Vail Shootout summary

So the purpose of the trip to Vail was to play in the Vail Shootout, a lacrosse tournament held every fourth of July weekend. I signed up to play on QC Lax which consisted mostly of women from Ohio. It was pretty awesome. We went into the tournament ranked 8th out of 17. We had two games on Thursday and Saturday, and one game each on Friday and Sunday. The Thursday and Friday games were pool play to determine the championship and consolation bracket, while the Saturday and Sunday games were the tournament games.

We came in second in our pool, playing 3 of the 4 teams in our pool. Our first game was against Triple Threat, a team of Denver natives, who we beat. The second game was against Team Chipotle another team of Colorado natives (and yes, they get free chipotle). We won that game. Our third pool play game was against Mamaci college elite which was a team from Utah. We also won and went 3-0 in our pool which out us into the winners bracket.

The tournament round didn't go so well. We went 0-3 against Portland Purple, Liverstrong, and Tex Lax. I think the partying, late nights, and generally physically demanding games got the better of us. We ended up finishing 8th out of 17, just like how we were seeded! We didn't win, but we did show Vail what Ohio girls can do.

Who can really complain when you're playing on fields like this?