It’s Senior Day at Byrd Stadium for the Terp men’s lacrosse team.
They just honored the nine seniors before the game against Yale by giving them their framed jerseys. High up in Tyser Tower at Byrd Stadium it was hard to tell exactly what the mood was like during the ceremony. I’m gonna guess happy.
Actually, I’ll just let coach Dave Cottle speak to the importance of this game, which he addressed in a phone interview on Thursday.
“I think senior day is one of the most important days of the year for us. It’s a chance to honor the kids who have made those sacrifices. I know I get very emotional on senior day because it’s amazing how fast it seems to have gone by. When you have senior day you know you’re at the end of the regular season.”
But it will be interesting to see how the Terps react in their final regular season game in their final opportunity to impress the NCAA selection committee before the field is set Sunday. An 8 to 10 goal win might be just what this team needs having lost three of its last four.
A last note is you have to hand it to the folks who put on Art Attack last night. The concert didn’t wrap up until close to 11, but everything was apparently cleared out quickly before today’s 1 p.m. game. The lone remnant of Art Attack is a pretty cool waffle pattern visible from my position left by the temporary flooring that was brought in for the event.
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