A Holiday Wishlist for Lacrosse Lovers
12/23/2024 01:33 PM
A Holiday Wishlist for Lacrosse Lovers
As the holiday season rolls in, I’ve put together a special Holiday Wishlist for the lacrosse community. From the essentials like new gear and game improvements to personal wishes for players and coaches, here’s a lighthearted look at what I hope Santa brings to the sport this year.
Holiday Wishlist
- Happy Holidays. May there be a new lacrosse stick under every tree this Christmas.
- Maryland – a new lacrosse/soccer stadium
- Defenders guarding Cornell's Ryan Goldstein – ankle tape
- Johns Hopkins – a new press box
- College players – wisdom to make smart decisions off the field.
- Georgetown – a quarterfinal win
- To the ageless weekend warrior – vintage lacrosse gear, Advil and a wooden stick from the 1950s.
- Tighter camera shots on webstream games.
- Harvard – an Ivy League tournament appearance.
- Fans – an ESPN+ subscription to watch thousands of college and pro games.
- Chris Cotter – a new can of Creatine
- Parents – for your players to come home safe and happy.
- Anish – driving lessons.
- Women's collegiate games that don't last more than two and a half hours.
- PLL – venues with lacrosse only lines and robust crowds. Sunny weekends with food trucks and live music between games.
- Carc – a gift certificate to Sammy's in Hunt Valley
- All D1 teams – Names on the back of game jerseys.
- For spectators – A temperate February
- Club teams – large fonted identifiable numbers on game jerseys.
- Young fans – A PLL jersey under every tree.
- Youth lacrosse – events categorized by age until 10th grade.
- North Carolina – an NCAA tournament appearance and better promotion of the Dorrance Field home schedule.
- Duke – a functional new attack
- Referees – patience to deal with mouthy parents.
- Notre Dame and the Utah Archers – humility on the road to a three-peat
- Ohio State – a pair of matching lacrosse gloves
- D1 landscape – compelling games in April that will lure fans to campus.
- WLL – Lively ticket sales.
- Syracuse – a trip to Championship weekend.
- Yale – an injury free 2025
- To high school players – a copy of Jon Gordon's book "Hard Hat 21"
- Georgetown coach Kevin Warne – a new vintage Starter jacket and throwback 1980s Nike's.
- To myself – A lacrosse game with over one million television viewers.
Quint Kessenich cover college sports for ESPN and will be at the citrus bowl on New Year's Eve
Please do not drink and drive during the holidays.
