The whistle blew and 20 men sprinted toward the court's center line to grab a palm-sized foam ball. Their immediate goal: Pelt their opponent. Their broader goal: Raise money to benefit the Multiple Sclerosis Society in the Seventh Annual Dodgeball tournament run by the Cornell Women's lacrosse team.
The event, which was held in the Ramin Room in Bartels Hall on Dec. 3, involved over 200 participants. This year, 20 of these contestants stood out in particular and composed the two finalist teams: the baseball team and the men's lacrosse team.
In a best-of-three match, the men's lacrosse team, looking to upend the former reigning dodgeball champs, took an early lead by winning the first round. However, the baseball team battled back and won the next two rounds to trump the lacrosse team.
Women's lacrosse closed the event with the baseball team maintaining bragging rights for another year. Above sophomore Nicole Drake's music playlist for the games, victory for both the baseball team and the event lingered in the air.
In preparation for the event, junior Veronica Lizzio and freshman Sarah Hefner created posters to publicize the activity on campus while sophomore Cat Thomas and freshman Lindsay Toppe secured dodgeballs from Ithaca's YMCA and Cornell Intramural Sports. Both organizations generously donated the balls free of charge.
Junior Kate Ivory designed funky shirt graphics, and senior Betty Halayko and Thomas, the head organizers, divided the women's lacrosse team into groups for keeping score, refereeing, watching time, and creating brackets.
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