Jumping into NEC action

Our NEC games started last Friday, when we played at Central Connecticut State. We won 9-6. They were a very conservative team, who held the ball a lot when they had it, so it was a semi-low scoring game. It wasn’t exactly our best effort or the prettiest win, but a win is a win and we will take it. We played horribly in the first half, but came back after getting screamed at during half-time and really played well.

On Sunday, LIU came to Hamden for our second straight NEC game. We knew this was a big game but we were ready for it. We came out really strong and ended up winning 16-8. We played really well as a team and several girls on the team had career days. We also broke a school record, by having this be our 5th consecutive win at home. We go on the road again this weekend, but we will hope to continue that win streak when we are home again next week.

We have two more NEC games this weekend as we travel to Pennsylvania and Pittsburg. We are 2-0 thus far in the NEC and we hope to keep it up!

Spring Break

We had a really busy spring break week; I’m actually kind of excited that it’s over. We had two games over the week, so we had two overnight trips and then stayed in Hamden for the rest of it. I kind of like the campus over spring break because it was just us and the men’s lacrosse team, so it’s nice and quiet. We had team meals, practice and lifting everyday we didn’t have a game, so we were on campus from about 9am to 6pm everyday. It was kind of a long day, but it was a good because we really bonded as a team because we were around each other so much.

On Tuesday morning we left for Philadelphia, for our game against LaSalle. We practiced at LaSalle when we got there and then went to the King of Prussia mall. It was a huge mall and a lot of fun; we spend about 3 hours there and just went shopping. Our game on Wednesday against LaSalle was really good. It was about 72 degrees at game time, which was a nice change from the freezing cold weather we had been playing in.

The warm weather would not last however, because Friday we got about a foot and a half of snow and had to practice inside. We left for Boston Saturday morning to play Harvard on Sunday. Since it was St. Patrick’s Day, we were supposed to walk around Boston after we practiced but it was so cold and rainy that we ended up just going back to the hotel. The game on Sunday was against Harvard was horrible. It was about 20 degrees and snowing the entire time. It was a huge difference from when we were playing in the warm weather just four days earlier!

All in all it was a good break, but our schedule was intense so it will be nice to get back into our normal daily routine. We had off on Monday and will practice the rest of the week to get ready for our game on Friday!

Game vs. Manhattan

We won our game on Sunday, beating Manhattan College 10-9. Overall we played a pretty sloppy game and we were lucky to escape with a win. We were up in the second half by as many as 6 goals and we let them back into the game. But a win is still a win, no matter how ugly, and it’s nice to start the season off 1-0. We had to have a short practice today because it was negative 10 degrees today with the wind chill and were not allowed to be outside for very long. We travel to New York City tomorrow, to play Columbia for our second game. It is supposed to be another very cold day, and there is even snow in the forecast. Hopefully we’ll be able to get the game in and we can come out with another win!!