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The Transition: High School to College Lacrosse

In this blog post, University of Florida senior goalie Olivia Cole was kind enough to share her story. Many of us, including myself, faced the hardship that comes with being the star in high school and coming to college and suddenly realizing it's not exactly the same. For many of us, you work hard and you trust improvement and playing time will come. However, sometimes that is not always the case. Sometimes, that's just not meant to be your role. It doesn't mean you aren't good, as Olivia says, but it changes your role on the team. This happens to a lot of players, but mainly to goalies, since only one can play at a time. If you're in this position and find yourself not playing despite your best efforts, please keep read.

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General, Goalie Spotlight, General adviceLyndsey Munoz Comment
When Light Follows Darkness: My Mental Health Journey

This one is heavy. Very heavy. Today marks the beginning of #SuicideAwareness month, and on this day, I’m sharing my story. This is the most vulnerable I’ve ever felt in my life putting this out there. I hope that it can help someone out there in some way, that someone knows they aren’t alone and as much as you might not think things can get better - they can! I am living proof of that. 

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General, Deep ThoughtsLyndsey Munozmentality, mental health, mental trainingComment
Coming Out – Not About the Cage.
Coming Out – Not About the Cage.

One of the things that I miss about my time at Stanford is that in every class I was in, we had the most amazing discussions about some pretty heavy topics ranging from religion, sexuality, gender identity and expression, race and ethnicity, the list goes on. In my life now, I don’t have those too often. Many times, I think this is because these types of “triggering” topics as we’d call them now are confusing, hard and many times personal and deeply felt. I believe that when you come to a place of mutual respect and understanding you can and should be able to communicate, through understanding someone else’s viewpoint. What I’m about to discuss is one of those topics – coming out.

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General, Deep ThoughtsLyndsey MunozComment