Generals Work Hard On and Off the Field

Where have the last four weeks gone??? Fall ball has come to a close after four weeks of hard work by all of the Generals. The final weekend was quite a full one with Habitat builds, soccer and field hockey games, and of course our play day against Roanoke, Lynchburg, Swarthmore, and Mary Washington complete we fantastic tailgate!

After our final practice on Friday the remainder of the team that had not already done so spent half of their Saturday cutting, hammering, screwing, and sawing out at the Habitat build site that the rest of their teammates visited a few weeks ago. The house had come along by leaps and bounds compared to where it was just a few short weeks ago, and the girls got to work quick pushing closer to the completion of the house. Between the clean-up done inside, the pickets made on the front porch, the soffit installed, and the edge work done, the house was looking better than ever after a day of the Generals' work.
The last group of Generals to head out to Buena Vista to help Joe and Kelly (either end) on the Habitat build site.

While working with their hands on Saturday was definitely tiring, the girls were ready to go come Sunday when Roanoke, Lynchburg, Swarthmore, Mary Washington, and CNU arrived on campus to play. We could not have asked for more beautiful weather to spend all day on the turf for some great lax! The Generals head up field after a draw. Photo credit to John Van Sant!

The Generals played four 30 minute running time games against conference opponents Roanoke and Lynchburg and out of conference foes Swarthmore and Mary Washington. This was a great opportunity for the team to finally play someone other than ourselves and really work through all of our systems. The scrimmages even gave the Generals a chance to work through the two new rule changes for the 2012 season with only two people on the draw circle and having to play a man down during cards. The day finished with a great tailgate put on by all of the Generals' parents. A big thank you to all of them and a special thank you to Tom Waxter for coordinating the whole affair!

All in all the day was a great cap to the fall season and only a jumping off point for even better things to come in the spring! Only 95 days until preseason!

Visit the blog next week as we introduce our new volunteer goalie coach Maisie Osteen.