Lewis looks for first win of season against Lyons
By JASON KROMPINGER
Sports Writer
There will be a lot of intense women's interhall football action this Tuesday night, and it will start off at 7 p.m. with Lyons Hall squaring off against Lewis.
The 0-2 Chicks are led by team captain Beth Wild, and are coming off a couple of tough losses which taught the team valuable lessons.
"The first game was a real learning experience, and our defense really improved in the second game," Wild said.
The young team has sophomore Rachel Mahoney at the helm and Rosemary Sage anchoring the offensive line. On defense, junior Katherine Harcourt leads the way.
"Our freshmen are doing well and helping us out a lot," said Wild of her team's newest members. "They will continue to improve as the year goes on."
Lewis has its work cut out for it, facing a tough Katie Yanez-led Lions squad on Tuesday.
Welsh Family vs. Walsh
The 1-1 Welsh Family Hall will take on the Wild Women of Walsh at Stepan on Tuesday night in is only the third interhall football game ever for the majority of the Welsh players.
The Whirlwind, coming from a dorm with 95 freshmen, are captained by Maria Felomeyer, Katie Rak and Stephanie Eden, who also splits time at wide receiver and quarterback for the team.
"We have a lot of youth," said Rak, "but a lot of the freshmen are key players."
Another first-time player is junior Alison Tullis, who Rak described as "awesome" on the defensive line. Also strong on the defensive line (which doubles as the offensive line) is Kelly Keegan.
"Our defense is playing exceptionally well," said Rak.
Besides Eden, Rak consistently throws to is Sarah Lett, who has held strong at receiver for the past two years for the Whirlwind.
Welsh goes into the game against Walsh having lost its last game against Pasquerilla East, but spirits are high.
Pasquerilla East vs. Pasquerilla West
The Purple Weasels of PW limp into their intense rivalry against the powerful PE Pyros, led by Anna Bergman and Liz Plummer.
"This is really a rebuilding year for us," said PW captain and receiver Kori Yelle "We'll definitely be up for this game."
The PW offense is led by sophomore Andy Will at quarterback, who before this year had never played the position. She will have Yelle and talented sophomore Amanda Gallen to fire at. Gallen made the switch to defense in PW's last game in 1998 and came up with an interception.
On defense the Purple Weasels are solid and are led by Kathleen Warin at middle linebacker, who will have to work hard to contain the Pyros' athletic quarterback. Still, the team's inexperience was apparent in its first game.
"We had a lot of penalties like offsides and false starts," said Yelle. "The younger girls had no idea what the game was going to be like."
Yelle added, however, that the team appeared much calmer in the second game. All records will be tossed aside on Tuesday night as these two rivals face off.
All Sports Stories for Tuesday, September 28, 1999
