Third Week of Second Semester
Matt Wilder here and I am back with my third blog as a lacrosse student-athlete. My first two weeks were rough, but this week was much better even though it was incredibly busy. Since the student part was uneventful in a good way, I’m going to focus entirely on the athlete part this week. Saturday, we had our second scrimmage of the season and played four quarters to simulate a game. It was fun, but with no subs for either team, it was also brutal. Guys were getting tired and started to make mistakes. Thankfully we had a halftime and went inside to get a 10 min break. That was the best thing to happen. When we went back out there, my team started to click. We quickly scored a goal and on our next possession, I had a clear that led to a goal with another that quickly followed. We ended up winning the scrimmage. Sunday was supposed to be our rest day to recover and catch up on homework. We look forward to these days but because my homework was done, I stupidly I decided to run on th...