University of Richmond Athletics
Spider Voices: Moving Forward
01/14/2019 | Women's Lacrosse, Spider Voices
By: Megan Gianforte, Junior, Women's Lacrosse
I still get chills thinking about the success that our team had last season. It is not rare for me to fall asleep seeing visions of Madison Ostrick picking up the infamous game-winning ground ball against UMass. Winning the A-10 Championship by a goal in the final few moments was a dream fulfilled, but we ultimately found that we built much more leading up to that moment. We bid farewell to the extremely talented 2018 senior class in May, and when we started fall ball this year, I thought we had gaps to fill. This was not the case, however, because our new team carries with us the lessons that the 2018 graduates taught us the past few years.
I've grown up in this program under the best leadership I could have asked for in last year's senior class. The day I stepped onto campus freshman year, they embraced my class and went on teach us what it meant to be a good teammate, building a winning culture. Their leadership extended so far off the lacrosse field and instilled a sense of family in all of us. It is our connectivity and sisterly bond that drive us each day to want to do help and push each other. We are battle tested and battle ready, for we truly know what it means to be there for one another given any circumstance. The examples their class set for our whole team was a big reason why we hoisted a trophy last May.
As we return from winter break, just weeks away from our first game, we have a lot to focus on. I am going into the 2019 season wanting to work my hardest for my teammates and expecting the same in return. We will never reach a point of complacency, and our team aims to ensure this in 2019 by focusing on each practice for itself. I can still hear Tegan Helms saying "chip, chip, chip away," referring to resetting our defensive unit at the start of each set. Before each day, whether it comes down to setting an individual ground ball goal, expecting zero goals to be scored, or improving communication, it is the small things we do that help us chip away at our long-term goal.
It is an honor to be playing for this lacrosse program at Richmond, and I cherish every time I get to wear my Spider jersey with thirty of my closest friends. Getting better every day is easier when you're in a setting like this. Winning the A-10 Championship last year was an incredible feeling, but it just means our program is on the right track as we work to make a deeper run in the NCAA tournament this year. We have the right team to make this happen, and our squad has gone through too much together on and off the field to settle for anything less in 2019.
I still get chills thinking about the success that our team had last season. It is not rare for me to fall asleep seeing visions of Madison Ostrick picking up the infamous game-winning ground ball against UMass. Winning the A-10 Championship by a goal in the final few moments was a dream fulfilled, but we ultimately found that we built much more leading up to that moment. We bid farewell to the extremely talented 2018 senior class in May, and when we started fall ball this year, I thought we had gaps to fill. This was not the case, however, because our new team carries with us the lessons that the 2018 graduates taught us the past few years.
I've grown up in this program under the best leadership I could have asked for in last year's senior class. The day I stepped onto campus freshman year, they embraced my class and went on teach us what it meant to be a good teammate, building a winning culture. Their leadership extended so far off the lacrosse field and instilled a sense of family in all of us. It is our connectivity and sisterly bond that drive us each day to want to do help and push each other. We are battle tested and battle ready, for we truly know what it means to be there for one another given any circumstance. The examples their class set for our whole team was a big reason why we hoisted a trophy last May.
As we return from winter break, just weeks away from our first game, we have a lot to focus on. I am going into the 2019 season wanting to work my hardest for my teammates and expecting the same in return. We will never reach a point of complacency, and our team aims to ensure this in 2019 by focusing on each practice for itself. I can still hear Tegan Helms saying "chip, chip, chip away," referring to resetting our defensive unit at the start of each set. Before each day, whether it comes down to setting an individual ground ball goal, expecting zero goals to be scored, or improving communication, it is the small things we do that help us chip away at our long-term goal.
It is an honor to be playing for this lacrosse program at Richmond, and I cherish every time I get to wear my Spider jersey with thirty of my closest friends. Getting better every day is easier when you're in a setting like this. Winning the A-10 Championship last year was an incredible feeling, but it just means our program is on the right track as we work to make a deeper run in the NCAA tournament this year. We have the right team to make this happen, and our squad has gone through too much together on and off the field to settle for anything less in 2019.
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