Game DAY 5-0

This weekend we played Edinburgh again. We play each team twice. We were missing about 5 starters because of class conflicts and injuries. We pulled up a few girls from the seconds. Durham lacrosse has three teams (1st, 2nd, 3rd). The best way to explain this is that 1st is like Varsity, 2nd is JV, and 3rd is Freshmen. The girls from seconds really stepped it up, but since we do not practice together too often there was a missing connection. Lacrosse is a team sport, and we cannot do well with out knowing our teammates. It was sloppy and panicky; however, we prevailed. The 1sts encouraged and supported the 2dns, the 2nds played their hearts out, and we all kept our cool. The final score was 11-7. I did not know we were winning until the final min of the game.

The sloppiness, as it always does here in England, turned into violence. I was checked in the head as well as the hands. One girl on the Edinburgh team was sticked in the face. Also- our home field was doubled booked, so about an hour before the game (I.e. as I arrived on the field) we were told that men's rugby would be practicing on the turf and that we had to play on the grass. Of course it was crazy rain the whole time. It is so funny that I play on the top team in the top league in England, and it is such a mess. I do miss American competitiveness, but to be honest at times I have more fun playing here because it is all just fun.