Our Seniors, Laura Cavanaugh (Pylesville, MD/North Harford HS), Meredith Freeman (St. Louis, MO/MICDS), Julia Gotwald (Alexandria, VA/St. Stephen's&St.Agnes) and Britten Mathews (Richmond, VA/Collegiate) shared their thoughts on the fall season has gone thus far:"We are so excited to be back with the team! The days of working hard are finally paying off and we as a team have decided to be in better shape than we've ever been. Our fall season has been a great opportunity for our team to begin the bonding process and for individuals to get comfortable playing with each other. It's also been a chance for players to get stronger and faster. This will hopefully continue throughout the winter and give us a head start when the spring season starts in January. Our practices have been very productive on both ends of the field and we cannot wait to see it all come together in the scrimmages against Guilford and Lynchburg. With all the work we have put into our fall season so far there is no doubt that we will crush any ODAC opponent who comes our way. As seniors, we have put a lot of emphasis on introducing the first years to our program and making sure that all of our teammates are one hundred percent dedicated to our end goal: reclaiming the ODAC championship!"
The team's hard work definitely did pay off yesterday and we proved that if we keep it up we will surely be top competitors in the ODAC this spring. We opened the day with a scrimmage against Lynchburg at 11AM. At 12PM Lynchburg and Guilford played each other and then at 1PM we were back on the field to take on Guilford. Both games were successful in that we executed much of what we've been emphasizing at practice. No score was kept, however we had great offensive plays generated by quick and precise ball movement from our attacking end of the field. The defense did not disappoint either - we communicated loudly, our collapses were quick in the 8M and our on-ball pressure definitely rattled our opponents. We received stellar play from our First-Year Goalkeeper Alex Hamill (Darien, CT/Darien) who remained very strong and consistent throughout both scrimmages.
The day ended with a chance for us to hang out and catch up with our #1 fan Maggie and her family. Maggie is our adoptee through the Friends of Jacyln program and she loves Generals' Women's Lacrosse. We were very happy to give her the opportunity to watch us play well on the field and to have her and her family's support.
