Surviving School

Matt Wilder, your lacrosse student-athlete with this week’s blog. Today I will be talking about our game against Capital University. This game was a must-win if we wanted a shot at getting a bye-week for playoffs. We needed to not only beat Capital but also beat Baldwin Wallace the following Wednesday. We came into this game a little nervous, but deep down we all knew we would beat them. If you don't know Capital lacrosse, then let me enlighten you. They take a bunch of cheap shots; they yell and curse at you and even disrespect our coaching staff. Hearing that, I bet you know how the game went down. We came out of the gates slow and allowed them to score a decent amount on us early. They even were up 1 goal at the half which was not good because we let their shooters heat up. Luckily, our coach yelled at us in the locker room and put into perspective how important this game was because we were the better team. When we came back to the field we went to work and slowly beat down Cap...

  Matt Wilder, your lacrosse student-athlete with this week’s blog. Today I will be talking about our game against John Carroll. This was an important game because John Carroll generally finishes first in the OAC. If we beat them, we essentially become the best team in the league. Our coaches chose to have us stay the night before on this trip so that we could be well rested and healthy. After practice on Friday, we headed to our hotel and arrived at 10:30 p.m. The plan was to give us some time to relax and eat before going to bed. Sleep was not what I got that night because my housemates were my actual roommate and our next-door neighbor. This arrangement was doomed from the start and we probably got to bed only around 1:00 a.m. Unfortunately, one of my roommates lost his tie and the other forgot to bring his full suit when we woke. This is a huge deal, because when we don't all match in our suit and tie before a game, our coach becomes furious and will not let that person play. T...