Follow the Women's Lacrosse team as they travel to Ohio for 2019 Spring Break!
Day Six
Hey there Spring Breakers! One last blog post from your favorite Women’s Lacrosse team. Today we finally ended our adventure in Ohio! Started the day at 9 am headed to Capital where we won in a gnarly battle. Coming back from being down by 6, we ended up winning the game 18-10, thanks to some incredible defensive and offensive plays, like Payton’s kneeling goal. After the game we headed straight to the airport only to find out our flight was delayed 2 hours which was going to cause us to miss our connecting flight.... not ideal. Luckily the amazing people at Southwest called in a plane change request since 26 people were going to miss the flight. The request was accepted and our delay ended up only being 30 minutes (THANK YOU SOUTHWEST EMPLOYEES AT THE COLUMBUS AIRPORT, You da real MVPs). With plenty of time to spare, we celebrated Sarah’s birthday with a lava cake at Chili’s in the airport. After an extremely turbulent flight, the Lynx made a pit stop in Chicago, where half the team made a run for the frozen yogurt while the others got Dunkin or the famous Chicago pizza puff we’ve been hearing about. Finally, around 9:30pm, we all made it home safely. We are looking forward to our 2 days off before returning to practice on Tuesday. Can’t say we will miss Ohio but we are so thankful for all the memories created in the Birthplace of Aviation!! Until next year Lynx fans.... #RollLynx
Kaylin Ryan ‘19
Madison Rubino ‘20
Baylee Barker ‘22
Day Five
Gooooood Morning Ohio! The Rhodes Lynx enjoyed a fun filled day of exploring the busy North Market on International Women’s Day! One of the best things about our team is how we support each other unconditionally and treat the success of one strong woman, as success for the whole (shout out to senior Elizabeth Gaudio on finding out she landed a HUGE job offer for next year working with the Medical Director at Methodist!!!!!!!!!!!!). The North Market included trying fun and new exciting foods like Pad Thai and spiced olive oils and topping it off with some delicious ‘Froze’ ice cream. Daly, a huge Guy Fieri fan, was able to try the exact kind of Momo (a type of South Asian dumpling) that Guy tried on one of his food shows as well. You could say we were feeling full after this trip where we hardly stopped eating for almost two hours #notpregnantjusteatinggood. We then made our way back to the hotel for some much needed naps, Netflix and homework time. Several hours later once the food comas had subsided, we had dinner from Olive Garden and came together one last time in Penthouse 338 to watch film. After film we all went back to our rooms to pack, as it is our last night in Ohio. Everyone’s getting to bed early tonight for our 11:30am EST game tomorrow against Capital. Tune in for some breathtaking lacrosse! #fueltheferarri
Daly Colarossi ‘19
Price Campbell ‘21
Sarah Delahunt ‘22
Pendo Mugofwa ‘22
Day Four
Hey there Spring Breakers! Today is GAME DAY in Ohio, finally! We started our day off with a nice hearty round of Jason’s Deli... had to fuel up for the game. Lauren and Daly decided to cap off lunch with a mini snowball fight outside... jury is still out on who was victorious. Next we trekked on to Granville, where we took on Denison. We are happy to report it was above 30 degrees today and it remained in “feels like” double digits the entire time. It was a tough game and we worked our hardest as a team, playing to an entirely new level and setting some killer expectations for the rest of the season. Even though the game did not end in our favor we came out with big energy and a big record breaking performance by Lauren who broke the school record for number of saves in a single game. Post game and showers we hit the hot tub at the hotel for some much needed recovery. After a wholesome meal from Donatos, we said goodbye to our lovely families who came to pay us a visit and snuggled up into our beds. That’s all for today folks Happy Thursday! #RollLynx
Taylor Ansel ‘19
KK Mulholland '21
Mallika Rao ‘20
Meghan Weatherly ‘22
Day Three
Hey there spring breakers! We’re back and better than ever for day three! After a good film session in the hotel this morning we stopped at our go-to lunch spot on road trips, Panera, before heading to practice. The perfect place for a warm lunch on a cold day. And even though we eat here a lot (like multiple times a month a lot) Panera never gets old and always delivers.
After Panera we headed over to Capital University for practice. We braved the brutally cold weather... we’re talking 22 degrees, feels like 9 degrees brutally cold weather (we were told this was SPRING Break...???). Coach kept us moving and we were in and out in an hour. We got back to the hotel and hit the hot tub to warm up! Some of the crew went with Coach Hafdell to stock up on snacks for the rooms to get us through rest of the week. We’re sad to report that the Garden Salsa Sun Chips and Twizzlers did not make it past day 1. Word on the street is that there were multiple packs of Oreos purchased which leads us to believe there will be an Oreo Cookie Face Challenge in the near future, stay tuned.
This evening we ate some soup, salad and fancy grilled cheeses from Melt (their menu is INSANE! And it was definitely worth the wait) in preparation for our game tomorrow. Catch us back in action tomorrow as we take on Denison at 4:30pm EST. #RollLynx
Annika Hedlund ‘19
Katie Clark ‘20
Emily Washburne ‘22
Aidan Pike ‘22
Day Two
Hello again Spring Breakers!! We had a fun filled day in beautiful Ohio (ps. it is still freezing). Unfortunately, our game was cancelled because of the -9 forecast, but we filled the day with fun activities.
We started the day with team lunch at Jason’s Deli (free ice cream....yum). Then, we headed over to Top Golf where we split up into teams and the competition was on. Lauren, Coach Meg, Annika, Katie Clark, Price and Aidan seemed to carry their teams with individual scores over 100, but in the end the Red team took home the W.
After a little bit of down time we headed to Breakout for some escape rooms!! The Black team soaked in some sun in the Island Escape room. All teams escaped and took celebratory pictures (see below). Unfortunately, (for everyone except Annika, Ansel, Katie Clark, Hannah, Izzy & Pendo) the Red team took home another victory on the day, escaping the fastest. Following that we picked up dinner and headed back to the hotel. We ate delicious Mexican food and have migrated back to Penthouse 338 to finish out the women-tell-episode of The Bachelor!
Tomorrow, we have a pretty chill day after practice so maybe we will hit the books, or maybe we will binge watch some Netflix who knows?? Stay tuned to find out! #vivalalynx
Casey Glick ‘19
Lauren Lazure ‘20
Teasha Dogra ‘21
Izzy Parker ‘22
Day One
Hey there Spring Breakers! We had the perfect start to today this morning in Memphis. Sun was shining and all smiles from the team... especially because our flight was NOT at 6am this year. We boarded the plane headed to Baltimore and took full advantage of the stop by getting some yummy snacks (see the pictures). Boarded the plane again ready for spring break in Ohio. When we arrived there was snow on the ground, so obviously got in some good snowman building. We braved the arctic to help Coach Hafdell pick up dinner and then all came together in Penthouse 338 for a watch party of the VERY dramatic episode of The Bachelor. HE JUMPED THE FENCE! (Finally!!!!) We will be back tomorrow for the women-tell-all episode same time, same place. Jess was lame and chose to skip and watch Get Out instead (good movie, bad timing). All good attitudes and good fun for the start of our trip! Even though our game was cancelled against Oberlin, we can’t wait to see what tomorrow has in store! Rolllll lynx!
Elizabeth Gaudio ‘19
Aubrey Gray ‘20
Hannah Swinerton ‘21
Payton Bennett ‘22
