Perserverance is Genius and Patience is a Virtue

"Stop moaning because it didn’t happen today. Nothing happens in a day. It’s exactly the same on any journey, focus on the bigger picture, have fun along the way (ie enjoy the journey, if you’re not, quit and try another journey), you’ll get there and it’ll get better. Just keep making the small iterative changes, be proactive, you can probably get there faster than you think (even if it’s not overnight)."

I think this excerpt goes perfect to how this season is going so far.
Q. Are we happy with what has happened during the last three games? A. No, we are certainly not.
Q. Can we step back and look at the bigger picture? A. Absolutely, SUNYAC conference play coming up this weekend.

After last night's loss which extended our brutal three game loosing streak, the team's morale has been pretty low. Clarkson as I explained in the last blog was a tough pill to swallow because of how the tempo of the game did not match ours and it really hurt us. Looking forward to a tough challenge that Saturday, we were determined to show how much of a threat we can be this year in the conference at Cortland. Again, no need to re-iterate, but those of you who read this and follow us obviously understand Cortland's dominance in the conference for the last 10 years. It is just getting old, and we really felt like it was a great day for an upset. We were mistaken. On a positive note, it was not a game where hustle, focus, or attitude were missing elements. Honestly, Cortland was better at capitalizing on our mistakes, and they made us pay for each one of them. At the end of the day, to beat a team of their skill you need to play a near flawless game, and we just did not.

Having lost those two games, we really felt like our preparation needed adjustment. Practices starting Monday were more intense. We knew that if we learned from our prior mistakes, we could finally beat the same team who has had a complete dominance over this program, St. Lawrence. Last year was the closest we had ever gotten. We fell short in overtime 8-7, and it was a real heart breaker. The irritating thing about this match-up is that St. Lawrence feels as if they should not even be on the same field as us. We came out fast and strong, playing our tempo of lacrosse and going up 1-0 real early in the game. We struggled at the X, and defensively we did not have our best day. Tied 5-5 after the 1st, St. Lawrence has a second quarter that all teams dream of, scoring 8 unanswered goals. In the second half, we rallied a 6 point come back, but it was just not enough.

A three game loosing streak never feels good, but like that quote says, it'll get better. Now that the bigger picture is amongst us, we hope to get back on track. Oswego this Saturday will be the second in-conference game this season, and although it will not be a walk in the park, we are determined to get to 1-1 in the conference and get rid of this loosing taste.

So after about 15 denials from YouTube, 30 song changes, and over 75 hours of accumulated time spent on this, the spring break video is finally here. What a hassle it is has been. With a complete swap of all original songs over three times, I finally figured it all out at about 2 am last night. So here it is, enjoy!