Edith Leslie
Contributing Writer
Women’s lacrosse program, run by head coach Jeremy Winingham, has started the season off with Varsity 3-0, JV 2-0, and C team 1-1.
The Varsity captains are seniors, Elliot Blew, Sam Enlund and Ruby Toro; the JV captions are sophomore Nina Young, Lexi Drissel and Lucy Deimler; and the C team captions are freshmen Harper Corley, sophomore Leah Teague and sophomore Jayden Elliott.
Varsity’s goal this season is to “win their conference for a fourth straight year and make it to the ‘sweet 16’ bracket of the playoffs–and beyond,” Winingham said.
Senior night is also on May 1, at Moss Field, when Varsity will play Belleville West.
JV also has a goal of developing as players, hopefully making Varsity next year.
“My lacrosse season has been going really well. I love my teammates, and my coaches are great at encouraging me,” freshman player Emily Grossenheider said.
The program also shifts away from focusing everything on winning, instead wanting members to also incorporate teambuilding and good character into everyday life outside of lacrosse.
“We always stress character above all else. We really want the players to embrace things larger than lacrosse, like community service, raising money to fight cancer, being a good teammate, etc. We want them to become well-rounded, young members of their communities,” Winingham said.
“I’m also extremely proud that our first ever ‘Stick it to Cancer’ game raised $1,000 for the American Cancer Society,” Winingham said.
Perseverance seems to be a theme this season, with the players persevering when they are behind in the game.
“We’ve had games where we were down by several scores, but the team never gave up and found a way to overcome,” Winingham said.
The C team is focused on player development and team building this season.
“I think we’ve done well continuing to try our best and seeing improvement every day,” Corley said
About what some of his favorite memories from the season so far looked like, Winigham said,” If I had to pick just one, I’d say ‘beating Kirkwood,’ but in all honesty, there are always several plays in every game that stand out to me.”
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