these are a few of my favorite things...

So to continue with my favorite memories of WPI, I'm going to tell you about one of my favorite memories from sophomore year. Sophomore year I played rugby... for 1 game, lol.

The rugby team did very well my sophomore year and because of their success they had more games than expected. The only problem was, the games ran into fall break. Due to injuries, people leaving for break, and people doing a term abroad, the team needed players. When asked if I wanted to help out during one of the games, I quickly said yes. I attended two practices where I learned as much as I could about how the game went and what the rules were. Before these practices I had never seen anyone actually play rugby, but let me tell you, its definitely my kind of game. Any game in which you can just fall and hit people, is a-ok in my book.

Anyway, the Saturday of fall break I played in my first and last rugby game ever. It was great! If you can't tell from my picture, I'm about 6 feet tall, and the coach thought that it would be funny to put me in a small person position. Basically he thought it was funny to watch the little girls try to tackle me, and it was pretty funny. Now I will not even begin to say that I was very good at the sport, I don't think anyone can be defined as good or bad after just one week, but I will say I had an absolute blast.

I got to meet a whole new group of people at WPI and I got to see a different type of sports at WPI. Rugby is a club sport here meaning that the team still gets to go and compete with other colleges, but the practice time is much less than that of a varsity sport. I think its a great compromise for those athletes who want to play competitive sports but don't have enough time to dedicate to the varsity level.

Although I would have loved to stick with rugby, I don't have very good knees and that's where rugby players tend to get hit. So my career quickly came to an end. Anyway, that Saturday spent running and falling in the mud was one of my favorites of sophomore year.