For all of the hoopla surrounding Saturday night's tilt between No. 2 Syracuse and No. 8 Johns Hopkins at Homewood Field in Baltimore, that excitement can sometimes be too much to bear.
Senior midfielder Michael Kimmel acknowledged that bypassing Saturday afternoons to play that night can be taxing on one's reservoir of patience.
"As a player, it's tough to sit around all day and wait," he said. "You get anxious. But playing a night game against Syracuse on Saturday is pretty special. So while you have to wait around for a while, it'll be pretty cool to play under the lights at Homewood Field."
Even coaches get a little antsy.
"I hate playing at night," Blue Jays coach Dave Pietramala said. "I just want to get the games over. To sit around and wait all day, that's not good for me. So no, I don't enjoy that at all. Now, I enjoy the environment that it brings to the game. I enjoy the fact that it brings a large crowd to the Hopkins campus and that it's enjoyable, and that it provides an electric feeling for our guys and for our team. I enjoy the fact that it brings a really positive experience to our lacrosse players and to our fans and to our alumni. And I think it's a great recruiting tool to be on TV, on primetime on a Saturday night at 8 o'clock. It's pretty spectacular. But from a personal standpoint, no, I don't enjoy it at all. I don't enjoy sitting in here and staring at the walls. Too much time is not good for me. I'd rather get up in the morning, get here, get into my routine, and play."