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Shoremen Tangle Top Teams For Leukemia
This fall, the men's lacrosse team helped to raise more than $10,000 for the fight against leukemia, in the company of some very distinguished programs.
The Price-Modern Lacrosse for Leukemia Fall Tournament, held in Owings Mills, MD, in October, brought together some of the top programs in college lacrosse for a good cause. Participants included Butler, Cornell, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Loyola College, the U.S. Naval Academy, Ohio State, Towson, University of Maryland Baltimore County, University of Maryland and University of North Carolina. Washington College was the only Division III competitor.
"This tournament allowed us to play against some of the best schools in the country and to learn a lot about ourselves as a team," notes Head Coach J. B. Clarke. "No one kept score, but we weren't severely outmanned. Even with 21 freshmen on the team, we held our own. The one message they took away from this tournament is that a good team takes advantage of another team's mistakes. In order to be a team that's very good, they must limit their own mistakes and take advantage of the other team's mistakes."
The team also was touched by the spirit of giving behind the competition. Washington played for Joshua Peeling, a first-grader at Redeemer Classical Christian School in Baltimore who had been diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia in August of 1995. Clarke, the father of two, said his players also could not help noticing a little girl the same age as his youngest, who was obviously very sick.
"They felt good about giving something back."
Among Division III competitors this spring, Clarke says, his young team will be playing the toughest schedule in the country. He hopes to have them whipped into shape in time for the Centennial Conference tournament in mid-April.
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