By Lauren Price<\/p>\n
The women\u2019s rugby field is an exciting place to be when the Maroons are playing. Rugby is very similar to football \u2013 without the padding sure \u2013 but it still does include rough tackling. The team is composed of girls who have mostly never had experience with the game, but that\u2019s one of the many aspects that makes it fun. Everybody is learning together all thanks to their coach Jeremy Miller (nicknamed Melly by the team). He has helped to produce a very strong group of women who all love the sport. The Maroons have only had one tournament so far, but have been very successful with a clean record of 2-0-1. One of the elements that makes this team so strong is their unbreakable camaraderie. Captain Grace Clemens states, \u201cThe single best thing about rugby is the camaraderie. I don\u2019t know many places where you can tackle someone and then get up and be friends. The rugby team is truly something special.\u201d She also adds, \u201c…I\u2019m ecstatic to see how we continue to grow as a team. I couldn\u2019t be prouder to be captain of these women.\u201d This team has special, memorable bonds that will last for many years to come.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0If you\u2019re considering joining, the team does not have tryouts, so anybody interested in playing rugby should visit a practice held on Elizabeth Campus held during Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30PM-6:00PM. The team has had a fluctuating number of players and was unfortunately hit hard during COVID-19, so if anyone is interested in joining the women\u2019s rugby team, your commitment will be much appreciated. The team currently does not have any more home matches, however their next game is hosted at Catholic University on September 22nd. Go \u2018Noke!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Lauren Price The women\u2019s rugby field is an exciting place to be when the Maroons are playing. Rugby is very similar to football \u2013 without the padding sure \u2013 but it still does include rough tackling. The team is composed of girls who have mostly never had experience with the game, but that\u2019s one…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-9.51.37-PM.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}