Welcome to the 2011 Trinity Women’s Lacrosse blog! The 2011 season is finally underway! The team has been working hard for the past three weeks in preparation of our first game. After fitness testing, tryouts, two scrimmage days and some chilly weather, everyone is excited for NESCAC action to get underway on Saturday against Connecticut College.
We are happy to welcome a talented and enthusiastic group of first-years to the team this year. On attack, Shea Kusiak, Liz Heimann, Kimmy Leone, and Kathleen Timmons join the returners led by Captain Rachel Romanowsky. The returning midfield and defense, led by Captain Alisen Urquhart, are joined by newcomers Taylor Godfrey, Lyndsey Shepard, Midge Daniel, and Kaitlin Reedy. A full roster with numbers can be found on our Trinity lacrosse webpage at http://athletics.trincoll.edu/sports/wlax/2010-11/roster.
We were fortunate enough to have a hardworking Buildings and Grounds crew plow our field before the start of the season. Thanks to their help, we have only been limited to the indoor field house for practice once! This is great news as we are able to work on full field transitions, as well as scrimmage (and condition!). We kicked off the season by hosting our annual First Draw Scrimmage Day. We welcomed six other schools to the Robin L. Sheppard Field, including Babson, Wellesley, Middlebury, Amherst, Springfield, and William Smith. We lucked out with a clear, but cold day. It was a great day to work out the kinks with everything we have been practicing.
The next weekend, we travelled to Amherst to scrimmage both Amherst and Williams. After seeing what worked (and what didn’t) from the previous weekend, the team had specific goals in mind for the second scrimmage day. The hard week of practice resulted in some excellent play, both on attack and defense. The three goalies, Gina, Steph, and Liv, came up with some awesome saves. The parents took care of the first tailgate of the year, providing a variety of pizza and a delicious clam chowder. Thanks from the entire team for keeping us so well fed!
We’ve been keeping the team quite busy, as the day following Amherst, we hosted our annual Clinic Day. The Clinic is attended by local middle school and high school girls with varying degrees of lacrosse experience. The team is divided into groups and given an array of tasks, from greeting participants to selling t-shirts to setting up the equipment. When everyone has arrived, the players split up and cover a number of stations, teaching a certain aspect of the game, such as defense (Emma’s favorite) or shooting (Rachel’s specialty). At the end of each session, we wrap up with raffles and prizes. We are always impressed by the number of girls who come back year after year. That is a tribute to the effort and enthusiasm the girls put into coaching and helping the participants. The Clinic helps us raise money for our Florida trip over spring break. With the winter we’ve had, everybody is looking forward to heading south for a week!
We would like to thank all the parents and Trinity lacrosse fans for their support! We are excited about the season ahead and hope to see you at games! For those alumni reading, we are hosting an alumni dinner this Saturday, followed by an alumni game on Sunday. Please contact Michelle Smith at michelle.smith@trincoll.edu if you are interested in participating!
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