After a disappointing loss to a tough Princeton team, we had a short turn around before a game Tuesday night, then another one Friday. It’s usually one or two weeks a year that this happens, having 3 games in ten days. It was a great test for our team in seeing how we could respond to our first loss of the season. Despite everyone being tired and sore, not to mention the fact that it was midterm week for most of the team, we pulled together and worked hard throughout the whole week in game planning.
So, Monday rolled around and we had a game plan for a Mount Saint Mary’s team that was having one of its best seasons in their school history. It was no easy task as they had a great attack unit and we were dealing with a short turn around before the game.
We had our usual Sammi’s dinner that night before the game, but instead of going to the restaurant, we got it delivered. It was a nice change as we all went in our main film room and turned on some television. Went home that night after the dinner, did a little bit of homework, then it was early to bed for me. I had two classes on Tuesday throughout the day before heading up to the Cordish Lacrosse Center to prep for the game.
A couple hours later we came out victorious, and the first thing that was said in the huddle afterwards was to not celebrate too much, we had UMBC coming to Homewood Field on Friday night, and they were not going to be an easy team to plan for or beat. The next day was when the huge storm was supposed to hit Baltimore; even a few of the other games around the country were cancelled because of the hype that this storm was producing. We had a much needed day inside the gym of the Athletic Center, where we were able to stretch and run through plays and match ups about UMBC. It was obvious everyone was a little tired and worn out, but as we always do, we powered through and continued to prep and get better as a team.
When Thursday rolled around, we had watched plenty of film on our opponents and were just putting the finishing touches on certain strategies for certain areas of our game for Friday night. The practice was a crisp one and it was obvious that we were ready to play on Friday.
Once again, for the third time in just over a week, we had Sammi’s delivered to the Cordish Center (CLC). While one would think that it would be easy to get sick of a food eating it that much, it is really tough to do with a place that is just that delicious. We went home the Thursday night and rented a movie. We went with the new 007: Skyfall, which I was a huge fan of and would recommend seeing. Before I knew it I was leaving my Neuroscience class heading to get food before rolling up to another big game on ESPNU.
The game ended and we pulled out another big win for our team. This week it’s all about one of our main rivals in Syracuse. We travel there on Friday for our Saturday afternoon game. Beat the Orange! #greatdaytobeajay
