After a long battle against Harvard,
the guys knew that Cornell was a must win. It was
a week of classic
Providence weather. Every practice was dark, rainy and windy. That didn't stop
us from keeping the level high. I felt like it almost made us push each other
harder.
Saturday was here soon enough, and with
game day came warm weather. We were knew what was at stake. We got to the
locker room and in each locker there was a piece of paper, with a message for
each player. It got everyone in the right mindset. I later found out another
teammate took it upon himself to put the messages in the lockers. It was
inspirational, and just shows just how much we care about our success.
In the first half, for the most part, we
played our game. Jack Gorab and Ben Maurey's double "give and go"
was, in my opinion, one of the best plays of the year nearly resulted in a
goal. We created 3 great opportunities, including one that was called back by
the referee for being an "indirect kick that went in." First time
I've ever seen that happen. With 13 or so minutes left to play cornel put
one in from the top of the box. We were disappointed but we were ready to keep
fighting.
And so we did. The second half was an
absolute battle. We countered them, they countered us. As time ticked away, we
pushed our wingers forward. Loui Zingas made a great back post run back post of
Quinn's long throw. Unfortunately it was called back due to a foul.
It is in the final moments of a game,
when you really see a team's character. I was proud that at no moment did we
give up and stop fighting. Unfortunately, it was not our day. In proper BMS
fashion, we kept our heads high, thanked the fans, and went back to the drawing
board, to prepare for our next fight.
DT
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