EC Mens Lax

This week marks the second week of the Elmira College Mens lacrosse season. Coming in as a freshman I did not really know what to expect as far as playing a college sport is concerned, but so far it has been a lot better than expected. We started back in the fall with fall ball practices, an alumni game, a purple and gold inner squad schrimmage game, and a game against SUNY Cobleskill and Broome Community College. These all went really well for us. We shut out SUNY Cobleskill and defeated BCC very nicely. Now its the real deal and we are working hard.

Playing on a college team is much different than playing for a high school team, much more fun and exciting. The intensity level on my high school team was very minimal and no one was really excited once the season time came around, no one really enjoyed going to practice and when everyone was having fun when the spring time came around after school, many of the guys on the team did not want to be there. College is much different, and I like that a lot.

Every practice I feel as though there is a solid intensity level and that every one of the guys on the team is there, ready to play, and excited about it. Everyone works hard and there are no excuses. "New year, new team" is the motto that has enveloped the 2010 EC mens lacrosse team, and we're ready to proove something.

I feel blessed with the opportunity to continue to play lacrosse at the next level, and opportunity that I feel i would not have had if I had gone to another school. One of the pluses about going to a small school like EC is that I am able to play on a varsity team even though I was not recruited, and it gives me the chance to stay in shape, and open myself to new opportunities and new people.