You Can Say that Again

It's never fun getting your ass kicked.

-John Limouze, College first-year

In Wednesday's loss to Northwood University, senior Sam Krasnow did everything he could to win the game for the men's lacrosse team. Krasnow, who is also the team captain, scored five goals on 12 shots. He distinguished himself with gritty offensive and defensive play. Krasnow's leadership drives the Yeomen to compete with the toughest of competition.

Sam Krasnow (photo courtesy of S.I.D)

Marquee Event

Baseball
Oberlin vs. Denison
Sunday 1 p.m. North Fields

IN THE LOCKERROOM WITH...Katherine Roberts

Hometown: Ithaca, New York Position: senior attack for women's lacrosse

(photo courtesy of S.I.D)

What do you remember most about last year's championship?
I remember most crushing a team (Ohio Wesleyan) that we had barely beat in the season and that beat us twice the year before. It was also an amazing feeling to go the whole season undefeated and then win the conference.
My first year, we lost to Denison twice during the regular season before beating them in the championship and although that is great, in its own way, being undefeated lets us know that it was no fluke that we won.

Where do you rank yourself among other Oberlin athletes? Do you think you are more competitive or less competitive? Do you work as hard or harder than other athletes?
There are times when I think I may be more competitive than other Oberlin athletes, but there's no way I can generalize because there is such a wide range of athletes here, from ones that shouldn't be playing varsity sports, to people who could be playing Division I.
I feel the same about how hard athletes here work. Some people sort of go with the flow while others work their asses off.

What was your worst moment as an athlete?
Worst moment was not getting a bid to nationals my freshmen year for
lacrosse, or losing to teams my sophomore year that were so excited to beat the conference champions. Hard question.

What was your best moment?
Conference championship freshmen year, and in a close second the conference championship last year.

Do you think that male and female athletes receive equal treatment from the Athletic Department? From the student body?
As far as I know male and female athletes get equal treatment. As long as I've been here, the sports that I have been involved in have been more successful for the women anyway, that I haven't paid much attention as to whether we were being treated fairly.
Sometimes I wonder whether some of our programs that actually win, like the lacrosse team, are being rewarded for that so that they can continue to improve. I wouldn't mind a T-shirt every time we won a lacrosse game though.

Do you think it is possible for other athletic teams at Oberlin to have the same success that women's lacrosse has had? If so, how?
Other teams can have the success that the lacrosse team has had. We're definitely not in a region of strong lacrosse and the conference makes us look pretty good, but I've recently realized that we can compete out of the conference as well. I don't know exactly why the lacrosse team has been so successful. I know every year I've been here I have had coaches that have put an amazing amount of time into it. KP (Katherine Perry-DeLorenzo) took a team that didn't win a single game and turned them into conference champions in three years. Then Mindy (Manolovich) has kept that team at the same, if not a higher level. From scouting reports to recruitment and many other aspects, so much effort goes into that team. I have to believe that the coaching is a reason for it. I think other teams will catch up and someday have similar success. The women's tennis team, the women's track team, are all top teams in the conference.

How do you think athletics are viewed by the campus as a whole? Do people appreciate the athletes, or do they not care?
I don't think athletes are viewed as much here. I don't think they deserve to be treated any differently, but a little more support would be nice. Coming to one game a year whether you know people on the team or not. Things like that would be nice. It's not just students, either. You see the same professors over and over, if professors could make it to one game of an athlete in their class. I'm not sure if they realize what that would mean to the athlete.

This Week's Events

Men's lacrosse

Saturday at Marietta, Tuesday at Denison

Women's lacrosse

Saturday at Wittenberg

Sunday at Earlham

Wednesday vs. S.U.N.Y.- Fredonia 4 p.m.

Baseball

Saturday vs. Denison 1 p.m.

Tuesday vs. Bluffton 3 p.m.

Men's tennis

This weekend at the GLCA Tournament

Wednesday at Wooster

Women's tennis

This weekend at GLCA Tournament at Kalamazoo

Wednesday at Wooster

Women's rugby

Saturday vs. John Carroll at 12 noon

and Denison at 1 p.m.