I Woke up to my Cold Sheets and the Smell of New Jersey...

Adelphi's Alumni Team

This past weekend was a hectic one for the Adelphi Panthers!

First, on Saturday, October 5, the girls participated in the third annual Alumni Game at Motamed Field. The game was a blast from beginning to end. Veterans bonded with the young-guns and it was a game filled with competitveness. The Alumni battled the players for ground balls, and played hard defense on them throughout. 

The 2013-2014 team with their predecessors. 

The 2013-2014 team did their job, however, giving the Alumni a pretty good beating, with a final score of 14-2.


The rest of the night was filled with laughs, talking about memories from the seasons past and present while at the tailgate.






On Sunday, the Panthers traveled to New Jersey to play in a tournament at Monmouth College. While there, they played two running-time games against Monmouth College and Howard University.

Monmouth College is ranked 38th in Division I lacrosse. Coach Grella and the girls were looking forward to this game to be a big wake-up call to see if they can hang with Division I players.

After a back-and-forth 60 minutes, the Panthers edged out the win by one, finishing 8-7.

"This really showed us what we were made of," said sophomore Rachel O'Brien. "Being able to hang with a Division I team, and not even when we were playing our absolute best says a lot."

In regular season, the Panthers practice six times a week, with conditioning and lifting incorporated twice a week before practice. In the fall, they only practice three times and condition once a week.

"The level of play changes immensely from fall to spring because we are playing so much more as the season goes on," O'Brien says. 

In their second game against Howard University, the Panthers kept a big lead until the very end, beating another Division I team, 15-3.

The trip back from New Jersey was a long one, and while sitting in traffic, the girls couldn't help but get in the... holiday spirit?

Stay tuned for more coming up as the fall ball season is winding down!