To the Editor:
The field hockey team would like to express its disappointment for the distasteful nature of the pictorial representation of our team (“Walk it off” Oct. 12, 2006).
The cartoon included a Stag dressed as a severely injured field hockey player next to our team’s record and was not a necessary approach to reporting the statistics and news of our team.
Before he draws cartoons with negative connotations, we urge Mirror Sports Editor Dan Akeson to please come to a game or a practice and actually watch our team play.
The team works incredibly hard on and off of the field, and it offends us that our trials and tribulations thus far this season have been a laughing matter.
Our record doesn’t accurately depict the time, effort, conditioning and practice that goes into playing a Division I varsity sport. Our schedule consists of many top-ranked teams in order for us to gain experience and be competitive in conference match ups.
We won both of our games this weekend against Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart, two of the top three teams in our conference. This puts us at 2-3 in conference play, and in the running for the Northeast Conference championship.
Also, we would like to congratulate all of the other fall teams, all of whom went undefeated this weekend: the men’s and women’s soccer, and volleyball teams. And Alexis Accamando of women’s tennis, and Jonathon Fernando and Chip Palumbo of the men’s tennis team, who won their flights in their respective matches.
We recognize all of your hard work, and would like to wish everyone luck in their upcoming games and matches as we approach conference and tournament play.
We would also like to thank all of our fans.
Go Stags!
Sincerely,
Lauren Callahan Courtney O’Connor Caitlin Quinn
The authors are captains of the field hockey team
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