Monday, April 19, 2010

recruit making an impact during his senior year

Spotlight on: Mainland senior Elliot Rollins

Lacrosse accomplishments: Considered among the best defenders in South Jersey, Rollins is a four-year varsity player and was a first-team all-conference selection last season.

Lacrosse history: He has played the sport for nearly nine years, and actually got his start by attending a high school girls' lacrosse clinic.

"It was me and a bunch of girls running around, and I liked it," he said. "That is my earliest lacrosse memory."

Future: He will attend Oberlin College in Ohio, and will play lacrosse for the Division III program. A member of the National Honor Society, Rollins plans a dual major in creative writing and cinema.

"They have a growing cinema studies program and a strong creative writing program," Rollins said. "And I liked the coach and the lacrosse team."

Did you know? Rollins has written a one-act play called All the World's a Stage Dive. He will be staging it in June during Mainland's one-act festival.

"It's an off-the-wall comedy," he said. "I'm doing everything - writing, directing, and acting in it."

About Mainland's team: "Lacrosse is relatively new here, and we have a lot of people who are excited and work so hard to improve," he said. "They all get into it, and it's pretty neat."

The final word: "I love the quickness and amount of intelligence it takes to be really good at lacrosse," he said. "For lacrosse, you have to be a student of the game and know how the game works to be an effective player."

- Marc Narducci

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Another Oberlin Alum inducted into the Ohio Chapter of the United States Lacrosse Association Hall of Fame


Bill Webster OC class of '61 is being inducted this year into the Ohio chapter of the US lacrosse hall of fame. Below is his lacrosse resume while at Oberlin
ALL AMERICAN1961 [ when there was only one AA team for all schools ]
SELECTED to NORTH-SOUTH NATIONAL ALL STAR GAME 1961 [ when there was only one game for all schools ]
ALL MIDWEST LACROSSE ASSOCIATION THREE TIMES
HIGHEST SCORING MIDFIELDER in the NATION in 1961
O.C.TEAM CAPTAIN
PLAYED on FOUR M.L.A. CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS, two of which were undefeated . Oberlin's record in the four years that he played lacrosse was 39-5-1

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Spring Break 2010 Update: 3/30/2010


Whether it’s Connor Jackson trying to track down one of those elusive alligators, Nick Bermeo catching some sun in his sleek, black European bathing suit, or Glen Gerbush eating half the cookie-dough in his respective house, the Oberlin College Yeomen have found plenty of ways to fill the time in between practices and meals in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Several teammates participated in an intense game of bocce ball on the beach, with the duo of Jon Weisburst and Erik Strand pulling in a hard fought victory. After the game was finished, the competitors enjoyed a nice, cold swim in the shark-infested waters of the Atlantic. Strand claimed several times, to have seen a “man in a shark-fin costume” swimming in the waters beyond the shore. His fellow Yeomen responded with laughter, and continued to swim.
At the Bond household that evening, Dan Cook managed to cook 4 pounds of pasta, enough food to feed James Kriz for the rest of the evening.
There will be more adventures for the Yeomen ahead, with a day-trip to Savannah, and games against SCAD and Guilford looming later on during the week.

- Edward James "Daniel Boone" Kriz