Lacrosse team focussing on this year's potential

by Kristina Geerken assistant features editor

Holding their sticks high and boasting a 4-3 record, the women's lacrosse team is working for more victories. With fierce competition ahead, the players are working on their roar to show other schools that they will not be defeated.

According to captain and senior Merrie Lewis, the other teams have been playing harder, making the Lady Cavaliers fight with even more intensity.

"So far the season has been going well, but the teMUSthat have come to play with us have been playing with a vengeance," Lewis declared.

"I think that we have to take one game at a time and do what we have been doing for three years," Lewis said.

With 13 goals and three assists, Megan Hyde is an asset to the team. Leading the team in scoring, Hyde feels that the rest of the season will have nothing but a positive glow.

'The rest of the season looks good. We are finally clicking as a team," Hyde said.

When asked what she is thinking about when she is getting ready to score, Hyde declared, with a lilt of laughter in her voice and no hesitation, "If it doesn't go in, it better hurt!"

Some other key players include sophomore goalie Christy Malone, sophomore Nicole Schultz and first year students Siobhan McGonigle and Tracee King.

Malone, also a team captain, believes that the team needs more confidence and focus for the rest of the season.

"I think the team needs some more confidence, because we don't give ourselves the credit we deserve. We try to play on expectations of last year, not focusing on the potential that we have for this year," Malone said.

"Throughout the season, I hope to be making improvements. As a team, I think that we can go farther if we set some goals and stick with them," Malone stated, A highlight of the season so far was when the team overthrew Eastern College with a score of 11-8. The team has also defeated both Immaculata and Bryn Mawr Colleges. On Saturday, April 1 at 1:00 p.m., the Lady Cavaliers will battle Ursinus at home. Saturday is also family day, and there will be refreshments provided after the game in support of the team.