Softball with best start in program history

By Kaie Quigley and Josh Wolmer – Features Editor and 1851 Contributor

*Infielders high-five each other as the team heads into the top of an inning versus Johnson & Wales. L to R: Angelena Piers, Alexis Truesdale, Eryn Sheeley, Brianna Gendreau, Katie Hopkins.*
*Photo by Mike Maruk*

After a long wait, the softball team didn’t waste time recording the best start in program history, with eight wins to begin the season before falling to Johnson & Wales University (JWU) in a set of doubleheaders. Since then, their overall record has returned to an average of 8-10, but the team matched their win total from their last full season played. Second-year head coach Sarah Woodside said she has seen the team improve in both attitude and skill since she stepped into her role with the program in 2020.

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May 4, 2021 0

First-year Ally Kirck dominating the diamond

By Josh Wolmer and Zach Kraft – 1851 Contributors

*Ally Kirck at the plate in the first inning during a recent game against Fisher College.*
*Photo by Mike Maruk*

First-year athletes are an asset that can make or break a collegiate athletic team’s chances of winning. They are not only being groomed for the future of the university’s athletic program but potentially a professional career for themselves.

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May 4, 2021 0

Campus-wide sports springing back into action

All photos by Mike Maruk.

Women’s lacrosse and softball at some of their first games of the season.

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April 6, 2021 0

GNAC competition is back for spring

By Pat Carbone – 1851 Staff

*Lasell’s Softball team gathers between innings during the first game of a doubleheader on March 23 against* *Wentworth Institute of Technology.*
*Photo by Mike Maruk*

On March 8, the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) released a statement approving the 2021 spring sports season with limited conference play. The news comes after a year-long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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April 6, 2021 0

Six spectacular stand-out Spring athletes

By Kaie Quigley & Pat Carbone – Features Editor & 1851 Contributor

The spring sports season is almost back. As players prepare to compete for the first time in almost a year, here are the athletes likely to turn heads:

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March 1, 2021 0

Coaches Corner

By Kaie Quigley– 1851 Staff

*Sarah Woodside prepares for her first season as the head coach of the softball team. Photo courtesy of Matara Tamzarian.*

Sarah Woodside is the new head softball coach at Lasell University. Woodside was a graduate of Lasell in 2007 and played outfield for the Lasers while obtaining a degree in Psychology. She coached at Wayland High school for five years prior to her hire at Lasell this summer.

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March 1, 2020 0

Softball slides into Florida for spring

By Colin Froment & Virginia Bry – Co-Editor-in-Chief & 1851 Staff

Each year the softball team spends their spring break soaking up the sun in Florida, although there wasn’t much time for a vacation during this years’s trip.

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April 4, 2019 0

On the road for spring break

^{Lasell’s Softball and Baseball teams took their annual spring break trips. Softball played in a tournament in Claremont, FL, finishing the week 1-9 versus other east coast teams. Baseball toured the east coast traveling to St. Mary’s City, MD, Cary, NC, and Kings Point, NY. The Lasers went 0-6 against St. Mary’s (MD), Guilford College and United States Merchant Marine Academy. Photos courtesy of Christian Berk & Ashley Gatchell}