Brown & White Wrestle Off's

Tonight, Grace Hall welcomed 1,200 of the Lehigh faithful that came and showed there support at the annual Brown and White wrestle offs. The atmosphere is always very difficult for us wrestlers for a few reasons: 1) We feed off the crowd in Grace. It has been named one of the best/hardest places in the country for a reason--> because it is LOUD, and during wrestle off's the crowd kinda sits back and enjoys the show. No one in the stands and especially on the bench wants to cheer against a fellow Mountain Hawk, so it is always awkwardly quite in the "snake pit" 2) We are trained, almost brainwashed, to go into full on attack (hate) mode as soon as we touch that line... and no mater what anyone says,  that is a pretty darn hard thing to do when against the same person your going to grab dinner with after the match. We are a family, we watch each others backs and are the first to come to the rescue if someone needs help.  No matter what the line up turns out to be, I can assure you all that the bench this year is going to be excited for every member of our team that has the privilege of representing us on that iconic mat in Grace Hall this year.

At least the public wrestle off's are over and we can all move on as we get ready to send the team to Clarion next weekend. The tournament should be a great beginning to the season, before we head right into dual meets starting November 9th.

Let me tell you, when I say this week flew by.... I mean I felt like I blinked and its already Thursday night (almost Friday). I am so unbelievably proud to be a member of the Lehigh Wrestling team that sometimes between classes and working up in the Caruso Complex the days go by in what seems like minutes.  We are all working our very hardest in preparation for the actual competition to begin, and I personally cant wait for it to get here.

We go back to work tomorrow, no rest for the weary. All of us know that in order to be the best, you have to train like the best.  We are headed back to the drawling board and using tonight as a stepping stone toward our ultimate goal in March.

One Team. One Heartbeat. Go Hawks!