After starting the early part of our season with a solid 14-3 record, we returned from our spring break trip with an extreme amount of confidence. Starting off the season winning fourteen out of seventeen games on the road is uncommon for many northeast programs. In fact, this ball club was able to put together one of the best starts in program history and capture what is believed to be the first ever vote in the AP Coaches Top 25 Poll. Despite all of the notoriety, it was time to get to work for the “real season”, the opening weekend of conference play. Starting conference games is like starting a new season; one can feel the excitement in the air at practice and in the locker room.
In the conference opener we hosted the Stags of Fairfield University. Having the opportunity to open the conference season at home brings a lot of nerves and excitement for everyone involved. Showing up to the field on Saturday morning, walking in to the locker room and getting to put on the home uniform makes one realize it is all coming together. All of the work preparing for the begging of the season and traveling fourteen hours on a bus to play non-conference games is worth it when we finally got to step on our home field for the first time, and compete for a conference championship.
Winning two of three games against Fairfield made for a successful opening series; yet, somehow it was not gratifying for us. This coming weekend we will head to Buffalo for a three game series against one of our conference rivals, the Canisius Golden Griffs. Prior to leaving for Canisius, we split two weekday games, losing one at Bryant University and winning one at Hofstra University, putting our record at 17-5 before the weekend.
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