On The Road Again-Willie Nelson

Six long away games, one home opener, and here we are, back on the road again for another three straight games. Before I get ahead of myself, let me recapture Wednesday's home opening victory over Norwich University. With fuels running very low after a long spring break and only Sunday to recuperate, we were back at the drawing boards in preparation for the Cadets of Norwich. Norwich is most notably known for being a Military College, as well as for having an outstanding hockey program that competes in division three. The Cadets were coming in 0-2 and hungry for a victory. We knew we seriously could not just take them easy or else it would be an embarrassing performance in front of our home crowd, who put on quite the attendance show. It was probably due to the gorgeous weather that we have been having up here in the burgh.

With all conditions perfect and a brand new mix tape that I put together the night before that got us pretty pumped, no excuses could be made now. A huge night from Travers, Hastings, and Lawrence and it was pretty much the beginning of the end for the Cadets. Our defense ( Lind, Phillips, and Gargiulo/Glass) and Gordie played exceptional, only allowing 1 goal before they were retired for the night. However we did suffer a minor lose that night with a scary yet not serious injury to Joey Kramer. Joey doing what Joey does, as you guys might have seen in the recent video, threw a one handed wrap check where he actually dislocated his shoulder. With the help of our doctor and training staff, a quick 1, 2, and 3... and it was popped back in, but still was the conclusion of his night. At the end of the game, I think you can give a great deal of compliments to the guys who normally do not play a lot, and when they all got in, they showed that they are capable of stepping up and that they are not just fading away due to playing time. Guys like AT (Andrew Tralango) who is just on the verge of being a big contributor, had his first collegiate goal in some pretty fashion. Freshman Frankie Falcone held it down at the face-off X going two for two and hitting pipe twice on two good shots.

Okay, well I have been working diligently on the spring break video but with other larger issues like midterms, housing for next semester, and scholarships going on, I cannot issue a release date yet. It is currently 11:30 and I am the only one in this blue room left for the night, kind of creepy. Tomorrow we head 4 1/2 hours to Morrisville at 8AM. Game is scheduled for 3PM. The team will be with out a couple of key players, Joey Krammer (injury), Mike Lind (sickness), and Will Hockenjos (injury), but we will have to get it done.

Before I go I want to give another crazy shout out to MIT again. They somehow have received top 20 votes on InsideLacrosse for this past week. With a 2-1 record I do not know what constitutes such a decision but hey, I am a huge fan of what they are doing over there and I have much respect for all the guys sticking this season out and playing with what you have and making it work. That is what defines TEAM, if you ask me.

Wrapping this night up, because rest is much needed, I leave you with two pretty awesome videos. One is one that I had much to do with in terms of the editing process. It is an inside GoPro video look of snowboarding and skiing Whiteface Mountain, a huge attraction up here in North Country, filmed by sophomore Alex Carnoxide featuring coach Pedrick and sophomore Anthony Pafundi. The second is a a documentary of a very, very talented high school lacrosse team in which one of our own is from. Jamesville-Dewitt, Gordie Ghering's alma mater, has been featured in Inside Lacrosse on their tremendous accomplishments at the high school level. The video is done pretty awesome if you ask me.

Hope to see you all tomorrow. Good night.

-Mike Santi #12