Just a little confused...

So we've established the fact that I'm a tennis player for UNK. And though we've been off to a rough start with the lack of facilities to practice in (we've been driving to Grand Island every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) we have been doing what we can to prepare for our upcoming meets. This Friday, we are to head to Lincoln where we will take on UNL. Yah, I said UNL, a Division I team. Well to throw a little more chaos into the mix, instead of our minimum of six players we need to fill all scoring spots, we are down to four, possibly even three. Why are our numbers so low you might ask--injury and sickness are the culprits. So, my confusion begins with the fact, why would we drive to Lincoln to play a very strong Division I team when we may only have three healthy player to compete? The fact is we will already start the meet at 0-5, which means even IF we won the other four matches, we would still lose the meet. If that isn't a reason in itself not to go, here's another one.

We already know that because of the struggling economy universities have been forced to make budget cuts in various areas. UNK has made some cuts in the athletic department. So, now that we may have lost the match before we even set foot on the UNL courts, we are still going to put money into gas, food and lodging just to get to Lincoln to play this match?!?! Doesn't make sense to me! Players are injured and sick, this match doesn't even count towards conference or regional's so I just don't understand why we are spending the money and time trying to play it!!!

Just felt like letting a bit of my fristrations out! Here's the link to our tennis schedule if any of you are feeling up to coming and watching a match or two. http://www.lopers.com/tennis/09schedule.htm. There aren't a whole lot of home meets to choose from this year, as we were spoiled with many home meets last year. I guess all I can do now is sit back and see what happens on Friday!