Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Making History, Randolph College Women's lacrosse takes their first ever spring break trip!

Hilton Head, South Carolina


“Lacrosse 24/7. That was our spring break. From team scavenger hunts, to double sessions, to villa rivalries, these five days definitely bonded our team in a whole new sense. We literally spent every waking moment together. Starting at 6am on Saturday morning! We rode nine hours shoved in a van. We got Dunkin’ Donuts, which our Boston girls, Coach Wagner and Courtney Kellogg, were ecstatic about. Waited at Subway for 9,283,759,845 hours because some guy in front of us decided he really wanted 12 subs. After arriving in Hilton Head we quickly changed into our practice clothes and went straight out to the field for practice. We all got good sleep that night because we knew we had a tough game ahead of us on Sunday.


Our first game during spring break (second game of the season) was a devastating loss in the sweltering heat against Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), 13-1. We then had a double session the following day on a field that was conveniently located next to a dog park. In case any of you don’t already know, we have two crazy animal lovers on our team (Jess Anderson and Coach Meg) so needless to say; we occasionally had some issues focusing on our drills.


Tuesday we had a normal practice during which we prepared for our game against Mount Saint Joseph’s the following day. And that night we got to feel like girls again and get dressed up to go out for a nice dinner at Hibachi…YUM.


Wednesday we played Mount Saint Joseph’s. We suffered a heart-breaking loss in sudden death, double overtime. We were all crushed because we fought so hard and the win was so close, but our coaches knew just what to do to cheer us up: an intense scavenger hunt throughout Hilton Head. To give you an idea of what this was like, I’ll give you some examples of what was on the list: take a picture with a cute puppy (I wonder which coach put THAT one on there…), bring back a cute boy, take a picture of an alligator…just to name a few.


I think that we all can agree that Thursday was a day that nobody wanted to come because everyone was having such a great time. But we didn’t go home before stopping at the outlets…especially Nike. Then we hopped into the van for another 9 hour ride packed tight in that stupid van. We stopped at a rest stop about 45 min after departure where Coach Wags started hysterically laughing to the point of tears at the sight of Nushaa and Jess sprinting after the van because she drove off like we were going to leave them.


Spring Break 2011=Success. Jess Anderson was able to get her long awaited “pinnie tan”. But most importantly, we were able to bond as a team, which was really special to me because this was the first time I was really able to get close with the girls since I came to Randolph since I transferred in for spring semester. It was nice to know that NOW since we did this trip we are a lacrosse family! ”


Ashley Edwards ‘14