(image from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Lacrosse page)Last year, when I was a freshman at Trinity, I was disappointed by the intramural teams and sports options. It seemed that only sororities and fraternities played, leaving little room for anyone else. As an athlete throughout high school, it was weird for me to come to college and not be active. I was on the dance, soccer, and swim teams in high school, but wasn't good enough to play for Trinity. I decided that I needed a sport to play at school. Some of my good friends play Women's Lacrosse, and I thought it would be an interesting sport to
learn. I am from Wisconsin, where lacrosse is not very popular, so I had never really seen a game, and didn't know any of the rules.
After quite a bit of convincing, my friends finally got me to agree to try out lacrosse. They told me that lacrosse season does not officially begin until spring. If i start practicing in fall, I could learn the skills and rules well enough to participate in games in the spring. So I joined. The other day we had our first practice, which was a disaster. It was the first time that I held a lacrosse stick in my life, and I was obviously not very good at catching or throwing. It is definitely weird to be learning a sport that I have never played before at the age of 20, but I am excited and willing to work hard and learn, so I think that by the time spring season rolls around, I will be ready for some playing time!
