Kickoff of the 2013 Spring Season

The Warriors learned the true meaning of the word ‘adversity’ - circuitous travel routes, early mornings, cold weather and more– at the start of the 2013 spring season with a trip to the Stockport Easter 8’s tournament in England. There, 10 team members participated in the fast-paced and intense play. By the end of the tournament, everyone was focused on returning to Hamburg; exhaustion and a bit of frustration had overrun us. Though we’d discussed the weekend at length, it was only by the next training in Hamburg that the benefits and successes we achieved during the trip became immediately apparent. The tournament truly challenged us to work as a team and left us optimistic and ready to transfer our hard work to our trainings and our first league game. 
And, needless to say the first game exceeded our expectations. With a score of 27-8, the Warriors were clearly the victors of the women’s league lacrosse game on Sunday April 7, 2013 against Bielefeld with a number of highlights including 9 goals from attacker Antonia Garbe, a total of 8 scorers, and an assist from goalie Regina Flatken. The score itself does not express the inner workings of the game; we tried to perfect our play, attacking the goal with our speed, stick skills, and team work while still being challenged by the opponents who beat our defense a few times, particularly in the first half, and scored 8 goals. The high of the game is still with us; Look out Kiel, we are on the up and up!