This spring, the girls seventh and eighth-grade lacrosse team has 18 outstanding players, many of whom have never played before. The team is coached by JJ and Nick. These coaches try their best to improve every single player and improve the team as a whole.
Although everyone had different abilities, they all tried their best at each game. Lacrosse is a sport that is very difficult to start at first because there are many aspects to learn, such as stick work and communication with the team. Although it was difficult at first, everyone on the team has managed to work well together.
ASL have only played The American School in Switzerland – England (TASIS) twice so far. There are very limited amounts of competition for the girls due to many schools not having a lacrosse team. Competition is usually just TASIS or occasionally some club teams.
On April 21, the girls played their first game and tied with TASIS at Canons Park in the last 10 seconds. The final score was 11-11. When ASL then went to TASIS’ turf on May 5, they were faced with many challenges. “They are more experienced than us, older than us and we fought all the way to the end,” said coach JJ about the game. The Eagles ended up losing the game 14-13.
On May 8, the girls played in the Caldwell Cup tournament and took home the second place trophy for U14s. They sadly lost to the Hawks second team, but the girls gave it their all. This tournament was with only seventh graders as the eighth graders were on their annual trip to Normandy.
The girls have improved tremendously and have shown hard work and participation. Their stick skills have improved, and communication on the field has become significantly louder as earlier in the season they were very quite.
Overall, the team has come together as one and went from a team of inexperienced players to well-trained ones. Everyone on the team has enjoyed the season, the laughter, and the games tremendously.
