February 25, 2018, by Cara McIsaac-Hall

#GreenandGold Match in Focus: Wednesday 28 February

With just over three weeks to go until university sport’s largest team event hits University of Nottingham, the competition to reach the BUCS Big Wednesday finals is heating up. With several Nottingham teams in the running  for the gold medal – we’re focussing on our contenders fighting it out to reach the finals on 21 March 2018.

Our first ever #GreenandGold Match in Focus features the Lacrosse Ladies 1^st team, who on Wednesday 28 February are playing Exeter 1^st team in the quarter finals of the BUCS Lacrosse Championship.

Starting at 5pm start at Jubilee Sports Centre 3G pitch – join University of Nottingham Sport at the game and bring the #GreenandGold noise – details on our Facebook event!

Can’t make it down? Don’t worry our student media channels have it covered!

Live stream from NSTV on You Tube and UoN Sport Facebook

URN Radio will be covering the game live on Twitter, followed by a highlights reel on their weekly sports show

Check out Impact Sport for their pre-match preview as well as live in-game coverage

Pre-match preview:

The squad have already  had a successful season, finishing 2^nd in the Premier North league with some impressive scores. Their first match against St Andrews was a huge 24-0 win to Nottingham and they then quickly followed this up with a 21-7 win against Loughborough. The squad only found themselves challenged to the top spot in the league by Durham, very narrowly missing out on a win both times. This is the highest position the team has achieved and puts them in a great place for winning this Wednesday!

The team have been training hard all year, with 4 training sessions a week including a mixture of skills and drills, as well as strength and conditioning. Having completed their fixtures by the end of the January, the girls have added an extra session on a Wednesday, also organizing a friendly match at the weekend in preparation for this week.

The squad for Wednesday includes:

Defence –

• Honor Sangster (C)
• Alice Purssell (Scholar)
• Emerald Barron (Scholar)
• Carrie Bonnar
• Zoe Hewitt
• Sarah Cleaver

Midfield –

• Philippa Stacey (Scholar)
• Orla Ingram (Scholar)
• Emily Fitzsimmons (Scholar)
• Jess Griffiths

Attack –

• Chloe Fitzsimons
• Alys Cowx (Scholar)
• Katie Macleay   (Scholar)
• Jessie Robinson

With a few weeks already passed since their last league game -the squad are desperate to get back on the pitch and shake pre-match nerves.

Honor Sangster, captain of the squad told us; “I’m really proud of all the hard work we’ve put in all year round and I love being part of this team. I can’t wait to play with all the girls on Wednesday in what will be one of our toughest tests this season.”

“With a #GreenandGold behind us, I know the team will be even more motivated to leave everything on the pitch and be proud of our performance, no matter what the final score!”

If the team wins this Wednesday, they’ll draw either Cambridge of Edinburgh in the semi-final scheduled for the 7th of March. A win in this game would put them through to the BUCS Big Wednesday final – a dream final right here on home turf!

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