After a long couple of days up here in VT, it was good to get back out on the field last night up in Plattsburgh. As I'm sure many of you have heard by now, we took one on the chin on Saturday against a very good Tufts squad. They were better in every facet of the game and certainly exposed our weaknesses in every possible way. I give their coaches and kids a ton of credit for being that polished after only two weeks of practice, they did an incredible job.

Once we shoveled the field on Sunday morning we were able to have a productive practice followed by some film and a walk through in the gym on Monday as we weren't able to get outside. Needless to say, I was anxious to see what we had in us last night as we stepped on the field with a talented and fired up Plattsburgh squad.

The temperature was in the low teens yesterday as we took the field and we were treated to snow flurries throughout the game. By the 4th quarter we ended up switching to orange balls as the players were having a hard time seeing the white ball on the snow covered field.

As far as the game itself, Plattsburgh ended up committing 12 penalties including 5 unnecessary roughness fouls and an unsportsmanlike conduct. Only one was a multiple minute foul although a few others could have easily been called that way. Not only did our group step up to the physical challenge, we ended up winning the ground ball battle and kept our composure with all of the extracurricular activity going on out on the field.

We still have some glaring weaknesses but last night was a good sign as this group displayed some grit and resiliency after a humbling game on Saturday. I'm looking forward to a few productive days with these guys until we face off against the Camels this weekend. Thanks for all the texts and emails since the Tufts game, your support means a lot to me and to the team.