Susquehanna's Ruggers
Jessie Adams
Hometown: Harisburg
Position: Lock, Prop
Semesters Played: 2
Best Memory: I love everything about rugby, the girls, the game, I don’t
really have just one good memory
Worst Memory: even though it was a little funny…when care got punched
randomly in the head by some girl in the middle of the play
Why Do I Play: Its a great sport and I love the intensity of it and the girls
that play!!
Mary Kate Cochran
Hometown:
Birthday: September 9th
Position:
Semesters played:
Best memory: so far, meeting all the girls.
Worst memory: none.
Why do I play: to have fun, meet new people, and I wanted
to try something new.
Email: cochran@susqu.edu
Cassie Collier(a.k.a Sassers)
Hometown:
Birthday: 7/9/1986
Positions: Wing
Semesters Played: 2
Best Memory: Games, Theme Parties, and the Scavenger Hunt!
Worst Memory: Injuries
Why Do I play: The sport is really fun to play and the girls are great!
Email: colliercassie@susqu.edu
Jesse De Hart
Hometown:
Birthday: July 25th, 1987
Position: Flanker
Semesters played: 4 including this one
Best memory: playing the games!
Worst memory: dislocating my shoulder first match of the
season
Why do I play: It is so much fun and is a great way to
get out stress and be with friends.
Email:
dehart@susqu.edu
Lauren Diehl
Hometown: Bethlehem, PA
Birthday: January 4, 1988
Height: 5'5
Positions:
Semesters:
Best Memory:
Worst Memory:
Why Do I Play:
E-Mail: diehl@susqu.edu
Kelly Grimmel
Hometown:
Birthday: May 12, 1986
Position: Wing
Semesters Played: 1
Best Memory: The first time I successfully tackled
someone, and the parties!
Worst Memory:
Why you play: The girls are great, and rugby is
more fun than crew!
Ashley Karinja
Hometown:
Birthday: June 10, 1986
Positions:Flanker
Semesters Played: 2 @ the end of Spring 06
Best Memory: Singing Rugby Songs after the fame
Worst Memory: Hyper-extending my elbow in the first 10 minutes of my first
gaeme
Why Do I play: I love the girls, the coach,and everything about
Email: karinja@susqu.edu
Candice Kyzer
Hometown: I don't have one. I move a lot.
Birthday: January 20th 1985
Position: Scrumhalf
Semesters played: 7
Best Memory: Winning DIII Championships... that was the
best team we ever had. Singing rugby songs after the game with the refs,
coaches and the other team. Christine hopping a fence and slicing open her
thigh.
Worst Memory: Hospital waiting rooms, physical therapy,
saying goodbye to seniors every year, waking up on Sundays when the beer has
worn off and and the pain has set in.
Why do I play: Because it is a lot of fun
to legally beat people up and take all my aggression out at the end of the
day, and most of all because its a great sport.
Email: kyzer@susqu.edu
Erica Latorra
Hometown:
Position(s): wing
Semester Played: Spring '06 - rookie!
Fav Memory: the first time on the field or the after parties
Worst Memory: none yet
Why you play: I thought it would be something different to do because it's
unlike any other sport. And I love it!! And the girls are a good time!
E-Mail:latorra@susqu.edu
Bethany Leonhardt
Hometown:
Birthday: April 9th, 1987
Position: Hooker :)
Semesters played: This is my second
Best memory: Hmm, just about everything, but I do enjoy
when Christine farts in the scrum and denies it, and also when the ref has to
tell me I'm bleeding on everyone.
Worst memory: Face-planting into the metal part of the sled
at practice. I think I still have a mild lump from that.
Why I play: Because rugby is just about the
best thing in the world. And I like to hit people.
Sarah Lovelace (a.k.a -Lovelace)
Hometown:
Birthday: Nov. 11, 1984
Positions: Lock
Semesters Played: I donno 5 maybe?
Best Memory: SCOREING MY FIRST TRY!!!!
Worst Memory: The first time I tried to tackle
Why Do I play: cuz rugby is the shit
Email: lovelace@susqu.edu
Jamie Malachowski
Hometown:
Postions: Lock and Prop
Semesters Played: 1
Best Memory: My first rugby game and rugby social!!! fun fun!
Worst Memory: none! I LOVE
Why I play: because it's the most fun amazing sport ever, ALL the girls on the
team and Jim are awesome, and i love them ALLLLL
e-mail: Malachowski@susqu.edu
Jamilee Morgan
Hometown:
Birthday:November 18, 1987
Position:
Semesters played:this is first
Best memory:
Worst memory:
Why do I play:
Email:morganj@susqu.edu
Lindsay Nash (a.k.a Nash)
Hometown: Pemberton, New Jersey
Birthday: October 27, 1984
Positions: wing, outside center, inside center
Semesters Played: Fall and Spring '04-'05 ; Fall '05
Best Memory: Starting and winning in our first game of the D2 season against
Bloomsburg
Worst Memory: i dont really have a worst memory
Why Do I play: I Love the Girls :) and the Game
Email: Nash@susqu.edu
Dana Ottalagano
Hometown:
Birthday: September 18th 1987
Position: N/A
Semesters played: This is my first semester!
Best memory: N/A
Worst memory: N/A
Why do I play: I play because I want to do something
other than music like I did in high school, and I have found the game of rugby
to be a fun and intense sport. I also love all the girls on the team because
they have welcomed me before I even started to play.
Email: ottalagano@susqu.edu
Melissa Packer
Hometown: Harrisburg, PA
Birthday: June 8, 1988
Positions: 8 man
Semesters: Fall 06
Best Memory: God, there’s so many: getting to know each unique player, my
first rugby match, car rides to away games (i.e. singing Spice Girls songs), my
first try on an 8 man pick. The parties aren’t too bad either :)
Worst Memory: Is one such a thing in rugby?
Why Do I Play: I love my girls- we are some of the most fun people to be
around! As a sport, it’s aggressive, yet it requires guts and
intelligence and you have to push yourself for the rest of the team. Oh, and
you get to hit people. Hard.
E-Mail: packerm@susqu.edu
Kat Perzchowski
Hometown:
Birthday: October 24, 1985
Position: Flanker
Semesters played: 1
Best memory: Having three cars worth of rugby girls
follow me around
Worst memory: Nothing specific. Having to leave the
season early because of a fractured foot.
Why do I play: It’s lots of fun and I like to scare
my parents.
Email:
perzchowski@susqu.edu
Megan Petrie
Hometown:
Birthday: August 30th
Position:
Semesters played: Starting Spring ’07 à Rookie!!!
Best memory: We’ll see….
Worst memory: none yet….
Why do I play: I love a challenge, especially
athletically, and also because I am very competitive and I wanted to try
something new. Fitness is a perk. J
Email: petrie@susqu.edu
Kim Pucciani
Hometown:
Birthday: June 5th 1987
Position: Flanker
Semesters played: This will be my second
Best memory: Just getting to know all the girls and
learning how to play the game.
Worst memory: spraining my ankle in the first game I ever
played! It was such a minor injury but it kept me out of two games.
It was very frustrating.
Why do I play: I’ve played sports my whole
life and I wanted to try something new. I love the intensity and all the
girls. It’s just a great game to play.
Email: pucciani@susqu.edu
Christine Pulice
Hometown:
Birthday: July 25, 1986
Position: Hooker, Lock, Prop
Semesters played: 6
Best memory: Winning the D3 championship
Worst memory: I can’t think of a memory I
don’t cherish!
Why do I play: I love the team, and you’ll never
find a sport as intense or as fun.
Email: pulice@susqu.edu
Dana Reinert
Hometown: Downingtown PA
Birthday: August 7, 1988
Height: 5'8
Positions: Back
Semesters: 1
Best Memory: -
Worst Memory: None so far, but getting tackled was a little scary at first.
Why Do I Play: To meet people, get out, get some exercise, relieve stress and
have fun!
E-Mail: reinert@susqu.edu
Morgan Rhinehart
Hometown:
Birthday: 11/16/1988
Position:
Semesters played: first one
Best memory: so far, realizing that I was actually okay
at throwing the ball!
Worst memory: none yet
Why do I play: It was something completely different than
anything I have ever done, and it seems like a lot of fun.
Email: rhinehartm@susqu.edu
Sarah Richards
Hometown: Williamsport, PA
Birthday: February 1, 1985
Positions: anywhere in the back, primarily flyhalf
Semesters: started fall '03, played every semester since
Best Memory: either winning the division 3 playoffs last semester or playing
for the leb val team and getting lifted and scoring for them. Erica's halloween
party after the alumni game was also great, and we can't forget the formals:-)
Worst Memory: don't have a worst memory
Why Do I Play: I play because it's unlike any other sport I've played and I
love it. I also love the people I play with on the team, they're so much fun.
E-Mail: richardss@susqu.edu
Tess Ryley (a.k.a.
LUSCIOUS)
Hometown:
Positions: back, usually wing
Semesters: 4
Best Memory: Playing spy at 205
Worst Memory: having a large opponent land on my skull and the pain that
came with it.
Why do I play: I love the intensity of
the game: you have to be tough and work your ass off- I like it when something
demands a lot of me. I love all the girls too! Yay SU Women's
e-mail: ryley@susqu.edu
Carolyn Talmadge
Hometown:
Birthday: 11/12/87
Position: Flanker, prop
Semesters played: fall of 2006
Best memory: My first try in practice where the entire
team just watched and laughed at my run.
Worst memory: Getting injured.
Why do I play: The girls are hysterical and the game is
an adrenaline rush!
Email: Talmadge@susqu.edu
Name: Jessica
Valihura
Hometown:
Birthday: November 29, 1987
Position:
Semesters played: This will be my first
Best memory:
Worst memory:
Why do I play:
Email: valihura@susqu.edu
Name: Jaci Vanderhoof (aka: JC)
Hometown:
Birthday: 3/22/86
Position: Flanker, Lock, Prop
Semesters played: Fall ’06-present
Best memory: every second on and off the field with these
girls.
Worst memory: none
Why do I play: Because rugby is the only sport where you
try your hardest to beat the living daylights out of the opposing team and then
drink like long-lost friends afterwards. Plus, these girls are amazing.
Email: Vanderhoof@susqu.edu
Sarah Warner
Hometown:
Birthday: May 22, 1987
Position:
Semesters played: this is my first!
Best memory:
Worst memory:
Why do I play: I want to play because rugby is a great way to stay in shape and
relieve stress, plus the girls are awesome!
email: warners@susqu.edu
Sondra Zanetto
Hometown:Wyckoff ,
NJ
Birthday: 9/23/86
Position(s): Back
Semester Played: 1
Best Memory: The first time I played in the first game and all the fun the team
had after it
Worst Memory: not being able to play in the fall
Why you play: because it is the craziest sport I have ever seen and the girls
are awesome
Email: zanetto@susqu.edu
Alumni
Liz
Balduino
Hometown: Washington, NJ
Birthday: February 10, 1984
Positions: Winger
Semesters: Been on the team all 4 years!!
Best Memory: scoring a try using the woodchuck play
Worst Memory: getting stitches above my eye in my first game
Why Do I Play: great game, great team, great friends, great laughs. It doesn't
get any better than this.
E-Mail: balduino@susqu.edu
Amanda
Colton (a.k.a Colton )
Hometown: Orlando , FL
Birthday: February 4, 1984
Positions: Tight Head Prop I support my local Hooker!!...and whatever else
needs to be done ie Flanker, 8 man, and Locked in London
Semesters: I have been on the team all FOUR YEARS!
Best Memory: Winning our D3 tittle, and showing the rugby community what SU
Women's Rugby is about!
Worst Memory: Braking a few ribs my freshman year. It wasn't a pretty day. It
freaked out my mom she almost flew up..But I am still playing!!
Why Do I Play: I play because it's fun, I love tackling...Also, our team has
alot of fun; were a family with our quirks and all!
E-Mail: colton@susqu.edu
Jess DeSimone (a.k.a.- Gimp)
Hometown: Bridgewater , NJ
Birthday: January 27, 1985
Height: 5' 1 1/4" (that 1/4 is very important!)
Positions: prop
Semesters: I have played rugby for 2 semesters, and I was injured for 2
semesters, but I just became president this semester.
Best Memory: God, there is so many....and I am sure many more that I can't
remember, but I am gonna have to go with alumni weekend, seeing all of the
alumni playing with us again and then going to the Halloween party with
everyone and me being dressed as Kiwi-Lime MD 20/20....the best costume ever!!
Worst Memory: braking my ankle and being on crutches forrrrever!
Why Do I Play: Gotta love those rugby girls....who wouldn't love us! The girls
are great and it helps to take your frustrations out on other people that you
don't even know and then after the game you get to party with them, why
wouldn't you wanna play rugby?! E-Mail: desimone@susqu.edu
Kristen
Fleming (a.k.a.- Flem)
Hometown: Willow Grove , PA
Birthday: April 7, 1984
Positions: 8 MAN
Semesters: 3
Fav Memory: Every game, practice, and pasta party with these girls! SU Women's Rugby is where it's at!
Worst Memory: Recuperating after the games... so sore!!!!
Why you play: I play rugby for the competition and the feeling of success when
the game ends, whether we win win or lose. But the best thing about Rugby is getting out there and mixing it up with friends.
I love being a part of this team!
E-Mail: flemingk@susqu.edu
Monica Hempton(a.k.a.-
Monnie)
Hometown:
Positions: anything in the back
Semesters: all four years!
Fav Memory: hearing Jim rap before any of the games!
Worst Memory: can't think of one right now
Why you play: Because the team is absolutely amazing. It's great when we win
but I can't imagine having this much fun with any other group of girls
E-Mail: hempton@susqu.edu
Kim Hirschberg (a.k.a.- Mom)
Hometown: Montclair, NJ
Birthday: November 28, 1982
Height: 5'3
Positions: Prop
Semesters: 2
Best Memory: When Jess had "gatorade" come flying out of her nose.
Worst Memory: Getting gangrene
Why Do I Play:"It's better to have lost at rugby then to have won at
softball" That pretty much explains it.
E-Mail: hirschberg@susqu.edu
Laura Jagielski
Hometown: Grand Isle, VT
Birthday: May 23, 1984
Height: 5'8"
Positions: I've played Flanker, 8 Man, and Scrum Half
Semesters:4@ the end of Spring 06
Best Memory:Chilling with everyone the nights before our games while eating
pasta and partying with my girls after it's all over.
Worst Memory:Twisting my ankle in the Bloomsburg game(Fall '05)
Why Do I Play:I play for my love of competition. There's no other sport like
rugby. These girls will do anything and everything for you. We're one big
family; we argue, we laugh, we cry, and we help each other up no matter what.
E-Mail: jagielski@susqu.edu
Megan Keeley
Hometown: West Lawn, PA
Birthday: January 3, 1984
Height: 5'3" and some
Positions: Outside Center, Scrumhalf
Semesters: Semester #2
Best Memory: Taking down a HUGE girl in my first game ever against Lebanon
Valley and having Beck on the sidelines screaming and cheering for me. O, it
felt good. Plus winning the D-3 championship title! And having my family there.
Worst Memory: Can't say I've had a bad memory yet.
Why Do I Play: I love being part of a team and having fun. The rugby girls are
so welcoming and so much fun to be around once you figure out they aren't so
scary It's a great time on and off the field.
E-Mail: Keeley@susqu.edu
Megan Lucus
Hometown:
Birthday: April 7
Positions: Inside and
Semesters: Been with it since the start
Why Do I Play:
E-Mail: lucas@susqu.edu
Megan McGee (a.k.a.- Megs)
Hometown: Dunmore, PA
Birthday: Spetember 28, 1983
Positions: Prop, hooker, flanker, lock
Semesters: 6
Best Memory: Winning the D3 Championship
Worst Memory: Losing the East Coast Championships in 04, but its okay bc we
will in in 05!
Why Do I Play: Because I love all the girls on the team, and it is so much fun
E-Mail: mcgee@susqu.edu
Becky Steiner (a.k.a.- megaphone)
Hometown: Perry, NY
Birthday: July 3, 1984
Height: 5'7"
Positions: Lock all the way baby
Semesters: Junior, 6 semester veteran
Best Memory: Best memories include playing against Shippensburg and running all
the way down the field for a try...all by myself! For the rest of the game I
was known as "Wheels" because I am SUCH a fast person...not! Also,
the rugby formal last year was a HECK of alot of fun! Let's try to repeat this
semester...
Worst Memory: Breaking my nose the first game, and subsequently any other time
I got hurt. Riding in ambulances and living in hospital waiting rooms stinks.
At least the other girl always ends up worse than me.
Why Do I Play: Because it's the only sport I know of that accepts players of
all sizes, big or small, tall or short, fast or strong or both. Who wouldn't
want to be part of this family?....Plus, I just like to hit people.
E-Mail: steinerr@susqu.edu
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