Freshman Milagros Cubelli brings her Argentinean experiences and philosophy to the blogosphere as the author of the 2012 women’s tennis blog. Cubelli, who suffered a season ending injury in her second match, starts the adventure with an introduction of the team and a recap of the season. Be sure to bookmarkwww.portlandpilots.com/Cubelliblog to get the latest posts!
Freshman Milagros Cubelli after getting hurt earlier this year.
Duty has called and here is Milagros Cubelli reporting what is going on in the Women’s Tennis team at UP. It’s true…our team is not doing as well as the men’s team (they have a fantastic record of 7-1 this season). But who cares? The important thing is that our blog is so much better than theirs. I heard they have a guy from Salum… Salm...Alem…(or something like that) trying to explain what Twitter is about in his blog entry! Really, guys? I know it is difficult to be better than Argentinean writing a blog in English, but come on Jacko! You could have come up with something better!
Hopefully, the women’s tennis blog will be run out by the only Argentinean girl on campus, and that is…. me! Guys, I know that tennis never gets SOLD OUT [Editor’s note: all matches at UP are free to attend] but I can assure you that it will become more popular after you hear my stories.
First, let me introduce you to the team. As our coach repeats everywhere…”we have a very fresh new team this year”. I entered the team this season but after two months here, I think I am able to give a short portrayal of my amazing teammates….
Nastya Polyakova:
- Hometown: Saint-Petersburg, Russia
- Tennis player/Great ice cream eater
- Best shot: cheating on important points (and her forehand of course!!)
- Personality: Just Russian, say no more J
- Hobbies: she makes natural tattoos on her body (she scratches her legs while she plays and they bleed…come and watch, the show is free!)
- Famous phrase: “If they ask…I’m from Russia and I didn’t know”
Valeska Hoath:
-Hometown: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
-Broken Tennis player
-Best shot: Forehand
-Personality: she is a fighter (and a little bit bossy)
-Hobbies: hanging out in the training room
-Famous phrase: “My boyfriend will teach me French and I will know three languages: English, French and Australian”.
Sabine Fuchs:
-Hometown: La Center, Washington
-Tennis player/ President of the WNA (Worldwide Nerds Association)
-Best shot: ten-hour matches! (You can have breakfast, lunch and dinner watching her matches)
-Personality: adorable nerdy
-Hobbies: homework
-Famous phrase: “Oh! No! I will have an exam in two years, I have to start studying now!”
Alice Tucker:
-Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
-Tennis player
-Best shot: backhand and serve (she throws her racket very well too!)
-Personality: Alice “Smiley” Tucker
-Hobbies: making fun of my language barrier.
-Famous phrase: I don’t know because I don’t understand her when she talks. I need subtitles!
Emily “The Turtle” Mahairas:
-Hometown: Seattle, Washington
-Tennis player/ important participations at the circus in Seattle.
-Best shot: Forehand and hard worker.
-Personality: completely crazy!
-Hobbies: Skype...
-Famous phrase: “Skype is the key for happiness”
Katy Krauel
-Hometown: Portland, Oregon.
-Tennis player
-Best shot: running into the walls and hard work.
-Personality: Softy
-Hobbies: she loves to lotion her body
-Famous phrase: “In which part of Europe is Argentina??” (Thanks Krauel!!!!)
Gab Cosette
-Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii.
-Tennis player
-Best shot: Backhand
-Personality: she is from Hawaii and she doesn’t surf, that’s it!
-Hobbies: talking to her knee
And last but not least…
Milagros “The Queen of Pictionary” Cubelli
-Hometown: Buenos Aires or the Training Room
-Injured Tennis Player/ Blogger/ Poet /Clown
-Best shot: falling on the court
-Personality: declared insane
-Hobbies: Bothering people, poetry and having surgeries.
-Famous phrase: “In Argentina we have the best meat of the world” / “Vamos! Dale!”
Now that you know this amazing tennis team, I will make a brief overview of our performance in this season. So far, we defeated Portland State and Seattle U and we lost against University of Oregon, Montana, Washington University and Air Force. But the good thing is that we play good at home so we are ready to beat the Eagles from Eastern Washington this Saturday at the Louisiana Pacific Center at 2:00. Since I will not be shouting “Vamos!” at the court because of my knee injury (just wait to read the poem I wrote to my knee in the next entry) the tennis center will be very quiet. So I invite all of you to watch our match against Eastern Washington this Saturday and keep the Louisiana Pacific Tennis Center loud for me. See you there.
Mili Cubelli
Ps: if someone has an extra wrist or knee (left if possible) please do not hesitate to call me.
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