Travel days are always an adventure when trying to move upwards of 60 individuals and thousands of pounds of equipment and apparel, but with a fair bit of pre-planning and solid execution from the players and staff, the Wolverines managed to arrive in Los Angeles without a hitch. The team arrived at the Varsity Tennis Center in Ann Arbor at 6:00am before taking a charted bus to Detroit Metropolitan Airport to begin the process of checking in and boarding.  With all of their bags packed, weighed, and loaded the night before, the team was confident of a smooth operation at the airport.

After a long flight and some kind words from the Delta staff, the team boarded another chartered bus for their stay at the Doubletree – El Segundo.  With a practice planned soon after arrival, the team quickly unloaded at the hotel, taped up and headed to Glendale High School where they practiced for two hours before taking part in a clinic for Glendale’s high-school squad.  The team broke up into offensive and defensive units and spent one-on-one time with the younger players, going over a number of lacrosse fundamentals and instilling some of the practice regiments that the Wolverines employ every night in Ann Arbor.  A faceoff between Michigan’s Brian Greiner and one of Glendale’s own ended the day on a light note along with team pics of both teams posing together.

Hungry and tired after a long day, the team returned to the hotel to clean up, eat and eventually settle in for a film session to prepare for the next day’s match vs. Oregon.

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