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Woman’s lacrosse joins Bradley

A new club is checking into Bradley next year. A women’s lacrosse team will soon join the existing 26 sports clubs on campus.

“I played in high school, and I wanted to start a team here,” sophomore co-founder Elise Nelton said. “There was a lot of interest that I ran into on campus.”

According to Nelton, assistant director of Campus Recreation Nick Kramer has been a big supporter of the club. Bradley tried to start a women’s lacrosse team in the past, but all efforts fell through.

“When I was applying [to] Bradley, [admissions representatives] were saying they were really supportive of starting a lacrosse team here,” sophomore co-founder Natalie Blaszko said.

The co-founders have a list of goals for this year, with establishing a cohesive team at the top of the list. Blaszko and Nelton said the club will not compete this year but will instead focus on improving important skills and learning to work as a team.

“We eventually have to get dues and fees organized once we get into the league and get the equipment figured out,” Blaszko said. “After we apply for funding from the school, they can buy us the equipment, and then we can rent it from the school.”

The team will play as a Division II team in either the North Central Plains or Central Plains division of the Women Collegiate Lacrosse Association (WCLA)

Blaszko and Nelton said they plan to have conditioning practices twice a week, once during the week and once during the weekend, but plan to add more as time goes on.

“We’re going to have a practice on Sunday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the alumni quad,” Nelton said. “We are super excited to get this going.”

Students can email their questions to clublacrossebu@gmail.com.

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