Senior defender and tri-captain Sarah Vance of the women’s lacrosse team is known for her feisty defense. The Lexington, Va., native is tied for fourth on the team in ground balls and fourth in fouls in what promises to be a career year for her. She has started all six games so far for the No. 13 Tigers (2-4 overall, 1-0 Ivy League), who play at Columbia tonight.
Q: What was your welcome to college moment?
A: When I looked up in my dorm room and the ceiling was waffled.
Q: What was the greatest highlight in your sports career?
A: Whenever we beat UVA.
Q: What is your funniest story about your coach?
A: A hilarious fact about Coach is the measure that every player, even the players’ parents, will go to make sure she has her fountain Diet Coke. Oh, or, the funniest story about Coach is any story she tells that begins with, “This one time in college …”
Q: What has been your most embarrassing moment with the team?
A: Every time that Coach calls me out for my learning curve.
Q: What is the best part about being an athlete on campus?
A: As an athlete, your time is very structured, which helps me to actually turn some papers in on time during season.
Q: What is the worst or hardest part about being an athlete on campus?
A: Whenever I have to set my alarm for 6 a.m.
Q: What is your favorite thing to do when not playing lacrosse?
A: Having long insightful conversations with [freshman midfielder] Jenna Davis.
Q: If not lacrosse, what other sport would you play?
A: I’d probably be in theater, because I love being the center of attention.
Q: What would you do if you were coach for a day?
A: Tie-dye our jerseys.
Q: What is your favorite class you have taken at Princeton?
A: This wine-tasting class while I was studying abroad in Italy. Shockingly, the registrar didn’t accept it as credit.
Q: Who gets the most guys/girls on the team? Who has the most game off the field?
A: I’d have to say Jackie, one of our trainers. She turns all the guy laxers’ heads in the training room.
Q: Do you have a pre-game ritual?
A: I chew Bubble Yum gum during warm-up.
Q: Do you have any particularly inspiring music for before games?
A: Standing Outside the Fire by Garth Brooks and Sweet Home Alabama. The team has been humoring me by putting these songs on the warm-up mix these past couple seasons. In fact, the Dixie Chicks made the cut this year. With that being said, I’d have to admit that my country music obsession is the legacy that I’m leaving behind for the Princeton lacrosse program.
Q: What is the most embarrassing song on your iPod?
A: All Justin Bieber songs; with rumors about him attending a nearby school next year, I’m predicting I’ll be coming back to campus a good deal after graduation in hopes of sighting him on Nassau.
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