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#SomeoneToListen Archive
Katlin Soriano
Quincy
Women's Lacrosse
Fr., Pennsauken, New Jersey
Major: Criminal Justice
Spring 2020 has been a very historical time for my team and I.
We played our first ever collegiate lacrosse game in school history. We made our first goals, first saves, first caused turnovers, first ground balls, but I never knew it would be my last game. In the second half of our game, I got injured. I fell on my knee and later on we found out I sprained my meniscus, LCL, and MCL. I thought my season was over.
Since then I had been working with my athletic trainer everyday doing rehab and working to get better. Each day I was getting better in hope of playing with my team again. I missed several games but I used that to push myself to keep working harder because I knew the harder I worked, the faster I would be able to play the game I love so much.
I started running again and practice a little, but nothing too much. I was just starting to get back on the field when all of a sudden our season was canceled due to the coronavirus. I knew a lot of sports were cancelling because of coronavirus, but my team had a little bit of hope that we would be able to keep playing. Why did we have that hope? Who knows, but we were staying positive. We were planning on practicing the day that our coach announced that our first ever season was canceled. I was very upset because I was working so hard to come back and finally play. I understand this is my freshman year, and I have time to play, but to me, every game, every half, and every second counts. I was determined to play every game but that didn’t happen.
This should make EVERYONE realize that something can easily get taken away from you so appreciate it 100 percent while you have it. In this case, play every game like it’s your last game because over break my teammates did not know that the game against Huntsville would be their last game of the season. I bet if they did, the game would have been a lot different. After playing a game, or even after finishing a practice, everything should be left on the field. The worst feeling is what we are feeling right now. That we didn’t give all we had when we had the opportunity. We are lucky and unlucky in this case. We are freshmen who have more years to play. I bet we couldn’t imagine what seniors are going through. But we thank them for their years given at school and apologize that this had to happen to them.
Yes, this is sad and frustrating, but more than that, we take this as a lesson learned. It should not take an injury or a virus for players or people to realize what they have. My team and I will come back with more fire and determination next season to prove that you cannot take away something we love without expecting a fight.
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