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Snow affects Pioneer lacrosse teams
Men and women's lacrosse teams move door due to snow
Brooks Kirchheimer
Issue date: 2/27/07 Section: Sports
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow is what is usually heard around the holiday season, but this year the refrain lasted much longer than anyone could have expected. There have been days of inches and feet of snow, icy patches everywhere and roads that seem like Autotopia from Disneyland because of the one track down the middle of the poorly plowed side roads. There has now been snow on the ground for the past 60 days, which is second in the record books for the most consecutive days with snow in Denver. The longest was in 1983-84 when the snow stayed on the ground for a record 63 days reported the National Weather service.
"I have gotten spoiled the past eight years having great weather every day, and the snow hasn't been that bad," remarked men's lacrosse Head Coach Jamie Munro.
Spoiled is something that many of the athletes have been in what is usually a city that is considered one of the sunniest in the nation. Denver has an average of 300 days of sunshine a year, which is more than the Hawaii and San Diego.
The practice and training for the upcoming season for the student athletes of the men and women's lacrosse teams began right in the thick of the record-setting winter storms.
"It really hasn't been that bad, the only thing we have really had to change is that we have had to use colored balls just so we can see it, and a few mornings we have been forced to go inside in the gym," said men's lacrosse senior goalie Jeb Hollingsworth.
The men's team was not the only one having to find cover in the confines of the Ritchie Center.
"It was hard because we are not used to practicing inside all the time. We had a few days where we couldn't really do what we needed to," said women's lacrosse senior Kristie Leggio.
The snowfall has helped prepare Pioneers for their future road games.
"I think it just made us better, because we are more prepared to be able to play in the snow and cold weather and helps us be able to play anywhere," said junior Becky Childs.
"I have gotten spoiled the past eight years having great weather every day, and the snow hasn't been that bad," remarked men's lacrosse Head Coach Jamie Munro.
Spoiled is something that many of the athletes have been in what is usually a city that is considered one of the sunniest in the nation. Denver has an average of 300 days of sunshine a year, which is more than the Hawaii and San Diego.
The practice and training for the upcoming season for the student athletes of the men and women's lacrosse teams began right in the thick of the record-setting winter storms.
"It really hasn't been that bad, the only thing we have really had to change is that we have had to use colored balls just so we can see it, and a few mornings we have been forced to go inside in the gym," said men's lacrosse senior goalie Jeb Hollingsworth.
The men's team was not the only one having to find cover in the confines of the Ritchie Center.
"It was hard because we are not used to practicing inside all the time. We had a few days where we couldn't really do what we needed to," said women's lacrosse senior Kristie Leggio.
The snowfall has helped prepare Pioneers for their future road games.
"I think it just made us better, because we are more prepared to be able to play in the snow and cold weather and helps us be able to play anywhere," said junior Becky Childs.
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