We met on the beaches of Asbury Park in August of 2017. Tina's best friend, Nicole, invited her to come to the beach to play football with the Women's Underground Flag Footballers, who Cara had been playing with for some time. As fate would have it, Tina finally had a day off from her job and agreed to go with Nicole and play. She was added to Cara's team as a receiver. As QB, Cara threw Tina three touchdowns. Tina even sprained her ankle on one of the plays and kept going. At lunch afterwards, at McGillicuddy's (now Deal Lake Bar & Co), Cara devised a plan to keep in touch with Tina: She asked her to play in her upcoming volleyball tournament, and to do so, would need Tina's number. The rest is history.