And so, the competition has ended.
Both the men and women's team came back without any medals.
Still, we stood with our heads up high.

Indeed, the Hawks have improved in tremendous form as compared to last year's performance.
It was obvious - the women's team especially.
The Hawks sent two women's team, respectively captained by Suleen and Wai Wai.
Despite having many new kids on the block, the women definitely proved to be a deadly threat.
Their pace were much quicker, they were much more physical, their composure pulled through and their team spirit were on a high.
Suleen's team actually managed to get into the semi-finals, whereas Wai Wai team lost just by a slight goal difference.
Even though they lost in the semis, they showed great determination.
With Suleen's injured ankle, they were practically down to three men.
It was tough.
They lost...
But really, it didn't matter that much.
There was improvement and that proved something about our team.


The men's team did great as well.
The Hawks sent two men's team, led by Gary and another by Christopher.
Christopher's team somehow got themselves into the group of "death".
Moreover, it was their first time playing together as a team since Alumnis, Andrew Ng and Sadat Foster, only came back the night before the competition and therefore, had no prior training together.
Although they lost all 3, it was a well spent RM70 with good fun and team spirit.
Gary's team, on the other hand, made it far.
They surprised themselves by making it through into the quarter-finals!
The UniHawks Zirconium managed to hold down the Frontliners Revolution to a 0-0 draw.
However, they lost by penalty shoot-outs in the end which was, somewhat controversial.
Nonetheless, great job guys!!

As fun as the competition was, it was somewhat poignant as well.
For many of the senior players, it was their last competitive floorball competition as an official Minden Underdawgs/UniHawks player.
As the semester closes in, many would be leaving back to their respective hometown by the end of this week.
The competition was definitely memorable in more ways than one.

A special tribute to Mervin Menon #12 - It was an inspiring performance from the senior player wearing the unmistakable number 12 jersey as he played his last competitive floorball match here in Penang. All the best in your future undertakings!
Once a hawk, always a Hawk!