Checking In: Home Opener and Spring Break

On today's episode of the Lax Lounge, Nick and Fridge recap an eventful first series of games and our spring break trip. We break down the buildup to our first game, our home opener against Haverford, the team's adventures in Virginia over spring break, and getting back on track with a big win against Widener. Make sure to check out our website (https://www.laxloungeinc.com/) and thank you to our sponsor Edvative Learning (https://www.edvative.com/) Intro/Edvative Ad 0:00-0:19 Nick and Fridge pull the mics back out after a wild couple of weeks and kick things off with the fast 5 questions, 0:19-5:42 We get into the build-up to our home opener, focusing on ourselves, the annual parent’s dinner in the mansion, the team heads-up competition, Tommy Vaughan’s MVP performance, our team conversation in the locker room after dinner 5:42-14:28 Waking up on gameday to a fresh layer of snow, Fridge and Waldo helping plow the field, takeaways from our first win over Haverford, and Fridge blogging for USA Lacrosse 14:28-20:25 Preparing for our spring break trip to Virginia, the team finding out about our teammate having to leave for a family emergency, Fridge finding out he would be starting against Lynchburg, watching ECD’s “One Last Ride” documentary with the team, traveling down to Charlottesville, Virginia and practicing at UVA, and Fridge’s sleepless night 20:25-39:20 Feeling the nerves pulling into Lynchburg’s campus, wearing our sleeveless black jerseys for the first time, takeaways from the game, Fridge having a surprise fan, watching UVA and Ohio State in person, annual team dinner and skits at Charlie’s in Farmville 39:20-54:35 Tough loss against Hampden-Sydney to end our trip, the long bus ride back to Philly, Wednesday’s grind of a practice, and playing Widener in a hurricane 54:35-1:06.02 We give our moments of the week with Nick enjoying the feeling of getting home from Farmville, and Fridge meeting Bear’s friend who is a doppelganger of his friend from home 1:06.02-1:11.05 Draft of the best pieces of architecture 1:11.05-1:31.08