12 assists. Pasko also took on a number of administrative tasks such as uploading film from each home game in compliance with IWLCA regulations, scheduling and budgeting all team meals and travel, and supervising the team's study-hall hours each week. Additionally, she served as Assistant Director of TRIO Lacrosse Camps.

 

Before GMU, Pasko spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Division II Le Moyne. While at Le Moyne, Pasko helped lead the Dolphins to three consecutive NCAA Division II Tournament appearances, reaching the semifinals in 2011 and 2012 and the quarterfinals in 2013. Le Moyne captured the regular season Northeast-10 Conference Championship in 2012 and 2013 and the NE-10 Tournament Championship in 2013.

 

At Le Moyne, Pasko acted as the offensive coordinator, recruiting coordinator and assistant director of Ultimate Draw Lacrosse Camps. She was responsible for preparing and managing the team budget and travel, opponent scouting reports, summer/winter workout conditioning packets and individual workout routines. As the offensive coordinator, Pasko designed, coordinated and directed all offensive plays, establishing a unit that included seven players with 25+ points in 2013. Her tenure culminated in six NCAA Division II First Team All-Americans, including the 2013 IWLCA Midfielder of the Year and the 2012 and 2013 Northeast-10 Players of the Year.

 

Pasko was a four-year varsity lacrosse letter winner at Oregon, while also participating four years with the Student-Athlete Advisory Council and making the Dean's List and MPSF All-Academic Team. She is a 2010 graduate of the University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and earned a Masters of Business Administration in May 2013 from Le Moyne College.

Big Train Fall To Redbirds,NPR From Povich Field

Big Train Fall To Redbirds  Box Score: L, 4-3 On Monday night, the Bethesda Big Train looked to get back on track after losing the night before as they traveled to Baltimore to play the Redbirds. Henry Sisson (North Carolina) -- pictured above -- got the start and went six innings, giving up five hits and three earned runs against six strikeouts.  The Big Train lost 4-3, and have their first two-game losing streak of the season. The Big Train opened up the scoring in the top of third.  Logan Farrar (Virginia Commonwealth) hit a sacrifice fly to score Andrew Brown (San Diego State).  Later in the inning, Brandon Lowe (Maryland) singled and scored Tony DiLeo (Eastern Michigan) to make the score 2-0 Big Train. The two run lead was safe until the Redbirds scored two runs in the bottom of the 7th.  And in the bottom of the 8th, the Redbirds tacked on two more runs to give them a 4-2 lead. In the 9th inning, the Big Train looked to rally and make a comeback but were unable to and only scored one run in the top of the 9th. Notes:  Cody Brown (Mississippi State) had two hits...Come outTuesday night to see the Herndon Braves take on the Big Train at Shirley Povich Field.

NPR From Povich Field    NPR's Weekend Edition ran a piece Sunday on the fading art of baseball score keeping-and told the story through the words of people at a Bethesda Big Train baseball game. Don Gonyea, NPR's national political correspondent, put campaigns and elections aside for one night and reported on baseball spectators and officials who chronicle every pitch and play. Gonyea interviewed Big Train founder Bruce Adams; his wife, author and playwright Peggy Engel; and official scorer Glenn Orlin-all three of whom know a thing or two about baseball.  To listen to this segment, click here.

2014 CRCBL Standings    TEAM W L % GB BIG TRAIN  18 3 .857  - Baltimore Redbirds 12 8 .600 5.5 Rockville Express 13 9 .591 5.5 Alexandria Aces 12 9 .571 6 Vienna River Dogs 9 10 .474 8 Herndon Braves 9 10 .474 8 Youse's Orioles 10 12 .455 8.5 Gaithersburg Giants 10 12 .455 8.5 DC Grays 9 14 .391 10 SS-Takoma T-Bolts 8 13 .381 10 Baltimore Dodgers 6 16 .273 12.5

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