Lasell sports teams went pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month; holding pink-out games, posting pink social me dia posts, and wearing pink accessories to give support and raise awareness for breast cancer.
First-year Ollie Costa of the women’s soccer team talks about how and why the team wears pink every October.
“Especially in women’s teams, it’s good to show solidarity with other wom en because you never know what might happen,” Costa said. “For our coach, it’s near due to his heart, he’s been doing the pink-out game every year on Senior Day for 18 years.”
Sophomore Sabrina (Sab) Kalanz speaks on what she and the volleyball team are doing this month to raise aware ness of breast cancer.
“I like to support in all the small ways that I can. So while I can’t outwardly wear pink all the time to show support if my socks can be pink, if I can bow to my hair and make it pink, that’s what I’ll do,” Kalanz said. “I feel like it’s important to raise awareness because it’s a real thing, and it’s a very serious thing, and it’s something that a lot of people should know about and should know how to support, even if you can’t directly donate to a foundation.”
Two fans show their support for the field hockey team during its game vs Saint Joe's (Maine).
Photo Credit: Cam McNeil
Despite not being officially in com petition season, the track team, which is in the middle of preseason practices, also contributed to the cause. Track ath lete Darius Vincent said, “For breast can cer awareness, we had a practice to, in a sense, bring awareness and celebrate it.”
Recalling pivotal moments in which he witnessed other teams in a season cel ebrating, Vincent shares, “I’ve seen other teams have games in the dedication of awareness, which I’ve been to, and I think it’s been great. For example, women’s soccer has its pink jerseys, which I think are pretty cool to see and look at.”
Vincent also emphasized the im portance of raising awareness for breast cancer.
“I think the idea of supporting or huge to society as this is always a great idea, and it helps keep the communi ty and others involved and connected because you don’t know who knows someone who is dealing with that. And it’s such a life-changing thing whether you’re going through it or know some one going through it,” he said.
Blessing Wamushiyi, a sophomore on the lacrosse team, mentions what her team did the year before to support breast cancer awareness and why it was significant.
“Last year, I believe we wore pink shirts, and I just worked a soccer game, and they were all wearing pink shirts for their game this Tuesday, which I thought was cool. I think it spreads awareness the more we support it,” she said.
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