Chicago, IL - The Scarlet Hawks Lacrosse team is set to open their 2015 season on Monday the 9th of March at 7pm when they will host Albion College at Stuart Field. Tech Lacrosse is entering its second season as a varsity sports and will be looking to make progress from last year's inaugural season.
Once again, the team will be led by Head Coach Kirk Lamitie who will be entering his second season at the helm of Tech's Lacrosse program. The team also welcomed Jessica Morgan, who will be entering her first season as Tech's assistant coach. Lamitie is excited about the 2015 season and believes Tech has an opportunity to really make an impressive impact on the field. He further notes, it will come down to how hard the team works here on out. Lamitie emphasizes the returning players have improved over the last year immensely and incoming freshman have really stepped up into their starting roles. Coach Lamitie is also enthusiastic about the players new to the game, "their athleticism has raised the bar for our program and I am so excited to see how they rise to the challenge ahead".
Tech will be returning 6 players from last year's team; Chelsea Badiola, Florencia Carrerou, Sara Torres, Heather Bennett, Emilie Woog, and Briana Villigrana. These players will be expected to bring some experience on the field for the Scarlet Hawks.
The team welcomed 8 newcomers to the 2015 roster; Shacara Ledbetter, Nene Sanankou, Izzy Fitzpatrick-Meyers, Kelly Wu, Sarah Maciorowski, Christian Jones, Cassandra Reineke, and Hailey Borowczyk.
Expectations will be high for the team this season and Tech will be looking for huge contributions from their impact players such as Florencia Carrerou who is impressive on the draw control and will be an offensive threat for opponents. Briana Villagrana is a solid goalie in the cage, she is mentally and fundamentally sound. Newcomer Hailey Borowcyzk will be a defensive powerhouse to bolster Tech's defense. Lastly, Sarah Maciorowski will use her speed and quickness to contribute to Tech's success this season.
Illinois Tech will be competing in the Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference and will be hosting three conference games at Stuart Field this season against Loras, Benedictine, and Concordia(WI).