Getting Ready to Say Goodbye

This season has gone by so quickly, and it is rapidly coming to a close. We had our senior game two weeks ago and it was really emotional. There are 3 of us seniors on the team and it is really weird that this is our last year and we will never play lacrosse competitively again. It is a strange feeling. We’re trying not to get too emotional because we still have the rest of our season to focus on.

We also had our senior/alumni banquet last weekend at Eli’s on Whitney. The entire team was there as well as some of our alumni and our parents. The underclassmen made us scrapbooks of our four years playing lacrosse and got us all really nice gifts. Out of all my 5 years playing lacrosse I think that this is one of the closest teams that I’ve ever been on. We are all really good friends off the field and I think that helps on the field. It is unusal to have a team where the seniors are so close with the younger girls, but there are only three of us, so we’ve really bonded with the younger girls. Most of these girls are my best friends and we have a great team camaraderie. The banquet was really nice, but it was also kind of weird cause I can remember sitting at the banquet when I was a freshman thinking it was so far away, and like its my last year and that feels like yesterday. But it’s been a great season and when it’s over the three of us seniors will be able to look back and cherish it but for now we have to try to stay focus and win an NEC Championship!!

Looking Ahead to the NEC’s

After finishing out the season at UCONN Tuesday night, we are ready to get down to Maryland and play in this NEC Championship! I can’t believe it is already the end of the season; it has gone by sooo quickly. We had a rough couple of games to end the season. We had two very long road trips in a row, and I think we became a little tired and we were playing flat. Last weekend we went to Monmouth for a huge NEC game that we lost, and then we traveled upstate NY to Colgate and lost there as well. We just played really flat and the team was just kind of burned out. After a day off on Monday, we came out rejuvenated and played really well against UCONN. They are top 20 in the nation so we knew it was going to be a tough game, but we played really well and it was a great tune-up for our weekend. We are playing Mount St. Mary’s on Friday and it should be a really good game. We lost our regular season match up with them, 9-8, and it was a game that we really should have won. But we are playing a lot better now then we were back in the beginning of the season when we first played Mount. It should be a great game, and I know the team is really excited to get down there. We’ve lost in the NEC semi-finals for the past two years and I know this year everyone really wants to get over that hump. We are leaving really early Thursday morning to get down to Maryland and practice and get ready for our game on Friday. If we come out firing and play well as a team, I think we have a great chance to make it to the finals!!!

Making NEC’s

We’ve finished our regular season and after closing out the season with a record of 9-8 and 5-3 in the NEC’s, the Quinnipiac women’s lacrosse team has qualified for the NEC tournament. The tournament starts on Friday, April, 27, 2007. Mount Saint Mary’s will be this year’s conference host. The schedule for Friday is Quinnipiac vs. Mount St. Mary’s at 1pm and then Sacred Heart vs. Monmouth at 3pm. The winner of those two games will play each other for the championship on Sunday, April 29, 2007. The team is really excited to get down there and play the tournament.

Winding Down the Regular Season

On Tuesday Night we had our regular season finale against UCONN. It was their senior day and the game was played under the lights. UCONN is ranked number 19 in the nation and they are a really good team, so it was a great test for us. We came out and held our own and I was really proud of the way we played. We ended up losing 13-7 but it was a well fought game. We played them in the fall and lost 21-3, so it was a big improvement. We had a tough last couple of games, losing our last three, so it was nice to come out and really gel as a team. Even though we didn’t win, it was a great tune-up for our NEC championship tournament this upcoming weekend. The whole team is really excited about it and I think we have an excellent chance going in.