The St. Edward’s women’s club lacrosse team played two games on the weekend of Feb. 2 and 3 against Southwestern University and Trinity. While the team lost both, the games were high-scoring and close  overall.

President Claire Hemingway encourages her teammates to fight through the hard times. In the team’s games against Trinity and Southwestern, the Hilltoppers played short.

“I think without having a full team, not having any subs and—more importantly—not having a coach, we held our own and put up a pretty good fight,” Hemingway said. “We did a good job for being on our own.” 

Women’s lacrosse has had coaches on and off over the years. This year, Hemingway serves as both a player and a coach. 

“It’s frustrating at times and I don’t feel like I’m being completely fair,” Hemingway said. “I’m a super competitive person, so while I’m playing the sport I don’t feel like I’m able to communicate as clearly as a coach might be able to.” 

Captain and Vice President Allison Bahneman scored three goals in both games, and has a positive takeaway on the weekend.

“Considering that it was our first couple of games for the season and that there are a lot of players who, for them, those were their first legitimate games, I think we did pretty well,” Bahneman said.

The team has high expectations for their upcoming game against Rice University.

 Last year, the lady Hilltoppers and Rice’s team both were short players in a tournament. In a show of true sportsmanship, the teams decided to join forces to play against Texas State, a better-established team. 

The Hilltoppers feel like they are evenly matched with the Rice Owls.

“[Rice is] going to be a lot more on our level,” Bahneman said.

The women’s lacrosse team seeks to provide a fun, competitive outlet for athletes, regardless of past experience.

“We have players who come to St. Edward’s and we teach them how to play. They have a lot of fun with it,” Bahneman said. “But getting people to come and do something they’ve never done before is hard.”

Despite the team’s hardships over the years, it is still a fun outlet for a core group of committed players.

“I do whatever I can for the team,” Bahneman said.  

The St. Edward’s club lacrosse teams will play a double-header on February 16.  The women’s team will play against Rice at 12:00 p.m. while the men’s team is set to play against the University of Houston at 1:00 p.m.