When rainy and sunny weather comes around again, so do spring sports here at Trinity. Girls’ lacrosse is back again with another season. After making it to the first round of WPIALs last year, it’s projected to be another successful season.
Junior lacrosse player Kailyn Jasso says, “During the beginning of the season it’s hard to find motivation, but it gets better as the season goes on.”
Typically, the start of sports seasons can make it hard to find motivation because of time consumption and getting back into habits of practicing and performing. Lacrosse alone requires a lot of skill, making it much different and more challenging compared to other sports: handling the stick while also running and passing the ball to other teammates takes much coordination.
Myah Agmon, a Senior Varsity player explains, “Lacrosse requires a mixed bunch of skills. Being able to have hand and eye coordination while running is very important.”
Agmon is an 11-year lacrosse player and possesses lots of talent; she worked hard to get where she is and looks forward to helping new players.
“Stick with it. At first it might be hard but it’s so worth it in the end,” Agmon advises upcoming players.
The boys’ lacrosse season had an early head start before the girls’ season. It may come across as a surprise but girls’ lacrosse is very different compared to boys’. Boys’ lacrosse is a full contact sport which requires their season to start a little earlier, while for the girls it’s a low contact sport, focusing on stick-to-stick contact over body-to-body contact. Because of this, the girls aren’t pushed to be heavily geared like the boys are. It’s only required for girls to have eyewear protection and mouthguards instead of chest pads, helmets, elbow pads and gloves.
Senior Avery Powell mentions, “It’s mandatory for girl players to all be using the same length of stick, while boys vary according to their size and what positions they play; boys sticks have deeper pockets for the ball to go in while for girls the pockets are more shallow.”
The clear differences in the lacrosse sticks makes it challenging; the girls have to rely on technique.
Going into the season, the Hillers will be facing many opponents. Though last season was relatively successful, the same rivals from last year are still seen as competition.
Powell suggests, “Our biggest rivals would be Hampton because they beat us a few times last season as well as beating us during playoffs.”
But there is still plenty of season ahead, leaving room for improvement in the team before the championship this year.
“Just from last year we’ve improved so much and it made us all closer and more confident as players so this season holds even more potential,” Jasso adds.
In addition to rivalries with other teams, the spring weather also adds it challenges.
“We can go from playing in snow, to rain, to 100 degrees. And the wind can make it difficult to use the sticks.” Agmon adds.
No matter the weather, the gear, or if the team wins or loses, with teamwork and passion the Hillers can easily make it through this season.
