Texas players suit up for a rough sport

 

By Harsh Kalan

For 21-year-old advertising senior Erick Sanchez, an average weekend means donning a comprehensive armor and guarding a net from hard rubber balls flying at him at more than 90 mph.

The Houston native is one of the goalies on the 45-man roster of the Texas Longhorn Lacrosse Club team.

Sanchez has been playing lacrosse for seven years and has been a part of the Texas lacrosse team since his freshman year. But, his introduction to this traditionally Native American sport was anything but intentional.

“Actually it’s kind of a funny story how [I got] introduced to [lacrosse],” Sanchez said. “This one day I was at school late my freshman year, and happened to check out a meeting of the lacrosse group. Soon as I attended it and heard what it was about, I got hooked to it.”

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