Ashley Martinand Katie Poehling first crossed paths at a University of Notre Dame college football game in 2004.
Martin was there with her father, Rex Martin, the owner of Elkhart, Ind.-based valves, fittings, PEX and industrial plastics manufacturerNIBCO. The company was holding a tailgate party for customers, which included LaCrosse, Wis.-based First Supply Co. Poehling is the daughter of First Supply President Joe Poehling and happened at the time to be a first-year law student at Notre Dame.