Women's Lacrosse Club at Albright

Everyone loves college for their own reason, one reason why I love college is for the sports. I like waking up on a Saturday morning knowing that in two hours there is a football game in Shirk Stadium or a final four game in the Bollman Center. That is why i think the issue of the Women's Lacrosse Club is so important. If the club is able to be started Fall of 2009 is when tryout will be. I interviewed a variety of different people to get an idea of what the student body and facility think about the club. I interviewed Athletic Director Janice Luck, Athletic Director and previous Director of Club Sports Rick Ferry, volleyball player Melissa Guida, lacrosse player and starter coach of the women's lacrosse club Andrew Brehm and two girls who will hopefully be joining the team in the fall Sarah Rowe and Christi Wilson.

Ball or ball down, Change plans and face-off are just some of the terms in the game of lacrosse. Here at Albright College lacrosse is not a varsity sport and gets looked over, it is a club sport. Being a club sport is different than a varsity sport. The main focus right now in club sports is the Girls Lacrosse Club Team that is trying to be organized. Students are taking the initiative to form a team so the girls do not have to play with the men’s team anymore. “I think it is awesome that students are stepping up to the plate to start a club sport that they are interested in, being a female myself even though I do not play a sport I do think the guys sports get more recognition for their sport rather than girls do. For example students will go to out to see the men’s football and basketball game but the girls basketball games do get low attendance,” say Brittani Kelly a senior and member of a sorority here at Albright.

There are a total of twenty male and female sports here at Albright. In addition there are five club sports men and women’s rugby, men’s lacrosse, badminton and ultimate Frisbee. The girls here at Albright are determined to make a team “good for them, I know I wouldn’t play but to hear about people that have the passion to do that good for them,” says Kassie Budzski a Junior and Vice President of a Sorority here at Albright.

The girls came across this idea of starting a club team when they realized that there was no women’s lacrosse at Albright at all. In the up and coming year they are hoping to take the idea of a lacrosse club team and make it reality. “I don’t know anyone that would or should be against the students to try and make something. I know I can’t play because I am a boy but it is something that I give a lot of credit to. I mean it is time consuming but if it is what they want then good for them,” says Kevin Zinzel a Junior football player here at Albright.

The task of starting a new club is very hard but many are hoping that it will pay off in the end. When it comes down to it there are several challenges that students had to face is make the club. One challenge was funding, the head Athletic Director and previous director of Club sports goes into detail of how the finances are handled and the difference between club and varsity sports in my interviews in the blog. The girls are in high hopes of finding a coach and ready to play next year. They feel that the future is looking bright and are excited to see what will happen over the next couple of months.

With all these bumps ahead of them the students still are not giving up. By next spring some of the Lady Lions are hoping to be playing Lacrosse in Schirk Stadium on the turf, right where the football, men’s lacrosse and many other Albright sports are played. This is Jay Warker for AC Studentvoices.